tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57284558394770545032024-03-05T02:05:33.020-06:00Country Dreamingest. 2009Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.comBlogger1411125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-37932154078110160652024-01-05T12:24:00.000-06:002024-01-05T12:24:03.240-06:00Meeting with Carol Z.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRThipyWP8oRtcDf7d-r1DpduTAHpvwf9go4N0k_bC8MBiuVBZFYsYwB1ICG8T62pdc3i54Q33W1gbhXXEoQ9D0vmqPMNln9gThf1vZUFTxclYN91I0qKKdtzXPTxKjBroUaLK4JcKQLjQLwD3QAcDCeN8NEq46NLG-gJLdQ3lq1bHZ_5e_jDgnimlG6g1/s1600/25402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRThipyWP8oRtcDf7d-r1DpduTAHpvwf9go4N0k_bC8MBiuVBZFYsYwB1ICG8T62pdc3i54Q33W1gbhXXEoQ9D0vmqPMNln9gThf1vZUFTxclYN91I0qKKdtzXPTxKjBroUaLK4JcKQLjQLwD3QAcDCeN8NEq46NLG-gJLdQ3lq1bHZ_5e_jDgnimlG6g1/s320/25402.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Carol Z was in town for around 4 days. On October 5 we met her </div><div style="text-align: left;">for dinner. We met at Met Mitch (BBQ).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We all had a great time getting to know each other. It great fun!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Melinda 😃</div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-27784649177764068522024-01-01T19:00:00.005-06:002024-01-01T19:34:52.111-06:00Hi !!<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYUlwByaC1XBaMpNsKo6CMcooqPEXQxMC5cHyPsuKaaN3_MaeKVM3oc-5vifxSPsn8DmfcDycjQhGQ7IT2FXAkGd1r0wXVzw5oMGanJQa-XQdautAXo2Tv_Uw9qHb69MoH9fnZeW0BzcGB9GCUIa7W-bzWGPfVSajLEvm89TSR3qwGuf6f6YKIufvMlfX/s4032/20231008_120948.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYUlwByaC1XBaMpNsKo6CMcooqPEXQxMC5cHyPsuKaaN3_MaeKVM3oc-5vifxSPsn8DmfcDycjQhGQ7IT2FXAkGd1r0wXVzw5oMGanJQa-XQdautAXo2Tv_Uw9qHb69MoH9fnZeW0BzcGB9GCUIa7W-bzWGPfVSajLEvm89TSR3qwGuf6f6YKIufvMlfX/s320/20231008_120948.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Today I'm starting a new blog.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It will mostly be of pictures </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">of flowers, places we go, places</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">we eat etc.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">~K</span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">eep on Dreaming~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Melinda 😊</span></b></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-32134244540894780152021-07-03T19:09:00.000-05:002021-07-03T19:09:06.518-05:00Holiday Weekend<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKkfQeOx3KooYnjBYRbAzFZjyZrsPh2kSjJBBdI3gumyPfpUwDcUL8rUJusOjQxzfFbWlUyC0fLgCAxi8Tv-n-P7yhJhemritxONSyjzqM07r0Mgu4BjHvppkOrn26E5tclALIhxZKHMV/s225/images%255B10%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKkfQeOx3KooYnjBYRbAzFZjyZrsPh2kSjJBBdI3gumyPfpUwDcUL8rUJusOjQxzfFbWlUyC0fLgCAxi8Tv-n-P7yhJhemritxONSyjzqM07r0Mgu4BjHvppkOrn26E5tclALIhxZKHMV/s0/images%255B10%255D.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Popping in to say:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>HAPPY 4th OF JULY!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Mr. K and I hope that </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>you have a fun weekend!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-22713432772903536292021-07-01T13:28:00.005-05:002021-07-01T13:28:45.932-05:00Old Glory<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bU_NUyMvQWYgekEs4zXkHD59-IoH566d90OvfbRPu-Xr68xkMUWWnrWKojgv8LV2bM0a-U4NjE2vb_HtIkFd1vLtUEXI7SX7PtiW5BuHc9J7YLicxCs_LvxeVNdsyMtVstYNbP9tW0Os/s320/Jackson+County+4th+of+July+Flags+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bU_NUyMvQWYgekEs4zXkHD59-IoH566d90OvfbRPu-Xr68xkMUWWnrWKojgv8LV2bM0a-U4NjE2vb_HtIkFd1vLtUEXI7SX7PtiW5BuHc9J7YLicxCs_LvxeVNdsyMtVstYNbP9tW0Os/s0/Jackson+County+4th+of+July+Flags+3.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Good afternoon and Happy July!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Today let's chat about our flag. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Some </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">call it </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"Old Glory."</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>The information below is from the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">National Flag </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Foundation:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>The current flag is the only one to </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">have lasted for </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">more than 50 years</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>There have been 27 versions of the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">American flag </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">each with a different </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>amount of stars.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>As we know there are:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>50 stars representing each state</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>13 stripes representing the original</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>13 colonies that became the first </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>states in the Union.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>History states that the colors of the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>flag represent:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>RED--hardiness and valor</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>WHITE--purity and innocence</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>BLUE--vigilance, perseverance and </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>justice</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>The flag always flies at the top of a </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">staff above </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">any other staff.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>After a tragedy the flag is flown at </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"half staff" </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">on land and "half mast" </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">on a ship. This occurs </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">for 30 days of </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>mourning.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We have all been to a funeral at one </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">time in </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">our lives and I am sure you </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">have noticed that </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">if there is a flag, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>it is folded a specific way.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Correct? </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Military.com gives a great explanation </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">the Meaning Behind the 13 Folds of </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">the </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Flag. Most of this I did not know.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>There is so much more that can be </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">posted </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">on Old Glory, so if you are </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">interested </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">ask your friend GOOGLE </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>for assistance.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>One way or the other my flags WILL </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">get </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">outside-hopefully the rain is </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>FINISHED!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-21833989960366698312021-06-29T11:59:00.005-05:002021-06-29T11:59:42.547-05:00Something Yummy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNGMpwrt13QLZGChZfnfGBHYCSiasgIliPBtwggLuMY6pZV2NFk85g0GRbSNuStyLtg6Ti54oJ13cuDKNADICFf-SWaGLRUsbtsc-G9O1kXn_ieoEgsDHKoX51UeVW-OVfoK-lHsYVDf2/s225/imagesCAAQENGK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNGMpwrt13QLZGChZfnfGBHYCSiasgIliPBtwggLuMY6pZV2NFk85g0GRbSNuStyLtg6Ti54oJ13cuDKNADICFf-SWaGLRUsbtsc-G9O1kXn_ieoEgsDHKoX51UeVW-OVfoK-lHsYVDf2/s0/imagesCAAQENGK.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hope everyone is well.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Today I have an oldie but yummy recipe </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>for you.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>This is a good one for a small or large </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">crowd. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Adjust ingredients as needed</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>for your group.