I’ve added a few more books on my Book Sale Blog. I was cleaning for a family party and found more duplicates, this time of the children’s books.
All the posts and books are listed on The How to Use this blog page.
I’ve also gone through other posts and reduced many prices.
All reasonable offers considered!
Thanks for looking! It feels so good to get things out of the house and into good homes!
I have too many duplicate books in this house! And there are a few books I don’t need anymore. I cleaned out a few the past few weeks and still have more.
To solve this problem, I started another blog posting pictures and descriptions of the books for sale.
See http://booksfeastsandferia.wordpress.com/ for my latest postings. I still have a few more piles that I need to post this week.
Contact me if you wish to purchase. All prices do NOT include postage cost, unless otherwise noted. I only take Paypal payments.
Cost of shipping US media mail will be $3.00 first book, and $.50 additional, unless noted for larger books.
We live in a smoke and pet free home.
I know this isn’t the first time I raved about beautiful chicken eggs. After a week of gloomy weather, I just find it so cheery to find this bit of color even in the bottom of my sink. It’s too cloudy to probably pick up the colors, but these are pale green and almost pink eggs.
(and MY doesn’t a close-up show all the scratches of my well-worn sink?)
Joining Ginny at Small Things for the Yarn Along.
I’m almost done with the FHC capelet. I still have some silly mistakes that I’ve had to rip, and my energy level is so low I’m just not up to knitting. I ordered some vintage buttons from Etsy to complete the capelet. I ordered a variety because I’m not quite sure what will work. I can’t wait to receive them!
I’m battle-weary with sickness. My little one is running a fever for a third day, and we’re still coughing and such. We’re all fatigued.
Despite my muddled thinking, I actually finished two books this week. A friend recommended Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir. Such a great book; I couldn’t put it down. This conversion story comes from an Evangelical writer, but such richness! I am a cradle Catholic, and my family has always been active in the Faith, so reading from a different perspective where the Good News was never heard was fascinating. What really touched me is that once a person does hear the Gospel, he/she cannot ignore it. A choice has to be made — to reject or embrace. And to embrace means changes in your life, often radical changes. So this story unfolds the peeling off of the layers and changing into the baptismal robes of Christ. I kept thinking of “The Hound of Heaven” throughout her book.
I also finished Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration by Pope Benedict. I savored this slowly and thoroughly enjoyed it. I don’t think I remember a book giving me such richness for meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary. I also think this book is a must-read for anyone involved in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.
My new book is an Out of print book from 1961, Now! by Rev. M. Raymond, O.C.S.O, a Trappist monk. The book follows the theme of 2 Cor 5:20-6:2: “Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, NOW is the day of salvation!”. This is read on Ash Wednesday every year, and repeated throughout the Lenten liturgy. I put a NOW Cross on our mantle throughout Lent.
But NOW! is something I need to think about all the time, not just Lent. Father Raymond is a wonderful writer (if you haven’t read his book The Family that Overtook Christ on St. Bernard of Clairvaux and his family, you Must add it to your list!). I’m always so impressed that those who live a life of cloister have such clarity and understand so clearly our needs in this busy world.
I’m back to the doctor today just to give an ear to my lungs…I hope she’ll say I’m fine, but I want to make sure. My list of catch-up items are a mile long and overwhelming!
Join Ginny for other Yarn Along posts!
Joining Jen at Conversion Diary for 7 Quick Takes.
1) We’re all suffering from various stages of our illness. It’s gone from viral to bacterial for most of us. This pollen/allergy season is aggravating it all. My one son is sharing the wheezing with me. I’m on prednisone, AGAIN. But I’m happier that we are catching this earlier than last time. When Mommy’s sick, though, I just can’t push the school work. So we didn’t get much accomplished here. I can only do so much.
2) I don’t like to do too much introspection when I’m sick, because I’ll magnify all the problems, but I have really failed this school year. I’ve got to do some major changes. I need to have more planning and more self-discipline. I also hope to work in more crisis mode plans. I know you can’t “plan” for crisis mode, but I need to have some fallback plan, because this year became a whole year of crisis mode and I had no safety net. My only consolation has been that we are holding our son back one year before he enters junior high. We started him in Kindergarten at a younger age and I don’t want him to be that young in his grade.
