Scattergories It's harder than it looks! Erase my answers, enter yours, send it on to whoever you want including the one that sent this to you. Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things...nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial You CAN NOT use your name for the boy/girl name question. Send it on to 3 other people for them to put it in their blogs. Tag you're it! WHAT IS...
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My mom was my hero. Today, I realize how much I am like her, and I am so thankful. From little things to big things, I seem to think like my mom. Growing up, her thoughts and deeds seemed so 'old fashioned' and out of touch with 'today'. Well, here I am, more and more like my mom!!!!! Today, I took the sewing machine I bought from QVC in 1999!!!! I recall when I got it I opened it, made a bobbin, sewed some scraps, and put it away. Well, I ordered a couple of dresses that needed alterati...
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Sometimes in life the answers are so simple they escape us. Not knowing where dh and I will be living; having to sell the homestead; the cost of property; the cost of renting; leaving the only home I have known for 45 years.....it all becomes so overwhelming. And having to face this at 60 years of age, when most people are 'settled' is frightening. I'm sure this is, in part, the cause of my insomnia. Then I came across this quote......... "Everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked ...
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Hmmm, interesting title for an entry, huh? Did I get your attention??? Hope so! I've received tons (okay, so I sometimes embellish) of helium balloons since my surgery. I'm amazed at how long they remain inflated. In fact, I still have a birthday helium balloon proudly roaming the house and my birthday was April 15th!!!!! I think lately they are using super helium!!!! But I digress...... Today, I've been in a very pensive mood. Got a lot of life changing things happening in our lives (...
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Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your scrap friends! Try not to be lame and spoil the fun! If you get tagged, copy this entire survey and paste into your own blog, change all of the answers so that they apply to you. Then visit the profiles of some of your friends and "TAG" them by simply leaving a comment, asking them to visit your blog, and state that they have been TAGGED! Some of you may get tagged several times, so they can always refer back to your blog for your answers. ...
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