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><u><b>Veggie Salsa</b></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>2 15 oz cans diced tomatoes, drain well and </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>reserve the liquid</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>1 med green pepper</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>1 clove garlic</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>1/2 C red onion</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>5 green onions</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>1/2 C cilantro</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>1 can shoe peg white corn</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>1 can black beans, rinsed and drained</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>1 can black eyed peas, rinsed and drained</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>3/4 C zesty Italian dressing</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Finely chop all veggies. Combine all </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>ingredients, adding enough reserved</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>liquid from tomatoes to desired </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">con</span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">sistency. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Serve with tortilla chips.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Enjoy!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>This is a fave of Mr. Ken's!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-85800906695228214712021-06-27T19:38:00.001-05:002021-06-27T19:38:31.957-05:00Holiday Week<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwV0CtymbgIxh5huFKyevU9NUOZeSQKqGpe-tV_y85CmUE88JE83nXeLrxiGXaKzw1Jayh4msGRzG1IoMuxtLVtjHnQxBS9i1alaAmlggvKSqIH8w_EdZ6RHgxGazOMbSvHyTHNVUNVGp/s480/fireworks-1-tm%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwV0CtymbgIxh5huFKyevU9NUOZeSQKqGpe-tV_y85CmUE88JE83nXeLrxiGXaKzw1Jayh4msGRzG1IoMuxtLVtjHnQxBS9i1alaAmlggvKSqIH8w_EdZ6RHgxGazOMbSvHyTHNVUNVGp/s320/fireworks-1-tm%255B1%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Well friends, here we are, the week before </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">4th of July.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Time is flying, who is ready? Um...not me!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But beginning tomorrow things will start</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">happening. I am hoping to do several posts </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">this week too.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Do you decorate for the 4th?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I do though not sure how much will get done</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">this year. Have tried to get flags outside but</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that is usually when it decides to rain.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hopefully we get a break from that.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I have several inside decorations that I would </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">like to get out so we'll see.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hope everyone has a great week!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">~Keep on Dreaming~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-3715035596267637072021-06-22T13:23:00.007-05:002021-06-22T13:25:04.761-05:00Summer! WHAT?!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpPmPkWoMWFgUJTK84kzR94r95V07O8tI_XOonUzktE5v8WxY9k_6yQcsCg-OsTF0iIygF9hxAPyBivx3glPp0rhJJXBi1jhyphenhyphenhYt-ci0NH0OmdyCZks6NSHAIvQ2KRxPYbOeDMFl04OaI/s188/images%255B1%255D+%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpPmPkWoMWFgUJTK84kzR94r95V07O8tI_XOonUzktE5v8WxY9k_6yQcsCg-OsTF0iIygF9hxAPyBivx3glPp0rhJJXBi1jhyphenhyphenhYt-ci0NH0OmdyCZks6NSHAIvQ2KRxPYbOeDMFl04OaI/s0/images%255B1%255D+%25285%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Happy Summer!</b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggl0R_mdgfKG-afh5x6HQksKwuEBH7HYxVSnmDLBPS_cplZIHCF0vbVo8OJZaN0kptqAZrmz9Zk-qpm-nv6Qi-1TRYcN_VVomCqPUhSNTmHpTkqG6RA6dlYgiNCpZMW44f5dxIcEHV0eKY/s2220/Screenshot_20210524-214048_Facebook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggl0R_mdgfKG-afh5x6HQksKwuEBH7HYxVSnmDLBPS_cplZIHCF0vbVo8OJZaN0kptqAZrmz9Zk-qpm-nv6Qi-1TRYcN_VVomCqPUhSNTmHpTkqG6RA6dlYgiNCpZMW44f5dxIcEHV0eKY/s320/Screenshot_20210524-214048_Facebook.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Popping in with a quick post.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>A Summer bucket list. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You will probably </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">need to click </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">on </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">it to enlarge. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hopefully you </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">will </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">find something fun </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">celebrate </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Summer.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Here are some of the things I </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">hope </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to do:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Go for a walk at night</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Ride bikes</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Go to the Lake (for the day)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Go to the movies</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Swing at the Park ; )</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Have a picnic</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Play games</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Build a bonfire (in the firepit)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Roast Marshmallows (and make</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Smore's) </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We have planted veggies +flowers</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We visit with our neighbors ALL</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>the time.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I will see my Cousins on Saturday</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>meeting them for dinner after a </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>year </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">of not being able to gather </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">together!</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>What will you do this summer?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Most of this is geared for kids so </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>have fun with the Grands or nieces</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>and nephews too. BUT don't let that</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>stop you, let us know what you may</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>do!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><p></p><p> </p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-11241842905281781872021-06-14T09:40:00.001-05:002021-06-14T09:40:37.931-05:00Monday...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBsWqMFxDIWLhXesc38QNQICprpo_b7dbx5Pwf8Ca53Vx_ESiX6IbpkSEtyhLePa87P38QmIHdiVXW2FVVJ_ZkdCaCGnaKYL5PXb5hLvoC-V9aiC6B4dP5MOItaq-FllQplDtcnHyoZj1/s2543/20210612_193757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBsWqMFxDIWLhXesc38QNQICprpo_b7dbx5Pwf8Ca53Vx_ESiX6IbpkSEtyhLePa87P38QmIHdiVXW2FVVJ_ZkdCaCGnaKYL5PXb5hLvoC-V9aiC6B4dP5MOItaq-FllQplDtcnHyoZj1/s320/20210612_193757.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Good Morning, I hope your day</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>has started off well.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We had a great weekend ! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Our neighborhood had it's annual </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Garage Sales, we did not participate</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>this year. I did go to some of the sales</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>though. One of my favorite sales was </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>the . 25 sale my neighbor was having.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Everything except the large furniture </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>was a whopping quarter.! Forgot to </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>take a pic but I picked up a nice size </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>universal calendar that you use a dry </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>erase marker on, two very nice vintage </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>tablecloths--yep vintage, some baking </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>pans and a white porcelain like Holy </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Family.