```*```WRITE A LOVE LETTER````*```

WRITE A LOVE LETTER TO SOMEONE, EVEN TO YOURSELF!!! HAVE A HAPPY WEEK-END!!! MY "HAPPY HOUSE" IS ON SALE HERE

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=11293

HUGS AND KISSES TO YOU, AND SWEET DREAMS!!!

OXOXXOOXOXOXOXXOXOOXOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXXOOXOX

AND THE WINNER OF THE CRO POSTCARDS IS ANNIE!!!!

~~~**FRIENDSHIP WINGS**~~~

Misty made those SWEET CUPCAKES the other day soOOOOo I made some today!!! My guys really enJOYED them and they didn't even have sprinkles but guys really don't care!!! hehe They were a BIG HIT!!!

There's one of my visitors today! He had 2 companions! I don't know whether this is the one who got mad at me or not. YOU can tell when it's a lil boy, they stomp their feet and get mad!!! All he wanted to do was eat the bread I had thrown out to him, NOT get his picture taken!!! SOOOOooooO cute, LOOK at his lil' face!

My collage says, "friends give us wings" I think journaling with Misty all month made me get out of my comfort zone and finally make my own faces! It's quite FUN!!!

Don't forget, have yourself some SWEET DREAMS!!! xoxooxxoxoxoxooxoXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOOXOOXOXOXXOOXOXX

PS. i love SEPIA!!!

~~*MY WINGS ARE TATTERED BUT NOT BROKEN*~~

Meet my MUSE for today,on a SNOWY, RAINY, ICY DAY!!! He didn't have any companions today! I think he is a young CROW, the way he looks. The other BIG CROWS didn't show up today sooOOOOOo he had FUN dining by himself! The deer came by later and finished up! I almost went out today to play in the snow!!! It was just right for making something!

My husband and son took off yesterday from work it was soOOOo bad. Today was a snow day for the kids! My road had one lane yesterday and today wasn't great but it was do-able...upon my hill!

I had to ACCEPT today what couldn't be any other way, also yesterday.

The weather conditions made it impossible to attend my uncle's funeral.My mom and dad were getting ready but my other uncle persuaded them NOT to try and go, the roads were icy today! They won't be taking my uncle to his final resting place til the weather breaks! There are too many hills here in West Virginia! I LOVE every ONE of them! hehe OH, the HILLs, OH, the HILLS, how majestic and how grand they are.....

So, which one do YOU like better, the Artpiece with the snow or the one without the snow! My MUSE, the young CROW made me color in SNOW! dOESN'T HE LOOK CUTE IN THE SNOW?!!! I kind of like the one in the snow better, that's good because I can't change it now!!! hehe

SOOOOOOOOoooOo NOT going to my Uncle's funeral tattered my wings but didn't break them! Uncle Rannie would smile at that......he would understand..............

~~~***CROSSES***~~~

This Morning, 3:30 am, my Uncle Rannie died........he was my dad's younger brother, 82 and a SWEETHEART of a man!

we are still Journaling with Misty and today's assignment was, "SHAPES" Pick one shape and go from there. I didn't know what shape I was going to do but it was obvious today on a Sunday after hearing my family morning news what shape I was going to do. A CROSS......

When someone dies, it makes YOU think of your own death, and it makes me think of Jesus's death on a CROSS. Lots of people pray in the form of a cross, I do myself sometimes when alone......

To catch up on yesterday's assignment (make something and give it away)I want to offer my readers these postcards for now, I'll even give YOU more!(I will pick a winner Friday) These are all from my collages.......I didn't have time to do anything yesterday for being to church and the hospital. Maybe sometime later I can catch up on that assignment! Until then ,YOU have the chance to win these CRO POSTCARDS!!!hehe(just leave a comment!)

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13377410

I had a lapse of good judgement for my post January 23 soOOOOoOo I deleted it, I will be posting that on my other Blog, Crostuff sometime later.

~~~I FOUND MY CRAYONS~~~

CRAYONS TODAY! FOR MISTY! uG! I FOUND MY CRAYONS THIS MORNING......... I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING! HEHE WELL, ANYWAY, MUSIC AND ART WERE MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS IN GRADE SCHOOL!!! I LOVED IT WHEN THE MUSIC TEACHER VISITED AND LOVED MY CRAYONS BACK IN THE DAY!

