Wish I was a Franciscan

Nov. 15, 2008
Different religions

If i knew my faith was going to be slammed just for writing on a blog i don't think I'd have joined up. This post is mostly directed at my old friends. Why are you being so mean? Why are you slamming what i believe in and calling me a pagan idol worshiper!?! If you would like to talk to me about my faith (which i encourage you to do) you know how to contact me. Otherwise... please don't leave such hurtful comments on my blog. I don't think you'd like it very much if i commented on your blogs and told you everything you believed in was a false lie and that you were being hoodwinked by the devil. Please show some respect.

Sorry our friendships are smashed,
Elizabeth

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Sep. 30, 2008
Moving... again

I'm moving to a new blog!!!
Thankyou for visiting this one so often, i hope you come read my posts at WishIWasAFranciscan. Same me, just a different background.
Please visit soon,
Elizabeth

P.S. I'll be writing an entry about a naval ship i got a tour of.

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Sep. 24, 2008
Rolling stones...

Rolling stones... going by so fast they forget to take a breath of air and see the stars.

There are so many requirements in life... Sweep the floors, clean the dishes, make the beds, fold the washing, do your homework, feed the dogs, cook the dinner, set up a party, call your friends, make a gift, dust the bookshelfs... there never seems to be time for God. We fill our day with things... important things, time wasting things, things that make us feel good. Where is God? Waiting. He waits by our side, he sits patiently, stopping a car from running us over, stopping the leak in the roof getting worse, stopping the gas leak... waiting for us. He hopes that we will spare a minute, send up a prayer to him. To let him know we haven't forgotten him. We fit God into our lives... we set aside 15 minutes in the morning to pray the rosary. We wish we had more time for God, we wish we could enjoy praying or reading a bit of scripture but we never seem to have 'time'. Can we pray while vaccuming? yes. Can we pray while cleaning the fridge? yes. Can we stop our tongues talking so much if we pray in the quiet minute? yes. I know during those moments there are a billion or more things running through our heads that we never think to praise God for the family were scrubbing the floor for.

I never used to be able to concentrate while praying the rosary, my mind used to wander and fingers would miss a hail mary... lately i have been trying. There were a few issues in the family so i was sending a rosary up to Our Lady ever day. It is becoming easier now. I can focus more and it doesn't seem like a chore. I can see the things that have been happening as a result. Good things. I love praying to Our Lady now, she gives so much comfort to those of us who need a shoulder to cry on. From watching other people in my family, when they started praying the rosary every day it became a helping hand, then it became something that they really liked to do, then it became an addiction to pray it every day. Something that would put the whole day out if they didn't pray the rosary. What a wonderful addiction! I can't wait till that is me! Till i can't get up in the morning until i've prayed my rosary! "The days slip by too fast!" we cry. "We need more time!"
How about we MAKE time, instead of just grabbing a minute when we've nothing else to do and then finding out that the electrician needs to be called.Our Lady has blessed me so much since i started praying her rosary every day. Imagine what she could do for you...

God bless,
Elizabeth

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Sep. 11, 2008
Beaches and Lovely Days

These are some pictures i have taken over the past... since i've lived here in Esperance. I thought you might like to see them...

This is a sunset at a beach nearby. Night time drives are so much fun!

This is my friend, Sammy. He normally swims up and down the jetty, posing for tourists and locals.

This is my brother at a wind farm. We had tremendous fun... as you can see.

This is a sunset at another nearby beach... spectacular view...

This is a view of the same beach, from the position that the last photo was pointing toward.

Hope you like the pictures.
God bless,
Elizabeth

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Aug. 29, 2008
Adam and Eve

Dear Readers,
Here is something to brighten your weekend.

