Reasons to be Thankful

I have many reasons to be thankful this year.

These are just a few.

Eric came home safe from Iraq

in December 2008

Alex became a big brother,

to his sister, Eliana,

in October 2009

We have two other

beautiful grandchildren !!!

My parents are still with us,
sharing memories, wisdom
&
love!!!!



These are only a few of my many blessings.

"Praise God, from whom all blessing flow"

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Give a fun Christmas gift

As a grandparent, I like to give my grandchildren gifts that are not only fun, but educational. At www.leapfrog.com you can find such gifts. Zippity is just one of their many selections.Disney and Leap Frog teamed up to create a fun, interactive, learning system for children ages 3-5. There are 8 games included with the system in 2 different levels of difficulty. The games are lead by characters from favorite Disney shows like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Little Einsteins, and My friends Tigger & Pooh. I like anything that gets kids off the couch , gets them active and lets them have fun!

Why don't you grab a cup of coffee and head over to www.coffeewiththemrs.com and check out her GIVEAWAY on this system. Find out about the Leap Frog offer of free shipping on this system or compatible games if you want to buy it now. Also where you can get a $5 off coupon.

What could be better.

Coffee, one cup at a time!!!

Do you LOVE coffee as much as I do???? Well, check out www.shoffee.com . They're the webs favorite coffee shop and they have the largest selection of Keurig K-Cups.

I really like the B30 Mini Brewer, in white of course to go with my kitchen.

"The Keurig Mini B30 brewer is a great solution for gourmet coffee lovers in locations where a compact size, and minimal features is ideal. It is an excellent companion for vacation homes, cabins, college dorms, boats, RVs, or home office desktops. The Mini is compact, easy to use and brews an 8-ounce cup anywhere you can take it along and plug it in. The mini heats 8 ounces of water in about 3 minutes and then brews just like our regular brewers with no water remaining in the brewer. Now you can enjoy consistently brewed gourmet coffee tea and hot cocoa, virtually anywhere."

Now lets talk about what you can brew! Coffee!! Tea! & Hot Cocoa. They have over 70 varieties of coffee and tea from companies such as Green Mountain, Caribou Coffee & Gloria Jean Coffee.You can even have a Cappuccino, Chococino & Lattee Macchinto.

While you're enjoying your coffee, might I suggest you check out www.coffeewiththemrs.com !

It's a delightful website geared toward those who love to sit and chat and those who have children. Amy has great reviews and fabulous giveaways.

So, grab your cup of coffee and check out both websites!

What do I do?

Letters on a keyboard.
Words on a page
Desires of the heart
Thoughts in the mind
A drive
A need
A wanting
A longing
To write or not to write?
Would anyone read?
Or care for all that matter?
Would I feel accomplished?
Maybe released?

Ideas dance in my head. Notes scribbled on pieces of paper. Hours of research and investigations that drive me even more. For what?
What is better, to write a monologue, story or play and have no one ever see it, or to just think about it and never write it down?
I have a journal of things God has taught me through everyday happenings over the years and thanks to my daughter, it now has a copyright. But for what? Do I dare share with others?
What about the monologues of Hymn writers or the almost finished play "Tug of War" (The Plea of Heaven and the Pull of Hell)?

Am I wasting time writting, or wasting time on other things when I should be writting?

Look who's here!!!!!!

I'd like to introduce you to my 4th grandchild and my 3rd granddaughter.

Eliana Grace Clary made her debut at 10:47 am, today, 10-20-09.

She weighed in at 6 lbs. 7oz and is 20 inches long.

Daughter of Mike & Amy Clarey

Sister of Alex Clary

All are doing well.

Eliana is Hebrew for: God has responded.

1Samuel 1:27 " For this child I prayed and the Lord granted my petition that I made to him."

God has truly responded to our prayers. It is my pray now, that Eliana will respond to the God as she grows. That she will fore fill the call and purpose that the Lord has for her life.

There will be many more pictures to follow, but I just had to share her birth.

Not anchored to a due date

It's 10:52 pm and I'm anxiously waiting for a phone call from my son-in-law. Amy & hubby went to the hospital about 1 hour ago. It seems that Eliana Grace is not anchored to a due date and is about to make her grand entrance. Frankly I glad, as I can't wait to meet her.

You can be sure that I'll be posting photos and details as soon as I have all the info. So, please keep Amy & hubby in prayer as they too wait for the grand entrance of their daughter.

Car 54 where are you?

Back on July 28th & 31, I blogged about a project that I was starting. On the 31st, I gave you an idea of the process that I go through to accomplish the task. Today, I want to share with you the finished project "Car 54".

The idea for this project came to me after I finished the baby quilt of the Semi Truck (See the blogged dated April 6th & 21st). You see, I am the only girl in my family which has 3 boy. So for years, I've endured conversations about cars!!!! I know, it's a guy thing, but even conversations on where to get a cardboard liner for a 1952 Chevy while we where having breakfast is a bit much. So after doing the Semi Truck quilt, I decided to do one more special quilt.

My brother George is a Macomb County Deputy Sheriff and has a 1952 Chevy Styleline Deluxe that he's restored to be a reproduction of a 1952 Sheriff Patrol Car and also a D.A.R.E. car.
As you can see, he has his own collectors card which is 2.5" x 3.5" and my source of inspiration.

I scanned the card and printed out an 8.5" x 11" color copy



After making this copy, I took my 54" width roll of paper and drew out a 44"x 35" rectangle on it. I taped that to my dining room wall and put the color copy on the opaque projector and displayed it on the paper taped to the wall. I then traced the image.




After tracing the image onto the large paper, I now have to retrace each section onto tracing paper to make the patterns. Don't ask how many pieces as I didn't bother to count, as I didn't want to be overwhelmed by numbers.
You have to start with the back ground and work your way up from there. I try to give texture and detail. I wish you could see the real thing. The steering wheel is black vinyl, the seat cover is corduroy, the body of the car is satin to give it it's shine, and a thin plastic for the windows. I used gabardine for the uniform pants, vinyl for the shoes, silver lame' and silver dance fabric for the chrome as well as gold satin for the lettering. If you feel the uniform shirt, it is cotton and the pockets, pocket flaps and shirt cuff as individual pieces ans his tie is like a silk tie. The red lights and spot lights are dance fabric and iridescent sheer. I used calico's for the sky, hills and ground and a marbled black for the ground.
Back in July, my family got together for breakfast and I decided to surprise my brother with what I had at that point of the process. "All these years of car talk, glass pack mufflers, intake manifold, card board trunk liners, drag racing, demolition derby's, Indy 500, Dayton 500. I decided if you guys can build cars, well, so can I and from the ground up mind you. Here's my problem, when I'm done with it, where do I park it?" "Park what?" he answered. With that, I reached next to me and brought up the folded quilt. "This"! I replied as I unfolded it.



I got him!!!! I got him good. He was speechless and tears started to well up in his eyes.
It took a few more weeks to finish as I had other things to attend to, but now it's complete and ready to be parked anywhere he chooses.

I included this picture of me standing next to it so you get an idea just how big it is. A far cry from 2.5" x 3.5". I have no idea how many hours I've invested in it. When it's a labor of love, time doesn't matter. I guess all that car talk paid off over the years, especially when I can use my talents to give back.