and on the 12th day of February ...

ah yes, my life on the 12th day of each month ... now if only i could get these posted a day or two after my post instead of a week later ... my procrastinated life is oh so slow sometimes ...

Anyways, the 12th ... Lucky me, that was a week ago Sunday and I got together with a bunch of great girls and spent the day scrapping ... and i actually did 3 layouts that I loved!  It was a great day!

 Sue C brought me this pretty little doll to enjoy ... I'm thinking, wings and crowns and purples ....

 Sue C and Izzy, merrily playing with paper ...

 Izzy and her new Instax camera ... this cameras are a whole lot of fun, i just love the mini photos it makes! 

 Diane scrapping away ...

 Sue F, Iris, Sue C & Diane ... of course you  need champagne when you scrap!!!

 Raise a toast to Sue F ... she is retiring after 33 (?) I think, years of service, travelling the sky and making flights enjoyable for thousands and thousands of weary travellers!!!

Awe, Yes ... me, mid hug with Sue F!

 See, I really was making some layouts using that beautiful Graphic 45 line, Tropical Travelogue ... you can pick some up at Tiny Seed, (she has the best prices around and great service)

So later ... too tired to cook after an exhausting day of nothing but fun, I drag my DD off to the Well.  They make the best "Yorkies" ... yorkshire puddings stuffed with roast beef, and topped with horseradish cream and little au jus sauce for dipping ...

 oh wait, I wanted to take a picture of the food when it arrived and looked pretty ... but here we are munching away ...

Me!  don't know what i was doing with my fingers ... lol!

  

DD ... poor kid, tired from writing a killer term paper ... and making a silly face!

Another month, another busy 12th day ... I wonder what March will bring ...

Thanks so much for visiting!!!

Saturday Centus - eeeks!!!

Well, our dear hostess Jenny Matlock, has thrown us for a loop this go round ... today, we are to write our autobiography in 6 words.  You read that write, 6 little words!  hence the eeeks!!!  Here's my wee offering!

maiden to crone

dreaming

loving

learning.

So now that you know, just about everything there is to know about me, take some time to read some of the other offerings ... just click on Jenny's button below!

Love is all you need ...

It's Alphabet Thursday, and I am joining in on the letter L ... my word for L is love ... 

Is love truly all we need?  I think … more than food, more than water, or shelter … we need love.  Close your eyes and try to imagine living without this precious commodity … think of going through life without someone to love … be it a partner, friend or family member … just imagine how much more difficult life would be without someone to love, and someone who loves you back.  Truly, no man is an island …  we all need someone, or even something to love. We have pets, to care for and love, and they love us back, and they can improve our well being just by loving them.  Think of the fictional Chuck Noland and the object of his love, Wilson …  Wilson kept him going, kept him somewhat sane … and in all probability, kept him alive …

I cannot possibly imagine a life without love, so it saddens me that so many do not have it to give or receive … I think of the hundreds and hundreds of children stuck in the foster care system, going through life without the love of a parent … children in far away countries, parents dead, and trying to survive the world alone, animals stuck in kennels at the local animal shelter.

So think of love, and act with kindness towards those that are unfortunate enough to not be able to experience this most amazing state of being …

 … she loves you ya ya ya …

I love these two!!!

Saturday Centus ~ The Superbowl

Once again I am joining Jenny's Saturday Centus meme!  This weeks prompt was written by Nonna, and is "two peas in a pod".  You know the drill by now, i have 100 words plus the prompt words to come up with a nifty little tale ...  I hope you enjoy my offering

“Ma’am, can you tell us anything, that will help us figure out what happened at that house and how you know the two deceased?”

“Detective, they are  … were my older sisters, identical twins  and for all of my life they have been as close as two peas in a pod.  They lived together, ate the same foods, wore the same clothes, voted the same ... well except for one thing,” she sobbed.

“What’s that?” asked the detective.

“Football, one liked the Giants and the other liked the Patriots.”

“Death by Superbowl?” the detective queried. 

“Yes”, she cried as she burst into tears.

