Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts

Monday, August 12, 2013

It's 'News-All-Over-The-Place' Monday!


     I'm awake! I'm awake!!...No, really, I am!! :-] And considering the weekend I've had, my being awake this morning is...


      ...REALLY good news indeed! :-) Especially since, with the state of the real news being 'all-over-the-place' the last few days, I'd just as soon go back to bed!...ALL DAY!! O_O 
     The news over the weekend was full of things like little girls being kidnapped!...a whole hotel collapsing into a sinkhole, with people having to rush to get out!...and heavy rains with deadly flash floods!...*sigh*
      But on the good news front...gas prices are going down! YAY!!!...and  we're only a couple of weeks away from the time for kids here in the U.S. to go back to school!! :-) And yes, that is good news...to tired, overworked, 'crazy-out-of-their-vacationing-summer-minds'....YEAH, RIGHT!...moms!! LOL 
      Speaking of which, here's a couple of back to school ideas...




       ...Okay!...I slipped the crochet boutonnieres in there. ^_^ But hey!...boutonnieres can be good back-to-school gifts! You can add them to a backpack strap, headband, shoe, etc...I can even put a brooch pin or button on the back of them if you prefer! :-) I'm flexible like that!! LOL
       In other news...for adults...how about these ideas...




       You can use these for backyard mommy-get-togethers, now that the kids will be back in school! :-) ... or as side-kick-carry-with-yous when you're going door-to-door talking to people about 'Good News'! :-) ...Uhhhh...not everybody will use the tote like that, but some will! ^_^ YOU know who you are!! *wink! wink!*

      Okay, my news...and my time...is up!...


      Gotta go get me something to eat and get my Monday on schedule!...Have a good week everybody! :-)

About My Teachers

Let me tell you about my teachers!
Those who let my spirit fly.
Those who taught me self-control.
Those who always made me try.

My music teacher, small in size,
whose unsung words would sometimes sting;
He taught humility and patience,
while also teaching me to sing.

My English teacher, gregarious,
whose toothy smile was just as loud;
She taught me confidence and joy,
and to be fearless in a crowd.

My drama teacher, A or E,
from her I earned my hardest grade.
It was for letting out a scream.
From which I learned: 'Be Not Afraid'.

For basketball, and also Gym,
My coach would train us like a nut!
And though we lost, most every time,
I learned to try, no matter what.

I learned to cater, and to waitress,
from a crew who taught me well.
In fact, so many new experiences
that I now can hardly tell.

My Bible teacher too,
taught me how 'I must forgive';
And by teaching me God's laws,
also taught me how to live.

To my teachers, one and all,
bold, soft-spoken, shy or tough,
Thanks for teaching me the knowledge
that being 'me' is good enough!

Monday, July 22, 2013

My News Is In Summer Colors!


      It's Monday again! :-) You knew it would be back, right?! LOL It couldn't stay 'weekend' forever! ^_^ And guess what else is back for us here in Massachusetts. Questionable weather!! ^_^ Rain and humidity. But not as much humidity as we've had over the last week of the heatwave. It's only 84% humid!!...as opposed to 100% 'snatch-it-out-of-the-air-and-drink-it!' humidity. LOL
     All of this is proof...beyond a shadow of a doubt!...that it's summer!!! :-) Good news, right?!....Uhhhhh....okay. If you say so! I prefer my air conditioner to summer, actually...But I will say, speaking of news, that it's better news than the flash floods, bridge accidents, murders, and home invasions that the local news is full of these days!...but maybe not better news than a brand new baby on the way! :-) Guess whose baby! ^_^ Yeah, that's all over the news too!

     Summer does have a bit of good news associated with it though, other than babies being born, and delicious fruit...just saying! :-) Summer is full of summer color! :-) And I found all kinds of summer color on Etsy...
 

      ...including the summer color boutonnieres that I made myself over the weekend! ^_^ This one is 'variegated carnation'!...


     I'm telling you...the variegated colors have captured me!! ^_^ But their colors aren't the only ones that have captured me. Look at these summer colors!...     






      Don't you just love 'em?!!! :-) They make you wanna plan a summer party, re-decorate your house in summer colors for it, and make fruity colored drinks...just so you can put them in pretty jars, and hand them to your friends with colorful umbrellas in 'em!! ^_^ ... Or is that just crazy ME?!! LOL
     I'm not as crazy as you think though, because I won't be doing any of the above in this rain and humidity!! LOL I'll be studying, reading my Bible, and crocheting the day away! :-) ...


       I'll look at summer my way. You look at summer your way! ^_^ But however you look at it, have a good Monday, Everybody! :-)

Summer Is The Sun

Summer is the sun
that makes the sweat down your face run,
when you're having so much fun.
Now the school year is all done;
Your 'Playing' homework has begun.

Summer is the sun,
when your vacation web is spun,
and all your money is down to none.
A dollar bill-you've got just one.
That there's no cash is quite a stun.
But Oh! The memories that were won,
because summer is the sun.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Sunflowers...and Other News!