A little girl asked her mother:
'How did the human race appear?'
The mother answered, 'God made Adam and Eve;
they had children; and so was all mankind made.'
Two days later the girl asked her father the same question.
The father answered,
'Many years ago there were monkeys from
which the human race evolved.'
The confused girl returned to her mother and said,
‘Mum, how is it possible that you told me the
human race was created by God,
and dad said they came from monkeys?'
The mother answered,
'Well, dear, it is very simple.
I told you about my side of the family,
and your father told you about his.'

Hope you got a good laugh.
God bless,
CoffeeGirl

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Aug. 28, 2008
Spring

Winter hangs on the rails like curtains. The hope of spring still frosted on the glass. As winter comes to an end the curtains are gently tugged, but the ropes can't come close enough to wrap them all the way back.
This is what Esperance is like. Winter is coming to an end, so God gives us a sunny day. We all rejoice and run around under the sun. Then we have a week of rain and clouds and cold wind. WHY?

God bless,
CoffeeGirl

P.S. www.Elizabethsrosaries.blogspot.com

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Aug. 28, 2008
Award

I have been nominated for the SuperCommenter Award by MariumRegnumFamiliae
also known as 'my mother'
Getting this award made me feel all special, so thankyou mum.
I wonder if my cheeks will ever fade.

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The rules of this award are as follows:
I have to nominate 7 other bloggers.
Here goes:

Raewyn
Gracealamode
OceanaJones
MariumRegnumFamiliae

I'm afraid that's all i have.
Hope that you 4 recipients enjoy the award.

God bless,
CoffeeGirl

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Aug. 18, 2008
Bridal store

This past week has been very busy. I feel like i could fall asleep on my feet.
Monday to friday, 10 to 3, i have been doing work experience at the local bridal store. It has been very busy and i was glad on friday night, when i crashed on my bed and slept... *snooze*
Then on saturday and sunday i had a sleepover and made lots of rosaries. Today is monday and i'm back to school. As were just heading out of winter, some sunny warm days are approaching. Not being very athletic, it's been tiring walking every day since i think friday... mabye saturday...
The sun has brought happiness back into our winter home and the doors have lately been open to let the warm breeze waft in and wrap itself around us. The change has been most enjoyable and i hope it stays. Maybe i'll be able to get some big sleeps in this week.

Has anyone been watching the olympics? My favourite sport is the swimming, but quite enjoy the equestrian events and the gymnastics and the soccer and the diving and the... i'll leave the list out.
Our womans relay team won again this year in in the swimming! yeah!

GO AUSTRALIA!!!

Just got out the sewing machine. It's so dusty from a few months of not being used. *achoo*
I'm putting together an egyptian print wall quilt. 5 1/2'' squares sewn together to make nine patch blocks, then cut in 4 pieces, and sewn together randomly. It turns out quite nice. I'll post a picture of it when i'm done.
Speaking of pictures, here are some.

These are my nephews 7 years and 6 months.

My sister and i after waking up in the morning.

This was the beginning of the great melon fight of 08.
It lasted a long time and by the end, CoffeeGirl and Sparky were tired and covered in dirt.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.
God bless,
Elizabeth

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Aug. 8, 2008
Coming soon to an internet site near you!!!

I thought that title was funny. LOL
For those of you who don't know, me and my friend are making rosaries to sell in order to raise money to go to WYD in Madrid, Spain 2011. If you would like to buy a rosary, I'll be starting a website soon where you can come and view the available rosaries. It should be done in a few days. Click here:

ElizabethsRosaries

Life seems to go by so fast... I can't believe that it's already been 6 months since my sister had a little baby boy. I'm not known for my memory but i can remember these past few years clearly. Life is so precious and we shouldn't waste a minute of it. I can finally understand how a mother feels when her son leaves home and she's saying that just yesterday he was starting school. I know that sounds silly coming from a 14yo, but that is how i feel... Deegan will be 6 months old soon... I'm just a little astounded. Life is going by at the same pace as it has for the past 4,000 years or so, but sometimes it seems to go by like a sleek jet and other times like your very slowly placing one foot in front of the other.
Have you ever wished that you could do away with feelings? Sometimes you take a little longer than you normally would thinking about something and another takes your facial expression as an insult? You have to waste valuable mind space thinking of some way to explain to that person that you were just thinking. Feelings are good most of the time though and I wouldn't like to think about how the world would be without feelings. A group of robots standing around... Of course, we wouldn't actually look like robots. Those shiny or rusty bits of metal with a computer chip inside. We would still look human, but we would ACT similar to robots... do you understand my meaning?