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>BUT the BIG score for the day was that </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>cutie in the picture above! Wanna guess</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>how much...I'll wait. FREE!! Yes, indeed</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>friends. I said FREE. It was on her curb</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>with a bunch of other stuff. I cannot tell</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>you how excited I am ! Looking forward </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>to putting this on my porch this winter.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I did tease Mr. Ken that we might have </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>"Christmas in July" just so I can put it </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">out. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">He looked at me as though I was </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>kidding. HA! HA!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>This week will be busy around here. I am </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>working at Bible School three days plus</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>getting ready for family to arrive on </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday. We are all going to the Royals </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>game that night. On Thursday and Friday </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I will finish prep for them. Saturday we </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>will do fun stuff and on Sunday we will </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>all go down to my brother in laws to </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>celebrate Father's Day.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Whew I'll need a rest on Monday.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Mr. Ken took some vacay time next </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>week so who knows what will take </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>place!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I hope to be back again but not sure</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>with this crazy schedule.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-41895307708527227722021-06-09T12:46:00.001-05:002021-06-09T12:46:35.481-05:00Random Thoughts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEe2RcYNYl_mvU7WPIdjn9b8wa3OEpqE1_d2O0hUD6wyoEyJ7z7UQyO9L1-b01dx7Q0vNm291CkIaIfdGgv5CG-qfEc6ZRAFk6Mg6bNq0dQtEzicnIOYC12Oswa4CDrTxXuFKfTqxDoYDb/s232/imagesMY23CPZM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEe2RcYNYl_mvU7WPIdjn9b8wa3OEpqE1_d2O0hUD6wyoEyJ7z7UQyO9L1-b01dx7Q0vNm291CkIaIfdGgv5CG-qfEc6ZRAFk6Mg6bNq0dQtEzicnIOYC12Oswa4CDrTxXuFKfTqxDoYDb/s0/imagesMY23CPZM.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Happy Wednesday!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>It is HOT here! I am not a fan.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Spring left very fast. :(</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We need some rain, getting a bit dry.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Ice Cream is becoming a daily thing.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Who gets a sore throat in June? I am</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>blaming the air conditioner and the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>heat.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I love 70's music.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Do not miss the early alarm to get </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>up.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Salads are my fave in the Summer.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Told you it was random. :)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I'll be back soon with Part 2 of our </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Oklahoma trip.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-53708850963016984972021-06-07T11:22:00.001-05:002021-06-07T11:22:12.406-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgkWL1SMR2huKck8RKqkwPLC8A7YfIDouHd4iKh57xAf_qT6bNeywpA7DqtGla0PvtfcL_H8Cm1DB2n1PxpqKFOeei_HicCrAbBmJUUUV5qKg9_VHh6B2Km96PQiMhk3gcH9jq-qg4EjP/s225/laundry+basket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgkWL1SMR2huKck8RKqkwPLC8A7YfIDouHd4iKh57xAf_qT6bNeywpA7DqtGla0PvtfcL_H8Cm1DB2n1PxpqKFOeei_HicCrAbBmJUUUV5qKg9_VHh6B2Km96PQiMhk3gcH9jq-qg4EjP/s0/laundry+basket.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Good Morning...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I have a little "life hack" for you today.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Keep one of these in your car and use </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">it to carry multiple items. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I use mine </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>for groceries. Trips to Target, Wal-</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mart and I have </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">even used it at the </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Garden center.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Saves on multiple trips back and </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>forth and it helps my back too.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>As long as I don't load it down. :)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>There you have it, my nugget for </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>the day.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Enjoy!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-49564667724302061762021-06-04T16:03:00.002-05:002021-06-04T16:04:09.134-05:00One of Those Fun Days<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlyeAdlKVjLxQDzBpL-DEMvCcRcaUWRW3jpx26g8srScJdTRuJwyjSoadqyAozBjuVX2OVKKNSMELjBG8ZeRgajioU2eYayO-_9usbcRiRYh0kZbXgEC9efaxZhZ5iwB-U3LFGp2aF_gd/s275/doughnuts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlyeAdlKVjLxQDzBpL-DEMvCcRcaUWRW3jpx26g8srScJdTRuJwyjSoadqyAozBjuVX2OVKKNSMELjBG8ZeRgajioU2eYayO-_9usbcRiRYh0kZbXgEC9efaxZhZ5iwB-U3LFGp2aF_gd/s0/doughnuts.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello and Happy Friday!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Today is a big day! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>It is National Doughnut Day!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Apparently the day was established in </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">1938 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to honor The Salvation Army </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Donut Lassies. These </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">were ladies that </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">served treats to soldiers during </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">World </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>War I. Traditionally celebrated on the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">first </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Friday of June.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Who knew??</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I'll be honest here and say <span style="color: red;">I LOVE </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>DOUGHNUTS!!!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Chocolate covered ones</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Long Johns</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Crullers</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Twists</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Cream filled</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Glazed</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Cinnamon Rolls too</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>One of our fave places to get these </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">yummies is </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">at our local <i>Quick Trip</i> gas </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">station. Oh MY! </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Love them from small </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Mom and Pop shops too.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>How about you? What's your take on </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>doughnuts?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Happy Weekend!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-7228478922633322082021-05-28T19:40:00.001-05:002021-05-28T19:40:34.856-05:00It's the Weekend<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7e6XSAmCUDrrY6mnlspkMFbK9B7NBXjoNUc430I805xjXQNkV0BxymsSmwLK8jtccth5ce1TQVxVRylrZJ1370I93QK-70Y5dPm01mXglBXEFWouB_ZvtIo7NLg3XDXWAXMS9UhW8tDx/s500/1254489074_0aa8872eff%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7e6XSAmCUDrrY6mnlspkMFbK9B7NBXjoNUc430I805xjXQNkV0BxymsSmwLK8jtccth5ce1TQVxVRylrZJ1370I93QK-70Y5dPm01mXglBXEFWouB_ZvtIo7NLg3XDXWAXMS9UhW8tDx/s320/1254489074_0aa8872eff%255B1%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Popping in for a quick post.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Well, I did it! I made it through this very </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>long </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">school year! Yesterday was my last </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">day for a </b><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">bit.