Yesterday we met up with my brother and his wife in Waurika for the 2012 Rattlesnake Hunt. We didn’t actually hunt for snakes (I hate them, personally). It is basically a big street carnival. Preston rode a kiddie-rollercoaster, a merry-go-round, and the ferris wheel. He had a great time with Uncle Ben! He even came home with a giant stuffed monkey, which he’s currently sleeping with!
Donna and I have switched from Boost Mobile prepaid to US Cellular postpaid. Boost was great in Lawton, but pretty lousy here in Wichita Falls. US Cellular is a little better, though I’m not sure if it is so much better that it justifies the increased cost! I think we’ll have better reception in rural areas, though. That will make me feel better when traveling.
I think most people would be complaining about a weekend as rainy and cool as it was. However, since we have been in a horrible drought for over a year, I am very excited to finally start seeing some rain. This has actually been a fairly wet winter, considering winter is usually one of our driest times here in Texoma. With that said, yesterday’s rain was some of the best we’ve had in a long, long time. Donna and I were laughing because she said to Russell, “You’ve never seen rain before!” Of course she was being sarcastic, but it is actually kind of true. He’ll be two years old tomorrow (Happy birthday Russell!), and we’ve been in a drought since about the time he was born…
Busy Saturdays… Oh how I love them! We’re going to be going to a livestock show in Frederick to watch my nephew show a pig… I remember the days; hopefully it’s more entertaining as an adult!
Before we go there we’ll be heading over to the book fair at MSU. Hopefully I’ll find a good book or six there. Just in case the show is boring ;).
Now that the move is finished, I’ve decided to pick this back up. I started over in my book (Learn Python the Hard Way), and this time I am also using the videos on the Udemy website to try to keep me motivated. I think that I will come up with a project so that I have a goal in mind; otherwise I won’t practice outside of the book. Good luck to me! 🙂
During the Office of Readings from the Liturgy of the Hours yesterday, I ran across a beautiful passage written by Saint Ambrose:
It is also written: Open your lips, and let God’s word be heard. God’s word is uttered by those who repeat Christ’s teaching and meditate on his sayings. Let us always speak this word. When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking of Christ. When we speak about justice, we are speaking of Christ. When we speak about peace, we are speaking of Christ. When we speak about truth and life and redemption, we are speaking of Christ.
How wonderful it is that everything we think and say and do can be focused on Christ! That is the beauty of the Catholic faith; we are able to find Christ in day-to-day things. It is not just on Sundays that we think of Christ but every day, in all circumstances!
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I am a 1st Degree Knight at Holy Family’s Knights of Columbus Council. Soon I will have my membership transferred to the Sacred Heart Council. I am excited to be getting more involved with my church down here in Wichita Falls. The Knights in Lawton really do a lot of good work for the Church and its Parishioners. I hope the Sacred Heart Council is as active as Holy Family’s. I am looking forward to getting my 2nd and 3rd Degrees soon!
I’ve decided to switch from Ubuntu to Debian Unstable. A couple of years back I used to use Debian exclusively, but I got a little bored with it because it always worked! Well, I’m kind of tired of Ubuntu’s graphical issues and the strange decisions Canonical makes (though I do kind of like Unity). I’ve made the switch to Debian and have both Gnome Shell and KDE installed. I tend to use Gnome Shell more, and am actually starting to like it. There are no graphical problems like Unity had (Compiz always gave me problems, even before Unity). I think I’m pretty happy with the switch!
On Sunday we went up to the local Catholic school’s Open House to see about enrolling Preston in Pre-K. I really hope that he is accepted and that we can get some kind of financial assistance to help with the tuition. I would really like it if we can get him (and Russell when he’s old enough) involved in the Catholic school. I want him to get a great education and be exposed to the Catholic faith at school as well as church and home.
I filled out our diocesan financial aid application… Wow, what a form! I even had to attach copies of my tax return and W-2s! At the school we were told that the diocese provides assistance, and then our church provides assistance, and after that, the school itself can offer a discount. Hopefully we can get the tuition down to something we can afford!