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Does anyone feel like this??? Me Too!!!

Hugs,

Mary

WHY WOMEN NEED FLOWERS

WHY WOMEN NEED FLOWERS....NEED I SAY MORE! ENJOY, HUGS, MARY

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"A Charlie Brown Christmas"

On this day in 1965, the classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" premiered on TV.




It was based on the Infancy Narrative of St. Luke. In the plot, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas. He is assigned the pick out the Christmas Tree. But, as usual, his choice of tree is met with much dislike. Charlie Brown once again feels like a failure. Until Linus recounts the story of the birth of Jesus. Then Charlie Brown declares "I won't all this commercialism ruin my Christmas"!. "I'll take this little tree home and decorate it and I'll show them it really will work in our play." He headed home and came upon Snoopy's prizewinning doghouse. Charlie Brown grabged a large red ornament from the roof and hung it carefully on the top branch of his little Christmas tree. But when he placed the one large ornament on the little tree it bent over. Charlie Brown thought he had killed the little tree, but then Linus and the rest of Charlie Brown's friends came along and Linus said, "its not a bad tree at all, maybe it just needs a little love", and wrapped his blanket at the base of the tree. All the others without a word went over to Snoopy's doghouse and removed all the decorations and placed them all on the little tree. They even placed a Star at the top! Charlie Brown could not believe it, his friends' efforts had transformed it into something truly special. Surrounded by his friends, Charlie Brown realized that Linus had been right about the true meaning of Christmas. This was the Christmas spirit he had been looking for all along.





The program won an Emmy and a Peabody Award, and led to more than 30 additional Peanuts shows.


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"I said if we're going to do a Christmas show, we have to use the passage from St. Luke about the birth of Christ" - Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

MY WEEKEND....

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This weekend was pretty full...We had a Blackhawks' Game to go to Friday night. We sit in the 3rd Balcony and got some cool pictures of the United Center in Chicago and all the fans. Hubby and our 2 daughters and their boyfriends came along, so you know I just had to take pictures of them!


Saturday did a little sewing on my Missouri Daisys and made two snowmen pillows, aren't they cute!! I just love snowmen!

Sunday was putting up Christmas around the house, so up went our tree, lights, wreaths, well, you get the picture. We didn't put the ornaments on, because our Son is still at college (will be home this weekend), so the girls wanted to wait for him to decorate (I swear, sometimes I wonder how old my young adults are???) but its Tradition to decorate the Tree with ALL of them home, so will wait for weekend!

Then hubby and I went to Lifetime Fitness where I bicycled 11 miles - OUCH!!! Lately we try and workout together on Sundays and it is really fun, but I think I overdid it!!

Then came home and did more sewing (Miss. Daisys) and my sister gave me some really cute red/white material from IKEA that she wants a valance made for her livingroom, so was cutting those out yesterday!

Oh, and almost forgot, hubby took some pics of Cooper and me in the morning, so thought you might enjoy these!! I like the one with the ball in his mouth! Cooper thinks he is a Lap Dog (told you he has issues)!!??!?!?!

Enjoy,

Happy Monday,

Hugs,

Mary

BLOWN AWAY AND SO VERY THANKFUL!

This has nothing to do with sewing, but something happened to me today that I just can't believe...my youngest came home with a letter from her high school that a gracious, anonymous donor paid for the rest of her tuition for the year. Now she goes to an all girl Catholic High School and we pay the tuition in 2 payments, so to have the rest of the year paid off is unbelievable! It is beyond words, the gratitude I have for this person who has done such an unselfish act. It gives me so much hope to know that there are people out there that do such great works of kindness. Both Dave and I are truly humbled.

I want to "pay it forward" as the saying goes and Dave agrees so we will be planning something or somehow to help someone else this Christmas season. For a gift from the heart needs to be shared. Someone thought to help us, now we must help another. I don't know who did this but I thank them from the bottom of my heart and will pray that God blesses them today and always.

They have my heart,

Mary

November 30, 2009

With Thanksgiving over...I have not even put up one ornament or Christmas Decoration, I just like to enjoy one Holiday at a time, plus am exhausted(lazy) so will wait until next weekend to put up Tree and to Deck The Halls as they say...I did however, pick up my Christmas Cards today....isn't it the Cutest Card - I thought the dog looked so like Cooper that I just had to order them! So that is as far as I have gotten into Christmas so far...but it is just the beginning of the week, so you never know what kind of trouble I will get myself in!

Back to sewing...

Lots of Hugs,


Mary

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Well, Thanksgiving was a Hugh Success!!! It was quiet, just the 5 of us and Mike's girlfriend, Angie, so really 6, but all the food turned out good and the smell of turkey roasting filled the house. Mike is feeling better, still has the Shingles but they are starting to scab and the pain is manageable (he is a trooper), so all went well... missed my sisters and their families and my Mom, but it can't plan sickness, so was very thankful that I had my little family together!!

I love Thanksgiving, it really makes me stop and think what I am most thankful for. Life can be so busy, but sometimes you need to stop and count the blessings in your life. For me, I am so thankful for God. He has blessed me with 3 beautiful children and a great hubby. I am even thankful for the "bumps" in the road, so to speak, as they make me realize what is important in life. Family and Health! Those are two big ones that I cherish. If you have both of those you have it all in my book.

Here are a couple more pictures of my kids...and I promised I would NOT put this picture of my gang at the breakfast table, but....I can resist!!! And here are the delicious cookies oldest made in the morning - really, really good Pumpkin and Molasses Sugar Cookies, Oh they were good!!

Oh and I caught Dave at Breakfast checking out the Blackhawk Calendar (they play today - Fri), so had to add that one. And what would be my blog without a couple of pictures of Cooper, this one he is playing with youngest and he thought he could hide under the table but I got one of him chewing his bone and well, the last one is him looking at me, like "oh no she is at it Again!"



I hope everyone in Blogland had a Wonderful Thanksgiving and Thank you to all of you who read my Blog!


Many Hugs Always,



Mary

THANKSGIVING EVE...PART TWO

(continued)

...SO MY FRIEND KAREN FROM BLOGLAND TOLD ME TO RUN COLD WATER
ON OUR LITTLE TURKEY...

AND YES IT IS WORKING THE BIRD IS THAWING NICE AND PERKY!

NOW OUT TO THE STORE DID I GO...

TO BUY PRODUCE, ROLLS, HERBS, DRESSING AND A JELLO MOLD,

WAIT I NEED PIES, APPLE AND PUMPKIN AND ICE CREAM TOO...

FOR WHAT WOULD BE THANKSGIVING WITHOUT DESSERT WOO-HOO!!!

OH, I THINK I AM LOSING IT, I AM LAUGHING OVER HERE,

AND COOPER IS LOOKING AT ME, THINKING "WOW IS SHE WEIRD"!!

BUT THE BEST PART OF COOKING FOR ME IS THE TABLE...

I MUST MAKE IT PRETTY, OH YES I HAVE MY DISHES - THANK YOU MABLE!!

(and the saga continues...)