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBnB5C93FLJtG8iz92yTcsdaB-NSpUxyItjSnm9gOr6hAxLJwxAu8liNJYKtFQYXVJQ8VMHRGkA6n6vtkBM5NDYgzF09VGM7SsGjWFLzO-ZMnedw18ofiOBCGJgxbzkzbMM7dOLnP3wQL/s2048/21817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBnB5C93FLJtG8iz92yTcsdaB-NSpUxyItjSnm9gOr6hAxLJwxAu8liNJYKtFQYXVJQ8VMHRGkA6n6vtkBM5NDYgzF09VGM7SsGjWFLzO-ZMnedw18ofiOBCGJgxbzkzbMM7dOLnP3wQL/s320/21817.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Looking forward to some much needed rest </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>and relaxation </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">with a lot of fun thrown in the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">mix.</span></b></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIhNpyLTFIF3nB_MyxVoy05VQQdFnZLrGoDRKoUqprZghdTT5mdC3_FMpXhruy_guRQstoc4JNkZv-Aj3ArIZ29W3s2_BgD2lrz90JG9K6h-jKBD8JnavnT236mNFf9uKhDXwcyffVqYU/s116/images%255B2%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIhNpyLTFIF3nB_MyxVoy05VQQdFnZLrGoDRKoUqprZghdTT5mdC3_FMpXhruy_guRQstoc4JNkZv-Aj3ArIZ29W3s2_BgD2lrz90JG9K6h-jKBD8JnavnT236mNFf9uKhDXwcyffVqYU/s0/images%255B2%255D.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>As we enjoy our weekend ahead, let us </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>remember </b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>those who served . </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Have a </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">safe weekend.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-37628501025375000752021-05-23T18:44:00.006-05:002021-05-23T18:44:54.095-05:00Sunday Funday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMnmu-L4GulL8xh3h3NR3sDIc8ygQ1RG8I-oXe7yjQCx5hvflDhVDfpX3UuSSh-zOQaa2wGzHbQmwlM9ZlK-LWQUtofE7udrPnCPkHqQKZO1-zWyM3HOTHjk8c8b6Bqf-EKiVsxLOKapD/s2543/20210523_171940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMnmu-L4GulL8xh3h3NR3sDIc8ygQ1RG8I-oXe7yjQCx5hvflDhVDfpX3UuSSh-zOQaa2wGzHbQmwlM9ZlK-LWQUtofE7udrPnCPkHqQKZO1-zWyM3HOTHjk8c8b6Bqf-EKiVsxLOKapD/s320/20210523_171940.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Happy Sunday to everyone!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I hope it has been a good one.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I am so excited because our rose </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">bush </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">actually bloomed! Wasn't </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">sure it had </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">made through our </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>weird winter.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaA4aPWyB6m1ivq1xFBUFhjNPfEye3ehukivoARhgXsuzavTHYEYRRxN0BC23QlCv23UKKIUroWRXKGklzX24iecUz6SAyy0V12rlj4DCoQFDxk8Z5TlMUxRjS0JGR7hvT8jnmSn7E1AJ/s2543/20210523_171950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaA4aPWyB6m1ivq1xFBUFhjNPfEye3ehukivoARhgXsuzavTHYEYRRxN0BC23QlCv23UKKIUroWRXKGklzX24iecUz6SAyy0V12rlj4DCoQFDxk8Z5TlMUxRjS0JGR7hvT8jnmSn7E1AJ/s320/20210523_171950.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpmhNdLwOyD5vqXFBHQmhKjWwL7ZzEwgS-dytHPJq4J0QTKOiqvS1UIeTPEvv90wNA4i2Q5wi44D5zfLk-L-hDKLnxmk5spbZckrZpaKRLv4iYucT3fM764V-8Paadqa7qSPLby5ZoQBV/s2543/20210523_171944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpmhNdLwOyD5vqXFBHQmhKjWwL7ZzEwgS-dytHPJq4J0QTKOiqvS1UIeTPEvv90wNA4i2Q5wi44D5zfLk-L-hDKLnxmk5spbZckrZpaKRLv4iYucT3fM764V-8Paadqa7qSPLby5ZoQBV/s320/20210523_171944.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsNsScQh2CMBTtA-w7zZHd61WkT7IjJ8Hw6SBrWjCVI1O7yBsSniCOApRe8NvOyoSv1gUvDFJ-rd6XxWBSGrHm1pbFCXW8CVmHHLJ019l92sQ6tDasimE5L4SNmxzFnXyePx1NPEfuRaO/s2543/20210523_172055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsNsScQh2CMBTtA-w7zZHd61WkT7IjJ8Hw6SBrWjCVI1O7yBsSniCOApRe8NvOyoSv1gUvDFJ-rd6XxWBSGrHm1pbFCXW8CVmHHLJ019l92sQ6tDasimE5L4SNmxzFnXyePx1NPEfuRaO/s320/20210523_172055.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>So excited, hopefully more will pop </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>out!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3xYeAODGQgMwJKLbMkWZ2d01neYbZjgJvo-DGB5HyBimi_pkXB11NJA8RqxxVuiVs5mwku4lhgY5nocDsHCu8BO_4uBh4Q-6Dln5MYB9osUBJpS0Q1JdQaxW0A9EiTLr2V-5iqgZ7TdX/s2543/20210518_191049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3xYeAODGQgMwJKLbMkWZ2d01neYbZjgJvo-DGB5HyBimi_pkXB11NJA8RqxxVuiVs5mwku4lhgY5nocDsHCu8BO_4uBh4Q-6Dln5MYB9osUBJpS0Q1JdQaxW0A9EiTLr2V-5iqgZ7TdX/s320/20210518_191049.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>On another note, we have had soooo </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">much rain </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">here but was able to capture </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">this beauty while </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">out shopping one evening. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Then...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXT5Fb5_rvueaCOCcY1rFrw1K-yZjylbxglo8pTxrT-k-6_zw5CNZ1eYNszrbm4VP5vu1KpxrOufCkVITM-zkRDMN3oJ_ZfA1oi1Y8KuWn6bkdxwHzT9a7SyjVva9bZZcYztCR21qK2Phr/s2543/20210518_194214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXT5Fb5_rvueaCOCcY1rFrw1K-yZjylbxglo8pTxrT-k-6_zw5CNZ1eYNszrbm4VP5vu1KpxrOufCkVITM-zkRDMN3oJ_ZfA1oi1Y8KuWn6bkdxwHzT9a7SyjVva9bZZcYztCR21qK2Phr/s320/20210518_194214.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> A rainbow popped out!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Three and a half days left of school!!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-13871004033921424372021-05-17T17:23:00.004-05:002021-05-17T17:28:58.213-05:00Fun with Family-Part 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9Mr0vFhm2LTvVh1C9apFQcJvEUHhrc1UndtAGYNUu7n6OlesKLsrO4OqBqzr-CxqhM3o4YQ9k7oFeadp81cEll8cJWnxW9bHTWLmniKb8xT4Hq-4ly4Pg1FNrtY7fEAkLPy0iPuQlgWt/s2543/20210507_135855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9Mr0vFhm2LTvVh1C9apFQcJvEUHhrc1UndtAGYNUu7n6OlesKLsrO4OqBqzr-CxqhM3o4YQ9k7oFeadp81cEll8cJWnxW9bHTWLmniKb8xT4Hq-4ly4Pg1FNrtY7fEAkLPy0iPuQlgWt/s320/20210507_135855.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Friday, May 7th. Going on a road trip! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Here's </b></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">our </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">driver.</span></b></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT2KItMKGfQ2iPQUSo4zfDJ1HXwJME2WIW3tE_lqsu4zFLet_NnnWOQbk1SJE0mojEYawEc89FNeyPxb86mbpA91LiJ6HAQD_-WMD_DYQIEAYCI5cVEmnhQCue5hIiHmXTNhGVeEN-nIW/s2543/20210507_142248%25280%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT2KItMKGfQ2iPQUSo4zfDJ1HXwJME2WIW3tE_lqsu4zFLet_NnnWOQbk1SJE0mojEYawEc89FNeyPxb86mbpA91LiJ6HAQD_-WMD_DYQIEAYCI5cVEmnhQCue5hIiHmXTNhGVeEN-nIW/s320/20210507_142248%25280%2529.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We have arrived! Still have a bit of a drive, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>almost </b></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oklahoma City. Arrived at Mr. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Ken's sister's </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">house, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">got </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">settled, visited </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">with my brother-in-law </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and nephew </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">then </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">we were off to dinner--Mexican! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One of our niece's </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">met us for dinner and </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">then we </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">went to the home that she </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">her husband </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">purchased a year ago. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Headed </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">back </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and crashed </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">for the night.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpzZqT4o9yvklPMsNM75oTeMa7hqG-dPup_kBr3o30lBWLT0HfoLHJLNap_i4Q5rUcvgCh6t6xuPAdef7-Cmv8G7S0IvPShOkgSemw_E_aFZpnDY3LlPqa4aWh0GCsoBg1uakXBmJ52Jt/s2543/20210508_095400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpzZqT4o9yvklPMsNM75oTeMa7hqG-dPup_kBr3o30lBWLT0HfoLHJLNap_i4Q5rUcvgCh6t6xuPAdef7-Cmv8G7S0IvPShOkgSemw_E_aFZpnDY3LlPqa4aWh0GCsoBg1uakXBmJ52Jt/s320/20210508_095400.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>After a homemade breakfast on </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">we </b><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">headed down to Oklahoma City, </b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to the </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Flower </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and Garden Festival at the Myriad </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Botanical </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Gardens.