1. Hello there, world. I thought I'd join this Friday's Quick Takes in order to jump start my new blog. Thanks for stopping by.
2. The refrigerator is practically empty so I resolved to make a pot of soup with odds and ends. The most I managed to throw together was .75 pounds of stew meat, 1/2 cup of barley, 4 cups of pinto beans, and two big canisters of V8. I have not one vegetable in my house at this point since the 2 year old pretended to eat carrots while secretly burying them in the ranch dip.
3. I read that last entry and feel certain that I am still enormously rich if that is a soup I can "throw together."
4. Also, the lack of vegetables makes me feel somewhat unqualified to participate in our parish nursing program as a volunteer. How can I be a parish nurse volunteer if I don't have any vegetables in my house?
5. Seriously though, we are on a very tight budget. We are only this week able to get any Christmas presents for the kids, and thank God the grandparents sent us their generous contributions in time for us to get out there. Jesus is the reason for the season around here by default!
6. I headed downtown for Mass today but with the primary intention of having Confession first. Our downtown parish has a very active sacramental life. There is Confession on the schedule everyday of the week before daily Mass at noon, and while I got there with time to spare, the line stretched along the side of the Cathedral. I participated in Mass until the Consecration when my turn finally arrived. Awkward moment~~get up and get in during the Consecration, or risk the priest leaving the Confessional in spite of my intentions and the one woman in line behind me? I went inside the room with my Confessor as soon as it was remotely appropriate and missed Communion entirely but with acceptance because I wanted Confession so much. It was time, and the Lord will have a more worthy tabernacle in me tomorrow.
7. For some reason, I'm finding great joy in sticking a snowman inside the manger of our advent calendar as we await the birth of our Lord. My husband is not amused and made me take it out when our priest came over for lunch this week and now I can't find it at all! Boo.
Have a great week, everybody.
Love the takes. I'm doing that thing, too, where I realize that our poverty is pretty abundant. Sometimes more abundant than our riches were. Great snowman story.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the meme. Jennifer had a great idea. The stew sounds delicious; wish I had the talent to "throw together" something like that. As for lack of Christmas gifts -- been there and have decided that purchased gifts are highly overrated. We are going back to the traditional service gifts this year. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteOur fridge is looking pretty bare these days. I am really trying to look at it as a way to challenge my creativity with meal-making. So far, so good. Blessings!
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