Hey, I don't know about you, but I'm getting ready for SPRING!!! Put out a Spring flag today, with bright yellow daffodils. I consider daffodils and forsythia a wonderful first sign of Spring.
I have a wonderful memory of this, when my daughters were 4 1/2 (Laura) and 3 (Meghan) way back 17 or 18 years ago!!! The girls were attending the same pre-school, and the Spring theme was very exciting and fun. One thing they were focusing on was "forsythia" bushes, which are everywhere here in New England in the Early Spring, such a welcome sight, with their bright yellow blossoms! The kids were making drawings of forsythia, using tiny scrunched up bits of bright yellow tissue paper as blossoms on the forsythia "branches" drawn on the paper. The word of the week was definitely "forsythia"!!!
Well, driving home one day after picking them up from school, we made a game of spotting forsythias along the way. When one of us saw a forsythia, we'd shout out "FORSYTHIA!!" :o)
After a few miles of this... Meghan says... and mind you, she had a lisp..." Jeeth, God made a lot of forsthythia!" translates to : "Jeez, God made a lot of forsythia!" LOL!
Needless to say, it's always been a fave memory of mine... maybe you had to be there, but it was funny at the time!
What a welcome sight these lovely yellow blossoms are, though, are they not??!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Happy 2009!
Hello all!
Just want to say hi, and hope that 2009 brings a year of good health and happiness to you all.
I intend to join the blog world this year, with a new gusto!
Just want to say hi, and hope that 2009 brings a year of good health and happiness to you all.
I intend to join the blog world this year, with a new gusto!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
I'm still here!
Hi all, if anyone is listening...LOL!
I'm here but haven't gotten the computer fixed to the point where I can upload pics and stuff. So thanks for bearing with me!
So much fun going on here creating. I got Nesties for my b-day back in September, and have been using them on my SU Big Shot. After dealing with that hassle of putting in cardboard sheets and cardstock shims, and always having to tweak things, I broke down and ordered a Wizard, which will be delivered in the next couple of days. Spellbinders has assured me that the use of Nestabilities in the Wizard will be effortless, a breeze. I sure hope they are right!
I'm here but haven't gotten the computer fixed to the point where I can upload pics and stuff. So thanks for bearing with me!
So much fun going on here creating. I got Nesties for my b-day back in September, and have been using them on my SU Big Shot. After dealing with that hassle of putting in cardboard sheets and cardstock shims, and always having to tweak things, I broke down and ordered a Wizard, which will be delivered in the next couple of days. Spellbinders has assured me that the use of Nestabilities in the Wizard will be effortless, a breeze. I sure hope they are right!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Going back to Ol' Virginny!
Hey all,
Yes the post says it all... I am going to Virginia. Yes, I know, I just came back! BUT my dear Mom is down there, and my sister & bro-in-law (who are normally there for her), are going on a long-planned trip to Rome, Italy for 2 weeks and I'm staying with Mom to take care of her/keep her company/take her to Dr's appts., etc!!! I am PSYCHED because I get to be with her and BOND with her even more, and just BE with her. Yep, I'm a lucky gal! :o) My mother is 87 y/o and I'm her baby, so I've been lucky to have LOTS of fun w/her over the years.
While I'm there in Ashburn, VA I hope to get together with a blog friend...... hope to see you Amy!!!!
Also, down in that area of Northern VA, is a great stamp shop called "Angela's Happy Stamper" in Reston, VA!
I visit Angela's every time I'm down at Mom's. It's a great shop, and friendly people!
Soooo, I'll be away from 9/28 till 10/18.... almost three whole weeks away from my husband and 16 y/o son!
I bet they'll be missing me as I'll surely be missing them. Whoever said "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" was very wise!
TTY soon!
Love, Marie
Yes the post says it all... I am going to Virginia. Yes, I know, I just came back! BUT my dear Mom is down there, and my sister & bro-in-law (who are normally there for her), are going on a long-planned trip to Rome, Italy for 2 weeks and I'm staying with Mom to take care of her/keep her company/take her to Dr's appts., etc!!! I am PSYCHED because I get to be with her and BOND with her even more, and just BE with her. Yep, I'm a lucky gal! :o) My mother is 87 y/o and I'm her baby, so I've been lucky to have LOTS of fun w/her over the years.
While I'm there in Ashburn, VA I hope to get together with a blog friend...... hope to see you Amy!!!!
Also, down in that area of Northern VA, is a great stamp shop called "Angela's Happy Stamper" in Reston, VA!
I visit Angela's every time I'm down at Mom's. It's a great shop, and friendly people!
Soooo, I'll be away from 9/28 till 10/18.... almost three whole weeks away from my husband and 16 y/o son!
I bet they'll be missing me as I'll surely be missing them. Whoever said "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" was very wise!
TTY soon!
Love, Marie
Monday, September 22, 2008
Amazing giveaway going on!!
Carolyn King (Cammie) has started something of a "ripple effect" over on her blog. Go take a look-see.....http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com/
She is giving away some amazing, and I do mean AMAZING blog candy! In honor of her grandmother, Cammie is paying tribute to the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients by getting as many people to send cards as possible to a caregiver you know, or to the home where her grandma was. This is just wonderful, so go on over an get involved!
She is giving away some amazing, and I do mean AMAZING blog candy! In honor of her grandmother, Cammie is paying tribute to the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients by getting as many people to send cards as possible to a caregiver you know, or to the home where her grandma was. This is just wonderful, so go on over an get involved!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Back from Virginia!
Hey everybody!
Just got back from Virginia. We had my Dad's burial (of his ashes) at Arlington National Cemetery. It was such a moving service. I will always remember it. There was a 21 gun salute, and a sailor playing Taps on the bugle. The sailors who unfolded & folded the American Flag were awesome. It was just beautiful!
I'll be going back in just 8 days to stay with Mom while my sister & her husband go on their long-planned trip to Rome, Italy with several old & dear friends. I return to Middleboro on October 17.
Soooo. I'll post more then!
Just got back from Virginia. We had my Dad's burial (of his ashes) at Arlington National Cemetery. It was such a moving service. I will always remember it. There was a 21 gun salute, and a sailor playing Taps on the bugle. The sailors who unfolded & folded the American Flag were awesome. It was just beautiful!
I'll be going back in just 8 days to stay with Mom while my sister & her husband go on their long-planned trip to Rome, Italy with several old & dear friends. I return to Middleboro on October 17.
Soooo. I'll post more then!
Monday, September 8, 2008
OOOPS, I forgot!!!
Forgot to tell you the great news! I am able to walk in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer 2009 in Boston and have my donations carried over from last year, since the reason I couldn't do the 2008 Walk was a family emergency!!
It's a huge relief knowing that I don't have to worry about making my quota. BUT I still plan to solicit as much as I can for 2009. Maybe even more than the 2000 I raised in '08 !!!!!!
Woo Hoo!!!!
It's a huge relief knowing that I don't have to worry about making my quota. BUT I still plan to solicit as much as I can for 2009. Maybe even more than the 2000 I raised in '08 !!!!!!
Woo Hoo!!!!
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