The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done

My 7 priorities

1. Don't eat MSG, artificial colors, artificial sweeteners, or petroleum based lard substitutes (BHA, BHT, TBHQ)
2. Avoid products from animals treated with hormones.
3. Avoid products from animals treated with antibiotics. Give preference to food from animals fed a normal diet.
4. Avoid GMO (genetically modified organisms). Corn, soy, and canola are the worst offenders.
5. Eat organic fruits and vegetables.
6. Eat locally and in season.
7. Emphasize probiotics, through cultured dairy and lactofermented vegetables.

Michael Pollan's 7 Food Rules
1.Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
2.Don’t eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can't pronounce.
3. Stay out of the middle of the supermarket; shop on the perimeter of the store.
4. Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot.
5. It is not just what you eat but how you eat. Always leave the table a little hungry.
6. Enjoy meals with the people you love.
7. Don't buy food where you buy your gasoline or in the car.

Crockpot Cinnamon Granola

Charro Beans

Turkey Pot Pie Also works for chicken.

Basic Braised Greens Spinach, kale, chard, collards - here's how to cook them!

Brussels Sprouts Supreme

Pecan Pie

Lentil Enchiladas

Tried and true, even the kids eat it!
Note: You can swap sturdy greens out easily - kale, chard, collard greens...

Kale and Polenta I use Swiss Chard, because that's what's in the garden!
Lentil Enchiladas
Lentil Soup Best lentil soup ever!
Kale and Potato Puree Even better if you make a chunky mash instead of puree
Curried Chickpeas Use dried beans and it's so cheap, too!
Ratatouille I add cooked white beans to up the protein
Black eyed peas and Collards

Chocolate Eclairs You can't eat beans all the time!

Swedish Pancakes

Cherry Clafouti

The Equinox

Cursive handwriting

The Constitution

September 11/ Patriot Day

The Kennedy Family

Hurricane Preparation lesson plans

Grandparent's Day

Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me. Matthew 25:40

The American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs

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Partial Mission Statement:
# That we, as physicians, are responsible for the care and well being of both our pregnant woman patient and her unborn child.

# That the unborn child is a human being from the time of fertilization.

# That elective disruption/abortion of human life at any time from fertilization onward constitutes the willful destruction of an innocent human being, and that this procedure will have no place in our practice of the healing arts.

Things to do in 2010

• Make NT sauerkraut
• Make kimchi
• Eat at the legendary Thelma's BBQ
• Get the Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a day right
• Make a headboard out of a door
• Have a real bedroom instead of a black hole of clutter
• Learn to shoot
• Get a CHL
• Write a book proposal and outline

Holy Rosary Parish Dominican Fathers, NO
Annunciation ChapelDiocesan, Extraordinary Form
University of St. ThomasFridays only, Tridentine
SSPX Dickinson and Spring

If you know of any other Latin Masses in the Galveston-Houston diocese, let me know!

Catholic Information and Links

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New Advent

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Biblia Clerus

The Holy See links Scripture texts with Church Fathers and encyclicals. A must see!

Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Scripture Catholic

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Simplicissimus

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Latin Missal

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Latin Mass Network

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The Beauty of the Latin Mass

A little comfort for grieving parents

The Moment of the Rose

Prayer of Those Suffering Miscarriage
My Lord, the baby is dead!
Why, my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the beauty of Your creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?

“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you why.
You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of angels singing before My throne.
Instead of the beauty that passes he sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face.
He was created and lived a short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand before Me as their personal intercessor.
He knows secrets of heaven unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the innocent possess.

My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not be filled by another.
He was created for My joy and his parents’ merits. He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth.”

I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness, and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity.
-- Mother M. Angelica

Bills I'm Keeping an Eye On FEDERAL

HR 1207 Audit the Federal Reserve!

Status In Committee (Financial Services)

S 604 Companion to HR 1207

Status In Committee (Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)

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