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WONDERFUL SUNDAY IS BACK

2011-11-27T09:00:00.000-08:00

HELLO!!!!!! xoxoxoXOXOOXOXOXOXOXO!!!
still using my daughter's laptop, no time for shopping for pcs, my husband and I went out Black Friday to buy paint for the new house and ended up at the furniture store too!!!Thankfully, we don't have to paint all the rooms!                                          HOPE YOU all had a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
The painter is coming Wednesday, the new furniture is coming next, next Saturday and in the meantime I am going to go clean, clean, clean although it is very clean to begin with, YOU know how we women have to clean it again!!!Packing boxes, sorting,steam clean the rugs, Christmas rushing in, it's a lot!!
   With 3 houses now to look after(ESPECIALly in the winter, hopefully no frozen water pipes!!), I know I don't have the time for my BLOG right now soOOOOOOoo I will be taking a BIG BREAK until things settle down!!! There will be  time to shop for a new laptop or whatever and a camera too now when things settle down next year hopefully! I wasn't in the mood to take any pictures in September and October after MOM passed but the other day I thought I'd better take some last pictures of my BEAUTY FULL CROWS!!!the sweet deer laying out back, kitty cat visitors! A crow has just landed on the steps railing out from my back porch cawwwwing me for food treats!!as I type this! hehe My camera was part of the LOOT the robbers took too! I thought maybe I had misplaced it, but it is gone, long gone!We had a Thanksgiving visitor standing on his 2 hind legs looking up to the window at us, Mr. or Mrs. Raccoon! I would have LOVED some pictures of that for YOU!! CUTE!
   I will miss YOU darlings so! I will be peeping in on YOU though the week-ends whenever I can!!!
O LORD, YOU ARE MY LIGHT!
YOU MAKE MY DARKNESS BRIGHT. 2 SAMUEL 22:29
LOVE and PRAYERS!!!
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~~SUNDAY IS A SPECIAL DAY~~

2011-11-20T08:25:00.000-08:00

O Rebecca!!! and Sunday Postcards from Paradise Gang and other Darlings who may click their way here! GREETINGS,LOVE and PRAYERS await YOU here and beyond and over to our Postcard's Sweet Souls Blogs!

          I will most definitely check in on SPADOMAN with LOVE and PRAYERS!
       I woke up to the CAWWWWW CAWWWWWWing of my SWEET black birds, my crows as I cawwwwwww them!! hehe
I am moving to where pidgeons roost on a church's dome across the street from me! and I am not fond of pidgeons, crows being my favorite!!! I will miss the crows soOOOOOoo much, I hope to CAWWWWWWWW them where I live to chase the pidgeons away!! hehe
     I still haven't bought a computer, with everything I have had no time to shop! The holidays should bring some great sales though sooOOOoo if yOU know of a good deal on them, let me know asap!!!I'm using my daughter's school laptop on the week-ends soOOOo, using old pics is not the best but will do until I get my own pc! She doesn't want all these pics of crows and crazy art on this school laptop which is very understandable!! LOL
   It's soOOOOo good to check in on Postcards once again! I seeeeeeeeeeee a lot of familiar names! A Blast from the past! Love, love, love, all we need is love!!!
That Load becomes light which is cheerfully borne
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SooooOOOOOooo YOU know now why I haven't posted for a great while, no pc!!! Just on the week-ends and not enough time to visit other's blogs but this Thanksgiving week, more time!!! Yayyyyyyyyy! Have a Happy Thanksgiving and know someone in West Virginia is thinking and praying for YOU!!! Blessings to YOUhttp://www.corazon.typepad.com/Here is a link to SWEETNESS
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~SEPTEMBER WAS ROUGH(A BITCH!!!)~

2011-10-09T16:28:00.000-07:00

DEATH CAME TO MY LIFE SEPTEMBER 1,2011
i THINK WELL. IT'S TIME TO CALL MOM AND THEN REMEMBER
iN CHURCH LAST NIGHT I WANTED TO REMEMBER THIS VERSE,
ISAIAH 25,8***He will swallow up death in victory; and the LORD GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Taking care of mom and dad's house out in the country meant we had to be away from our house and SOMEONE broke into our house in the city September 23rd! SoooooOOOoOOOOo September was a Bitch!
HOPE and pray YOU all are well! I still don't have a computer, it's just as well, Gina's laptop was taken, this one was at school! BLESSINGS I send YOU!!!
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PS. DON'T FROGET TO SMELL THE FLOWERS! HAVE FAITH!!! DON'T FORGET TO PRAY FOR EACH OTHER, EVEN NASTY ROBBERS!!!http://www.davisweaverfuneralhome.com/archive.aspx
if YOU LOOK here my mom's name is Margaret Ashley Davisson

~CLAP YOUR HANDS AND REJOICE~

2011-07-17T09:59:00.000-07:00

Here is one of my FAV Bible verses;
ISAIAH 55;12 So shall ye go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

~HAVE A SWEET GOD BLESS YOU WEEK-END!~

2011-07-15T10:49:00.000-07:00

The best form of spiritual exercise is to touch the floor regularly with your knees.
Heavenly Father, may my bended knee be not just a physical posture but the condition of my heart. Amen
MAY YOU ALL have a SWEET GOD BLESS YOU!!! week-end!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIDA

2011-07-06T16:34:00.000-07:00

http://invokingfrida.blogspot.com/

~IN MY OPINION, HERE IS WHO SHOULD HAVE WON~

2011-06-29T08:28:00.000-07:00

~ARE YOU IN THE HANDS OF ANGELS~

2011-06-10T14:56:00.000-07:00

~~HAPPY WEEK-END EVERYONE!!!~~

2011-06-03T17:34:00.000-07:00

~~IT WAS A YEAR AGO TODAY~~

2011-02-23T12:44:00.000-08:00

it wAS A year ago today when I got my nasty cancerous lava rock of a lump removed!!! ALLELUIA!!!
February has been a busy month, my little aunt dying, Gina, my daughter finding a lump in her breast, our appointments one day apart, both our mammograms CLEAR!!! Alleluia! ALLELUIA!!! Sinus inections for her, the flu for me, a young deputy officer in the community slain, a neighbor of mom's hospitalized, my son popping his elbow out lifting at the gym! and Jerry,my hubby just called saying he felt like he was getting my flu!PHEW! It goes on and on doesn't it?
HOW ARE ALL OF YOU??? YOU are in my prayers!!! I think I will be taking a break now from my BLOG.and the internet! I THANK YOU!!! for all my comments!!! SENDING YOU LOVE and PRAYERS!!!hOPEFULLY, I will be getting a new pc some day but just don't have the time or energy right now!
A PRETTY SAYING WAS PUBLISHED IN OUR SUNDAY PAPER BY JULIE PERINE, CONCERNING THE YOUNG 24 YEAR OLD DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL, DEREK HOTSINPILLER,..............."WHEN YOU ARE SORROWFUL, LOOK AGAIN IN YOUR HEART, AND YOU SHALL SEE THAT IN TRUTH YOU ARE WEEPING FOR THAT WHICH HAS BEEN YOUR DELIGHT".....(KHALIL GIBRAN)
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~~CROWN YOURSELF!~~

2011-02-06T10:25:00.000-08:00

Stumbling into SUNDAY ECSTASY, we will be watching the SUPER BOWL tonight! We will be HOPING the PITTSBURGH STEELERS the winning CROWN!!!ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!! MAY YOU HAVE A SUPER SUNDAY!!!
What will YOU be doing TODAy?!!
THEREFORE, MY Brethren dearly Beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the lord, MY DEARLY BELOVED!pHILIPPIANS4;1
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xoxoxoxoMy aunt, mom's ((((((((little sister)))))) died tonightxoxoxo

~~SHARING MY JOY and SADNESS~~

2011-02-03T12:55:00.000-08:00

Thank YOU all for your advice on the operation!!! I have cancelled and was GLAD today! Today at 11:30 someone else went in my place! I prayed for a good outcome for them while dancing to my new album I got over the holidays, "EXPERIENCE HENDRIX" The song "Little Wing" inspired me 1-11-11 to paint this little bird with a little wing!

It's all about timing because my mom and I are going to visit my aunt 's house tomorrow. She has hospice in now every day and it is just a matter of time. She is my mom's little sister. My mom turns 80 in May! Then we are going to visit my dad at the Nursing Home. If I had had that operation I probably would not have made it tomorrow soOOOO I am GLAD I cancelled!!!

May YOU be able to feel and understand...how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves.....Ephesians 3:18-19

ECSTASY SUNDAY, NOT SO MUCH, PROBABLY SO!!!

2011-01-30T16:13:00.000-08:00

Sunday leaves me trying to decide whether to have a Colonoscopy or NOT!! I think I am leaning toward the NOT! at this time! It's been not even a year(Almost, February 23, 2010) when I last was in an operating room for Breast cancer, removing my cancerous lump! Give me a break! I don't have any problems down there soOOOo why the rush?! My regular Dr. has been trying to talk me into this procedure for years! It may be the timing(afraid of Ghosts Past) or I see no reason for it!+ just one horrifying tale of someone I knew, a NICK in the BOWEL that had to be operated on in Cleveland Clinic soOOOo I'm just not feeling this exploration journey my doctor feels I should go on! What do YOU think! Has anyone had this procedure? My mom has and my girlfriend have, with NO problems soOOOOo why don't I just go for it?!

Cawwwwww CAWWWWW! Can YOU spot me on the mixed media painting?!!

Using 2 pics of mine I cut up and used it on this mixed media gal (is it art imitates life or vice versa, I think my gal must have swelling in her right arm too! sigh)who is CELEBRATING being alive and celebrating Sunrises, sunsets,birds,friends, family,sweet animals,LOVE,Hot Tamales,peach cobblers, Hershey chocolate bars with almonds, ice cream, potato chips(my weakness!) and trees!!! SoOOooo I'm happy just to be alive on this gorgeous snowy white Sunday! and just yesterday my daughter and I watched deer have some reindeer games!! Here they came, a bunch of them, running fast off of our hill although I was looking for something chasing them but here they came back running, running soOOOOOo fast,jumping and their white tails in the wind!!! They then began to keep running around our yard and my neighbor's just running,running back up the deer track, up the hill then running back soOOOOo fast, making a circle!!! Phew! WISH I had my video camera!! Not wanting to intrude on their running and playing I never ventured outside to capture a picture with my camera! Thank God I have a memory! I can see them anytime I want!! What a grand SHOW!!!
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~~CELEBRATE NOTHING~~CELEBRATE EVERYTHING!!!~*~

2011-01-23T15:53:00.000-08:00

Mario Angel, 27 years ago was born January 23, 1984! My baby Mario was born 6:59 pm!! A SUPERBOWL the day before, between the LA Raiders and Washington Redskins! Does anyone remember who won?!!! What wonderful days to CELEBRATE!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIO ANGEL!!! He is rooting on his favorite team today, the Pittsburgh Steelers!!! Is anyone for the Jets?!!!
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HAPPY SUNDAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIO ANGEL!!!

MY 3 GREATEST CELEBRATIONS!!! MY MARRIAGE TOO!!!GINA, MARIO AND DAMONStumbling towards ECSTASY***;Join us here***http://www.corazon.typepad.com/

A GATHERING IS A JOY!!!

2011-01-20T10:14:00.000-08:00

Why did Cinda give me copper eyes and why not better lips?!! o well, I AM HERE!!! That's all that matters!!Gathering paints, paper,brushes is a JOY to a painter!

old flowers from Christmas but they are still just as lovely!!!Flowers are always a JOY!

Gatherings are always FUN!!! A gathering of birds outside my window are chirping and singing for me as I type this!!! They are JOY!! Some of us gather on Thursdays for JOY, won't yOU join us?!!! *******http://meriak.blogspot.com/
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HAPPINESS quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste! *Charlotte Bronte
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It's supposed to snow pretty well soOOOOOo my mom just brought us some cheeses that are on sale! That way, Jerry doesn't have to travel for them after he works over tonight! That was a JOY! to see mom and to get some yummy cheeses delivered today! AH! the simple pleasures!
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I HOPE YOU have pleasures and JOY in your day today too!!!
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PS. I just read about this JOYOUS reunion, GOD BLESS Carlina White and her family!***
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/kidnapped-child-finds-family-23-years-later-23909618

~IT IS JANUARY 17?!!!!!~

2011-01-17T11:17:00.000-08:00

Stumbling into Ecstasy Sunday into more Ecstasy Monday ***go here http://www.corazon.typepad.com/hOW ARE YOU?!! i HAVE MISSED YOU!!!! My daughter's laptop or our connecton to the internet has been lousy soOOOo I haven't been online that much this month! I have been going to ReHab for my lymphedema(swelling of my right arm and hand,UG!) It could be worse but it is an annoyance like a thorn in my side like Paul?!!! http://cnview.com/text_sermons/blessing_of_the_thorn.htm

My husband wants to sign on for a trip to Italy but with this lymphedema, riding in an airplane can aggravate this condition soooOOOOo what to do?!!I might try a little plane ride first, like to Vegas! hehe Phew! + I read a HOUSE for SALE ad in our newspaper Sunday,January 2 since my daughter is looking for a house to buy. We looked at it the next day and she decided to go for it sooOOOo we've been busy going over to LOOK at the inside.the outside and now lots of inspections to be made!!! Busy, busy!! Is it me or is January going way too fast??!!!! Anyway, I've been praying for all of YOU and have missed YOU!!!

~SHE WEARS HER HEART ON HER HEAD!~

2011-01-02T14:51:00.000-08:00

She doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve,she wears it on her head!!! Always thinking up in the clouds, dreaming of JESUS!!

