Lucille Ball

Happy Easter

This is Daisy in her Easter outfit. It is last year's but she doesn't remember it. The purse is new.

The egg is hand painted wood. Made in the "old country".

Space Ship Two

This is a picture of Space Ship One. Space Ship Two is supposed to fly sometime this year. If you would like some excitement, you can ride out to the edge of space and experience five minutes of weightlessness before landing back on earth. WOW! Here is the place to go to find out more. It has a long video but it's worth it. http://www.spaceshiptwo.net/

Bluebird

Lemko album

My Grandpa Steve and my Aunt Rose are on the cover of this record album. I wish I could understand it.

Just a stay-at-home

I said awhile ago that I love to do puzzles. Well, I love to do a lot of things. I draw, do needlework and crafts, reading, etc. I've met women who said that if they didn't have a job they wouldn't know what else to do. Their job was it. I knew other women who said they would rather be at work than at home because they weren't happy there. I would work if I had a decent job, one that didn't give me a lot of stress. All of my jobs stressed me out too much, and didn't pay enough. I never had a career, never wanted one, except being a homemaker and stay-at-home mom. I was good at filing, but filing doesn't pay much, and there isn't much need out there. So, I'm enjoying staying at home, being free to do the things I love to do.

Rosie and Cubby in their "certain ethnic" Eastern European outfits

Happy Irish Day

Daisy in her Irish outfit

Irish Sayings

May misfortune follow you the rest of your life and never catch up.
May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace.
May your troubles grow less as your blessings increase.
May the blessings of each day be the blessings you need most.
Always remember to forget the troubles that passed away,
but never forget to remember the blessings that come each day.
If you buy what you don't need, you might have to sell what you do.
Better to be sparing at first than at last.
Everyone feels his own wound first.
Questioning is the door of knowledge.
There's nothing so bad that it couldn't be worse.
If God sends you down a stony path, may He give you strong shoes.
Who gossips with you, will gossip of you.
Slow is very fast on an unknown path.
Lie down with dogs and you'll rise with fleas.
May those that love us, love us, and those that don't love us,
may God turn their hearts, and if he doesn't turn their hearts,
may he turn their ankles, so we'll know them by their limping.

Gideon

Here are some cute pictures of my grandson,Gideon

Sophia Loren

"When the snow melted in the spring, doors burst open and the residents rushed outside, like prisoners released from jail."
from Get Happy The Life of Judy Garland

New Flowers

Hologram

Yesterday, I tried to turn on my little hologram, but it didn't work. So, I removed the back and found it horribly corroded. I thought it was ruined because the batteries were stuck to the springs. I cleaned it up the best I could, using baking soda water. I put new batteries in and found that it works!

Puzzle books

I love to do puzzles. All kinds of puzzles. I use colored pens for the word seeks. My mom did crossword puzzles. Puzzles are great for relaxing, and for when you are bored and waiting for something, and anytime at all.

Funnies in the Bible part 3

(3) This is my daughter Sharon's favorite funny in the Bible. In I Samuel chapter 5 we are told

1. And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
2. When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3. And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
4. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
5. Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

Imagine waking up and finding your almighty god fallen on his face. ROTFL. If he can't take care of himself, how can he take care of anyone else!

Snow drift

More home made flowers

Funnies in the Bible part 2

(2) The Hebrews were wandering around in the desert and Deuteronomy chapter 2 says
1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Can't you picture them marching round and round the mountain and God has to tell them to stop. You see, they had not obeyed God and God stopped listening to them so they had no direction. They didn't know where to go. They went around in circles.

Birdie plate

I sang this song to my three little children. Shari, my third, found this plate which has the year she was born.

High up in the branches of a leafy apple tree,
Lives a mother birdie, and her little birdies three.
God sends Mr. Wind.
You can hear him softly blow,
As off to sleep, her babies go.

Wolf

Funnies in the Bible part 1

I have found three funny places in the Bible. At least I think they are funny.

(1) The people were waiting for Moses to come down out of the mount and they said in Exodus 32
2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Now this is the funny part.
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
Can you imagine? Aaron is Moses older brother, and they are both old men. Aaron is acting like a child. He threw the gold in and out came this calf. How funny!

Painted carnations

Martha Stewart

This is a picture I drew of Martha Stewart. Does it look like her?