</span></b></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nkQeJhhTmY4MqFY8uuGUnIkJluZiGsqtnRSgT42Ct6-0hOZoQDhfX02kBVGUHy0nQGhCcncP35FtZpPmr6wAIya864HfOTvNYe6w1rPl2_5jEJLAjf7VMHEZb3Um2HkAm-H3XPcuWT_p/s2543/20210508_095305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nkQeJhhTmY4MqFY8uuGUnIkJluZiGsqtnRSgT42Ct6-0hOZoQDhfX02kBVGUHy0nQGhCcncP35FtZpPmr6wAIya864HfOTvNYe6w1rPl2_5jEJLAjf7VMHEZb3Um2HkAm-H3XPcuWT_p/s320/20210508_095305.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>The inside was closed for renovations but the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">grounds were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">where the vendors and such were. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When Mr. Ken and I were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">dating we made a trip </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">down and we all went here. So pretty </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">inside.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVUwHRStXVNMcG-aMNMD0n0XubBHwK3EFxU_YZ3m4tsKUTQMnr_TC-LGXlT0V27W_Ib6_GRPSg_xcV_97YMUbzkQHXSyLwGQQP3OLpHt82jLC1zslW8n8oETM6GUMIX20WS361V_5yIdY/s2543/20210508_095453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVUwHRStXVNMcG-aMNMD0n0XubBHwK3EFxU_YZ3m4tsKUTQMnr_TC-LGXlT0V27W_Ib6_GRPSg_xcV_97YMUbzkQHXSyLwGQQP3OLpHt82jLC1zslW8n8oETM6GUMIX20WS361V_5yIdY/s320/20210508_095453.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>This is an open area that they have concerts </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>and </b></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">other fun </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">activities at during the year.</span></b></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTw4uBOHOaE0JEjiPeAUgQs2TcHcq51a_IS3UX8ZW07wUtjTGwquGKJ62Y2848ng-wjnURKjplggvEeUY4cbbeK45EFKAxj7YL1NDhAiX3XO10M0hyjCjzNPdL8u7rXN0F4PfvzYiFJ9EC/s2543/20210508_095630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTw4uBOHOaE0JEjiPeAUgQs2TcHcq51a_IS3UX8ZW07wUtjTGwquGKJ62Y2848ng-wjnURKjplggvEeUY4cbbeK45EFKAxj7YL1NDhAiX3XO10M0hyjCjzNPdL8u7rXN0F4PfvzYiFJ9EC/s320/20210508_095630.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Lots of water. Ducks, geese, birds and fish </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>hang </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">out here.</b></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pb2C_QuCf46ZjYt144FyMKfjmpBkiAYYnx3jP3MP-JLFBhMZC7zotWnGv9NbkQS7Lbu2-JYBjnhJ7flrR7nGQJ14ozOeFHPhY6J7S2jhAExqkBslggWsUtbDH2dGXK1lXYssZ8Ejr5wU/s2543/20210508_095704.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pb2C_QuCf46ZjYt144FyMKfjmpBkiAYYnx3jP3MP-JLFBhMZC7zotWnGv9NbkQS7Lbu2-JYBjnhJ7flrR7nGQJ14ozOeFHPhY6J7S2jhAExqkBslggWsUtbDH2dGXK1lXYssZ8Ejr5wU/s320/20210508_095704.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>A beautiful sculpted lawn by the steps which lead </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>to </b></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">area </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">by the water.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipGZFvOOESeATM0nFHkSYcgmT0MLDczAYhczpHyA0SLGzeOu0bE29ZBNgeIG3us79lJwlabMrMHoV9Xx31KgaAWS9w_ETMLn3rekjzcJ8pQEYfKRPNgOZXc1-uuWEat4x1I-KOnLravR8/s2543/20210508_100351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipGZFvOOESeATM0nFHkSYcgmT0MLDczAYhczpHyA0SLGzeOu0bE29ZBNgeIG3us79lJwlabMrMHoV9Xx31KgaAWS9w_ETMLn3rekjzcJ8pQEYfKRPNgOZXc1-uuWEat4x1I-KOnLravR8/s320/20210508_100351.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8dDVu9NZHTtYSq_gMPiwkoDXnMkCD9tMF1HbdwNbJFmOxauBPMw9wvvdbjFr9kB5rpbH2ZH7wiCeN4B6rPfQyy0viNT40iqG5T3UpJdfqug8KZZbrC9o-7rMZlQb8RDTaet_R5fryQVh/s2543/20210508_100443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8dDVu9NZHTtYSq_gMPiwkoDXnMkCD9tMF1HbdwNbJFmOxauBPMw9wvvdbjFr9kB5rpbH2ZH7wiCeN4B6rPfQyy0viNT40iqG5T3UpJdfqug8KZZbrC9o-7rMZlQb8RDTaet_R5fryQVh/s320/20210508_100443.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjWXOHz015iwUBA1Z6_M2XGJjIr7u9UZAlVaiILNx03-AZUKvZARxSHIF2uxtMDI8IRlU_lyVzQKfVyjLQplXU0dnCn_TzbuJEDFl-Kr3Vd0hhpNAyvJJ8kGCQQAeeNqU9B8gs_I4YzKu/s2543/20210508_100746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Brother-in-law, Mr, Ken and our nephew.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWlAUOvyxfiTZejhpYlOQuDIzWI_cXiBaRtF8AYOvm0jJe88gfAxLf27fPfmYILdsvnsWAuTJNjD85U4KiYwIcm4-u_d1-yHNL9QG0Deafwrlnfb_9Tvm46sSdKodTRvTcxI4flccykVz/s2543/20210508_101241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWlAUOvyxfiTZejhpYlOQuDIzWI_cXiBaRtF8AYOvm0jJe88gfAxLf27fPfmYILdsvnsWAuTJNjD85U4KiYwIcm4-u_d1-yHNL9QG0Deafwrlnfb_9Tvm46sSdKodTRvTcxI4flccykVz/s320/20210508_101241.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; 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font-size: medium;"><b>Part two will cover Saturday afternoon.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Come on back for that adventure.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-71867473079733065082021-05-15T21:24:00.003-05:002021-05-15T21:24:35.321-05:00Big Celebration!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji02uCjkKDs-ShN2E3IAgtQx_-DEPghCGq792FgXo991ElUDa-KcTefPYkF3Q4N2cg0N75LFggh177_rMMBTBmNSkeXCkJaZKKHzCI1T1XF-g0SFI_jbVuhxlnZVN6Gc1NrrBvyol0V0yO/s2543/20210515_140339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji02uCjkKDs-ShN2E3IAgtQx_-DEPghCGq792FgXo991ElUDa-KcTefPYkF3Q4N2cg0N75LFggh177_rMMBTBmNSkeXCkJaZKKHzCI1T1XF-g0SFI_jbVuhxlnZVN6Gc1NrrBvyol0V0yO/s320/20210515_140339.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Today we had the pleasure of celebrating a </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">big birthday </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">in the family!</span></b></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdD5SFgGopAAl9f3Ffia6uU-2MmsBfR6f6HAJUhl-bf_4AtIwLQLpqKvVnEadqa718s-UKAJwmFj3-BZjif33Wtn7PcveP6F7khPKqH7KsovKY5gk5677rOSJVQAP29yOLkYhJVe0064I/s2543/20210515_142208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdD5SFgGopAAl9f3Ffia6uU-2MmsBfR6f6HAJUhl-bf_4AtIwLQLpqKvVnEadqa718s-UKAJwmFj3-BZjif33Wtn7PcveP6F7khPKqH7KsovKY5gk5677rOSJVQAP29yOLkYhJVe0064I/s320/20210515_142208.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Mr. Ken's Uncle (on the right) will be 90 </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">tomorrow! He is talking to </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mr. Ken's Dad, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">t</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">he </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">baby brother to the </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">birthday guy.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmrOhqa0iaHpS624DrZLmpcGl0flHhMFtbo-ACJ03qn3FaD52wshZlTCqa-NDDLNO2-7b3LavLgn2gLy6QO5Oefa8fOvmvRBw5Ost9kZD2x9DZFGIDrjEZ3_AYZ09WYOuwATf5Ha5hfUD/s2543/20210515_142653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmrOhqa0iaHpS624DrZLmpcGl0flHhMFtbo-ACJ03qn3FaD52wshZlTCqa-NDDLNO2-7b3LavLgn2gLy6QO5Oefa8fOvmvRBw5Ost9kZD2x9DZFGIDrjEZ3_AYZ09WYOuwATf5Ha5hfUD/s320/20210515_142653.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>This is Mr. Ken's Aunt Rozella, Dad's older </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>sister.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqz40mwrSj8Qg3bzL8adkukKhbS5y7KE7Mr5t1FS3RvTqDabuD0B4VjXssawyeiUTPKSmjOnCpiklGfcfAK8ndknbO5Lld5x35YNRou8z9WAbJvTZBk3AKAHueeQJjjL584hfazaEQx_5_/s2543/20210515_142254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqz40mwrSj8Qg3bzL8adkukKhbS5y7KE7Mr5t1FS3RvTqDabuD0B4VjXssawyeiUTPKSmjOnCpiklGfcfAK8ndknbO5Lld5x35YNRou8z9WAbJvTZBk3AKAHueeQJjjL584hfazaEQx_5_/s320/20210515_142254.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>The motley crew. Ha!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Loren, Rozella's husband, Rozella, Mr. Ken, Dad </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and Uncle </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Arnie--the birthday guy.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>So fun to see this portion of the family and to </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">celebrate such </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">a milestone. Uncle Arnie is a </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>sweet guy.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hope everyone is doing well. I have a week and </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">half left </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of school and the some time off!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-91635026816915939662021-05-03T22:51:00.001-05:002021-05-03T22:51:16.769-05:00Let the Month Begin<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQyyh6djMLRwfXa8HZA0f2VA0SfdcHR2Yk983b9vu9sIzH3tNQSitcNcKHTC8-VqmAwYEKzys8Y4BXUD7GnNHssacfJdhiryrheUcYL2-gsSfJBhdkWRsav2l_nnYE7AMXcbtMwImhsJ3/s2543/20210430_201800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQyyh6djMLRwfXa8HZA0f2VA0SfdcHR2Yk983b9vu9sIzH3tNQSitcNcKHTC8-VqmAwYEKzys8Y4BXUD7GnNHssacfJdhiryrheUcYL2-gsSfJBhdkWRsav2l_nnYE7AMXcbtMwImhsJ3/s320/20210430_201800.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFuq2IGA0QcF-HApx02yxuT_o7Txqmz2YpC4BSGKZTDrY1A1_Ke6bNzil5OXAlxkGYFpXfsKfs_qYoj3gVDdF3_cZxZr6dekjwEXT2pcSUfVsjnrCX-qtDRsWu2y0fXgVDdpv-RtCpOLN/s2543/20210430_201742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFuq2IGA0QcF-HApx02yxuT_o7Txqmz2YpC4BSGKZTDrY1A1_Ke6bNzil5OXAlxkGYFpXfsKfs_qYoj3gVDdF3_cZxZr6dekjwEXT2pcSUfVsjnrCX-qtDRsWu2y0fXgVDdpv-RtCpOLN/s320/20210430_201742.