35th Wedding Anniversary

HI there June 8th was Terry and mine anniversary and our chitlins Abbea and Shawn paid for us a little rest at the Palazzo Hotel and Casino next to the Venitian. On the strip. Isnt it beautiful? Terry and I had a fantastic time. We arrived on Sunday the 7th and we ate at a really cool mexican returant and then the kids paid for us to see the Jersey Boys Show. It was fantastic I loved it. Thats why your listening to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

This here is a pic of our suite. There was three tvs in this room. One in the bedroom and the others in the living room and then the bathroom. Where I bought down in the shop called Basin White bath balls to soak in. Great!

I decided to be a tourist so I took a few pics of the strip:)


Heres the pic of the lobby there was umbrellas everywhere.

Another view of the umbrellas in the lobby. They were so awe inpiring.

Ive been busy making afghans and booties because everyone wants booties right now:) Abbea gave me 60.00 dollars to buy yarn to make her booties and boy did I have fun buying yarn. I bought cotton and regular yarns that were on sale at JoAnns plus I got 10% coupon so I had fun!

I love buying and touching and playing in yarn can you tell?

Ok enjoy the music and have a great day...

Happy Fathers day! Enjoy your day...

Heres Izabella and grandpa Terry standing in front of Larry's black 48 chevy. We just arrived in Pahrump, Nevada to check out their new Diner
Heres Larry manning the cash register in Moms Diner! I love the colors dont you? Very cheery!

This is a little cute mobile that I covet:) not really I dont mind seeing it there, just so I can visit:) heehee

Heres one of the walls that was decorated in homey stuff. You can see the chair legs up because we didnt show up till almost closing. Sorry!

This is Diane she is one of the owners of Moms Diner and she does most of the work I think!

Im writing this on Friday the week after I was first there. Today I drove to Pahrump with Sherry so she can see what all the talk was about. We had a great time. I had the most wonderful meatloaf the first visit then I had clam chowder the second visit. It was great! Di made fresh coconut pie and Sherry had the lemon cream cheese. I must say the pie was fantastic!

SO if you ever find yourself driving through Pahrump Nevada stop by and say Sherri sent you they might just let you stay and eat anyways:) haha

Groom, Texas

On the way back from Ada oklahoma We stopped off at the site of Christs life I really dont know what theyf called the place. Its off the main 40 highway in Groom, Texas. This is a pic I took from the car on the way to see it.

They had many statues I took pics of the all but I can only show you 5 in this blog. Isnt this neat?

I loved this one it is so moving...

I couldnt do the stairs but I did take the pic:) Maybe next time I come by Ill be able to do the stairs...

Here I am looking up at the cross its hugh! I loved comeing here they are going to have a new statue this fall of Micheal.

I have more to show you. Ive been on vacation and I had my 35th wedding anniversary and so much has been going on in my life and in my friends lives...

I have many pics that dI will be showing you I hope you like them.

Im off to do much crocheting for my charity...

Ada, Oklahoma

Friends Im going on an unespected trip to my home town Ada, Oklahoma for a family reunioun and Im hoping to stop off at Groom Texas to see the statues of Jesus Ill bring back pics. Be safe and blessed till I return...

IM back again...

WOW Ive been gone for some time I know I know! But Im back from my vacation of life getting in my way. Ive been crocheting and crocheting all kinds of stuff. I started my charity crochet and Ive been crocheting for my Izabella.

The picture you see with all the wonderful cupcakes is from Easter over at Abbea's house. We had a little egg hunt and some egg sandwiches for lunch that day. I went to church with the kids then over to Abbeas. Abbea loves to bake and this is proof! I did eat one and they were really good! Yummy..

Abbea bought her fur baby a little dress for Easter but she was to big to wear it. I brought it home for my furry Bella but as you can see my grandbaby Izabella decided to wear it instead:) Doesnt she look cute?

Izabella wanted me to crochet her a poncho, I told her I would do it in the fall but she insisted that she needed it now. So here it is. Ita a Redf Heart pattern and it was really fin to make. Do you notice how she loves the camera and poising? heehee

Heres my furry Bella in her Easter dress doesnt she look cute? I dont know who is cutest Bella or Izabella..what do you think?

I told you I started my Charity crochet this past month and this is just one of the lapghans Im making along with my friend Karen. I have 5 made so far and 75 more to go. I do hope I started early enough.

Abbea commissioned me to make a baby afghan for her friend that just got custody of his little girl. And he has nothing for her. So I said I would make her a very pink afghan because all little girls need something pink to cuddle in.

Ive been busy with bible study on Saturdays too. We just started studing John and I just love it. I havent been in John in many a moon. Im learning alot and the ladies are fabulous.