Join us at*** http://www.corazon.typepad.com/*** for STUMBLING into ECSTASY SUNDAY!!! I'll be thinking of all of YOU when
I am eating blackberries and ice cream(such a little thing as this is ecstasy to me now!!!) XOXOXOXOXO
REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS...REJOICE!
Philippians4;4

~~~THINK SWEET~~~

2011-01-01T11:50:00.000-08:00

do stop and smell the flowers!

Rebecca has posted a SWEET white flower post and inspired me to do the same although I added some red roses too! HOPE YOU have a happy first day of 2011!!!
                         go here for a white flower poem and inspiration,
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~~AND THE BEAT GOES ON~~

2010-12-31T14:57:00.000-08:00

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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               HAIKU MY HEART FRIDAY *~*GO HERE for more Haiku, http://corazon.typepad.com/
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                  I AM GLAD TO BE
ALIVE, SINGING AND DANCING!!!
PEACE TO ALL OF YOU!
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    It's the end of 2010 and at this moment I am cancer free! Alleluia! This year has had it's ups and downs as everyone experiences this momentum! I was most saddened by sweet friends I thought I had but I found out they were only the "FAIR
WEATHER" kind, even some close relatives and in-laws! I want to get this off of my chest and move forward in the NEW YEAR, 2011!!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!! and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! DO THE RIGHT THING always and LOVE one another!!!GOD teach us to show compassion and to know HOPE, FAITH and CHARITY!
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In a little book given to me by a breast cancer sister sweet friend of mine, Susie, who has been gone from this earth 5 years, here is a pretty passage in Max Lucado's Book, "Grace For The Moment"
             God's Greatest gIFTS
                                     ThANKS be to GOD for his gift that is too wonderful for words. 2 Corinthians 9:15
         *~*Why did he do it? A shack would have sufficed, but he gave us a mansion. Did he have to give the birds a song and the mountains a peak? Was he required to put stripes on the zebra and the hump on a camel?...Why wrap creation in such splendor? Why go to such trouble to give such gifts?
           Why doYOU? YOU do the same. I've seen YOU searching for a gift. I've seen YOU stalking the malls and walking the aisles.I'm not talking about the obligatory gifts.... I'm talking about that extra-special person and that extra-special gift...Why do YOU do it?... YOU do it so the heart will stop. YOU do it for the jaw to drop. YOU do it to hear those words of disbelief,"YOU did this for me?"
      That's why YOU do it. And that is why GOD did it. Next time a sunrise steals Your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves YOU speechless, remain that way! Say nothing and listen as heaven whispers,"Do YOU like it? I did it for YOU!"
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Psalm 133; BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!2; It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his gArments: 3;As the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
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Psalm 134; BEHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.2; Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and BLESS THE LORD!3;The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
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Remember the dead, remember the living, remember the men and women that are in the service fighting our fight, living and dying for us! Remember to PRAY for all YOU have passion for! I will be! I will also be thinking of ALL of YOU and hoping YOU have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! PEACE TO ALL! AND SWEET DREAMS! XOOXOOXOOXOOOXOOXOOOXXOOXX SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE!

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS~ and ~MERRY CHRISTMAS! EVERYONE!~

2010-12-25T12:18:00.000-08:00

What can I give HIM

Poor as I am?

If I was a shepherd

I would give him a lamb,

If I were a Wise Man

I would do my part.

Yet what can I give HIM?

GIVE MY HEART!

by CHristina Rossetti

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!XOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXXOOXOOXOXOXO

Behold, a virgin shall be with child,

and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call him

Emmanuel which being interpreted is, God with us.

Saint Matthew 1:23

IHO! HO! HO!! and MERRY

CHRISTMAS!!!!I saw Santa Claus last night!!! Did YOU?!!!

HO! HO! HO!

~~SUNDAY ECSTASY~~

2010-12-19T10:29:00.000-08:00

eCsTaSY,a condition of great emotion, especially JOY, RAPTURE; also MADNESS(Webster's Students Dictionary)AAI
HAPPY SUNDAY AND ALL I CAN OFFER YOU TODAY
IS AN OLD JAR OF ROSES AND A COLLAGE I DID BACK
IN 2007 BUT WITH DIFFERENT COLORS, COLORS I HOPE
TO SEE ONE DAY AS THE HEAVENS REJOICE!!!!I THINK
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WHITENESS EVERYWHERE AND RED, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU THINK OF
ECSTASY!!!!I HOPE TO SEE YOU AND YOU AS WE SAY THIS, MY FAVORITE VERSE,PSALM 122;1 I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME, LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE
OF THE LORD.
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~~CHRISTMAS DINNER TONIGHT~~

2010-12-17T14:13:00.000-08:00

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                          HERE WE COME DADDY-O DEAR!
                             CHRISTMAS DINNER NOW!
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Happy Week-end Sweeties!!! and SWEET DREAMS!!!
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~~~MAY YOU SEE VISIONS OF MARY~~~

2010-12-12T09:07:00.000-08:00

          HOPEFULLY WE CAN
         ALL SEE VISIONS OF MARY
          BLESS JUAN DIEGO
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    These are Feast Day of Guadalupe pictures I took last night in our church! We have journeyed with our hostess,Rebecca for 12 days now seeing and creating our visions of Mary in our own ways, hopefully, prayerfully, we will see our own visions of Mary like St. Juan Diego!!! THANK YOU SWEET REBECCA!!! May GOD BLESS us all!!!! I wish YOU all roses in December!!
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~~~EVEN MY TEABAGS ARE BLESSED~~~

2010-12-11T10:09:00.000-08:00

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                           An old antique vase
                     MARY is so beautiful in
                     any form she is seen!!

~MAY WE ALL HAVE DREAMS OF MARY~

2010-12-10T08:50:00.000-08:00

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                      MARY DREAMS OF GOD
             HER FIRST BORN SON, WORLDLY GIFT
                        MY HEART THANKS JESUS!
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Haiku my Heart Friday, + A Virgin A Day
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MARY PRAISED GOD DANCING FOR JOY NEAR THE TIME OF JESUS BIRTH

2010-12-09T10:10:00.000-08:00

~MARY STILL BLESSING MOM AND DAD'S MARRIAGE~ 63YEARS!!!

2010-12-08T09:57:00.000-08:00

~MARY AND JOSEPH WALK IN THE SNOW WITH THEIR COLT~

2010-12-07T17:06:00.000-08:00

~MARY DREAMS OF WHITE ROSES~

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~JOSEPH, IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO JESUS'S BIRTH!!~

2010-12-05T11:42:00.000-08:00

**~THE ROSES SING FOR MARY~**

2010-12-04T14:58:00.000-08:00

~VISIONS OF MARY~

2010-12-03T16:36:00.000-08:00

roses on the hill

dreams of visions of MARY

sharing her BIG LOVE

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cOmbining HAIKU My HEART Friday with Virgin a Day

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HAVE A BLESSED WEEK-END!!!

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~~~MARY'S SHARING THE NIGHT~~~

2010-12-02T11:22:00.000-08:00

I imagine Mary,heavy with the CHILD, JESUS going out to be alone under the moonlit sky while everyone is sleeping, Her little friends bringing her comfort.

~HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE~

2010-12-01T09:57:00.000-08:00

                    It matters Not How Oft YOU kneel
                         In attitude of Prayer so true
              Unless inside, where no man sees,
                   Your very soul is kneeling too.
                                          Mary L. O'Hara
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        Today, I painted Mary kneeling as I imagine she did kneel a lot in prayer. Angels all around her I imagine and of course GABRIEL appeared to Mary, urging her to not be afraid after Gabriel explained the role that Mary was to play in God's plan of salvation, Mary was surprised and troubled at his news. Luke 1:30 Mary responded, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man!" Luke 1:34
       I LOVE the idea Rebecca has, to SLOW down in this hustle and bustle season, sharing a" Virgin a day!"Remembering what CHRISTMAS is all about!,the birth of JESUS!!! Please join us http://www.corazon.typepad.com/at Rebecca's

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

2010-11-23T11:30:00.000-08:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!I am taking a Holiday BREAK!!! See YOU all on the flip side! Sending LOVE and Prayers! XOXXOOXXOOXOXOO

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CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

~JOY,JOY DOWN IN MY HEART~

2010-11-18T12:52:00.000-08:00

~~****MERI'S JOY Thursday****~~

Will YOU join us!!! http://meriak.blogspot.com/
Your name, MERI is making us all Merry!!!

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A Stray kitty cat sitting in the SUN!

Another dear, deer fawn investigating my pink flamingo! A Buck tried biting it's head off days before!!! hahahaha!!! JOY watching these SWEET animals out my window!

My neighbor's cat licking his lips after eating left over Long John Silvers fish!

My other neighbor's doggy laying in the SUN!!! hehe aren't all of these animals cute??!!! YOU should see this little pup's tail wagging soOOOOOo fast when my neighbor comes out to get him to come in!! YOU might have to click onto pic to see him better!

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I am going to do like Rebecca and combine Meri's Thursday JOY and Rebecca's HAIKU YOUR HEART Friday!!! Won't YOU join in the JOY!!

As YOU can see, animals give me soOOOOo much JOY and finding a new musical artist gives me JOY too, I think maybe this sticks a little but I HOPE YOU enJOY my new find, Katie Melua!*** She reminds me of Nicolette Larson!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXfROqR_p1A**** who I've LOVEDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCdRA0lQq38 for years!

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HAIKU MY HEART Friday with Rebecca

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JOY down in my HEART

Sharing LOVE with each other

Can YOU FEEL it dear?!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6yzjDXp_og

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Tomorrow or Saturday I'll have to work on a banner,mine has mysteriously disappeared!!!

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TODAY'S TEA TIME THOUGHTS

Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Psalm 119:1

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HE who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. George Herbert

~CAN YOU SAY TEMPEL TUTTLE~

2010-11-17T10:50:00.000-08:00

Let's get ready and LOOK UP for the LEONID METEOR SHOWER!!! I hope to see lots of shooting stars!!! READ ABOUT IT HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20101117/sc_space/besttimetoseetheleonidmeteorshowerisnow
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~~BLESSED BIRTHDAY GAL~~

2010-11-12T09:04:00.000-08:00

My Birthday week started out with this beautiful Indian Summer Sunrise!!

~*~ HAIKU MY HEART FRIDAY~*~

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Birthday Surprises

Indian Summer Sunrise Morn

Cards, Hugs, LOVE, kisses

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Shhhh! Don't tell anyone else how old I am now! hehe
YOU should have seen my son's Mario's girlfriend Suzie's daughter's, Kaiya's face when I showed her on a card how old I was!!! I didn't get a pic but my daughter did! Kaiya's mouth flew open and stayed that way for a little while! We all laughed!

Here is what Kaiya who is 5 years old made me, a keychain! I want to blow this cat drawing up and hang it on my wall!!! Isn't is cute?!! I guessed it was a horse at first but I don't think Kaiya heard me! I looked at Suzie and she mouthed CAT! hehe Phew!

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I went to the Dr. on my Birthday + to the Veteran's Nursing Home to see Dad. While Gina and I was visiting many organizations and just some people without being in anything stopped in and gave the Veterans gifts,letters, drawings,homemade cookies, shook their hands and that is just when we were there! Mom popped in and I can't believe I didn't take any pictures there! bIRTHDAY Dinner at 6:30 with 15 darlings! capped my festivities off and I am indeed a Blessed Birthday Gal!

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Have a Blessed Week-end and SWEET DREAMS!

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XOXOXOOXOXOOXOOOXOOOOOOOX

~~INDIAN SUMMER SUNRISE~~

2010-11-10T12:22:00.000-08:00

Isn't this GORGEOUS?!!! What a way to start my Birthday week!!!

what's left of a spider web, a thin silky thread

One of my sweet friends, who are getting not as afraid, although I think these are the young ones!!!

CAWWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWW , it's my(Cinda,if YOU don't know my name or Cro!hehe) Birthday tomoRrow! November 11th! YIPPEEEE!!!

jUst a little poem I wrote today inbetween cleaning

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" TREES, THE BEST FRIENDS YOU COULD EVER HAVE"

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Drinking coca cola

in a tin cup, tin cup

Won't YOU join me?

UP amongst the trees

the best friends

YOU could ever have!

NOW

I'm going to brew us some tea

put on a pot of beans too

Won't YOU join me?

UP amongst the trees

the best friends

YOU could ever have!

The fire is

calming down now

Wish we had some smores!

Won't YOU join me?

UP amongst the trees

the best friends

YOU could ever have!

JUST hang your tin cup

on a true friend's branch

til next time

Won't YOU join me?

UP amongst the trees

the best friends

YOU could ever have!

CRO

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONI

2010-11-07T15:08:00.000-08:00

Somebody did a golden deed;
Somebody proved a friend in need
Somebody sang a beautiful song;
Somebody smiled the whole day long;
WAS that SOMEBODY YOU?!!
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flowers for JONI MITCHELL on her 67th BIRTHDAY

Joni shared her dream and sang beautiful songs and made me smile the whole day long! SHE can still make me smile!! My 2 childhood friends and I LOVE her songs and we had many a fun filled day dancing to her music!!!

THIS BLUEBIRD TWEETS "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONI!!!!!" DID YOU know Joni's music too? I think the first song of hers I heard was on her BLUE album, "ALL I WANT" and at that time my one friend and I had hitchhiked to our other friends near Washington D.C. and he had this record (this dates me doesn't it, ha! there wasn't any things like CDs yet!)on when we arrived! That's when we fell in love with Joni Mitchell!