God bless,
Elizabeth

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Jul. 25, 2008
Father Marian's 50th

Father Marian's 50th birthday came on a Wednesday. This is how my day went: I woke up. I did schoolwork. Night came and we headed off to mass. Wednesday night mass was going to be special. It was father's birthday celebration mass. Not only did we come to celebrate the Eucharist, but also a birthday. This was going to be special. After going to mass so many mornings a week I come to love and remember precisely what I am to do. When to kneel, when to stand, when to speak and so forth. I'm not as brilliant on Sunday mass and can usually be counted upon to make at least one mistake. This Wednesday night we arrived (for the first time) late. We hurried into the back pew and tried to pick up the jist of the Mass. This was hard. I made about 7 mistakes and as the girl in front was constantly looking back it was quite embarrassing. The only thing that consoled me was the little boy near me singing in such a sweet, angelic voice and the fact that God knew my heart and why I was there. Red faced and always shy, one of my mum’s friends pushed me towards a girl around my age and made the introductions. I was glad she was bubbly and enthusiastic, as I’m not too good at talking and quite happy to listen to the tale of her two week travel around Europe (She got to see Vatican City). At this point the back area of the church was flowing with loud, exuberant people. Wishing for some peace and quiet, I made my way into the front row in the chapel and felt quite happy to be alone with God (the tabernacle was near my seat). I had not been there long when Father Marian came and thanked me for my gift (I made him a green rosary. Pictures somewhere below). He enquired about the stones and we shared a friendly conversation. He went back to his 50th birthday party and I was again left alone with God. It was very nice to think that our parish priest should break away from his clammering guests to come and enjoy the quiet and thank me.
This is Father Marian and a strange girl...

Can you see the 50 balloon in the background?

There was quite a few of them around.
God bless,
CoffeeGirl

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Jul. 23, 2008
Schools back

The school breaks are such a refreshing time of year. For kids at school, they don't like the holidays as much because their not seeing their friends every day, for homeschooled kids we like the school holidays because we CAN see our friends. The time comes around and the schoolbell rings. Kids fly onto the bus and eagerly catch up with each other and exclaim over the things they did in the holidays (These stories are generally exagerated). Homeschooled kids slump over the chair and say that their too tired to do anything today. Much better to go back to bed. Unless there is a particular subject that you are eagerly awaiting to get to or you got bored of the holidays because there was nothing to do, you can probably relate to what i'm saying. Here in Western Australia school has just gone back and although i needed something to occupy my time, some of the schoolwork is not what i had in mind. I'm glad to be back to maths and zoology and art but i have no use for this kind of knowledge. The world of academic achievement is not in my future, so why do i need to do it? This question is very easily answered. I will not give the answer because i'm sure everyone can think of at least half a dozen reasons why. School is good for us and we who do not appreciate the work our parent/s put into our schooling are ungrateful. It's not just hard for us! Our parent/s have a hard time of it too, especially when we whine about how hard it is.
Just what i've been thinking about.
God Bless,
CoffeeGirl

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Jul. 19, 2008
Prince Caspian the second installment in the Chronicles of Narnia

Over a month ago i saw Prince Caspian at the cinema with my brother.
I though that it was one of the most "I WANT TO SEE THAT AGAIN" movies that i had in fact ever seen. About two weeks ago I got a chance to see it again and eagerly went, waiting to see if it was in fact as good as i had remembered. The second time i saw it i thought that it was even better than it was the first time. Just today i've been reading interviews with the well know Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. Have not yet come across one with Caspian. It really changed the way i look at the characters and how they can be so different in movies. Remember, when you don't like a movie character and you build up your dislike for that person so much, their more than likely REALLY different. Or it could be the other way round. William (the one who plays Peter) is the eldest of three and Georgie (Who plays Lucy) is the youngest of three. Personally, Lucy has always been my favourite. I think Susan wore too much black eyeliner in this one.