JUST WANTED TO PLAY A BIT, PUTTING MY MOON IN SEPIA AND BRIGHTENED THE SUN A LITTLE!

HOW IS EVERYONE TODAY?????? jANUARY IS ALMOST GONE!!!

PS.SWEET DREAMS!!! XOXOXOXOXOOXOXXOOXOXOOXOXOXOXO

~~DON'T LOOK IF YOU ARE SCARED EASILY!!~~LOL

TODAY'S MISTY JOURNALING ASSIGNMENT WAS TO ALTER A PHOTO! I can't find any of my photos today soOOOOOoo I used one on my pc and here it is, altered MOI!!! I didn't even know I had this element on my pc! THANKS Misty!!! hehe

*~~~COME OH HOLY SPIRIT, FILL THE EARTH~~~*

Misty Mawn Journaling assignment today was, focus on a word and create a page around it. My word is "SPIRIT" I almost chose MUSIC or SONG because I LOVE to sing and hear music! and dance!!!!

This whole day was a song!!!filled with SPIRIT! Congratulations!!! Barack Obama!!! I am soOOOOOooO GLAD YOU and your family were safe today, being in the public office has it's dangers. I pray to GOD he protects our president, vice president and their families from Evil.

I enJOYed watching all the people on the Mall today. I especially LOVED the quartet that played for Barack's inauguration this afternoon! I HOPE they have this most Beauty Full song on Youtube soon! http://omg.yahoo.com/news/inauguration-quartet-simply-filled-with-hope/17885#comments

I enJOYed seeing Michelle, Malia and even Barack close their eyes listening to that quartet with their hearts, not just their eyes! I enJOYed seeing little Sasha walk almost skip through the day and all their smiles are SWEET! I enJOYed seeing someone up there on the dignitarie's podium while waiting for Barack eating a Hershey bar!!! Did YOU see that? It gave me a chuckle! I HOPE YOU get the SPIRIT of today and that is the HOLY SPIRIT. We certainly need all the help we can in the coming days! here's some pretty scripture,

Psalm 104;1Bless the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty***3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind 4 who maketh his angels spirits;his ministers a flaming fire

30Thou sendeth forth thou spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth

31the glory of the Lord shall endure forever:the Lord shall rejoice in his works 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembles:he toucheth the hills and they smoke33I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live:I will sing praise to my God while I have being 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the Lord........

I wish YOU the HOLY SPIRIT, the HEAVENLY GUEST, LET HIM IN(as my collage song notes read) Now, I must go to seeeeeeeeee Barack and Michelle at the Balls!!!!!!GOD BLESS US ALL!!!

~~***<3*BAKLAVA ME*<3***~~

SOMEONE SENT ME SOME SWEET BAKLAVA THROUGH THE MAIL ONCE AND I've BEEN ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR BAKLAVA EVER SINCE! THIS BAKLAVA I HAD ORDERED TASTES LIKE SWEET CARDBOARD!!! IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA BAKLAVA, PLEASE BAKLAVA ME!!! tee hee I have a Greek Cookbook I'm going to have to try that recipe or google me some recipes!!!

THE COLORS WEEK OF MISTY MAWN JANUARY JOURNALING IS OVER, NOW WHAT IS ON THE MENU NEXT???!!! UNTIL THEN, SWEET DREAMS!!! xoxoxoxooxxoxoxo

ps. GO STEELERS!!!!!!!! ALL MY KIDS LOVE THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS, SOOOOOO I HAVE TO ROOT AGAINST THE RAVENS, SORRY!

~~***MIRACLES DO HAPPEN***~~

AS YOU ALL KNOW, NEW YORK CITY HAD A MIRACLE HAPPEN!!!

"THE MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOpGKowPPTs

I used some more clippings from ZORANA's collage sheet.

