Time is like a snowflake--it melts away while we try to decide what to do with it.

- Unknown

This is the beginning of spaghetti sauce . . . ?

 My family's favorite meal on a Friday is meatless spaghetti sauce . . . as long as I make it myself! Believe it or not, all you see in the picture, and then some, goes into the making of it. Lots of onion and fresh Basil make it into the mix. Since my husband's tomato plants are going crazy with the warm sunshine, coming up with spaghetti sauce is an easy job. I like my version because it gets a whole lot of vegetables into my family but all they see is a mound of pasta and a sprinkling of cheese!

And the winner is . . .

 Our kitten, Marcela, likes it when Bold comes in to play. Marcela, however, is a frisky kitten and Bold, as you can see from the paws and tail under Marcela, often gets the worst of the playtime.

Heartbreaking . . .

 I sincerely wish that people would take responsibility for their pets. A gentleman in the neighborhood had a lot of cats in and around his house, inside and out. He took very sick, suddenly, and was quickly sent to live with his daughter. She cleared out his house and called animal control about the cats. Unfortunately, two of them coudn't be caught and within a month of so started coming around our house. We had decided to befriend one and take the other one to the shelter. Well, they grew up a bit too fast and both had kittens at a young age before we could do anything about it. We found homes for one cat's three kittens. One of the other cats either found a home or came to a bad end as the little grey guy disappeared. All we have left to figure out a future for are these two kittens. The one on the left we call Bold because he is and likes to race into our house to see what our cat is having for dinner. The smaller, female we call Fresh because she tries to be untouched by us mere mortals although she looks at the other cat getting petted with some longing in her eyes.

Unfortunately, no homes were found for either the two kittens or their mothers so we have to finally take them to the animal shelter. What saddens us is that they won't even have a chance to find a home. It seems to be 'kitten season' and they will be put down as soon as we turn them over.

You have to wonder how God is going to view man's use of his creatures when people refuse to do the proper thing by their animals and keep the population down so they can all find homes.

Is it real or not?

Every year, I get very frustrated at the disregard of Church rulings about unapproved apparitions and the posting of fliers for these conferences. This week, the annual Medjugorje one went up. I realize that it is up to each individual as to how they want to view this but posting it at a parish church gives undeserved credence to it that hasn't happened from the Vatican yet.

I was shown this link and found some interesting information in it.

http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/medjugorje.htm

What caught my attention was the premise that Medjugorje could be distracting us from the verified words received at Fatima. Anyway, the priest I talk to about this says to concentrate on the proven until the unresolved is resolved. Not starting a 'religous war' here but just sharing some interesting information I hadn't heard or thought about until now.

A somber reminder of what we had in the past . . .

http://mychal-massie.com/premium/has-greatness-died-from-my-vault/

Quotes for Today - All Too True!

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
-- e e cummings

"The word 'meaningful' when used today is nearly always meaningless."
-- Paul Johnson

"Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies."
-- Woody Allen