A New Beginning

Okey Dokey,

This is one of the first pictures I took with my new digital camera. It's a Nikon CoolPix S570. I bought it yesterday and today I have installed the software. I did the quick start, took some pictures and managed to download a couple of pics to my computer. So a new age has started for me. My birthday is Friday and I'm going to start doing things a little differently. I have to use my tools more efficiently and produce more of everything. More scrapbook pages, more stitching, more reading and now some paintings in acrylic also. I know I can do it, but I need to challenge myself to not procrastinate and do things when I want to. Looking forward to this new year and another new beginning, aren't we all..

Tree Trimming

Today I'm going to trim our Florida tree for the holidays.. Now that Thanksgiving is the new Christmas, I think it is more than appropriate. I have copper colored tree ornaments with some blue accents, but there is also the traditional green and red around here too. It goes with the rest of our living room decor.

This is Thanksgiving week and it is special to me. My mom always made the most fabulous dinner for our family and however else may have been coming "home" on that day. She made wonderful apple pies, stuffed dates rolled in powdered sugar, figs, mashed potatoes and super wonderful gravy. These are only the highlights..

I hope your Thanksgiving Day is just the way you want it to be however you celebrate. I will be spending the day being thankful for my family and all the really fun times we have had this year. I'll be missing others who are not here with us any more, but always in our hearts..

Bound for Florida, Monday

Home Sweet Home,

We will be leaving on Monday, hopefully, to settle for the winter in Florida. We live near the Gulf coast North of Tampa and this will be our second year of owning, we rented for two years in the same community. It is a real nice place to be. Super nice people, lots of things to do and abundant sunshine. Our house faces East and we get a great morning exposure and in the early evening I like to sit on our porch and enjoy the afternoon sun coming through our ancient clump of Live Oak trees. I hope to do some quilting, scrap booking, and needlework while I'm enjoying just sitting around. We will be missing our family and friends....a lot.

Special Day, our Anniversary

Can it possibly be 42 years since we married. Yes, but it doesn't seem possible at all. We will probably go out to lunch and then to our daughter's home tonight for a pot luck dinner and cards (poker), and some left over birthday cake. Phil turned 65 on Monday and we haven't gotten over that either..

Both of us know how blessed we are and pray that our good foutune spreads out and covers our family and friends on this special day. Hope it is a great one.

Happiness is fleeting

A happy time I shared with my older sister, and twin brothers.. One of my dear brothers is now gone. I am slowly accepting it, but I'm never going to be the same. That is just the way it is. It has something to do with how I view life now and how much death I have experienced in the last few years. Not unlike most people. This is just a new way to see the way life works. It is still so hard to accept that people have to suffer so before they go to their reward. I'm praying there is a reward because I know my bother deserves one, he was a super good guy.

Reconnect and Reach out to my HS Classmates

You may not recognize the children, but you may remember this auditorium? This is an invitation to go back aways and remember and reconnect with the Class of '64.

Everyone is welcome and all are invited to share. I'm starting a community on facebook and will be asking you all who are now there to be my friend.. hope you will join me.

A Rainy Day In Paradise, NOT

My latest.

I wish I could be happy with this page I finished, but I'm just plain glad it is done at all. I have totally lost my desire to scrap. I'm having a hard time concentrating on anything that long.. It seems like such a long process for what is accomplished.. I need to do something with fast results, like pulling weeds.

I have got to finish my decorating and sorting things out around here and get to some satisfying pass times. I think I will start some sewing. That is instant gratification and I get to play with some of my great fabric for awhile. See you later.