Annabelle …my little lotus Flower

It is very hard having them live in another state, so every picture counts. Have a wonderful Thursday:)

Yesterday a Starbucks with a little adventure….

Woke to a really beautiful day, the sun was warm and the sky was a deep blue. Arney gassed up the little Subaru and off I went to Boise. It is a little more than 20 miles on the back roads. I was ready for a little adventure with my 50 dollar gift card B&N my son Cory gave me last May. I wish we had a store here in Nampa, but the drive was really nice.

Bought myself a cup Milky Way Latté and I was ready to find some art Magazines. I bought 5 of them, yep, I had to put some of my own cash in but it was fun.

While deep into making a few choices a friend from church joined me…we talked crafts and I continued on my way with Mages and coffee in hand. Drove home listening to some good sounds and got a call from Mary…I know don’t drive and talk:(

Last, I have finished the tags for the items for Bazaar. I think they work well. And now to decide if I have enough energy to make some other things, before the end of October…maybe!!!!!

It’s October, how can that be????

This Facet is next to the old well.

  Finn looks very determined about keeping his ball. Then he will bring it to me to throw! I just had to put him on today. He was taken in the sun on what now seems to be his rug.

I was on the phone on this beautiful fall day with my friend Mary.When I heard something and could not figure out where it was coming from.

This facet has not worked for about 15 years and I loved it because it is about 10 feet from my back door. Where my plants are.

My poor dogs think I have lost my mind because I am yelling on the phone about this little facet. I went in the house and got my camera because Arney would never believe this unless he had seen it.

It dripped water all afternoon. And when Arney got home it was still dripping. He turned the handle and water was rushing out of it. So we will see what happens next.

I am sure you know by now that it is the little things that make me happy….:)

As we say good-by to September…..

 

Along with leaves turning all shades of amber, yellows, and reds, comes the memories of new pencils, paper not yet written on, the smell of new books, and the Pee Chee that was free of doodles and that special guy that you couldn’t stop looking at. The cold leather seats on the morning bus, good old number 10. The new shoes that for the first week gave me a bloody sore on my heal. One size to big, gotta have room to grow. My locker that was always a mess. Open at own risk should have been on the front. A coke and candy bar for lunch…gotta have hair spray and nylon’s. Save that lunch money! Baby sitting for pennies so I could save for a new black wool skirt. Making old clothes look new, thank you Grandma for teaching me to sew. waiting for the bus in 3 feet of snow.

Falling in love, lost love, searching for Mister Wonderful when there were lots of frogs. Going to be a Air line stewardess, come fly with me. To short!!! Best friends, lunch at the senior tree. Flat chest in a world of big boobs. Walking through the fall leaves and feeling the crunch  and waiting to grow up. So this is my September felling….

A Handy hint for your Puppy.

Finley will be five months old October 1st, And now that cold weather is coming soon, I thought it was time for a little something for Finn. I looked at a few things, but really there are few things for boy dogs of any age. So I bought him another ball and called it good. I was heading for the food area when I just had to look at the baby clothes. And there it was a Royal blue onezie preemie size with a white strip. I thought if I cut the bottom off it would be a great little tee for Finn. So as you can see it worked out just perfect and he is very happy about it. So that cost me two dollars.

And he still got the ball……

continue making tags…..

You will probably get tired of seeing tags for the next few posts, but that is what I am doing…my poor house!!!

Tags for Bazaar 2011

 

Here is the start of the tags I am making. I love the little paper dolls. Just had to find away to us them. Lots of cutting, but worth it. I haven’t decided if they will all be this theme.

Finley giving me some help!:)

A Good Morning gift

A good morning gift….We had a big storm and it left us with branches here and there. So  Finley brought in a little present to share. He is so funny, he brings in anything that he thinks is special. Thank you finely:)

Tags are started.

This is the start of my tags. I cut 140 paper dolls for this project so far.

Since I do not have a craft room. I am doing this on my coffee table. I have cut out tags in baby pink, blue, yellow, lavender and white. I will share more as I go along.

My crafts are in plastic containers until the upstairs is finished. But for now it is a real mess to do a craft. Not a good time for company.

It stormed last night. Lightening, thunder and rain. Now we have a cool down, so we will be in the 70’s and 80’s, fine with me.

I have missed our time together..

 It has been awhile and I hope that you have all been having fun with the summer sun. I am working on tags for Bazaar that I will share soon. Remember in school when they asked you what you did this summer?

My Birthday in July was spent with my Granddaughter Kayla and my Great Granddaughter Bella. It was a sweet time and I am so glad to have had this…Kayla and I had our Birthdays together.

I have lost some weight but still have a long way to go. I also went to a sports and pain center for my back and although I am going to always have back pain, I have learned a lot about how to help it.

And then their is Finley “Finn” our sweet puppy. He keeps us on our toes and makes us laugh…it is a good thing.

I am sad about my Flower garden. It seems the dirt has lost all plants need to grow. So we will be clearing out my flower beds and adding what is needed for growing. I did get flowers, but the ground is hard and no amount of turning the soil has helped.

Arney is sanding and staining the porch rails and floor. Nothing last forever and it needed some TLC.

It is in the 90’s here today but they are calling for a cool down.

We didn’t go anywhere this summer. But we are planning on it this winter Or late fall.

So what did I do this summer? Mary Maintenance. Now I hope to get busy doing other things too.

It is good to be here, now I will comment as I go looking at what you have done this summer. Mary

How could we forget?

I woke this morning to the reading of the names of mankind that had died on 9/11. I did not know one of these lives, I do not know if they were Rep. or Dem. I have no idea what or if they had a church or a faith in God. I only knew that they were gone and it left a hole in the hearts of family and friends. As a nation we wrapped our arms around these people dead or alive. They belonged to us, we the American people. And now ten years later we feel a great loss. We lost a few freedoms and I never felt more awake. I found myself feeling a great pride in this country and We The People because I could see the care in the faces around me. We matter, we circled the wagons. But our leadership found away to invade a country that I have sense learned had nothing to do with this act against America.

What is our direction today, who do we yell at, what do we feel about this land we say we love and the people in it. I think we are under a horrible cloud, we seem to see eye to eye on very little. Families divided because of what? If you open your mouth in the wrong places, you will find hate standing between you. I am sad, and I worry about the hate that has entered this country.

9/11 is over, the man who caused this is dead, we are doing the best we can to be safe, but for heavens sake, where is the heart? Are we going back to a time when brother fought against brother, father against son. Families not coming together for fear of a fight, the pain of words said and unsaid. We are the government and we pay these guy to piss us off, do it wrong, take the money and run...who are they and why do they think they can mess with our hearts, our minds, our respect for each other. So the battle is not them, it is us, WE THE PEOPLE! What have we lost as a people, are we lazy, do we just not care about each other as long as no other country comes along and hits us like 9/11. Then we pull out our fear of them, our hearts bleed for those that are hurt, or will we keep this hate going and say oh well, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Every time we take away money from education, people that are in need, distroy a program that has worked for decades, We the People hurt and kill our own kind. One pill a day taken from the wrong person can cause a death and yet we don't want to fund those with the least.

Yep, this is a soap box and I am sad....I am venting because I need a place too. My hope that we are on the same page, but if we are not, I hope it doesn't mean that we can't be different and still care about each other.

A Little “Mary” Maintenance

 I am taking a break from Blog land. Not for very long. I am busy working on me. It will be hard, but I just need some me time. I may drop by your blogs and comment as time permits. I am going to a therapist for my back and just trying to get me well.

Be back soon…..Hugs, Mary