Author: Sassy

Wife, Mother, G'ma, Catholic, Conservative

10.28.2023

32⁰F cloudy NNW@7mph. SR0733 SS1759

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Happy birthday, Jeannette! Hope your day is awesome!

30% chance of snow this afternoon.

Pondering Bacci page 432… “It is useless to kneel before the altar, to assist at sacred rites,and to recite vocal prayers, if all the time our minds are elsewhere and we are lacking in the love of God. Spiritual adoration and prayer are more important than the bowed head and the bended knee.”

Began week 3 of intermittent fasting. I feel good. More alert. Less joint pain. Small things like the fit of a shirt sleeve feel looser. Still working on water intake and more walking.

Office looking good. Door is going to fit. I’m excited about this.

Daylight saving ends next week. Get your blue postcard into your rep and Senator requesting they stop implementing dst and continue permanently the use of standard time.

Know you are prayed for.

10.27.2023

63⁰F cloudy SW@7mph SR 0732 SS1801

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Off to IA to take Josh home. Dr. Appt 1345

Intermittent Fast wk 2 complete. Dwn a total of 5.6#. Need to increase walking.

Heat to knee did wonders.

Today’s ponder…

Outward Appearances

God is interested in your soul, not your surface. Examine yourself, get rid of the false and haughty. Resolve to correct it.

Know you are prayed for.

10.26.2023

60⁰F fog/rain S@9mph SR0730 SS1802

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Intermittent Fasting… still happening. I find it amazing that I seldom feel real hunger. This is due to all the fat I carry around. My body has plenty of fuel to feed itself. I am feeling thirst more often. I am drinking water about 100 ozs a day; it is supposed to be around 122, but that never seems to be reached. I don’t walk enough either. Which means I don’t burn enough fat. Simple process if one meets the goals.

The office walls should go up today. I am excited about this. Hmmm

THANKSGIVING…NOVEMBER 23RD

My house… Eat at one… come anytime after 11… bring a dish to pass.

Ponder for today… “Hail Mary”

Luke 1:26-28. “Hail full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women” (said by Angel to Mary)

Luke 1:42 “Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb!” (Said by Elizabeth to Mary)

Later, added by the Church. ” Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the house of our death.” (As a supplication)

Know you are prayed for.

10.25.2023

60⁰F SW@11mph SR0729 SS1804

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

The man sleep

Office reno coming along well

Intermittent Fasting going well. Almost finished with week#2. Still having issues with water goal and walking goal. But working on it.

Out the door early today.

Know you are prayed for.

10.24.2023

62⁰F SSW@13mph SR0728 SS1805

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

The man sleeps

Happy (posthumous) Birthday, Dad! Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.

This man stepped into my life when I was in 3rd grade. He married my mother and adopted her children. Not one time did he act like I was not his child. Not one time did he fail to be the dad I needed. This is not to say he was perfect because he was not. This is to say he knew how to love a child who was difficult. He accepted me where I was, patiently guided me, firmly disciplined me, and taught me to set boundaries, be true to myself, and believe there was something better ahead. I thank God for his time in my life.

Lightning, flashing this morning. No rain, but rain is coming, just a matter of time.

Today’s ponder

“Lead us not into temptation“

James 1:13-15

No one experiencing temptation should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God is not subject to temptation to evil, and he himself tempts no one.h

Rather, each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

Then desire conceives and brings forth sin, and when sin reaches maturity it gives birth to death.

Bacci hits the nail on the head again. For those who don’t have his book but do have FB… https://m.facebook.com/cardinalbacci/?wtsid=rdr_07Dtx4GJryjpEfqSW

Know you are prayed for.

10.23.2023

41⁰F cloudy SSE@13mph SR0727 SS1807

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee good

Intermittent Fast Day #11. Feels like my body is humming (vibrating). My breath is horrid. Hmmm, it’s working. Tomorrow, I weigh and measure. Kudos to my friend AM for bringing this plan to my attention.

Made it home yesterday to find the guys winterizing the front porch. The fountain put away for winter. The pre electrical work completed in the office.

It is good to be home. It was good to be north and spend time with family.

Back to normal today with a busy Monday ahead of me.

“ As we also forgive our debtors”

Is today’s meditation. In a nutshell, forgive, sincerely forgive from the heart, or Jesus will not forgive you. Many scoff at this thought because after all I took Jesus as my Savior. I am saved, heaven bound… it’s a given.

It is not a given.

Nope, it is not. Look what Jesus did while hanging on the cross.

Luke 23:34 “Father, forgive them they know not what they do.”

Again, he instructs…

Matthew 5:23-24

“If thou art offering thy gift at the altar and thou remember that thy brother has anything against thee, leave thy gift before the altar and go first to be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”

Convicted once again by the words of Christ. Looks like I have some work to do.

Know you are prayed for.

10.22.2023

30 clear WNW@3mph SR0720 SS1801

Morning Offering given

B&B in Lanark peaceful “Strength comes from rest”

Happy Birthday to my son-in-love Kyle

Happy 1st Anniversary to Kyle & Amy… wow!

Day @10 of Intermittent Fasting… let us just say everything I consumed was eatten during my eating time-frame. Oh and coffee was substitued 6 times for the water. But, this morning I don’t feel worse for wear and I was sensible.

Coffee dripping… fairly good tasting too!

Wonderful time yesterday at the Lutefisk/Lefse dinner in Northland. So good to spend time with family Jean/Judy/Nancy/Patsy. Supper with Jean/Terry topped off the day. Was amazed at how many memories came forward on the drive to Northland. The farm looked wonderful. The big rock wasn’t there and the gully at the end of the sledding hill didn’t seem so deep. No stick horses tied up could be found anywhere but in my mind and the conversations with family. My favorite house ever still stands. Funny the dreams of childhood: revisited still bring the feeling of belonging. I have not been in this area for years and that feeling is still there. Today I will drive by G’pa Jim’s before I leave. I’m sure the memories of mules and horses will emerge. Vists to two cemeteries are on the list as well church attendance in the place of my baptism. Then home to where I belong now. Thank you’s to Patsy for putting this video together and to George for posting. Was good to see so many old faces and surprising to remember some of them.

WTG Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and others in Arkansas for talking the steps needed to get hostile countries holding land out of her state. May the 49 other states follow.

My meditation for today is focused on “Forgive us our debts” from the Lord’s Prayer
We’ve already asked God to give us what we need to sustain us daily. Now we are asking him to forgive our debts. We owe God everything right down to the crook in our little finger. He is the only one who can rescue us from the world/from ourselves. Antonio Cardinal Bacci addresses this in his book Meditations For Each Day. Bacci makes one look deep into their being and recognize what was, what should have been, and what could be, if only we are willing to turn ourselves wholly to God and give him the reins to drive. Personally, I fail daily at giving up the driver’s seat. Daily I start again.

Know you are prayed for.