7 Quick Takes

Joining Jen once again for 7 Quick takes.

1. What a week! But it has been a good week because....wait for it.....IT IS FALL! The most glorious season of all seasons.

2. I am not sure what is up with me. Maybe the fact that it is Fall but for some strange reason, I have had a very strong desire to make a pumpkin spice latte, even though I am not a huge fan of pumpkin unless I am hacking it up into some scary delight. 

3. For whatever reason, Fall brings out the artist in me. I love to carve pumpkins. It is the season. It bewitches me, first pumpkin spice and now pumpkin carving. What is up with me and Fall. 

4. Speaking of the season, we are trying to figure out what exactly we will be doing over the next month for family entertainment. Everyone wants to do paintball zombies. The 6 year old thinks she is old enough. I am not sure if I am old enough. 

5. But according to the website, they do need our expertise:

We bought our crew of zombies hoping they

could help with chores around the farm.

Unfortunately they weren't the docile labor force

promised to us by "Graveyard Shift."

Our security team does what it can to

contain the horde, but with each day the

zombie's hunger for fresh flesh

becomes more uncontrollable.

A special immobilizing serum has been

created by our security team and injected into paintballs.

We shall see if we are up too task. 

6. It seems like the past few weeks, we have done nothing but rush, rush, rush to every activity. I have found myself getting very short tempered with the on going greater Seattle traffic. It is not pretty when mom and every other adult on the roadway acts like a 3 year old. There has been certain times, I have amazed myself with such pettiness. I definitely need a time out. Every time, we leave the house now, we pause, and say a Glory Be. It sure has help put my mind in order and reminds me we are all God's Children. Even when we drive like idiots. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning,

 is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

7. Every morning now while I impatiently tap my foot for the coffee to brew, I read The Daily Decalogue of Pope John XXIII that is tape to the side of my fridge. I have found it a wonderful way to start my day. 

1. 1)      Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once.
2. 2)      Only for today, I will take the greatest care of my appearance: I will dress modestly; I will not raise my voice; I will be courteous in my behavior; I will not criticize anyone; I will not claim to improve or to discipline anyone except myself.
3. 3)      Only for today, I will be happy in the certainty that I was created to be happy, not only in the other world but also in this one.
4. 4)      Only for today, I will adapt to circumstances, without requiring all circumstances to be adapted to my own wishes.
5. 5)      Only for today, I will devote ten minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.
6. 6)      Only for today, I will do one good deed and not tell anyone about it.
7. 7)      Only for today, I will do at least one thing I do not like doing; and if my feelings are hurt, I will make sure that no one notices.
8. 8)      Only for today, I will make a plan for myself: I may not follow it to the letter, but I will make it. And I will be on guard against two evils: hastiness and indecision.
9. 9)      Only for today, I will firmly believe, despite appearances, that the good providence of God cares for me as no one else who exists in this world.
10. 10)   Only for today, I will have no fears. In particular, I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe in goodness. Indeed, for twelve hours I can certainly do what might cause me consternation were I to believe I had to do it all my life.