Tagged

I was tagged by my sister Michelle to post the 4th picture from the 4th file of the My Pictures folder on my computer. Which hard drive do I choose? I chose My Book and this is what I came up with:

My nephew Eric - Christmas 2005

What I'm thankful for

It's that time of year for reflection and to acknowledge the things we are thankful for. Here are a few things I am thankful for.

My family - thank you for being there when I need you.

My friends - same goes for you, too. Thanks for listening.

My job - most days.

My health - taking care of a couple issues right now, but overall, still good.

My children - ok they're cats, but they're still my children.

Music - couldn't imagine life without it.

I'm sure there's much more, but it would take all day to list and I don't want to bore you.

YUM!

I slaved all day Wednesday to make pies for Thanksgiving dinner. Here's part of what I went through.

**start with the pastry**form into nice round ball**make sure it fits**

**fold in half*****fold in half again*****place in pie plate**

**unfold*****tuck under edges*****flute the edges**

**prick with fork***close up shot***HOT 450 degree oven**

**bake for 10-12 minutes*** The end result***

I was too lazy to take pictures of the filling process so you just get to enjoy the end result. Yum! I actually had time to make the pastry from scratch this year. Had a little left over so I rolled it out, sprinkled it with sugar and cinnamon and baked. Forgot how flaky and yummy my recipe is.

To Progress

Main Entry: 1prog·ress
Pronunciation: \ˈprä-grəs, -ˌgres, US also & British usually ˈprō-ˌgres\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French progrés, from Latin progressus advance, from progredi to go forth, from pro- forward + gradi to go — more at pro-, grade
Date: 15th century
1.Movement, as toward a goal; advance.

What do you think?

Ambitious

am·bi·tious
Pronunciation: \am-ˈbi-shəs\
Function: adjective
Date: 14th century
1 a: having or controlled by ambition b: having a desire to achieve a particular goal : aspiring
2: resulting from, characterized by, or showing ambition
— am·bi·tious·ly adverb
— am·bi·tious·ness noun

I am leaning towards definition 1-b.
I am teaching myself(with the help of a pamphlet) how to crochet.
My goal?
To finish this:


I figure if I do my average of 2 rows per day (not much, but my left hand gets cramps really bad!!!), I will finish in about 2 months.

How Many Of Me?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 1 or fewer people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Did you vote?

Election

Tomorrow is election day. Are you voting?

'Tis the Season

Sorry...
Couldn't help it....
Just had to do the holiday theme....

Confucius Says

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Halloween

Powerful Women's Motto

Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning,
Satan shudders & says...
"Oh shit....she's awake!!''

For my friend....

Letting Go Doesn't Mean Giving Up, But Rather Accepting That There Are Things That Cannot Be

Laugh If You Must!

After reading Michelle's blog and seeing her "yearbook" herself, I thought I'd have a go at it. You can do it, too here.

***1950 ********** 1960 **********1966 ***


***1978 ********* 1982 ********* 1984 ***


Class of 1985
(this is my actual yearbook picture)



These were the years I was having an identity crisis (LOL)
***1952*********1954***

Laundry

Who wants to help fold?

Scrapping The Music

OK...so I have no talent and have no business entering contests and stuff, but what the hell. Scrapping The Music has these weekly challenges to create themed pages to song titles and/or lyrics. This week the song is All Summer Long by Kid Rock. Here's my entry:

More Digitals

Digital Scrapbooking

Bored

It's been a little over a week since I broke my foot and I fear it's not getting any better. And... I'm going stir-crazy. The doctor said it's ok to walk, but I think I over did it yesterday. The laundry needed done and the dishes needed done and by the time the day was done, so was I. The lawn needs mowed also, but there's no way in Hell I'm taking that on. It can wait until spring :) So what did I do today? Absolutley nothing! Nothing physical, anyway. My friend needs to return home and burn me some more movies since I am "locked up" for 2 more weeks. I have been watching movies and reading everyone's blogs. Some if you have been "scrapbooking" so I decided to be creative again today and do some scrapbooking of my own. The digital kind that is. Here's what I came up with

Things I learned today

Since I'm temporarily crippled and basically can do nothing except sit or lay with my foot elevated, I'm expanding my knowledge via the internet. Today I learned how to use an image to divide my blog posts instead of that tiny dotted line. Notice the "Happy Halloween" ribbon? Cool, huh!!!