3) I just signed up for Level III Formation for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. One of these days I’ll be a catechist in an actual atrium, but for now the formation enriches my spiritual life and nurtures our family spirituality.
4) But now that I’m in the class, I really need to finish my albums from Levels I and II. I’m very behind and have got to do my homework. So our summer plans: focus on math, handwriting, and reading, make the school plan for next year, and then work on my CGS albums.
5) I’ve also been giving thought to getting back into playing the organ and teaching sacred music. Having had such a year, I don’t know if I should consider giving a Gregorian Chant co-op, but I’ll see. I want my sons to learn chant and learn to sing in a schola and a choir. If there is no other opportunity, how else can they get the experience? I only will do it if both can be involved. So, I’m thinking and praying over this. Playing the organ means working in more practice, which gets back to a better schedule and organization.
6) While I’m dwelling on the sacred music, in rereading the documents on music in the liturgy, why is what should be the NORM is the exception?
7) My last 7QT I shared some of our book sale finds. Our sickly household has put on hold finding homes for all the books. The boxes are still in my living room. And I realized yesterday that because I got sick right after Christmas I never helped merge the new toys (i.e., Legos and Playmobil) into proper homes. And the mess downstairs proves that failure. So basement reorganization is also on my list.
Sometimes the cure is harder than the sickness. The long list for catching up after I’m well is so overwhelming!
I’m joining Ginny today in her Yarn Along.
St. Joseph the Worker by Ade Bethune
My husband is the last one to catch this horrible cold/flu and we are in the various stages of recovery.
Today is May 1, the Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker. Lately I’m not getting much work done other than meals on the table and keeping up with laundry. It’s only BARELY, though, so don’t think I’m bragging here.
I need to invoke St. Joseph here for a bit more energy so I can get things done. I’m embarrassed to have the A/C repairman come in the state the house looks.
My reading is scattered all over the house. Nothing is very meaty. Homemade with Love: Simple Scratch Cooking from In Jennie’s Kitchen is lovely eye-candy with beautiful photographs and lovely recipes. I’m not sure I can use too many for the whole family since we try to be wheat, eggs, and dairy free for our family meals because of one son’s allergies, but some will work.
Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life is light reading, with personal stories of how she started her Handmade Life, but then after her story, she gives some quick guides on setting up. So far I’ve read through gardening, chickens and bees. Delightful! Easy to read especially with pounding headaches.
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life is one that has been recommended by other friends on their blogs, and so I thought I’d give it a try. I haven’t cracked it yet.
I’m still knitting the First Communion Capelet for my niece. I hit a snag last week and had to frog a bit and correct the mistakes. It was a stupid mistake, but it would have bothered me forever. I think I need 6-10 more inches to knit. My other projects have been shelved until I finish this one. My poor mother won’t get her Mother’s Day shawl in time, but I think she’ll understand.
What are you knitting or crocheting right now? Join Ginny to share and read other Yarn Along posts.
We have had a wonderful week and a half enjoying the used book sales and our great hauls. Our parish also had a White Elephant, and we picked up a few items. The boys are learning to play Lord of the Rings Risk (over their age range, but they are patiently working through the instructions). We bought a wood puzzle of the United States and a box of colored blocks, many looking much like Lincoln Logs. A small bookshelf and a few chairs rounds out the list of goodies.
This wasn’t a lot of work, but it did take extra time all week for sorting through the book donations. I’m not an extravert, but I do enjoy some socialization. I realize the huge benefit of volunteering at my parish for the Festival–I get to visit with friends, and really get to know some of the lovely parishioners who give so much of their time. My cup is full — I was so blessed all week. When you are a parent and especially when you homeschool, there always seems to be a lack of time to socialize.
BUT, I’m seeing a pattern. The times I go out of routine, push myself a bit harder, when I’m more physical and spend more time outside the house, we are getting sick. It’s now been after Christmas, after Easter, and now after the Festival. Well, we actually started getting sick last Wednesday. I also see these as times when I stray from my usual diet and add some wheat and sugar — I’m lowering my defenses. So when will I learn my lesson?
We are pretty pitiful right now, with coughs and sniffles and fever. I’m praying I don’t get a relapse. I’m keeping up with my medicines and today is an official sick day.
Maybe I can get some knitting done today, but right now all I want to do is put my head down and close my eyes.