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HAPPY SUNDAY!!!

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ANOTHER FAV SONG, click onto link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_PIuEmj8s

AND SOMETHING FOR YOUR SWEET DREAMS, PURE SWEETNESS!!!

http://purinaanimalallstars.yahoo.com/?v=8469519&l=100000085

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF

2010-11-05T09:25:00.000-07:00

MEEEE-OOWWWWWWW!!!

i LOVE to shop for material!!! DO YOU?!! I got 2 yards of this pretty daisy material, embroidery thread(which is 37 cents now a piece,UG!) daisy and sunflower buttons and 2 rolls of purple and pink lace!!!! WOOT! Such EXCITEMENT!!! What to make first?? Since it was DAY of the DEAD week of course I had to make a CATRINA doll(which is on sale on my CroStuff Blog!) and a little sweet kitty cat for a sick little 5 year old gal! I made a sick cat for my daughter years and years ago and she let me borrow it for my Breast Cancer journey!! ME-OW!!!

mi CATRINA THINKING of Rebecca and her comrades in Mexico!!! O! How I wish I could have gone!! It's "HAIKU MY HEART" timehttp://www.corazon.typepad.com/! go here for MORE

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DAY of the DEAD dears

It is every day for me

PRAY and REMEMBER

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Happy Safe Peaceful Week-end and GODSPEED to all our travelers!!! Prayers for all those in pain! Mount Merapi villagers,Haiti once again and all those experiencing troubles, our soldiers in IraQ and Alfghanistan SWEET DREAMS!!!to YOU and YOURS, LOVE and many PRAYERS

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOOOXOXXOXOXOOXXOXOOXO

ps. On a HAPPY note, confirming prayers do get answered go here tohttp://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101105/en_yblog_upshot/rescued-chilean-miner-breaks-out-into-elvis-inspired-song-and-dance-on-letterman see this FUN Post on Edison Penas, one of the rescued Chile miners who LOVES Elvis and who is running in the NY Marathon!!! WOOT!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekfgfs0fluk&feature=related

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~DIA DE LOS MUERTOS~day of the dead

2010-11-01T14:55:00.000-07:00

***MI CATRINA***
REMEMBER THE DEAD TODAY AND ALWAYS!!!
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THE first of this year,I thought I might be in the graveyard but i AM GLAD AND HAPPY I am not there yet!!! Today is ALL SAINTS DAY and tomorrow is ALL SOULS DAY!!! Let us CELEBRATE, by dancing, singing and visiting our loved ones graves, and by praying for them and remembering them forever!

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" KEEP YOURSELF PURE"(1 Tm 5;22)

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I'm praying for YOU, are YOU praying for me?!!! GOD BLESS us all!!! PRAISE THE LORD! all you angels and saints. HAPPY now are the dead who die in the LORD!!! Rv 14;13 *************************************************************

Wish I was in Mexico this year at Dia De Los Muertos,

go here for more info on Day Of The Dead***http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead

~CROWS LIVE UNDERWATER TOO!~

2010-10-27T08:46:00.000-07:00

My first artwork painting since my journey of Breast Cancer. I finally got out the paints!! I haven't done a collage yet!! but maybe soon.
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Yesterday's Tea Time Thought goes very well with my post before this one! It is: FRAGRANCE always clings to the hand that gives YOU roses. Isn't that pretty?!!! It is a Chinese Proverb
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Your own soul is nourished when YOU are kind; it is destroyed when YOU are cruel. ***Proverbs 11:17
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HAVE a GOD BLESS YOU!!! day!
xoxooxxoxoooXOXOXOXOOXOXOxoxooxxoxoo

SUNDAY PREACHING ON A MONDAY

2010-10-25T07:49:00.000-07:00

Have YOU ever thought of a name YOU would have liked more than yours?!! What would it be?! I was called "ROSE" by an Ireland priest back in the 80's when he was in residence at our rectory and I love the name of Rose. I was startled and pleased at the same time he would call me by the name of Rose! Father Jude, where are YOU?!!! (By the way Mom, I do LOVE the names YOU gave to me, Cinda Rae, thank YOU!)
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I try and take time out every day for DEVOTIONS, a time for the LORD! I pray every day but I still love to devote time to GOD, reading our Daily Booklet, called "One Bread, One Body", aNOTHER small book given to me by my sweet friend Susan who died OF Breast Cancer, called "GRACE For The Moment" by Max Lucado, a Daily Saints Book and of course the last but not least my BIBLE. I kiss the front of my Bible and just open my Bible wherever it might be. It surprises me sometimes because I go to whatever the Daily Bread or Max's book is talking about! well,
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TODAY I am speaking of a new name for YOU!!!
the Bible verse for this is in REVELATION,2;17**
HE that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saying he that receiveth it.
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another little booklet I like to turn it's pages every day is a little calendar I received back in 1998 called "Tea Time Thoughts"
Yesterday's saying was this;
THE TIME of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer. In the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling different things,I POSSESS GOD in as great tranquility as if I was upon my knees. We should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD's presence by continually conversing with him.
Brother Lawrence
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HAVE A SWEET GOD BLESS YOU DAY!!!
xoxooxoxoxooxxoxoxoxooxoxoxXOXOOXOXOXOX

for the life of me I couldn't get this photo turned right side up! Humble, keep it humble!! O! and today's quote from Tea Time Thoughts is: IT wasn't until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, "I don't know." Somerset Maugham

PATIENCE IN THE ANIMAL WORLD

2010-10-22T08:36:00.000-07:00

When is it going to be my turn??!! I am hungry!!!
CAWWWW CAWWWWWW
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********HAIKU MY HEART FRIDAY******* HAIKU MY HEART*********Go here for morehttp://www.corazon.typepad.com/

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EATING PUMPKIN SCRAPS

SUNSHINE AND MORNING SHADOWS

I'M THE CAT'S MEOW!!!

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THIS stray cat looks like tabby,siamese and the tail looks racoonish and if YOU look real close something has bitten his tail!!! Phew! What a story he could tell us! I love watching all the animals come and go through my kitchen window all day into evening! Lucky me,an animal parade!!!

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~YUMMY PUMPKIN CORN CHOWDER~

2010-10-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

ARE YOU GETTING READY FOR HALLOWEEN?!!

TRY THIS YUMMY PUMPKIN CORN CHOWDER!!! MMMMMMMMM! i CAN'T WAIT TO WARM IT UP AGAIN TODAY!! DO YOU HAVE ANY YUMMY RECIPES? GO HERE FOR THIS ONE!!!(i didn't have any rosemary or mushrooms, darn it! !)http://www.joyouslybecoming.typepad.com/

I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE THE DAY BEFORE I HAD MADE THIS NACHO CHICKEN DISH SOoooOOoo I HAD PLENTY OF NUTRITIOUS CHICKEN BROTH!

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NACHO CHEESE CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Chicken(I used a whole one but YOU can use chicken breasts or whatever chicken yOU have on hand)

CAMPBELL'S fiesta Nacho cheese soup----1 can

" Cheddar Cheese Soup-----1 can

Jar of Salsa

Totillia Chips(i used Tostitos Restaurant Style 100% corn tortillia chips)

cheddar cheese shredded

a lil milk

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Boil chicken til it's done and tear chicken off of bones!

Place in a casserole dish, add soup cheeses, salsa and mix! Break up some chips and add them too. I also add lil bits of whatever cheese I have on hand and I added Lil chunks of Monterey Jack! mmMMMMMM! Pour a lil milk(not too much!) in each soup can and add. Mix. Cover mixture with some tortillia chips and then add shredded cheddar cheese or whatever cheese YOU might like. I cover dish with foil and bake at 350 til bubbling hot on bottom of pan!

HAVE A GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!DAY!

XOXOOOXOXXOOXOXOOXOOXOXOXOOXOXOX

2010-10-13T20:49:00.000-07:00

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39 ALLELUIAS, ONE FOR EACH MINER RESCUED AND ONE EACH FOR EACH RESCUER!!!
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FROM YOUR HOUSE TO MY HOUSE, LET US ALL PRAISE THE LORD!!! WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY!!!!!!!
SWEET DREAMS!!!XOXOXOOOXOXOOOOXOXOOOOXhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_chile_mine_collapse

~10-10-10, a SWEET Park Walk~

2010-10-10T17:06:00.000-07:00

Gina is going to be soOOOOo mad because I posted this pic!!! LOL I don't care, I LOVE it!!! She is getting FIT as a fiddle and is an INSPIRATION to me to get off the couch!! Here we are at the Park again on 10-10-10

I ran out of energy going around once(only 1, 1/2mi) sooOOOOo she ran around a second time while I fell in love! See the only black duck in the park! Of course I named him Daffy but he should have a more handsome name!!! Can YOU think of a good name for him?!! hehe

isn't this picture SERENE???!! I LOVED spending time with the ducks and swans!

this is where my dad lives now and I can't see in but I know they can see out soOOOOo I wave and blow kisses as I go by! As I ride home I can see this home again and it is soOOOOo sad but my dad seems happy here.

how was your 10-10-10???????!!! Serene and peaceful I hope and pray! LOVE and Prayers, xoxoxxooxXOXOXOOXOXOXOXXOO,cINDA

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2010-10-09T11:44:00.000-07:00

Haiku my heart FRIDAY, http://www.corazon.typepad.com/go here for more haiku
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Yesterday, Friday
Tuesday was trail, duck,swan daY
TODAY,OH HAPPY DAY!!!
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ps. there's more pics of those sweet critters on my CRO Stuff Blog

i want to share my balloons with anyone who may need them today! GINA, my daughter got me these in August.

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i'm thinking of YOU and YOURS today, have a BLESSED week-end!!

XOXOXOXOOXXOXOXOOXXOXOOXOXOXXOXOXO

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

2010-10-05T09:19:00.000-07:00

i'LL have to remind myself to do this the next time I get to the OCEAN! What would your message be?!! HOPEFULLY something LOVING!!! XOOXOXOOXOOOXOXOXOOXOOXOXOXOOXXOOXOXOOX
go here for today's story***http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/94047?fp=1

ZZZZIIIPPPPPP!!!

2010-09-24T17:00:00.001-07:00

FLY,FLY,FLY,FLY,FLY!!! THAT'S A LOT i THINK ABOUT
COME FLY WITH ME DEARS!!!
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go here for more Haiku My Heart Friday http://www.corazon.typepad.com/
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Reading the Bible every day, also reading about a saint who could fly!!! Have YOU ever heard of Joseph
Desa?!!! He lived in the 1600's, that wasn't that long ago!!! I thought I'd look him up on this SLOW laptop today and there was a pretty long list of flyers listed, more reading for me to do! well, I don't think I will ever be a saint but one can dream can't they???!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Desa

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Here is the next BEST thing I'm thinking of doing, got to save some $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!! I HOPE I can do it! I want to!!!
http://www.newrivergorgecanopytour.com/
WWWHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEkkk!!!zzZZZZZIIIPPPPP-EDY-DO-DAH!!!
i was thinking of NOT taking this pill(generic ANASTROZOLE=Arimedex) for 5 years for fighting breast cancer because it has soOOOOoo many side effects!! HAS anyone out there taken this drug?!! I HATE some drugs!!Why do some of them have soOOOo many side effects!

Hope YOU have a SWEET week-end and SWEET DREAMS!!! XOXOOXOXOOXOXOXOOXOXX

ps. I am doing ok, just haven't got the time to be on this SLOW laptop, I'm 8-9 months behind on EVERYTHING!!! I THINK OF YOU OFTEN!!! XOXOXOOOXOXOXOOOOXOXOO

~EATPRAYLOVE~

2010-08-27T09:46:00.000-07:00

***HAIKU MY HEART***FRIDAY***Go here for more Haiku***http://www.corazon.typepad.com/
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***33 miners

they need our prayers today!

LOVE, PRAYERS, AND HOPE***

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*****read about them here***http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0826/Chilean-miners-told-of-long-wait-for-rescue

~COME FLY WITH ME~

2010-08-13T09:01:00.000-07:00

My last day of radiation,(LAST fRIDAY) I dreamed I could FLY!!! Do YOU ever have that dream??!! I LOVE that dream!! When YOU wake up YOU are almost SURE YOU will be able to!! hehe

It's that time again, **HAIKU MY HEARTfRIDAY........gO HERE FOR more Haikus............ *****http://www.corazon.typepad.com/
I've missed 2 Fridays, mostly because I was in pain and layed around like an old hound dog! I STILL am healing from the radiation but it is a LOT BETTER!!!

I always prayed for the sick but now am including people going through PAIN of any kind!!! I've read some books, "EAT, PRAY,LOVE" (can't wait to go see the movie, Gina's still reading the book soOOOOoo I hope she hurries up!) As I was reading a book I ordered last year"Three Cups Of Tea" I was wondering how to pronounce some of the villages names, the nightly NEWS announced flooding in Pakistan where this book takes place!!! I haven't checked on Greg Mortenson's website how many schools have been affected!that he has built for the children there! GOD BLESS the people there!!! PAIN then the 10 aid workers killed in Afghanistan, PAIN, a story on a wounded soldier who was a medic telling others how to operate on his own wounds, PAIN, there's a LOT of PAIN in this world, soOoO LOTS of prayers are needed!!! I've read 2 0f Gina's books, "Dear John" and "The Last Song" I enJOYed them both! Thanks! Gina!

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~~~**HAIKU**~~~

NO ONE SHOULD SAY THIS

RADIATION, PIECE OF CAKE

WHERE'S MY JUICY PIE?!!!

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i had more than one person tell me radiation was going to be a piece of cake, even my doctor! Oh yes, this will be nothing compared to chemo he said! If this was a piece of cake I should have had PIE!!! I would rather have chemo than radiation, that's just me though but I will never be saying radiation is a piece of cake! It is for some, I've learned but most definately not all!

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*HAIKU*

When I closed my eyes

I saw a thousand prayers

Thank YOU, my darlings!

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cancer free, that's me
I hope and pray for all sick
LIVING, DYING, FLY!!!
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HAVE A GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS, PEACEFUL, SWEET DREAMS!!! WEEK-END!!! ALLELUIA!!!!!!HALLELUJAH!!!!

~WE NEED EACH OTHER~

2010-07-23T07:35:00.000-07:00

~*Haiku my heart Friday*~
go here for more Haiku for your heart my darlings! ***http://www.corazon.typepad.com/ forgive my picture, it's weak!!! I'm using my daughter's laptop and can't find the edit pic doo hickey on here, too complicated, not enough time!!! These SUNFLOWERS greet me every day as I go to treatment though and they are spectacular!!! At least I got a pic! hehe

