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13th Week in Ordinary Time- SUN 2 July 2017 to SAT 8 July 2017

SUN 2 July 2017- 13th Week in Ordinary Time- Mom, Dad, and I attended the first Mass Fr. Tom Gramc celebrated at the Cathedral. Frs. Kris S and Adam V concelebrated, and Deacon Chuck R assisted. Fr. Tom G's parents and sister and brother-in-law sat in front of us during Mass.

A reception of catered hors d'oeuvres and cookies donated by parishioners followed. Mom was the first to receive a blessing from Fr. Tom G. I was third to receive a blessing. His prayer card scene was of the Holy Thursday Mandatum.  EJ sat with our table and regaled us with his story of his new job, which made him happy.


MON 3 JULY 2017- Awoke early, then listened to WQED radio @ 6.00. Caught a 7.20 bus downtown, changed busses, then walked to Linda R's office. Saw Don W @ the Downtown branch library and checked out a Nicholas Sparks large print novel for Mom. Took a bus to take care of more errands, then to Magee-Women's to see C & M's first child. So calm, restful. I left at 11.20 and stopped by a friend's office to say hi and catch up. Spaghetti and toast for brunch. Caught up with phone correspondence. Quick nap @ 15.00.

TUE 4 July 2017-  Went to Big Bird's palenke this morning to buy two sacks of shucked corn and two sacks of sweet cherries and two sacks of hamburger buns. Had some spaghetti for lunch and packed a spiced pollock burger with cheese for dinner at the uptown job location. Dad drove me. Gerry left some sweet baked goods someone had left him. Also brought cherries and an orange. Mijung & Debbie stopped by ~19.30 before heading out to fireworks.

WED 5 July 2017- Had a group meeting on the N Shore. Headed to Linda R's group after---there were 3 of us after the holiday. Had lunch before heading to the public library for the Intermediate Excel class. Dinner with Mom and Dad. We watched Jeopardy! and then went to pray the Novena for our Lady of Perpetual Help with Fr. Adam and Ted W assisting. Judy and I stopped by to chat with Fr. Adam V. after the Novena service.

THU 6 JULY 2017- I was one of a handful of docents who led a group of special needs students in a camp from Washington County, PA through Dinosaur Hall. Cody was one of the happy campers who participated well and answered all the questions.

FRI 7 JULY 2017- Time to do chores with Mom like laundry. We watched America's Got Talent in the evening with Dad.

SAT 08 JULY 2017- Helped Mom with laundry, paid a bill, and led a Spotlight @ the replica tomb about the Power of Poison on galena, a cubic mineral (lead sulfide) that was ground to make the ancient Egyptians' kohl, a dramatic eye make-up. Both men & women wore it, mainly because they wanted to look sharp and were vain. Like football & baseball player's eye black, they used it to keep the sun out of their eyes, and a fortunate side effect of that was that it kept some common eye infections at bay. Eye infections were common because of the dry, dusty wind and pollutants in the air, such as pollens. Farthest visitors were from Thailand and Saudi Arabia, others included Los Angeles, Kansas City, New Jersey, Virginia, Arizona, and Texas; in addition to a whole bunch of local visitors. 109

Mom and I went to Aspinwall to shop, and spent time at the mall there. We also went grocery shopping in Bloomfield. I made tacos for dinner tonight!

posted by Grace @ 7/03/2017 05:20:00 PM