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

Please go here for a tale of friendship******http://www.crostuff.blogspot.com/

~~~FULL OF RED~~~except my TOBOGGAN!!!

"SO HIGH"

FLY, FLY AWAY

GAZE DOWN ON ME

AS YOU FLY

SO HIGH

LET ME IMAGINE

HOW IT WOULD BE

TO FLY, FLY BY YOUR SIDE

FLY BY

ONCE MORE

GAZE DOWN ON ME

I HOPE YOU THINK OF ME

AS YOU FLY, FLY AWAY

YOU WISHING I WAS FLYING BY YOUR SIDE

CRO

yES, mISTY GIRL, i'VE BEEN DOING MY ARTWORK IN THE AM'S TOO!!! I finished my RED gal,"RED DIVINELY" AROUND 2am! Today, after I got back up I thought I would experiment painting while listening to a song and I don't know why this certain song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYQQPAOz7Y&feature=related

came about of all songs but it is the one chosen! LOL I wanted to paint while listening and be finished by the end OF IT and that I did! I was exhausted as I laid down my paint brush!PHEW!! LOL YOU can seeeeeeee the difference in the 2, I enhanced the one to be brighter! The one is even brighter than the pic, my camera is soOOOo old it doesn't take metallics very good! The turquoise is brighter than the pic shows. Anyway, I think that would be FUN if we all did a painting by listening to the same song just for one day! I think a lot of artists paint listening to music but I usually don't because I have to be super quiet while eveyone is sleeping! I don't have an ipod and anyway, I like my music LOUD! hehe

I went outside to play in the snow and SURPRISE YOU with that something else WHITE from yesterday's post but the SNOW is too powdery and won't stick together! Hopefully, another day I'll get out there! I had some visitors, another showed up, he must have been camera shy! They got some bread and apples for lunch!HAVE A HAPPY WEEK-END!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXXO, Cinda ps.SWEET DREAMS!!! xoxooxoooxooxoxoxoooxoxoooooxoxoxooxoxoxox

and to slow things down a bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pyZPDI54fI

~DANCING IN MY KITCHEN AND NAME MY HORSE!~

COME ON! DANCE ALONG WITH ME TO KANYE WEST'S "LOCKDOWN"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2M9YHATH2Q

and then we will calm it down to one of my oldtime favorites, AMERICA'S "A HORSE WITH NO NAME"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0KKGdb4qUY

I might be back later with something else white, but I can't promise! Maybe, sooOOOOOo go ahead and DANCE!!! lol and don't forget to name my horsey!

~~*MY FAMILY TREE SWEET MUSIC TO MY EARS*~~

WELL, NOT TOO MANY ABOARD YESTERDAY BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT, GOT TO KEEP PLUGGING ON!!! hehe(Thanks! Tess!I hate to ride alone!)

MY FAMILY TREE IS RICH WITH MUSIC!!! THANK GOD! MY COUSINS TAUGHT THEIR BOYS TO KEEP THE MUSIC FLOWING LIKE MILK AND HONEY! I LOVE TO LISTEN AND DANCE TO THESE DAVISSON BROTHERS PLAY THEIR MUSIC! IT TAKES ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS YOUNG HEARING MY DAD'S, GRANDDAD'S, UNCLES, COUSIN'S MUSIC!

Quote for the day************TODAY*************

Cro

SING IT BOYS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcNnndHk-GQ

I would LOVE to write a song for the Davisson Brother's Band! Dream On Alice as my daughter, Gina would say! I've got my tablet ready!!! hehe OK, here we go and if YOU want to hear some more music and maybe LIVE here is their website for coming shows! WOO HOO! I'd love to show up in Nashville and surprise them! LOL I know, I know, not everyone loves country music! To each his own, Davisson Brothers Band I LOVE all music!

ORANGE YOU GLAD YOU CAME HERE TODAY?!! LOL

YEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWWW!!

that could be me closing my eyes, remembering even my great grandfathers playing this tune, "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL" on their fiddles! What a LUCKY gal I was!!! Many a time on the front porch, I heard this being played!!! WOWIEEEEE! what grand memories, we even had a square dance in our yard one summer night!!! I wish they square danced like they used to! I was always too shy when I was little but as I got older I joined in and what a RUSH!!! My dad played this many, many times, it is one of my FAVORITE MEMORIES!!! This young ERIC Dysart really can play!!! Do YOU hear a little of Long John Silver in there(Lone Ranger, not the fish place!!! lol) Here we go, I'll be cleaning to this and also DANCING today! Please, won't YOU join me???and shout, YEEEEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWW!!! Let's start, shall we? Don't be shy!!! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT2gr0HupQo&NR=1

hey! Mikayla! YOU rock too! Can I come to your cabin?lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_0T2ZIjWnw&NR=1

LAST CALL, ALL ABOARD!!! maybe YOU are a Johnny

Cash fan, COME ON!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n34JDY6uXPQ

