Tomorrow IS THE Day!!!

Tomorrow is "LEAP DAY!"

**This occurs every four years

and gives us 366 days in a

Leap Year.

**Leap day has been around for

2000 years.

**Leap day was added

as a correction to the calendar

so that it stays in sync with the

seasons...that way the seasons

start on the same day from year

to year.

**Those with leap year birthdays

usually choose February 28th or

March 1st to celebrate their

birthdays in a non leap year.

**U.S. Presidential elections

and Summer Olympics occur

in leap years.

**Watch the 2010 movie--"Leap

Day" with Amy Adams.

Do you have a Leap year birthday?

Do you know someone that does?

I have a friend whose younger brother

has a leap day birthday--in school

we were so fascinated with this.

Since we have an extra day this year

what will you do for YOURSELF?

Take some time tomorrow and DO

something just for YOU!

Here is a fun website---

www.leapyearday.com

Have fun!!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

60 Years of Fun

image: Google

Mr. Potato Head turns 60

this month! His debut

came in 1952 and was

the first toy ever to be

advertised on TV!

FUN FACTS ABOUT MR.

**It cost .98 in '52 to buy

a Potato Head--parts

only cause Mom or Dad

supplied the potato.

**The Mrs. was introduced

in 1953 and they were

married on Valentine's

Day of that year. They

renewed their vows this

year !

**In 1964, Hasbro began

selling Mr. and Mrs. with

hard plastic bodies that

held the pieces in the "tator

tush" compartment and that

is trademarked!

**100 million tator toys have

been sold to date.

** 30 licensed characters

have been created.

**There are 350 parts and

pieces available.

**Mr. got his AARP card in

2002.

Did you have a Potato Head?

A Mrs? I remember having

one as a child. Loved it!!

Now, I have a Valentine one,

an Easter one and a Halloween

one. My kids at school love

to play with them.

Oh, what fun!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Light at the End of the Tunnel

For You~~~~

Just wanted to send EVERYONE

a bouquet of flowers for your

kinds wishes and prayers.

Mr. Ken and I are on the mend.

Both of us went back to work

today, I am a little tired and I

am sure that Ken will be also.

As I said in a previous post,

each of us had different issues.

Ken had the FLU and I had a

viral infection.

Again, THANK YOU for your

thoughts and prayers. We

really appreciated them!!!

On another note--Is anyone

else having problems with

their "reply" button in the

comment section? Have

you solved the problem?

How?

~Keep on Dreaming~

Coughing and Blowing, Blowing and Coughing

Ken and I have been "blessed"

NOT with the creeping crud.

Ken has something different

than I have and vice versa.

We will resume regular

programming soon. Please

stand by.

I may come by but not comment

just depends on how I feel.

Thanks for your patience with this.

We appreciate it.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Hearts and Fun

A little fun at school--a heart themed birthday treat day for those with February. The top photo shows part of the middle of the table and the photo below show one of the table ends. Heart plates, napkins, confetti, cutouts and felt hearts that look like paper cutouts. Click on the photo to see what I mean. The funny thing about the felt hearts were that they were in the ornament section at Target after Christmas. I must of made three trips back there to pick up more. At .30 a package, what would you have done? The mugs holding the forks were found in our cabinet at school. They are red rimmed which worked well with the theme. In the photo below, you will see the bookmarks that I made for Valentine's day for the gals I work with. These are the ones that I saw on someone's blog last year. (That I asked about in a post last fall). If these were on your blog, please let me know!! The gals liked them! The colors were chosen for each of them. I got the clips after Christmas in the Dollar Spot at Target. They have silver ones in their office supply asile if you want to make some. Super easy!!!

Mr. Ken and I had a lovely

holiday at home with dinner,

funny cards and gifts. I received

two books and some candy. Ken-

Mr.Tech wanted a fancy 3 hole

punch for home and work, he

also received some candy too.

