Living Without School: Three Years

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Three Years

Three years. We will be in Sydney another three years.

Dh has received a transfer, to another position here in Sydney. This posting is for three years. So, here we are. Here we stay. Hopefully, this is right for us. What God wants.

A super nice thing about staying in Sydney is being with friends. We've made some NICE friends, very nice....And some of these friends gave me the blue willow soup tureen above, as a Christmas-and-thank-you present ; a thank you for organising Homeschool Teen Group. Love blue willow. Love my friends.

Another of the really, really good things about living in Sydney is the chance to experience various exhibitions. Like the Monet Exhibition in November. And the Star Wars Exhibition this week.

We came straight home from the exhibition and strew our Star Wars books. Wanna catch up on the Star Wars movies again.

Right now we are strewing Advent, Christmas and Star Wars!

7 comments:

Chris said...: We "Shaws" love you and want to make the most of the next three years together. Yippee!; 1:27 am
Leonie said...: Love ya! And, hey, it could be longer - it cou;d be forever! Yikes! We don't know how to live somewhere forever! lol!; 8:27 am
Anonymous said...: Al Leonie,
I'm rejoicing with you \0/\0/\0/

After having been in 7 homes in the last 7 years I would love to have our next posting here in SA. we're due for posting in Mar 09 so I have fingers crossed.

Good onya- I'm happy for you.

Susan; 2:46 pm
Greg said...: Absolutely - I've not seen Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith since they came out at the cinema!; 4:37 pm
Anonymous said...: Deo gratias! FrB; 11:21 pm
Cindy said...: Oh, Leonie, I am so glad... I know how wonderful it is to feel stable and in place.You have done so well accepting God's will... when we can figure out what it is, right?

Love Chewie!! Cool pic!; 2:34 am
Leonie said...: Susan, prayers for your next posting - BTDT and sometimes stability is good ( if a bit frightening).

Greg, I'm a fan of the OLD Star Wars ( from which we can all quote ad nauseum, as you know).

And thanks, Cindy and Fr. Cindy - finding God's will is hard for me. I tend to thing - What if?; 7:03 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.