Farewell Letter

Dear Readers

Today marks the one-year anniversary of me Blogging, Also the last day of my Blogging Journey. I have dubbed 2011 as The Year of Blogging.

 I have gone through three different blogs. The Pyle Sisters was Blog 1# and the one I collaborated with my sisters in. After butting heads with each other, we gave up working on it. I then started Blog 2# Spiritual Daughter I was not really committed to it and ended up stopping. After Confirmation, I started Blog 3# and the one I have favored and been committed to…almost since day one.

It has been the most Popular blog I have done. I have written on many different topics and events. In addition, tried to cater to my readers who requested things. I have made online friends who have things in common with me.

I have learned to love the God Given talent of Writing. I have learned various things, not only about myself, but about my readers too.

I have never touched on the subject of how I handle negative comments both public and private. To be exact I have learned from the comments especially the very Cultural ones. However, with all of them I have prayed about and asked that God give me the wisdom to handle them properly.

That I might understand what they are saying to me from their point of view and contemplate on what is right and how I should take care of it. There was one time when my com box became a forum. One I had to carefully watch and try to handle.

I was asked later if I would ditch the friendships of those people. My response A friendship should be sturdy enough that little arguments or major ones should not shake the bond but strongly cement them to be long lasting forever.

Therefore, my final answer “no, it actually strengthened the relationships with those people our beliefs were tested and we are closer now. Therefore, I can safely say that once the forum was closed, and the fruit was passed around the table it turned out to be a sweet ending. *wink* 

I have already been asked why I have chosen to discontinue blogging. I have already received various comments from people telling me how much my writing has influenced their life.

Here is just some of the words to describe my writing:

Inspiring, Entertaining, Interesting, Well Written, Noble, Touching, Funny. There is more but I will not list all of them.

Therefore, as I finish this I look forward to how God wants me to write about. So far, my Book and numerous other theses I will be writing on are in my plans.  

Therefore, there is only two more things to say…

Farewell Blogging

I have enjoyed writing this and will miss it so too…

For the Last time this is Mylea Janis Teresa Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!   

Merry Christmas

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas during this Joyful Season.

Until Next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't Forget to Pray! 

    

One Week Notice

OK, I feel like I am throwing in the towel from some job.

You could say that is metaphorically true. After about a month of prayer and Deep discernment, weighing the pros and cons, which has led to me giving my one week notice, when I will retire from Blogging.

December 31st 2011 final day!

 I have chosen and made this decision out of Free Will and for Several Complex Personal Reasons.

It was just a few weeks ago I was talking to someone about my blog and how I haven’t even scratched the surface of topics to write about. I could be eighty years old typing away with my arthritis hands writing like some young lady at heart, still not even half way through the list of topics imaginable.

I will still be working on my books, and experience the urges to write something down immediately along with at times having the devastating encounter with writers block. 

Now even though this might be totally unexpected to many of you. and also since many of you are enjoying your Christmas Break. 

So if you have the time and want to you can write me and tell me how much my blog has meant to you. Now I know all of you will not respond and I have learned to except that. But it would mean a lot to me.

Over this next week I will post that of

• The Farewell Letter

It never gets old writing this… Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!

What Happens When Engineers Think Too Much About Christmas

 A week from now children will be waking up to presents galore some might just be from the mystical and secular Santa.

I grew up believing in him, but due to the great extent of deep questions that I badgered my mother with, I found out sooner than most kids. My Father's an Engineer which means deep thinking must be in my blood.

So just for laughs, engineers and the deep thinkers at heart, read this.

