Living Without School: Lisa's Report Card

Friday, October 17, 2008

Lisa's Report Card

..for Deliberate Family Living...Want to participate? Just visit her blog for details.

Family Prayers Woo Hoo! Said the full rosary; trying to remember to pray a novena as a family..Goal - be more consistent with the Angelus.

Family Time: Pretty good - lots of hanging out time, some talking together, Singstar, DVDs, laughing. Not much family reading together but, hey, you can't have everything! Goal - smile.

Household Routines: We've had numerous visitors ( pretty usual for us) and a rental house inpspection so we've done a lot of tidying up and cleaning this week. Even Thomas and Anthony's room! We've worked well together, only one rant from me when rushed. Goal - encourage T and A to keep their room reasonable. Is it possible?

Meal Preparation: Simple meals as usual but mostly healthy. Eggs, Satay sticks. Rice casserole and pumpkin soup and cake for visitors and leftovers for us. Vegetable Fried Rice. Takeaway Sunday night and Subway lunch Thursday. . Goal - cook more and use what is on hand.

Other: Been talking more to the kids about my childhood - sometimes this is good, sometimes dredging up the past is bad....We are continuing to celebrate the liturgical year together ...Dh and I have had time to sit ....We all worked at the parish working bee and 25th celebration and had a super time!...If I could change one thing, what would that be? Maybe I'd like to live more mindfully - I get busy, forget to be in the moment and to just savour the moment..it all goes so fast. Goal - be present. Truly. Wholly. Physically and emotionally and mentally. People first. [ A tall order! ]

Thanks, Lisa, for the chance to reflect. Anyone else want to play?

3 comments:

Hopewell said...: Thanks for participating! Great report! Also, please pray: I am "this" close to getting my daughter back to homeschool. Pray!!!!; 1:17 am
Chris said...: I totally humiliated myself on Lisa's blog as I entered my name without the URL and then I couldn't go back. Good grief. Now I have Christine Shaw written without any link and Chris with the report linked. How embarrassing. Anyway....
Lisa is terrific as she is so open. She likes such great movies and I love her taste in music Steve Curtis Chapman and Mercy Me are great musicians. She plans menus just like I do and she is a Librarian. Lisa attended an Evening in Avonlea ( I love anything to do with Anne of Green Gables). I wonder what they did throughout the evening? As Anne would say I feel like we are kindred spirits.; 2:33 am
Leonie said...: Lisa - good news - praying.

And, Chris, glad to see you are playing, too! Yes, Lisa is a kindred spirit. :-); 9:40 am

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Prayer of Consecration of St. Maximilian Kolbe

O Immaculata, Queen of Heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to thee. I, N___, a repentant sinner, cast myself at thy feet humbly imploring thee to take me with all that I am and have, wholly to thyself as thy possession and property. Please make of me, of all my powers of soul and body, of my whole life, death and eternity, whatever most pleases thee. If it pleases thee, use all that I am and have without reserve, wholly to accomplish what was said of thee: "She will crush your head," and, "Thou alone have destroyed all heresies in the whole world."

Let me be a fit instrument in thine Immaculate and merciful hands for introducing and increasing the maximum in all the many strayed and indifferent souls, and thus help extend as far as possible the blessed Kingdom of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For wherever thou enters, one obtains the grace of conversion and growth in holiness, since it is through thy hands that all graces come to us from the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

V. Allow me to praise thee O Sacred Virgin.
R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Prayer of St Bonaventure

Pierce, O most Sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most joyous and healthful wound of Thy love, with true, serene, and most holy apostolic charity, that my soul may ever languish and melt with love and longing for Thee, that it may yearn for Thee and faint for Thy courts, and long to be dissolved and to be with Thee.Grant that my soul may hunger after Thee, the bread of angels, the refreshment of holy souls, our daily and supersubstantial bread, having all sweetness and savor and every delight of taste; let my heart ever hunger after and feed upon Thee, upon whom the angels desire to look, and may my inmost soul be filled with the sweetness of Thy savor; may it ever thirst after Thee, the fountain of life, the fountain of wisdom and knowledge, the fountain of eternal light, the torrent of pleasure, the richness of the house of God.May it ever compass Thee, seek Thee, find Thee, run to Thee, attain Thee, meditate upon Thee, speak of Thee, and do all things to the praise and glory of Thy name, with humility and discretion, with love and delight, with ease and affection, and with perseverance unto the end.May Thou alone be ever my hope, my entire assurance, my riches, my delight, my pleasure, my joy, my rest and tranquility, my peace, my sweetness, my fragrance, my sweet savor, my food, my refreshment, my refuge, my help, my wisdom, my portion, my possession and my treasure, in whom may my mind and my heart be fixed and firmly rooted immovably henceforth and for ever. Amen.