Throwback Thursday

 

Throwback Thursday has arrived
at Dreaming and I am doing it
with a twist--my way.  :)

Me above 15 years ago. Long hair
and younger.  :) Getting ready for
my first day of school.

Me at the beginning of this
school year. Short hair and
older. Not sure how much
wiser but ... :)
A veteran. Never thought
I would be at this job for
almost 15 years!

What were you up to 15
years ago?

~Keep on Dreaming~

A Place to Find the Unexpected

Mr. Ken and I stopped
at a "moving sale" on
Saturday. I like these
type of sales because stuff
is usually inexpensive and
I like to see what people
are trying to unload before
they move.
After wandering around
looking at all the items for
sale, I decided on the bag
of eggs--for school fun, the
blue cloth-which goes VERY
well with our blue picnic stuff,
and the clock. It is Wesclox
brand clock. Love it for it's
vintage flare. Currently it is
living in my sewing room
because it tick tocks too loud
to be in our bedroom.
The best part was that I only
spent $ 4.00 for all three items!


~Keep on Dreaming~

Thrify Thursday

I was browsing through one
of my favorite thrift stores
the other day and while strolling
through the book section I saw
these three treasures.
Now, let me assure you that I DO
NOT need another cookbook BUT
I WAS NOT leaving these.
Especially the two in the top picture.
Gooseberry Patch cookbooks and
calendars are fun to look at and
the "helpful hints" are fun to read.
The price was right too. The Goose
berry Patch books were $2.99 each.
Brand new they run around $16.95. 

The titles of these books are:
The Cozy Home Cookbook-Tasty
recipes and year round decorating
ideas for your cozy home.
Holidays at Home-Favorite family
recipes, decorating ideas and
magical memories for a homespun
harvest and cozy Christmas.

This 592 page with 1,200 collected
recipes cookbook was $ 3.99!
This cookbook picks up where "The
Martha Stewart Cookbook left off.
The 1,200 recipes are from the first
decade of her magazine. There are 19
chapters that cover the basics, breads,
soups, veggies, meat (s), vegetarian
main courses, and so on.
I'm not sure how many recipes will be
used from this book but it just looks
like a cook book that should be in a
kitchen and it's fun to look through.

See I told you they had to come home
with me! Who could pass up these
prices too?
Fun stuff I tell ya!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Today's Thought

We shall never know all

the good that a simple

SMILE can do.~~~~~~

Mother Teresa

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Take the time to smile at

those around you. It might

just make their day!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Today's Thought

Hello-- Welcome to Summer 2012! Hope you are enjoying your first full day of the season! Check out my posts from Tuesday and June 3rd-- there are great ideas for the Summer season!!! Have FUN!!!! "Daydreaming is the sweet wonder of Summer" ~Janet Potter Metzelaar~ ~Keep on Dreaming~

Transformations

For our thrifty adventure today, I am going to show you what I did to two of my jumpers that I haven't worn for awhile.

Jumper A before (above)

A (after) above-- shorter.

This is jumper B (after)

and shorter.

It was about the same

length as A. I took about

5" off each jumper. Now I

can put them to better use.

They'll be worn with jeans

this Fall and Winter. Woo

hoo!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Happy Days !!!!!

First, I like to say "Thank you" to all

for the prayers, thoughts and concerns

for us. We made through all the bad

weather! Yesterday we were under a

TORNADO WARNING and had to take

cover at school! The three Special Ed.

classes hunkered down in our room for

an hour. We were never in danger but

a tornado did tough down about 20-25

miles south of school though. There

was some damage to the downtown

area. Sedalia, Mo was hit by one also.

If you would like to help--here are a

couple of places you can go:

http://hearttoheart.org

www.nbcactionnews.com/joplin

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School's out for the Summer!!!!!

I made it!

I survived!

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Our holiday weekend is going to be

busy! Ken's sister and her family are

coming to town.

Minor League Baseball game Saturday

night.

Birthday party for Ken's uncle on Sunday.

Possible movie date with Ken on

Monday.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Oh, Goodie!!!!

Happy Friday!!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

A Word from Tinkerbell

Laughter is timeless--

Imagination has no age--

And dreams are forever.

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Faith, trust n pixie dust. *************************** We can fly!! ************* I do believe in fairies-- I do-- I do-- I do!!!!!! **************************** When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of FAIRIES! ****************************** First star on the right and straight on till morning. ~Keep on Dreaming~

Just Some Funnies!!!

What did

zero say to the

eight?

Nice Belt!

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Why did the

obtuse angle

go to the beach?

Because it was

over 90 degrees!

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Why was the math book sad?

Because it had too many problems.

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Why didn't the two 4's want any

dinner?

Because they already 8!

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From Me to You!--Happy

Thursday.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Opening Day !!!!

"Take me out to the ballgame,

Take me out to the crowd.

Buy me some peanut and cracker jacks,

I don't care if i ever get back.

