Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Music quiz.

Taken from Elena's blog.

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!


IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? Waltzing Matilda, Sang by John Willamson. I wonder who wrote this song? Is that something i should know?

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Born to try by Delta Goodrem.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Dreaming with my eyes open - Clay Walker

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Summer song - Jump 5

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? The Pretty place - Paul Kelly.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Look so fine, feel so low - Paul Kelly (some motto...)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Sanctuary - Delta Goodem. Wow thats kinda cool.... lol I'm not sure if they'd agree though.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Steer - Missy Higgins

WHAT IS 2+2? For sale - Kasey Chambers.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Careless -Paul Kelly

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? 100 round the Bend - Missy Higgins

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? track 4 - unknow lol Ok I think you'l forgive me for braking the rules and doing this one again . Frozen - Within Temption

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Lost and Found - Kasey Chambers

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Somebody Like You - Keith Urban Aww Thats kinda sweet. Not the best song, but still...

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Put Me in the Picture - Jump 5. haha hmmm random

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Back on the Grader - Sara Storer.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Sweet Guy - Paul Kelly. Oh thats so bad, I have to get rid of that song! I forgot I had it.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS If I could make a living - Clay Walker.

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Angel in my Heart - Jump 5. I don't see how thats a bad thing.....

HOW WILL YOU DIE? Breathless - the Corrs. haha! Gosh thats rather sad. lol

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? Wrinkles - John Willamson. lol

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? Bradman - Paul Kelly. Bradman makes me laugh???? Thats very weird.

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? Song from the sixteenth floor - Paul Kelly (Why on earth am I getting all the Paul Kelly songs? I really don't have that many. lol

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED? I was only 19 - redgum. I'm not sure if this really answers the question.

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? You are Holy - Robert Galea. Ok... lets pretend it's saying I have a deep fear of God. ;)

YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? Watch This - Clay Walker

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? You look good in my shirt - Keith Urban.

ANY LAST WORDS? Restless - Within Temption

Hmm rather random, at times funny. Mainly a time waster though.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Chain of Love.

For a while now the song 'Chain of Love' has been a favorite of mine. I stumbled across it once on YouTube, and loved it ever since.



So imagine my surprise when I received this email. It had a few changes but still was the same story.
I like it so much I just had to share it.

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
One day a man saw a old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry. He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you. He said, 'I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.' Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt. As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid. Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty, who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, 'And think of me.' He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight. A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan .. After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old lady had slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin. There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: 'You don't owe me anything. I have Been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you.' Under the napkin were four more $100. Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the Money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard.... She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, 'Everything's going to be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.'

Advent with My Family


For the last two weeks I had been hoping to write a Advent post, With two Sundays already gone by, and still no post, I decided I'd share some of our family Advent traditions.
Starting from the first Sunday of Advent, On which we come home from mass and brake out the Christmas box's that have lain in wait since last Christmas. Out comes the Tree, To be adorned, not in the festive Christmas colours, with glass balls of green, gold and red, but in the colour the Church uses in time of waiting. So our tree is a ornament of purple covered green. On Christmas eve, the purple with be replaced with the traditional colours.

On this first Advent day, we also bring out the nativity scenes. Carefully each stable is place around the house, with the figure's of Joseph, Mary, shepherds and the wise men. Baby Jesus never is laid in the stable until Christmas eve when the most the family is sleeping. This is the remind us that we are preparing for his coming. I love waking up and seeing the baby Jesus in his place at long last, its a wonderful reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.

Another thing I have grown to love is the Advent wreath, the lighting of the candles each night, as we say our family prayers, each Sunday adding the glow of another candle. For me it builds up a suspense, I long to see all the candles lit and burning together.

On the 6th of December, The feast St Nicolas, my family celebrate by following the good Saints example. He was a rich young man who never failed to give to the needy, he ended up giving away everything he owned. There is many a story of people waking up to find Nicolas had left gold coins in their shoes, stocking, etc. So each year, each child in the family wakes to find a bag of chocolate coins, and a book or some other small early gift.
On that day the story of St Nick is read aloud, and we make St Nicolas biscuits to have with ice cream.

Though out Advent other feast days that our family love include,
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, St Lucy and St Juan Diego, among others.

Another tradition I personally like is that of making rum balls, (and eating them too of course! :D)
My great grandmother and grandmother always made them, And so now does our family, I don't believe I could stand letting a Christmas go without making them.

This year I'd like to try something new as well. Most people have heard of Ginger bread houses, But I'd like to make a stable, or a manger out of some sort of food. I'd prefer using chocolate though. ;)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Lazy Blogger

Crikey! I just realised I have not updated this since long before Shakespeare wast a boy... You would not believe how hard it is being waited on hand and foot and generally lounging around. Seriously!.

I am flat out like a lizard drinking with discovering time doesn't stand still, watching the grass grow, just generally being a Darling to anyone unfortunate to cross my path, my day starts from 8am to I feel like going to bed. I am happy with that. life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.

I hope that one day I will write something that makes sense soon. Well, I'll try. Don't hold your breath though, you're likely to turn blue..


I decided to try the Lazy bloggers post generator. Very intresting... lol

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

On the 8th of November

Our long awaited foal arrived. I had gone out for the day, and didn't get to see her birth. When mum and I saw her for the first time she was already up and walking around.
We are not sure on her name yet, Probably Lamilla, (Or at least I hope) though mum wants to call her Topaz, and Anthony wants to name her Dancing ramila (trying to say Lamilla) Horse.
Here's some photos I took on Sunday.... or Monday evening.
She is a bit shy, so I was pleased to have her come over and look at me.
As you can see her Mum doesn't know if that's a good idea. lol
Can you see the white hair around her eyes?


