Shelly's Blog

We attended the 50th anniversary celebration mass at St. Ambrose this evening. All I can say is, "Wow!". His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo (I guess that's his "official" title!) performed the mass. He said some parts in Latin, lots of incense, the Knights of Columbus in their ceremonial uniforms with their swords drawn..................It was a very elaborate ceremony that I don't think I will probably ever get to see again..........if I sound like I'm gushing, I probably am. Afterwards, we had our "Italian" dinner of Spaghetti from Fornos. Poor Alyssa just ate the salad and roll since she doesn't like spaghetti......at least the spaghetti sauce, anyway. The rest of us ate our fill and then headed for home and didn't get home until 9:00 pm. Glenn had to work tonight since it's the Christmas season and very busy for him at the hotel, so he missed the mass. I think he would have really enjoyed it.

I thought for sure that since we had so much time off last week, that this week would have just dragged on forever. I was wrong. This week has flown by. It's been really busy at work and I am working on 21 cases, all at once, that have to be completed before the holidays. Lucky me. Since Jess is in Jr. High now, she is getting ready to start taking her mid-terms next week. Alyssa won't have to worry about that for a few years. All she has to worry about is making a good grade on multiplication tests. She made a 90 on the last one.......much better than the one before. Cardinal DiNardo will be performing mass at St. Ambrose on Saturday evening to celebrate their 50th year. We will be going with Mom, Donna, Brianna, myself and my girls. We're also having dinner at the church later that evening. I have to go back to the church on Sunday to pick up my wreath from the Boy Scouts. We have also pretty much finished our Christmas decorations but I still haven't gotten