We'll root, root, root for the hometeam,

If they don't win, it's a shame.

For it's one, two, three strikes your out,

At the old ballgame."

~~~Jack Norworth---1908

It is Opening Day for the baseball

season!

These are pictures of our beautiful

stadium that the Kansas City Royals

play in.

(I took these in '08 and '09.

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What is your favorite "baseball food?"

~Keep on Dreaming~

Some Thoughts on Spring

****Springtime is the land

awakening. The March winds

are the morning yawn.---Lewis

Gizzard

****Spring is nature's way of

saying, "Let's party!"---Robin

Williams

****Spring makes it's own

statement, so loud and clear

that the gardener seems to

be only one of the instruments,

not the composer.---Geoffrey

B. Charlesworth

****I love spring anywhere,

but if I could choose I

would always greet it in

the garden.---Ruth Stout

****No winter lasts forever;

no spring skips it's turn.---

Hal Borland

****Spring shows what God

can do with and drab and

dirty world.

****Out with the cold, in with

the WOO.---E. Marshall

****The day the Lord created

hope was probably the same

day he created Spring.---Bern

Williams

****The seasons are what a

symphony ought to be: four

perfect movements in harmony

with each other.---Arthur

Rubenstein

~Keep on Dreaming~

Watch for Leprechauns!!!!!

Dr. Seuss says....

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the

brain cells."--Dr. Seuss

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"Sometimes the questions are

complicated and the answers

are simple."--Dr. Seuss

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"Be who you are and say what

you feel, because those who mind

don't matter, and those who matter

don't mind."--Dr. Seuss

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"Today you are You, that is truer

than true. There is no one alive

who is Youer than YOU."--Dr

Seuss--"Happy Birthday to You"

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"A person is a person, no matter

how small."--Dr Seuss--"Horton

Hears a Who"

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"If you never did you should.

These things are fun and fun

is good." --Dr. Seuss

***

" Today was good. Today was fun.

Tomorrow is another one." Dr.

Seuss.

A Thought from Pooh

"Sometimes, said Pooh,

the smallest things take

up the most room in our

heart."

~Keep on Dreaming~

Oh, Happy Day!

When we heard the

weather forecast for

today, this is how we

looked!

We also needed these!

And we ALL did a

"happy dance"

because today's

temp. was 73 degrees!!

This was a record high

for today!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

What a glorious day. :)

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Hope your day was glorious!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

We Did It!!!

Thursday Thoughts... Well, we did it! We made some Valentine's for some kids that need a little cheering up. These are the one's that Leslie and her daughter from : http://A Little Spoonful/ . They made quite a few very cute and creative cards for the kids. Aren't the ladybugs adorable? Here we are--I gathered all my supplies so I could start creating.

The creative process has

begun. I decided to make

my cards look like

"conversation hearts."

These are the finished product.

I thought they came out really

cute!

Here's a close up view.

A great big Thank you goes to

Leslie and Sally for taking the

to make some Valentine cards.

I know the kids will LOVE them!

She also made a beautiful pink

sequin and pearl heart ornament.

Forgot a pic--it's really pretty

though!!!

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Mr. Ken and I delivered them

yesterday to one of the eight

drop-off sites so they could

be picked up and delivered

to the hospital on Monday.

Thanks again Leslie and

Sally --you ladies are

GREAT!!!

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Guess What??

THIS IS MY 300th POST!!!!!

Wooohoo!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Happy New Year!!!!

Gung Hey Fat Choy!!!!

Wishing you prosperity

and wealth!!!!

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Happy Chinese New Year to You!

It is the Year of the Rabbit--

February 3, 2011-Jan 22, 2012

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The Chinese New Year is the

longest and most important

festival in the Chinese calendar.

It is celebrated on the second

new moon after the winter

solstice and is observed with

great excitement by all. *********************************

If you were born in the year:

1903, 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951,

1963, 1975, 1987, 1999 and

2011. You are a RABBIT.

Those born under this sign

are said to be a reasonably

friendly individual who

enjoys the company of good

friends.

They are good teachers,

counselors and communicators.

But they also enjoy their own

space!

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Tonight we will be enjoying

our own celebration of:

Pork Fried Rice (homemade)

Egg Rolls (store bought)

Enjoy!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

From the Church Newsletter...

Some thoughts for today....

"The rich man is not one who is

in possession of much, but one

who gives much."

~~~~St. John Chrysostom

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"I love to think of nature as an

unlimited broadcasting station,

through which God speaks to us

every hour if we will only tune in."

~~~~George Washington Carver

New Year Thoughts

Some thoughts for the New Year:

WE are only human.

There IS ONLY one perfect

being.

It's OK to make mistakes.

Live and Learn.

Change is good.

Live, Laugh, Love.

Don't take yourself

too seriously.

Have fun, life is TOO short.

Be true to YOURSELF.

Life is like a box of

chocolates, sometimes

it is SMOOTH and sometimes

it is BUMPY.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

~Keep on Dreaming~