• No known species of reindeer can fly. But there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not completely rule out flying reindeer, which only Santa has seen.
• There are 2 billion children (under 18) in the world. But since Santa doesn't appear to handle Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jewish children, that reduces the work load to 15% of the total - 378 million or so. At an average rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's at least one good child in each.
• Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with thanks to time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west. This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining gifts under the tree, eat the snacks, get back up the a chimney, get back in the sleigh, and move on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 91.8 million homes are distributed evenly (which we know to be false but for the sake of these calculations we will accept) we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75 1/2 million miles, not counting bathroom stops. This means that Santa's sleigh is traveling at 650 miles per second, 3000 times the speed of sound. For comparison, the fastest man made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe moves at a poky 27.4 MPS; the average reindeer runs at 15 MPH.
• The sleighs payload adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized LEGO set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons not counting Santa, who is inexorably described as overweight. On land, confessional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that "flying reindeer" (see point one) could pull TEN TIMES the usual amount, we can not do the job with 8 or even 9, we need 214,000 reindeer. This increases the weight, not even counting the sleigh, to 353,430 tons. Again for comparison this is 4 times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth 2.
• 353,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance. This will heat the reindeer in the same manner as a spacecraft re-entering the earth+s atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.2 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Per second. Each. In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the next pair of reindeer, and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousands of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times the force of gravity. A 300 pound Santa would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.
• Conclusion: There was a Santa, but he's dead now.

Well there you have it folks!

You might have thought so hard you made your head hurt 

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

The Christmas Hope

The third installment which follows The Christmas Shoes and The Christmas Blessing.

When lives intertwine during Christmas, hope is the one unifying gift. After suffering a personal tragedy, Patty Addison, a social worker, throws herself into finding homes for children in need. With her marriage to Mark, an airline pilot, on the rocks, Patty feels it’s the wrong time to temporarily take in 9-year-old Emily, who has just lost her single mother in a terrible car accident. However, sweet Emily quickly wins over Patty and Mark. As the Addison’s start to reconnect with each other, it’s revealed that their teenage son, Sean, had perished in a car accident as well, two years earlier. The ties run deeper– at the same time in the very same town, Dr. Nathan Andrews, a father-to-be, struggles to find the parents of a young man who died in his ER. While Mark takes a troubled friend of Sean's, the friend who ultimately holds the key to Emily’s special Christmas gift, under his wing. In a twist of fate, all is almost lost when Emily runs away, but Patty and Mark come together to find her in a true measure of healing and faith.

This movie has a song as well.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

The Christmas Blessing

The moving sequel to The Christmas Shoes and like the first a tear jerker as well.

Nathan Andrews has grown up and is now a medical resident. After he loses a patient and old memories are triggered, the young doctor begins to rethink his career and takes a break from practicing medicine and moves back home with his father. There, he meets a beautiful, young teacher, Megan Sullivan, and falls in love with her. One of her students, Charlie Bennett, also wins a special place in Nathan's heart as he, like Nathan, lost his mother at an early age.

Returning home brings a whole new set of complications for Nathan. He realizes, with Megan's help, that he must let go of the past in order to embrace the present and move on with his life. Just as Nathan is settling in, his world begins to crumble when the lives of the woman he loves and an innocent young boy are in crisis. As a result Nathan finds himself questioning God, fate and the fragility of life, all the while hoping for a Christmas miracle.

Newsong like with the first has a song for this movie as well.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

The Christmas Shoes

One of my favorite Christmas movies is The Christmas Shoes.

In this heartwarming Christmas drama, a workaholic attorney crosses paths with a young boy on Christmas Eve and rediscovers the true meaning of love, life, and the holiday season.

Rob Lowe and Kimberly Williams star in this 2002 made-for-TV Christmas tearjerker. When a young boy learns that his mother is dying, he struggles to scrape the money together to buy her a pair red shoes. In the process he changes the heart of a workaholic lawyer, who reevaluates his relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, and his own recently deceased mother.

I watch this movie probably two times a year. We have had several mothers watch this movie and brake down in tears, especially mothers who have sons. I have watched men who were close to their mother cry as well. As you can see almost everybody will tear up. so have plenty of tissues on hand.
Also this movie has a song , which I Love to listen to.

If you can't watch the movie at least listen to the song, click on the link. Let me know if it works.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray

Only exsisting Video of Confirmation

Found this video showing me getting confirmed.  I also found out that is the only existing video we ever took so it makes this one priceless.

