Welcome February!

Its been one month since Lia decided we should bring Catholic Girl Stuff back to life. We've refreshed a lot of the blog, the new look for example. (It was mostly Lia, but I helped pick out the pictures)



MONTHLY PRAYER LIFE DEVOTIONS AND FOCUS POINTS

Suggestions:

• For married couples
• Soon to be married couples
• Your future spouse
• Or your current spouse
• Guidance in deciding if you even want a spouse 

I personally know where I fall in the last one (firmly in the "Probably a no thanks") so instead  I'm praying for help with my horrible stressful college life.

I recently started praying a novena to Our Lady Undoer of Knots and asking her for help untangling the mess that is my life. I have to say that the morning after I started, I woke up happy and had a great day of classes. Which was surprising since it was a Thursday and normally I HATE my Tuesday/Thursday classes. Oh and then a caught up on all my homework.

10/10 would recommend.

(Link to novena can be found here.) 




FEBRUARY'S HOLY DAYS, HOLIDAYS & HIGHLIGHTS

***There are no Holy Days of Obligation this month***

Feb 1 - St. Brigid
Feb 3 - St. Blaise
Feb 8 - St. Josephine Bakhita
Feb 11 - Our Lady of Lourdes 
Feb 14 - St Valentine



MONTHLY GOALS

-Make a point to focus on mental health/de-stressing
-Read something religious



FEBRUARY MINI PLAYLIST

Yes, I know this is normally Lia's thing. But my poor song taste will have to do. I feel like none of these songs really go together, but I picked songs that'll hopefully pick you up out of the winter slump!

-Main Theme from the Pirates of the Caribbean
-Lonely People by Orla Gartland
-This Is Me from the Greatest Showman
-Roundtable Rival by Lindsey Stirling
-The Other Side from the Greatest Showman
-Touch the Sky from Brave





Have a prayerful and beautiful February!

Kat

Quotes #2

Hey Guys!

Another round of quotes curtesy of Pinterest.



If you want 2017 to be your year:

Don't sit on the couch and wait for it.
Go out. Make a change. Smile more.
Be excited. Do new things. Throw away
what you've been cluttering. Unfollow
negative people on social media. Go to
bed early. Wake up early. Be fierce.
Don't gossip. Show more gratitude.
Do things that challenge you.
Be brave.




You are not the number
of A's you get in school,
nor the numbers of 0's in
your bank account after you
finished school.

Instead,
You are the number of ticks
you checked off your bucket list
and the number of smiled
you impacted on others
while doing the things you like.



Always be yourself. Don't ever let
anybody ever tell you you're not good
enough because God made you who you are
for a reason.


Who are you,
really?


you are not a name
or a height, or a weight
or a gender
you are not an age
and you are not where you
are from


you are your favorite books
and the songs stuck in your head
you are your thoughts
and what you eat for breakfast
on Saturday mornings


you are a thousand things
but everyone chooses
to see the million things
you are not


you are not
where you are from
you are
where you're going
and i'd like
to go there
too.



I ADORE you, you crazy,
gorgeous, wonderful (but
also sometimes quite weird
but still very lovely) person


The earth has music for those who listen.


Being a hero doesn't mean you're invincible
it just means you're brave enough to stand up
and do what's needed.



She told the seashell
her story, whispering
every secret her memories
held. Then she laid
the shell at the ocean's edge
and watched the tide pick
it up and carry it out to sea...


Don't be sad, because
sad backwards is das,
and das not good.


I am not an early bird
or a night owl.
I am some form of
permanently exhausted
pigeon.


When you're young
thunderstorms seem scary
like the sky is
angry at you.
But now that I'm older,
something about its roar
soothes me;
it's comforting
to know that even nature
needs to scream sometimes.


There are gonna be a lot of situations
that make you want to switch up your
character. Remain you.


Well there you have it. The second installment of quotes.
Stay tuned!

Love,
-Lia

Quotes #1

I am finding a lot of quotes on Pinterest so I will post some of them periodically. I am a really big quote fan so expect a lot of these posts.

Also I am not sure who the author is on some of these so I you want to know just ask and I'll try to find out for you. :)



Fog on her glasses
From the still steaming tea
A book in her hand
As she casually reads.
A catch in her breath
As the climax grows near
She's deaf to the world:
The book's all she can hear
She's completely lost now,
Or perhaps she is found
In this strange paper world
That's far from the ground.




I love you just the way you are
but you don't see you like I do.
You shouldn't try so hard to be perfect.
Trust me, perfect should try to be you.




I will not be another flower,
picked for my beauty
and left to die.
I will be wild,
difficult to find,
and impossible to forget.



Roses aren't always red
& violets aren't exactly blue,
the society that we live in
never seems to speak the truth.

Smiles aren't always happy
& frowns aren't always upset,
people judge too quickly
& our feelings are what they
                 forget.



One day, you're 17 and you're planning for
someday. And then quietly, without you ever
really noticing, someday is today. And then
someday is yesterday. And this is your life.



You are braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem, smarter
than you think, and loved more
than you know.




Make your parents proud, your enemies jealous, and yourself happy.




I want to be the reason you look down at your phone and smile.....

Then walk into a pole.



Pray, Wait, Trust.





It's hard to act cool in front of you
because whenever I see you,
my brain is like,
"This person is good looking,
say something stupid."
and I'm like, "Awesome idea brain."
And then I say something stupid
because I'm an idiot.





I plan on bugging you
every single day
for the forseeable future




Love your parents
We are so busy
growing up,
we often forget
they are also
growing old.





Ok so yeah, I should probably stop now.
Stay tuned for more of these in the future!

Love,
-Lia