I was amazed when i saw how much the cast had grown. (mostly meaning Lucy and Edmund) I reccomend this movie, but if the person in question gets scared by the witch in 'The Wizard Of Oz' then they should stay right away from Prince Caspian.

Write soon and God Bless,
Elizabeth

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Jul. 18, 2008
Rosaries

Moving all over Australia, it's been hard to make friends and keep them. a few months ago i met a girl named Jesse, her and I got along well and after a couple of sleepovers this month we are very nearly best friends. Both being Catholic and too young to go to WYD we've devised a plan to raise enough money to go in 3 years time. Were making rosaries and decades to sell. Our parish priests 50th birthday is on wednesday and I made one for him...

I initially made this one for myself.

This one I made for mum...

I haven't got a whole shot of this one...

These are my favourite 4...

These are some random shots..

These are the crosses and crucifix...

I also made a small pink one for little girls and a couple of decades. Saint Anthony and Saint Christopher. I'm currently working on a Saint Francis decade for a good friend of mums.

I hope you like the pictures,
CoffeeGirl

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Jul. 16, 2008
Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey has recently become one of my favourite titles. I have long loved Jane Austens work but (For some mysteriously vexing reason) I have only just come upon Northanger Abbey. I immediately fell in love with the characters of Catherine Morland and Mr.Henry Tilney. They are such a refreshing breeze from the many time repeatedly read Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Oh, and Persuasion. I have already read through Northanger Abbey twice and will rave about the movie to anyone who asks. If you have not read Northanger Abbey yet then please do not read on.

I immediately picked out Isabella and her brother John Thorpe as evil, conniving characters. The way Isabella would always call Catherine
'My dearest creature!'
She made Catherine sound like a little puppy dog. Catherine, blind sighted to the evils of the world had no idea that Isabella, her true friend in Catherine's eyes, was only out to secure Catherine's brother James for his money, and then when Captain Tilney came along she stooped to such malicious levels to try and marry Cap Tilney for his vastly greater inheritance when Isabella herself was already engaged to James! But Cap Tilney just used her... no more than she deserved i dare say. As for John Thorpe, the horrible pug faced man tried to marry Catherine for the money that he thought she was to inherit from Mr.Allen. Personally it was hard for me to read a character who absolutely loved Bath, especially after reading Persuasion where Anne, it's heroine, finds it so unpleasant.
All in all, Northanger Abbey is the greatest Jane Austen that i have ever read.

I got the audio of Northanger Abbey from Librivox, a free website.

http://librivox.org/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen-2/

Write Soon,

CoffeeGirl

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Sep. 27, 2007
Ummm....hi?

How to explain Esperance...

The sky is white with tinges of dull grey. Sweet rain drops fall on chilled faces when standing unprotected in the outdoor windy atmosphere. Lush green ground and sky reaching treetops catch your eye. The water sparkles like spangled silver. Ivory seagulls and common pigeons litter the skys with their blurred wings.

That's as much as I can think of right now.

Write soon,

Elizabeth

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Apr. 18, 2007
Tag

I got tagged by YoshiYahu. Here are the answers.

7 things i love doing:

swimming, reading, blogging, visiting the horses, cooking, visiting friends, maths.

6 things i dont like doing:

Lingua mater (english), arguing, doing the dishes, going for long bike rides without water, getting lost in the dessert, really hot days.

5 of my fav. books:

These Happy Golden Years, The Good Master, The little white Horse, The kings Shadow, Harry Potter.

