From Ballet To Birthday

Well this was a very social weekend for Gammy and Poppy. It started Saturday at a college auditorium. 150 children dressed in costume finery, for my personal favorite, (the lady bugs) to very experienced prima donna wannabes. They put on a show for two hours that was filled with drama from great toe-tapping music, to laughter to tears(that would be Jordan Ann). She came so far with her shyness to just being on stage facing a huge crowded audience. It was a little intimidating for Gammy. So dancing on her part was only successful during the dress rehearsal, which her smart Mom caught on camera. During the actual performance she was like a deer in headlights. But come her wedding day and if that photo op is shown at the rehersal dinner, no one will know what day it was. I sure won't tell or probably remember.

It was the start of a very growing experience for a little girl who will turn into a beautiful young woman just like her Mom. (Which by the way never made it to the stage in her younger years. She was only interested in the black leotard).

Carrying on with the social weekend was Sunday at Connor's third birthday. Family members came together to participate in a John Deere themed party. Cousins played and OD ed on cake and ice cream in Curt and Janelle's wonderful new addition to their home. Connor found his riding John Deere tractor before the presents were given out. But that did not matter since all parental control was out the window at that time.

All in all the weekend was a complete and fun success. Today I am taking a nap!

Just Thinkin'

While cleaning out my desk area I came across this poem that speaks of my thoughts of all who read this. Some people I know and many I do not, but wish I did.


Anyway in our world today, I choose to think more positively, try to remove all negative thoughts before they affect my mood, find something to do that makes my heart sing and accomplish something productive daily. Won't you join me?


Just sittin' here and thinkin', friend, and wonderin' how
twould be, if I had not known you at all
and you had not met me

All things we've shared would then be lost.
The smiles and heartaches, too--
The world would be a dreary place
if I had not known you.

But these fond memories through the years,
all the fun times too
just make me thankful you know me
and glad that I know you.

Soccer Season

Last weekend my husband and I attended our 5 year old grandson"s soccer game. Will has improved so much since last fall. Watching his team is like watching a bunch of tangerines fall aimlessly out of the bag they were puchased in. The colors of the uniforms are orange. He wears Orange T-shirts #3 (his Dads number) orange shorts that come down to his mid-calf and orange socks that come up to his thighs. All in all he is a vision in orange!

His little orange legs get to going so fast that he trips himself up but scrambles back up to get back in the game.

Watching him play is like watching my son play at age 5 which seems like just last year. Wow they say that time goes by so fast. Just watch it speed along as you experience children growing up.

The team did not win this day but his grandparents won by being there and seeing the orange flash flash before our eyes.

As we prepare for this Easter season, let me say how grateful to my heavenly Father I am for our four dear little grandchildren and their parents who are training them up in the way they should go.

Have a good GOOD FRIDAY & a BLESSED EASTER.

Seasonal Decorating

Do you like to change your decor with the seasons? I definitely do! When the weather starts to lighten up and the days and nights are warmer, I try and shed the winter coat on the inside with fabrics of a lighter weight.

For example, I put my throws, afgans, even certain throw pillows in the closet so they will be new again in September when the "fall bug" hits. Of course my furniture never changes, but my surroundings can.

I may mix up my mantle arangement with lighter looking accessories. My grandmothers old clock will always be a focal point but some heavy antique finials will change places with airy silk flowers. I have a collection of large vases and pots that play musical chairs with the seasons and vie for center stage on a pine table or antique chest.

I enjoy collecting placemats that get swapped out for just the right look on my pine dining table. Sometimes the look I love is a shiny polished table with an old large dough bowl in the center only.

It doesn't matter how much or how little you have. With some "garage sale finds" you can create alot of different looks to suit any taste. Some of my grandmothers antiques are at home with the thrift store bargains as anything you could find in an up scale store.

To me the whole point of decorating your home is to create a haven for anyone who enters it. But more importantly it has to be a place where I love to be.