Dick and I have been "dieting" all week. We decided (actually, I decided and Dick agreed to go along with it.) to go on a 1000 calorie diet for one week to get over the sugar and fat saturation of the holidays. It has been surprisingly easy. Even Dick said that he really hasn't been hungry. And as we eat anything but just in portions and from all the food groups we have been quite happy. I lost 3 lbs as of yesterday, which is just what I had hoped. Dick says he had better have lost 20 lbs. Jim and I told him no way but we will see. At least, we haven't had sugar for a week and it will be less of a craving for a while.

Last night we had our church council holiday get together. We were even good there. And it was a nice event.

The choir will not meet or sing again until January, our winter break, so I will be going to the 8 AM mass for the time being. I really prefer the early mass anyway. Tomorrow, Dick, Bobbie and I will go shooting in the afternoon. Jim will too if he has time, but it is his Sunday to work at the Conservation club so he might be too busy. We'll see.

I saw the neatest Simply Quilts the other day and want to try it. It is a shadow quilt.

Have a nice Sunday.

Mary

Chelsea has clean doggy teeth. I picked her up at about 3:30PM. She was a bit wobbly and a little glassy eyed but was quite active. They said not to feed her, but she was just begging so I gave her bits over the evening so her little tummy didn't get too full and she didn't get enough at one time to throw up. She is just fine today. I looked at her teeth and they look good. She obviously feels no discomfort because she is playing tug of war with her rag and winning.

There have been a lot of Ah Ha moments for me lately in regards to the role of women in the church and in church history. It has become very apparant to me as a result of studying the scriptures and reading many articles and being involved in many discussions that the male dominated hierarchy has done a very good job of keeping us in minor roles. Jesus didn't. If you read scriptures, you hear that the women were at the foot of the cross when the apostles were in hiding. It was the women who went to check the grave and discovered AND announced that he was risen. Who prepared the meal for the last supper? Lots of things to think about.


Mary

It was bitter cold this morning. Chelsea and I took an abbreviated walk. We started out as usual and as soon as I saw her trying to clean out her pads, I turned her around. A car was coming, so I carried her accross the street and then put her down for the trip home. We were out long enough that she was able to accomplish everything she should.

I went to my friend Harold's funeral today. I talked to his wife Carol who is in her words "weepy". As well she should be. It is hard to lose one's companion, even if we know he is safe in the Lord's hands. She said he just went to God sleeping in his chair. She found him asleep with his hand folded and no sign of struggle. What a peaceful end for a peaceful man. We will all miss him and that wonderful smile and willingness to help anyone.

"Give me a pure heart that I may see Thee,
a humble heart - that I may hear Thee,
a heart of love - that I may serve Thee,
a heart of faith - that I may abide in Thee."
Dag Hammarskjold

Good day

Mary

Wednesday, we will take Chelsea, our dog, to the vet for "dental work." My father would crack up if he was still around and found out that dogs get their teeth cleaned. She has this protruding lower jaw and I think this does not allow her teeth to be cleaned by all the chewing whe does.

Tomorrow morning I will be going to the funeral of Harold Heinecke, a real gentleman, who was a neighbor when we lived at Creedside on the south side of Sheboygan. I really got to know him as a faithful and hard working member of the Sheboygan Noon Optimists. Harold was 85. We will miss him in Sheboygan. He was special.

Mary