~~~*~SUNFLOWERS greet me~*~~~

*reaching for the sun, like us!*

~*WE need each other!*~

~BABY DID A BAD BAD THING~

2010-07-19T15:09:00.000-07:00

well folks, I've been a bad bad girl!!! doing a BAD, BAD thing!!I tried talking my dr. out of taking anymore radiation!!! ONE OF HIS NURSES was patient with me and tried talking me into NOT doing this, she said," Aw, You don't have that many more!! "gave me tissues and here came the dr.! He said something about a Betty Crocker cake, YOU just can't get it out of the oven too soon or half way before it's done!!! PHEW! As I write this my daughter Gina is yelling at me to NEVER pull this again, she said I scared his poor little nurse to death! She just came back from vacation and had to put up with me!!! Well, don't worry, be happy! I'm going back tomorrow! I have a dirty dozen to go!!! Wish me luck and maybe some prayers!!! Thank YOU!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7a35GnfPTc

MY SOCKS DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO!

2010-07-16T07:37:00.001-07:00

~~*HAIKU MY HEART FRIDAY*~~~go to this lovely for more links to wonderful haiku*http://www.corazon.typepad.com/** ~~*Radiation blues*~~
*~My socks don't want to go, NO!~*
**~COME HALLELUJAH!~**

They say YOU shouldn't "wish your life away" but I will be soOOOOo GLAD to see September!!! That's when hopefully treatments will be done and doctor appointments SLOW down!!! Hopefully, SEPTEMBER will be the month,maybe middle August when I hear those MOST coveted words, "CANCER FREE"! MY DAUGHTER has been an angel taking me every day and hearing me rant sometimes......she will be GLAD to see September too! MY HAIKU is from I think Thursday when I couldn't find one of my socks and I laughed to myself, "My socks don't even want to go!"

~~YOUR HEART AND MY HEART~~

2010-07-09T11:52:00.000-07:00

*~~*Haiku my heart Friday*~~*

~***Sometimes the flower~***

~*Sometimes the butterfly too*~
~*~Lightbeams, everyone!~*~

a "Pollination" video for YOU! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYtbisdsemA&feature=related

GOD BLESS AMERICA

2010-07-02T14:47:00.001-07:00

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*********HAIKU MY HEART FRIDAY*********

SING RED, WHITE AND BLUE

YOUR "GOD BLESS AMERICA"

SONG FOR YOU AND YOURS!

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i visited my dad at the VA Nursing home yesterday and was very fortunate to hear this beautiful song sung for a throng of veterans, most sitting in wheel chairs. My visits are very bittersweet every time I go! The little man sitting in front of my dad, mom and me kept hitting me with his wheel chair just a little at a time and as every tune ended he would move it back just a little til just about to the end of the program, he was sitting right beside us! I watched him as he would wipe a tear from his eye and look at it. Then, after each song had ended he would sneak a glance at me and smile. One man could not bear to stay and listen to the singers, he cryed uncontrollably til' they had to wheel him away completely. I wonder what these veteran's storys are....... what made this man start crying as soon as the singing started?! Was his wife in a chOIr? was it the first song that reminded him of something?!!I'm falling in love with all of them, even the obnoxious one who yells and rants!!!One waved to his buddy as he came walking with his walker, soOOOOo glad to see him, holding out his chair and then patting him on the back after he sat down. I about lost it right then but held back tears and we all really enJOYED the choir.It consisted of 2 older men, 6 older ladies with white blouses, blue pants and a crocheted red rose like a corsage pinned onto their blouses and the piano man was GRAND, not his piano but his playing!!! I HOPE YOU AND YOURS have a WONDERFUL BLESSED 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION!!!

I joined in to Rebecca's HAIKU MY HEART FRIDAY! Won't YOU join us too?!!GO here to JOIN********http://www.corazon.typepad.com/
MORE ON "GOD BLESS AMERICA"***http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_America

2010-06-26T12:08:00.000-07:00

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********CUPCAKES AND ROSES**********

MY TRUE LOVE'

BROUGHT ME CUPCAKES

AND ROSES TODAY

I ADMIT, I WAS A LITLE SAD'

BECAUSE IT IS TEA PARTY TIME!!!

ALL OVER THE INTERNET TODAY!

MY PC, NOT WORKING,

WITH ALL MY PICS, NOT SAVED!

EVEN MY TEA PARTY REVELERS UP IN A TREE

TEA PARTY PICS GONE FOR GOOD TOO?!!!

WOE IS ME

NO!

I DON'T KNOW

A WOE IS ME!

i'M

CUPCAKES AND ROSES ME!!!

CRO

Breast Cancer Update...***** chemo all done, on my 6 weeks of radiation journey with 7 days done, 26 to go! Mood is great, THANK GOD!!! just a lot of energy missing!!!

HOPE ALL THE TEA PARTY PEEPS HAVE FUN TODAY AND TOMORROW AND MAYBE THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS PARTICIPATING!!! GO HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THEMhttp://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/***
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ps. if YOU scroll down just a tiny bit to my "Dedicated To The One I LOve" post, I will be giving away one of those type bluebirds YOU see in the Woodland Chandelier Vanessa showed US how to make!!! WOOT! TWEET!!!!!!!!!!!JUST LEAVE A COMMENT! THANKS!!!
TESS, YOU ARE THE WINNER OF A CRO "TWEET" BLUEBIRD!!!

~SWEET INSPIRATION~

2010-06-04T08:31:00.000-07:00

MY FIRST EVER PRAYER FLAG BANNER!!! WOOT!

THIS GAL INSPIRED ME TO TRY AND MAKE ONE SO I DID!!! MY JUNE 1ST WOODLAND CHANDELIER(VANESSA) AND JUNE 2, I MADE THIS BANNER.

THANK YOU DEB!!! ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE ONE?!!
http://diddebdoit.blogspot.com/2010/06/uncolored.html

I LOVE THE WAY WHEN THE WIND BLOWS IT SEEMS TO DANCE!!!

AND JUST THIS MORNING, I WAS INSPIRED BY THIS GAL AND HER WONDERFUL WRITINGS, LOVE AND CARE!http://corazon.typepad.com/recuerda_mi_corazon/

HERE IS THE POEM I WROTE THIS MORNING FOR REBECCA AFTER READING HER JUNE4 POSTING.

"UNDER A CLOUD IN THE BLUE"

When death is near

Embrace it dear

You'll never be alone,

The Good LORD knows your every bone.

and

Those who still live and breathe on Earth

Those dying and those giving birth,

Will think of YOU

Your memory still under a cloud in the blue.

I love LOVE

Love from above

And shining love from family and friends too

It's a comfort somehow to know in death, I'll still be remembered under a cloud in the blue.

Cro

HAVE A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL WEEK-END AND GET INSPIRED!!!

SWEET DREAMS!!!XOXOOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXXOOXO

~DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE~

2010-06-01T15:38:00.000-07:00

O!!!! HAPPY DAY!!! This is one of my favorite dates of all time!!! On this day, JUNE 1, 1973, I met my ONE AND ONLY!!! JERRY, I LOVE YOU!!! I'll LOVE YOU til the day I die!!! xoxoxoxoxooxox

THIS IS CALLED A WOODLAND CHANDELIER!!! WOOT! iSN'T IT SWEET?!!! YOU CAN MAKE ONE TOO!!! IT'S PRETTY EASY!!!

2 BIRDS STILL IN LOVE!!! WE HAD DAISIES AT OUR WEDDING!

OLD VINTAGE, MAYBE ANTIQUE BY NOW BELLS(WEDDING BELLS!) AND AN OLD VINTAGE RHINESTONE HEART TOP MY CHANDELIER OFF WITH OF COURSE TURQUOISEY LACE FLOWING!!!

GO HERE TO SEE HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN WOODLAND CHANDELIER!!! THANKS!!! VANESSA!

http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/2010/05/woodland-chandelier-with-a-twist.html

~HAVE A SAFE AND PRAYERFUL MEMORIAL DAY~

2010-05-29T14:19:00.000-07:00

A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT; AND THE DAY OF DEATH THAN THE DAY OF ONE'S BIRTH***ECCLESIATES 7;1

********MY HUSBAND AND I USUALLY VISIT 3 CEMETARIES. I DON'T THINK THIS YEAR WE WILL MAKE IT BUT I REMEMBER AND PRAY FOR MY DEAD OFTEN, ALMOST DAILY*********

****************TO VISIT THEM IS TO LOVE THEM********************

HAVE A SAFE AND PRAYERFUL, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY AND WEEK-END MY DARLINGS!!!

XOXOOXOXXOXOOXOXOXOOXXOOXXOXOXOXOXOXOOXXOXOXOXOX

AND*******SWEET DREAMS!!!********

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ONCE A HIPPIE, ALWAYS A HIPPIE! HA! HA!

2010-05-26T11:54:00.000-07:00

I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT ME EATING THESE BREAD TIDBITS!

DID I JUST HEAR SOMEONE WHISTLE?!!

TWO WEEKS AGO YESTERDAY, I BECAME A HIPPIE ONCE AGAIN! hehe SEE THAT TRIBAL LOOKING FLOWERY IMAGE?!! THOSE WERE TATTOOS UP AND DOWN BOTH MY ARMS WHILE I SIT TAKING MY CHEMO!! I LOOKED AROUND TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS NOTICING MY EYES GOOGLING OUT OF MY SOCKETS, ADMIRING MY NEW TATTOOS!!! I WISH I HAD MY CAMERA WITH ME! CAN A CAMERA CAPTURE HALLUCINATIONS?!!! HERE'S SOME MORE PSYCHEDELIC IMAGES FOR YOU! trippy hippie HALLUCINATION IN MY OLD DICTIONARY SAYS; to wander in mind, dream, The apparent seeing of objects that do not really exist, or experiencing feelings that have no real cause, as a result of a disorder of the nervous system>DUH, Welcome chemo! Really, I should be glad of my last round but you have mixed feeling stopping a treatment, YOU just want to KEEP THE CANCER CELLS DEAD and OUT of your body!

HOPEFULLY, THAT WAS MY LAST CHEMO ROUND!!! I GO TO THE DOCS JUNE 10TH FOR A CHECK-UP THEN I MOVE ONTO MY RADIATION TREATMENTS! UG! EVERYONE SAYS THIS IS A PIECE OF CAKE AFTER CHEMO, WE'LL SEE! I'VE BEEN LAYING AROUND LIKE AN OLD OLD VERY OLD HOUND DOG! THIS ROUND TOOK ALL MY ENERGY +LOTS OF MY SPIRIT!

THINGS AROUND HERE ARE CHANGING! GINA WAS IN LAST WEEK-END WITH A U-HAUL WITH ALL HER STUFF! SHE'S BACK IN SC FOR AT LEAST 2 MORE WEEKS THEN HOME FOR GOOD! DAD'S IN A NEW NURSING HOME SO CLOSE TO MOM AND ME NOW! HE IS IN THE VA NURSING HOME! YAYYYYYY!

MOM HAS BEEN BUSY GETTING READY FOR AN AUCTION AND CLEARING OUT HER HOUSE.IT HAS BEEN A SAD TIME FOR HER.

HOW ARE YOU???!!!!! FINE AND DANDY I HOPE AND PRAY! HERE IS A PRETTY VERSE FROM THE BIBLE I READ TODAY!

THE LORD IS CLOSE TO THE BROKENHEARTED, AND HE SAVES THOSE WHOSE SPIRITS HAVE BEEN CRUSHED. PSALM 34;18

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXXOXOXOOXOXOOXOOXOXO

!GREED KILLS!

2010-05-19T13:59:00.000-07:00

LIKE MY HAT???!!! MY HAIR IS STARTING TO GROW BACK SLOWLY, BUT SURELY!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYY!ROUND#4 WAS A DOOZY! I'M JUST BECOMING MYSELF AGAIN!

ISN'T THIS RED GLASS FROG A CUTIE!!! HE IS A FITZ AND FLOYD HAND BLOWN GLASS CREATION THAT ARRIVED FROM IRVING, TEXAS LAST WEEK COMPLIMENTS OF MY NEPHEW, JOSEPH!!! THANK YOU! JOE FOR THIS SWEET LIL GUY AND THE OTHER THINGS YOU SENT AND YOUR CUTE CARD!

I HAD TO LAUGH AS I THOUGHT, "YEAH, i'M THIS RED FROG, HOPPIN' MAD!!! "AS YOU LAY IN BED DAY IN, DAY OUT, YOU DO A LOT OF THINKING!

