What I listen to......

I've always been a big fan of listening to things. Audio-books, music, anything really.
Since getting an I-Pod Touch for my birthday which I named Mr Reese (Person of Interest) and the case that I have for it is Sherlock, I've been enjoying being able to listen to a lot of stuff, without having to ask Mum if I could use her I-Pod.
One of the coolest things about having my own I-Pod is that I can get podcasts! It's really exciting. And one of the stations I've been listening to a fair bit this past six months or so, is a Catholic Radio Station called 'Catholic Answers Live' 
This was first found by my brother Saxon who began to download some of them and I started to listen to them.
Catholic Answers is an amazing radio show with an awesome website which I have not really looked at that much, but has thousands of articles on varying issues. Their talks are excellent and top notch and they broadcast every day except Sunday which is awesome. I love checking my I-Pod in the morning to see what interesting Podcasts have been added. :D
Their slogan is to 'Defend and explain the Faith'.
They do many different broadcasts. The thing is though, that they have different people from different backgrounds ring them up and ask questions they are always respectful and kind and try to do their best to help the caller. I've learnt a lot from listening to them. I've enjoyed learning more about my faith, and also to be more respectful towards people of different religious backgrounds. Yes, I'm proud to be Catholic, but that means that sometimes I'm a little full of myself and can be rather judgmental of other people. It's a very big failing of mine. :(
Some of the podcasts I skip and some I listen to. It really depends on what I'm interested in listening to. Some of my favourites are the Street Evangelisation broadcasts as they are really interesting.
I even have favourite apologists. Tim Staples is a definite favourite as is Brant Pitre. Trent Horn is becoming a favourite, too. At least some of his :)
Catholic Answers' radio has been going for as long as I've been on this good earth. They've done an excellent job of facing various issues with both compassion, respectfulness, and the solid truths of the Catholic Faith.
I think that a lot of the time people who aren't Catholic hear a lot of misconceptions about Catholics. That's why Catholic Answers is such a great website, it's there for anyone. Catholic, Protestant and non-Christains alike. If you ever had any query about the Catholic Faith I would most strongly advise you to pop over to the website and type in what you are confused about. They have anything and everything on there.
Catholic Answers makes me proud to be a Catholic though in a proud glad kind of way, I love listening to people who actually know what they are talking about and who know that really the Catholic Church is an amazing thing. So pop on over to their website. You have no idea what you'll be missing out on! :D
Thanks be to God for Catholic Answers!


God Bless

My dream came true!

Well, it seems that whatever we want, no matter how hard we want it always takes time. Time, which I myself, hate waiting for. I'm not one who likes to wait, so how long has it been since the eldest of my siblings could have gotten married? About six-seven years actually, so yeah. You'd think if you didn't know me, that I'm some old person who is using a walking stick to get around, the way I'm writing this post, so I'd just better go on and tell you: (Caps lock on. :) )














BRAEDON AND ANNA-LISA ARE EXPECTING A BABY! WOOT!!

So finally I'm going to be an Aunty! And I can't wait! The baby is due about October 17th, ten days before Braedon's birthday.
And so the wait begins, and no, I have no idea if it's a girl or a boy, but that's fine as long as I finally get my wish! Please, if you could offer up a prayer for a safe pregnancy and delivery, that'd be awesome, adn please, just keep Anna-Lisa, Braedon and their precious baby in your prayers.
Ciao!

God Bless

Things I love and hate to see out shopping

I live just outside a city, and chances are I go into about once a week, more so sometimes, mostly to help go shopping or to pick up siblings from work with everyone else. This does not of course include going to mass.
But there are some things that I love to see in the malls or shops, and some things that I just can't stand.
Lets start with the things I cannne stand, as these things are easier to think of. :)

1. Irresponsible teenagers. NOTE: Teenagers to me is a term used for immature young people who don't act their age. I see this a lot, a group of girls, a group of guys, who don't even see what life is about, they seem to goof around, or go shopping, or yeah, just not seem to do much that is actually constructive. I know that having fun in groups is enjoyable, but the groups I single out are the ones who seem like they've got time on their hands and no responsibility.
I know that might sound a little harsh, but there are some who seem to act like they are ten year olds, rather then the early adults that they are, and also should be acting like

Do not let the cuteness of this picture have any effect on said statement. It might look cute, but it is certainly not something I would ever want my child wearing. When I have children, that is. :)

2. Kids on leashes. I could give every parent I saw a good talking to about this, it's absolutely ridiculous, and also, it makes it seem like your little son, or little daughter, is just a dog you're taking for a walk. And this does not give your child the respect that it deserves. Also it shows that you either don't care, or that you can't be bothered to stop your child from doing things-like touching stuff that they shouldn't- and that it seems that you as a parent, aren't really parenting. Thankfully, I don't see this often, which is great, but when I do, I get really mad.
3. Inappropriate dress and/or stores. This includes people who wear immodest clothes, and also stores that put things like underwear out the front for EVERYONE TO SEE! Yes, how does that make you feel?Underwear is not for show, it is because you need it and you aren't there to show off your body either. I know that some people have not been taught about modesty, but seriously, can't you work out for yourself that you shouldn't be wearing that. Also note: I am rather judgmental when it comes to things like this.

This is me. 

