I'M ON A ROLL

Two posts in one day....

So why don’t people drink from China cups and saucers much anymore?

Cons:

1. They are hard to hold on to.
2. They are so small and hardly hold any liquid.
3. They are so delicate you are afraid to break them.
4. They cost so much and you are afraid to break them.
5. They are not microwavable.
6. They sit in your china cabinet and you forget about them.
7. Can’t find a proper spoon to use with them.
8. You are afraid to break them.
9. Can’t afford to buy a whole set
10. Never have enough to go around when you have a special occasion.

Pros:

1. You use them to mark very special occasions
2. You feel so special using them.
3. You feel dainty using them
4. You look like you are rich when you use them
5. They make lovely gifts for hard to buy people
6. You can make your china cabinet look nice by displaying them

Why do we have fancy dishes and silverware to mark special occasions? Why don’t we celebrate life every day and use the special stuff. One day we will be all gone and what good was having all the special stuff displayed in a china cabinet?

When was the last time you treated your family to the expensive stuff just for the sake of telling them they are special? I think we should bring out the special stuff more often. I am sorry I didn’t do it while my husband was alive. I should have celebrated with him on a regular basis. Now it is too late.

I challenge each and every one of you to make a special date within the next week.

Take out the fanciest tablecloth you have. Set the table with the fanciest dishes you have. Light candles. Play soft music in the background and make a memory for your family. It doesn’t matter what you serve for dinner as they will just wonder what the special occasion is.

I think every one needs to be treated special once in awhile.

For those of you with children... why not make some memories for them by just having a special dinner with you and one child. Send the others out with their daddy or mommy and take that special time with that one child. Use the fancy dishes and cutlery and spoil that child. It will create a memory that will be cherished for years to come. You can’t buy memories like that. It is never too late. It doesn’t matter if your child is grown up or not - Just DO IT. You never know when it might be your last chance to tell them how special they are.

Some things can be put off but please DON’T PUT THIS OFF. It is very important.

I am declaring October as MAKE FAMILY MEMORIES MONTH.

Making memories doesn’t have to cost a lot, but in the end, they are worth millions.

Anyone have any ideas, please feel free to post them all this month. Let’s share the memories we make with one another.

Hope you make a special day for your family.

BEFORE AND AFTER

Before































After












Which do you prefer?

Hope you have a good day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

A Happy Birthday to me
A Happy Birthday to me
May I feel Jesus near
Every day of the year
A Happy Birthday to me
A Happy Birthday to me
And the Best Year I ever had.

So how does an old lady plan to spend her 54th Birthday. Well, first of all I am going to soak in a nice warm bath for as long as I like. I will scent the bath water with my favourite perfume and just relax. Then I will wrap up in a nice cozy bathrobe while I dry and set my hair. I will make myself a nice cup of green tea and drink it from a china cup and saucer with gold silverware. Then I will start putting on makeup and do my nails. When I am satisfied with the look, I will put on my Rhinestone necklace, earings and bracelet and then dress up in a fancy dress I have never worn before. Then I plan to go to my daughters and get my picture taken. I will pose like a model and let her snap and snap to her hearts content. I will end the evening with a couple of glasses of champagne while watching Survivor.

Doesn’t that sound so very special. A day just to be me and play dress up. I think I am going into my second child hood. What does a single 54 year old woman do on her birthday? I don’t have any other plans so I made my own.

Doctor gave me a ‘WOW’ of a birthday present yesterday. He told me I had Diabetes. Whooopeee! Lovely gift don’t you think. Well, he didn’t really give it to me - I guess I did it to myself. Oh well, that is life and it goes on. Now I will have to be on a strict diet to get my blood sugars down and my weight down. I was planning to do that anyway. I don’t have to take insulin yet and I hope I can keep it that way.

I got to babysit my grandson Zander last night. He is getting so cute and is smiling now. I snapped a picture and he just kept smiling and smiling for me. Then he was cooing and it just melted my heart. He was so good and went to sleep till Mommy and Daddy got home.

Hope you enjoy the picture. As soon as I can get one of my other grandson, Tyler smiling, I will share that with you as well.

Hope you have wonderful day.

