This was an emotional day for me. I cried several times from sheer joy. I can't get over how moving it is having the Holy Father in the United States ( Read more... )

This morning was all about the funeral mass of Thom's wife. Marilyn and I didn't know her well, but we greatly admired her, even so. And we have tremendous admiration for our friend Thom. He's truly a great man. And his wife was a great woman, by the way ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe how fast this past month has gone by.

In fact, it's amazing how fast 2014 went by. We're days away from the end of this year...

It was an interesting year, that's for sure!

Quickly, before I forget, for all my friends who celebrate:


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Marilyn and I are watching Christmas Eve mass at the Vatican right now on NBC. (We actually tried watching it earlier on the Catholic channel, but their programming was messed up so we couldn't, which is okay. Thankfully we get it now -- with lots of wonderful explanations ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I had such a lovely Christmas ( Read more... )

Whatever you may celebrate, dear friends, Happy Holidays!!!And to those of you Christians, I hope you've enjoyed your Christmas Eve! Marilyn and I did ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I got good news when she had her taxes done today -- so we went out for Mexican food to celebrate when she (finally) got home from work. And right now I have a little buzz on, which feels great, I have to tell you ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I watched both "The Walking Dead" and "The Talking Dead" tonight. (Normally we never watch the second show.) It was interesting listening to Michael Rooker talking about his role as Merle...

SPOILER ALERT!!! I'm going to talk about the events of this episode, so if you don't want to know, stop reading now.You can read about the episode ( Read more... )

I still can't believe Marilyn and I were up by 9:00 this morning! Yes, that's sleeping in -- but I would have liked to sleep in even LATER, frankly. Oh well ( Read more... )

Well, Marilyn, Colin and Henry (the cats) and I got a decent start down to the beach this morning. We arrived at the beach house by close to noon ( Read more... )