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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
What has been keeping me busy lately
It seems I still have to get into a routine to regularly post to this blog, here goes.
I have recently joined some on line art instruction groups, and posted some of my paintings and drawings. I am a decorative artist (tole/folk art) and have been trying to learn to draw from various books. These pictures are of my work done over the past two-three years.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
New computer
OK, so I am not the most faithful blogger on the planet. I thought I would be more into this but I guess it takes more commitment than I put into it. I hope my new computer will light a fire to blog more and be in communication with my friends better than I have in the past.
Our Japanese Chin dog, Mieko, will be 2 years old this month. I can't believe it! Time goes by so fast. Peppi, our toy Poodle is getting old, he will be 10 this October. I don't know how I got onto the subject of dogs, maybe because my last post was about my sister's dog.
Well, I will resume this later, with more detailed news. I have to go get a bite to eat.
Our Japanese Chin dog, Mieko, will be 2 years old this month. I can't believe it! Time goes by so fast. Peppi, our toy Poodle is getting old, he will be 10 this October. I don't know how I got onto the subject of dogs, maybe because my last post was about my sister's dog.
Well, I will resume this later, with more detailed news. I have to go get a bite to eat.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Sad news
For those of you who knew "Charlie", my sister's standard French poodle, he is very sick, the diagnosis is lymphatic cancer. He was scheduled to be euthanized this morning. I have not called to confirm that, as my sister is in no condition to talk about it. He was 13 last Thursday. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Trying to get some posts
It is pretty sad when the only posts you get are from total strangers. So, in an attempt to get some of my family to post to this blog, I have sent out the address again.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Happy New Year
Gosh, I can't believe I posted and signed off without wishing all a Happy New Year. I wish you all health, wealth and happiness.
Freshening up for the New Year
Well folks, I admit it, I am a procrastinator. I had every good intention of posting regularly to this blog but what is it they say about the road to hell? Anyway, I hope this year will be better. My thanks to everyone who posted to my blog.
We had a wonderful holiday season, my sister and brother in law came down from NY and we all spent Christmas and New Year's together. My brother in law, worked very hard while here, doing all the "honey-do" things that my husband is not able to do any longer. As usual, I enjoyed my sister's company. Our daughter was able to join us over the holidays. She was a great help to us. She did a lot of the heavy lifting and assorted other "gopher" tasks.
I owe a special thanks to our friends, Helene and John who hosted the Christmas festivities. They are very generous and they spoiled us all with wonderful goodies to eat and lovely gifts.
New Year's eve we went to different parties, my sister and brother in law headed out of town to spend time at a friend's home and we spent the evening with our good friends, Barbara and Terry.
We had a wonderful holiday season, my sister and brother in law came down from NY and we all spent Christmas and New Year's together. My brother in law, worked very hard while here, doing all the "honey-do" things that my husband is not able to do any longer. As usual, I enjoyed my sister's company. Our daughter was able to join us over the holidays. She was a great help to us. She did a lot of the heavy lifting and assorted other "gopher" tasks.
I owe a special thanks to our friends, Helene and John who hosted the Christmas festivities. They are very generous and they spoiled us all with wonderful goodies to eat and lovely gifts.
New Year's eve we went to different parties, my sister and brother in law headed out of town to spend time at a friend's home and we spent the evening with our good friends, Barbara and Terry.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
I got two comments on my last post, Hooray!
I read in the tech news how popular blogging is, but I think it must be younger folks who are participating the most or politically active people. Since I am not in the former group I definitely am in the latter group.
As I mentioned in my post "its been a year!", many things have happened. I won't bore you with all of the details but instead tell you the latest happy news. We travelled to Hot Springs Arkansas and bought a male Japanese Chin puppy. He is adorable. I originally was going to get a female but with an eye to the future, I was not crazy about her markings. I chose a sable and white male, which I named "Mieko" which means "Bright" in Japanese. The name really fits him. He has caught on to going outside to do his business, and when we do not pick up on his hints that he has to go outside, he uses the "wee wee pads" which are a housebreaking aid. I had forgotten how much fun it is to have a puppy in the house. He is full of energy, and so far, our toy poodle Peppi is just tolerating him. I am sure in a little bit of time they will be best buddies.
