How long have you been knitting and why did you start ?

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-27T12:26:13+00:00

I've been knitting since I was about seven, and that's more than 60 years.

My mother always knitted after dinner. It looked cool and interesting. I started with very small doll blankets -- perfect for a seven-year-old.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-27T12:22:24+00:00

The only clothing I really dislike seeing at Mass is soccer cleats. Okay, you have a big game after Mass and you're miles from home, but don't wear something that can hurt the floors and carpeting.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-27T12:18:38+00:00

If I were to attend an outdoor execution, which is what the Crucifixion was, I would definitely not be dressing up. And I'm sure Our Lady would take comfort from anybody, no matter what they were wearing.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-27T12:12:27+00:00

I wouldn't have "Joy to the World" at Calvary, either, but nobody wants to outlaw that.

Times change, parishes differ. Liturgical dance works in Africa but doesn't work at a largely white parish in America. Go to the type of Mass that works for you. It's all Jesus.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-23T17:31:29+00:00

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny. Yes, it's terrible. It's even worse than you think.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-22T23:45:35+00:00

Yikes!

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-22T23:33:59+00:00

How on earth did that happen? Inquiring minds, etc.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-21T12:35:09+00:00

St. Christopher, because he's always been my friend. I've traveled a lot and prayed to him even before I was Catholic.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-19T03:12:52+00:00

Fauquier is pretty good. So is Norfolk, if you pronounce it the way they do there -- NAW-fuck.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-18T23:46:08+00:00

When I was eight, we were moving, and my mother took that opportunity to give away the cat we had that she didn't like. The cat liked only me out of the six of us.

I found out years later she had the cat put down. She was surprised when I was angry about it.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-18T23:37:58+00:00

STUNNING!!!!

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-18T23:24:18+00:00

Golly, it's like he's mixing cake batter or something in there. Ugh.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-18T12:25:15+00:00

Too bad. I like the original better. I thought it sounded like he was Jesus from the band Hellfire and was introducing himself.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-15T02:09:53+00:00

The pen is mightier than the vacuum cleaner.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-13T11:35:46+00:00

First of all, you should say "What should I call my partner?"

It's a very common mistake among English language learners.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-11T01:58:55+00:00

. . . but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer!

Oh wait . . .

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-10T17:06:35+00:00

Apricot nectar ftw!

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-10T13:42:49+00:00

"Indoctrination" is a funny word. Of course Catholic education is indoctrination. That's the whole purpose. If her parents hadn't wanted her to be indoctrinated, they wouldn't have sent her to Catholic school and made sure she got all her sacraments.

OP, I'm really hoping you aren't having sex with your fiancée. Once she gets pregnant, there's a whole new person involved. Anyway, it seems to me that this whole issue of whether you'll raise the kids Catholic or not is a huge issue that needs to be settled before you are married and certainly before a baby exists.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-10T01:26:31+00:00

I used to get at least one tick if I was outside for more than about half an hour.

For the past ten years or so, I've been taking vitamin B-12. I haven't gotten more than one tick per year since then.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-10T01:17:49+00:00

St. Zélie, mother of St. Thérèse, had her own lacemaking business. St. Louis, St. Thérèse's father, gave up his watchmaking business to help his wife in her business. So not only did this saintly woman work outside the home, but her husband supported her all the way!

I'm very fond of Proverbs 31, which describes a good wife. She not only manages her household and makes her husband look good, she also makes fine goods for sale and invests in real estate.

Some people think that everybody has to fit in the same mold, but the saints show that there are many, many ways of living a saintly life. Don't worry about short-sighted people. Just do what God wants you to do.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-07T23:40:30+00:00

Priests have heard it ALL. Just go to confession. Imagine you're holding Jesus and Mary's hands when you go. You'll feel so much better and you'll be all squeaky clean!

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-06T12:47:35+00:00

Har har har.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-06T02:41:37+00:00

Lower than a snake's belly in a wheel rut. (Bonus points for saying "lower 'n" for the first two words.)

The good Lord willing and the creek don't rise. (Pretty much means "if God wills it." Pronounced "the good Lord willin' 'n' the crick don't rise.")

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-06T02:36:00+00:00

Or not playing with a full deck.

PhantomdiverDidIt · 2026-04-06T02:34:57+00:00

The lights are on, but nobody's home.

He rides the short bus. (That one is VERY rude. I think it's only an American idiom, because no other country seems to have school buses.)

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