Starbucks Coffee



Another one of my finer days.

 Life just gets better as you get older; doesnt it?

    I was in a Starbucks Coffee shop recently when my stomach started rumbling and I realized that I desperately needed to fart. The place was packed but the music was really loud, so to get relief and reduce embarrassment I timed my farts to the beat of the music. After a couple of songs I started to feel much better. I finished my coffee and noticed that everyone was staring at me….

 I suddenly remembered that I was listening to my Ipod through my headset…….. and how was your day?

   This is what happens when old people start using technology!



The Miracle of Wine



The Miracle of Wine

In the Alcohol Aisle…

 

Praise the Lord!

 

"And God promised men that good and obedient

wives would be found in all corners of the earth."

Then he made the earth round

And he laughed and laughed and laughed."

Tsarnaev Family



Tsarnaev Family

So now we find out that the entire Tsarnaev family (Dad, Mom, 2 sons & 2 daughters)

started receiving government assistance as soon as they set foot in our country.

As political refugees they were entitled to settlement assistance from day one.

(Section 8 Housing, public health care, food stamps etc.)

Then their stellar older son impregnates and marries the daughter of a doctor,

and this new little Muslim family receives 18 months of government assistance.

They only came off welfare after the naive young “wife” starts working 70 hours a week

while husband Tamerlan stays home and builds bombs and plans to kill and injure the very Americans

who have paid for his pathetic existence for the past 12 plus years.

A Breakdown of your and my investment into the Tsarnaev Family:

Section 8 housing

Free public health care

Food stamps and other EFT transfer payments

Federal Pell Grants for both sons and most likely their daughters as well.

(That is $5200.00 per year for each son or daughter who attended a college.)

City of Cambridge also awarded a $2500 per year scholarship to the younger son.

Younger son also reportedly was receiving state college scholarship.

What did we receive for our investment:

Older son was arrested for domestic battery on a former girlfriend.

The mother was arrested last year for shoplifting $1600 in merchandise

from a Lord & Taylor store.

Mother is facing immediate arrest for failure to appear regarding this matter.

- Then of course we know that the two sons combined to kill four people

(3 Americans & a Chinese exchange student), severely injure 100 plus other people,

carjacked another victim and only let him live when he escaped.

Now we have the two pathetic parents who have returned to Russia

and are claiming that their poor sons are innocent

and are being framed by the same American government

that allowed for their pathetic existence the past 12 plus years.

When are we going to put a stop to this madness?

Please pass this on and commit to getting involved in the 2014 election process.

Revamping of a Skull

Before I got sick I was working on something totally different...for me anyway.

 

Years ago I bought this cow skull from a neighbor who was moving. It's been hanging on my fence in my rural garden area in the backyard for years.

I had just decided I was tired of looking at it and was ready to discard it.

Then I got an idea...yes, very dangerous!

 

I have been going thru my Treasure Piles trying to use up what I have and not purchasing anything else until they are pretty well down...purging if you must.

 

I have a ton of beads, along with odds and ends jewelry.

I decided to paint the skull white, it had turned grayish from the elements.

She looked really good after the paint job.

 

Then I decided to dress her up.

Out came pearls, glass beads, vintage jewelry buttons and whatever else I could find to bring the picture in my head to life.

 

This is the way she ended up.

 

Yeah, kinda quirky, but cool.

I didn't want to cover the entire face,

so I left part of it plain.

I wrapped the base of the horns with jute

then went to town embellishing

I like it, it's something different for sure!

Total cost: $0 

  

I'm joining:

 

Etsy Cottage Style

Between Naps on the Porch

Coastal Charm

Someday Crafts

 

Frugally Sustainable

 

Common Ground

Funky Junk Interiors

The Thrifty Groove

Rooted in Thyme



Playing Catch up....

Once again it seems I've been MIA for a bit....

I was lucky enough to catch a head cold or something that affected my voice, meaning I haven't had one since the day after Mother's Day!  No we didn't do any whooping or hollering, if we had at least I'd have a reason why.

 

We went over to B&T's for a wonderful

 BBQ for Mother's Day/C&I's Birthday.

C had spent the prior week with them so it was good to see him.

More Birthday/Mother's Day surprises were waiting.

 Love the colors!

 Beautiful Anthurium

 Such pretty jewel tones

 some candy! My fave Turtles ;)

 Tanya made this gorgeous Dragonfly.

I have it having in the Living Room window

and when the sun comes through...it's breathtaking!

A box full of stamps and even an embossing gun! 

 

We took our newest addition with us.

 Yes, we adopted this cutie named Bella from the shelter.

She is 3 yrs old and was house trained...always a big plus :)

After introducing Katie to others, Katie picked Bella .

Katie can be pretty picky when it comes to siblings,

but she and Bella got along just fine....

 

A few days later B&T went to the shelter and found Chewie!

I now have a Grandson Furbaby!

He's 10 months old and a Chow Lab mix.

Very calm for still being a puppy

and what a sweet ball of fur! 

B&T came up this weekend so we could meet him.

His sister's Carly and Lily are enjoying him immensely.

 

Was wishing I was feeling better.

Seems I have slept the week and

weekend away - very frustrating.

 

Yeah, I try to talk a little squeaks come out.

Wouldn't you know I've had tons of business phone calls

to make last week and this week. Last week no one could understand me. Hoping they can this week!!

 

Better photos of Bella to come, along with our adventures with her....Yes, there were adventures the second and third day of being  home with this little Houdini!! 

Parent of the Year ! ! !



It’s time to vote for Parent of the Year. In no particular order, here are this year's leading candidates:

 

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