Die Buchwalds

I need a personalized license plate. We saw one today that I think I ought to have. Hence the title of this post. The good news is that the person who owns the license plate that I saw wasn’t from Pennsylvania. That improves my chances of actually getting the plate for myself significantly.

Seriously, though, that license plate is the best thing I’ve seen come out of Ohio in a very long time. And even better, the family in the vehicle was young. The children were probably pre-school aged, and the parents looked very close to my age, though probably a few years older.

The NFP license plate is reason number three of why I’d like to have a large family someday.

P.S. Yes, if I get my personalized plate, Mr. B. will get his, too.

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Mr. B. and I have been a couple since 2000. That’s five years… in September. In that time, we’ve eaten out a lot. Only twice ever was “one bill or two” an issue… and both times happened this weekend. On Friday, we went to the lunch buffet at Pizza Hut and the waitress automatically gave us separate bills. Then, Saturday, at Eat’n’Park, the waitress asked if it should all be one bill or if it should be separate.

It was a strange coincidence and I thought I ought to share.

The End.

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Arwen/Elizabeth: Tolkein fan, Catholic, Theologian-in-training, Mamma-wannabe… though not necessarily in that order. I discovered her blog via My Domestic Church.
When next I update the links, I’ll be adding her.

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Just found this lovely post from After Abortion which links to an interesting article. All I have to say about it is that marketing can be a scary thing.

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Call this a mini-carnival, if you will…
‘Tis the season, I suppose, to talk about life issues. I read about them on a daily basis, and if somebody asked, I’d tell them what I thought, but for the most part, I don’t dwell too much… until January rolls around. Then I start to think about The Trip. I dread it, and yet, somehow, I live for it. I’m speaking, of course, of the annual March for Life held in Washington, DC, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade (or the Monday following, as it will be this year).

I offer some of my personal thoughts, a few prayer requests, and some other timely bloggings:

This will be my 10th march and Matt’s first. We’ll be travelling with the group from Beloved Disciple. The short & sweet summary is that we will leave Sunday at 11:30pm, arriving Monday at 7ish at the Basilica for Mass (broadcast live on EWTN) followed by the journey to the Elipse for the Rally and March. Afterwards, we’ll travel home, arriving back at the church at 11:30pm on Monday night. A whirl-wind journey, but worth every minute. I’m excited to be able to finally share this day with Matt so that he’ll see first hand why it’s so important to me. In some ways, it’s more of a pilgrimage than a political effort. I think a large part of that comes from being so surrounded by other people of faith – and not just fellow Catholics. There are so many other faith groups represented, it’s an amazing experience to see so many different types of people from all walks of life join together for the same cause.

Father Tharp, of Ragemonkey fame, has a guest column published at Crisis Magazine’s website. He expresses how this effort has touched his life very very personally. On Sunday, everyone should pop over to the blog & wish him a Happy Birthday.

Funky Dung at Ales Rarus posts some important information for college students who might be looking for a way to get involved in the March. He also advertises for a rally held this evening. I regret not pointing to his post sooner.

Everyone should read these two blogs often: After Abortion and The S.I.C.L.E Cell

Lastly, a few prayer requests. Please pray for a woman whose body is not giving her doctors enough clear answers to confirm or deny a pregnancy, for a woman who recently had an abortion for the sixth time, and for a woman who is “on the fence”, so to speak. Pray also for all expectant mothers and fathers and those hoping to soon become expectant mothers and fathers.

edited to add: I just discovered that Cardinal Egan will not be principal celebrant at the Mass again this year as I had previously thought. We get Cardinal McCarrick, instead.

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