I would have posted it Sunday which was the six month anniversary of my Confirmation, but I had other things on my mind I had to take care of. 

I don't look all smiley due to annoyance of flash from camera's. 

Then again we got great pictures too, all worth it! 

Inside I was on Fire with the Holy Spirit!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful, and don't forget to Pray!

What are you going to Do? Blog Post 2: You would be good as .vs. Have you considered

Everyone has an opinion they might not speak it but it's there. Then there is the ones that are really bold and tell me what I should do.

I use to think that they are telling me what to do.
I find that not true now they are are suggesting what I could do.

I will show you what I have been told and how I have reacted in the past and now in the present.

Religious Life

I have to laugh at this one the people that have suggested I enter a convent are Men. The one that does it the most is who you could call a lady's man. He would make an awesome Fr. Stan... he could easily grow the beard.

I think he just said that because he saw me reading and praying. We went to Youth 2000 and he kept asking me if I was going to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours with the religious, if I was going to eat with the religious or fast with the religious, which I more likely did at the time. At Youth 2000 he badgered me the most about if I was going to go to the meeting with the religious. From there whenever the religious was brought up he made sure I talked about it.

At the time I was cold and bitter and pretty much bit his head off whenever I talked to him about it. It wasn't that I did not want to join but that I was in a state of discernment of the religious life at the time. Now I would probably ask him about his vocation and even discern with him.

I can see his face now if he only knew of my Cell  (aka what I call my Room) I should post pictures of it. You should have seen the responses I saw on the faces of the priest who have seen it they loved my prayer shelf (especially Bishop Vann.)

I am not sure if people can come to the ceremony when you receive your vows, but if they could and I did join the religious life. I might send him an invitation just for laughs! I am totally open to religious life and would Joyfully accept that God Willing!

Marriage and Motherhood

Some people have told me that I would be a great mother and wife. I love children, some of the ones I have took care of will throw fits when I am not there. I have formed close bonds to a few that I will literly get emotional when I talk of them. I have heard people say " Mylea is going to be the next Michelle Duggar" I don't know about that even though I have had the wildest dream of having 25 kids only God willing. Everyone knows that to have a family you have to have a husband.

Just to answer any suspicious thoughts. * I don't have my eye on any man, don't have the desire to date, don't have a crush* I will explain in a future blog post what I think of Dating and Crushes. I have been told that I would more likely marry a man who is older than me. I won't list off what I desire in a future spouse but will admit that I have some high standards, which means that they would have to be mature, surprisingly I have discussed and researched the various age groups of men and how they mature. I should do a thesis on that?

What better person could there be than Our Lady to guard and lead my Future Spouse to me. I pray that The Blessed Mother will do just that God Willing!

Fashion

I have considered going into the field of Fashion and starting my own clothing line of modest apparel. I considered even more than ever after last month 's"Modesty Chain Reaction of Emails"  doing just that. But then the profession is ran by people of low moral standards compared to mine. And I hear they are paid Poverty Income.

Teaching

I have been told that I would be a good teacher. I could probably not teach in public schools due to not teaching about God. Then again I could be a Sister who is a teacher. I have been told that the way I explain things is amazing. I am not writitng it off  but will have to get my own education out of the way first.

Psychiatry

To some this might be shocking to know that I would look into this.

I probably know more about the profession than the doctors.

I would like to change the spell binding system that is all about drugging and labeling. How do I know, because I have researched and experienced. The traumatic things drugs, counseling, mental wards, labeling and the list goes on... *groan* I feel that my heart might just be in this profession God Willing!

Counseling

If I perused the previous one I would want to get Counseling credentials. I am getting good at being the listener and not the talker at times. I will always have two cents to say... it just might not come out all the time.

Writing

I Love to write, it shows! Wither or not I am doing this blog, writing a book, or writing for a company. I will always write for fun!

