I promised some pics of the painting the girls and I am doing...

First of all I want to say, Thank you, to my girlfriends
for including me in the paintings!! I had loads of fun on
Wednesday evening, lots of laughs, some discussions...
and yes we even painted!!
The week before my friend Ali, and two other friends,
Loranne, and Mary... (these are not their names, I
haven't been given the permission to use their real
names) worked on the beginning of the painting.
Ali got me caught up last Friday... and as you see...
this is what it looked
like.... can you see the trees... and the sky??? I
sort of can...
Then after this weeks laughs... and fun...
lots of discussion on what to do next...
This is what it looks like on week 2.
Can you see the
trees and sky now??? There is more to come...
I hope my trees on the right stand out a bit
more after next week... We have to work
on flowers... some more trees... and well...
We will see next week huh? I hope you enjoyed
the peek.

Oh, I can't show you the other girls' paintings,
they all told me they NEVER show anyone other
than their husbands... after it is finished!
Maybe I can connivance them to show them
when we are done. :D

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!
Mine was full of love... (grandchildren... daughters...
hubby... and other family) Loads of SUN!!!
Wind!!! and I even did my first tanning
session!!! I spent just about 8 minutes on
the table... and yeah... I got burnt!! On the
backside!! So then Brock and I went and played
in the park... and the actual sun... burnt the front
side... so I have two different tan lines.. or should
I say... BURN LINES! lol. So hopefully I can get
it to where I only have one! :D But it was a fun
day anyway!!! So I hope you enjoy your weekend
as much as I intend to... (GOING TO AN AUCTION
TOMORROW!!!) and I did this week! :D
Happy Hunting to all!!! :D
Looking forward to showing you my finds on
Monday! :D

HOUSE RULES
Always be honest. Count your blessings.
Bear each other's burden. Forgive and Forget.
Be kind and tender-hearted. Comfort one another.
Keep your promises. Be proud of each other.
Be true to each other. Treat each other like you
treat your friends. But most importantly--
Love one another deeply from your heart.

I hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed day!!

Also don't forget to SMILE...
You will get on in return!!!

New Job... Taking up oil painting... Classmates (Remember when)

I got a new job... or should I say...
I get to watch my grandchildren again
being as Scoti had to go back to work.
How could you not love these adorable faces?

My sweet youngun's!!

I have been working on paintings again.
Both signs and I started an oil painting!
I am excited to see how it comes out...
my friend Ali, and two other friends are
getting together every Wednesday evening
to paint, and of course to CHAT!! I will
keep you all posted on how that is going.

I have also started a page on facebook...
go figure an old lady getting started doing that...
but you know what?... I have found alot of my
family and classmates there too!
Which is kind of strange... because I have been
remembering alot of the things and people, from
the good ole days! (Boy shouldn't we take really
good care of all those memories!)
It has been really fun getting a chance to catch
up with how our lives have changed from
high school to now. There are some that I wish I
had done a much better job of keeping in contact
with over the years... instead of fading off into the
sunset... and there are others that I wasn't that close to
then... but now... I am not sure why I wasn't! I can't
get over the idea of talking to them now! I think we should
all get together other times besides our class reunions.
And really get reacquainted! I know I am up too.
On this line of thinking...
my hubby and I went to Ottawa last night
to watch a friend's (classmate) band play!
We had a blast! Got to talk to him a bit...
seen some other's that I haven't seen since
they graduated. (they were in the class ahead of me.)
Some I recognized right away... some...
the faces were familiar... but couldn't get the name
to come to light. So I had to ask!! That will really
make you feel old. ( I know I have CRN).

I hope everyone is doing well, feeling as loved as I
do! Have a wonderful day, and I will be back as often
as possible. Thanks all! :D

HOUSE RULES
Always be honest. Count your blessings.
Bear each other's burden. Forgive and Forget.
Be kind and tender-hearted. Comfort one another.
Keep your promises. Be proud of each other.
Be true to each other. Treat each other like you
treat your friends. But most importantly--
Love one another deeply from your heart.

I hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed day!!

Also don't forget to SMILE...
You will get on in return!!!

Fabulous Friday!! My basement is clean!!! YEAHHHHHHH!!! and not to forget...HAPPY EASTER!!

I would like to thank everyone for their
best wishes!! It made the healing much better!
:D I can finally say I have gotten some better
with my foot... I found out from
my chiro today that I have a dislocated
bone in my foot... ie... I stubbed my toe...
or should I say foot!! HE worked on it
twice today... and I finally can walk!!!
From there I went to Ottawa,
(my hometown) and called a few classmates...
trying to catch up with them to see if
they wanted to meet somewhere to visit...
but to no avail... they must all be either working...
or getting ready for the holidays! So I just drove
around town... taking some pics on my cell...
to show grands of where I lived growing up!
If I could figure out how to upload the pics
from my cell to PC... I would share those with
you too. I was kind of nice to enjoy a leisure day!

