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MY WINDMILL

5/25/2016

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I WANT TO BE LIKE A SUNFLOWER SO THAT EVEN ON THE DARKEST DAYS, I WILL STAND TALL & FIND THE SUNLIGHT.
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The blades of my windmill came off in a recent windstorm. When Hubby replaced the ball bearings, he painted the top part yellow with a brown center, so it would look like a sunflower.

Little Ma gave us this windmill several years ago. It has stood up through a lot - - - even the straight-line wind storm June 30, 2014. I wonder just how fast it was turning during that storm. Probably like the propeller on a plane!

I use it to judge how windy it is out back. If it is turning at all, I know that I can't burn trash in the burn barrel just left of the tree.  (You can tell we live in the country, when you hear someone talking about burning in a steel barrel).

Living in the country also makes it convenient to toss your vegetable scraps and such. I have a small grove of trees that I conveniently put this kind of stuff.  It's biodegradable, People, so it helps the environment. Sister Sandy and I were recently talking about her new garbage disposal, and I asked her why she needed it. I never had one and it was never a problem for me. Then I realized that I had a place to dump my stuff rather than send it to the county dump in my garage bags.  She doesn't have any place to toss stuff, since she lives in a city.  My bad.

Last weekend we had a wonderful evening celebrating great-niece Kersten's high school graduation. Everything looked great at Nina's home and the food was the best!  And seeing some of our family members again was cool.

BREAKING NEWS:  Our Alec has insisted on wearing red Nike shoes for the last. . .  oh, nine years or so.
                                  Remember, his signature color has always been red. Red shirts, red shoes, red shorts  
                                   and even underwear.
                                  Well, last week Jenna took him shopping for new tennies.  She asked him what kind of
                                  shoes he wanted, thinking he would give the same old answer of red Nikes.
                                  BUT  he said he wanted some black shoes!             

                                 Well, Folks, we have had a major, huge, crazy-big breakthrough. 
                                 Jenna was so excited that she told him to choose whatever
                                 kind he wanted and he picked out some that were kinda like boat shoes, like Van shoes- - -                               in black. And they look great on him.  Now, if we can just get him to wear a shirt in some 
                                 other colored shirt besides red.  Anyway, life is good.

NOTE:  Brother-in-law Larry got his gallbladder ripped out yesterday. Unfortunately, now the doctor thinks that
             his stomach pain is the result of something else!  Ouch! Bummer!



                                                           GOD BLESS YOU ALL        




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I STINK AT "fACE-BOOKING"

5/17/2016

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SUCCESS BREEDS CONFIDENCE
                                                Beryl Markham

If I had any success at Facebook, perhaps I would have a little confidence.  Seriously, I stink at it. I finally got brave and tried to actually write a post of my own (rather than just post shared items from someone else's pages). It came up posted under another name. I tried putting on three pictures. They showed up three times EACH.  Wha.....???? I tried tagging names on one photo, and my friend, Ron McVay was tagged as The Santa Clause!  Where did that come from???  I am not successful doing a Facebook page.

I think I will plant sunflowers today. The packet says to do it in May/June. Wish me big-time luck this year.

It is mushroom season. But here is a warning for everyone, especially the young girls and women out there. First, DO NOT go by yourselves. Second, if you are approached by anyone, especially men, get the heck out of there.

A young teenage friend of mine went to find mushrooms in a wooded area near our house. She was alone. As she got out of her car, a young twenty-something guy approached her and asked her name. She answered with her first name. Then he wanted to know her last name. She answered "It depends who is asking!" When she asked who he was, he said that she might be surprised at who he was and how important he was. What a bunch of bull.Then he proceeded to ask her if she was going into the wooded area to do drugs! She told him she did not do drugs. He also wanted to know where she lived, what school she went to, and her age. At this point, another unknown guy drove by and asked if she was okay, to which she said she was fine. As she tried to enter the wooded area (!!!!) the young guy followed her. She got nervous and pushed by him to get to her car. He told her she was being rude!

Have ya heard enough? My friend really learned a lesson about safety.  Please learn from her experience to get away from anyone who seems too chatty, asks a lot of weird questions, and is invading your personal space. AND DON'T GO MUSHROOMING BY YOURSELF!

                                                                  
                                                              GOD BLESS YOU ALL




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ABOUT MOTHER'S DAY

5/10/2016

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MOTHERHOOD IS A CHOICE YOU MAKE EVERYDAY--- TO PUT SOMEONE ELSE'S HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING AHEAD OF YOUR OWN, TO TEACH THE HARD LESSONS, TO DO THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT THING IS... AND TO FORGIVE YOURSELF, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, FOR DOING EVERYTHING WRONG.
                                                             Donna Bell, At Home on Ladybug Farm

Okay, it's Tuesday and it's a few day past Mother's Day, but here goes.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day.  Actually, I had a wonderful Mother's Weekend. Jenna and Alec came out Saturday and we hatched plans for making a gnome house out of the big tree stump I have in my lower back yard. She made the neatest door to attach to the stump, and there are several clever plans we have come up with to make it also accommodate some fairies. FYI that tree stump is really unique as you can see in the photo, and it should be a real hoot to create something cool on it. Jenna also brought out a bunch of materials and we made cement stepping stones out of rhubarb leaves (you can find the plans on Pinterest). We'll have to wait for them to dry completely to find out if our experiment was a success!

Sunday, Jenna and Alec came out again and we worked out some ideas for a roof for our gnome/fairy housing development. You'll just have to wait and see what happens!

Jenna and Alec brought me some wonderful striped hosta plants  (I may have mentioned too much how I needed some striped ones to go with all my solid green plants from Dad's farm) and two pots of red daisies that Alec picked out (probably because red is his signature color). These lovely gifts were from them and son, Dan, in Minnesota. 
Love them!

Jenna also had pictures printed off  (they are two I previously posted) and framed them in some sunflower picture frames that she had given me. They are shown here with a beautiful cross stitch piece that sister Karen did for me when I was going through that breast cancer thing. All these mean so much to me.  Love them!
                                              

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I want to share something touching that Alec did for his mama. His teacher gave him  a fill-in-the-blank sheet for Mother's Day. This is what he wrote.

MY MOM'S AS PRETTY AS:   (A) ROSE
MY MOM'S AS NICE AS:   ALEC
MY MOM'S AS SMART AS:  GEORGE WASHINGTON
MY MOM'S AS CARING AS:  A DOCTOR
MY MOM'S AS FUNNY AS:  HOMER SIMPSON WAS FALLING DOWNSTAIRS
MY MOM'S AS BUSY AS:  A BUSY DAY
MY MOM'S AS SWEEET AS:  CHOCOLATE
MY MOM'S AS HELPFUL AS:  MYLES FETCHING CHEW TOYS

Hope your day was as good as mine. 

Today is another good day. . . Hubby's birthday!

Guess I am very grateful for all the people in my life - kids, grandkids, sisters, and husband
Love them!

                                                                            GOD BLESS YOU ALL

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