Happy Easter!

So in this picture the kids are a few years

older so no Easter Bunny. Which is ok, it

probably would have been the

same orange one in the other picture! ha!

This is in Riverside, '89 if I am not mistaken.

Aren't they cute! I made Priscilla's dress. Jeremiah

liked the 'surfer' style clothes. Love them!

And today is April fools! I hope nobody gets

pranked too badly! That was a fun day too.

Could get the kids with silly stuff, like...ohhhh

spider! But I made Priscilla cry one year, so that

was that for scaring the kids. I still feel bad about that.

She will say otherwise cuz I laughed.

I finished the dress I was working on. Turned out

pretty good too! And I am proud to say, I have

conquered the button hole! Next week, zippers!

Does my talent never end.....hahahahaha

Easters past

With all the wonderful Easter goodies in all the

stores and spotting the Bunny in the mall

waiting for little people to pose with, well,

it got me to reminiscing. Remembering.

Reliving. It was nice.

Dye stained fingers. Pink peeps. Yellow peeps.

Foiled bunnies. Jelly beans and marshmellow

eggs. Surprised faces at the baskets lined

up on the coffee table. Easter egg hunts that

were rehunted over and over. AND finding

that long lost egg 2 months after easter

which shows what a good housekeeper I am!

Ohhhh I love it all!

Here are my babies. Neither were afraid

of the Easter Bunny. Its 1983. I think.

But aren't they cute!!!

Hope you all are enjoing memories of long ago Easters too!

blogging

Well, I have had 2, two, count them 2 people ask why

I am quitting blogging. What. A. Following! ahahahah

I am going to keep this going, putting up pictures and

a few other odds and ends as I find them.

We went to see Alice today. LOVED it. Of course

I will admit I love anything with Johnny Depp.

He does those characters so good. And he did

the mad hatter just right. As it was a Tim Burton

movie, I expected it to be a little dark, and it

was. There were also alot of his trademark

twisted dark creepy trees too! Have you ever

seen a movie of his without them? But it was

a fun movie, at least for me, Bob was kinda

'eh' about it. Just the 3D details made it so

good! The dandelion puffs floating, the huffing

of the big old dog beast, dust motes, it was

great! Just not for kids. At all.

I am almost done with a cute little Daisy Kingdom

dress I am sewing. When I finish I will put

it on here for the whole world to see, that is

all 2 of you! hehehe.

I do loves you

Greatgramma and Melissa and Teri

Culver City, Ca.

I would say spring 1954

what for....or pity party for 1

I have decided that it is useless and of no value

for me to continue blogging. I gave it a try.

Really I did. It's just not for me. I will go

back to my personal journal.

I am going to continute my fav/loves in

there too. I have been doing that for the

longest time. I have also found out that

I do have a lot of repeats in them. Obviously

those things are really precious to me.

Make ME, just me, feel warm and good

inside. I have decided that those are private

too. I mean, who really gives a flying fig except

me if I love butter cookies or rainy days. Or

the clouds in the evening with the gold

outline or tucking a baby under my

chin and loving the smell? They are my

treasures. Mine and mine alone. They

are the things that make me me, fill my

heart and soul with satisfaction.

I am going to continute sewing. What I want

when I want it. How I want to do it. I will

browse all those wonderful tutorials for

the how to's that my fingers don't

know how to. And I thank you for them.

I will ALWAYS be thrilled with Priscillas

blog and pictures.

And I am glad I did give this a try, because

now I know its not for me and not wondering

if maybe I should have one day given it

a try.

Loves you all,

Melissa.....daughter, wife, sister, mother, grammie

or as my dad used to call me when I was little,

kookoo bird.

my chenille

In my last blog all I did was talk about chenille.

Chenille this that and the other. So I took a

few pics of the chenille I do have.

Its been put away for awhile in one of those

bags you suck the air out of but don't work.

Thats ok though, it did keep them dust free so

its all good. When I dumped them outta the bag

and on to the couch I was just pleased as I

could be all over again when I saw them. I

could not really get an accurate color on the

raspberry one, but its close. It is just lucious.

I just want to wrap myself up in it. Its in

great condition, no worn spots, discolored spots,

no shredding .The fringe is faded

though, but its not bad.

I am not sure what the design is. I just call it a star.

Its about a foot and a half across. Isn't it

pretty! So thick and cozy!

These are pictures of the white one.

There is a lot of discoloration on it. But nothing I can't

just cut around. The flowers are so thick and pretty.

And the colors are wonderful. The flowers are

all in great shape too, no bald spots. In fact

except for the discoloration, there is no shredding anywher.

Can we say yippee!

I really didn't do too much today. I finally broke down and

bought a "Loop Turner". I can finally turn those

little tubes of fabric with out tearing them up

and making my fingers sore. I just hope

they get it to me quick.

I am off to check out patterns for sewing with chenille.

If anyone has anything they can recommend

I would love it! I have been sewing for along time,

but I am venturing out of my safety zone of crib sheets

and bumper pads with matching blankies and lovies.