My weight is still coming off Im down 70 pounds as of today. I wanted to drop 100 by June 2nd but that does not seem to be happening. But Im happy with the loss. I start water therapy on Friday I hope that will help.

Ok Im off to work on the baby afghan...oh wait did I tell you that I got an Ipod from Terry a few months ago and I just love listening to all the christian podcasts that I download and some crochet podcast too. Im having a lot of fun with it!

Ok Im off to crochet have a blessed day and enjoy your life...

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Praise Jesus arise!

A new spring day has arrived!

Now you see what my granddaughters do all day while there here! Isabella just got her hair cut short for her and she wanted her hair curled so Alexandria is helping her out:) You remember girls day dont you all?

This is my latest afghan for my ex daughter n law. She is getting married in October and she liked the afghan I made for Alex and Janette wanted one too but in purple and black so tada here it is:) Now you know a little bit of what Ive been doing these past weeks

Ok can you figure out what all this mess is?

Tada here is the mess I was making! I put them all together and tada a bunny and a bunny egg! The bunny is for Micheal he wanted a bunny for Easter. Cute huh I got the pattern off of Esty.

Heres my spring flowers hubby bought for me over at Costcos. Now what do I do with them once there open all the way? Should I plant them or what I dont know much about tulips do any of you?

Terry is taking a few days off next week so maybe cross my toes I get to take a trip to Kingman for some Cracker Barrel:) Keep us in your prayers Id appreciate it! Have a great weekend.

Why should I feel discouraged....why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely...and long for Heav'n and home
When Jesus is my portion...my constant friend is He
His eye is on the sparrow...and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow...and I know He watches me.
I sing because I'm happy....I sing because I'm free...
For His eye is on the sparrow...and I know He watches me.

written by Civilla Martin - music by Charles Gabriel

HI my friends, Im really sorry Ive been away Ive been crocheting and hangin. Its so pretty out right now I dont want to stay inside. I really enjoy Spring dont you all? I went over to Danis blog and she has started a garden I wish I could do that but not with my animals they would tear it up and play in a garden:)

Im so excited about Easter this year my grandkids are suppose to attend church with me. I do hope they can! I went out and bought them pails and goodies to put into them and Im trying to crochet a little toy each but I dont know if Ill have time to do that or not. I did buy them a stuffed toy so that might have to do with lots of chocolate eggs and goodies:)

Oh ok Im off to Costco so pray I dont spend the kids money:) heehee tata for now...

Matt 11:28-12:128 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and Iwill give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."NIV

Now my friends go dance with Jesus! I am!

This is Riley my new 10 year old grandson:) Hehehe He made out like a bandit on this birthday...do you like his turtle he got from his mom? He loved it!

This is my upside down pic of the purse I made last night Take a look at the size of the scissors and crochet hook now scroll down to the next pic and see...

What the same purse looks like after the felting was done:) It is so cute...

I recieved these from Robyn over at crochetinglessons, you can get to her site by going here http://crochetinglessons.blogspot.com/ I love everything she sent me lots of tea you all know how I love tea! And she sent me the goods for this little purse and an extra ball of yarn that is very soft and wonderful. And the cutest little book of Buttons how did she know Im just recently a button freak? Wow great minds think alike! Thanks Robyn...

Our house is a very fine house...

Heres our new gate we had commisssioned for the front of our house:) Do you see the bulldog protecting us amungst the roses?

Heres the pesky palm trees that need pruning every year! I perfer a real bushy tree to these because they dont give up much shade.

Heres a few of my very old we think 30 years hedges! The gardner is coming next week to shape them back into little balls well not so little but balls none the less!

Ive been busy crocheting ...like you wouldnt guess that...but I have. I start back up this Saturday with the bible study. We are gathering clothes for the needy so that should be great! I do have some clothes now that Ive lost a few pounds!

Im drinking my upteenth glass of tea for the day! I just love tea probably almost as I love crocheting... They go great together!

Rileys 10th birthday was on Monday and I made him a little amigurumi that he asked for Ill get a pic so you all can see!

Ok Have a great day and Ill write again real soon...

Here are a few little flowers Im working on right now:) I just got a great little book called 100 flowers to knit and crochet. If I knew how to knit I would love to knit these little flowers. But there is over 50 crocheted flowers to amuse me so Im making them as fast as I can go:)

I started a new afghan as well for someone I cant mention here becasue others would know and tell her and I want it to be a surprise:) SO here I go again with crochet crochet crochet!

Im wanting to do a little embroidery right now so I may get in my stash of threads and make some cute little pillows I dont know but I do believe its because of Dani she inspires me to embroider. If you get a chance go see her awesome work over at her etsy site. You can find it here DaniV1951's Newsletter.

Ok Im off to crochet some more have a very blessed day and enjoy the weather!

Heres my mom after she got out ogf the hospital. She is looking at a baby dress that I made that she asked me for.

