She's back, but will the Turkey Lady live to see another day

The Cactus Cuties sing The National Anthem Original Video

great job !!!

MEMORIAL DAY

 THANKS TO ALL WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY.
THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G1FvlPakkU

maybe next time

 today is dreary so i decided to look around on youtube  oh my there is some funny stuff on  there.
enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygWO30gdpK4

Wrinkled ladies HA HA HA!!

oh my gosh this is funny!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaruNs_7okY

i resemble some of these remarks!!

Been awhile

have been busy working on the last of the Alaska album.   am hoping to finish it up in the next little while, am on the last city then just have to go do the memorabilia and a little bit of the prep stuff.  what i thought would be two albums is now three and i refuse to let it be more.  NO NO  NO!

i believe the ants here think it's already summer,  i've seen way too many of those dang things lately  both inside and out.. nagging little buggers.

well nothing to tell so  i'll be back when i  finish the trip albums....

HAPPY 2010 to all

Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!William Arthur Ward~


i started my new yr with the usual 3 cups of cofffee and this jewel i stumbled upon and decided to try it,  LOVED IT!!!  i liked the maple sauce yumm    yummm   YUMMY please try it i think you will like it too.  

today's game plan is to get more painting done, then i can move on to looking at carpet and furniture and accessories. the colors chosen are way out of my color zone,  no green no purple!!!!  (well there will be some small purple accessories don't worry) the color scheme is chocolate and teal. cross your fingers and think good thoughts for this room.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Recipe for a Happy New Year
Author Unknown

To leave the old with a burst of song
To recall the rights and forgive the wrong;
To forgive the thing that binds you fast
To the vain regrets of the year that's past;

To have the strength to let go your hold
Of the non-worthwhile of the days grown old;
To dare to go forth with a purpose true;
To the unknown task of the year that's new,

To help your brother along the road
To do his work and lift his load;
To add your gift to the world's good cheer,
Is to have and to give a Happy New Year.


wishing you a happy healthy new year

the tree, the dessert

this is the only tree i put up and it's at work,  and this was our dessert this year   yummy  it's a carmel apple pie from sam's and it was sooooooo good.    more pix later  want to try to get the border paper off the walls asap so i can start to paint in living room.

meowy christmas

these are not only VERY DIFFERNT they are cute!! the nutcracker never sounded so good!! i know i have a warped sense of humor but i have one!!!

thanksgiving 09

Make a Smilebox greeting

just a few shots of the great day. we have to cut back on pix we took over 60, this is getting more & more crazy. dinner was great company was terrific as usual and we stuffed until we puffed!!!!

some gen pix of the twins and some cards

Make a Smilebox slideshow

more alaska pix

Make a Smilebox slideshow

IN HONOR OF VETERANS DAY

“Veterans’ Day”

An Arkansas teacher imparts a lesson in the value of freedom by having veterans return her students desks.

Four years ago, in September of 2005, then Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas shared this story of something a teacher did in his state.

On the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.

When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.

“Ms. Cothren, where’re our desks?”

She replied, “You can’t have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.”

They thought, “Well, maybe it’s our grades.”

“’No,” she said.

“Maybe it’s our behavior.”

She told them, “No, it’s not even your behavior.”

And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.

By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren’s classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, “Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.”

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.

Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk.

The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.

Martha said, “You didn’t earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it’s up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don’t ever forget it.”

Teacher Martha Cothren is the daughter over World War II POW and regularly has veterans visit her classroom. She often uses less typical methods of imparting knowledge to her young students. Part and parcel of what she teaches is an appreciation for the members of the armed services.

Her students now have sent numerous care packages to US personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also write letters to soldiers, sending off over 4000 letters since this event.

In 2006, the Veterans of Foreign Wars gave her the honor of naming her Teacher of the Year.

Please consider passing this along so others won’t forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by U. S. Veterans.

POSITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY: Dear God, protect and be with every soldier and their families. Keep them out of harm’s way. Make every effort to bring peace to the world.

Have a wonderful, safe day, and send a silent (or loud) thanks and wish for safety to all those away from their families in service of our country

adam lamberts new single

from the movie trailer 2012 can't wait for the cd to come out!!!! he may not have won american idol but he will go much further than the yo yo that did win!!! hope you enjoy the video.






no pic to post today am trying to finsih up some more trip pages. been having a time with what is being called temporal arteritis now for three weeks, don't ever want another round of it either, waiting on ct scan results to make sure that we won't have to go another step with mra or biopsy. yeah the patriots won today what a bright spot!! have a great day all

a few more vacation pages

 long way from finished none the less plugging along slowly but surely


used on slipper page paper from my stash.  the slipper was cut from vellum and i used a gold heart as an buckle but that doesn't show up in this pic.  the rest are all papers from ctmh. i've left room to go back and JOURNAL.  now i think that about will cover the ship pic  now i'll move on to the ports. or maybe go back and do the prep stuff like  getting the reservation  and then the entire cruise schedule and excursions, the passport,  the birth certificate, and the cards i made to send to dawn and critter, the christmas envie with cruise $$ in it   etc.  all that has to be incorporated yet too.   this is gonna be a L O N G project.  oops  some of these are in the  smilebox on the side so they are dups   sorry

a few cards

some halloween cards, kinda cute and these were easy to do

halloween fan

we wore football jerseys to work on fri  for halloween GO PATRIOTS!!!

and a patient made these bat treats for us i didn't eat mine but here's a picture  of it just the same, i usually don't eat things people bring in i have issues, like did you wash your hands first  etc.  and in this case i don't like chocolate.  but these things are cute they are moon pie with oreo cookies and white chocolate and candy corn and a  candy pumpkin and some toasted coconut, it was presented nicely on a skeleton plate which is perfect for an orthopaedic office. aren't they cute?

halloween pranksters

here are the PURR  fect halloween pranksters,  one was co operative the other one no so much you guess which was the real stinker

card and dinner

this was for a swap at scs stamped with indigo ink, embossed, colored with copics, and paper pieced the umbrella. humm on here this is out of focus  shoot the cardstock is green family and the edge is punched her coat is yellow, pink boots sorry it is out of focus

and now for a shocker for those of you who know me i cooked last night, here it is and it was yummy!   i can't quiet figure out what happened to me but after my trip last fall i eat things i would never of dreamed of and some things are now touching!!!! oh never in a million yrs could i have seen this coming

this is so simple to do.  i found the recipe in a magazine REAL SIMPLE you gotta check it out  great magazine.  anyway the recipe is so simple here it is.

1 lb  cheese ravioli (i used chicken and cheese)

2 tblsp olive oil

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 crisp apple cut into matchsticks

( they recommended gala i used granny smith)

1/2 cup chopped parsley

s / p

1/4 cup grated parm

cook the ravoli as directed.  while it's cooking  heat oil in a skillet and add nuts cook until lightly toasted over low heat.  4 - 5 min.

add apple, parsley, s / p   toss  then spoon over ravioli and top with parm.

somebody pinch me  who is in there?

ok off to watch the race and football have a wonderful evening