A Very Special Day

Today is a very special day were celebrating here at St. Peter's..

Not only is it the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord..

It's my last baby's 10th Birthday..My little boy Trevor is now 10..He knows he was born on a very special day..And we always remind him..

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BOY!! WE LOVE YOU!!

Random Photo Friday

Another Friday has come and gone..(Boy these days are flying by) So in honor of Trevor's Birthday coming up this Wednesday here is a photo of my handsome boy back in Aug. of 2004..

Check back next Friday for another photo..

Happy St. Joseph's Day!!

Daily Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker


(A prayer of Saint Pope Pius X to Saint Joseph as Patron of Workers)

Glorious Saint Joseph,pattern of all who are devoted to toil,obtain for me the grace to toil in the spirit of penance,in order thereby to atone for my many sins.

To toil conscientiously,putting devotion to dutybefore my own inclinations.

To labor with thankfulness and joy,deeming it an honor to employ and to develop,by my labor, the gifts I have received from Almighty God.

To work with order, peace, moderation, and patience,without ever shrinking from weariness and difficulties.

To work, above all, with a pure intentionand with a spirit of detachment from self,having always before my eyes the hour of deathand the accounting which I must then render of time ill-spent,of talents unemployed, of good undone,and of my empty pride in success,which is so fatal to the work of God.

All for Jesus,all through Mary,all in imitation of you,O Patriarch Joseph!

This shall be my motto in life and in death. Amen


*You can find this prayer & more sacrementals at this wonderful website*


Dear St. Joseph, please help my husband to emulate your ways..and Pray for Us!!

I Won..

this book in a contest..And the author was sweet enough to autograph it for me..Thank you Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle for another wonderful, faithfilled, inspiring book..

Books I HIGHLY recommend

I have been doing some reading at night..I've been keeping Amazon.com busy!! Here now are some of the books that I've read..I HIGHLY recommend them..

The Heart of Motherhood..by Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

The Authentic Catholic Woman..by Genevieve Kineke

Grace and Gifted..by Kimberly Hahn

Love in the Little Things ~ Tales of Family Life..by Mike Aquilina

Chosen and Cherished (DVD & Book Set)..by Kimberly Hahn

The Duggars: 20 and Counting!..by Michelle & Jim Bob Duggar

Life Giving Love..by Kimberly Hahn

Now..I have read all the books listed above..I'm waiting for this book to come in..These books will help you grown in love with your faith, families & femininity..If you get a chance purchase them..They are sooooo worth it..

Random Photo Friday

Before I forget..With all the whining in the previous post..Here is another edition of Random Photo Friday..

This photo is our Classroom Stations of the Cross..We had it last year, and we have it again this year..I'll post another photo next week..

March Madness

No..I'm not talking about basketball..I'm talking about the madness that's going on here at St. Pete's..It's borderline insanity I tell you!! It's cabin fever + spring fever, with a little burn-out thrown in for fun..Let me explain..

We start school in mid August (as I'm sure some other homeschoolers do)..Which is good in one way, bad in another..We get done earlier, but we run out of curriculum by mid March..Sens the March madness..I have been racking my brains trying to come up with things to do for different subjects..Then we have our evaluations in May..By the end of July we're so bored..

Now my kids love the fact that we're off school in May, but hate the fact that we start in August. Which makes no sense..But if you knew my kids then you would understand..

Anyway, I'm just getting frustrated with the whole thing..I'm suffering burn-out a few months later..I'm constantly looking for something "new & exciting", but I'm running out of ideas & steam..I thought in January "This year, I'm not going through burn-out" I was all excited thinking I had done something awesome..But..Boy was I wrong..

Add to that the constant bickering, fighting, laziness, etc..And I'm sure you get the picture..So where do we go from here? Well I'm thinking of taking an early Spring break, to re-coop, and just stand back and look at the over all picture..

I mean we're doing well with our Lenten activities..We're saying our rosaries every night, doing Stations of the Cross on Fridays, Eating fish on Fridays, Doing our scripture..But we're seriously lacking in others..My kids don't want to go to Mass, Confession..Bob & I have been..I know, I know what your saying "You've got to put your foot down", and I've tried to believe me..It's just very disheartening to know that other homeschool families children are so good at doing these things, but mine aren't..Do I accredit it for them being in public school for so long? I could..But the over all blame falls on Bob & myself..We're the parents..But we're not being treated as such..

Maybe I'm not making any sense here..Maybe I'm just babbling on..I just know what is going on in my household..I know for a FACT, that I'm not sending my kids back to public school..That's a given..I think I just need to look interiorly and ask the Lord to help..Which I do, every moment of the day..

Well, I guess that's enough whining for today..Hopefully I'll be able to come up with a solution..

Saying Good-bye to Twitter

For those of you who were following me on Twitter..I've decided to delete my account..It's for personal & safety reasons..I will still be updating the blog, but Twitter, Facebook, & Classmate accounts have all been deleted..

It's not that I didn't want to do these things, I just finally realized that maybe I've gone alittle to far with my personal life & exposing my family..It's bad enough I expose them on my blog (LOL) I'd rather stay small in the blogosphere than big on some other things..

Thanks for the understanding..

Random Photo & Thoughts for Friday

Ok, so I know this is different..But I haven't posted in awhile..So the photo I'm sharing is back in 2004..Bob's 5yr anniversary for the post office is coming up, so I am sharing a photo of when he started..

How would you like this "hunky" postman coming to your door..I know I would!! LOL..You know I love ya hun..

Random Thoughts for Friday..Well we made a Stations of the Cross craft I got from this blog..It's one of my favorites..Check it out if you get a chance..I will post pictures of our craft in the next few days..

• Bob & I are going to start going to a couple's bible study (starting tonight)..Some homeschooling friends of ours are running it..

• Today is WORLD DAY OF PRAYER..I think we need this NOW more than ever..

• Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead 1 hr Saturday night..

Well I'll post more later on..Gotta get the fish sticks going..Have a great weekend..