Monthly Archives: November 2006

The Little Way Store

I have been very remiss in not posting about a wonderful online store for St. Therese holy cards and books [http://www.thelittleway.com/]. The woman who runs the website, Cynthia, also owns a brick-and-mortar store in Salinas, California: Corpus Christi Book+Store, and … Continue reading

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Wedding Photos Have Arrived!

Danielle Rose, Katie’s good friend who took our wedding photos, has completed them and sent them to us!  I will be uploading them to this site and to snapfish or a similar site so that you can see them sometime … Continue reading

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Our New Blog Banner!

Well, it’s not near as good as the Gretencord’s banner, but I have made a new banner for our blog and finished it before dinner is served! I put it together with Microsoft Paint–perhaps there will be some revisions if … Continue reading

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Old Friends with New Blogs!

Clarissa and Jesse have a new blog, as do Veronica and Enrique–all part of Gerardo’s extended Garcia family and our friends as well. Y’all should’ve told me that you had new blogs!  I heard about it from Roxanna just last … Continue reading

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Playing Around with the Theme Again

I am trying out some different themes again and am going to create an image for our blog which hopefully will look cool. Pardon our dust in the meantime!

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Christmas Beats Up Thanksgiving…

…and takes over the radio airwaves. I’m considering writing a letter (okay, an email) to K-LOVE and “The River”–my two sources for “positive and encouraging music” in Austin in which I will tell them that we are not even in … Continue reading

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George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Happy Thanksgiving! Katie told me to read aloud George Washington’s First Thanksgiving Proclamation, so I did, and wow! how awesome to read our nation’s first president giving thanks to Almighty God so clearly and powerfully. Many misguided people in our … Continue reading

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A Man Is Not Defined By His Sins

Mark Shea has a good article on CatholicExchange.com today about the false belief that the sins that someone commits shows their “true self”. He talks about Mel Gibson’s drunken outburst from a few months ago as an example.

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Ah, the Compost

I’ve always wanted a compost pile, and now I finally have one! When I was a boy, my mom got a composting bin, but we just kind of stuck it in the corner of the yard and put leaves in … Continue reading

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Guest Toilet Defeated!

Muhahhaha! I have claimed glorious victory over the guest toilet, which has been out of commission since we moved into our home. I had to replace the valve coming out of the wall, but when I went to Home Depot … Continue reading

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