Each Sunday of the Advent Season is dedicated to a pray for a particular grace. On the Second Sunday of Advent we pray for Peace.
Continue reading “On the 2nd Advent Sunday Let Us Pray”Author: Rosemarie's Kitchen
I'm a wife, mother, grandmother and avid home cook.I believe in eating healthy whenever possible, while still managing to indulge in life's pleasures.
Go In Peace This Advent Season
There is no recipe to share with this post. It’s just me, rambling through my own thoughts of the moment. Every year our Parish hosts an Advent Mission. It is a four-day lecture to help us to grown in our faith, prepare for the Season and to act as a catapult of sorts. It’s a Mission after all.
Continue reading “Go In Peace This Advent Season”Celebrating Saint Nick
The best part about the Feast of Saint Nicholas is that for those who wish to separate the Secular Santa Clause from the birth of Christ, this gives you a way to do it gracefully without appearing to be some sort of a Scrooge. It also lets you open your home to others in the spirit of Christmas Giving.
Continue reading “Celebrating Saint Nick”What Brings You Comfort?
For me it’s the simple things in life. Curling up with a cup of warm tea and listening to the rain falling down as I snuggle under a soft blanket. Holding Hubby’s hand as we watch a romantic Holiday Movie together. Hearing him whisper “I love you” during Mass instead of the traditional “Peace be with you.” These bring both comfort and joy.
Continue reading “What Brings You Comfort?”Is that you Dino, Singing in My Head
Most Thursdays are Italian Inspired Suppers in our house. The moment I start planning a meal such as the one we are sharing today, Dean Martin starts singing in my head. As a girl I was a big, big fan of The Dean Martin Show.
Continue reading “Is that you Dino, Singing in My Head”What a Deliciously Colorful Day!
Are you a fan of Cajun cooking? Cajun is hot – spicy hot. But different from Mexican Heat. And different from New Mexican Heat. I thought New Mexican Heat was some of the hottest on the planet. Cajun can give it a run for its money, that’s for sure.
Continue reading “What a Deliciously Colorful Day!”Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The world has seen its shares of ups and downs, of war times and peace times. As bad as the bad times get, they do end. Just as good as the good times seem, they too run in cycles, coming to an end.
Continue reading “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”Re-Thinking the Holidays
Not including the tree with its ornaments, wreaths, table settings and other little things sprinkled about, I have amassed 342 Christmas Decorations. When I’ve looked back over the last few years, it’s really way too much.
Continue reading “Re-Thinking the Holidays”Do You Do It?
Guess lots of folks that don’t venture out for Black Friday or want even more bargains are all surfing the net for amazing on-line deals. Awesome, I guess. Personally I avoid the internet on Cyber Monday as I don’t care much for traffic jams.
Continue reading “Do You Do It?”Herald in a New Year of the Lord
Advent is the most wonderful Season. My home has not one but three Advent wreaths and candles. It is the lighting of the candles, the glow of their lights, that fills my heart with immense joy. It is the anticipation and preparing the way of salvation that resonated within me.
Continue reading “Herald in a New Year of the Lord”Before the Christmas Rush Begins
Today is a very busy Saturday. It’s a part of our beloved Four-Day Weekend. There was Thanksgiving and National Family Day. Today is Shop Small Business Saturday. And tomorrow we begin the Blessed Advent Season.
Continue reading “Before the Christmas Rush Begins”Family Time Equals Game Night
And Game Night equals nibbles, of course. Anytime family gathers, I love to whip up all our favorites from a Spicy Cheese Dip to Mini Tostadas. This time around I even reached back into my own childhood memories. (AKA Swedish Meatballs that weren’t Swedish at all).
Continue reading “Family Time Equals Game Night”Just the Sides if You Please
Last year we celebrated an early Thanksgiving in our home. It was the first Thanksgiving since the breakup of my father’s second marriage. With our house divided and the farm on the market, we knew things were going to change.
Continue reading “Just the Sides if You Please”Let Them Eat Cake!
Today is National Cake Day. That means we can bake any cake we like – from Angel Food to Vanilla Cream and everything in between. Yes, let them eat cake!
Continue reading “Let Them Eat Cake!”Tonight We Dine with a Friend or Three
There is nothing that brings me more joy and sorrow rolled into one than to look back at my childhood. Ours was a house filled with people. Rarely were we alone. That is the joy I remember.
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