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Apr21

Photo Hunt-steps

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I like this photo as it was before Mom was hurting everyday from sciatica and she looks more like she always did. It was taken on a day trip to a New Jersey shopping area-Smithville Village. We later went to Caesar’s in Atlantic City.
Mom on steps in NJ

When we went to Orlando a couple of years ago, we went to a Titanic exhibit the last day and this is a replica of the ship’s grand staircase.

Steps of Titanic replica in Orlando, FL
And just for fun…

The Part of You That No One Sees

You are compassionate, caring, and soothing.
You like other people to depend on you…
In fact, you don’t feel right unless you are helping someone out.Underneath it all, you feel the burden of everyone’s problems.
Without your guidance, you fear that many people’s worlds would fall apart.
You like to feel in charge, even if it brings you a lot of stress.

What’s the Part of You That No One Sees?

Mar12

JT and NRR

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First of all, Happy Birthday to my favorite singer, James Taylor who turns 59 today!!

JT on tour 2006

Then a finished design for our Neighborhood round robin. It’s for Carol in New Hampshire. This was a bit difficult for me, but I was up for the challenge as Carol wanted flowers galore on her project. The hummingbird and kitty were added as requested. There were 42 colors used.

Carol’s NRR

You’ll be seeing more Flower show photos along the way too when I am wondering what to post about. : )

Mar10

Photo hunt-architecture

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Church in rural PA

This was taken about 1991-92 when we went up to near Penn State for the wedding of Brian’s cousin. Brian’s mom was still with us (she passed on in ’96) and this was a little church behind the cemetery where most of Brian’s maternal relatives rest (including his mom now). Brian believes his mom went to church here, way out in the sticks.  I think because of taking this photo, I got an interest in the design and architecture of other churches, thus taking photos of them in my travels. This is such a simple, but beautiful place and I wonder if it’s still standing.

Mar8

For Becky

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I wanted a photo for Becky to show my appreciation for her lovely ‘giveaway’ on her blog. I am really happy with it as you can see.

Me with my lovely cross stitch win

My hair is just pulled back. I had a photo contest between Sean and Bri and Brian’s won!

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Sean is changing his major to Geography. He can’t handle all the math like Trig that the Earth Science major says he has to take. I’d love for him to do something with graphics/advertising. He use to make the best posters for his projects and many of the teachers asked if they could keep them. I have a feeling that he isn’t finishing ‘switching’ yet.

Mar3

Mom stuff

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Did you feel the earth move today? I hopped in the van about 11:30 and went down to my mom’s to do a few things for her. Things that I feel bad that she couldn’t do for herself. One was putting the handle on her new vacuum cleaner. It took me a few minutes (remember I don’t read directions), but I got it. She got one of those bagless ones which is not good for someone like me with allergies. I donned a dust mask and went to town-after spraying all over with Lysol and Febreze. I had to empty it about 6 times as it had been a while since the place was vacuumed. She also wanted me to hang up a new phone, but a connector piece was missing. Both the wall plate and the phone only had spaces for those little snap in pieces. I put a slipcover on a chair and then had to leave. I had brought her half of a lobster salad sandwich. I had gotten baby lobster tails for Christmastime and never cooked them until yesterday. It was good! I think she enjoyed it. I also brought her a 8 oz can of coke which seemed to brighten her up a bit-sugar overload. I got to talk to my Uncle Don too which made me feel better. He sounds okay, a little tired but more like I expect him to sound. And mom really liked my Art Trading cards, especially the one I made for her. She said she can see why I like doing them. She showed me all the little watercolors she’s been doing from her watercolor a day calendar. I can see her getting better each day. I was glad to see her being creative.

I dropped by my brother’s on the way home with Roald Dahl books for Tori and a few other things I found in the room I am trying to turn into a craft area. I told them mom didn’t look good and her appetite was terrible. My nephew Kenny who is almost 11 is as tall as me now! Tori was cute and gave me several hugs.

When I got home, we went to church, picked up disgustingly big burgers (am feeling that!) and settled in for the night.

