Under the weather...

So I'm under the weather tonight, and getting ready for bed.  I had a really nice weekend at the B&B with my sister and our childhood friend.  We went to Sugar Creek winery and had a great time--the weather was gorgeous!  Today I had plans to attend a "Day of Renewal" at church, but since I was feeling so sick, I decided to come home--and it was a great day.  I got to spend the day just relaxing and watching TV and just being with my husband.  I am so incredibly blessed to have such a wonderful person in my life.  I am so thankful for my handsome husband, and I am just grateful that he and I share our life and our faith together as well.  We really are good partners and good friends.  And he takes great care of me when I'm sick!  

Bountiful Blessings...

What a weekend.  Friday night Dan and I had a "date-night" at the St. Louis Symphony.  The program was the Lord of the Rings Symphony!  It was incredible.  They had to extend the stage because of the number of instruments.  We ended the night with Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, which is an "institution" in the Saint Louis area.  

Saturday morning I had my mini-retreat for the ACTS team that  I am a part of.  It was amazing.  Again, I watched the Holy Spirit at work...  My small sharing group was awesome.  They were the two ladies that I needed to be placed with-- I just LOVE how the Spirit works like that.  I feel the team just growing closer and closer as the retreat approaches!

As I mentioned in the previous post, our lifelong girlfriends and their hubbies came over for drinks and RockBand/Wii night.  We had alot of fun.  Now that we're all married and most have children, we don't get to see each other nearly as much as when we were younger.  We had fun catching up.  Not everyone was ready to step up and try the RockBand instruments, but we still had fun.

Today, my brother Greg, the priest, came over and spent the afternoon with us.  He LOVED RockBand!!  That really surprised me--and he was a great singer!  He stayed for dinner too.  It was really a nice evening.  We don't get to see him as much as we used to, now that he is down in Washington, MO.  

I had a blessed weekend.  Now I've got to get ready for a new work week!

Good Times...

Well, it's been a week since my first post. I guess I've been a little busy lately.
My oldest brother, Phil, was in town from Alaska. On Sunday, we all went to
my brother Tim's house for a BBQ. Then, on Tuesday, Phil treated Dan and I
to an amazing dinner at Dierdorf and Hart's. See, Phil was 15 when I was born,
so by the time I was old enough to have any memories, he was in college.
His kids gave him some trouble because at my rehearsal dinner, when I was going
around the room saying a little something about each of my brothers and sisters, I
didn't have a whole lot to say about him. His smart mouthed son Sam, (my Godson),
said, "Gee dad, she didn't say much about you. It's like she doesn't even know you."
So Phil wanted to spend some time getting to know Dan and I (especially since Dan had
only met him once before the wedding). I thought that was really awesome of Phil
to do that. The three of us had a great time!

So this weekend is going to be equally busy. Tonight I have my weekly ACTS retreat meeting.
I always look forward to Thursdays. It is just awesome to see 30 women, ages ranging from me at 31 all the way up to 75, come together to pray and prepare the for retreat. I feel so blessed to be a part of the team!

Then Friday night, Dan and I are going to the opening night of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. They are playing the Lord of the Rings Symphony!! How awesome is that?
We have such an awesome symphony here in St. Louis, but it is often shadowed by our sports teams (which aren't doing so well...so maybe more folks will start coming to the symphony).

Saturday, we have have our "Klogel" friends coming over for a game night. This is a group of ladies that my sisters and I have been friends with since grade school. They are sisters who are all our ages. We have been friends for more than 20 years! This time we're inviting the husbands too...we're all playing RockBand and the Wii...

I'm sure I'll have pictures!!

Gratitude

Wow...I did it!  I officially created a blog!

Since my sister over at "my special place" created a blog, 

I figured it was finally time for me. 

 

Tonight, I'm just feeling very thankful.  I'm grateful

that I get to go camping with my hubby and some of 

his work friends.  I'm grateful that I get to leave work

early to go camping!  I'm just feeling very blessed.

I am co-directing a retreat which is put on by 30 women

in the parish.  We meet for 13 weeks to plan and prepare for

the women who will attend the weekend retreat.  We are

only in our 5th week of meeting, but already, I can see the Holy Spirit

at work.  And I'm grateful for that too.

I'm especially grateful tonight for living next door to my sister,

her hubby, and 3 awesome children.  I miss them, though, because

I haven't seen them much lately (even though we're next door).

But last night, for example, I had to run over to their house, 

and I got swamped by my two

little nieces (which I'm sure I will post about often).  I was only

over there for 15 minutes, but it's good to see them for even

that short of time.  

I'm grateful, on this 7th anniversary of the terrorist attacks,

that we live in the USA, and that there are men and 

women who serve everyday to protect and defend this great 

nation of ours.  And even though I'm sick to death of all of the

politics, (which I'm sure I'll blog about at some point), I am 

grateful to live in a nation where we are free to have and express

opposing opinions.

So that's what I wanted to start my blogging with....just

a grateful heart.