Saints and Goblins

What a busy week it was! With work, Halloween, Red Ribbon Week AND school's Saint's Day Mass it was a whirlwhind. My friend Tari a week ago yesterday had surgery too for an obstructed bowel so we've been short handed at work. Things there are still stressful and I highly doubt that will change. Thankfully she's scheduled to return to us on Tuesday so that will be something pleasant to look forward to. I'm also just grateful it wasn't anything more serious and that she's feeling better now after her surgery. Something like that can be very dangerous if not caught in time and there was a rupture. My grandma too is scheduled to have eye surgery this upcoming week for cataracts. I'm praying that too will go as well as her first one did over a month ago. She's 90 something so anything medically worries me. I'm having a hard time getting her Resource drink too because it's on backorder at my work. So it worries me she isn't getting those extra vitamins and protein from the drinks to help her heal. I may just have to order it online from Walgreens at this rate. The bigger problem is trying to tell her why I've not gotten it to her yet. Everytime we talk on the phone now she can't hear a darn thing I'm saying to her!! Even if I yell!! So it's become very frustrating trying to communicate with her. I really do need to just find some time this week to go visit her instead. Unfortnately with doctor appointments, voting and parent-teacher conferences it's going to be an even bigger challenge to fit in! If only there were enough time in our days to do all the things we would like rather then just having spending the majority of it working or lost in daily chores etc. I'm sure this isn't anything everyone else in the world can relate to though!! Riiiiight!

Chase, my youngest chose St. Sebastian as his 'favorite Saint' for a Mass they were having at school this past week. Now I'm not the most artistic, handy, thrifty Mother nor seamstress so I had no clue what we were going to do for getting him something to 'dress up' as Sebastian! In fact I usually cringe at these types of activities because they make me anxious. Unlike Tari who really loves this kind of thing and is the best seamstress I know! In fact it was my adoration of her that even gave me the courage to try and take on making something for Chase. Anyway, he and I along with Mi all worked together making it and I have to say it turned out to be such a wonderful experience. I was so proud of us all 3 for working together and doing the parts that we each do best to unite in one project. I'll post some pictures later this week when I have some more time to download and upload them to the blog. I'll also include some of him in his halloween costume and of his nephews in theirs that my father-in-law sent us.
After researching online who St Sebastian was. I had no clue nor did Mi. Catholics celebrate Saints much more then other faiths and our house is definitely a melting pot of different spiritual views. My mother also even visited the local costume shop looking for something that would work which whould have been simple to utilize instead of making something. And for this I am grateful even if we didn't have any luck there! The shop is open only a few hours a day a few days a week so it made it nearly impossible for me to get there. In those moments retired grandparents are priceless! After work monday evening Chase and I drove around like mad people to different stores including the local Goodwill in search of ideas. I'd found an online site for people that reanact Roman military scenes etc so it was quite helpful to know what to attempt to make. I almost felt like I was on that tv show 'What Not To Wear' where we ran into stores looking for things we'd been schooled on beforehand and attempting to make outfits that would be suitable. Ok mind you it was that of a Roman Imperial Army Soldier rather then something for daytime business but I often akin experiences like that to make them less tedious and more 'fun'. I know. I'm strange but hey! It's not like you're paying for this it's a free read!! hee hee
Stay Tuned and see what we found at Goodwill and how St Sebastian the Roman soldier turned out. For now though it's time for laundry, cleaning and looking for that perfect Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe to go with the chicken breasts cooking in the crockpot. I hope you are enjoying a lovely warm sunny sunday in Iowa today too!