I have done one raggy quilt, and it is a raggy looking thing. Ha!

But I did my best and it really isn't bad! I will get a pic of that

next. There are a few other odds and ends I have made,

but I am finding spreading my wings so to speak

pretty exciting!!! Wish me luck!

I am thankful for and love

pg tips tea

that first sip of tea in the morning

being able to laugh at my many sewing mistakes

vintage fabrics and linens

glass buttons and tatted lace

all my moms old lace wound into balls

Dawber, Elvis and Fred

I'm thankful for all of you too, whoever you are

if there is anybody even reading this!

Loves you all!

M~

losses and love and being cozy

My daughter Priscilla and her husband suffered

a loss last weekend. One of those things you

never want your daughter, your baby girl to

have to suffer through. They miscarried.

My heart just ached for them. I said kind

words, but to me they were not enough.

I wanted to hold her. To murmer all those

words mommas whisper to their babies

when they are hurting. Even though

I said words over the phone, I hope she

does know how I felt for her, how I love

her. How proud I am of her.

She blogged her news with grace, saying how

she is so lucky to have the wonderful husband

and beautiful little boy she has. I hope she

knows how lucky we all feel to have her as

our daughter, wife, mommy. We all

love her so much!

On a different note,

I'm still immersed in reading all the craft blogs

there are, and there are hundreds upon hundreds.

And it seems each just as good as the last. I love

them! And I will say it again, so many great

ideas, fun patterns, beautiful fabric. Oh the

pictures. Thank you thank you for all of them!!

One thing about all those wonderful crafts/ideas/tutorials/

fabrics and photos, I want to buy everything! Books!

Fabric! Patterns! Ribbon! Threads! Quilting goodies!

Buttons! A day does not pass when I do not buy

something from ebay. Todays purchase were two

booklets. One for chenille soft animals. *I adore

chenille*, the other for some purses and goodies.

Chenille. Even the word is cozy. It brings to mind

grandma's bed and thick heavy bathrobes. Both cozy

comfortable things that bring warm memories. Well

at least they do for me!

I found a cute tutorial for slippers that calls for fleece.

I am going to use chenille. I'm making some easter

animals, nix the cute florals, chenille will do. I have

a cute jammie pattern for myself, will find a nice

chenille for them. *I spend alot of time in jammies

as I am not particularly the healtiest person in town*

Does that not sound sooo cozy!!

I think I have just talked myself into doing some

chenille shopping tomorrow! And I already have

2 beautiful bedspreads tucked away for just

this stuff! One a beautiful plain raspberry one

and a white one with flowers along the border.

I'm seeing a robe made out of that one!

I love and am thankful for

Priscillas beauty grace and strength

Gregors love and caring for her

Landons being his mothers son

the doctor who cared for her

the warm day we had today

the gentle breeze we get through the

house when we open front and back doors.

The lavender Bob bought for the backyard

for me.

Bobs happiness at getting his tomatoes started.

You all have a wonderful tomorrow...and if

you see something great on ebay...don't bid,

its mine! ha!

loves you all!

keeping busy

I have been reading lots of other blogs

that have to do with crafts & sewing.

I LOVE them! So many talented women

in blogland. I spend hours going from

blog to blog, reading tutorials and

how tos. About fabrics, from how do

you store yours and how to cut. I make

sure I look at all the pictures so I don't

miss anything. Its great!

I have learned alot in the past few days.

They have gotten my own creativity going

too. I have found I can make something

with out depending on a pattern. And it

feels fantastic! I get so excited I ask Bob

a hundred times while I am making something,

what do you think? Should I do this? Would

this look good? He always takes the time to

answer me too. And he does have some good

ideas to boot! So it makes it even more fun

know I can share with him and he takes an

interest in what I am doing.

I am just about finished with a little tooth

fairy pouch I am making for my grandson

Wyatt who has his first loose tooth! Its

not the best, but my first attempt and I am

happy with the result. Soon as its done

I will take a picture. I already have ideas

on making one for Olivia, who has a long

time to go before any loose teeth happen.

Beads! I LOVE Beads! Fringe! Sparklies!

Ribbons! love em love em love em! ha!

Not much other news. Things have been

quiet. Its hard to plan alot when my stomach

is still so bad. I really have to call the doc

don't I. I do not know why I put off calling.

I do know I am sick of doctors. Well, not

so much sick of them as rather put out

by their inability to help me. And that makes

me tired. Sooo, I just am hanging in here...

I am thankful for and love

my favorite old worn stretched out soft

sweater~

crawling back in bed in the mornings for

another hour of snoozing~

word search games~

snapple cranraspberry tea~

dark toast~

pop tarts~

swiffering~

when Bob brings home a movie that

I really wanted to see~

watching real housewives~

reading tutorials and understanding them~

getting my jammies on after a long day~

I loves you all and someday soon I am sure

I will get pics on here!

I really understand!

