Graduation is over

My grandson is only 11, graduated from Elementary School. The day was picture perfect, everyone was their perfect self, leaving all issues at home for this special day. His parents are divorced and his dad came. I was so happy for grandson that everyone was there. It was a special day for him. He is so excited about Middle School, can't wait for the Summer to be over so he can start back to school! At that point, I checked his head to see if he had a fever or something. LOL! He said there was to be a surprise at his graduation and boy, were we surprised. I thought perhaps he might have received an award for the best reader, but nope, someone else received that one. What he did receive was an award for school spirit.. There were 3 5th grade classes graduating. Now we've always known he was probably the class clown, but this award examplified (sp) a student who had leadership and showed compassion with/to his fellow students. The entire class cheered when his name was called. Thanks for listening to me brag about my life's breath, my grandson.

Finding Long Lost Online Friends

This blog hopping sure can be interesting. Back in my early days of card making, I belonged to a now defunk message board. We had a group of ladies who did a one-on-one card exchange each week. I met this lovely lady and we exchanged cards and life's stories. She developed breast cancer and due to her treatment, she dropped out of sight. All of us ladies wondered how she was doing but never received answers to our emails. Eventually, that board ceased to exist and we all moved on to other places and new friends. Well, don't you know, I found her blog and could not believe it was her. My joy at finding out she had beat the cancer and was back at making cards was overwhelming. It is so strange how we can have a feeling for someone we barely know, but will think about so often about after touch has been lost. Has anyone else found a long lost friend through blogging or a message board?

Garden Lottery

I found out that the garden plots in the new community garden are given on a lottery basis. I submitted my name and information, so the wait is on. Cross your fingers for me.

Oh Happy Day

I have been waiting for a new 18 acre park to open in my neighborhood, living in the city I don't have a nice green yard to relax or plant flowers in. The park has a community garden area, not sure how it works, but tomorrow is the official opening of the community garden. I will be there to see if and how one claims a piece of the garden. I've been walking once around the park each evening after supper this week in an attempt to try to shed a few of the winter pounds I've acquired. It is just so nice to see such a pieceful place in the city, sorta like centra park in New York.

First Published Card

This card was my first published card in the now defunk Paper Works Magazine. I'll never forget the joy I felt when I saw my very first card in a magazine.

Grandson Birthday Card

This card is for my grandson's birthday. All Daisy D's paper and embellishments. He was getting a gift certificate to his favorite Game Stop, so the video games on the side was the perfect touch.

Out of the mouth of Babes!

When my grandson was little, he use to see the ads on TV for Vehix.Com. When I was wishing I had the money to get a new car, he said he could help me get a car, all I needed to do was go to Vehix.Com. He thought from seeing the ads that all one had to do to get a new car (for free) was to go to the web site.

Leo, my scrappin partner

Leo is a stray cat who I fed in the yard from a porch for about 18 months. I never petted him or tried to get close to him. I fed him and any other stray cats who came to eat. One day, he appeared on my back porch and the only way he could have done that was to jump up on a 6 foot fence and then jump another 2 feet to the railings on the back porch. He was friendly [to a point] but he would just eat and then jump off the porch. He did not come every day and I got to the point where I would call for him, I called him Meow Kitty at that point. This went on for probably a year. I would see him climbing in the trees and climb on top of a building to keep away from the other cats who probably beat him up. One day we saw him get beat up pretty bad. That was it. We decided that I would grab him the night before the spay wagon was to be in town and keep him in a dog crate in the house because we did not know if he was litter box trained. He was soooooo happy to come in my house and layed right down in that crate and did not make a fuss at all. Next day, off we went to get his shots and get him neutered. My nerves were raw that day, hoping he was healthy. He'd been a stay for a long time. We did not get good news, we were told he had feline leukemia, but that he was very healthy otherwise and could possibly live a long time with the disease. I wanted to have him put to sleep, but my daughter said no way! So Meow Kitty came home with me while we decided what we would do with him. His name was changed to Leo because he looked like a lion with his color and big ruff on his neck. He was skinny and needed attention. After he recovered from the neuter, he was allowed to roam my house. This cat has NEVER had an accident, does not get into any of my scrappin things and I have a LOT of things hanging around. He is like a little dog, following me everywhere, content to lay and watch me, when I move, he moves. I've had him for 9 months now and he has grown into the most glorious cat, with the sweetest temperment, loves everyone who comes in my house. I cannot image life without him, and to think I was the one who wanted to put this dear cat to sleep. I cringe at the thought now. Oh right, that is enough about Leo, but he will grace my homepage as long as I have him.

Out of the mouths of babes

Over the years, my grandson has come out with some good things.

Once, when probably 6, he was asked if he knew his phone number, we were trying to teach him to know where he lived if he ever got lost. His reply "I would but mama keeps changing the number". I am going to post one every day. Some of his sayings have been gems.