Monthly Archives: October 2007

10.02.07
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Blogger’s Quiz

SFO Mom tagged me for this. Like her, I suspect that the brains behind this is Father Tim who is trying to trick bloggers into admitting their traditional leanings so he can ban them.

Here’s a fun quiz made up especially for bloggers. The rules are easy. Just post the quiz on your blog and answer the questions, then pass it on to five other bloggers, and link to them in your post. Be sure to link back to the one who sent it to you.

1. Do you attend the Traditional Latin Mass or the Novus Ordo? I think I only learned what Novus Ordo meant about two years ago. I did just learn the Sanctus because I’m using Prima Latina for my 4th grader. That took us 5 weeks. So, at that rate, I’ll be ready to attend a Latin Mass in about ten years.

2. If you attend the TLM, how far do you drive to get there? N/A

3. If you had to apply a Catholic label to yourself, what would it be? A Hundred Percenter

4. Are you a comment junkie? If I weren’t to some extent, then I wouldn’t have them turned on at all.

5. Do you go back to read the comments on the blogs you’ve commented on? I try to remember to.

6. Have you ever left an anonymous comment on another blog? No.

7. Which blogroll would you most like to be on? Barb’s response pretty much sums me up, too: I read a lot of blogs in Bloglines, and doing that partly keeps me “honest” in terms of blogroll. I can’t see their blogroll and be all obsessive over whether I’m on it. I’m terrible about updating my own, as well.

8. Which blog is the first one you check? Usually Danielle Bean or Eric Scheske.

9. Have you met any other bloggers in person? Yes! Barb, Denise, Cris, The Kitchen Madonna, and Sarah.

10. What are you reading? Chosen and Cherished by Kimberly Hahn for a Bible study I’m attending. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor to the kids.

Bonus Question! Has your site been banned by Spirit of Vatican II? No.

If it has, who do you think Father Tim really is? Only banned sites can guess?

I pass this quiz on to: Everyone I named in question #9 not already tagged, plus Kat and Barbara.

10.01.07
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New Month’s Resolution for October

For the new year, I always make a long list of resolutions. I think it’s a good thing to have long-term goals. Some of my goals are ambitious, and some are very simple. But I don’t even want to go back and look at that list right now. I’m sure I would be sadly disappointed in this year’s performance.

One New year’s resolution was to bake a pie every month. I managed to keep that one until July. In July, I actually made two pies (two different blueberry pies, yum yum), and so I guess I considered myself off the hook in August. But then September came and went, and no pie. So, I am finally concluding that I am done with this year’s resolutions. I may, or I may not, make some more pies. But I’m through with trying to keep that resolution.

And this is why I like the new month’s resolutions so much. I still think the long-term goals are good to have, but short, tangible goals are a good thing too. Perhaps it could be a new habit that I want to try to develop, but most often it is simply what I need most for right then.

This month is baby month. There are some very mild housekeeping chores that I want to get done (putting away Oktoberfest decorations, for one). And I need to wash, dry, fold and sort my baby clothes and supplies – not an overwhelming task. And we need to play musical chairs with the car seats and move everybody around to their new spots and wrestle in the infant carrier. But that’s all I have to do.

I resolve that this month, if I don’t have to do it, I won’t do it. The boxes and boxes of photos that I’ve been vowing to sort through and maybe even scan? Not this month. Those Army stockings all cut out and ready to be sewn together? Not gonna happen. The closet that needs to be organized? Maybe next month.

Instead, this month, I will rest as much as possible both before and after this baby is born. I’ll take frequent baths. I’ll try to take daily naps. I’ll try to put my feet up often, and I’ll try to involve myself in the lives of some fictional people either by watching mindless movies or reading mindless novels. And I resolve to not feel an ounce of guilt for such idle behavior.

Do you have a new month’s resolution?