I have mentioned now several types of careers that people think I should consider. Along what I have considered and discerning at the present time. As I said in the other blog post for this series. I will do it if God calls me to it. It needs to lead me closer to God . So thirty something years from now I might just be Joyfully doing one of the above all in God's Time!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't Forget to Pray!  

Word's to Live By Lou Tice

Yesterday, I recieved an email from a friend of mine and loved it so much that I thought I would share it with You!

Try this do what it says in this piece and if you like share the results with someone I would Love to see myself.

I will be working on mine!

WORDS TO LIVE BY.....Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice - 12/5/11 - "What You've Got Going"

Do you realize just how much you've got going for yourself?

You know, something I do a lot for my grandchildren is remind them of how much they have going for themselves.  I remind them of how much they are loved, how quickly they learn new things, how much fun they are to be around, how cooperative and helpful they are. I help them concentrate and focus on the plusses in their lives, because I know that is a very useful habit to have. 

How about you? 

How long has it been since you've taken a few minutes to list your accomplishments, your assets, the things that bring you pleasure and make you happy?

You know, happiness is a here-and-now situation, and there is always plenty of reason to feel good.

Are you proud of your family?

Are you managing to pay your bills, maybe even save a little?

Are you reasonably healthy, with the use of all your senses?

 Do you have friendships you treasure, work you enjoy, time to do things you like to do?

 Make a list of the plusses in your life and share them with someone close to you. Let yourself feel pride and pleasure in your accomplishments. Let yourself feel happy.

 And like the children's song says, "If you're happy and you know it, then your face is gonna show it!" Smile! You're alive and kicking! Enjoy yourself in the present, the only time you really have!

Lou Tice

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

What are you Going to Do? Blog Post 1: Being Asked The "BIG" Question

I am asked quite often, what I am going to do when I graduate.

I used to hate it when someone asked and would get so upset I would go on for days causing great distress in the family and on myself, but as I get used to people asking me. I look at it as a way of them wanting to communicate with me.

The only way they might have known how to talk to teens is by asking them simple questions that do not take long to answer. They most likely have not talked to a teen that tries to initiate the conversation. This saddens me greatly to know that my generation does not take much effort to answer or speak to their elders.

 Now that I am learning why they want to know, I try to leave a lasting impression on them that does not give teens a bad name *wiping brow* I can already tell I have my work cut out for me.

 Therefore, here is what I try to do… which I did at the Christmas party yesterday, when a woman asked me…

 Women: What do you plan on doing?

Mylea: I plan to do whatever God has in store for me.
Women: *Raises her eyebrows, smiles and sits down*

 I find this to be a reasonable and logical response to people.

 After saying that Mommy leaned over and whispered into my ear saying with a smile on her face “that was a good one Mylea” I replied “that was the first thing that popped into my head and the most likely to be truthful and made logical sense.

 “Another Lady at the table heard and said, “Yes, that was a good one” I explained that whatever I chose needs to lead me closer to God. He will show me that right path when the time comes. The entire table had all eyes on me when one of the women made the comment of saying as she laughed, “She is so eccentric!”

 Finding Joy in such frustrating questions of the past is more common for me!  

 Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and do not forget to Pray!     

 My next blog post will be about different Career paths I am discerning and other people’s opinions of what I should do.  

Christmas Play's of the Past

It was around this time in the past that as a child, I would partake in the Christmas Plays at ICCS, the neighborhood children and Friday Night Family Group.

 The first one was at ICCS; I was 6 years old and was the lead sheep. I think I did well for a lead sheep considering all I did was lay around and wear cotton balls all over me. I almost wish I had a picture to show you. We sang Christmas Carols that year too and like bad experiences, that I find embarrassing, one of them happened that night. As I was singing, I spaced out and had one of my many staring spells of the day. I don’t know how long it lasted but when I snapped out of it, I was the only one on stage and the entire student body and their families were looking at me waiting to get off stage. Now I wonder why my health has caused me such great setbacks in the past.

I participated in two more Christmas programs at ICCS, before we started homeschooling. I always liked the live nativity they had there and wanted to be part of it.