Today is my husband's birthday, he is 79 today. Our daughter came home this weekend to celebrate his birthday with him. We were all supposed to go out to see "Finian's Rainbow" which is being put on by the local community theater, but the day before yesterday, my hubbie fell and he is still pretty sore.
I will close for now, I want to save some news for another post.
Sunday, October 09, 2005
it's been a year!
Well friends, I have sent invitations to this blog, and sob, no one showed up! This is the story of my life. Lots of things have happened, as they say in lab reports, "too numerous to count". I guess this will have to be a public journal. Anywho, if anybody is reading, I sure would like to hear from you.
Friday, September 24, 2004
As promised news
Just to let you know, Karen has started her new job on Wednesday. She called on her morning break and on her one hour lunch hour. She is very enthused and so far, likes the job. She is shadowing a girl who is teaching her the job. Yesterday, the girl left her to do some work on her own, Karen was very excited about that, she actually got to process stuff on her own.
Wednesday night we went up to visit her, we gave her one of those Italian expansion bracelets that you add links/charms to. We hoped it would bring her good luck in her new position. We went out to dinner, to a place she had eaten at previously, and everything that could, did go wrong. She and Merle ordered Salmon, and as Karen described it, it was "fish stick" sized. They both ordered baked potatoes all the way, and they were not cooked, hard as a rock. When they brought this to the server's attention she offered them a replacement of garlic mashed potatoes. They arrived, and they were cold. Karen was mortified, she kept apologizing to us, but of course, it wasn't her fault. We had a talk with the manager and she adjusted the bill by 20%, but I don't think we will be eating there again any time soon.
Karen called us last night, she is doing really well in school and scored a 94 in Anatomy. She had a math test last night, which she thinks she did ok in.
As for Merle and I, I have been busy painting, and I finished a project I started a while ago at my sister's home, a cute napkin holder, a bird house scene with potted African violets on either side. Merle, my greatest source of encouragement, says it looks great.
Merle has been tuning up his computer, it has been running a bit slow, so he did some maintenance on it. In between his usual court programs on TV, he has been doing some word puzzles and crosswords, keeping those brain cells alive and functioning.
Well, tomorrow, we are going to "Stop and Play" to celebrate my Godson, Mikey's sixth birthday. I can't believe he is going to be six! The time has flown by, and he is in regular school now.
I will stop here. Best to leave more for another posting.
Wednesday night we went up to visit her, we gave her one of those Italian expansion bracelets that you add links/charms to. We hoped it would bring her good luck in her new position. We went out to dinner, to a place she had eaten at previously, and everything that could, did go wrong. She and Merle ordered Salmon, and as Karen described it, it was "fish stick" sized. They both ordered baked potatoes all the way, and they were not cooked, hard as a rock. When they brought this to the server's attention she offered them a replacement of garlic mashed potatoes. They arrived, and they were cold. Karen was mortified, she kept apologizing to us, but of course, it wasn't her fault. We had a talk with the manager and she adjusted the bill by 20%, but I don't think we will be eating there again any time soon.
Karen called us last night, she is doing really well in school and scored a 94 in Anatomy. She had a math test last night, which she thinks she did ok in.
As for Merle and I, I have been busy painting, and I finished a project I started a while ago at my sister's home, a cute napkin holder, a bird house scene with potted African violets on either side. Merle, my greatest source of encouragement, says it looks great.
Merle has been tuning up his computer, it has been running a bit slow, so he did some maintenance on it. In between his usual court programs on TV, he has been doing some word puzzles and crosswords, keeping those brain cells alive and functioning.
Well, tomorrow, we are going to "Stop and Play" to celebrate my Godson, Mikey's sixth birthday. I can't believe he is going to be six! The time has flown by, and he is in regular school now.
I will stop here. Best to leave more for another posting.
Where is everyone?
Ok, I sent out the invitations to post here and so far no response, but that's alright. I can understand your timidity. It really is easy to do, follow the prompts and you too can post to this blog. C'mon people, you share with me, I'll share with you. Give it a shot, you might like it.
Watch this space for news.
Watch this space for news.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Welcome!
As stated in the description, this is a simple device for keeping up with my family and friends. I hope this proves useful. Please feel free to contribute pictures, recipes, jokes but most of all news of you and your family.
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