July 9th, 2008

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Catholics Come Home

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Today I was exploring a site I came across called Catholics Come Home (www.catholicscomehome.org/) (I don’t know how to make an actual link yet on this blog). This site is pretty neat.

Since I’m a convert to Catholicism I really like reading stories of people who left the Church and came back, are coming to the Church for the first time or just have a renewed interest in their faith. I love a program on EWTN called Journey Home because I’m always finding points of similarity with the person being interviewed.

Anyway, this Catholics Come Home site has wonderful answers to questions about the Catholic faith that non-Catholics and folks just interested in the Catholic Church ask. A nice solid resource.

Today I also found a pdf file online with a worksheet showing how you can read through the whole Bible AND Catechism in a year. I think Dave will really enjoy this. We are always looking for new ways to spend a little time in our faith everyday.

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Lookin’ for a Pup

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Today I went with my in-laws to look at some puppies. They are looking for a dog and actually kind of having a hard time of it. The towns around us are small and don’t seem to have shelters where you can walk in a view a variety of dogs. You can go to the bigger cities of Hartford or Springfield, but there really isn’t anything real local. Most shelters seem to be members of something online called Petfinder. I also didn’t realize the fees associated with getting a dog from the shelter. Good golly some of them are STEEP!

The puppies we saw today were oh so very cute, but probably not what both my in-laws are looking for in a dog. Hopefully, we’ll go visit a couple of the bigger shelters and find one.

I heard a story on the news about how vast numbers of dogs are being abandoned by their owners because of house foreclosures. That’s terribly sad.

Ideally, my in-laws would probably love to have a mid-sized, puppy-young adult, female dog. (And free…that’s my in put there, because I can’t imagine paying for a beast that is eventually going to cost a small fortune in food and vet bills.)

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