Fun Polka-Dot Cake

This looks like a fun cake to make sometime in the future. I'm putting it on the blog so I can pin to Pinterest, since the image came from Facebook.

Happy Easter!!

My schedule for this Easter Monday:

    Pray, then pray some more

    Dance around, whistling and/or singing

    Nibble ham

    Get dressed after 11:30 a.m.

    Putter around, slowly putting things away from yesterday

    Go outside and shiver, since the temp. has dropped about thirty degrees from yesterday

    Do laundry, maybe

    Nibble some more ham

    Read a book

    Eat some leftover lamb cake

    Take Patrick to buy a new kite, since the one he got yesterday is stuck in a tree

    Watch The Hobbit with the family

Ever Ancient, Ever New

Since I'm recording this just for my own remembering, and for my family if they're interested, it doesn't matter that I'm several days late, again. Anyway, just when our family was really enjoying watching the Vatican Chimney for smoke (which I never did get to see live), this happened.

 Unfortunately, we were in a parking garage at the time, and with no smart phone, we could only listen to the crowds cheering and bells ringing through the car radio. After one more stop to pick up a kid, we raced home to find out who our new pope would be. The watching was a little anti-climactic, since it took such a long time for him to be announced. Like waiting for the birth of a baby.  But what joy when we found out his name: Pope Francis!



Having gotten to know and love St. Francis of Assisi through the Franciscan Brothers Minor, I could only think a Pope Francis is what the Church (and the world) need right now. And all the newness! The phrase "ever ancient, ever new" kept running through my mind when we found out that our new pope is the first Francis, the first South American, and the first Jesuit to become pope.
As exciting as these days have been, I'm looking forward to the days ahead, getting to know our new Holy Father.