This is my breast cancer story! Last year I bought 2 QUEEN LATIFAH CURVATION bRAS AT WALMART. i ALWAYS TELL MY KIDS TO ALWAYS WASH THEIR NEWLY BOUGHTEN CLOTHES! DID I? OR WAS I IN A HURRY THAT DAY? ANYWAY, AFTER WEARING ONE OF THESE BRAS ALL DAY, I BROKE INTO A RASH UNDER BOTH BREASTS! OVER THE SUMMER, I TRIED OVER THE COUNTER MEDS AND CREAMS TRYING TO CLEAR THIS MESS UP! DID I MENTION I FELT REALLY BETRAYED WHEN I TOOK IT OFF AND SAW WHAT IT HAD DONE?!! By November, I went to a dermatologist and she prescribed some Hydrocortisone-Iodoquinol cream which seemed to clear it up. She mentioned I might have to come back if this didn't work. The rash came back in November or December and I thought, darn, I'm going to have to go back! UG! With Christmas rush and all who has time? Then, in January I felt the lump!!! i of course then went to get mammogram and ultrasound then to a surgeon. It had to come out whatever it was! I think this is the month I was googling Bra Lawsuits just to see if anything showed up!Health Alert: Bra Danger - cbs3.com

FORMALDEHYDE??!!!!! IT CAUSES CANCER.....so did I have an allergic reaction from the formaldehyde on the bra and was it just a co-incidence I got breast cancer?!!! I was SHOCKED to see on the "DRS" show on tv they discussed formaldehyde being sprayed on men's briefs!!! SO DRS. KNOW FORMALDEHYDE is being used on clothes???!!! I thought it was also their job to protect people....I mentioned this to my surgeon and he dismissed it, didn't even want to talk about the bra!!! I still have the rash!!! I GET MAD WHEN Jerry gets these outlandish hospital bills, like now we are fighting the insurance co. on 2 shots I got after 2 of the chemo rounds that cost over $13,000, DID i ASK FOR THESE SHOTS?!! The Insurance Co say they are not necessary and experimental? They should be GLAD I didn't take the other 2 shots after chemo rounds 3 and 4! I was allergic to them! I think they will pay in the long run because a guy Jerry works with had the same shots and the insurance did end up paying for his. HOPEFULLY, the insurance will pay ours! That's when I get HOPPIN MAD when I see my sweet husband working long hours every day to pay these bills. I think Queen Latifah or WalMart should help!!!I filed a consumer REPORTReport Unsafe Products on these bras and emailed Wal Mart, haven't heard from either yet! HOW DO WE GET THE MANUFACTURERS TO QUIT USING FORMALDEHYDE??!!!AND THE STORES and CELEBRITYS THAT SELL THESE PRODUCTS RESPONSIBLE????!!!

GREED KILLS!!! When I first layed in the bed after chemo round#1, I told Jerry I was going to burn all the tobacco fields down!!! LOL I realized though, it's not tobacco that kills, it's the MANUFACTURERS of TOBACCO PRODUCTS that are KILLING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE!!! WHERE'S THE LOVE, WHERE'S THE PROTECTION AGENCYS FOR PEOPLE'S WELFARE?? These people become addicts! I've seen firsthand what it does to people!!! Tobacco manufacturers are MURDERERS!!!Cigarette Ingredients - Reasons to Quit Smoking

some other articles woRth readingFormaldehyde and Cancer Risk - National Cancer Institute,Cancer-causing chemical used in nurses' uniforms - Health News, Health & Famil

GREED KILLS***** JUST LOOK AT THE BP OIL SPILL! GOD BLESS ALL THE CREW WHO DIED ON THAT RIG THAT DAY!!! GOD BLESS ALL THE CREATURES UNDER THE GREAT BLUE SEA!!!AND ALONG THE COAST!!

SO HERE IS MY SONG FOR TODAY, IT'S CALLED

''LET ME SING YOU THE FORMALDEHYDE BLUES"

LET ME SING

ABOUT FORMALDEHYDE

BE CAREFUL, MY FRIEND

IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE DEAD,

IT'S HERE, FOR YOU AND ME,

RIGHT NOW

CAUSING CANCER

SO BE CAREFUL, MY FRIEND

WASH ALL THOSE NEW CLOTHES

AND QUIT SMOKING, I PRAY YOU CAN,

BEFORE YOU GET

THOSE

FORMALDEHYDE BLUES!

Cro

~COME LOOK THROUGH MY CURTAINS~

2010-05-12T15:52:00.000-07:00

FLUFFY STILL VISITS FOR TREATS!!! hehe ISN'T SHE CUTE? ALTHOUGH SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO SEE AS WELL THIS YEAR!

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW

WHAT IS HE LOOKING FOR?

"HMMMM, LET ME SEE HOW MANY BREAD MORSELS I CAN FIT IN MY BILL??!!" SAID MR. CROW.

NOT A VERY GOOD PIC OF MISS FLUFFY, MAYBE CLICK ONTO PIC TO SEE BETTER?

ARE THESE LIL SPARROWS??? I THINK SO! WHO'S GONNA TAKE THAT LIL' PIECE OF BREAD?

ONE OF THOSE DAYS

2010-05-06T16:28:00.000-07:00

LOOK!!! what TODAY brought!!! BEAUTY awaited me this afternoon! SHE is "The Wind's Bride"

This morning I awoke with a DOUBT! See the DEVIL in my collage trying to get to me! "SATAN,in Jesus's name , get behind me! " The first doubt I've had on this Breast Cancer journey. It didn't help I had misery in both breasts!! I immediately got up , had my tea and toast and started scrubbing my floors! Cleanliness is next to Godliness! as they say! Did I tell YOU, yesterday I got SPRING!!!! curtains up in my kitchen and the livingroom??!! Phew! I'm more tired now but where there is a will there is a way!!!( hey, I wish I was that thin, hehe maybe NOT that thin!)

It wasn't long before I felt my old happy carefree self!!! I spent some time in my cozy bed reading the Bible. Boy, oh, boy this chemo stuff has my skin all in an uproar, my rosacea is really acting up! I don't have to buy blush at least! LOL

I was so SURPRISED when I saw this in my door!!! WOW! What could this be??!! I tell YOU, your cards and snail mail is really appreciated!!! YIPPEE!!

thank YOU, THANK YOU!!! Christine!!! Your mail SURE did bring a SMILE!!! If YOU would like to check out her Etsy for other prints and sometimes BEAUTY FULL DOLLS and ornaments!!!! GO HEREOriginal One of a Kind Art Dolls by Christine by DuBuhDuDesigns

I will leave YOU with this pretty verse from the Bible,

Isaiah 55; 12***For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

ps. DO NOT give that devil a chance in your life, repeat this, "Satan, in the name of Jesus Christ, get behind me!"

L O V E and P R A Y E R S to YOU all!!!

XXOXOXOOXXOOXOXOXOXOOXOXOOXOXOXOXO

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!!

2010-05-04T10:55:00.000-07:00

MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF, PHEW!!! HA!

2010-05-04T10:52:00.000-07:00

`'`' `'HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!`'`' `'

2010-05-04T10:30:00.000-07:00

PEEKING ON YOU ALL TODAY, ESPECIALLY MY DAUGHTER, GINA RAE!!!LIKE I SAID ON YOUTUBE, PLEASE DON'T MAKE FUN AT MY FAT LEGS OR INWARD TOE DANCING!!! HAHAHAHA!!! I AM GLAD TO BE ALIVE!!! AREN'T YOU?????!!!!!