Happy Easter all!! I hope your having fun coloring eggs...
spending time with the young ones in your lives...
and getting ready for the holiday dinner!
Brock and Taryn came out Monday to make
their eggs... and we colored them...
after Brock spent an hour coloring his with
watercolor paints... he held it in both hands...
and let it drop... only to say... "Oops Na`na`
I dropped it!" "Now I have to eat it!!" Little did
he know that we had one waiting to be eaten
when we were finished! So we made deviled
eggs from them! Taryn told me a classmate
of hers, after the egg hunt... puts all of the eggs
by the front door so the Easter Bunny can
come back to get them and he makes deviled
eggs from them for Easter Dinner! So needless
to say we had to find another basket for just
this purpose! :D (Aren't they so sweet!) lol.

Oh I also started a facebook page! My daughter,
Sam, and sister-in-law seem to think I needed one...
so after both invites... I finally took the plunge!
I am surprised how fast I found friends, old classmates
that I haven't seen since we graduated... and of course
family! I have had a blast catching up with some of them.
I didn't realize how much I missed talking or seeing them
til now. So sad that we all lost touch! But I hope we all
stay in touch now! :D

Hey you all... I am sooooo happy!!
I finally got my basement cleaned!!!
And now I love it!!

Before I show you any pics... first of all I have
to tell you that it is an unfinished basement...
nothing special... except now it it cleaned...
and set up so I can make things down there!
This pic...
is where I am going to paint... it is an old
sewing machine cabinet... without the
sewing machine! I placed all of my brushes,
paper... paint palettes in the drawers...
where do I find my paints??
INSIDE where the sewing machine used to be!!

I am standing in
front of the stairs leading to the basement...
this is what you see as soon as you reach the
bottom. The grands rockers... painted to
match... (not fighting over whose is whose!)
along with the bench child's bench I made in
the background... and the other one is in pieces
behind it... waiting to be made... along with the
child's table!

My easel...
it has two paintings done by an
old friend... Ann where ever you are
now... your famous! :D I plan on using this
station to paint on my wood pieces.

And can you believe...
this hides the stuff I am storing... beds... hunting
clothes... and some other stuff.

Our guest bedroom...
lol, or should I say the bed Samantha loves
to sleep in... Nobody around!! Peace and Quiet.
(unless I am down there now)

Here is
another shot....
And last but not LEAST....
MY WORK STATION, for all that T2T!
I have finally...
gotten all my tools together in one place,
all the nails, screws, and anything else I could
dream of needing to craft the benches, shelves,
or whatever my imagination can come up with!!
As for all of this??
It is my stash of wood... and foam!
With tots stored under both!! I even
went through all of those tots!!
Now I have enough stuff for a
really good garage sale!!
Which my best friend Ali, and I
are planning on doing May 1st and 2nd!
Look out salers!! We have both managed
to clean our basements!!! So you
can only imagine the items we have
to get rid of!! :D

HOUSE RULES
Always be honest. Count your blessings.
Bear each other's burden. Forgive and Forget.
Be kind and tender-hearted. Comfort one another.
Keep your promises. Be proud of each other.
Be true to each other. Treat each other like you
treat your friends. But most importantly--
Love one another deeply from your heart.

I hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed day!!

Also don't forget to SMILE...
You will get on in return!!!

Wow, so much has happened since my last post! And a new look too

The first thing I need to do is make a heartfelt apology,
to all of you who have been faithful and read my every post,
and to those who have just started. Please forgive me for my
absence.
I do kind of have a good reason...
I got the crud that was going around here, and an earache.
Right as I was getting over that... I used DG oven cleaner,
like someone suggested for a paint stripper, and did it in my
basement, no windows open... and well, I forgot... I breathed!!
Well, not a good thing to do! I had to go to doc, and in the
meantime... I lost my voice, coughed ALOT! He gave me
steroids, and antibiotics. Well, for those of you that know me...
I got pneumonia... spent a couple weeks in bed. Finally to get
back on my feet. After a day or two, I was getting my
basement cleaned up... and for some reason... not sure
why, but my right foot started swelling! Went back to doc,
x-ray, cat scan, and specialist later, still don't know what
happened, but on crutches for a week. If not better then
they want an MRI. Do I sound like a walking time bomb???
Let me tell you I sure do feel like it!!!

Because of all of this, I don't have any new things to
show all of you sweet people. So I am posting
a picture of my mailbox.... I am working on it when
I can, between the weather, and health lol. So here
is the before...

will show you all the after, when I get done.
And I will show you MY CLEAN BASEMENT!!!
I got it done!! I built shelves for the wood,
made a work bench out of two doors,
Went through tots, boxes, and stuff. The kids'
stuff is ready for them to come get...
and I am loving my nice clean work space.
Hubby moved an old sewing cabinet down
there for me, and now it is my new paint station.
I can't wait to get back down the stairs and
take some pics to show you!!

I hope you all like the new face lift here too.
I will change the header pic again later. I
have some ideas about a new one. :D

This is my new saying....
House Rules
Always be honest. Count your blessing. Bear
each other's burden. Forgive and forget. Be
kind and tender0hearted. Comfort one another
Keep your promises. Be proud of each other. Be
true to each other. Treat each other like you treat
your friends. BUT most importantly--Love one
another deeply from your heart.


Live
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take,
but by the moments that take your breath away.
Laugh
A sense of humor can help you tolerate the unpleasant,
cope with the unexpected & smile through the day.
Love
There is one happiness in life to love & be loved!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed day!!

Also don't forget to SMILE...
You will get on in return!!!