Random Jumbled Togetherness

First things first - I finished my last subject in school yesterday!  *throws confetti* I'm now un-officially done with highschool and homeschool education.  *sniff* College in the fall!  *cheers*  I feel like I should say something profound about my homeschool experience and how it's impacted my life - but I can't think of anything, so maybe I'll save it until I'm officially graduated on Tuesday.

Some fun and random Pride and Prejudice links:
http://www.studiorobin.it/P_P_en/home.html a cute website with cartoon-like drawings of Pride and Prejudice.  It's really quite charming!
and Pride and Prejudice without Zombies: Reclaiming Jane Austen.  Pretty self-explanatory, no?

Some great quotes about saving your first kiss for your husband: http://ylcf.org/2010/06/kisses-convictions/

And last but not least, announcing the June Issue of Ink and Fairydust, centered around Robin Hood and all things Medieval!  Look out for my articles, under the pen name "Lady Rose".  http://issuu.com/inkandfairydust/docs/june2010
Also, I am happy to announce that Ink and Fairydust has it's very own website! Head over to www.inkandfairydust.com and check it out! 

Memorial Day Weekend

Say a prayer today for those who have fallen, and those who were left behind.

When your basement becomes a drain

for the window well full of water, 'tis very, very helpful to have LOTS of towels on handy.  And a few buckets to catch the water in, or at least re-direct the falling water into via a towel.  (That works well, by the way!)  And if the previous residents of your home left a HUGE fan almost as tall as you and one of those commercial, yellow bucket mops with a ringer in the basement... well, you'll probably find out why sooner or later!  =P
The only damage I believe, was to an empty cardboard box and the piece of carpeting we had under the computer desk.  We saved everything else!

Go Get 'Em Texas!

Happy Feast Day!

Today is Father Damien of Molokai's first feast day as a Saint!  A fact, I believe, worthy of mention.  So Happy Feast Day... SAINT Damien!

Prayer to St. Damien

Damien, brother on the journey,

happy and generous missionary,

who loved the Gospel more than your own life.

who for love of Jesus left your family, your

homeland, your security and your dreams.

Teach us to give our lives

with a joy like yours,

to be in solidarity with the outcasts of the world,

to celebrate and contemplate the Eucharist

as the source of our own commitment.

Help us to love to the very end

and, in the strength of the Spirit, to persevere in

compassion

for the poor and forgotten

so that we might be

good disciples of Jesus and Mary.

Amen.