Daily 5 - Day 186

Today's Daily 5:

1. Seeing the story of Canada's first gold medallist's relationship with his older brother who has cerebral palsy.  A beautiful story.
2. Surprise engagement party for T & L tonight
3. Had a productive morning, cleaning the apartment (it was being shown tonight) and just generally doing some stuff that needed to be done.  It felt nice to do that at an unhurried pace.
4. Love that I still have one more day of weekend left.  Such a needed break at the moment.
5. Loving that I can watch the major Canadian olympic coverage via livestream over the internet - meaning I can watch it from bed :)

Valentines Day

I'm single, so Valentine's Day isn't really a big deal in my life.  It's just another day.  I'm not going to get flowers or chocolates today, except maybe from my grandma, who has a tendency to occasionally deliver a box of ice-cream bars to mom and dad's house on odd "holidays" like Valentine's Day.

But, ever since I was in Rome, returning just before Valentine's,  on Valentines Day I always think of being in a strange little church, and seeing the relic of St. Valentine.

I'm a history major, and I know that most relics aren't real.  I saw a few different relics while in Europe, including two relics of Paul while in Malta.  But here's the catch.  I think there's something fascinating in the veneration of relics, of the saints.  I don't have well formed opinions, just thoughts, and I am fascinated by the faith and devotion to these things.

I took a few photos of the relic of St. Valentine.  I don't have them available for upload to this post, but you can find them in a facebook album here.

Daily 5 - Day 185

Today's Daily 5:

1. Moved another load to Grandma's.
2. Seeing the painting job in my new room.  Even after just the first coat, it's looking WAY better in there.
3. Got my errands done too.  Second time behind the wheel since the accident.  Still pretty stressful, but glad that I can do it without totally freaking out.
4. Hung out at mom and dad's watching olympic coverage for a good chunk of the day
5. Uploaded some new cd's to my ipod - can't wait to listen
6. Saw Canada win our first olympic medal live online, while resting in bed
7. Love that I can watch some of the olympic coverage live online - great since I don't have television service in my home
8. Enjoyed time with family
9. Curly hair
10. hummus on toast, with fresh raspberries and blackberries on the side for lunch.

Anne Jackson in Haiti

I've linked to Anne Jackson relatively often lately.

She's in Haiti at the moment, and blogging some incredibly moving stuff.

Check out the latest post here.

New Addition to the Reading List

Late last week I finished listening to another audio book.  You'll find it listed with the other "reads" of 2010 in my left-hand side bar.

The Big Moo, by Seth Godin et. al. is probably not a book I'd have made it through if I was reading it.  But in the audio version, read by Seth Godin, it came to life.

I recommend it, though I'd have to listen to it again to be able to coherently recite the topics.  But basically it was a series of chapters, written by a wide variety of authors, around the theme in the sub-title "Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable."  Would I agree with everything I heard?  No.  But was it challenging information, presented in a very absorbable way, that caused me to think?  Yes.

Definitely worth checking out!