 One year I gathered all of the kids on my street and we put on a Christmas play for our parents to watch. We rehearsed for days. Again, something happened all of the kids froze up and got stage fright. Me, being the oldest I did the impossible I put on a one Woman play act that day. I did well considering that my cast and crew fell through.

 The last of the Christmas Plays I put on was at our Friday Night Group. I did probably five of them and took charge of two of them. The last one was the biggest and well constructed. I wrote the script, gathered all the props and costumes, and even got someone to play the guitar for the songs. Everything went well except, I butted heads with the producer (we were both Control Freaks at the time.)

 Again, if it was not health or a one-woman act play it was getting theatrical. I had the script based on scripture and I memorized all of the lines for Cousin Elizabeth. I rehearsed until I could say everything in my sleep (I think I still have it memorized to this day.) The scene came and I said my lines, until half way through I brought it up a notch and started crying and jumping up and down. The girl who was playing Mary started to giggle, but stayed in character. People looked serious and thought that was planned. When I was done with my scene, I went back stage and got ready for my character (I played two or three different people.)

 The rest of the play went well and the Christmas Carols went as planned. I was praised for having such a dramatic piece and someone mentioned that Elizabeth might have actually jumped up and down and cried tears of Joy when seeing Mary. I heard that someone actually taped the play. I would probably like to see it just for laughs. Until this day, everyone laughs about my dramatic performance.

Now I wonder why I am so animated, it must come naturally.

How is that for one “Happy Coconut”

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!

The Make A Difference Movie - The Teddy Stallard Story - by Mary Robinson Reynolds | The MasterMinding Maven® - Full Length Version

The Make A Difference Movie - The Teddy Stallard Story - by Mary Robinson Reynolds The MasterMinding Maven® - Full Length Version

Get a hold of the tissues for a heart felt story.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

Misc Quotes I Found...

If you have a life, you have a comedy routine.- Mindy Dow

Excuses are keys that open the door to failure.- John Wayne Schlatter

The more terrible the conflict, the greater the triumph - Tom Paine

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

2nd Week of Advent

I have been reflecting on the past week and wondering how it could have been better. Then again that candle has already burned. It was scary starting out last week but learning a lesson lightened it up. School could have been better and time could have been used more wisely but this next week will be different. Tonight when I go up to the church, I will pray that I use my time to what is God's will for me. As for this week Blogging wise, I have some posts telling of Christmas past.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

New Mass Translation

I had that of my first experience with "the New Mass Translation" on Thanksgiving Day. I try to listen for the meaning of what I hear now, where before it seemed to not have as much meaning for me. I love how the music has changed too. There is much more of a period of silence now also. And last of all I can redirect myself to the sacrifice of the holy mass.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray! 

1st Week of Advent

I find it so amazing when my prayers are answered at the least expected moments like yesterday at Mass. Fr Flynn made the point that we should change this advent season for the better. As he repeated my prayer aloud, I felt inside a warmth coming over me. I had been struggling with something for two years now and felt that I must deal with it in a sensable way.

This Advent season I plan on changing for the better. After some asking around, shedding tears, inspirational words form St. Teresa and praying for a considerable amount of time . I have came to the point of knowing what I will be working on. I would tell you, but then it would spoil the end results, which I truly don't know but strive to achieve. For those of you who gave me advice, Thank You.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!  

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today has been a good day. I have been able to skip school and lounge around. Meaning I have been delving my mind for my book throughout the day. Dinner was good we had Turkey,Corn Casserole and Salad. Overall with many thanks said I am in a "Happy" mood!

So to say the least...

"Happy Thanksgiving" to all my Fellow Readers!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray! 

I wonder what she is thinking about?

What do you think is going through my mind in this picture?

Reply, and leave your answer.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful, and don't forget to Pray!

Approaching the Holiday Season

Even though "Negative Mylea" is part of the past I will quote her just this once from one encounter which happened back in July...

