The Nodlings enjoy watching football with dear old Dad. My boy, Wynken, likes football; the toddlers, Nub and Nib, love to shout “Touchdown!” on every play; the older girls, Blynken and Nod-girl, just like hanging out and eating my snack food.
So with one hand on the remote to avoid the commercials and one eye on my snack plate, we are getting ready to enjoy the Game-That-Must-Not-Be-Named-Due-To-Litigious-Copyright-Holders.
A major part of The Game ™ of course is the football food. Catholics everywhere will be watching (and eating) along with the rest of the nation at the biggest football game of the year.
Everybody’s got their favorite football food; Catholics are no exception. So how will you know if you’re at a Catholic Football Fest? Let’s take a look at a sample menu:
Take one Dad, add two sons, arm everyone with Nerf guns and have a blast playing Boys vs Dad (I packed a pistol in each hand) for about 45 minutes. Non-stop fun!
I think the Sons of LarryD took great pride in dispensing Nerf-justice against their dad – especially when they registered a “head shot”. Burned off some energy, no one got hurt, and nothing broke.
I have my fantasy football draft coming up. I’ve got my depth charts, ranking lists, latest news ready to go. I’ve figured out my keepers and the rookie running backs I want to target. I’ve renewed my vow to stay away from any Bengals, Raiders & Chiefs.
And I’ve realized that I really can’t put as much focus and attention into my fantasy football league as I used to do in the past. It’s fun and I enjoy the league. It’s a way to stay connected with some of my close friends. But, I tend to spend so much time on it so I can win, yet I’ve never had a winning season to show for it. And maybe that’s by God’s design.
I’m constantly amazed how much time I waste during the course of a day. Fantasy football ranks right up there in things that tend to take my time and attention away from the things God wants me to be doing. Not that fantasy football isn’t a good diversion for me, it is. But it needs to be put in its proper place in my life.
I make a morning offering every morning to Christ. I offer him “all my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day.” I also say a traditional prayer that I found in a prayer book – “Direct, we beseech you oh Lord, our actions by your inspirations and further them by your assistance, so that every word and work of ours may begin from you and by you be likewise ended.”
The morning offering refers to “all” and the prayer refers to “every.” Not “some,” but “all” and “every.” In other words, everything that we do should be for Christ. We are allowed to have fun and enjoy hobbies and pursuits, but even these
We all know we could use a bit of fun in our lives. This is especially true when dealing with our families. Where can we go that we can enjoy a wholesome family experience together, especially on vacation?
Places like that seem to be getting harder to find — or are they? Maybe they just need to be better publicized. It’s summertime and lots of you are on vacations. Where do you go that supports (or at least does not detract) from your faith and values?
Mine is (re)posted below.
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Jellystone Park is having a video contest to show how you have fun at Jellystone (yes, the one with Yogi Bear). I don’t enter contests as a rule, but this is one we think we can win on the merits.
See what you’re missing — Jellystone: It Gets Into You is my entry. They forced me to cut the music to enter the contest (50% of the punch), but I think it still stands head and shoulders above the rest! (Even though my music was copyright free. Sigh.)
Reasons for helping? The kids love the park (it’s our one special trip a year). The prize money just about equals the pay cut I took this year; the driveway needs repair; and the kids tuition is due. Plus, it’s a real family park, and we’re a real (Catholic) family — look at all the Nodlings!
We’d like to win with your help; we need at least 1500 votes to get in the semifinals. You can vote every 7 days. Contest ends September 11.
Yes, clearly I DO have too much time on my hands…. I’m a teacher who’s off for the summer. What’d ya expect? Enjoy the second installment of the Tower of Binky… the Two Towers! (Coming soon, Return of the Binky!)
Well, what can I say? Give me a half day of school and a free afternoon while Rebecca runs some errands… and you get this piece of cinematic diversion! Me and the Boy gettin’ silly! PS – There’s no need to tell me I have too much time on my hands, by the way. I’m a teacher and the school year just closed! So I do!! Stay tuned for me random antics…
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