Thursday, October 20, 2011

For Madge

I hope it's a lifetime

Reason, Season, or Lifetime
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When you figure out which one it is,
you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty;
to provide you with guidance and support;
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
Some people come into your life for a SEASON,
because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it. It is real. But only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;
things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person,
and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
— Unknown

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

communication

2 phones

3 email accounts
Facebook

Twitter
Google +
and yet all is silent





Monday, October 3, 2011

In and Out

Two more weeks of busy. A revolving door of visitors and family. All the beds have been slept in more this past 2 months than in the last 8 years.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Thursday, August 25, 2011

My review/THE HELP

 The Help
The best book I've read in ages. I will read it again. Every character stepped off the pages. i would recognize each location if they were real. Amazing first novel for Kathryn Stockett...can not wait for the next. Oh wait...yes I can if it is as good as this!

Go toward the light


Don't know why this moth decided to fly into my ear at 2 in the morning but it took me almost 12 hours to get him out. I am very happy to see he didn't leave any parts in there.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

breaking printing rules






I needed to make my signs more noticeable because the green and black just blended into the nature
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Sweets for the sweet

so I'm not a big sweet eater , but when I want chocolate, it becomes an obsession. Here  is the easiest fudge recipe I ever found and it takes only 2 ingredients and a microwave! You can embellish the product if you are a crafter like me, or leave it as is.

1 bag of semi sweet chocolate chips (12 ounces)

 1 can  of ready made frosting

Melt the chips in microwave for 90 seconds  (I stirred half way though)

Add the can of frosting (any flavor will do)
Microwave for another 90 seconds
Stir well (I added a teaspoon of vanilla) and pour into a buttered pan (8" is good)

Refrigerate until set (overnight will make a nice firm fudge, but 30-45 minutes will allow it to be cut)
Take one piece and freeze the rest
Don't tell your friends

Love
Mari







Wednesday, August 10, 2011

leftover paint & stencil


Used my pazzles to cut a stencil and painted my picnic table with leftover floor paint...The table doubles as my craft table so it was a pretty sorry looking thing before (and probably will be again) but now I can use it for the Barbeque party :O)
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done!






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Thursday, July 21, 2011

hot, hot, hot

I just walked down to the brook in back of my house, followed a deer path to the water and actually stood in the wet stuff...This is after 8 years of owning this property.. A safe path will be built for future 95 degree days :o)

Friday, July 15, 2011

blank slate(aka tile backsplash


So after 7 years, my primitive roosters have flown the coop...I need inspiration and my kitchen penisula back...
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prototype


Peter whipped this up this afternoon...tenants wanted
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