Arney's Birthday & it is Snowing

It started snowing this evening...because it has been warmer than usual, I have some plants that will not like this...but I love it!

We all had a really nice time....not the best picture, but I think you get the idea. I made a very large chocolate cake. One box for each layer, and two different kinds of frosting. I didn't find my candles so put a votive on the cake. Like most things with us, there is a story about this cake. I got the frosting on perfect ( my perfect) which means it looked homemade. I had Arney put it in the ref. He closed the door, I went to get something and found that cake and frosting was stuck to the inside of the door. Oh No! So I fixed it. Arney put it back in the ref. and realized that the cantaloupe in the mesh bag was causing him the problem...so he took it out over the top of the cake and again messed up my frosting. It now had some funny looking design, but I decided it would just have to do. Knowing that it would taste really good anyway. And it did:) The last time I made this cake, Mattie ate a side of it...just before we were leaving for Jenny's Birthday a couple of years back...I almost cried.

Happy Birthday too my Dearest Arney!

Journal page # 1

I really have started to enjoy this, it was just hard getting started. I see such lovely Journals and I am not sure this is my thing, but it is good therapy for me. I hope you enjoy these pages. I will be sharing some of my past as well as now. Click to enlarge.... Meet the No Sugar Fairy.

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I have seen a few blogs with picture of when they were little, so being a copy cat, it seemed like it might be fun. I am two years old. My hair is red, my eyes are brown. I am very small for my age.

My Mother and Grandmother talked about how easy my hair was to curl. A little water and wrap it around their figure. I was a chatter box, would talk the ear of a elephant was what I heard. Somethings never change.

Here it is Monday already. Nothing much planned for today. I did started my first Journal pages. I will not be able to do one a day. Arney is home for a few days of vacation and we have some plans. Looking for ideas too.

It is cold and damp today...snow on it's way, maybe here in the valley.

Happy Monday, Mary

Laneal's Birthday..Homemade card

We went to a really nice French Restautant in one of our history houses in town. "La Bell" I had the Oh La La salad, it was very good. Ruth is in the picture too, she is a sweet lady too. I was going to take more pictures but the lighting was not good. It was a Oh La La afternoon. Then I went to see Trevor, his ankle is still swelling alot. But he is coming along well.

Today is lunch with the girls...also a Birthday lunch for my friend Laneal. Laneal and I worked together with the youth of our church...a lot of great memories. I made the envelope as well as the cupcakes...Put on glitter to the cherries. Life is a bowl of cherries, but a cup cake makes it even better. Hope your day is full of good things:) This is the front of the card.....

Here is the inside of the card....yes, I did take a bite out of this cupcake, low calerie!

It's a start!

It starts with having a front cover, it took awhile to decide how I wanted it to look. Today it all came together....patients, some glue and a lot of fun, and the black marker helped. The inside is card stock, so with some paint, paste, and a little fun it should be a real adventure for me. I have been dragging my feet because this will be the first one I have done about my time, my days, my feelings....so we will see... click to enlarge. I made the door to welcome you in... Looking forward to taking you on this journey with me:)

Laughter

Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could laugh your way to being thin. I found this and believe me I did get a big smile. I have been getting things ready for a Journal that would somehow share this time. The really good days and the hard days, and the disappointing days. I think the expectations can be the worst part...if I do this, that and just everything I should that the pounds will come off. The body is a mystery for sure....and we ask so much of it. If I deprive it then it should do what I want it to do. Just a few days of eating wrong and I would be back to square one in a matter of a couple of days. Click on picture to read...
It is sunny today but to cold go out and really enjoy it. So the dogs and I are in and out...
Trying to figure out how to do this Journal....Yikes!!!!!

Here I am ready or not!

Savannah thought it was time to take my picture.....so here I am with the new hair cut and silly me! We are off to costco to buy me more fruit. Savannah is Doug and Jenny's niece...she calls me Grandma Mary...You know I just love that!!!!! It is always fun when we are all together...

Making Boots and Jenny's Birthday

Doug made dinner...Jenny was to relax and enjoy. Everyone had a good time, we decided that Jenny is 29....she liked that idea.

Happy Birthday to my JENNY....Born in the early morning 1972. Jenny is a very special girl, so talented, and loves life. She gives so much and asks for so little. It would be lonely life if I did not have her. She makes everything special, the littlest things become a event. My heart, My Jenny!

I have been making these little Boots....This one is for my Daughter, I am putting lip gloss that she like in it. It is a fun project, and something new for me to do on these cold winter days. I will call it my "In front of TV craft. My hair is too short, but what can a person do when the cutter is not understanding your directions....It will grow! Just weighed in....I have lost 10 pounds. 15th of January.

Change

Woke this morning needing a change....my hair is driving me crazy....I need a change. So I called my girl and she got me in...I want it shorter. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO off I go to get a new look. I already went shopping and it didn't make me feel better. I have the same due that I have had forever.

Today!

The question is how am I loosing the weight...So I made this little collage to answer the question. I hope you like it...Nothing easy about getting rid of fat...but with help from my family and friends, I do have hope! sugar and fat is the enemy right now, and I am welling to fight. I am laughing, enjoying things, just like always....but with a goal for life. So I can continue to enjoy my life in a leaner, stronger body. I want to take this time to thank all of you for your support...this is a challenge I hope to win. click on collage to make larger

New pocket Camera:)

Arney bought me this sweet little camera a couple of days ago. I am still learning how to use it, it is really fun. It is only 31/2 inches wide and 2 inches tall. Perfect to have in my purse. I have a larger camera and I hate to stuff it into my bag. I will take more pictures, at least I plan too. It is a new toy.... I just had to share this with you since we all take pictures, we will see how it does.
10 days and 8 pounds lost....I am happy with that:)

The Road Not Taken

I am working on a couple of things that I want to share...but it is slow going. In the moving from a craft room to storage has left me a little frustrated. I can't find anything!!! It is very pretty here today, the sky is so blue. It is cold! Arney is taking Trevor (son) in for his ankle to be checked this morning. this is his first check up since his surgery. I can tell he is very nerves. He is trying so hard to stay positive through this time. As I was searching for things I need for a project, I came across this poem by Robert Frost. It seemed right for the beginning of the New Year. So I thought it would be nice to share it with you. I am sure most of you have read it before, but I felt good about posting it today. Also I wanted to share that the background is the tree's and two roads, I put the lady taking one of them into this graphic. The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves not step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Knowing not what is at the end of this road....I found myself asking this question...which one would I have taken. We make decisions everyday that seek a good ending but how do we choose? With our head or our heart?