27
June
Photo Hunt: Flag
I’m doubling up today on my Photo Hunt contributions. My flag photo is a Red Hat Society-themed decoration. One of the ladies made this great decoration to post at red hat events. Red and pink hatters are awesome!
27
June
Photo Hunt: Creamy
I decided to try the Photo Hunt meme, again. I have been taking pics, again, and thought it would be a good way to display some of those pics that may never get uploaded and just stay on the hard drive. I’m a little late for last week’s theme. I could not find anything to represent the theme, until last night.
When we can, we try to make Friday’s our pizza night. Usually, it’s eating our favorite, Mr. Gattis. It always arrives good and hot. Of course, one thing the children remind me of is to be sure and order a couple of sides of their delicious creamy ranch dressing. VJ and RA like to dip the pizza in the dressing while I like to smother it all over my pizza slices then top them off with jalapenos. Yummy! We have not been able to find any better ranch dressing than the one served at t Mr. Gattis.
26
June
Reflections and R.I.P Michael Jackson
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Wow, it is really hard to think of a pop icon in our day and age gone. I remember in the 80’s being just fresh out of high school and going out with friends to the clubs….Edge of Town, Parties, Roxy’s….I loved to dance to the Michael Jackson tunes. They were great dance hits, along with Madonna’s tunes. I also remember, as a child, singing along to the tunes of ABC and I’ll Be There. Man, that’s about 40 years! Okay, I’m aging myself, here.
Even though he led an eccentric life, I think we can all agree that Michael’s music inspired us. It’s sad to see he is gone.
Michael Jackson, rest in peace…
Goodbye to Farah Fawcett, an original Charlie’s Angels.
Goodbye to Timbree Hardy, a dear colleague from work. She retired after working 30+ years. Only after a few recent years of retirement, she left us to be with God.
Goodbye to Wita, Vincent’s grandma. She was a feisty woman full of conversation. She loved going to the neighborhood clubs in her western wear to sit with old acquaintances, play a little pool and enjoy a drink or two. Those were her favorite past-times. Mucho carino, Wita.
22
June
Happy Father’s Day
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Well, I hope you enjoyed the day with your dad or that you were spoiled today if you are a dad. As for the children and me, we enjoyed the afternoon with dad. Javi and Eds, my brothers, who also stopped in with their families.
We took daddy to a Mexican restaurant for lunch in the northeast side of town. Afterwards, we headed back to the nursing home and presented him with gifts, taught him how to use a CD player, and set up his HD converter box. My sister-in-law, Val, recorded some of his favorite types of music on CD’s. Daddy really liked that she did that. It was also a great time for a photo opportunity.
While there, we found out that daddy might have a "girlfriend." Yi-ha! At 75 years old!?!
It turned out to be a good day to be with family. I was especially glad to see my brothers. Leandra also was part of the celebration as she is here with us for a few days. I am glad she is here with us.
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Check out the rest of the pics here.
7
June
Catching a Passing Thought
I was reading one of my past posts and clicked on the link of the blog that inspired it. In perusing, I noticed the author’s post dated May 6, 2009. It’s something I believe to be true as I face challenges. I quote it here to remember it from time-to-time:
"Emotion is energy, and in order to cause change, it must move.
Where does it move first? Through you.
Hate, like fear and anger and love and sorrow, is an emotion, and emotion is energy, so in order to be expressed, it must first move through you. So when you feel hatred toward another person, you’re casting hate upon yourself first.
The same is true of love, and peace, and joy.
It’s not a matter of "what you send out you get back times three." What you send out doesn’t just come back to you–it starts with you.
Any emotion you try to horde will turn stagnant and fester inside you–to help it grow, to help it heal, to share it with others, you have to let it flow.
We can make the conscious choice to direct our energies. We can raise the ones we want to encourage and ground the ones we want to be free of. We can work to transform energy from negative into positive and channel it into a kinder world, and in doing so transform ourselves…or we can hex ourselves with every heartbeat.
This is magic."
Original blog post here.
7
June
DigiScrap: Sisters
I have so many digital scrapbooking kits (freebies and purchased). I was browsing in Windows Explorer and decided it was about time I started using them. Since I think I will be using them to print in photo format and add to my scrapbook albums, I decided to change the format from the standard 12×12 size. Here is a page I did today.
