It's Friday - We Have a Pope

Good morning one and all. It's quite a day in the life of Catholics world-wide - they have a new Pope, and he's a Naturalized American, originally from Peru. He's actually slightly younger than I am, which makes me feel a bit old this morning - LOL. But I'm quite sure the job will weigh him down and age him prematurely. It seems to do that for everyone in the office. 

So, we have a new Pope - Pope Leo XIV. He's 
originally from Peru, and is a naturalized 
American citizen who is fluent in Spanish, 
English and Italian. That should serve him 
very well. My only hesitation with him is that 
he was from the Chicago diocese, and they had 
a massive sex scandal there within the church. 

Today will be a day of this and that. I need to take an inventory of available food, and I might have to pull a few things out of my refrigerator and find room for them in my little portion of the freezer. Sunday is Mother's Day as well as my birthday, and DH wanted to know if I wanted anything specific for dinner - something that could cook while we're at the gardening center in the early morning and planting the garden for the afternoon. I decided on ribs, so he went out to find some and found two lovely racks. Ribs are such an easy choice. Pull out the slow cooker, put each person's ribs in their own section along with their own BBQ sauces, put on the cover and set it to cook for 6 hours on high. The meat will fall off the bones. So good! 

I actually have two different shirts coming to me, 
one of which is this one. I suspect this will be the one 
I will choose to wear. It's totally classic Jim 
Morrison. 

My oldest niece has requested that we all (as much as possible) wear vintage Rock and Roll t-shirts to the Ceremony of Life that we'll attend towards the end of the month. My nephew loved music, rock and roll in particular. His obituary (which won't be published until Sunday, but my niece put it out for the family to read a bit early) states ... "Mike was ... an avid lover of heavy metal music, agates and coin collecting, also his love for his reptiles, hockey and fantasy football". There's also a Go Fund Me campaign to help his family with expenses. I'll have to point that out to DH later this morning over breakfast. I'm sure he'll want to contribute. But ... since Michael enjoyed heavy metal music so much, Catie has requested those attending the Celebration of Life later this month, to wear rock music t-shits. Jim has quite a few, but the only one I want to wear is the group I loved when I was growing up - The Doors. So, I found a vintage concert t-shirt in my size at a reasonable price on-line, and it's being shipped to me via Priority Mail. Whoot! 

I haven't had a new passport in a LONG 
time. When I went to England with Sharon 
in the 80's, I was still using the old passport 
I had from High School days. That's long 
expired. 

Today will be a catch-up day. I need to pay some bills, check my bank balances, download and start filling out the paperwork for my official name change (again ... I've done this before, but shredded it when DH hit the roof). I double-checked my name with Social Security yesterday morning and it's exactly as I thought it should be. Now to get everything else in order so that I can get an enhanced driver's license and a passport. I'm herding my ducks, and they're starting to get in order. *Hugs* to all of you and I'll be back on Saturday to wrap up the week. Slava Ukraini.