21 IRIS'S TODAY, SOME ALREADY DYING

MY SWEET GAL, GINA RAE!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR GIRLY!!! HERE'S A POEM I WROTE FOR YOU, GINA WAY BACK ON MY POST, MAY4, 2006!

~~~~~`*' `*' `*'~~~`*' `*' `*'~~~~~

GINA

My DARLING

my darling girl child

whenever YOU enter

my presence

my heart

jumps for JOY!

my soul knows

GLADNESS

my eyes know

BEAUTY

my ears know

SINGING

my arms know

PLEASANTNESS

my whole being knows

CONTENTMENT

YOU are a sweet walking

SMILE

I LOVE YOU!!!

LOVE TO LOVE YOU!!!

Mommy

HAPPY,HAPPY, HAPPY BLESSED BIRTHDAY GINA!!!

XOXOXOOOXXOOXOXOXXOXOOXOXXOOXOXOXOXO

~MAY 1, THERE WAS ONLY 1~

2010-05-03T08:50:00.000-07:00

MAY 1, I LOOKED OUTSIDE MY FRONT PORCH WINDOW AND SAW ONE LONE IRIS!!! YESTERDAY, MAY 2, THERE WERE 11! COUNTING THIS BEAUTY AND 2 LOOKING RIPE! TODAY, MY HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY THERE ARE 19 BEAUTY FULL IRIS'S!!!!! CLICK ONTO PICS TO SEE THE SHIMMERY RAINDROPS, EXCEPT THE LONE ONE TAKEN MAY 1ST WHEN THERE WAS NO RAIN!
YESTERDAY, I THOUGHT MAYBE I CAN SEE ONE OF THESE BEUTIES OPEN! I SAW ONE THAT LOOKED RIPE SOOOOOOOOOO I RAN IN TO GET MY CAMERA AND BY THE TIME I GOT BACK THIS IS WHAT I SAW!!!! I GASPED AND WAS VERY EXCITED!!!

THIS WAS THE LONE ONE MAY 1

HERE IS #11 GETTING HER UNDERSKIRT OR SLIP?!!!1 hehe

SHE STAYED IN THIS STAGE A GOOD LITTLE WHILE! AS YOU CAN SEE, I TRIED TO CAPTURE HER UNFOLDING ON VIDEO!!! YOU CAN HEAR THE BEAUTY FULL RAIN ON MY UMBRELLA AND THE MELODIOUS SONGS OF MY SWEET BIRDIES!!! I LOVE THEM SOOOOoOOo!! MY HUSBAND AND I ALSO PLANTED 11 TREES YESTERDAY INBETWEEN RAIN SHOWERS. I GOT THEM IN THE MAIL ARBOR DAY!!! I JOINED ARBORDAY.ORG SOMETIME IN 2009, WHO REMEMBERS WHEN!! MY MEMORY IS GETTING WORSE! UG! ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANTING INSTUCTIONS IT SAYS, PLEASE NOTE: IF YOUR SITE IS A FEEDING GROUND FOR DEER, RABBITS, ECT, IT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA TO FENCE UP YOUR TREES!!!! O NO!! THEY WILL JUST HAVE TO TAKE THEIR CHANCES, I WILL HAVE TO RUN THEM OFF! THERE'S NO WAY WE WILL FENCE THEM!!! THIS MORNING WHO COMES BY, 2 LITTLE DEER!!

ANOTHER PIC OF THE LONE IRIS, I'LL POST LATER THE 19 ORIris (plant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia MAYBE THERE WILL BE MORE BY THEN!!!more info on the beautiful Iris here:

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BLESSED BIRTHDAY JERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY HUSBAND, MY BEST FRIEND, MY LOVE!!!

XOOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOX

~YESTERDAY~

2010-05-03T08:45:00.000-07:00

***~WHEN THE DAISIES BLOOM~***

2010-04-30T19:20:00.000-07:00

click pic to read my poem better or just read down

I ADDED BUTTERFLY WINGS

I ADDED DAISIES

JUST A BALD HEAD, like mine

which do YOU like better?!!!

MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS POST, MY SWEET GAL, GINA RAE who left today and got home safe and sound! THANK GOD!!!

SHE GOT HER HAIR CUT WHILE HERE

HER ONE BROTHER LIKED IT AND THE OTHER BROTHER JUST LOVES LONG HAIR!!! hehe

"When The Daisies Bloom"

She has gone away

one more time

Not the last time I know,

She is coming back

in JUNE,

When the sweet daisies bloom

hurrah, HURRAH!

ALLELUIA

I'm sad today

She has gone away

one more time

I wish I could

sit on my steps

outside my house

and hold a new born lamb

with daisies on my bald head

or better yet, in a meadow

or on a hillside

I know I will have to

wait til JUNE

when the daisies bloom.

Cro

We sure had FUN, lounging, pigging out on our couches, going shopping, to church, out to lunch....she made HER daddy and me pancakes, scrubbed my floors, made my bed when I was too tired, took me to chemo, made sure I took my temp, swinging on the back porch, took me shopping!!!and she won me the sweetest wreath angel for Mother's Day!!! THANK YOU GINA RAE, my CUPCAKE!! Phew! I'm tired tonight, hehe

I feel soOOOOOoOoOOo sorry for all the sweet wildlife, fishes in the sea and other creatures living and nesting on the coastal banks and all the peeps who make a living from the oceans!!!! PLEASE O LORD, let the oil somehow STOP coming out!!!

HOPE YOU HAVE A BLESSED WEEK-END SWEETIES!!!

SWEET DREAMS!!! XXOOXOXXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOOOOXOXOXO

Cro in the Brooklyn Art Library Gallery! Woo Hoo!

2010-04-29T06:51:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by arthousecoop

HERE I AM!!! hehe

JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME!!!

2010-04-29T06:39:00.000-07:00

"4 GOLDEN EGGS AND DO STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS!!!"

CLICK ONTO PICS TO SEEEEEEE BETTER! I ADDED A PIC OF MY HUBBY AND MOI(on our wedding day, I'm still upset they didn't get my daisy wreath for my head big enough!!! LOL) AND THE NAMES OF MY SWEET CHILDREN ON THE GOLDEN EGGS! I ALSO ADDED SOME OF MY FAVORITE COLLAGES!!!

pHEW! i got this piece of artwork in, just in time, right before my "REMOVE THIS LUMP!!! THANK YOU DR. MADDEN!!!" operation way back in February! These wonderful men have opened an art gallery in Brooklyn, NY and YOU can be a part of it!!! FUN!!! FUN!!!FUN!!!!! GO HERE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED!!!Art House Co-op We build art projects and communities

HERE'S A CRO POEM

"TOMORROW WILL BE A BLESSING"

WHAT CAN I TELL YOU?!!!

I'M MORE GLAD

I'M ALIVE

TODAY

THAN YESTERDAY

YESTERDAY WAS A FLOWER

TODAY IS THE MOON

TOMORROW WILL BE A BLESSING

TO ALL WHO ARE ALIVE

AND MORE TO DYING

Cro

THANK GOD FOR PEACE AND QUIET

2010-04-19T20:05:00.000-07:00

This little guy is still coming around just about every day. Butchie is a character! He is SWEET and a bully to my neighbor's cats but Violet still feeds him morning and evening and I feed him too! The crows are eating all the nuts and bread and left over ears of corn! The squirrels must have moved!

My violets appeared March 31st, the day after my second chemo treatment that has given me fits of rashes and chest misery! Chemo is NOT very good medicine and I feel if there wasn't soOOOOooO much ABORTION in this country, we would have a Dr. or scientist, a great mind that could have come up with cures for a lot of our diseases by now! They had a retreat for spiritual and emotional healing after abortion for anyone wounded by the experience of abortion in WV the first of April and I haven't visited this website yet but here it is if YOU know of anyone who is hurting http://www.rachelsvineyard.org/ and a toll-free hotline was printed in our church bulletin, 1-877-HOPE-4-ME

We had some GREAT NEWS too!!! My mom who was going to the same cancer Doc as me put her through a lot of tests and confirmed she DID NOT HAVE BONE CANCER as he suspected!!! ALLELUIA!!! My sister-in-law had an emergency eye retina detached operation and it is HEALING!!! ALLELUIA!!! My dad is still in the nursing home and is getting more frail mom says. I was advised NOT to go to any nursing homes but when I do feel better from Round 3 which I get tomorow, I'll go to see him!!! My daughter Gina is still in and doesn't have to go back til'May 1st! WOO-HOO!!! She got me out more this time around. I even wore my blonde wig out to lunch and also church! hehe Blondes have more fun! I haven't been online for days and won't be again but wanted to let YOU know I still think of YOU and am praying for all of us!!!

here is a pretty verse I read in the Bible today, The Third Epistle of JOHN, 13,14****I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: 14; But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

ALSO Jude 2; Mercy unto you and peace, and love, be multiplied

I will be wearing my peace necklace tomorrow and thinking of YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! for the prayers and LOVE!!!!

LOVE AND PRAYERS AND SWEET DREAMS to YOU, OXOXXOXOXOXOXOOXXXO

CAWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWW

2010-03-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

A constant in my days, these sweet feathered friends of mine, my crows I hear every morning! They and the squirrels are waiting for me to get well sooOOOo they can get more treats!
I wanted to pop up on here to let YOU all know I'm finally doing better!!! Better before I have to go take Round#2, March 30! i NEED your prayers to calm me again! THANK YOU!!!
I told my friend chemo is like tying an old hound up and starving it!!! All YOU can do is go to your bed to the loo and sometimes try to get something down, like peaches, pears tasted great! YOU HUG your bed though until YOU get weary of the bed but that is the only place YOU feel comfortable!! PEACE and QUIET is best!!! My dear husband is the sweetest man, I'll include a tiny poem about him! at the end of this post.
There is some comedy though along the way! March 8th I went in to take my chemo at the Dr office. There is a room and 9 chairs. 7 are already taken soOOOo I sit in the recliner that is left. As soon as I sit down, I know it's a mistake! The man opposite me winked at me and then started to STARE and he wasn't going to back down soOOOOo I immediately got up and took the unrecliner chair but beside this man! I know he meant well but I wasn't in the mood to be stared at all through my first treatment which YOU are in a state of shock anyway! My sister-in-law got a big kick out of this, she said YOU still have it, even in chemo!!! Phew! The church lady I called too that has walked this breast cancer journey got a BIG laugh too!
I thought I was transported to Calcutta and was to see a vision of Mother Teresa any moment! That's how many cancer patients came in and they were taking them to the examining rooms to start the chemo til one of our chairs was vacant! I couldn't believe the suffering!! The next day I went to the hospital to take my immune shot, I sat down by a lady who was going to take her chemo. We had a moment when she reached out her hand for some comfort, just holding her hand as tears began to fill her eyes. While I was there I asked about the free turbans and a cute nurse, Peggy went and brought in a big priority box FULL OF BEAUTY FULL HOMEMADE TURBANS!! This sweet woman had sewed at least a 100 of them!!! Peggy told me to take a couple soOOOOo I did! a white one and a turquoise one!
i let my husband cut some of my hair March 14th because it was all in a rat's nest! I HOPE the birds make a nest out of my long hair! St. Patrick's Day, I felt a little stronger soOOOOo I had my son, Mario come and give me a BUZZZZZZ CUT! I did see some women coming in and patches of their hair was gone, I didn't want to see my hair fall out is why I got the buzzz! Damon who called me MOMMYSTEIN in the hospital instead of Frankenstein! LOL He brought over some good Italian restraunt fare and I tasted the spaghetti and it tasted very good sooOOOOo Jerry brought home spaghetti the next day from there, MINARDS!!! Gina, my daughter sent me Leprachan slippers and a turban too! Gina has been soOOOOOoo faithful, sending me goody bags and cards through the mail, just about every day!!!!! I was thinking the mailman truck is like a butterfly pollinating our mailboxes with SWEET TIDINGS and THOUGHTS from afar! THANK YOU!!! everyone for their gifts and wonderful cards!!! They are like SHINING LIGHTS in through the darkness!!!
I've read the Bible every day and things have made me think of our Lord suffering, when they took out my drains from my side I thought of the dear LORD when the soldier pierced his side with a sword while hanging on the cross, JOHN 19; 34Cranberry juice and grape juice taste like vinegar to me now and I thought of JOHN 19;29 GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS!!! Have a JOYFUL EASTER! My Gina is coming home Good Friday and staying about all of April!!! ALLELUIA!
O here is the poem,
"darling's footsteps"
ahhhHHHHH, the sweet sounds dear
of my darling's footsteps coming near
He likes to check on me
and my eyes delight for him to see
A touch, a stroke of my hair,
His hands make me feel more fair
I'm so weak and faint
He's like a saint
straightening my bed
kissing my head
God Bless my Jerry
a sweetest man to marry
Cro
STAY WELL MY DARLINGS AND SWEET DREAMS!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXXOXOX

~DAD TURNED 84 YESTERDAY~

2010-03-06T08:01:00.000-08:00

What do YOU get your dad on his birthday in a Nursing Home?!! While I was at the hospital seeing the radiation Dr. I told Jerry, "Let's go in the gift shop" and luckily for me they had this stuffed dog that looks somewhat like a hound! My dad loved his hound dogs! I remember he used to take them to shows and he would come back with purple, blue and red ribbons!I even got to go on a Foxhunt with dad and the best part I remember about that was all the hounds barking, the open fire and eating a hershey bar!! LOL I had a blessed childhood with animals everywhere around! It's a shame now I'm allergic to every animal!

Mom is still taking tests and has to do a bone marrow test Thursday alone! What rotten timing this monster CANCER has chosen. I won't be there because I start chemo Monday. This will be my first round. I have 4 altogether and don't know what to expect.I am a big scareddy cat soOOOOo keep those prayers coming for me to calm down! Thank YOU for the prayers for all my family!

That means I won't get to see my dad for 12 weeks?!! I don't know! I have a weak stomach and before I even got to dad's room down the long halls I was gagging with all the smells! and this is without chemo soOOOo I'm not sure when I will see my dad again! IF ANY OF MY COUSINS WHO PLAY MUSIC SEE THIS, PLEASE TRY AND MAKE IT OUT TO THE NURSING HOME DAD IS IN TO PLAY MUSIC FOR HIM AND THE OTHER PEEPS IN THERE!!! CALL MOM FOR THE INFO WHERE DAD IS!!!I ASKED DAD WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL IF HE WOULD LIKE THAT AND HE SAID YES!!!

SOOOOoOOoOO I don't know when I'll be back online, please keep those sweet thoughts and prayers, I'm not shy to ask because I know I need them for me and my family! Thank YOU! I will keep YOU all in my prayers too!!!!

XOOXXOXOXOOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOX

PS. I see in this pic I have dad's roommate's name and his portrait of him and his wife in my dad's pic! Please pray for Everett too, his wife was his roommate before dad. She died soOOOOo he needs your prayers too! O! The suffering I have seen!

MORE PRAYERS PLEASE

2010-02-27T13:35:00.000-08:00

MY BEAUTY FULL VALENTINE ROSES IN THE SNOW

FINALLY GOT A SHOWER, LOOK AWAY IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH

THESE ARE WHAT I WOKE UP TO THE DAY OF MY OPERATION WHICH WAS TUESDAY, THE 23RD! ICK! THEY CALL THEM GRENADES OR JP DRAINS. THEY WEREN'T ALL THAT STRANGE LOOKING, MY HUSBAND HAD ONE BACK IN 84. FOR LYNMPH NODE DRAINAGE..HOPEFULLY, I GET THESE OUT THIS MONDAY! I DON'T CARE TO SEE THE FLOW OF LIFE THIS CLOSE! MEDICINE HAS ADVANCED....MY HUSBAND HAD TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL BACK THEN FOR 13 DAYS UNTIL THOSE DRAINS QUIT DRAINING! I DO HAVE TO EMPTY MINE EVERY 8 HOURS BUT I WOULD RATHER BE HOME.....IT'S HARD IN THE MORNINGS! ICK! MY DAD WENT TO THE NURSING HOME THIS DAY TOO. MY MOM GOES TO SEE A CANCER DR. THURSDAY. PHEW!

I FIGURED MY LEMON LUMP WAS CANCEROUS (IT ACHED AND FELT LIKE A HOT LAVA ROCK!)SOOoooOO I WASN'T TOO SURPRISED BUT STILL THE THIRD DAY , THURSDAY, I LAY IN MY BED AT HOME IN KIND OF A SHOCK. THE DR. SAYS HE'S PRETTY SURE HE GOT IT ALL, IT WAS EVEN GROWING INTO MY MUSCLE AND TRYING TO ENTANGLE MY BONE! I WILL FIND OUT NEXT WEEK OR THE NEXT WHAT MY TREATMENT WILL BE NOW, i KNOW SOME CHEMO AND RADIATION. I'VE ALREADY TOLD MY DR. I'VE BEEN ONLINE AND FOUND OUT SOME JOURNAL SAYS 3 WEEKS OF RADIATION IS GOOD AS 5-6 BUT HE ISN'T GOING TO LISTEN TO ME I DON'T THINK. I'LL TRY AGAIN AND SEE WHAT HE SAYS. IF ANY OF YOU SWEETIES KNOW SOME TIPS ON WHAT GETS YOU THROUGH THESE TREATMENTS LET ME KNOW! MY FAITH HAS GOTTEN ME THIS FAR AND HOPEFULLY I'LL TRUST IN THE LORD ALL THE WAY!

I WAS DOWN THE HALL FROM PEDIATRICS AND THAT WAS HARD, HEARING THOSE SWEET CHILDREN CRIES. WEDNESDAY, THE DAY I GOT TO COME HOME I WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALL WITH MY HUSBAND AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE TERRIER THEY HAD BROUGHT IN FOR THERAPY! ONE OF OUR NUNS CAME TO VISIT ME AND READ SCRIPTURE AND SANG TO ME!!! SOOooooOO SWEET!
WE STILL NEED PRAYERS JUST LIKE EVERYONE DOES! THANK YOU! I WILL KEEP YOU ALL IN MY PRAYERS!!!

A GET WELL CARD I GOT TODAY HAD THIS SCRIPTURE IN IT

THE LORD BLESS YOU, AND KEEP YOU:

THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU,

AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU; THE LORD LIFT UP

HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU, AND GIVE YOU PEACE. NUMBERS 6:24-26

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXXOOXOXXOOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOXOXXOX AND

SWEET DREAMS!

AND I HAVE ALREADY NOTICED THERE IS A NEED FOR PADS TO COVER THE BED OR COUCH WHERE YOU ARE LAYING WITH THESE GRENADES! IF YOU HAVE A CHURCH GROUP WANTING TO MAKE SOME PADS TO COVER THE BED. IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IN HOSPITALS WHEN ONE GOES HOME TO HAVE TO COVER THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE LAYING! I ASKED FOR A COUPLE PADS BEFORE I WENT HOME! I THOUGHT THE NURSE WOULD BRING ME 2 OF THOSE PAPER SURGI-PADS BUT SHE GAVE ME 2 CLOTH GOOD SIZE PADS AND IT HAS SAVED ME FROM WASHING MY SHEETS MORE THAN ONCE!!!

LIFE AND DEATH

2010-02-13T08:38:00.001-08:00

I have aging parents and my 83 soon to be 84 year old dad is in the hospital nearer death than life.
When death is near YOU think of your own death more
The day I got my mammogram and ultrasound and learned I would have to go see a surgeon was the day my dad entered the hospital. That was Monday. Wednesday I got a biopsy and test results should be in by this coming Monday. Wednesday was also the day I witnessed a nurse do a treatment on my dad I will NEVER forget. Day by day is how we all live. I thought I would post this because as my sweet friend said in my previous post, we need support! I NEED your prayers and I will keep YOU all in my prayers as always! I've thought of many poems and never wrote them down but I think I will start. YOU do think of all who are important to YOU and my husband, my three children and their loves are our loves, my mom and dad, my brother and sister-in-law, all the family and friends YOU have are more sweeter!!!!! MAY GOD BLESS US ALL!!!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXXOXOOXOXXOXOXOXOXOOXXOXOX
UPDATE 2/15/2010*******My biopsy was un-malignant(PHEW! THANK GOD!) They will schedule me an appointment and call next week for my operation to remove this lump!(hopefully, it will all test benign!) THANK YOU for prayers and thoughts! I am going to take a nice break now! GET WELL and STAY WELL my darlings! My dad,mom and our family needs your prayers too..................Thank YOU!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOOXXXO

2010-02-03T10:09:00.000-08:00

~DREAMING OF SPRING FLOWERS~

2010-02-01T07:48:00.000-08:00

BRRRRRRRRRRR!!! BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE! AND IT'S FEBRUARY ALREADY! YEP! TOMORROW, GET READY FOR GROUNDHOG'S DAY!!! OOOOOOOOOGGGGAAAA BOOOOOGGGAAA!
IN THE MEANTIME, KEEP COZY WOZY, SNUGGLY WUGGLY AND DREAM OF SPRING FLOWERS!!! SWEET DREAMS MY DARLINGS!!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXXOOXOXOXX

2010-01-26T13:13:00.000-08:00

2010-01-22T10:55:00.000-08:00

~MANY PRAYERS ARE NEEDED!!!~

2010-01-17T20:41:00.000-08:00

A STORY ON CNN REALLY CAPTURED MY HEART! A STORY OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS THAT LIVE 2 HOURS FROM ME! WELL, THEIR FAMILY LIVES NEAR ME! THESE UNSUNG HEROES, THE McMUTRIE SISTERS, JAMIE AND ALI HELP AND WORK(volunteers!!) IN AN ORPHANAGE IN HAITI, "BREBIS DE SAINT-MICHEL DE L'ATTALAYE" THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE ORPHANS OUT OF HAITI TO BRING THEM TO PA! HEREThat's Church IS A LINK TO VIRGINIA MONTANEZ'S BLOG WITH UPDATES..........

AN ARTICLE WRITTEN by JONATHAN WANDER LAST YEAR ABOUT THE SISTERSLove and Haiti - Pittsburgh Magazine - January 2009 - Pittsburgh, PA IN HAITI!

HAITI AND ALL OF HER PEOPLE NEED YOUR MANY PRAYERS AND DONATIONS! PRAYERS ARE ALSO NEEDED FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SEARCH AND RESCUE, MEDICAL, REPORTERS(CNN SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ONE YOU CAN DEPEND ON FOR HAITI NEWS) AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP!

CRO SCRATCHINGS # 1

2010-01-13T14:40:00.000-08:00

THE GREATEST GIFT IS LOVE

2010-01-09T10:16:00.000-08:00

OLD FLOWERS IN THE SNOW
HOPE TO SEE THE NEIGHBOR'S CAT
LOVING ON THEM NOW!
BUT
OH! IT'S SOoooOO SNOWY
AND COLD
EATING PANETTONE
WAITING FOR THE FIRST
CUP OF COFFEE
LIKE A HOLIDAY!
HA! HA!
CRO

WHY WAIT!!!! HERE'S SOME LOVE HEARTS FOR YOU Now!!!from me!!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXXOXO

~POEM DAY~

2010-01-06T10:39:00.000-08:00

~SNAIL MAIL GALORE!!!~

2010-01-04T12:17:00.000-08:00

HERE'S WHAT I AM DOING TODAY! TAKING DOWN STOCKINGS AND KEEPING CHRISTMAS CARDS PAST! I HAVE SOME FROM 2005, MAYBE LATER IN OTHER BOXES I DIDN'T EVEN BRING DOWN THIS YEAR FROM THE ATTIC SINCE IT WAS LITTLE OLE' ME DOING ALL THE PUFFIN! AND HAULIN!

THAT'S MY IDEA OF A TURQUOISE DAY! REFLECTING, READING AND OPENING ALL MY CARDS ONE MORE TIME! I WROTE A FEW POEMS TODAY AND I'VE STILL GOT SOoooOoO MUCH TAKING DOWN DECORATIONS AND LIGHTS TODAY!!!

CLICK ON THE PIC AND MAYBE YOU WILL SEEEEEEE YOUR CHRISTMAS CARD!!

THANK YOU ALL!!! I MEANT TO SEND OUT MORE BUT DIDN'T GET AROUND TO IT! I WAS THINKING OF ALL OF YOU THOUGH!!! XOXOOXOXOXOOXOOXOOX

XOXOOXXOXOOOOXOOOXOOXOXOX PS. HEY GINA! SEE YOUR CARD! I PUT IT IN 2 DIFFERENT PLACES SOOoooO YOU WOULD BE SURE TO SEE IT!!! I THOUGHT I HAD LOST BAH HUMBUG! hehehe

XXOXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXO

it's time

to thank you

THANK YOU my

dear friends

for being my friends

and being

here for me

Thank YOU

I will keep YOU

in my prayers

The LORD will

see us through

hopefully,

faithfully,

WE tried

cro