Tonight we went to dinner at

The Elephant Bar and celebrated

our 14th anniversary of our 1st

date! It is a tradition that we

enjoy. Hope everyone enjoyed

their holiday fun!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Share a Little Kindness

image: Google

This week begins "Random Acts

of Kindness Week." Take time

to do some extra nice things

for those around you. If you

would like to blog about this

go ahead and pass it on. :)

Here's my kindness wish to YOU!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

An update of sorts: The young

lady that helped Nezzy make

their Valentine's was a Sunday

School student not her Grand-

daughter. Sorry Nezzy. This

young lady needs our prayers

also, because she is fighting with

cancer--please remember her and

her family in your prayers. Thanks

bunches!!!!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Will YOU Be Mine???

The makings of Valentine's! If you remember several weeks ago I invited my readers/followers to make Valentine's for the children at our local children's hospital. One of the radio stations here sponsors a card shower each year and invites their listeners to participate. Sooo I invited YOU to to join ME in brightening a child's day. Five of you plus one daughter and a grandaughter jumped on board with me, making it EIGHT of us making cards this year. Yea! That is an increase of five more from last year! Here is the proof: These are the one's I made. These are the one's Karen from Colorado made. Very very cute! These lovely little envelopes hold valentine's made by Leslie and her daughter, they are from Maryland. Pretty fancy!

These lovelies (below) came

from Katherine in Canada!

Our farthest Valentine's!!!!!

She even labeled them from

Canada on the back! Pretty

creative.

Miss Nezzy and her sweet

grandaughter made these.

They are from Missouri.

I know somebody who likes

to color! Quite colorful. :)

And....last BUT not

least Jenny made

these. She put a lot

of work into these.

I like the flash card

idea!! Jenny you were

thinking outside of the

box!!!! These came after I

delivered the others BUT

they will get to the kids--

This was one of the delivery

sites--I dropped off 45 special

Valentine's cards after work.

The last eight will go out TODAY.

First National co-sponsors the

card shower with the radio

station.

Thanks again! You ROCK.

I know the kids will get a

big kick out of these.

I REALLY appreciate the

time EVERYONE took out

of their days to do this with

me! I have THE BEST followers!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Party Decorating for Little or Nothing and THE GAME

Yesterday was GAME DAY and our friends Dan and Nancy (Acorn Cottage) came over . In order to get ready for our fun, I did an inventory of party decorations and paper goods saved from previous parties and activities. I tried to use as many things I already had. Above you will see (top right around the table) red dinner plates, football napkins, red cups, foam football cutouts, confetti, football snack dishes, white plastic forks, red silicone cups and in the the middle are football cutouts to hang up. When I buy these type of items I ALWAYS save anything that is leftover--one never knows when they will need it. This way I hopefully don't have to buy anything for the next party or event. These are then stored in a spare closet for the next use. The items above are the only things I bought. Out of all the tablecovers that I have I did not have a white one---go figure. Total spent $3.00. :) THE GAME---getting ready for the appetizers. THE PICKS---I have had this chalkboard since I was a little girl! THE TABLE---before. Here is a peek at the confetti. THE TABLE---after it is laden with round one food. There was a mishap with round two so no pics. Lost a pizza in the oven! :( THE WINNERS!

Next year, Dan--Nancy's husband

and I have vowed that we will be

THE WINNERS!!!!

Great fun was had by all.

~Keep on Dreaming~

A Fun Gift

Last Saturday, I wrote a post

that included a couple of

weblinks for fun stuff related

to Valentine's Day.

One of the sites suggested giving

a TREASURE BOX as a gift to a

friend but I think this could be

expanded to kids. In the picture

you will see that this box is geared

toward CARD MAKING. Silicone

baking cups were used to hold

goodies like bits of ribbon, thread,

string, small rubber stamps, buttons,

felt balls and plain cards. All of it

was placed in a hinged wooden box

and then wrapped with a pretty bow.

Be creative with your containers, as

they say "Think outside of the box."

Themes for GIRLS:

Crafts/Jewerly making

Dress-up

Painting/drawing/coloring

Small games

Themes for BOYS:

Playdough/tools/cookie

Painting/drawing/coloring

Small games

Toolbox

These are great for Valentine's

Day but they would be fun for

birthdays too!

HAPPY CREATING!

~Keep on Dreaming~