A Friend asked Negative Mylea if she was ever happy. She replied by saying

Negative Mylea: I have lost the meaning of Happiness

Friend: You don't even enjoy the holidays like Christmas and opening up presents?

Negative Mylea:  The holidays have always been stressful for me and opening up presents makes me feel selfish because I would not have enough gifts compared to my sisters.

The Friend was silent

Now that "Negative Mylea" is part of the past. "Positive Mylea" will take over her response to the holidays?

The Holidays have been stressful in the past. I look forward to this year though since I see it in a newer light full of meaning.

I have always loved sitting around the dinner table praying with my family and friends.

As for food Eating Mama's Tacos and Banana Pudding along with Sausage Balls if there is any left before Uncle Kelly and Uncle Curt take them all. It just makes my mouth water thinking about it.

The presents are nice but don't mean nearly as much to me now as they did in the past.
I will get a few this year but have deiced to do something different.
I would tell you but it would spoil a future blog post.   

Last but not least The true meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas will take much more of a dominate place this holiday Season for me.   

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, be Joyful, and don't forget to Pray!

Sheperd's Storehouse

We try to get involved in different forms of community service, one is that of feeding the poor. We have been volunteering at the Shepherds Storehouse since 2004. Once a moth on a Monday morning from 8:30am -12:00pm.

What We Do

We stock shelves with food and empty out boxes of food that came from the food bank. Take donations and bring the food on carts to the family's to load into their cars.

Donations

We received many donations today half of them came from St.Thomas Aquinas the other half from Midway Baptist combined with several individual donations averaging three bags each.

Overall...

It was a busy day. I guess we served 15 families. I'm not quite sure to be exact.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!         

Food For The Soul From St Teresa

"It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater." - St Teresa of Avila 

I needed that today, Thanks St Teresa!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray! 

My "So Called" New Theme Song - Move

I was told by my family this is my new theme song. (I didn't know I had one to begin with?)

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to pray!

Angels and Bells

Last night I went to "Youth Night." We got off subject and started talking about Angels. It made me think of at mass during the consecration, you hear the bells ring. As a child of about 5 years old, I remember my mother telling me that whenever you hear the bells ring it means the angels are present here at our Lord's sacrifice.

One Sunday, we brought a few of our friends, who don't go to mass often. My mother leaned over and told one of the little girls the same thing. She heard and said aloud "Where are They?" as she looked up at the banisters of the church. Everyone must have heard because people started to stare.

To this day there is times, when I hear those bells ring. I think back to that moment when my mother told me for the first time. Even though I was just a child I had that of little faith, but knew that of the angels honoring our Lord, something I try to do all the time.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying, God bless, be Joyful, and don't forget to Pray!      

I feel so Happy I could Dance and Skip at the Grocery Store

OK, It seems obvious that I am in a really good mood lately. This past Saturday I was up at the church with my Dad. All of a sudden I started to skip as we made our way to the church office under the moonlight. Daddy noticed and called mommy and told her what I was doing. He was so happy you could have thought I took my first step.

Last night after supper mommy mentioned "what if you started dancing in the Grocery store." I laughed and said "maybe so" Today I found this video and thought I would share it. Wouldn't it be funny if I really did dance and skip at the Grocery Store. Mommy said she would just ignore me. So live life and have a good time...even if it is out in public! And also to say the least I am not High today!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be joyful and don't forget to Pray!

Homeschooling Blog Post 6# Learning New Study Habits

I mentioned last week that I was starting new things in school. One of the things I started yesterday was this: learning Study Habits. It says...

In 27 lessons, which you can go through in one month (with one day per week for rest), you will learn how to improve in every phase of your school work: note-taking, reviewing for tests, taking exams, writing papers, budgeting study time, and much more.

Why not! They mention that of Professor X's tequinqe. I already knew about it, but will give it a try today. 

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray! 

What's For Dinner? Box

OK, this is too Funny it is a tradition now to be asked What's for Dinner? by my friends. So I was asked  by one of my readers to do something were I will try to daily tell what we are having for dinner. In the morning check here at my blog and find the little box that says What's For Dinner? to find out. It might seem weird but it is something we laugh about. 