~~~DID ANYONE SEE THE BLUE MOON?~~~

2010-01-02T15:58:00.000-08:00

DID YOU SEE THE BLUE MOON??!!! I DIDN'T!! MAYBE i WAS TOO BUSY EATING CHOCOLATES!!(not really, it was kind of foggy and overcast the 31st!!) NEXT WEEK, I HAVE TO START SOME EXERCISE AND WEIGHT LOSS!!!!! HEY! THERE'S A CLUE ON THIS COLLAGE WHAT OTHER CANDY I HAVE BEEN EATING! IF YOU GUESS IT i'll SEND YOU SOME!!!NOT PEPPERMINT BARK, OR DARK CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES!

AhhhhHHHHHHHHHhhhhhHHHHH!!! hehe HAVE YOUR SWEETIE BRUSH YOUR HAIR!!! IT IS SOOoooOOoooO RELAXING, ALMOST LIKE EATING OYSTERS!!! hehehe I ALMOST DIDN'T POST THIS BECAUSE I have QUITE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO ARE BATTLING BREAST CANCER AND LOSING THEIR HAIR!!! I AM PRAYING FOR YOU DEAR GALS TO GET YOUR HEALTH BACK, HEALING PRAYERS TO YOU!!!

HAPPY,HAPPY,HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

JUST a little psalm to go with the blue moon,

psalm 72;7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and a abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth AND to psalm 39;7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee

~~MERRY CHRISTMAS SWEETIES!!!~~

2009-12-23T20:25:00.000-08:00

MY crows and I WISH YOU ALL A MERRY, MERRY,
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! LOVE AND PRAYERS TO YOU ALL!!!
XOXOXXOOXOXXOOXOXXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXO WELL, WE MADE HISTORY IN THE BLIZZARD OF 2009 HITTING US WITH 16" OR MORE OF BEAUTIFUL WHITE SNOW!!! MY GINA GIRLY DIDN'T MAKE IT HOME TIL THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER WHICH WAS THE 21ST! SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME SATURDAY, THE 19TH BUT I AM VERY GLAD SHE DIDN'T TRY!!! HER FRIEND HAD TO STAY IN A HOTEL 2 NIGHTS GOING HOME TO NEW YORK!

OF COURSE I WENT OUT IN IT!!! A CHILD AT HEART, YOU KNOW! THE TEXTURE WASN'T RIGHT THOUGH TO MAKE A SNOW CASTLE OR SNOWMAN!

IT ISN'T CHRISTMAS AROUND HERE TIL' YOU SEEEEEEEEE M&M COOKIES!!! MMMMMMM!!! IT'S ALSO MY SWEET HUBBY'S AND MY 36TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!! TODAY!!!IT SNOWED THAT DAY TOO A LOT!!WOOT!!!

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THESE CRITTERS SINCE THE SNOW BLIZZARD HIT!heehehehehe

BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS!SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE!!! 2010, HERE WE COME!!!

XOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

AND SWEET DREAMS!!!

OXXOXOXOOXXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOOXXOXOOX

**~THE GIFT OF THE CARDINAL TREE~**

2009-12-20T10:28:00.000-08:00

REMEMBER THE TRACKS OF THE RACCOONS ON MY BACK PORCH, NOW THERE ARE MANY LITTLE BIRDIE TRACKS! I LOVE THEIR ARTWORK! hehe

HERE I AM!!! SHE SAYS, GAZING AT HER MATE!!!THE CARDINAL IS OUR STATE BIRD!!!

**~*THE GIFT OF THE CARDINAL TREE*~**

CARDINAL TREE

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A

CARDINAL TREE

O!!!!!! WHAT A GIFT

IT IS

TO SEE

A CARDINAL TREE!!!

CRO

I'M SOOoooOooOOO GLAD OUR FRIENDS STOPPED BY TOO TODAY!!!

PS. CLICK ON PICTURES TO SEEEEEEEEEE BETTER!!!

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF BIRDS, EVEN A SILLY CRO!

2009-12-18T11:40:00.000-08:00

THIS IS A PRIM CHICK THAT SMELLS SOOooOo YUMMY! LOVE IT!!! THIS GAL AND HER HUBBY HAVE SWEET BIRDHOUSE FEEDERS FOR SALEFoLk Art Primitive Rustic Baby Star Chick by HarmonsCountryCrafts TOO!

ISN'T SHE LOVELY???!!! THIS GLITTER BIRD(I LOVE THE TURQUOISE RIBBON!) WAS MADE BY TRACIE! VISIT HER FOR NAThe Red Door StudioTURE GIFTS!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE, KIM'S BIRDIE AND ONE OF MY BIRDIES!!! HEHEHE GO HERE, SHE MAY HAVE MORE BIRDS FOR SALE!Queen of Arts

WELL, ON MY MEET AND GREET CRO VLOG, I MENTIONED I MIGHT READ SOME OF MY POETRY TO YOU! WELL, IT TOOK ME 10 DAYS TO GET THE NERVE TO POST THIS SILLY CRO VIDEO!!! HOPE YOU LIKE IT! TALK ABOUT SOMEONE LAUGHING AT THEMSELVES!!! PHEW!

CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

HAPPY WEEK-END!!!SWEETIES!!!!!!!! AND SWEET DREAMS!!!

X0X0XXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXXOXOXOOXXOXOXOOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOX

HAVE A TURQUOISE DAY!

2009-12-16T11:51:00.000-08:00

CAWWWWWWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
"TURQUOISE DAY"

TURQUOISE DAY
HAVE A TURQUOISE DAY!
SING, DANCE A LITTLE TOO,
DARK DAYS COME
JUST THINK OF ALL
THE TURQUOISE DAYS
AND TRY
TO SING,
DANCE A LITTLE
ON THAT DARK DAY TOO!
CRO

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY~

2009-12-12T08:33:00.000-08:00

As my Advent Christmas booklet says, Our Lady of Guadalupe"MARY" CHRISTMAS!!!http://www.catholicweb.com/media_index.cfm?fuseaction=view_article&partnerid=48&article_id=2402 HAIL MARY, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS. HOLY MARY, Mother of GOD, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

This is an old vase(I keep my tea bags in it!) I purchased after I was first married soOOOOo I have had it almost 36 years as of December 23!!! My husband, Jerry brought me into the Catholic faith, ALLELUIA!

I believe MARY's happiest days were her birth, her marriage, when JESUS LEPT IN HER WOMB at her friend Elizabeth's house***LUKE 1;41,the BIRTH of JESUS, and learning of the RISEN CHRIST****LUKE, chapter 24

Her saddest day was when her son Jesus was crucified****John 19;25

http://www.catholicweb.com/media_index.cfm?fuseaction=view_article&partnerid=48&article_id=2101
MAY YOU ALL SMELL ROSES TODAY!!!

i awoke today recalling my last dream! I awoke thinking of Mary. This is the song I sang in my dream with another friend, i think it may have been Eileen.

IN THE GARDEN, one of my FAV songs of childhood learned in the Methodist church of Wilsonburg!

IN THE GARDEN

I come to the garden alone,

while the dew is still on the roses

and the voice I hear

falling on my ear

the SON of God discloses,

and he walks with me

and he talks with me,

and he tells me I am his own

and the JOY we share

as we tarry there

none other

has ever known

author; C. Austin Miles***http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzzqhaLl_8w&feature=related

PLEASE VISIT Rebecca for pictures of MARY here***http://corazon.typepad.com/recuerda_mi_corazon/and Laurie here, it's her BIRTHDAY too!!!and more pictures of MARY**
Laurie Beth Zuckerman: iconARTe

MY DEAR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S BIRTHDAY IS TODAY TOO!!!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE!!!

and I just got a phone call from my sweet daughter, Gina telling me her friend Kelly had her baby at 12:07 TODAY too!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY little sweet Roger and CONGRATS!!! to Kelly and Roger and all the family!!!

xoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

~LET'S CELEBRATE TODAY!!!~

2009-12-09T08:48:00.000-08:00

PHEW! I WENT OUT ON MY BACK PORCH TO GET THESE PICS AND THERE THEY WERE, 2 GREY SQUIRRELS! WE ALL SURPRISED EACH OTHER! LOL WE ALL JUST STOOD THERE FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN THEY SCURRIED OFF UP THE HILL! MEANWHILE, I'VE THROWN SOME PEANUTS AND BREAD OUT! THEY ARE SOoooOO CUTE TO WATCH!! I COULD WATCH THEM ALL DAY LONG!! HERE THEY ARE, TRACKS OF ???????????!!!!! LOL CLICK ONTO MY OLD SHOE PICTURE, THEY EVEN TRIED MY SHOES ON, FRISKY RACOONS I THINK!

