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Happy New Years Eve everyone!!!!! January: Yavi and I went out to Wachington D.C. for the 40th annual March For Life. We went with a large group from the area. Even though the day of the march was a bit cold it was still amazing to see all of the pro-life people who were there. On the way back the bus that Yavi and I were on had a singing competition and Yavi came in second place! Yavi and I also made it onto the front page of the Catholic News Service (CNS)! I had also gotten rather sick at the beginning of the month. I also went and saw Les Miserables with Yavi and my dearest mother. February: Amanda, Yavi and I finally got to meet our friend Maddy, who we had met online throught the Fairy Tale Novel books by Regina Doman and the fan forum ! TJ also finished up his basketball games.  March: I turned 19. We got a new pope! And for Amanda's birthday we got a surprise visit from our dear friend Elena! Since Amanda's boyfriend came out for a week to vis

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!! O Come All Ye Faithful Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. O Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing all that hear in heaven God's holy word. Give to our Father glory in the Highest; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee, Born this happy morning, O Jesus! for evermore be Thy name adored. Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Expected of the nations and their Savior: come to save us, O Lord our God.

O King of the Gentiles and the Desired of them, Thou Corner-stone that makest both one: come and deliver man, whom Thou didst form out of the dust of the earth.

O Dawn of the East, Brightness of the light eternal, and Sun of justice: come and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.

O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel, Who openest and no man shutteth, Who shuttest and no man openeth: come and bring forth from his prison-house, the captive that sitteth in darkness and in the shadow of death.

--- 1 --- --- 2 --- Exciting News!  From now until January 1, 2014, The Goat Milk Soap  Shop  will be donating the proceeds of all of our sales to the St. Gianna Molla Shrine fund in Yorkville, IL. Our parish is building this national shrine and we want to help. Won't you join us in helping to build this peaceful place of pilgrimage. F or more information on the Shrine,  go here .  Also, take some time to explore our website . Not only will you find the best soap you've ever tried (or smelled), you'll also learn all about the  benefits  of homemade natural soap. Say good-bye to dry skin and sticky soaps and hello to great-smelling, moisturizing, all-natural handmade soaps! --- 3 --- As I am sure you have heard me mention in last weeks 7 Quick Takes and in my post on Sunday, I am working on a blanket. The first section is finished and looks very nice and I am working on the second section. Once the second section is finished and they are sewn togethe

O Root of Jesse, Who standest for an ensign of the people, before Whom kings shall keep silence, and unto Whom the Gentiles shall make their supplication: come to deliver us, and tarry not.

O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel, Who didst appear to Moses in the flame of the burning bush, and didst give unto him the law on Sinai: come and with an outstretched arm redeem us.

O Wisdom Who camest out of the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly: come and teach us the way of prudence.

In case you missed it in the 7 Quick Takes Friday that I did this past week I mentioned that I am working on a blanket and that I would post pictures when I got the chance to do so and then share them when I did. Yesterday I was able to take several pictures so here they are :) And you can find the pattern that I am following here .

--- 1 --- My dear friend Jansina release her third book As Fairydust Settles last week! Though I haven't had the chance to read it yet I'm sure it will be as good as her other books (Forgotten Memories and Shrouded Jewels). If you want to buy a copy of the book as an Ebook, paperback, hardcover, and hard cover with dust jacket you can go here for the price information as well as contact information :) --- 2 --- I found this on Pinterest on Monday. --- 3 --- Even though it has been a few weeks since the end of November and NaNo I did manage to reach 50,000 words with one day to spare. Though I am not finished yet with the story I was writing it still needs a bit of work. If I ever get around to finishing it and editing it I will let you all know if I decide that I want to publish it or not. --- 4 --- This is another one of those weeks where I have a hard time coming up with things to write about for my quick takes. So I will have to start thinking of new

My dear sister Rosalinda sent me these in an email last week so I decided to share them here since they are pretty funny :) KIDS IN CHURCH: 3-year-old Reese : 'Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ One particular four-year-old prayed, 'And forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~  A little boy was overheard praying: 'Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~  After the christening of his baby brother in church, Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied, 'That preacher said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I wanted to stay with you guys.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  A  Sunday  school teac

--- 1 --- Since it is now the time to start working on/getting Christmas presents for family and friends I decided to knit something for a relative, so here is a sneak peek at the yarn I am using for it :) --- 2 --- Last week Saturday Amanda and I went to a bridal shower for our friend Elena . It was Downton Abbey themed so it was a tea party with delicious sandwiches, scones, fruit, pumpkin squares and tea. The shower was put on by Elena's fiance's family. Before the shower Elena, Amanda and I were able to do a little bit of thrift store shopping at Plato's Closet and I found a couple pieces. this is what the tables looked like :) Amanda and I with Elena :) --- 3 --- I found this on Pinterest and thought that it was a neat hair idea that I want to try at some point. --- 4 --- --- 5 --- Sunday was the performances of "The Conversion of Scrooge" (A Christmas Carol with a Catholic twist) with four of my younger siblings we