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Happy May!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Truthfully I never thought it would get here.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>This has been a tough school year in a different</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>way than last and frankly I am D. O. N. E. I </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>have 17 1/2 days left but if you want to get</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>technical, I have Friday off so I guess 16 1/2</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>days left in this crazy school year.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We had such great weather this past weekend, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>a lot of time spent outside. As you can see my</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Iris' have bloomed! My neighbor gave me these</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>2 or 3 years ago and I plopped them in the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>ground hoping they would come back. Last</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Spring I had some but this time around I have</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>more. Lucky me. Got a lot of my pots placed</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>in the front and back and then decided I needed</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>more so off I went to get more. Ha! But I </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>was so busy cleaning, rearranging and updating</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>the deck for this season that I did not get them</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>planted.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We had new gutters put on the house and there</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>was some clean up form that, though they were</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>very good cleaning up their mess. Tomorrow</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>we get gutter covers!!! Mr. Ken will be a happy</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>guy then. It will be nice not to have to worry</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>about filled gutters.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We are going on a road trip! Yep, I said it ROAD</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>TRIP. We are heading to Oklahoma this Friday</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to see Mr. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Ken's sister and her family. We have </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">not it seen </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">them </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">in a looooong time. We'll be </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">hanging out </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">at their </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">house, so no hotel worries. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Looking </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">forward </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to getting away for a bit!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hope everyone is doing well, able to get out and</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>about and feeling comfortable to do so. We are </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">still </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">a bit cautious but taking baby steps here and </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">t</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">here.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hopefully I 'll be back this week before we head </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>out.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-8729793031640594462021-04-30T07:00:00.017-05:002021-04-30T07:00:00.285-05:00We Made It!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonSi3Cr9xDvn5i_UKR6DDD0QpG9KHauChJxLrj5HWeIYW_Q97O-2BtJMEnrEna57cQpsIWddOFSEaTkAHLzWQ5Ysr6va10ZY5WLnqN-dDFl8cyXfNHYHsAEulpAGzPqxHTQcdlbBhY-y-/s116/imagesCA74PYG4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonSi3Cr9xDvn5i_UKR6DDD0QpG9KHauChJxLrj5HWeIYW_Q97O-2BtJMEnrEna57cQpsIWddOFSEaTkAHLzWQ5Ysr6va10ZY5WLnqN-dDFl8cyXfNHYHsAEulpAGzPqxHTQcdlbBhY-y-/s0/imagesCA74PYG4.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Enjoy your day and the upcoming weekend!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-SrqOcuv1zDoOg6LzQxr-vblL2OV44xa8U0HyRRrk0_hEXuIZmSMLELLcywydYzgXeSw3QRkZ5_Rb6aAtAb5p1eiJHv6EaTEvUVgo2W6mWfsxj3euJfhKZ5jEWk2cQyooD3FeQr_Mvr7/s280/images%255B8%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-SrqOcuv1zDoOg6LzQxr-vblL2OV44xa8U0HyRRrk0_hEXuIZmSMLELLcywydYzgXeSw3QRkZ5_Rb6aAtAb5p1eiJHv6EaTEvUVgo2W6mWfsxj3euJfhKZ5jEWk2cQyooD3FeQr_Mvr7/s0/images%255B8%255D.jpg" /></span></b></a></div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">~Keep on Dreaming~</span></b></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-31598842445436973802021-04-29T22:35:00.008-05:002021-04-29T22:35:56.957-05:00THE END !<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHAhnfLoi3CRPMVpaVQ3bLDB1KzcrZM4b-MVcQMUjNqBiNGNn_YySsSdRHuC1-qQ3C9CcYneniv4V-aRabO9GDfWsDifATgNPMWRewxK1Zl8NDlchCpUaSX7a6T_gd2VX-vClnUD7WNI2/s259/xyz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHAhnfLoi3CRPMVpaVQ3bLDB1KzcrZM4b-MVcQMUjNqBiNGNn_YySsSdRHuC1-qQ3C9CcYneniv4V-aRabO9GDfWsDifATgNPMWRewxK1Zl8NDlchCpUaSX7a6T_gd2VX-vClnUD7WNI2/s0/xyz.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello!</b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We have made it to the the end of the ABC's </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My Favorite Things. I hope you have </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>enjoyed.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>X, Y, Z is for:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>A little funny from my childhood...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We always would say "XYZ" which meant</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>check that zipper. Of course, if it was </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>said out loud, everyone knew that some-</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">one's </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">zipper was down but it was better </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">than </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">announcing out loud "Your zipper is </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>down!"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>As the song says" Raindrops on roses, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">whiskers </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">on kittens, bright copper kettles </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and warm woolen </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">mittens....these 22 posts </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">have touched on some </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of my favorite things.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Regular programming will resume shortly.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-86199810441773788602021-04-24T20:21:00.000-05:002021-04-24T20:21:30.354-05:00A Three fer Bundle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9Q3DMafAvFyxHY6m4I7hB4CKcFqzQhyphenhyphen0p-2yIOwRgV8_Ws28Tg2nXim0tzMe4eNVfaGecZglPvywYm3xUk318S4bUJT0uAJmkjSEWSNVsC1IbOd1tYpZxPdQVu0jFOHTBwvqoUOCVD8Q/s285/images%255Be%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9Q3DMafAvFyxHY6m4I7hB4CKcFqzQhyphenhyphen0p-2yIOwRgV8_Ws28Tg2nXim0tzMe4eNVfaGecZglPvywYm3xUk318S4bUJT0uAJmkjSEWSNVsC1IbOd1tYpZxPdQVu0jFOHTBwvqoUOCVD8Q/s0/images%255Be%255D.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Happy Saturday! Spent the day outside getting </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">some work done </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and enjoying the sun.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Today on our ABC list we will cover three </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">letters </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">starting with:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">U is for </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Unique</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That's me, I am definitely unique just as the </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">definition </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">says: "Being the only one of it's </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">kind: unlike </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">anything else."</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But I think we all have that in common. We </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">are all </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">unique in many ways.