Heres the baby dress, bloomers, hat, and booties that I made for a friend of my moms. She asked me for a little girlie dress:) I found the pattern at Annies Attic. It was so easy to make I loved doing it. I may do another one just for me so I can dress up my dolly. What do you all think?

Dont you love this flower pic? This is my daughter Abbeas first attempt at drawing. She loves drawing now and I think she is doing a great job. What do you all think?

How do you like my new pillow I found the pattern for the flower from a book I bought from my friend Dani . I loved making the flower and couldnt figure out what to do with them all till I thought of the pillow:) Cute huh?

Ok heres my grandkids in crochet! heehee thats what I told them so Im sticking to the tale:) heehee they where so much fun to make I think Im going to make pins out of them what do you think do you have any ideas of what to do with them?

As you can tell Ive been busy crocheting and doodling around. I really need to get my house straightened out because its spring! Thats what you do in the beginning of spring right?

I went to my friend Carols service it was so nice I loved it! Sweet and pleasant for what it was. I enjoyed the gathering of friends and all.

While I was there some saw my crochetedd bag and they asked if I would make them one so now Im in the midst of crocheting another bag. Im really enjoying the process of this bag it is so much fun to make. After I get done with making this bag Im going to start making the lapghans for my charity for this year. I decided to make them from the convalesant home again because I really think they need a little love from us all. I know so many think they are just forgotten. So I want to show them that Jesus never forgets them.

Ok everyone have a blessed day today and enjoy breathing !

Unforgettable

To GOD your UNFORGETTABLE

God will always remember you!

Happy Birthday

Shawn Aarron Patrick McLaughlin

March 6th 1976 to now:)

Yippeee you made it to another birthday!

Heres my birthday boy last year around Izzies birthday

Heres a pic of just one of his tattoos

Another pic of Shawn!

This is a pic of Shawn at Christmas 2007.

As you can see I dont have great pics of Shawn but I will try and remedy that while he is here with me. Its Shawns birthday today and he is so getting old! I cant believe it. His dad said he would do it over again but I said excuse me he didnt do it I did! heehee but Id do it over again for sure!

Shawns a good kid and a wonderful dad! He loves his kids, golf and likes mexican food, real mexican food!

Ok Im going to show you some up to date pics of some crochet I have been doing. So as soon as I get it uploaded to my computer I will do just that! heehee my head is not screwed on today! Oh happy day!

I wanted to thank everyone for the nice comments I recieved about my loving friend Carol and her passing. You made me feel so loved by you all for leaving me those sweet messages thank again! I will treasure them always... ok back to crochet:)

In loving memory...

Heres my friend Carol. Isnt she pretty? Ive always loved the way she styled her hair. Very pretty indeed. Well on Sunday March 1st 2009 at 5:05 pm Carol went home to be with the Lord. I will miss Carol something terrible I know. I wish I would have called her on Saturday like I wanted too but my life just got in my way. You all know how that goes dont you? Carol was a very sweet woman and very giving. She was a wonderful friend that any one could ask to know. She was stubborn too let me tell you. She made the best beef sandwiches Ive ever had and the most wonderful potatoe salad. Im just going to have to wait till I get to heaven to get more I know! Carol loved collecting dolls and she loved her children. I pray Carol knows how much I loved her. Please say a prayer for her family and many friends. They too miss her already Im sure of that!

My darling daughter Abbea saw this bedset on the site of Linen and Things before they closed so she bought it for me. Isnt it pretty?

The set came with the comforter, 3 deco pillows, and 2 sets of sheets , and shams

I dont have all the pillows that it required so I need to go out and buy more pillows. I need 2 26in square pillows so I need to go search:)

This is my daughter Abbea helping me set the bed up so I could take pics. The bed set said it was a California King and my bed is an Eastern King. But I was shocked when the sheets fit perfect. Oh well too cool for me huh?

Ive been crocheting as usual and I love crocheting like you didnt know that already:) heehee I called the UMC hospital here in town and they got back to me that they dont need baby caps right now so I decided that Im going to concentrate on lapghans this year and get as many done as I and Karen can do. Im waiting for a great sale on yarn so I can get stocked up.

I talked to Carol tonight and she really wants out of there and to get home soon. She is doing somewhat better but lets continue to pray that she gets more strength in her legs. She tells me that she must be a bad person if God is not getting her better so lets show her how wrong she is !

I went to a new pain specialest the other day and Im in store for some MRIs coming up in the neaar future lets pray they find out exactly what is wrong with my back and that I can start walking without all the pain. I asked the doctor to help me get off meds not on more so I pray he will listen to me!

Ok I better get back to Terry, Numbers is on and he wants me to sit and watch it with him:) So Im going to do a little crocheting too! OH happy day...