new candleholders

These are a set of candleholders that I made and took down to "Gifted Hands Gallery"

I can make these in lots of beautiful colors.

New Baby

This is Dot. We brought her home early last night because it was supposed to go to 32 degrees. All of her sisters and brothers went to other homes last night so they could stay warm.

New Work

Here is a nightlight and a business card holder. There is a lot more new work to come.

A Day of Rememberaance

There were so many days of tragedy and triumph in my life so far. Today 10 years ago is another among them. Joey was watching TV and I was coloring my hair. He was 3. The special report came on and I watched in horror as the first tower fell. The tears fell as well. Then the second tower fell. Our lives changed forever. I will never forget that day or the day that John F. Kennedy was shot. Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, John Lennon all men who changed our lives one way or another.

Today we remember all of the people who we lost that day. May their families find solace with the World who will never forget.

Another Boys Week

Today the boys came back for a week of fun and swimming. Of course it looks like it could rain all day. I had plans of going to the barn in the mornings and swimming in the afternoon. The pool water has fallen to 72 degrees so they probably won't go swimming either. I guess this calls for a readjustment of plans.

We have had the boys this whole week and I have to admit they can wear me out. Either that or these Shingles are responsible. We went to the barn this morning and the heat took everything out of me.

Rain rain go away

Today more showers and chance for severe storms. We may never get the pool up.

Today I am showing you a new pendant. I have a lot of pendants to choose from and you can have your choice of a twisted neckwire or black silk cord or just a bail for your use with whatever you have.

Joplin Tornado

Kansas and Missouri are known for horrible tornadoes but the one in Joplin is right up there with the 1957 Ruskin tornado. My prayers go out to the people in Joplin and to the families of the lost.

WOW! It"s been longer than I thought!

I can not believe it has been over 2 years since I have posted on my blog. So much has happened since then. We had a really bad accident. Jim's neck was broken and my ankle was crushed. Jim retired and his knee needs replaced. I have to admit that we are relatively healthy right now.

Flat Stanley comes to Kansas City

Did I tell you about the Flat Stanley that came to visit us. Rayce who is in kindergarten has started to study geography with the help of the book "Where in the World is Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley is a regular little boy who woke up one morning and was flat as a piece of paper.The teacher mails the Flat Stanley to people and they write back with pictures and stories of where Flat Stanley is visiting. I enlisted my sister and we took off on a beautiful day and took Stanley to the Plaza, the Liberty Memorial, The Nelson Art Gallery and a couple of other places around Kansas City. Tricia held Stanley and I took his picture with the places behind him. We had a great day.

I brought Flat Stanley home and wrote about where we had been and a little history about those places, printed the story and the pictures and mailed them back to his teacher.