I finally realize what the terms 'chronic pain',

'chronic nausea', 'chronic this', 'chronic that'

mean! I thought I did. Really! I can understand

being in pain all the time being labeled as

chronic. What has really nailed it for me is

this constant, exhausting, depressing, mind

numbing nausea that will not go away. I get

it. Sorry to all who have chronic afflictions

for not fully realizing your suffering. I do now.

Anyways. I am anxiously waiting to hear about

Pricilla's docs appt. tomorrow. I know its not

her ob one, but its a start. Like its really the

official word that she is expecting! Its just

so exciting! A new baby in the family. It

really just doesn't get any better. My mom

would just be 'over the moon'! She LOVED

babies. And was so looking forward to being

a great grandma. I have this little bitty

album that was in her stuff that said

great grand kids on it. Kinda warmed my

heart and broke it all at the same time

knowing how much she wanted it and

did not get to experience having great

grandbabies.

I truly believe she is looking down on us,

watching, protecting and laughing along

with us. And that she knows about the

new baby. I also believe she is driving

everybody else crazy talking about it!

ha! Just a picture in my mind that I love.

She could get excited about things!

Soooo I love simple things, like

1. the flower on my christmas cactus.

2. the smell of fabric softner sheets.

3. finding a just the right size box for

mailing in the garage

4. my pill alarm system Bob set up for me.

5. my well worn in slippers

6. chicken patties

7. black olives on nachos

8. folding warm clothes right outta the

dryer.

9. the smell of warm clean clothes right

outta the dryer.

10. my new measure and press quilting board!

loves you all...and I just may add pics tomorrow! ha!

egg salad samwiches

Yum. Egg salad samwiches. Just the

thought of them brings my mom to

mind. I can see her standing in

front of the kitchen counter

scooping the egg mustard mayo

and pickle concoction out of the

bowl onto bread, then ALWAYS

cutting the sandwich into quarters.

Unless you were going to be eating

them on a road trip. I can tell

ya, the quartered ones were and

are alot better.

Yea, I took the walk down

memory lane yesterday.

Cuz somehow we ended up

with almost 3 doz. eggs in the

fridge! So I grabbed the carton with

only a half doz in it, boiled em

up and made 'wanna be' egg

salad samwiches. Those are ones

made with the egg sliced thick and piled

on bread, thick chopped gherkins

all over the egg, lightly salted and

promptly eaten instead of being

lovingly chopped mixed tasted

and scooped.

They weren't quite as good as moms

but then nothin ever really is. And

they weren't quartered, but they

still took me for that much loved walk

down memory lane that always has

me smiling at memories of my mom.

And, Priscilla also likes gramma's

egg salad too. We got to share

them on a drive back home after a visit

to Clear Lake to visit. Remember Priscilla?

simply loved are

egg salad samwiches.

gherkin pickles.

old photographs.

soft socks.

oversized sweatshirts.

learning to make yoyos.

clean throw rugs.

throw rugs.

frilly little girl lampshades.

loves you all..sleep well..

doing ok!

Had a nice and early appt. this morning with

my pain doc. Nothing out of the ordinary going

on, just a check up and refill time. I love this

doc and his staff. They have given me the

confidence to be able to ask all questions

and listen to all my thoughts on my care.

Its really nice. Not all offices are like this.

Most times its hurry hurry hurry. ick.

On the creative side, I was asked to make

a tote of sorts to hold a few diapers and

wipes. Something to put them in instead

of just sitting on a table in the den or

living room. I picked up some really pretty

fat quarters, matching 5 piece set. Pretty

tones of blue and brown. Its soo nice! I did it

with no pattern! yahooo!

Now its not perfect, but darned good if I

say so my self. Especially for my first attempt!

I know i am going to be making some for myself

to hold fabric and other odds and ends.

You know how there is never enough storage

or places to put those cute fat quarters, fun

yards of lace you can't pass up, even photos

I collect for scrapbooking. At last, no more

plastic sandwich bags!

Priscilla is making a diaper cake for a shower.

Its really cute. It tickles me to see this creativeness

in her. She is so good at picking colors and

matching ribbons and candies so everything looks

so put together and classy.

She worked on it all with her son Landon.

Now that is something I would have liked

to watch. He is such a little chatterbox.

Ahhhh to be the fly on the wall to listen

to the talk and watch his little hands try

and help roll diapers! What fun!

I love the simple things like

the feel of fresh washed hands.

the hiss of steam from my iron.

the texture of angel food cake.

when Bobs moustache tickles me.

brushing out my hair.

snail mail.

movie pop corn.

a comfortable pillow.

someone holding a door for me.

word search puzzles.

loves you all...

monday monday

I love and am thankful for the simple things,

a few are...

1.the news of a new grandchild one the way!

2.finding fun things as I clean a closet.

3.getting that closet clean!

4.planning fun little easter gifts for the kids.

5.thinking of Easters when my kids were little.

6.chocolate easter bunnies.

7.tall easter baskets with that crinkly see

though paper on them!

8. feeling bobs arms around me when I am

having a terrible night.

9. thoughts of Landon as a big brother!

loves you all....i'm pooped...good night.