Neon! And Succulents!

Awhile back, I came across this great DIY (on a lovely little blog called The Proper Pinwheel) featuring one of my favorite trends right now: neon (my love of which is obviously a holdover from being a child of the 80's...only this time I will not be dressing head to toe in neon yellow). 

 (photo by Lexy of The Proper Pinwheel)

Since I already had the IKEA pots, and succulent trees badly in need of some trimming/transplanting, all the girl and I had to do was make a quick trip for some neon paint (orange and pink for us). She carefully helped me tape off the pots a couple of weeks ago and this past weekend we finally got around to replanting some of our succulents!

I'm quite happy with how they turned out, and they are now living at the front door of our Eichler, looking all happy and neon-y.

And speaking of the house, it looks like we might be able to submit the plans to the city for permits next week!!! I believe that process takes 3-4 weeks, but it's exciting to finally be able to see a bit of forward movement. We are so so ready to move in!!!

Confirmation.

During May, Tom started his confirmation preparation with our parish priest. Tom and I have been for lessons for the last three Thursdays. We are working our way through the book Sacrament of Confirmation Catechetics by Fr. Peter Murphy. It is a great program and is preparing Tom for the sacrament really well.

Today we also watched this video:



For his saint, Tom has chosen St. Dominic Salvio.

This weekend, Tom and I will go to Whyalla to buy fabric for some new pants, a good shirt and jacket to wear. Maybe just this once, I can finish them before the day he is confirmed. It has become tradition for me to be putting finishing touches on outfits just a couple of hours before they are due at the church.

He will be confirmed on the 16th of June by Bishop O'Kelly. Between now and then, we will be praying this prayer each day for Tom.

I have also added the Prayer to the Holy Spirit to my sidebar.