Here she is trying out her legs.

Monday, November 10, 2008

If I were a muppet




You Are Kermit



Hi, ho! Lovable and friendly, you get along well with everyone you know.

You're a big thinker, and sometimes you over think life's problems.

Don't worry - everyone knows it's not easy being green.

Just remember, time's fun when you're having flies!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Rosary Novena for America.


A Call for a Rosary Novena
By Fr. John Corapi
www.fathercorapi.com

Among the most important titles we have in the Catholic Church for the Blessed Virgin Mary are Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of the Rosary.
These titles can be traced back to one of the most decisive times in the history of the world and Christendom. The Battle of Lepanto took place
on October 7 (date of feast of Our Lady of Rosary), 1571. This proved to be the most crucial battle for the Christian forces against the radical
Muslim navy of Turkey. Pope Pius V led a procession around St. Peter's Square in Vatican City praying the Rosary. He showed true pastoral leadership
in recognizing the danger posed to Christendom by the radical Muslim forces, and in using the means necessary to defeat it. Spiritual battles require
spiritual weapons, and this more than anything was a battle that had its origins in the spiritual order. Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress
between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States,
we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a
nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If
you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United
States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death is unborn children. No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute
a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion.

I strongly urge every one of you to make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory between October 27th and Election Day, November 4th. Pray that
God's will be done and the most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society
that is abortion. No woman, and no man, has the right to choose to murder an innocent human being.

May God grant us the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and counsel to form our conscience in accordance with authentic Catholic teaching, and then vote
that well.

Please copy, email, link and distribute this article freely.

God Bless You
Fr. John Corapi
www.fathercorapi.com

It is no secret that what happens in the USA effects the rest of the world. Therefore, I would ask non-Americans to also participate in this novena. And
especially add the prayer at the end which would seem to be aimed especially at defeating the globalists.
Fr. MacDonald


'That kind is only driven out by prayer and fasting' (Mark 9:29)

Catholic Family News urges you to join us in a Nine-Day Rosary Novena Prior to the US Election

From October 27 to November. 4.

Please forward this email to as many as possible...

Whether you plan to vote for John McCain, Chuck Baldwin, Ron Paul or no one at all. Join us in the Rosary Novena and in the daily recitation of a special
approved prayer against 'revolutionary men'.

CONSIDER:

• Obama is the most pro-abortion candidate in history.



Catholic Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson , NJ , Obama, in a recent column on his diocesan website, effectively compared Obama to Herod. Obama has
promised to pass the Freedom of Choice Act. Should Obama keep this promise, said Bishop Serratelli, 'not only will many of our freedoms as Americans be
taken from us, but the innocent and vulnerable will spill their blood.' The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), introduced in the United States Congress in 2004,
would remove all restrictions on abortion in the United States , both on the state and federal level. 'FOCA goes far beyond guaranteeing the right to an
abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. It arrogantly prohibits any law or policy interfering with that right,' says Bishop Serratelli. This is the
'dark reality' kept secret by propagandists for 'choice'.'

• Obama vows to fight for the legalization of homosexual marriages and for hate crimes legislation.



In June, Obama sent a letter to the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club saying he supports repealing the Defense
of Marriage Act and the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' US military policy. In 2004, Obama sent a letter to a 'gay' newspaper in Chicago in which he called the
Defense of Marriage Act 'abhorrent' and said, 'We must vigorously expand hate-crime legislation and be vigilant about how these laws are enacted.'
Such pro-homosexual hate crimes legislation is being used around the world to persecute Christians. Last year, a Columbia bishop was jailed for
refusing to allow a homosexual into his seminary. 'Hate crimes' could also be used
against churches that refuse to perform homosexual marriages; and used against schools that teach homosexuality is a sin.

• Even the Wall Street Journal is concerned about an Obama win.



An WSJ article entitled 'The Coming Liberal Supermajority' warns of 'one of the most profound political ideological shifts in US History. Liberals
would dominate the entire government in a way they havent's since 1965 or 1933' and warned that an Obama victory would unleash 'a period of uncheck
left-wing ascendency.' WSJ also noted that an Obama presidency would result in regulatory overkill in the business world; substantial tax hikes; a 'green'
tax to repel so-called 'climate change'; and the 'Fairness Doctrine' that would effectively silent conservative talk radio and political opposition.

Catholics throughout the nation, such as Father John Corapi, are organizing Rosary novenas on the nine-days prior to election day. Let us unite all of our
payers to the Immacualte Heart of Mary. The battle of Lepanto was won not so much by superior firepower, but by Catholics praying the rosary to defeat
the enemies of God.

PLEASE ALSO RECITE ON EACH DAY OF THE NOVENA THIS PRAYER APPROBED BY THE CHURCH
Prayer given by Our Lord to Sister Marie de Sainte Pierre (1816-1848 ? Apostle of the Holy Face of Jesus), to divide and conquer revolutionary men.

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and all the instruments of His Holy Passion that Thou mayest put division in the camp of
Thine enemies, for as Thy beloved Son hath said, 'a kingdom divided against itself shall fail'.



The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for - and in union with — all those who take part in the Novena on October 27 and November 4.

Please email to tell us you will take part in the Rosary Novena: cfnjv@localnet.com

Thank you.

In the Holy Family,

John Vennari
Editor, Catholic Family News

This page, along with the links containing documentation, can be accessed at www.cfnews.org/RosaryNovena.htm