Happy feast of the Assumption!

Happy feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven! This is the day where Mary was taken up the Heaven by God. A few things I would like to share with you, that you might find interesting :)

First, I read something strikes a very good point. It told the difference between Mary's assumption and Jesus' Ascension.
Ascension: Jesus rose up to heaven by his own power.
Assumption: Mary rose up to heaven by God's power.
I never really thought of the difference before, so it was good to see this.

Next. I know that alot of Non-Catholic religions may think that Catholics worship Mary. Sadly, you have been misinformed. We do not Worship Mary, we pray differently to Mary than we do to God. When Jesus was during in the cross for us sins, gave Mary to us as our mother. So alot of times we are talking to Mary like we would our mother. We ask for her prayers for us to God, and for her to intercede for us and to help us gain virtues. Yes, we do thank her and honor her for what she did here on Earth, but it's not worship.

So there are a couple of good facts for you. I hope you had a blessed day.

Maggie Monday!

Hewoooooo Agin! Dis is Maggie, saying somting for your new favurit day of da week! My master keeps tryin to tink of somting to say, but she keeps gettin riter blok. But, i no wat im gonna say somting abowt!
Dis weekend we went to a plays dat da peepl call "Turtle Ridj" I dont no wai dey call it dat, cuz i never saw any turtls dere. . . . But anyway, we have to driv in da car for YEERS (ok, ok, maybe only a cupl owers) to git dere! Den wen we git der, my peepls brings lots of boxs to dis little tiny howse. Den, i gits to have sum fun dere sumtimes! On saterday, me and master went fur a walk in da feeld! i was runnin al arownd, and sniffin stuff, and you will never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever guess wat i fownd, EVER! ok, ok, try to guess! come on, you can try! i bet you didnt even try! it was. . .. . a little pees of. . . . . (drum rol pweese). . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .  SOMETHING DEAD! YAAAY! den i got reely happy and i rolled in it! i was just rollin arownd, and den master said " MAGGIE!" lik dat. kinda lik wen i try to chas a sqwirrel. I dont no wai she didnt lik da dead ting. it smeled prety good to me! So, we went bak to da tiny house den, and den she wiped all dat yummy smel off me! :0( and i tink i heerd sombody say da word BATH! NOOOOO!!!!!! I DONT LIK DOWS BATHS!baths is yucky. dey get me all wet and den i smells lik. . . . lik. . . . . . . .lik. . . . . . I dont no but i dowsnt smel bery good to me. da peepls liks it. . .

luky me, i didnt hav to tak a bath yet. . . .  Hehehehehe! maybe dey wil furget abowt dat hole bath ting, and i wont have to tak one! YYAAAAAYYYYYYYY! so im gonna pwetend dat i didnt rol in dat, and den i will go lik dis when somebody says somting abowt bath. " Bath? wai? wai tak a bath? i dont smel bad!" cuz its troo. i dont tink dat ting smeled bad!


Ok, wel, dis is NOT STINKY maggis, siyning off for da week! maybe i wil say somting agin next monday, your new favurit day!

Not stinky,
Maggie!

Maggie Mondays

Hewooo! dis is Maggie! i has desided that on some mondays, i is going to hack my owners blog, and say somfing! some peeple dont lik monday becuz day has o go bak to wurk, so now you has somfing to look foward too on monday. not to menshun monday starts wif m, and so dows maggie :0) first i wood lik to say, you shood always share wif small dogs! I am always trying to convinse peepl dat they shood share wif small dogs, becuz its troo. Big dogs eat too much food, and tiny dogs dont eat enouf of it! Small dogs however, lik me, eat da perfekt amownt, *bark* which is almost all of it *bark* so you shood always share wif small dogs! :0)
anyways, heer is a little bit abowt me.
i is a daschund beagle mix. dat means snoopy might be my cuzin, cuz hes a beagle.
i likes to eat pretty much everyfing. especially cheez stiks! dey is my favorite ever! and hot dogs, and pizza, and chips, and apples, and bread, and pretty mutch everyfing else!
i likes to try to chase squirrels, but my master doesnt let me :0(  she goes "maggie! leev it!" lik dat. . . . .
i also likes to play wif other dogs. dey is fun!
i liks chasing stick and balls, but then peeple say "Bring it bak!" and im not wreely sure wat dey wants then. . . . .So i just wuns off wif da stick! hehehehehhehehe :0p

well, dat is all fur today. maybe i say somfing agan next week!
                   
-Maggie    ooo
                    O<------ dis a paw print

Arm yourselves.

A time is drawing near where our Religious freedom, along with a few other rights are at risk. Already our consciences are being torn, and innocent children are dying everyday. So, arm yourselves, warriors of God! Arm yourselves with Prayer, Faith, Sacraments, Truth, Hope and charity, Arm yourselves with goodness, righteousness, chastity, and courage. Take heart, warriors. Your Prayers are not in vain. For The Lord hears them all. You may not get the answer you want, or when you want it, but have faith, He hears you. Have hope, dear friends. For as long as we live there is always hope. Hope for peace, Hope for goodness, Hope for this world to turn away from its dark paths, to the true paths of light. I heard it said somewhere ( don't know by whom or when) that all it takes for evil to triumph is for Good people to do nothing. So take action, dear warriors! Take action with haste! Pray as you have never prayed before, Live and Love as if there is no tomorrow, for you never know when the day shall come that you shall be called by the Lord,
Steer yourselves away from sin and evil. Walk in the light always, and do good works. We must prepare ourselves for the time coming, when we will have to take a stand for our faith, our freedom, our families. So arm yourselves in virtue, arm yourselves with prayer. Do not forget two of your greatest weapons, the Rosary and the Bible.
Stand firm in your faith friends, and trust in the Lord always.

