I have books in my library, that I am slighty embarrassed to admit that I have bought and read. lol
Sunday, February 15, 2009
A rose by any other name....
The wonderful boyfriend, had flowers delievered to the job on Friday. How nice. Everyone stopped by to admire them. How nice. I love fresh flowers, but I really do not care for the smell of a rose. However, they are beautiful. Thank you Alex!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Memory Lane. Happy Valentine's Day!
This is the closest version I could find, to the story I heard as a kid in CCD. However, I remember the daughter was blind and he restored her sight. 
Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.
Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!
Did I mention that I was a priest? One of my favourite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.
One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.
I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.
One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine."
I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh -- because they know that love can't be beaten!
Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.
Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!
Did I mention that I was a priest? One of my favourite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.
One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.
I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.
One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine."
I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh -- because they know that love can't be beaten!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Sigh.
I can watch this movie all day and the soundtrack is fabulous!
Renee Elise Glodsberry has a beautiful voice. Love it!
Too el bees.
The scale is creeping to the right. I just bought Slimquick and Jillian Michaels' DVD--30 Day Shred. Let's see* those plus no meals after 8 pm, exercise three days a week to start, increase heart rate as often as possible, eat breakfast everyday (which I do), add more fresh fruit and veggies. Wait for it........I hope to lose 2 pounds in one week! Gotta love a short term goal.GOAL ..... 16 pounds lighter by June
SIDE NOTE: at 7-11 a small coffee, 1 monterey chicken taquito, and a ham/cheese wrap (later for lunch)=$7.11 lol
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Life in the fast lane...
Yes a birdhouse attached to a traffic light. The city paid to have this installed? Or is it a decoy, hidden camera. Too many questions.
Home Delivery
My local library offers home delivery! How cool is that? Prior to this knowledge, I would only buy books I knew had to be added to my library. I do not like my local library. It's in a strip mall. That is so weird to me. I'm used to libraries being in amazing brick buildings with tree lined walkways. Ok Ok trees and a plot of land nearby. N E way. I'm not inspired to walk the aisles of books in an ugly store front building. I once would visit the library three times a week. Now it's more like once a month. I only read four books last year. Three years ago I read four a month. Let's see how this home delivery pans out.
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