Also listen up here is a big announcement I have to make, it surely will go down in history. Veronica is not one for eating mushrooms but she surprised us by saying she Likes Them Now so there you have it oh and why did i forget? we had... 

"Mexican Chicken and Salad" 

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray! 

Dressing Modestly Blog Post 3: Tweleve Personal Rules for Me to Follow

I try to look over the body and try to imagine what would be modest

1. I try to make sure my hair is clean and brushed it usually depends on my mood for how I fix it.

2. I wear no makeup the only thing that might come close to it is “Lip Balm” that looks like “Lip Gloss”  

3. The shoulders must be covered.

4. The lowest the neckline can be two widths of the finger.

5. I prefer my sleeves to be to the pit of the elbow but that is hard to do so in between the shoulder and elbow would do if I were desperate for a shirt.

6. The shirt must not be too thin in that case; I should not see my straps to my undergarments.

7. The shirt must not be to tight fitting or not too baggy. In addition, it must cover my bottom. When I bend over it must not show any excessive skin.   

8. My skirt must ride on my natural waistline, which is usually where the belly button is.

9. The skirt should not be a see through one and unless necessary a slip can be added.  

10. The shortest my skirt can be is calf-length or when I sit down it must cover my knees.

11. The skirt can have no slit on the side or back.

12. My shoes must have no heels.

This is just a list of rules on my personal standards for me to follow.

Try an Experiment: make a list of rules for you to follow they can be of your personal standards. Who knows your list might give me a few ides to add to mine. 

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying, God bless, be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!             

Dressing Modestly Blog Post 2: Shopping for Clothing/Sewing My Clothing

Shopping For Clothing

This might be shocking, but I HATE shopping for Clothes. Yep, it is true

Five Reasons why I HATE Shopping

1. It is very time consuming.
2. You have to go to several stores.
3. When I try them on, I cringe and think who wore this last (even with store bought clothing).
4. They are always pricey except for sales, which usually has a catch.
5. Most of the time they do not even carry what are up to my standards.

Now there are times… (Gulp) when I have to… like Shirts…. Nevertheless, I Live.

Sewing My Clothing

I have been waiting to do a blog post on sewing. Why, because I LOVE to sew!

For about a 1 1/2 I have been sewing. I have made various pieces of clothing.

My first article of clothing was a pair of shorts I have only wore them a few times.

My next one was a shirt.

Followed by six skirts, three with zippers, and three with elastic.

I have also made my Confirmation dress, which is the nicest piece of clothing I own.

I am in the process of making another shirt.

I try to sew as much of my clothing as I can.

In the Future, I will be making

My own PATTERNS… soon enough.

That way I can design clothing to my liking and standards.

My next blog post will be titled “Twelve Rules on how I Dress Modestly”

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying, God bless, be Joyful, and don’t forget to Pray!

Dressing Modestly: Blog Post 1 How I came to Dress this Way

 I would have gotten this posted sooner today, but we had the air conditioner people come over. I think they did a good job they had to put a intake vent in near my bedroom door so I was trapped for a little bit. The two young men who did it were in their early twenties and very polite when they were done one of them even offered to do my chores ha ha what I mean is he offered to vacuum up the mess for me, but mommy said that I supposed to do it. Over all they did a good job and now whenever I type, my hands will not get cold. So onto the post for today.

Those of you who know me well know I have strict and high standards Modesty wise (I actually have high standards in pretty much everything). I will be doing a series of Blog Posts on Dressing Modestly.

How I came to Dress this way

I dressed in pants and shorts from birth to ten years, but once I was exposed to other people who dressed modestly and I started to do research about modest dress according to church teachings. I started to think about it. I looked at the way Our Lady dressed. I strived to dress as her. I went into a length of two years to try to change my dress I slowly changed from pants and shorts to skirts and dresses.

