Wednesday Series 12 – Why Men Don’t Live As Long As Women

No problem, I can see through the holes!

Propagating Roses Update

About four weeks ago I had blogged about my new hobby, planting roses and “propagating roses”, out of the three that made it only one is really doing well. You can see the picture on the left was taken July 6, approximately 8 inches high with no new growth yet.

Today, the same rose that I had propagated has a new growth and it grew to about 1.5 foot high and has a flower bud.

Too bad for the other two, but this is still exciting!

The Spirituality of A Fortune Cookie

Yesterday was Coby's Baptismal day and we went to P.F. Chang’s for lunch. It's an American Chinese food and we had their famous lettuce wrap among other things.
As you know, every time you go to a Chinese restaurant at the end you will get a fortune cookie, and every now and then you get one that makes you go, hhmm . . ., this could be me?!
This is the fortune I got today and I think it is totally me.

What do you think?

Amazing Cappella Jazz Choir

This YouTube was forwarded to me by Fr. Miguel Marie, amazing find Father, Thank you!

Perpetuum Jazzile is an a cappella jazz choir from Slovenia and they are amazing. If you like the 80’s music, you remember the song Africa by Toto. This is what they are singing very beautifully and unique.

Have fun watching it! You will be watching it over and over and over again . . . at least that was the case at our house.

You can also watch the Bee Gees Medley by Perpetuum Jazzile.

Wednesday Series 11 – Why Men Don’t Live As Long As Women

Hey, he has a special license to drive that truck!

In Front Of Player Piano

We got invited to a friend’s house who owns a player piano. He actually rebuilt the player piano from the worst conditions you can imagine and it is working amazingly now (365 days later)

I never knew anything about player piano until I saw one and play with one. It is amazing and when you hear one, it makes you want to dance.

Enjoy watching Coby pumping the pedals on the player piano.

Wednesday Series 10 – Why Men Don’t Live As Long As Women

Hey, at least he strapped it down!

Happy Birthday Abigail!

Today is Abigail’s big day, she turns three years old! Happy birthday to you Abigail! I can’t believe she is three years old. We had a small party with our close friends and the weather was a perfect ‘fall-liked’ weather to be able to do piñata outside.

Today is also a big day for this blog, we started this blog exactly a year ago on Abigail’s birthday.

Wednesday Series 9 – Why Men Don’t Live As Long As Women

Shouldn't he be wearing a life-jacket?

Wednesday Series 8 – Why Men Don’t Live As Long As Women

Isn't this a violation of the seatbelt laws?

Man Of God Versus Man Of The World

I was reflecting on the funerals of Pope John Paul II - a man of God and Michael Jackson - a man of the world. The simplicity of heaven and the extravagance of the world, the wooden casket versus the golden casket. The legacy that both men left behind, legacy that focuses on God and heaven versus legacy that focuses on men and the world.

Pope John Paul II Funeral	Michael Jackson Funeral

What do you want your funeral to be like?

UPDATE: After I finished this blog, we did our night prayers and read the following on Psalm 49 “Be not afraid when one becomes rich, when the wealth of his house increases. For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his wealth will not go down after him.”

Propagating Roses

Back in May I started what might be a new hobby, “roses”. Planting roses that is! So far so good, and some of them are even blooming already.

To make it a little bit more challenging I also started propagating roses. You can click here to see what propagating is all about. I propagated 6 stem of roses which we got from the rose show at the botanical garden. Three stems didn’t make it and the other three, nine weeks later have some roots. Yippee . . .  I’m so excited about this!

When you grow roses from cuttings, they are identical to the original plant. So, imagine the possibilities, if I see a beautiful rose around your garden I might cut a stem and start propagating your rose.

 Images taken using the new iPhone 3G S

Christiana Mary In Close Up

How is Christiana Mary, some people had asked me? Well, I made a quick 24 second YouTube so you can take a look at her. She is getting bigger, smiley and very happy girl. Don’t get startled by the voice on the background, that is Gabriela trying to make her little sister giggles during the video making.

Happy Birthday America!

Freedom is never free, so please remember what it took to get it.

Happy Fourth of July and God bless all!

Weekly Joke – Only In America . . .

1. . . . can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

2. . . . are there handicap parking places in front of our skating rinks.

3. . . . do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

4. . . . do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a Diet Coke.

5. . . . do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.

6. . . . do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

7. . . . do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

8. . . . do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.

9. . . . do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.

Catholic iPhone Apps

If you are a heavy iPhone user like me, you will use your iPhone to the max with all the Apps you need that are available thru the iTunes App store. Apple is very smart for coming out with this ad, Catholic iPhone Apps. My favorite is “iConfess" app. You can get iConfess app by clicking here.

Enjoy watching the YouTube!

Wednesday Series 7 – Why Men Don’t Live As Long As Women

Now I wanna know why?

Protestor Hard At Work (For His Food)

A friend of mine, Brian Saint-Paul has this blog, the Inside blog. You just have to love those PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) protestors. You have to have a full stomach if you are going to protest in front of KFC, don’t you know that?Image Source: The Inside Blog

Weekly Joke – A Woman and A Hairdresser

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded: 

"Rome ? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome. So, how are you getting there?"

"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"
"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser. "That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old their flight attendants are ugly,  and they're Always late. So, where are you staying in Rome ?"

"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's Tiber River called Teste."

"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks its gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump."

"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope." 

"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. You and a million other people trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."

A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome . 

"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot. 
And the hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!" 

"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the pope." 

"Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. 
Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me." 

"Oh, really!  What'd he say?"

He said: "Who messed up your hair?"

Wednesday Series 6 – Why Men Don’t Live As Long As Women

All I wanna know is, HOW?