4 thngs that scare me:

Cockroaches, Insects in my bed, Silverfish......Poisenous spiders.

3 actors/ actresses(sp)?

Angelina Jolie, Rowan Atkinson (mr.Bean), Orlando Bloom.

2 movies i like

ElizabethTown, LOTR

1 thing that is specal to you

Mass.

8 of my peps im tagging!

Burger, OceanaJones, EldestOf5, Sharla88, Dawn90, OldFashionGirl, quadguys (all of them), WolfGirl.

thanks for reading,

Elizabeth

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Apr. 1, 2007
Albany

A couple of weeks ago we drove down to Albany to go on a house-boat. We spent 2 days on a river in peace and quiet. (except when the speed-boats went by) I caught 20 fish with a hand reel, my brother caught 14, and my mum and dad each caught 2. All up that's 38 fish. In the picture above is Pete and me. We called him Pete cause he kept following us up the river all day, and at night slept on a nearby rock. By the end of the holiday I could hook buoys, (sp?) cast a reel, and drive the boat.

I haven't really got much to write, that's why there hasn't been an entry in a while. Suggestions welcome. LOL

write soon,

CoffeeGirl

P.S. Happy April Fools!!!!!

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Feb. 27, 2007
Tagged

I got tagged by BobaFett.

So I have to name my favourite things.

1 color: I can never choose between blue, pink, purple, and red.

(sorry)

2 names: Bernadette, Orlando

3 foods: you expect me to choose?

pizza, cinnamon scrolls, milk

4 books: pride and predjudice, little women, Arabian Nights, Harry Potter

5 Characters: Captain Jack Sparrow, Legolas, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swan, Avatar

6 movies: Pirates of the Caribbean 1&2, charlie and the chocolate factory (the new one), ElizabethTown, Monster in Law, How to Steal a Million

7 Hobbies: swimming, writing books and poetry, reading, eating, cycling, painting minatures, photography

8 places you want to visit: Italy, Ireland, America, Africa, Tasmania, Scotland , England, Rome
9 things you want to do before you die: Get married, have 12 kids, become a photographer, go on an African Safari, Scooba Diving, visit all my friends, Ice skating, learn to drive, open a coffeeshop / book store.

11 Fav. people on HSB: OceanaJones, Yoshiyahu, BobaFett, OldFashionGirl, Wolfgirl, PadmeAmidala, sharla88, Burger, RandomChic93, ChosenByHim90, CentralianJen

Okay, all of you who haven't already been tagged, have to do this tag.

write soon,

CoffeeGirl

P.S. did anyone notice that number 10 isn't there?

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Feb. 26, 2007
DUST STORM LEAVES MANY HELPLESS

Hello fellow bloggers!

I am going to try and make this sound as much like a newspaper as possible.LOL

(as for the heading)

People driving back from town, or into town were struck down by wind, rain, and dust storms.

"There was nowhere that you couldn't see a dust storm. The sky was red with sand and the windmills were blowing like crazy."

says a spectator

"we were driving back from town when we saw all this red sky that was actually all weak twisters, known as dust storms, and we had to pull over to the side of the road untill it passed because we couldn't see the road. It's the worst sort that I've ever seen."

All power from Yalgoo to Murrewa was lost for over 24 hours. Families lost food in their fridges and freezes, but to top it all off, it was a 40 degree day.

"We had no air conditioner, no fridge, no TV or computers, at night we lit candles and played board games because we couldn't find much else to do. The folowing day, when the power was still not on, we were sweltering in the heat and prayed for the power to come back on."

At around 7:20PM the power came on, but the TV stations were damaged therefore there were no channels.

"We did not know the severity of the storm at all because we couldn't watch the news."

Mullewa had lots of trouble getting their power back on because the place where the problem was, was surrounded in mud and the elctricians couldn't get to it.

One girl even used her laptop to use the internet because she was so bored and needed to get her mind off the heat.