disappointed that my prayer routine is so hard to maintain on vacation, *especially* just before a big Feast like this.

why kids don't understand that you are supposed to sleep *in* on vacation???

happy 4th Sunday of Advent! Getting ready to go to Mass in balmy -9F degree weather.

feeling much better after a 3 hour nap!

recovering... ended up leaving for Christmas last night b/c of blizzard conditions today... arrived at 3am... up w/ kids at 9:30... tired!

it took a bit longer than expected to clear 2-3 inches of snow this morning, but I don't mind... it's not Christmas w/o snow!

Just read Benedict's Wednesday audience (Zenit translation) from yesterday... wow. Powerful. ping.fm/sgk8P

morning, all!

just finished School of Community, the weekly catechetical "activity" of the movement Communion & Liberation.

back from a birthday party for a colleague.