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">*****************************************</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">V is for:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Vanilla</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One of my all time fave scents is Warm Vanilla </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sugar </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">from Bath and Body Works. It is the </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">only scent I </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">wear. Since most scents bother </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">my allergies this </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">works for me.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">******************************************</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">W is for:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Whimsy</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When I think of this word I think of things that </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">are </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">fun, bright, nothing heavy, pink comes to </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">mind </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">along with yellow and orange.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sometimes I but things because they are </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">whimsical </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to me or I'll use them in a whimsical </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">way. Life is </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">hard, bring some whimsy into your </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">world. : )</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So my next post will cover the last three letters</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">of the alphabet and they are the had ones.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are almost there!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Thanks for tagging along. Hope you have </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">enjoyed </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">these posts.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">~Keep on Dreaming~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-13496532653361935222021-04-21T16:56:00.003-05:002021-04-21T16:56:55.321-05:00Comfy Cozy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDww3ng-LxRUjZD08Qc0Jf0piShG6q3i04N4QMloPleLvC4_j4EFkcmoTmRM4Zw_dFDZdJ6xb3n2FNEKjWqO6_Dn92t692H-eM8HVm1MlDpGsLmzxRYdzEyGkqgmA5tkuZKPLJe-oosD27/s257/t-+shirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDww3ng-LxRUjZD08Qc0Jf0piShG6q3i04N4QMloPleLvC4_j4EFkcmoTmRM4Zw_dFDZdJ6xb3n2FNEKjWqO6_Dn92t692H-eM8HVm1MlDpGsLmzxRYdzEyGkqgmA5tkuZKPLJe-oosD27/s0/t-+shirt.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">T is for:</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">T-shirts</span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I love T-shirts! They are great for many</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">occasions! They are my go to shirt for</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">school. Wash and wear.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Now some would say that I might need</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">a t-shirt intervention since I have a </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">whole closet full. Most of them have</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">some kind of design on them. School,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Royals, Chiefs, places we have been,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">plus a variety of others.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And yes I do wear the majority of them.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What are your thoughts on t's?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">U is up next.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">~Keep on Dreaming~</span></b></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-36180922953542671712021-04-21T07:00:00.037-05:002021-04-21T07:00:00.288-05:00April Snow!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNa1wjGhPZ6epffPHB0T298Yrp2j3PPaulYr8om8azS91ivsv6rbaNSzEzl-5yWJcZW0_5oTLyM6M3xJO5LW-3-6ns37eDBDxl1kS_MN4HfSFHGqsXTfKQ_H-R_wRFUV14CvUX7NaRKF3/s2048/21631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNa1wjGhPZ6epffPHB0T298Yrp2j3PPaulYr8om8azS91ivsv6rbaNSzEzl-5yWJcZW0_5oTLyM6M3xJO5LW-3-6ns37eDBDxl1kS_MN4HfSFHGqsXTfKQ_H-R_wRFUV14CvUX7NaRKF3/s320/21631.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2xnBfzMui0kmUxdF_fekdXteCgnutIAbLDOPC9oCzlOiexPQP4CD9VW_V_bps-Usj5HiEafsK8okFwn3_MgBC_bdrThiOsB9_MCvXyLefJtpzyD-mAoeN-ePgj4MBBaMCHghR-1Gv6ZN/s2048/21634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2xnBfzMui0kmUxdF_fekdXteCgnutIAbLDOPC9oCzlOiexPQP4CD9VW_V_bps-Usj5HiEafsK8okFwn3_MgBC_bdrThiOsB9_MCvXyLefJtpzyD-mAoeN-ePgj4MBBaMCHghR-1Gv6ZN/s320/21634.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZc15mZQ1VGjnjH4yow6g_KmU-NAuGcvKTWU51f-VHF427GmZTWD9spemJWGzR2GAOYk0ZEeqcnq3D_Fy7ZTA7cMc8xOBnkPCcMoeDe8ug9nO73zuMUPKhY_3EKSBi8Eyr15OK_QrgH7eo/s2048/21636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZc15mZQ1VGjnjH4yow6g_KmU-NAuGcvKTWU51f-VHF427GmZTWD9spemJWGzR2GAOYk0ZEeqcnq3D_Fy7ZTA7cMc8xOBnkPCcMoeDe8ug9nO73zuMUPKhY_3EKSBi8Eyr15OK_QrgH7eo/s320/21636.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>S is for:</b></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>SNOW!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>It was so nice of Mother Nature to provide</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>mw with pictures for this post. We woke</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>up to the snow this morning. It was so</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>pretty, fat flakes were flying all over.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Some cities had around 3.5 inches, I</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>think we ended up with around 2".</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I AM one of THOSE that loves snow!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>By this afternoon it had melted. :(</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>One would never know that it had</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>snowed this morning.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>T is up next.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-6444407815763126072021-04-20T21:48:00.001-05:002021-04-20T21:48:47.086-05:00Checking out for Awhile<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixTwLucnjDLb4lTGhu4rTviuIdCe6cDfSWSPeWi1dAoCxbczmOtADgPFMc3I7ij4RLF92ZIwiElp3cYDSTdhtIKa6g1ocZt-jmZ_eofhynzTbDEt2-SxHv56VqavO76k45bZdY4ApinQk/s276/books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixTwLucnjDLb4lTGhu4rTviuIdCe6cDfSWSPeWi1dAoCxbczmOtADgPFMc3I7ij4RLF92ZIwiElp3cYDSTdhtIKa6g1ocZt-jmZ_eofhynzTbDEt2-SxHv56VqavO76k45bZdY4ApinQk/s0/books.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>R is for:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Reading</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>My name is Melinda and I am a book</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>alcoholic. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>My Mom gave me the love of reading </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>at a very young age. We read ALL the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>time! Today, I still have have no </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">problem </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">losing myself in a book. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Love wandering the library, any </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">book</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">store, book sales too. My first </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">paying </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">job (with a paycheck) was at </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">our local </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">library. HEAVEN!!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWpVWXC5J_HZz9ShQvO5l0ovBMmXNxwgfatPYoqHHq2luWVqaJbFYSFM6YkrUoCRzevWsjtLwYGwcg6mxNqLHR64xGRYGGTab9fcbSKKomp0mbhpcHF5onc7Vzh1aXugfcsn_n1-KbRLt/s259/books2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWpVWXC5J_HZz9ShQvO5l0ovBMmXNxwgfatPYoqHHq2luWVqaJbFYSFM6YkrUoCRzevWsjtLwYGwcg6mxNqLHR64xGRYGGTab9fcbSKKomp0mbhpcHF5onc7Vzh1aXugfcsn_n1-KbRLt/s0/books2.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Reading is a great way to escape, </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">relax </b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">the </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">crazies of the world.