A movie I look forward to seeing.

Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi’s rise to power, Water begins when 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia’s feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.

When you need me, but do not want me, then I will stay. When you want me, but do not need me, then I have to go. ~ Nanny McPhee

I am unable to get a decent photo of this bracelet.
O' well.
I usually don't like yellow gold but I had a load of these jumprings and thought I might as well make something out of them.

Tom's Birthday weekend was very nice. Thank you for all the Birthday wishes! I was unable to make a cake (a good thing). So a pecan pie was the best second. The Nanny McPhee movie , an autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and a pizza was all he wanted. such as easy going man.

The Girls were home 'sick' yesterday. They had the Eucharistic Adoration Day disease. That is where you are in church all day praying in the presences of jesus. We felt otherwise.

The extra day together gave us the time we needed to get ahead on school work and the much needed purging of the bedrooms and closets.

Well, I best get back to work. I do enjoy being at home and want to keep it that way.


~"I'm not going to do Nothing any more."

"Never again?"

"Well, not so much. They don't let you."

~ Winnie the Pooh/Christopher Robin

One necklace borrowed and another made for a very special vacation for two. Our thoughts are with you and do let yourself enjoy the time.

Today, Amy is participating in a historical wax museum project. Her choice is Sor Juana de la Cruz. a 17th century self taught scholarly nun who wanted to go to college and wear pants like men. Costumes are needed if you choose to. Finding a nuns outfit was harder than I thought until a trip to St. Vincent De Paul solved my dilemma. Thank goodness for graduation robes and pillow cases. Less than $7.00 I was able to pull together something that works, which is much better than the pink lacey dress Amy had picked out.

This weekend is Tom's Birthday weekend. Due to unexpected car issues, we will not be going to chicago as planned. It will be at home fun with the girls and Barnabys pizza. Gee, I guess I should think about getting him a gift? Oh man, I gotta run!!! wish me luck!

My thoughts and prayers are with all these links today. My heart is heavy with concern and worries for the families of my friend Howard Dukes. And Jill Carroll. Knowing today Jill could die because our government will not negotiate with terroists. I am afraid where our world is heading. It's like a big chess game of preconceived moves that will put the next country in the advantage seat. Bringing myself to read articles such as this one in The Philadelphia Trumpet on Why you should Watch Egypt and The Muslim Brotherhood Feb. 2006 issue. This aritcle brings back the same scary feelings that I experienced as a child. All the talk about building bomb shelters and hearing the tornado sirens go off and wondering if that was the siren to get into your shelters because the bomb was coming. I wonder if Egypt and it's growing Muslim brotherhood is the new bomb?

I try not to reach out and grab the negative realities of our world. But all media types makes it so hard to see the good. As I get older, the knowledge of our world becomes more of a front issue. It is very disheartening the world we are leaving our children. Is it getting easier or more difficult to promote and support peace? How could we not? The other choice is nothing but destruction. So we pass along our beliefs of a peace to come and continue chipping away at the man made mountain of ignorance and selfishiness.
I wish the sun was coming out today.

Tom picked up this beautiful piece of Bubinga Pomele. Origin: Equatorial Africa, from Cameroon and Gabon to southwest Niger, to the Congo region . Making wooden ink pens is what Tom had in mind. As soon as the package arrived, I looked at him in awe and said "you not making pens out of that are you?" He said "no way." So here it sits on our mantel as the beautiful piece that it is.

The sun hits me on the back of my shoulders as I sit here typing. All i want to do now is to turn and face the sun while it is still in my window.............

" Without touch we are but hunks of wood."
~Jim Morrison.

This is my all time favorite garden photo. sigh........ I so look forward to spring.

Went to sham's club today. Man, I really don't have any bossiness going there. Granted you save money in the long run, but who has the space to store all those large containers? I don't have a membership. I go along with a friend who has one. Yes, per ounce per sheet per everything it is cheaper. What are we doing with all these LARGE quantities? We don't have the LARGE families anymore. So many countries in need and we have to have 40 rolls of toilet paper and gallons of ketchup.
~off soapbox

I got pulled over yesterday. I went through a yellow light, which the officer called a flat red light. Lucky for me I don't have anything on record, so I ended up with a warning. Thank you! Kelsey told me the light was yellow. I knew it!! She's got my back man!

The new snow was beautiful this morning. It was a perfect photo opportunity. Too bad I went to Sam's club instead! The snow this year has been very disappointing. No excitement. Just cold and dreary.