And now, I am off to a SuperBowl party ... Go ______ Go!!!!

Just click on the button below to read other nifty short stories

K is for ... Sue?

K … K  … K … killer, kobo … kindle ???  I stumbled around for a long time trying to  to find a K word that I wanted to write about …   The first three K words that came to me are up above, but I really don’t feel like writing about killers or e~book readers

I could write about “kind” … but wait, I think I blogged on that topic a couple of years ago … so repeating it would be … well, kinda boring.

And then it hit me … my dear friend Sue  always ends her emails with “Be kind and leave the world a better place.”  Isn’t that a wonderful mantra? 

My dear friend Sue, is probably one of the kindest, and gentlest people that I know … she is wonderfully thoughtful … truly thoughtful, the kind of friend that always seems to know what to say in every situation … she is so attentive to people that she is fully tuned in and just seems to know when things are off.  She gives wonderful hugs, and wonderful words.  And the best part … out of this seemingly quiet, humble and kind person, can come the most hilarious, like pee your pants hilarious … zingers!!!   Oh she can truly get anyone laughing … real good down in your gut laughter … So yes, Sue … I will be “kind” and leave the world a better place.  And thank you for your reminders to do so!

Sue, shortly after she shaved her head to raise funds for Cancer Research ... what a beautiful gift she is to this planet

K is for Sue!

Saturday Centus ~ The Director

Late again for Saturday Centus ... I am beginning to wonder if I will ever be on time  again ... Luckily we actually have a week to hand these in to Jenny, and her Saturday Centus Meme.  Jenny played no tricks this week, we had an 8 word prompt which is "We know where all the bodies are buried."  We also had 100 words, plus the prompt words to play with, and wouldn't you know it, i came right in at 108 ... after i did a major edit ... lol!

The Director, the genius of both his genre and his generation, was having a tough day.

“Take 108”

“Action” yelled the Director.

“Give up, we know where you … um, hid”

“Cut” roared the Director,  “It’s a simple line you idiot, We know where all the bodies are buried”

“Quiet on set, Take 109”

“Action”

“Give up, we know you buried …”

“Cut” the Director shouted as he thought to himself, I know where all of the bodies are buried and that’s where this idiot actor is going wind up … right beside my dear old Auntie Astrid, the Gardner and the neighbour’s yappy dog.

“Quiet on set”

I hope you enjoyed my little offering this week.  As always, just click on the Jenny button below to read other interesting short stories!

Hey Jerk!

Now that i have your attention ... and since it is "J" day over at Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday meme, I thought that i would talk about my nick names ... and guess what, they almost all start with J.

My given name is Joanne ... the name that I go by, is of course Jo ... then there is the Beatles variation, JoJo ... and some of my friends have whittled that down even further to just JJ, and some just call me J ... my daughter says my "hood" name is Lil' J and she calls me that quite a bit! So call me any of these names, they work ... just don't ever call me Joan, that is a completely different name.

I used to be called "Crash" ... that had something to do with me being in a rash of car accidents (hey, they weren't all my fault) and ended in on huge slow motion crash ... where i confused the brake for the gas (it happens) and hit my Dad's  5th wheel, pushing it into a small wall, and driving its huge hitch right through my windshield, narrowly missing me ... and it was all slo mo ... i couldn't figure out why i kept moving ... thankfully, no one was around, because i was so coated in glass i had to strip to the skivies outside ... yup ... thankfully i have left that nickname (and accidents) far behind me.

And finally my favourite nickname "Jerk."  Yes, that's what my family calls me ... my dad gave me the moniker before I could walk ... Okay, when I was a wee thing, i did not crawl ... instead i would tuck one leg under, put the other leg in front of me and scooch across the floor on my butt in a jerky motion ... so yeah, this name, that others would not like to be associated with, is actually a term of affection in mine! When I am called Jerk, all is well ... when someone calls me by my given name ... that means all is not well and when someone Middle names me (hasn't happened for a long time) ... well you all know where middle naming leads ...

Jerk and her Dad!!!

thanks so much for stopping by and reading ... linking up to my girl Jenny