It was not until one day I went up the street with my mother for a few last minute things at the grocery store. I was wearing a very tight fitting top with no under garment underneath my shirt and short shorts. One of the employees a man in his twenties I suppose gave me a dirty look and walked off. It scared me, made me think twice about my dress and made me want to dress modestly even the more.

Increasing my Standards

By the age of twelve, I was wearing skirts and dresses all the time I began to raise my standards longer skirts and dresses, no slits. For shirts, not as tight and if I could help it longer sleeves. Actually, I increase my standards every year.

Making a Promise to our Lady

I made a promise to our Lady that I would not ever wear a pair of pants again. To me, they feel weird and they seem to not give me room to move. I do not own a single pair of pants. I do own a pair of shorts, but do not wear them.

What I Believe

I have always been taught that men are Visual and that if we show too much skin they will sin. Something women do not want to be held accountable. In addition, we need to focus on a woman’s heart and soul rather less her body.

My next blog Post will be on “Shopping for Clothing and Sewing Clothing”

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!

Homeschooling Blog Post 5# Making Changes in School

School is starting to pick up now meaning new stuff  is coming in for me to do.  First of all I have a test on the Egyptian "Queen Hatsheput" on Monday so prayers are appreciated.

I will try to do a bigger blog post soon. A few of them are in the pending stage. One of them will be about a big change in my life to come. So stay tuned for it next week!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!    

Are we ready for the coming of the Lord?

OK, this is too good to be true. Either God is sending me a message here or Fr.Flynn has the book “A Year with the Church Fathers.” Is he playing with me, but then he was serious during yesterday’s homily, a very hard-hitting homily to be exact. That actually made me think. He was talking about his stay in the army and how he trained to do things when he went to war. It just happened to be he intertwined it with the gospel about the ten bridesmaids that came to meet the groom. Five did not bring enough oil to keep their lamps burning. The other five brought extra oil for themselves. Fr.Flynn asked us the question “Are we ready for the coming of the Lord? I am still questioning myself long and hard about that. Today I opened up my book of meditations titled “A Year with the Church Fathers” this is what it said…

Keep on Your Toes

I’ve said all these things, not to exempt the devil from blame, but to free you from slothfulness. For he really wants us to attribute all our sins to him, so that, nourished by those hopes, and going ahead with all kinds of evil, we may increase our own punishment, and find no pardon because we transferred the cause to him-just as Eve found none.

But let us not do this. Let us know ourselves. Let us know our wounds. Then we can apply the medicines. For whoever does not know his disease will not take care of his weakness.

We have sinned much: I know this well. We all deserve the penalties. But we are not without pardon. We shall not fall away from repentance. For we still stand in the arena, and we are in the struggles of repentance.

Are you old and in the last stage of life? Don’t think that even now you have fallen from repentance. Don’t despair of your own salvation. Think of the robber who was freed on the cross. What was briefer than the moment he was crowned? Yet even so, this was enough for his salvation.

Are you young? Don’t be confident in your youth, or think that you have a long life ahead of you. “The day the Lord will come like a thief in the night” (1 Thessalonians 5:2). This is why he has made our end invisible: so that we might make diligence and our forethought plain.   

           -St.John Chrysostom, Homily 2 on the Power of Demons, 5 

In God’s Presence Consider… 

If the day of the Lord came right now, would I be ready?

Closing Prayer 

Lord, you accepted the repentance of David; accept also my repentance for all my transgressions and my errors.

Now back to what I was saying. Yesterday’s homily ties into today’s mediation, which also sums up a few questions that I have been pondering for some time now. Am I ready for the coming of the Lord? I will have to pray on that one for sure. Also, I have been looking on into the future trying to accept that I will not know what my calling will be. Again, This is why he has made our end invisible: so that we might make diligence and our forethought plain.

Today at breakfast, Mommy mentioned that she wanted us to go to mass on Thursday mornings and add an extra hour of adoration in. She said that Fr.Flynn’s homily really made her think too.

So there you have it! Now you know what I will be Praying on today.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!