7 Quick Takes Friday, Volume 2

 

 

 

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     I just want to say......that sometimes I feel very wistful about some stuff..........and I just want to tell all of you stay-at-home moms, just in case you needed a reminder......to give thanks to that opportunity.  I have pretty much always worked a little to part-time..........since my second was born 23 years ago. For about twelve years in the middle of that.......I was able to only work about 0-6 days a month, but in October of 2012, I began working full-time.  I really miss having the ability to be with my kids, both physically (on the days I am gone) and mentally (on the days I am recovering form work), I hate missing their sports and other outings, I miss traveling with them whenever we wanted, I miss trying to keep up the house (not that I was ever all that great, but I was always trying), I miss cooking for my kids, and being in more service to them and our home than I feel I can do at this moment, and I really regret that I cannot write a blog post when I want.....or improve myself in reading more, and then more books.  I am not really much of a complainer.......Pollyanna, that I am.....but these feelings are so strong these days, I just wanted to admit them.  Who else has to work outside the home?  I would love to know so that I can pray for you!

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     I did my Very Hard Thing this week........having some oral surgery that involved an extraction.  It actually went extremely well, thanks to Saint Apollonia and my Facebook friends who were praying for me.  I never needed pain medicine.....I hardly bled......I did not get that bad complication he said I was at risk for getting.........and my oral surgeon gave me flowers! I have posted my Facebook conversation below......to keep for my memory's sake. You can skip that part......

Chari Goldman Bryan  14 January near Grenada, CA

Looking for Saint Apollonia prayers this morning please? Offering this up for your intentions. God bless!

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• Maria P: I'll pray for you - I'm going to need them, soon. I was just thinking about you and her last night!

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  Chari Goldman Bryan Then you must have sensed my nervousness. Actually, I am feeling calm and resigned. Against my will. This is that hard thing that got delayed. :/

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  Mary Alice:  You know you have mine!

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  Helen:  prayers. Offering up...

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  Ruth: Praying for you. <3

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  Chari Goldman Bryan Thank you! I appreciate you gals!

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  JoAnn  B: Awww, prayers!!! Hugs.

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  Gloria L:  Prayers, friend.

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  Gretchen:  Praying

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  Donna M:  Prayers...and hugs.

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  Elizabeth:  Praying sis

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  Chari Goldman Bryan Thank you, Ladies. Trying to be brave. Waiting for doctor now.

  14 January at 10:43 · Like · 2
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  Chari Goldman Bryan The tooth root is practically in my sinus because a I have a low sinus. So pray no complications please. Thanks! Still waiting.

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  Donna M: A deep breath. I use a LOT of self-talk to get me through times of fear/anxiety, like flying in that big metal tube in the sky. But, I get that this is super tough - hang in there.

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  Mary Alice:  I wish you could have general anesthesia because that is what I would want, but at least I can pray and offer something up for you.

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  Frances  P: Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

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  Chari Goldman Bryan You took the words out of my mouth, Frances!

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  Mary Alice:  How are you now, Chari?

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  Chari Goldman Bryan  I chose not to have general because I don't need it. I don't have irrational fear. I just don't like doing hard stuff that is painful. :) It went really well. I used that labor breathing technique that I teach and am so good at, thanks to many visits in dentist's chairs. I barely had any bleeding. Phew. Now I can pray for a speedy recovery without complications. It seems we avoided a possible complication today. Hopefully we can maintain that. I just prayed one Holy Mary after another, thinking of all the intentions I needed to cover. That's my dental chair method. :)

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  Chari Goldman Bryan The oral surgeon gives his patients flowers after their appt. 😊
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  Donna M:  So happy for you - and what a compassionate act to give flowers! And furthermore, I am a wimp, and would have required a general, because I am not brave like you...I'm kinda in the irrational camp. :/

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  Mary Alice:  Glad you managed so well, Chari. I would have wanted to be knocked into the middle of next week. I'm a major dental weenie.

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     I have a tea cupboard......it takes up a whole cabinet.  Three shelves.  Please feel free to drop by for tea. anytime. boiling water is always at the ready.

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      It has been such a lovely January.  I am enjoying the temperatures near 60*.  Our nights are pretty cold right now, many times in the teens.  I ate lunch outside in the sunshine yesterday. In January!  And here is the hard part.........to be a good sport, I must be praying for snow, or at least rain.  We are used to having several feet of snow by now.  Maybe even several times, already.  January is our wettest month. I am a little nervous.......sometimes our driest Januaries are followed by our wettest Marches.  So far, since July.....we have not even had 4 inches of precipitation.  That puts us about 75% below normal.  We got snow once, in early December, just about 5 inches. Our ski park has yet to open.  That sadly means that lots of locals are not making money.......no ski park employees, no hotels, no restaurants......no snow really, really hurts the economy here.  And.......the water here feeds into most of the state of California......sooooo......receiving lots more water is a very. huge. deal.  Thus, I am being a good sport.  I am praying for precip, with a bit of a pouty face.  But like my friend Franny keeps praying for:  SAFE precip.  We are used to the mountain being bare in September, October, maybe.  But never, ever in January.




      This photo of The Mountain was taken in November, after it had received a dusting of that blessed snow.  It eventually became much more bare.......in January!

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      I simply cannot stop eyeing my calendar, looking for the perfect day to make Those Blessed Cinnamon Rolls. After the Christmas celebrations have passed, I find that I did not quite get the usual satisfaction of having had enough cinnamon rolls.  When I verbalized this, I found that my offspring are feeling the same.  They are encouraging me to make another batch or so........Mmmmmm.

 

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       So, after years of reading reviews and testimonials on these Purple Rags of Flylady's.........I thought that I should get them and see how well they live up to the wonderful words people have used to describe them.  And, for my husband who cares not for gifts, these would make a perfectly and practical Christmas present.

       So far, I just love them......and my windows are so clean that at night, they look like mirrors, and in the daylight, it looks like there is no glass....just air.  That alone has made it worth to purchase these rags. Nothing else I have ever used has cleaned my windows this well. I have great views......so I  love my windows to be crystal-clear-clean. I know that other Microfiber cloths can be purchased elsewhere.......but many of the testimonials are from people stating that these are better than other Microfiber cloths that had used in the past. Either way.......I am definitely satisfied every time I use them....

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        I enjoy looking at the key searchwords for the blog on the stats page.......how people get here from Google.  Last week there was a sweet one: 

                      Pope Benedict praying the Rosary while walking.

Isn't that so sweet a visual? Let's see what I find when I put it into Google myself.......in images, I find these:

                    

– When does Benedict XVI say the rosary?

– In summer, after introducing the summer time the Pope begins the rosary prayer at 6.45pm everyday – he prays with his personal secretary prelate priest George Ganswein, walking in the Vatican Gardens, near the cave from Lourdes. Apart from the summer time, when days are shorter, the Pope goes to the Gardens for a prayer earlier at 4.15pm, whereas in his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, prays, walking in the alley, in the shadow of green oak-trees, and at the end he stops at the figure of Our Lady standing near a pond with fish. When the weather is bad, the rosary is said in the Apostolic Palace.

 

I am pretty sure that they ended up at this blog post of Willa's:
  Running (or walking or working) with the Rosary

 

 

 


 

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                   Chari