God. Awesome. God God Awesome
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gfrancieThe cheerful couple is back. We are exhausted and are enjoying a nice cup of tea and a sit down.
The weekend wasn't too awful and we met a number of very nice people. There seemed to be a number of people whose future spouses were career officers in the military and for some reason a number of them were from Texas originally. I have to say this, people from Texas are a riot. Very friendly and spirited and I had to laugh when men would say, "yes ma'am" to me. *snorts* crazy folks.
It was a fairly interesting weekend. They pretty much made you sort out eight million details about your future life together. From the practical to the esoteric. There were some fairly hilarious presentations on sex. The two couples presenting the encounter were really cool. They weren't stepford families at all. The older couple had been married 29 years. They had been through everything. He had kids from a former marriage. They both came from dysfunctional families. They were dirt poor at points in their life, they had their ups and downs and it was really apparent that they genuinely loved each other still. They had kids, they took in messed up kids, they shared a lot of deeply personal stuff from their lives. The younger couple was equally cool. They were about thirty years old. Had been married three years, had two kids, one was the wife's from a previous relationship. They have family issues, they are working on their marriage a lot and they were incredibly kind. Plus they had a cute dog. I am a sucker for dogs.
I would say that 97 percent of the couples were living together. At least one couple was legally married. Some had kids. (Either with their fiance or from a prior relationship) One girl in my dorm had a seven month old daughter. This was her first time away from her daughter and her first nights of uninterrupted sleep since her daughter was born. I ran into a girl I knew from my childhood. I had not seen her since we were nine years old. (she moved away at the end of fourth grade) I had known her since we were three years old. When she introduced herself, (Elizabeth Beard is her name) I immediately recognized her. She immediately recognized me (yes I have looked the same since I was small) and remembered how my Mom would play the theme from The Muppet Show for us on the piano when we were in nursery school together. How funny. Mr. Jenner had to laugh. Most of the couples were inter-faith couples so a lot were being introduced to Catholicism for the first time. Spooky.
The setting was interesting. They rented space from this evangelical group (it was a bible camp/vacation spot) and they took care of our meals and they would say the grace. The way they prayed made me think of the movie 'Saved'. It seems as if their prayers were kind of ad-libbed and I admit as a Catholic I feel a little uppity because we have sets prayers for nearly everything so we aren't inclined to say God and awesome a lot.
The prayers before meals often sounded like this, "We just want to thank you Awesome God for being so awesome today and providing us with a rad day God. We are thankful God for this awesome food which we are about to eat that will be awesome God because you are awesome and provide great food and life for us God and it is awesome."
I swear that was an actual prayer they said. I half-expected Mandy Moore to come out and throw a bible and say, "I am filled with Christ's love."
But I shouldn't make fun. Us hypocritical Cat'licks have had a few more centuries to work on our prayers. I am sure in the beginning ours were kinda sucky too.
The food was very starchy and vegetables weren't a concept they were hip to. The lettuce was more of an iceberg lettuce theme. It was a bit of a time-warp in terms of cuisine. Think 1950's cafeteria food. Though I have to give them props for the biscuits and gravy. Incredibly tasty.
And to answer a few questions and comments the microwave/crockpot analogy was used. It was entertaining. It was kind of nice to see that Mr. Jenner and I have a fairly healthy relationship, we sorted out a few minor details regarding our future married life and we both agree that sleeping apart sucks.
Now to be lazy. In other cheerful news a friend gave us a Christmas pudding mold for a wedding present. I am so excited I may wet myself. PUDDING MOLD
The weekend wasn't too awful and we met a number of very nice people. There seemed to be a number of people whose future spouses were career officers in the military and for some reason a number of them were from Texas originally. I have to say this, people from Texas are a riot. Very friendly and spirited and I had to laugh when men would say, "yes ma'am" to me. *snorts* crazy folks.
It was a fairly interesting weekend. They pretty much made you sort out eight million details about your future life together. From the practical to the esoteric. There were some fairly hilarious presentations on sex. The two couples presenting the encounter were really cool. They weren't stepford families at all. The older couple had been married 29 years. They had been through everything. He had kids from a former marriage. They both came from dysfunctional families. They were dirt poor at points in their life, they had their ups and downs and it was really apparent that they genuinely loved each other still. They had kids, they took in messed up kids, they shared a lot of deeply personal stuff from their lives. The younger couple was equally cool. They were about thirty years old. Had been married three years, had two kids, one was the wife's from a previous relationship. They have family issues, they are working on their marriage a lot and they were incredibly kind. Plus they had a cute dog. I am a sucker for dogs.
I would say that 97 percent of the couples were living together. At least one couple was legally married. Some had kids. (Either with their fiance or from a prior relationship) One girl in my dorm had a seven month old daughter. This was her first time away from her daughter and her first nights of uninterrupted sleep since her daughter was born. I ran into a girl I knew from my childhood. I had not seen her since we were nine years old. (she moved away at the end of fourth grade) I had known her since we were three years old. When she introduced herself, (Elizabeth Beard is her name) I immediately recognized her. She immediately recognized me (yes I have looked the same since I was small) and remembered how my Mom would play the theme from The Muppet Show for us on the piano when we were in nursery school together. How funny. Mr. Jenner had to laugh. Most of the couples were inter-faith couples so a lot were being introduced to Catholicism for the first time. Spooky.
The setting was interesting. They rented space from this evangelical group (it was a bible camp/vacation spot) and they took care of our meals and they would say the grace. The way they prayed made me think of the movie 'Saved'. It seems as if their prayers were kind of ad-libbed and I admit as a Catholic I feel a little uppity because we have sets prayers for nearly everything so we aren't inclined to say God and awesome a lot.
The prayers before meals often sounded like this, "We just want to thank you Awesome God for being so awesome today and providing us with a rad day God. We are thankful God for this awesome food which we are about to eat that will be awesome God because you are awesome and provide great food and life for us God and it is awesome."
I swear that was an actual prayer they said. I half-expected Mandy Moore to come out and throw a bible and say, "I am filled with Christ's love."
But I shouldn't make fun. Us hypocritical Cat'licks have had a few more centuries to work on our prayers. I am sure in the beginning ours were kinda sucky too.
The food was very starchy and vegetables weren't a concept they were hip to. The lettuce was more of an iceberg lettuce theme. It was a bit of a time-warp in terms of cuisine. Think 1950's cafeteria food. Though I have to give them props for the biscuits and gravy. Incredibly tasty.
And to answer a few questions and comments the microwave/crockpot analogy was used. It was entertaining. It was kind of nice to see that Mr. Jenner and I have a fairly healthy relationship, we sorted out a few minor details regarding our future married life and we both agree that sleeping apart sucks.
Now to be lazy. In other cheerful news a friend gave us a Christmas pudding mold for a wedding present. I am so excited I may wet myself. PUDDING MOLD
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Date: 2005-09-19 12:57 am (UTC)I'm so glad that Awesome God is going to Awesomely bless your Awesome Marriage.
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Date: 2005-09-19 01:02 am (UTC)Or sex is like a cuisinart, first you turn on a button and things are pureed...
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Date: 2005-09-19 01:20 am (UTC)the Lord thy God is a God of grammar as well, and He cringeth mightily...
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Date: 2005-09-19 01:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-19 01:39 am (UTC)::makes mental note to start using the word "Awesome" in evening prayers::
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Date: 2005-09-19 01:41 am (UTC)God you are big and stuff like an elephant or an SUV.
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Date: 2005-09-19 04:46 am (UTC)*hides face in shame of not knowing!*
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