I talked to mom and she said she had cleaned off her end tables in the living room after her shower. I sure hope she gets her strength up so she can go to the Philly Flower Show sometime this week. That’s a lot of walking! Brian’s dad isn’t well either. So much to worry about.

No photo for ‘salty’ as call I could think of was pretzels and my jar of sea salt. Sorry!

Mar2

Wheel of lunch

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Krazy Dad, over in my sidebar is so clever and you don’t know what to expect from him next, especially this ‘gadget’.

My lunch wheel
So next time somebody whines about where to go to eat lunch (or dinner), I’m going here and spinning the wheel. We haven’t even eaten at some of these places, so awesome!

BTW, the lady on Who Wants to be a Millionaire right now is from nearby Landenberg and she was up to $16K but lost all of it but $1k. I don’t know her, but I live less than 6 miles from her (I mapped her name and town). Someone from Kennett Square was on Jeopardy a few weeks ago and she made the local paper!

Feb27

Some gifties

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Since Dawn received her gifts, I thought you’d like to see what I made for her:

Snow lady for Dawn
She loves snowmen, so I stitched up a snowlady! The snow is clear beads.
Cat embellished photo album
She likes kitties too. I used my trusty old desk calendar yet again! Nothing goes to waste. See Cos on there too?
And last but no where near least is this beautiful stained box with the top that was stitched and finished by Becky—->

I won it!

She filled it with lovely floss and I always need it as I stitch a bunch for charity. The funny thing is I call Sean my ‘good egg’ and made a ATC for him with that expression. He is my only child. ; )
I absolutely am thrilled to pieces and love it! Thanks for picking me Becky!!
A beautiful win from Becky

Feb25

I should rule…

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You Should Rule Saturn

Saturn is a mysterious planet that can rarely be seen with the naked eye.You are perfect to rule Saturn because like its rings, you don’t always follow the rules of nature.
And like Saturn, to really be able to understand you, someone delve beyond your appearance.

You are not an easy person to befriend. However, once you enter a friendship, you’ll be a friend for life.
You think slowly but deeply. You only gain great understanding after a situation has past.

What Planet Should You Rule?

Feb25

Look ma, it’s snowing again!

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Thought I’d pop on here to write a post, but the regular log on page for wordpress was MIA. I had to say I wanted to post a comment to a WP post that did appear and that’s how I logged on in a round-about way!

And it is snowing again with probably an episode of ice, like 11 days ago. Luckily, we finally got our Valentine’s din din last night. The restaurant we like is never crowded on Saturday nights and they have good food. I had my usual Kennett mushroom burger. We made a mistake of getting nachos which killed our appetites for our burgers and shrimp dish(<—Sean). The nachos had a tart bbq sauce mixed in with the meat sauce, so good. Sean took a photo of Bri and me, a tradition it seems to becoming each year. He needs to transfer it to the computer.

Brian and I went to the grocery store afterwards, another place that wasn’t crowded. We heard that this store is closing and moving. I can tell their inventory is lower. I kept checking for MSG and even the Gorton’s fishsticks had it. I am going to turn over a new leaf by cooking more from scratch. I do most of the time anyway. Rachael Ray had a yummy looking cod cooked in a pouch with olives, onions, fennel and garlic) on 30 minute meals today. It is Lent after all.

Sean and I rented three movies. One is playing now that I rented for Brian-The US vs. John Lennon. Sean rented ‘The Departed’. I started to watch it with him Friday night and told him I wasn’t interested in seeing the rest of it last night. Too much cursing, beating, killing, etc. Topnotch actors like DiCaprio, Nicholson, Sheen, Damon and Wahlberg and it’s up for Best Picture.

I rented ‘Marie Antoinette’. I enjoyed the scenery and the costumes. The plot was pretty lame. And why didn’t Kirsten Dunst (MA) and Jason Schwartzman (King Louis) at least have some kind of an accent for being Austrian and French? They sounded like kids from southern California. And the choice of music in most of the movie was odd. I guess Sofia Coppola was doing her own ‘thang’.

Pretty costumes

Have a nice Sunday. It’s pot roast night, so I’ll pop that in the oven soon.