      What a great weekend!! At least it was for hubby and I! You can see what made part of hubby's weekend great by looking at the header photo! I'll tell you more about that in a minute...But first I wanna recognize that not EVERYONE had a great weekend!
     Here in Holyoke we're expecting to be rained out for a couple of days. And so are a number of other states along the east coast...AGAIN! Apparently we're getting some remnants of Storm 'Lee' that hit the New Orleans and surrounding areas pretty bad over the weekend. Truthfully...they just didn't need any more water issues to worry about! :-(  
       Also, there's a huge six mile wide wildfire in Texas right now!
         It's so big that I saw an alert on Facebook last night begging fire-fighters to come and help!...And they have numerous other fires going on all at the same time too! Some of them can only be fought from the air!...*shaking my head*...Stay safe everybody!!
        In our local area there was another bit of bad news too...The first person diagnosed {on August 27th} with the EEE virus (Eastern Equine Encephalitis)...{that humans get through the bite of the summer mosquito}...died yesterday. :-( ...With wonderful news like this, from here and all over the world, it almost makes you wanna run from the T.V. screaming, doesn't it?!!
      And if it was ALL bad news...we probably would! But there was also some good news!...There was a 21 foot long crocodile caught in the Phillipines!! Apparently it had been terrorizing a village!    

       {Although the claims that there's still another one loose, one larger than this one, may make the news of this one's capture kinda hollow!....NOTE TO SELF: Scratch the Phillipines off of your 'Friday Date Night' list for a while! ^_^}
       More good news.... The US Tropical Storm map is showing that hurricane 'Katia' looks like she's gonna make the turn away from us! YAY!!!! :-) They're not giving us the 'All Clear' just yet, but they're pretty sure what track she's on.
       AND my hubby's sunflowers survived the wind and rain from last week...and they're going to seed!
       Since me and the backyard, with it's allergic-enducing plants and flowers...and it's EEE carrying mosquitoes {just saying!}...don't get along, hubby brought one of them inside for me to take a look at. It was H-U-G-E!!!
       And it was so cool that I could see the individual little sunflower seeds in the head of it!! He popped one out so I could hold it!
       The seed was HUGE too!...Do they get smaller when they dry?!...I guess I'll find out! :-) In the meantime, I'll keep hubby and his giant plants outside where they belong!!!...
         Shortly after his coming in the house to show me his sunflower, I ended up with a pile of tissues from blowing my nose...and I had to take a nap! A nice LONG nap!...Once I got up I saw that he was still in the backyard. And wait until you see the photos I caught from the window of what else he was doing!! :-) I'll show you those tomorrow.
       In the meantime, tennis has been fabulous! All of my regular players that I like to root for (Federer, Nadal, Murray, Tsonga, Roddick, etc...) are all still in it...except one. :-( I was so sad that Marty Fish and Wilfried Tsonga had to play each other last night. They're both so good that I hoped they'd both be in the tournament until the end. But no...Tsonga won their match last night  and Marty had to say goodbye. Oh Well...there's always next year Marty!
      Also, YAY for Wuglyees!! I spent quite a bit of time in the shop yesterday, changing the SEO tags on my scarves. I didn't realize that my tagging was not sufficient enough to get them seen. And then, just on a whim because I didn't have anything else to do before I went to bed, I decided to check the shop to see if I had gotten any more views. And lo and behold...not only views, but I made two sales!!! :-)
        These two 'babies' are off to the big city!! :-)
       I'm so excited!!! Not just for the sales, but also because apparently my SEO work isn't in vain! It's really getting results this time! :-)
      And last, but not least today, remember I told you that I hate doing linings?! Well, I gave my YoYo bag to a friend, for her to put a lining in it for me. {I'm gonna crochet something for her in return. She apparently didn't want my money! :-)} And she finished it!! As soon as she brings it back, and I take some photos, I'll show it to you. And then it's going in the Wuglyees shop for sale!! :-)
      Speaking of which, this brought my sales total in the shop up to 148. Whoever buys the 150th item will also get a scarf from the shop for FREE!! They get to choose which one they'd like! I thought I'd just let you know that! :-)
      And, speaking of FREE,.....okay! So the last thing wasn't really the last thing...yet! ^_^...don't forget to enter the GIVEAWAY for my crochet dangle necklace. The simple rules are HERE! The drawing will be on September 15, 2011. 
     Okay, that's it for real this time! LOL Except for the poem!....Have a good day Everybody!! :-)


You Probably Don't Care!

I know you probably don't care,
but I will tell you anyway!
I mean, I have to talk about it.
It's what I do most every day!

I know you have your own things going,
and my things? You could care less.
But I have to spill it, talk,
share, converse, chat, or confess.

Don't you have some days like that,
when you just 'let down your hair'?
Well, today was that for me,
and it's okay if you don't care!