Liza the Bravest Silkie in the World!

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE chickens and I am the keeper of 20 chickens I have at work.  I am a dental assistant who works for a dentist in a small town in Iowa, he loves chickens and decided to build a pen out back of our dental office for patients to look at while they are getting numb.  It sure beats an aquarium of fish!  I so loved this little story of a brave Silkie who faced a hawk to save her babies....please take a minute to watch....I promise you will not be disappointed.

Just Married!

Well I am officially married in the Catholic Church!!  Today was our "wedding" it didn't take long.....not like my daughter's hour and half Catholic wedding!  It was more like a blessing than a wedding, but it does not matter it's official.  Now it's onto the next step getting myself confirmed, can't wait till that happens!!!  Then I will finally be a "Complete Catholic"!

The Date Has Been Set!

It is OFFICIAL!!!!! Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. I will finally be married in the eyes of the Catholic Church! I am just as excited about this as I was when we first got married in 2003!  It's what I've been working on for the last two years!

It seemed like a very long journey just getting my annulment (and it was!) but things are falling into place as they should be.  I guess the lesson here is patience....something I have very little of, but am learning to accept the fact that I can't have everything when I want it.  I will tell you this.....it's well worth the wait!

It's A Go!

I was a nervous wreck, I woke up at 2:00 a.m. and could not go back to sleep, had a bad headache, and an upset stomach.  All because today was the day we went in to talk to Fr. Mark.

I have to say I was very intimidated by him not sure why because I am hard pressed to think of anyone I have ever been intimidate by.  It was crazy.....he met us at the door and took us in a room to get all the paper work out of the way.  We went over the application for a lack of a better term, I went first it was a breeze! My hubby went next, I was worried he would use "colorful" words (part of the reason I was all nervous), but he was good and didn't.  Thank God!!

Fr. Mark didn't waste anytime getting a "wedding date" he said he was free on Saturday so he penciled us in for 10:00 a.m. October 18th, unfortunately our witness's are not available.  I would rather wait until the 25th or even the 1st  or the 8th of  November.  No rush now that I know things are in place.  This is such a weight off of me.  I thought that he might make us do pre-cana classes, I guess at our age he knows this is a forever thing.

He did bring up the fact that I want to be confirmed he said we could talk about that at a later date.  THAT, is the one thing I really wanted.  Once that happens I guess I will have to change the name of my blog. LOL! Then I will be a COMPLETE CATHOLIC!  I can't wait to say that!

Getting My Marriage Validated In The Catholic Church

Well, my next quest in becoming a "Complete Catholic" is to have my present marriage validated.  We found out that my hubby was lied to by his own mother......she told him he was baptised in the Presbyterian church.....yeah not so much.  I was dreading telling Sr. Annette this little piece of news!!!!!!  To my surprise she said we could work with that!  OK....so what is next?  I tried to make an appointment with Fr. Mark but he said that Sr. Annette is not ready she has pieces of the puzzle that she needs before we can move forward on that front.  I can tell them now if they think that my hubby is going to convert to Catholicism they are wasting their time he has already been put off  by the church because of the hoops I had to jump through with  my annulment.  He just doesn't understand why things have to be so complicated, well, that is MY religion, and it is complicated, I wouldn't change a thing except for the amount of time it takes to get things done.....it's worse than the our government!!!!

Once we get the marriage validated then I can move on the getting confirmed.  That is the biggest thing I wanted to get done.  Hence the name of my blog.....I feel INCOMPLETE without being confirmed. I know, all good things come to those who wait.  I'm just one that doesn't like to WAIT!  I want to get it going, get it done and move on to the next thing, can you blame me?

As I've stated before I can't do anything in the Catholic Church until I'm confirmed!!!!!   My goal is to take classes so that I can distribute communion, something I know my Mom would have been front and center doing!   I think she would be proud of me for all that I am doing, she loved her religion so much!  I can relate!  There is NOTHING BETTER than being Catholic!

My Little Oratory

This is my version of  the little oratory.  I didn't have any pictures or icons to use, I instead used my Willow Tree figurines, as you may or may not know that I am a very serious collector of these angels and figurines.  I have them all over my house, dare I say I have over 100 of them?  To me they are very inspirational, and a reflection of my faith.  I also have a Scentsy warmer I got from my daughter it has a very intricate metal cross on the front of it and of course my favorite cross with my "word" on it Faith. I used a crackled glass votive holder that was from my daughter's wedding, it has special meaning to me.  It may not be the perfect oratory but it's what inspires me to pray!  Check out more little oratories here:  http://www.likemotherlikedaughter.org/your-little-oratory/

Attending Mass

In the spirit of trying to be the best Catholic I can be, I've tried for the last three weeks to go to Mass on my day off, however it's not working for me.  The first and second week I tried to go to Mass, and I was met with a funerals, the third week Mass was being said at another church and I didn't have time to make it over to the other church.  So I've been more than a little disappointed that I couldn't attend Mass.  I feel so much better after Mass and I wanted to have that feeling more often.  I wish I could go everyday!

I remember as a kid going to Catholic school we were expected to attend Mass everyday, first thing in the morning....at the time I thought it was a great big pain, (I would give anything to be able to do that now) and wished sometimes that I went to public school.).  Boy I really had it all when I was kid and didn't even appreciate it. I guess that's the way kids think. Now that I'm an adult I wish I could go back and do it all over again but of course with all the knowledge I have now, wouldn't that be great?  Unfortunately don't get a "do over".

So I will make the best of it and continue to try and attend Mass on my day off. I did go to Mass on Labor Day which was nice and there were more people there than I had thought.  So I'm not alone in my quest!