It's gonna cost $250.00 to fix the turn signal on the Bonnie. We are getting nickled and dimed to death these days. Two steps forward and one back. Thanks to Ebay, we have a savings and are able to pay cash instead of using the credit card. First time ever!!! Feels good.

I have Friday night to myself this week. Birthday sleepovers this Friday and Next Friday!!! Wow!! How lucky. Maybe I will go see a movie.
I don't like being by myself in this house. It just doesn't feel right. Don't get me wrong. I do enjoy time to myself. I just don't need days and days of it. Just a few hours. Then I want everything back the way it should be. Think I'm going to have a serious problem with the empty nest syndrome?

The Moon

I witnessed a beautiful full, orange moon last night around 8pm. It was located in the northeastern sky. It had such a harvest moon feel to it. These are the times I wish I had that Camera with the amazing lens.

My oldest woke me up last night at 2:00am. She was having a hard time sleeping and was waking up in a cold sweat and not feeling good. Of course I felt her head to check for a fever and she was as cool as a cucumber. So the next words out of my mouth were;

" what's got you upset?"

"nothing."

"Hmmmmm?"

"Are you worried about something at school?"

"maybe."

I know she has many new things she is experiencing at school. A virus project that is due Wednesday, a Social studies test on Friday, having to take attendance all this month, take it to the office and get to her religion class on time so not to make the teacher mad if she's late, all causes some stress. Of her own making of course. But my sweet daughter feels she should already know 'how' to do everything. She is stressing out because she doesn't know how to do her virus project, or how to study for a test in social studies because her teacher might have to alter the studies sheet two days before the test, so she's not sure what to study for. Understandable.

While laying in my bed, stroking her hair and telling her she doesn't have to put herself through all this sleepless stress. Your not suppose to know how to do everything their is to be expected of you in school. It is a learning process. Don't worry about the teacher getting mad at you for being two seconds late for class. You have a job to do and your religion teacher needs to understand that and maybe she does. Stick up for yourself. You are justified. Your okay. Your normal. You deserve better. I love you.


Okay, I love the fact that I can use colored fonts!!!! Anything to improve to visual aesthetics of the old blog.

Today is cold and rainy. The perfect day to clean out the shove and slam closets!!

I don't think it is right that car dealerships should use the name of Martin Luther KIng to sell their shit cars.

We miss you MLK and we need you.....
We miss you to JFK and we need you.....

who are our JFK's and MLK's today?

Okay. I've been having fun

I made adjustments on this choker with stones given to me by Corrine for my Birthday last year. I like the contrast.
You can click on any of these pictures to get a better look.







Coiling has become the new thing for me right now. All done by hand and not machine gives me great satisfaction. 20 gauge silver coated copper.







20 gauge silver coated copper wire. has a good weight to it. is this funky enough?










Made this trying out a new tool. 18 gauge copper wire coils and copper metal beads. a quickie.










Tom has been wanting me to make this bracelet for a while. It is quite bulky and unfortunately too big for me to wear. who knew I would be considered petite in bone structure? 22gauge silver coated copper wrapped on 18 gauge copper wrapped on 18 gauge copper wire again then wrapped on 16 gauge silver nickle. who needs arm exercises?




The sun keeps trying to peak out but gets bombarded by dark rain clouds. I need some sunshne!!!!! I hope my walk tomorrow will offer that. Get the leash Mackinaw, lets go!

Today I'll spend hours uploading items on Ebay. Ebay has made it so Christmas and much needed clothing for both Tom and myself were paid for. But we are still at square one with our debt and concentrating on it is foremost in our minds.
The girls are back in school as of yesterday and I'm enjoying the alone time again. Although most days are filled with errands and the such of life, I still have time to putts.
Kes has decided to become part of the theatre group at school and will be in this years play "The Wizard of OZ". Amy is just enjoying school with no futher plans of sports and her favorite subject is science.
Tom has his usual, twice during the winter head cold. He has a very sexy deep voice now!!! The cars seem to be doing better, the washer has been fixed and the phone replaced. Thankful for the simple things.
Well, off to my Day!!


~Life is the most precious and wondrous thing that any of us have. Along the way, one of the real miracles occurs when we realize that what really matters is to deepen our relationship to ourselves and that to do this we have to enter a spiritual journey. We have to discover anew, or for the first time, our own relationship to the Infinite. We must begin to risk trusting a whole new level of intimacy with ourselves, life and the people whose lives we touch.