THINGS ABOUT ME

Things I Plan or would like to Do Before I Die:

1. Quit Smoking.
2 Lose weight and get in better shape.
3. Go on a nice long trip.
4. See grandsons Zander and Tyler graduate from High School and even get married and have great grand kids.
5. Have a granddaughter and see her grow up
6. Get up the nerve to drive to the city
7. Get organized and have my house looking just the way I want it.
8. Get closer to the Lord.
(Not necessarily in that order)

Things I Can Do:

1. Praise the Lord.
2. Dance.
3. Make crafts and sew.
4. Paint a little.
5. Love my family, girls, sons-in law, and grandsons tremendously.
6. Write long boring letters to my friend Tilly.
7. Use a computer
8. Drive around town and to the next town.
9. Operate my riding mower.

Things I Cannot Do:

1. Whistle.
2. Get motivated for longer periods than one day.
3. Drive to the city yet.
4. Be young and skinny again.
5. Speak more than one language. And the one I do speak, I don’t do very well/good?
6. Visit for long periods of time. I get "antsy" and feel I should be doing something.
7. Go up a ladder more than two rungs.
8. Run, jump or rollerblade
9. Tell good jokes (I always ruin them by screwing up the punch line)
10. Make good use of my time.
11. Get organized.

Things that Attract Me to the Opposite Sex:

1. Baby face. Clean shaven.
2. Great sense of humour.
3. Romantic.
4. Someone who will listen and is not full of themselves.
5. Someone who can carry on a good coversation.
6. Someone who accepts me as I am and doesn’t try to change me.
7. Someone who will love me unconditionally.
8. Truthfulness is very very important to me.
9. Someone who loves the Lord with all their heart and is not ashamed to talk about Jesus.

Things I Say/write Most Often:

1. Oh Yeah!
2. NOT.
3. Well.
4. Whatever you want, It’s up to you.
5. Whaaaaas uuuuup?

Celebrity Crushes:

1. Mel Gibson
2. Brad Pitt
3. Sean Connery
4. Harrison Ford
5. Colby from Survivor

Favorite T.V. Shows

1. Survivor
2. Big Brother
3. CSI (Regular and Miami)
4. Extreme Makeover Home Edition
5. Some National Geographics
6. Monk

Favourite Movies of all Time

1. Ten Commandments
2. Ben Hur
3. My Fair Lady
4. Any Audrey Hepburn movie
5. The Haunting (original version)

People I’d like to have Parts of

1. Darlene’s beauty and writing ability
2. Rob and Doug’s sense of humour
3. Tilly’s Compassion and smile
4. My mom’s cooking and saving ability
5. Betty’s giving ability
6. Kathy and Bonnie’s ‘smarts’ and administrative abilities
7. My dad’s story telling ability
8. My whole husband back
9. Jesus’s love

Things that have changed my life

1. Getting married
2. Having two astonishing daughters
3. Finding out I had clinical Depression and it wasn’t my fault
4. Finding Jesus as my Saviour
5. Being Baptised in the Holy Spirit
6. Finding a best friend like Tilly
7. Losing my husband
8. Moving out of the city
9. Having two great son-in-laws
10. Having two adorable grandsons
11. Finding out I had sleep apnea

What I’d Like to be Remembered for

1. Being a Godly woman
2. Being a great mom
3. Being a great friend
4. Being a daughter my parents would be proud of
5. Being a loving giving sister
6. Being a kind and giving person
7. Being someone who helped someone change their life for the better.
8. Being someone special to someone
9. Being honest
10. Not being selfish
11. Giving love to those who really needed it.

What I’d like to change most about myself

1. My appearance (would like to be thinner and more in shape)
2. Get rid of some of my fear of people
3. How others perceive me
4. How I talk (people tend to take things the wrong way when I speak)
5. My lack of energy and ambition
6. Some of my mannerisms.

Well folks, I think I’ve covered nearly everything I can think of. Any other ideas? Trying to give you a picture of the whole me. No one asked me to do this but I saw that John Scanlan had done it and I decided to do it on my own - espectially since I’ve never done one before.

Hope you have a favourite day.

LATEST PICTURES FROM PROUD GRANDMOTHER

These are the latest pictures of my two beautiful grandsons. There are both perfect little babies and growing so well.

This first one is Zander. He is now a little over 12 pounds 12 ounces.



Second one is Tyler. a little over 9 pounds now.



Both babies seem to be in excellent health and the mommies are just terrific with their babies. I am so proud of both mommies. Never knew my girls had it in them to be such good mommies. I am envious. Wish I had been so good with them but I guess they learned by my mistakes.

The daddies are quite terrific as well. Never knew my son-in-laws would be so TERRIFIC with their little ones.

God has given me a special gift in both my son-in-laws and I am soooooooo very thankful for the both of them and so very proud to call them my son-in-laws. Couldn't ask for better daddies or sons.

Hope you have a God Blessed day.