Happy V.D.

Our five year old daughter, Veronica, made a Valentine card last night without asking us how to spell anyone's name. The first line is supposed to say "Love":


Yesterday we had the parents of a friend pitch us on joining Amway Quixtar. The missus was pretty diplomatic and said that instead she would rather focus on expanding her "cello business."

Then I had to head to downtown Grand Rapids to St. Andrew's cathedral for the "Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion." Basically I am now officially joining the Catholic church during the Easter vigil. The place was packed with people from all over the diocese that are joining the church with their sponsors and people from the parishes that were presenting us to the Apostolic administrator. Yes, we have no bishop, so I was presented to someone else. But my 11 year relationship with the Church of Rome is about to be officially formalized.