It's been awhile since I did one of these posts! I haven't felt up to writing much for a few weeks because of some new liver cleansing herbs I've been taking, so I'm going to combine the last few weeks into this post to get caught up. =)
What I Liked...
...spending a day at the park with some friends. Yes, I felt absolutely miserable from the aforesaid liver cleanse, but the sun was shining, a breeze was blowing, and I still managed to have a wonderful time. We played tennis, basketball, ultimate Frisbee, went for hikes, had a picnic lunch, biked for hours, raced each other, visited the horse stables...in short just had a really fun day...
...spending several days with out of town friends
...attending my friend's sixteenth birthday party...so blessed to be friends with lovely young ladies I can stay up till ten P.M. watching Clark Gable movies with...
...helping plan a formal dance for May
...the soundtrack for "The Longest Ride"
... the movie "Unbroken"
...hearing yet another friend is engaged...we already have three weddings coming up this year, from my circle of friends alone!
...the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima coming to our parish for the first time
What I Didn't...
...lack of energy for the past two weeks
...our oven breaking...on Easter Sunday, no less
...one of the parts on our trampoline breaking...it's supposedly still safe but I'm wary of bouncing on it
...learning we will not be having any waltzes at our dance in May =(
...learning that we can't take off our shoes during the next dance..."You don't understand; I love dancing barefoot!"...and then my friend informs me I would be such a good hippy (haha, very funny) =p
What Made Me Laugh...
...my little brother coming and asking me to preview "Mulan" for him because he heard there was a part where the main character goes swimming without any clothes (seriously, why is this in a G rated children's cartoon?!?! I was furious...) and, to use his words, "I do NOT want to see that, thank you."
...our dog Lottie catching a Frisbee for the first time
..."It Happened One Night"...this movie had me and my friends laughing so hard
...my friend's brothers all enlisting me to convince both of our mom's to let them come watch "Captain America The Winter Soldier" at our house that night..."You can convince anybody to do anything!"
...helping a neighbor milk their cow while they were out of town and their "guard dog" didn't even bark when we came to their house
...the aforesaid neighbors showing us how their milking system works...the parents showed Dad and my brothers and the kids showed me, with much more detailed instructions..."This is Mabel, and we named her new calf Cain, so it sounds like Cain and Abel from the Bible, but it's not, it's Cain and Mabel, and Mabel always gets extra grass that I pick her after she's milked because she's a good cow, not like our other cows that broke our fence and tore up the garden, they were bad cows, but Mabel is a good cow so she gets more grass than the bad cows..."=)
...a friend's mom asking me for directions...I guess she hasn't heard about the time I got lost leaving the neighborhood...after living here for nearly six years...
What I Accomplished...
...designing and sewing my first formal dress...all I have left to do is hem the skirt and sleeves; when it's finished I'll post some pictures...
...learning three new dances and helping teach some friends all the steps
...singing Benediction with just one other friend...it was the first time we had ever had to do this without anyone else in the choir (not even the choir director!) and I thought for sure we were going to forget something or not be loud enough (we actually did forget one "Alleluia" but nobody noticed except Father =)) but thanks to my levelheaded friend, we made it through and everyone was impressed...
...figuring out my Dad's system for stocking inventory (finally)...once you figure out everything is divisible by eleven, it all falls into place...
...finding my puppy. MY puppy. A little Yorkie on CraigsList. Now I just have to make sure the owner isn't a serial killer...
...teaching my brother's friends how to do "Cups"...we even figured out how to pass the cups back and forth between us!
...making coffee caramel creme brulee...it was deeeeeelicious...
...finishing Father Faber's "Sermons On Kindness, Death, and Vocations"...I highly recommend these to everyone, they were wonderful!
How Was Your Week?
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