Happy late fourth of July!

Sorry it's late, but Happy Fourth of July!

Me and Mom's new art studio!

We just got this wonderful L shaped desk! We found it in someone's trash and Mom couldn't pass it up. I didn't know how cool it was till we got it home! Now my art/ craft stuff wont have to be cramped into a drawer anymore! I think my favorite part is the little rotating pencil holder thingy, which is now my brush holder :)

It's got enough room for all the stuff that used to be in my drawer, and even room for hammy! LOL
Thanks Mom!

(p.s. plus there's a preview of my latest project, octopus in acrylics. No where near done mind you ;) I like oil paint more, but don't have the right brushes or a canvas on hand, and wasn't quite in the mood for water color even though I love those too.)

Finished room :)

Well, we actually got done with the painting on Thursday, and finished putting in things in Friday. I haven't had much time, because our Niece and Nephew are staying for about a month. Anyways, here are the pictures. I am uploading this from my iPod, so I will have to just give the captions in order.

Picture one: the shelf in between the bunk beds, so that everyone has a place to put things like flashlights or iPods.

Picture two: our chalkboard closet doors. A long time ago, we painted the closet boards with chalkboard paint, so now we can doodle on them. Here we have Scooby doo and Peter rabbit, both of which I drew because my nephew likes Scooby doo, and my Niece likes Peter rabbit.

Picture three: Hammy taking a nap in one of the beds

Picture four: Bunk bed one.
Picture five: Bunk bed two.

Picture six: our everyone has a "wall pocket" to put things like books in.

Picture seven: view of the inside of the shelves from bunk bed two.
Picture eight: our two curtains that act as doors. I can't remember if we took the door down due to slamming, or it was broken, or both, but now we have curtains and a gate there.

Picture nine: chalk board closet door.

Picture ten: our cool curtain rods that open up. It a lot less hassle to open the rod than it is the try to scootch
The curtains over. And probably less risk of breaking down the Ross by accident.

Picture eleven: chalkboard closet doors.

Well, I think some of the pictures do a pretty good job of telling the colors. A light purple and a bubble gum pink.

Painting our bedroom!

Well, we are *finally* painting our bedroom! At the bottom is a picture of the before print. The white spot is were we had to fill in a small hole. It hasn't been re-painted for…… probably 8 years at least……Now we will have two walls pink, and two walls purple! Will post an after picture when it is done.

Maggie

I have been so distracted, I haven't posted about our New Dog, Maggie!
Here's Maggie's story.
My Mom and I were walking through Petsmart on a Saturday after noon in January. Apparently, That's the day when Petsmart has adoption, and a shelter brings out a bunch of dogs and some cats, and lets people look at them and adopt them. So, Ussually when they have those and we just happen to be there, we go and look at all the adorable little animals, With no  Real intention of actually adopting them. :) This Saturday was no different. So we were walking along. There were some cute dogs. Some really cute little Australian shepherds, but they did'nt seem to take any interest in us. A really cute little pup, I think he was a Chihuahua mix or something. And a Really Really Really cute little Beagle Dachshund Mix, Named, Little Maggie. There was just something about her that made me very interested in her. She seemed a little shy, but sweet and quiet. None of the other dogs really stood out to me as much as Maggie did. Me and My Mom both liked her alot. But, we eventually continued our shopping. I just couldn't stop thinking about that cute little dog! So you know how you kinda drop little hints like " Oh, that dog was just so cute." " Oh, that little Maggie seemed like such a good little dog"  While we were still in the store. But I think my Mom already kinda knew. So on the way home we talked about it, And then She discussed it with my Dad, And Later that day we were going back to petsmart to make sure she got along with everyone, Including our Yorkie, Fuzzworth. And it seemed like she did! So we Decided to foster her for a week, and if everything worked out, the Adoption would occur next Saturday! So we took little Maggie Home! During that week, we found out why she was so quiet. She was coughing, and just wanted to sleep on the couch. She ended up having Pneumonia and two different types of worms! Luckily, Since we were Fostering her at that time, The shelter Payed for the treatment! She started getting better, Little by Little, and that Saturday we Adopted her. Today, Maggie is Not the quiet dog we thought she was! She is very talkative. When you've got food, " bark! Bark Bark! " When she's gotta go, " Arooorooroo bark bark!" When your'e making her wait, " Arooo Whine" LOL She's so cute. And she's really sweet too. She is a Skittish around people she doesn't know, But once she gets used to them, she wants them to pet her,         " Bark! Bark! Arooorooroo Bark!" LOL

The funny thing is, the nickname we gave her is " Maggie Moo". I think she took it a little too seriously, Because sometimes, She eats grass! LOL
The above picture is from the other day, when we were chilling out together on the front swing after some Training time.
Like any dog, or Person, She's not perfect, But she is a Really Really Great dog to me :)

Happy memorial day!

Happy memorial day everyone! And a extra special thank you to all our service members, past, present and future. You put your lives on the line to protect your family, your community, your country. Some died fighting for us. Some are/were MIA. Some are/were POW. And still, people are fighting for us today. So here's just a little reminder, on this beautiful memorial day, we are having Grill-outs, Pools are opening up, We are having fun. But let's not forget the true meaning of Memorial day. To Remember our service members. Let's keep them all, Past, Present and Future, in our thoughts, our hearts and most especially in our prayers.

Thank you to all our service members! Past, present and future! Happy memorial day!