MY FAVORITE OUTSIDE PORCH SHOES!!! hehehehe

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO MY BIRTHDAY ROSES AND THE LAST OF MY BIRTHDAY CAKE(NOVEMBER) i PUT THE CAKE OUT TOO LATE IN THE EVENING SOOoooOOo THE SQUIRRELS AND CROWS DIDN'T GET IT i DON'T THINK! i THINK A FAMILY OF RACOONS MAYBE!!! hehehe I've got to add a pic of my back porch! (i did!)

MEET CARMINE!!!!! HEHEHE what's deb doing?SHE SEEMED TO BE PRETTY HAPPY TO BE GOING OUT TO TEXAS TO DEB'S! IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED DEB, YOU WILL HAVE TO! SHE IS ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING COLORFUL AND FUN!!!I FINALLY WHIPPED UP PRIM CINNAMONY CARMINE FOR THE PRIZE OF GUESSING WHAT WAS THE GUMDROPS! IN THE CANDY JAR!! MMMMMmmmmm! I HAVE REPLACED THEM ONCE AGAIN!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

~AND NOW THAT IT'S ALL OVER~

2009-12-07T14:21:00.000-08:00

Remember the sketchbook journal in my VLOG?!! I finally finished it!! The Art House Gallery sends YOU the sketchbook and then we are supposed to send it back. This book had too, too many pages soOOOOoOoo I did a lot of glueing and gesso work before beginning. I used 2 of my Moo cards, 2 of my postcards from my Etsy Shop, and a few pictures of mine! I included 2 of my poems which I might read to YOU(MAYBE) and a few favorite sayings +my FAV Bible Psalm which is Psalm 122;1***I was GLAD when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Included in the back of your sketchbook they gave YOU a theme! Mine is past, present and future.
WELCOME DEAR READER, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!!!

YESTERDAY

2009-12-06T09:55:00.000-08:00

CRO MEET AND GREET ON FIRST UP CLOSE VLOG!

2009-12-01T12:29:00.000-08:00

after I shot this video I got busy and made 2 purple critters out of the material YOU saw on my video!!! LOL Phew! I am kind of shy and I don't know about this video stuff but it is kind of FUN! I kind of seem upset at the Jo-Ann Fabric prices, well, I had a 50% off coupon but everything I had was already on sale(the magazines, not so much!!) The customer behind me loved me because she got my 50%coupon then! I HOPE she got to use it!!! She really thanked me!!! hehehe
My KITTY CAT is on sale over herehttp://www.crostuff.blogspot.com/ I tried putting on etsy but my pics are too big and I don't have a clue how to resize them for Etsy soOOOOOo I'll just try selling on my Cro Stuff Blog!!! SHOULD I KEEP THE DEARFOAMS? I'm kind of upset because they have tiny holes in them where they put those sales tags!! I got everything YOU see on my video on sale with birthday coupons!!! Woot! Have a JUICY day!!! sweeties!

~A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST~

2009-11-29T08:45:00.000-08:00

mmmmmmMMMMM! Squash and garlic frying in my old iron skillet

mmmmMMMMM! Lasagna and loaded with garlic ready to go in the oven(Yes, I got it fixed last week! just in time for holiday baking)

mmmmMMMMMMMMMM ***Lots and lots of garlic

mmmmmMMMMMM! Peppers, onions and Garlic (hehe)

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YESTERDAY I was a frying pan fool!!! LOL Luckily, we live by a fresh produce house! Friday, we stopped in and they had over to the side where all the bargains are, lots and lots of lil boxes of garlic on sale!!! I want to go back for more because I love garlic and it is soOOOOOoo good for YOU!!! I WONDER, though does anyone know how to STORE THESE BEAUTIES??? Do YOU put them in a jar, a box, can YOU freeze garlic??!!! I'm going to have to google for some garlic info!! I HOPE YOU had a sweet Thanksgiving!

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Psalm 105;1***O Give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among his people......***2***Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; talk ye of all his wondrous works***3***Glory ye his holy name;let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, PRAISE YE THE LORD!!!!!!

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Now, I must go feed the crows and squirrels, also a Blue Jay here and there! I might have to chase Butchie, the black cat! He likes to hunt and try and creep upon my sweet lil squirrels!! YOU know what I'll be eating today!! hehe Garlic, anyone??!!!

~~HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU!~~

2009-11-25T15:58:00.000-08:00

mmmm! The smell of a ROSE and a chocolate tree!!!She wants no-one to know who she is under her veil waiting for a chocolate to fall or will she hurry and pick them all?!! INSPIRED by Misty's beautiful painting MISTYMAWNNNNNNNNNNNNtoday!! I have to practice my sheerness more! LOOK!

ILKA'S ATTIC
joining in the FUN on Susan's Blog! Chrysti and Susan have joined together their photos and NOW YOU can join in on the fun too! I was very much SURPRISED the other day when I went outside on my front porch and there this pretty little yellow bloom was waiting for me! In November!!!

A SWEET SURPRISE

AN UPSIDE DOWN SQUIRREL IS ALWAYS A SURPRISE!!! BE SURE AND CLICK ON HIS OR HER PIC TO SEE BETTER!

I WISH YOU AND YOURS A HAPPY THANKSGIVNG!!!

Proverbs 15; 17....Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith

Proverbs 17;1....BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifice with strife

PSALM 143;6....I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah

XOOXXOXOXOXOOXOXOXXOOXXOOXXOXOOXOXOOXOXOXOX

AND

SWEET DREAMS!!!

Turquoise CRO Thyme

~**~WONDERFUL SUNDAY IS BACK~**~

~*~SUNDAY IS A SPECIAL DAY~*~

~*SEPTEMBER WAS ROUGH(A BITCH!!!)*~

*~CLAP YOUR HANDS AND REJOICE~*

~*HAVE A SWEET GOD BLESS YOU WEEK-END!*~

~**~HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIDA~**~

~*IN MY OPINION, HERE IS WHO SHOULD HAVE WON*~

~*ARE YOU IN THE HANDS OF ANGELS*~

~*~**HAPPY WEEK-END EVERYONE!!!**~*~

~*~IT WAS A YEAR AGO TODAY~*~

~*~CROWN YOURSELF!~*~

~*~SHARING MY JOY and SADNESS~*~

ECSTASY SUNDAY, NOT SO MUCH, PROBABLY SO!!!

~*~CELEBRATE NOTHING~*~CELEBRATE EVERYTHING!!!~*~

~**~A GATHERING IS A JOY!!!~**~

~*IT IS JANUARY 17?!!!!!~*

~*SHE WEARS HER HEART ON HER HEAD!*~

~*~*~*THINK SWEET*~*~*~

~*~*AND THE BEAT GOES ON*~*~

~*HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS*~ and *~MERRY CHRISTMAS! EVERYONE!~*

~*~*SUNDAY ECSTASY*~*~

~*~*CHRISTMAS DINNER TONIGHT*~*~

~*~*~*MAY YOU SEE VISIONS OF MARY*~*~*~

~*~*~*EVEN MY TEABAGS ARE BLESSED*~*~*~

*~*MAY WE ALL HAVE DREAMS OF MARY*~*

*MARY PRAISED GOD DANCING FOR JOY NEAR THE TIME OF JESUS BIRTH*

*~*MARY STILL BLESSING MOM AND DAD'S MARRIAGE*~* 63YEARS!!!

~*MARY AND JOSEPH WALK IN THE SNOW WITH THEIR COLT*~

**~**MARY DREAMS OF WHITE ROSES**~**

~*JOSEPH, IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO JESUS'S BIRTH!!*~

**~*THE ROSES SING FOR MARY*~**

~*VISIONS OF MARY*~

~~*~MARY'S SHARING THE NIGHT~~*~

~*HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE*~

~**~HAPPY THANKSGIVING!~**~

~*JOY,JOY DOWN IN MY HEART*~

~*CAN YOU SAY TEMPEL TUTTLE*~

~*~BLESSED BIRTHDAY GAL~*~

~*~INDIAN SUMMER SUNRISE~*~

~~***HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONI***~~

***LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF***

**~DIA DE LOS MUERTOS~**day of the dead

~**CROWS LIVE UNDERWATER TOO!**~

**SUNDAY PREACHING ON A MONDAY**

~~PATIENCE IN THE ANIMAL WORLD~~

~***YUMMY PUMPKIN CORN CHOWDER***~

**~10-10-10, a SWEET Park Walk~**

***~~MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE~~***

~~***ZZZZIIIPPPPPP!!!***~~

~*EAT***PRAY***LOVE*~

*~*COME FLY WITH ME*~*

~**WE NEED EACH OTHER**~

~*BABY DID A BAD BAD THING*~

*MY SOCKS DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO!*

~*~*YOUR HEART AND MY HEART~*~*

***~~GOD BLESS AMERICA~~***

**~SWEET INSPIRATION~**

***~DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE~***

*~HAVE A SAFE AND PRAYERFUL MEMORIAL DAY~*

**ONCE A HIPPIE, ALWAYS A HIPPIE! HA! HA!**

~~!GREED KILLS!~~

~**COME LOOK THROUGH MY CURTAINS**~

~~**ONE OF THOSE DAYS**~~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!!

MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF, PHEW!!! HA!

`*'`*' `*'HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!`*'`*' `*'

~*MAY 1, THERE WAS ONLY 1*~

*~~~***YESTERDAY***~~~*

***~*WHEN THE DAISIES BLOOM*~***

Cro in the Brooklyn Art Library Gallery! Woo Hoo!

JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME!!!

THANK GOD FOR PEACE AND QUIET

~~***CAWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWW***~~

**~DAD TURNED 84 YESTERDAY~**

*~~*MORE PRAYERS PLEASE*~~*

~~***LIFE AND DEATH***~~

~***DREAMING OF SPRING FLOWERS***~

~*MANY PRAYERS ARE NEEDED!!!*~

~~*CRO SCRATCHINGS # 1*~~

WONDERFUL SUNDAY IS BACK

~~SUNDAY IS A SPECIAL DAY~~

~SEPTEMBER WAS ROUGH(A BITCH!!!)~

~CLAP YOUR HANDS AND REJOICE~

~HAVE A SWEET GOD BLESS YOU WEEK-END!~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIDA

~IN MY OPINION, HERE IS WHO SHOULD HAVE WON~

~ARE YOU IN THE HANDS OF ANGELS~

~~HAPPY WEEK-END EVERYONE!!!~~

~~IT WAS A YEAR AGO TODAY~~

~~CROWN YOURSELF!~~

~~SHARING MY JOY and SADNESS~~

~~CELEBRATE NOTHING~~CELEBRATE EVERYTHING!!!~*~

A GATHERING IS A JOY!!!

~IT IS JANUARY 17?!!!!!~

~SHE WEARS HER HEART ON HER HEAD!~

~~~THINK SWEET~~~

~~AND THE BEAT GOES ON~~

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS~ and ~MERRY CHRISTMAS! EVERYONE!~

~~SUNDAY ECSTASY~~

~~CHRISTMAS DINNER TONIGHT~~

~~~MAY YOU SEE VISIONS OF MARY~~~

~~~EVEN MY TEABAGS ARE BLESSED~~~

~MAY WE ALL HAVE DREAMS OF MARY~

MARY PRAISED GOD DANCING FOR JOY NEAR THE TIME OF JESUS BIRTH

~MARY STILL BLESSING MOM AND DAD'S MARRIAGE~ 63YEARS!!!

~MARY AND JOSEPH WALK IN THE SNOW WITH THEIR COLT~

~MARY DREAMS OF WHITE ROSES~

~JOSEPH, IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO JESUS'S BIRTH!!~

**~THE ROSES SING FOR MARY~**

~VISIONS OF MARY~

~~~MARY'S SHARING THE NIGHT~~~

~HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE~

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

~JOY,JOY DOWN IN MY HEART~

~CAN YOU SAY TEMPEL TUTTLE~

~~BLESSED BIRTHDAY GAL~~

~~INDIAN SUMMER SUNRISE~~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONI

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF

~DIA DE LOS MUERTOS~day of the dead

~CROWS LIVE UNDERWATER TOO!~

SUNDAY PREACHING ON A MONDAY

PATIENCE IN THE ANIMAL WORLD

~YUMMY PUMPKIN CORN CHOWDER~

~10-10-10, a SWEET Park Walk~

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

ZZZZIIIPPPPPP!!!

~EATPRAYLOVE~

~COME FLY WITH ME~

~WE NEED EACH OTHER~

~BABY DID A BAD BAD THING~

MY SOCKS DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO!

~~YOUR HEART AND MY HEART~~

GOD BLESS AMERICA

~SWEET INSPIRATION~

~DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE~

~HAVE A SAFE AND PRAYERFUL MEMORIAL DAY~

ONCE A HIPPIE, ALWAYS A HIPPIE! HA! HA!

!GREED KILLS!

~COME LOOK THROUGH MY CURTAINS~

ONE OF THOSE DAYS

`'`' `'HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!`'`' `'

~MAY 1, THERE WAS ONLY 1~

~YESTERDAY~

***~WHEN THE DAISIES BLOOM~***

CAWWWWWWW CAWWWWWWW

~DAD TURNED 84 YESTERDAY~

MORE PRAYERS PLEASE

LIFE AND DEATH

~DREAMING OF SPRING FLOWERS~

~MANY PRAYERS ARE NEEDED!!!~

CRO SCRATCHINGS # 1

THE GREATEST GIFT IS LOVE

~POEM DAY~

~SNAIL MAIL GALORE!!!~

~~~DID ANYONE SEE THE BLUE MOON?~~~

~~MERRY CHRISTMAS SWEETIES!!!~~

**~THE GIFT OF THE CARDINAL TREE~**

HAVE A TURQUOISE DAY!