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Summer is my time to read. During </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>the </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">school year, I am so busy with </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">other </b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">things </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that reading takes a </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">backseat </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">f</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">or awhile. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I loved summer as a kid, going to </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>the </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">library to sign up for the </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Summer </b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Reading </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">program. My</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">library card </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">was </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">on fire!</span></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you like to read?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>What do you read?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Me: Big Romance fan.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>S slides in next.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-57942812483375479472021-04-18T09:00:00.020-05:002021-04-18T09:00:00.255-05:00Warm and Cozy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf60__XL_NoKgFelYNh60iX5oVr8ohvSEbYv0nH4xf3KzGGzs5U1jrG3YupAYvVegT4lyKus4C0zUOb58AyTwMI6tp7hA30m6_bJvy8AKtkfXt-TUqs0bRHDSljT-twKU95S4dNV2KmIk/s2543/20201125_093754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf60__XL_NoKgFelYNh60iX5oVr8ohvSEbYv0nH4xf3KzGGzs5U1jrG3YupAYvVegT4lyKus4C0zUOb58AyTwMI6tp7hA30m6_bJvy8AKtkfXt-TUqs0bRHDSljT-twKU95S4dNV2KmIk/s320/20201125_093754.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Q is for:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Quilts</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>You may remember this one form the Quilt </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">exhibit </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">that I went to late last year.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I love quilts because each one tells a story. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Quilts </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">are usually made from scraps, shirts,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">dresses etc but new fabric is </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">used also.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Quilts are given to new parents, newlyweds, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>graduates and they are given in memory of </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>someone who has passed.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm sure there are other occasions quilts are </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>made for.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Quilt exhibits are fun because of the history</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>involved, quilts connect us to the past for</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>sure. But when given to a newborn, the </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>future begins.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>R races in next.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-68655991737303926882021-04-18T07:00:00.014-05:002021-04-18T07:00:00.285-05:00Yum!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXU9q3gUbJ5d2g9qKGzOQLyyz-uYIC8jk5Roq1wjvLz94B8iBSZ2gOJKv36jG2R94T5r-ydAnuYx4s3KMzEl6Q5k6kX8bqYtSwhScFECAOehF1uJMakJd-viP7KqurfifqFtnydVvcMvO/s265/images%255B4%255D+%25289%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXU9q3gUbJ5d2g9qKGzOQLyyz-uYIC8jk5Roq1wjvLz94B8iBSZ2gOJKv36jG2R94T5r-ydAnuYx4s3KMzEl6Q5k6kX8bqYtSwhScFECAOehF1uJMakJd-viP7KqurfifqFtnydVvcMvO/s0/images%255B4%255D+%25289%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">P is for:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">PIE!!! (Sweet)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pie is served on many occasions.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It is usually served in a crust with a </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">filling of fruit or cream. Some have </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">a top </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">crust or lattice. Some have a </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">cream or </span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">meringue topping.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My faves:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Chocolate Cream Pie</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Apple (Crumble too)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pecan</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Lemon (without meringue)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cheesecake (has a crust)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Well, now I want some pie. :)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What is your favorite pie?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Q will quickly come by later </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">today.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Watch for it.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">~Keep on Dreaming~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728455839477054503.post-24102434033703108262021-04-17T13:42:00.006-05:002021-04-17T13:42:58.841-05:00My Time<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eAZJ6SFF9IrztxhRQyp4xw-DpEoRKmYVMx5y8_q-_kAN__1w_5B8vPddY1FTe_9zgVFCclTQUbVu9fWY24_to3Zxy1s5WBNkLgWtgL-62svCNFau_Y4NI2uSjttF4aoHSw2v4MhRmAZx/s259/70%2527s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eAZJ6SFF9IrztxhRQyp4xw-DpEoRKmYVMx5y8_q-_kAN__1w_5B8vPddY1FTe_9zgVFCclTQUbVu9fWY24_to3Zxy1s5WBNkLgWtgL-62svCNFau_Y4NI2uSjttF4aoHSw2v4MhRmAZx/s0/70%2527s.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Happy Saturday! We are more than halfway </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">through the </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">ABC's of my favorite things. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Thanks to all who have </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">stopped by. Hope you </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>have enjoyed.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>O is for:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Oldies</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Not my word but "theirs."</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I absolutely love 70's music and to me they </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">aren't </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">OLD! But in reality, I guess they are.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Wehave a 70's music channel on the TV, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Alexia </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">plays 70's music and one of the local </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">radio stations </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">does too but plays more 80's </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>than I prefer.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Some of my faves:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Queen</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Chicago</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>REO</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Styx</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Fleetwood Mac</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Abba</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Eagles</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Donny Osmond</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>ELO</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Rod Stewart</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Kansas</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Kiss</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Three Dog Night</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>When I hear songs from this era, I am </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">taken </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">back </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">to a time when all I had to </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">do was be a </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">kid and </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">have fun. The late </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">70's took me to </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">high school, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">less play </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>but fun was still had.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>What music do you like?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>P pops by next.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>~Keep on Dreaming~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.com2