Miniature World

This is a museum in Canada. Check it out.

http://www.miniatureworld.com/index.html

Typoclycemia

Believe it or not you can read this!

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. But beuasce of the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid (aoccdrnig to a rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy) it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are witrten, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

Winter snow

This is what winter looks like from my kitchen window. I live in a basement apartment.

Vase

This is the new vase I bought at the Home and Garden Show. Can you tell I like pretty things?

This is me and my Hammond organ several years ago.

I gave the keyboard to my daughter, Sharon, because my hands hurt to play it. This is my grandson, Gabey, playing it.

Cross Stitch Bears

I made these cross stitch bears for my girls. I gave my daughter Christine the one cuddled up in a quilt. I knew she would like to do that. I gave my daughter Sharon the one at the fence because she loves her back yard. I gave our dear friend (she's like one of the familiy) Michelle the one with the flowers and big hat because she loves to garden and I think she would look great in the hat.

Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell

Purple violet and poinsettia

I love violets, so I got a new one at the Home and Garden show. It's doing very well. Next to it is my new poinsettia I got this Christmas.

Home and garden show

Laughing babies

Tissue paper carnations

These are my new tissue paper carnations. I've started making flowers again.

Mailbox flowers

If you like flowers, why not have them sent right to your mailbox. Just sign up for daily newsletters from one of these: Burpee, Wayside Gardens, White Flower Farm, Michigan Bulb, Park Trees & Shrubs. They will give you a daily pick-me-up! (and maybe some ideas for your own garden)

Parenthood

There is a little hand to hold,
A fresh new life to shield
From fear of darkness and the cold
The march of time may yield.

There is a little mind to train
And eyes to keep from tears.
There is a pathway to make plain
That winds through sunlit years.

There is a little heart to pack
With goodness, warmth, and pride,
And little feet that will run back
To the childhood we supplied.
from Bible Pathway

Happy New Year!

2007 was a mixed up year. Some bad things happened, but some good things happened, too.
My daughter had Baby Gideon!

A good resolution for this year would be to remember to count our blessings every day.

I pray that 2008 will be a healthy, and happy year for all of us. God bless us, everyone.

Miss Potter

I've just watched the movie "Miss Potter" that I borrowed from the library. It is the story of Beatrix Potter, who wrote "Peter Rabbit". I rarely buy movies, but I will buy this one. It is such a beautiful and well done movie. The animation is adorable. The scenery is breathtaking. If you can borrow or buy the movie, I'm sure you will like it, too.

Cheerleader purses

These are the cheerleader purses I made for my daughter Chris' cheerleading squad. She asked me to make them. She is their coach and she really loves her girls, so I was happy to make them for her. I don't think they turned out as well as I wanted, but I hope they like them.

Digital Cameras

Aren't digital cameras great! You can take hundreds of pictures and develop only the ones you want. Then you can delete the ones you don't want. Fantastic! I wish my life was like that. I wish I could delete a lot of the things I've said and done. I would go back over my life bit by bit---oh, I shouldn't have said that - delete, I shouldn't have done that - delete. Delete, delete, delete,...... So many dumb, stupid things, ugh, delete them all. I wonder what my life would be like if I had not said or done those things in the first place. I'm just human after all. I've made a lot of mistakes. I'm not perfect. I am so looking forward to going to heaven so that all those dumb, stupid things will be erased. I certainly don't want to remember them for all eternity. Jesus took all my sins away so that I could go to heaven. The biggest mistake would have been to reject Jesus' gift of salvation. Thank you, Jesus.

Sun In My Face

These are the words to a cute little song
sung in the 1930's.

I don't mind any trouble,
I drive gloom from the place,
And I'm one step ahead of my shadow,
'Cause I've got the sun in my face.

I can outrun the devil
If life is just a race
And I'm one step ahead of my shadow,
'Cause I've got the sun in my face.

I'm the sort of person
Who goes around rehearsin'
The smile all day long.

If you'd like to know why
I'm givin' care the go bye,
I've taught my heart
How to sing a song.

There is really no trouble
That a smile can't erase,
And I'm one step ahead of my shadow
'Cause I've got the sun in my face.

Christmas Video Clips

I think you will like these Christmas video clips. Just watch the first three of them. I don't like the others.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid262964880/bclid353547046/bctid353546904