~~~*I WANT****I WANT*~~~

On Misty's typepad yesterday and probably forthcoming today, SHE has EXCITING NEWS for us, the Misty Journaling Disciples.......Thank YOU!!! Misty for being here in the New Year for us, your guidance and direction is much appreciated by MOI!!! It's pushing me to journal, commit to something every day, discipline is sometimes needed...........anyway!!! the EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!!!!! is Misty is giving away an original piece of Misty artwork + a CD to not one of us journalers who keep up for 7 days but 3 of us!!! WOOT!!!!! I don't know about YOU but Mondays are usually a lil' BLUE anyways, what a Beauty Full way to start out the week!!! Join us, YOU can read about this week's COLORS here.........http://www.mistymawn.typepad.com/

My collage says what we all are thinking,

I WANT.............I WANT.........WISH me luck on winning a Misty original+a CD!!! I LOVE Misty's art, SHE is my FAVORITE ARTIST!!! Phew! That feels good. I came out!!!! hehe How about YOU???!!!

i've been adding the songs I hum every day, my dad is a hummer and I am too, whatever song I hum first, I put it on here

Here is the song.......and it went perfectly with today's color, BLUE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8pGJFwI_tMThank YOU universe!!!SWEET DREAMS! xoxoxxoxoxooxooxox

and I had to add this song, BLUE by Joni Mitchell, one of my FAVORITE songsters, loved her back in the day and still LOVE to listen to her...........sail away, wouldn't YOU love to sail away one day.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LhwlsaA-Vc

**~~KILLING 2 BIRDS WITH ONE STONE~~**

ONE WORLD-ONE HEART 2009 HAS STARTED TODAY!!! I AM GIVING AWAY ANOTHER CROW AND THE LITTLE WALL HANGING STITCHED WOMAN WITH A DAISY IN HER HAIR!!!(INSPIRED by Cathy Cullis, an article in the JAN/FEB "Cloth, Paper, Scissors"although mine is all hand sewn, I don't have a sewing machine, sigh)) THE WINNER WILL GET TO PICK WHICHEVER PRIZE SHE WANTS FIRST AND THE SECOND PRIZE WINNER WILL RECIEVE WHATEVER THE WINNER DOESN'T WANT!!! THEY'RE BOTH QUITE CUTESIE SOOOOOOO GOOD LUCK AND GO HERE FOR OTHER GIVE-AWAYS GOING ON STARTING WITH TODAY!!! GO HERE TO SEEEEEEEE WHO IS PARTICIPATING!!!http://oneworldoneheart.typepad.com/

STILL JOURNALING WITH MISTY MAWN TODAY! SHE WANTED US TO EMBELLISH A PAGE WITH BUTTONS, BEADS, FABRIC, ECT............I PUT THE STITCHED ARTWORK ON A YELLOW JOURNAL PAGE THAT READS, "BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS" THE WOMAN HAS A LITTLE METAL CHARM THAT READS"Dream" PLEASE, JOIN IN THE FUN WITH LISA AND EVERYONE PARTICIPATING!!! THANKS! ONCE AGAIN LISA! THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR!!!! WOOT!!!!YOU CAN CLICK ONTO THE OWOH BADGE TO GET TO THE GYPSY CARAVAN(PEEPS GIVING SOMETHING AWAY!)TOO!!!!!THE DRAWING IS FOR FEB.12TH!!!

CAWWWWWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWWWWWWW MEANS LEAVE A COMMENT TO ENTER MY GIVE-AWAY!!!

THIS GIVE-AWAY IS CLOSED! I'LL BE BACK LATER WITH THE 2 WINNERS! CAWWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWWW

GOOD LUCK!!!

MY WINNERS ARE=ANDE =#1 WINNER AND MY #2 WINNER IS=JENNIFER R.D.

Andrea has picked as her gift, the Crow, soooOOooooO Jen is the winner of the wallhanging! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! I used the Random# Generator THANKS!!!LISA, ONE WORLD-ONE HEART has gotten BIGGER!!! WOO HOO!!! Hoping ALL had FUN and have met a new friend or two!!! LOOK what I won!!!Running With Scissors BEAUTY FULL!!!XOOXOXOXOOOXOXOOXOXOX'S TO ALL!!! LOVE AND PRAYERS, CINDA AKA CRO aka TURQUOISE CRO