4.Music! Music everywhere! Seriously there is no place that you cannot hear music, even at public bathrooms you hear it and chances are, it's not even decent, or clean music. And therefore, they shouldn't be playing it. I remember being in Kmart one time and Mum started listening to a song, and then commented on the fact that it was soooo not appropriate. Of course if they played classical/clean music I wouldn't have a problem, but more often than not, they don't.

Things I love to see when I'm out:

1.Old couples going shopping together.
I basically die of happiness when I see this. In a society where Marriage can be destroyed very easily, I love to see these couples, dressed up, and out shopping together. They just seem to scream 'commitment' to me, and that is, as we know, most important.They are seriously the cutest couples around!

2. Parents disciplining their children. I don't mean like 'You are so naughty blah blah blah' but the other day when I was out shopping with Mum and the others, we walked past a lady who had two children in her trolley, anyway one of them I think hit the other, and the Mother told him he shouldn't be doing it, but it was the way she said it as well, it was so gentle, yet she was disciplining him. Much more different than those fat mothers who loudly complain about their naughty children and yeah, they are the kind who really get on my nerves. :) Though I do understand that sometimes it is hard to be patient when you've told them for about the sixth time. :)

3. Having good service from sales' people. You know those people with the personality of a brick? Yeah, those are the kind of people I'm talking about, or the people who insist on telling you their life stories and you think. 'How does this person think they can manage to fit in there life story in under five minutes?'. I expect good service from the people who are serving me, after all, it's them who are getting paid, not me, right?
Common courtesy is very important. This is something that I like to see, but am sometimes rather disappointed with. Such as at McDonalds, but that's a story for another time. :)


Anyway I'd better go. :)

God Bless
 

The Day They Said 'I Will'

So it happened, it most certainly did.
Before the Wedding:

The Booklets 

Braedon got married to Anna-Lisa! It was amazing, it was wonderful, everything was great! It was happy.....it was also very emotional and I cried more than once. :P

We all joke that Braedon is biting his nails with nervousness here. :)

So us bridesmaids and

Anna-Lisa arrived twenty minutes later than we had planned to, whoops, bet Bradeon was getting a little worried there. :P

 Anna-Lisa had sprayed some of the perfume she was wearing on our flowers and so they smelled lovely. Corbyn went down the aisle first as the ringbearer (I think he wanted to be Bilbo), then Arwen and Emmy, the two littlest flower-girls then Myffwyn all by herself, and Moran after her, both flower-girls. Then me! Wow! It was kind of scary, you know, but cool as well. I tried to smile and sort of did it but I was a little nervous. The swelling of the violin was amazing and beautiful and I think that was the start of me getting emotional. Nellie was walking down the aisle after me, Eden followed, then Autumn, then Chrissy, the Maid of Honour and than

Anna-Lisa and her Dad. :) The Groom, Best Man and Groomsman were all there as well.

We genuflected all at once. Mr. S. kissed Anna-Lisa and then gave the hand of hers that he had been holding to Braedon.

 It was one of the most beautiful masses I have ever been to. There was incense, and beautiful singing and everything

 just seemed wonderful. Bradeon and Anna-Lisa went through the Marriage Rights and when they were doing this I began to feel emotinal, for the second time. 

Just like in all the movies I had ever seen, except it was so much more important and wonderful.

The exchanging of rings. :)

When I went up to receive commumnion and after coming back and kneeling down to talk to Jesus I felt so happy! I prayed about Anna-Lisa and Braedon and my heart just felt so full of joy! After I finished and even during the Wedding, i had been looking at the Tabernacle adn thinking how Fr. Murphy had said that it takes three people to get married. Not two, but three. I just felt so very close to God. :)
Braedon adn Anna-Lisa signed the Marriage form thingie and than the Maid of Honour and Best Man did as well, and Fr. Murphy.

After that we received the final blessing and departed.

Anna-Lisa and Emmy after Mass

Mr. and Mrs. Onions and Mr. and Mrs. Onions. :P Us kids think this is hysterical

All of my family. Me on the end

Braedon, Anna-Lisa and her parents

Outside the church we had photos and stuff like that and then set off for the Botancial Gardens for more photos. :)

We were walking over to a place at the Gardens to take a photo and I sort of lost both my shoes and fell over, because they were high-heeled and the grass was very soft. That hadn't been the first time I lost my shoes either. The first time to fall over, though.

After that we went to the REception and had the usual stuff that you do at the Reception. I think I liked the actualy Wedding part though more. :)

Anna-Lisa and Braedon cut their cake which Mum had decorated and made the top of and then after that and everyone had finished eating they did their Bridal Dance.

Which was done very nicely indeed. :) All the speeches were very good. :) Braedon's started off with him doing the peace sign, i think it was, and then saying 'Peace' and then when not many people were doing it either he said 'Let's try that again: Peace.' :D Trust Braedon to reel the crowd. :)

So after they did their dance and then we did the Macarina and the Nut Bush, they left and everyone else pretty much left as well.

This is Eden's hair from the wedding

It was a glorious day and full of many exciting things.....and we had an hour and a half car trip back home, too. :)


And thus ends my post. I could have captioned a lot of the photos but it was hard enough putting them in chronological order. Anyway, adios amigos!
p.s. apologies for any overlapping photos. I've just had enough of fixing them tonight. :)

God Bless