Art Show

This is an art show being sponsored by where I work. I have 16 photos
up for display/sale in this show. The art can be see 7 days a week at
Electric Earth Cafe in Madison throughout the month of January. For my
friends in the SCA, this includes the day of and the day after It's
only a Flesh wound.

More information can be found out at:

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/events/275840279139540/

Joyful Art
A collaborative art show by artists from Options in Community Living

Setting aside the labels that divide us, this show blurs the lines of
how we view people with challenges. It puts us all on an equal level
as artists and human beings.

Options in Community Living, Inc (Options) is a private, non-profit
organization in Madison, Wisconsin, which provides residential support
services to individuals who have cognitive and physical challenges.

Options' mission is to provide support and coordinate services to
enable adults with challenges to live in their own homes. The agency
assists people to make informed choices and reach their own goals.

We believe that all people have an equal need to belong and to be an
active participant in the community. All people should be valued for
their uniqueness and contribution to society. We also believe that
all people have a need to form satisfying personal relationships and
engage in ordinary social and leisure-time pursuits with fellow
citizens.

This art exhibit presents the work of individuals who are connected
with Options in Community Living.

Only the artwork listing a price is for sale. If you are interested
in purchasing a piece, please contact Emma at 249-1585 (9am to 5pm) or
emailing Emma at eczarapata@optionsmadison.com

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"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
-- Mark Twain

Passover

I love living in the Midwest. I find most people friendly, helpful,
very welcoming, and always wanting to feed you. It is hard though is
Passover as everyone is always offering you food that you can't eat.
I have said "I can't, its Passover."

But I wouldn't change it, my friends and the people of the Midwest are awesome.

Made it

Made it thru lunch eating my spinach and melon while everyone else ate pizza.

Being Roman Catholic, you are not suppose to eat meat on Fridays during lent. This is how I grew up.

Eating Kosher for Passover is much harder for me, and much more of a sacrifice for me. I pretty much live on pasta.

Oh well, such is life.

Dinner

Cooking dinner tonight was a great example of how interfaith life can work out well. Tonight I was making beef tips. Normally I would use flour to thicken the gravy with the tips and serve it over pasta.

Tonight was different.
It is Passover.
I don't eat pasta or flour during Passover.

While I am not Jewish yet, I feel the need to follow the rules and traditions. James, being Christian, doesn't follow the traditions.

So back to dinner tonight. I cooked the beef tips like normal. Just before I would have put the flour in to make the gravy, I took out enough of the beef that I would want to eat. This way, James could have the gravy he wanted, and I could have beef yet.

If only all nights were this easy...

Oh yeah, and James made potatos. :)

The Skinny

Ok, So here is the quick to do about this blog. My name is Kristen and I am in the process of converting to Judaism. My husband, James, of almost 4 years, is Christian. I was raised Catholic. James was Baptist, then Mormon, and now, well just Christian. When we got married, neither James nor I were active in any church or religion. James and I both enjoy studying religion and discuss it a lot.

While I have studied Judaism a lot in the past, I have just recently started the conversion process. It has been and will be an interesting road.

This blog is not just about my conversion process to Judaism. It is mostly about how James and I learn to live as an interfaith couple. Though there might be weird, off topic posts here and there. I can post from my phone so this will be interesting.

So, let the adventure begin.....