Top Sites Tuesday #51 – St. Patrick’s Day

Every year St. Patty's day rolls by and I mark the occasion by simply wearing green and enjoying pinching my family members that forgot

Last year I bought a St. Patty's day shirt I totally love - it says "I'm not Irish, Kiss me Anyway"  It's silly, but it's comfortable so I wear it all year. It's really faded out now, so I'll have to get another silly shirt for this St. Patty's day.

This year instead of letting the day simply go by and just wearing green, we're having a party.  Lots of green and Guiness!  LOL  Any suggestions for some Irish style Appetizers or Drinks?

OH!  I almost forgot I wanted to share something with you!  A dear friend actually read this to me some years back, It's a poem written by St. Patrick in 377 A.D. it's really beautiful:

 

Lorica

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In preachings of the apostles,
In faiths of confessors,
In innocence of virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.

I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.

I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.

Told you it was beautiful

Happy St. Patricks Day Tomorrow and have a wonderful Tuesday everyone!

--Trina

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Top Sites Tuesday #49 – Tag Your Favorite Blogger or Bloggers

This week theme is to tag your favorite blog with two random thoughts!

First I just have two thoughts of my own:

#1 - Why don't I have my camera when something cool happens?? On the way to work this morning I drove under three low flying Ospreys (I think that's what those two propped helicopters are called) After discovering that I had no camera, I saw a Buck chasing a doe through the field and for a short distance they ran along-side the road not 20 feet from my truck - I was frustrated with myself to say the least!

#2 - I've got to get up early for work tomorrow and I can't sleep. I can't seem to sleep-in on the weekends and I can't seem to pass out early during the week... days must be getting longer, time's changing.

So I've decided to tag a few of my favorite blogs to tell us two of their thoughts! I chose these blog because, well, I like them! Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I Eat Snowman Poop
Victoria North's Red Chair Blog
X-posed - Secrets of the Sexes
PurpleFrogCat

Can't wait to see everyone's thoughts this week!

--Trina

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op Sites Tuesday #47 – What Do You Like Most About Where You Live?

I can think of many reasons not to like where I live right now... topping the list is the weather.  The snow/sleet/rain/ice stuff that's falling right now is really crappy.  I, like many other people, feel trapped in my house when I'm not running from warm spot to warm spot LOL

To look at the bright side of things though, I'm going to give you a top ten list of things I like about where I live:

1)  I like the slower paced atmosphere - I am in Lower, Slower Delaware after all - until tourists and imports show up everything seems more relaxed and smoothly traveling along.  No reasons to rush anywhere, it's going to take an hour to get there and back minimum anyway...

2) I like the changing farm lands - the farm lands around here are consistently changing - being planted, harvested, growing different crops... it's a change without much change.

3) I like that my nearest neighbor is 5 acres away.  Nee I say more - I like my space LOL

4) I like that if I go a few hours in any direction I can see something completely different - Washington DC, Gettysburg, Virginia Beach, Ocean City, Assateaque Island, Ski Mountains, Amish Country, big cities - It makes for perfect day trips

5)  I love the weather - I know, after my opening statement you are probably chuckling, but we get all the extremes here for short periods of time and the rest of the time the weather is perfect.  It seems that spring and fall last a long time while the extremes of summer and winter are brief (albeit very extreme)

6) I like that many people who live here have lived here all their lives.  They can tell you stories of their families and show you pictures of when main street wasn't paved or laugh about what they did before Wal*mart came to town.  Everyone seems to know everyone and is somehow related to everyone (by marriage of course!)

7)  I like my friends.  There are few people that I would actually call friends, but they are the best friends I could ask for.  People that I know I could call on for help and that know they could call on me for help... People that I could say anything to and they would take my statements for what they really are - truth or BS

I like that I have been here long enough to understand directions given by locals - "Take a left at the farm that's a subdivision now and a right at the funny cows... go until you see the farm house that burned down last year and isn't there anymore then take a left at the leaning pine tree"  Yeah, I may not be from here, but I get it!

9) I like that every Christmas there is a chance that I'll have  a white Christmas - no matter how remote that chance might be, I still have a chance.

10) I guess I like that we are in the migratory bird path... my car doesn't like it much, before all the snow came she looked like I parked her under a flock of sea gulls and left french fries on the roof!

Wow!  I actually thought of 10 things!  I surprised myself!  I really thought I wouldn't be able to complete the list without have an "Um" and a "Well...." next to a number.  But in spite of being able to finish this list, I can't help but wonder if it's time to move.  I like the idea of staying put, but I want a change in scenery... I've been here 13 years and I'm ready for something different.  Maybe a devastatingly beautiful sunset or some rolling hills... definitely not a desert I think I'm too white for that, I'd fry! LOL

Happy Tuesday!

--Trina

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