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One Great Day
Friday, 16 October 2009 4:22 P GMT-06
Today was a very nice day. The sun was shining, but it wasn't too hot. After having rainy, dreary days, we always joke around about wondering what that big, round, yellow thing in the sky is. Well, we saw it today. Bill and I went to lunch with our
Category: The Present
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Delft Plate and Skull
Thursday, 8 October 2009 7:31 P GMT-06
Here are two more things I have worked on in my ceramics class. The first one I started and almost finished during a Saturday class, and then completely finished later on. Sometimes I think I need to do something more than once because the first
Category: The Present
My Dad
Wednesday, 7 October 2009 7:06 P GMT-06
For a long time, I have struggled with writing this. Should I make public a painful and private event in my life? By not saying anything, do I make the event trival? So after thinking aboaut it, I decided that I have to write something. But what do
Category: The Present
Why I Haven't Been Blogging
Monday, 14 September 2009 4:27 P GMT-06
Life has been keeping me busy, tired, and sad. Hopefully, I'll be posting again soon.
Category: The Present
We Scratched Two More Things Off Our List
Sunday, 2 August 2009 8:24 P GMT-06
Approximately two and a half years ago when we were in the middle of buying a new house, we started a list. It was a list of things we wanted for the house, like gutters, patio furniture, dining room furniture, and full-length mirrors for the
Category: The Present
Wiggle Your Toes If...
Friday, 31 July 2009 7:01 A GMT-06
...you hold tension in your jaws and if you wiggle your toes, your jaws would loosen up and you'd feel more relaxed. Anyway, that's what my favorite magazine says.
Category: Miscellaneous
Two Recessionals
Thursday, 23 July 2009 7:08 P GMT-06
My husband and I went to two beautiful weddings this summer. Both had the traditional marriage vows to love and honor till death parts them, through sickness and health and you the other that are so important. However, they had non-tradional
Category: The Present My Thoughts
Chicken Pitcher
Wednesday, 22 July 2009 2:15 P GMT-06
I've finished another ceramic project! I'm very happy with the way it turned out. I took more than one photo because the back and bottom are neat, too. Don't you think it is ever so cute?!
Category: The Present
Temporary Fix
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 8:24 A GMT-06
I just got back from the dentist. Last Saturday when we were out of town, the crown of my very back right tooth on the bottom came off. Don't get me started on the panic of possibly swallowing it and the pain when my tongue or something cold touched
Category: The Present
Sign
Saturday, 18 July 2009 10:05 A GMT-06
Sign seen on the back of a huge semi yesterday: This truck makes ridiculously wide turns.
Category: The Present No Point Whatsoever
Frank, George, and Judy
Thursday, 16 July 2009 6:27 P GMT-06
Here is my latest ceramic project. It is officially called "Nicaraguan Vase." Class members renamed it "Nicaraguan Margarita Vase." I just call the three fish on the side "Frank, George, and Judy."
Category: The Present
Ivory Snow Flakes and a Christmas Tree
Monday, 15 June 2009 3:15 P GMT-06
Last Friday we went to a family reunion about 5 hours south, where it was even hotter than here. I heard a rumor that the temperature on Saturday was a record high. I believe it! I heard a couple good stories. Here is one: In December 1944, my aunt
Category: The Past The Present
A Story in Pictures
Thursday, 28 May 2009 8:20 A GMT-06
I've been extra busy or tired the last couple of weeks, so I've neglected my blog. I hope you understand. I've been doing things like take the photos below. I hope you enjoy the story! Ha!
Category: The Present Grandkids are Grand!
Cerulean
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 1:48 P GMT-06
Wow, another beautiful color! In 1990, eight colors were retired and replaced by eight new shades. Cerulean was one of the new shades. (For your information, the eight colors that were retired and enshrined in the Crayola Hall of Fame on Aguust 7,
Category: The Colors of Crayola Crayons
My Lastest Creation
Sunday, 10 May 2009 7:46 P GMT-06
Here is a photo of the necklace that I finished last month. I shaped and painted the four large beads. After they were fired, I put the necklace together with the red, blue, green, and gold beads, which I bought. It is really colorful, and my husband
Category: The Present
Cerise
Thursday, 7 May 2009 12:00 A GMT-06
I had never heard of cerise before writing my entries about Crayola colors, but I sure do like it. It is in the purple hue family. Crayola introduced it in 1993 along with 15 other colors that were named by consumers. I would have named this color
Category: The Colors of Crayola Crayons
Helen Keller Quote
Wednesday, 6 May 2009 12:04 P GMT-06
The day before yesterday, my husband and I drove south to where we used to live. My hearing aids had an appointment to be cleaned. It is free at the place where I bought them. I get batteries for free, too. What a deal! While we were there, we
Category: My Thoughts
I Know I'm Weird, Part 2
Friday, 1 May 2009 8:49 A GMT-06
In September 2005, I wrote about recording all the books that I've read. Here is what I wrote: It was in England that I discovered the joy of reading. I still love to read. I read novels, true stories, mysteries, detective stories, romancies,
Category: The Past The Present
Posters
Wednesday, 29 April 2009 7:44 P GMT-06
Last week I went to the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit in Dallas with my son and a good friend. I enjoyed the exhibit and bought a poster at the end. I have three other posters that I bought at other Egyptian exhibits. I've
Category: The Present
Four Years!
Saturday, 25 April 2009 12:06 P GMT-06
I can't believe that I have been blogging for four years! I thought it was only three. I guess time really does fly when you are having fun. Today is the day that my daughter set up my blog and my first entry was on April 30th. I had given the whole
Category: The Present My Thoughts
Another Creation
Saturday, 25 April 2009 10:46 A GMT-06
Last week, I finished another ceramic piece. It is almost like one that I did before--a black plate with coloreful flowers. I like the other one, but too much of the black shows through the flower petals. So I tried it again, but with bigger flowers.
Category: The Present
Placement of Eggs
Saturday, 18 April 2009 6:53 A GMT-06
Yesterday my two granddaughters helped me make brownies. Well, actually, I helped them. Oldest got the eggs out of the refrigerator and removed the eggs that were needed. Four eggs were left, which she moved around in the carton, saying, "This is how
Category: The Present Grandkids are Grand!
Carnation Pink
Saturday, 11 April 2009 5:16 A GMT-06
Carnation Pink has been around almost as long as I have. It was introduced in 1949 and is in the red hue family. I just realized that there is no pink crayon! There is carnation pink, piggy pink, pink flamingo, pink sherbet, and tickle me pink...but
Category: The Colors of Crayola Crayons
Caribbean Green
Thursday, 2 April 2009 7:27 P GMT-06
Caribbean green is the second of the green hue colors that I've talked about. I like this green better than asparagus. Even though it doesn't have a food-type name, foods of the Caribbean or tropics are very good.
Category: The Colors of Crayola Crayons
I'm Back, But You'd Never Know It
Sunday, 29 March 2009 8:40 P GMT-06
Well, I came home from the retreat last Sunday, but I guess you've noticed that I haven't written anything. I've been busy resting up, running errands, and enjoying family and friends. On Saturday, I had planned to have what I call a "Girls' Day In,"
Category: The Present
