Thor
Today I had to do what all pet owners dread. I took Thor to the vet one last time. He has been ill and on medication for the last year. The medication became two and caused other problems. The meds weren’t working anymore and causing more problems than they were curing. It was finally time to let him go. I will miss my sweet little fur baby, he has been my little companion for a little over 6 1/2 years. Goodbye Thor, I will miss you terribly. 😦
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!
I didn’t forget you honest, just a little slow.
I had a wonderful childhood with two awesome parents. Thank you Dad!
VOTE
Please don’t forget to vote!!
It’s Fall in all it’s beauty. I love Fall because of the beautiful color changes, end of the really hot temps of summer, my birthday is in the fall, I feel more like knitting and spinning, and because, YES, I get my hour back from the Spring forward daylight savings time change.
Despite those nice things regarding Fall, there are are some major drawbacks, sigh – it also means cold and flu season, and that Winter is right around the corner. I love snow, if I can sit inside my warm apartment and watch it fall, getting out in it is not a pleasant thought. Winter is cold, freezing rain and ice are dangerous, and the bareness of it gets old very quickly. But, I know that Spring will come again and the beautiful green and warmer temps will return. 🙂
But to those of you who actually like Winter, your season will be upon us soon, Enjoy :).
I used this for several reasons:
1st – for those who have suffered much loss due to the recent storm that hit our eastern coast and inland areas. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
2nd – the terrorist attack on our embassy in Libya. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost their loved ones.
3rd – have to apologize for not blogging this month until now. I caught a terrible cold right after my birthday (yes I had another one of those :P) and was sick for 2 weeks, barely getting up to do anything. At the end of that 2nd week (still have the cold) I started with a not fun sinus infection. That at least is better now, just the after effects of the cold which always destroys my voice for anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months. 😦 Since I love music so much and singing even more, that is always a terrible blow to me. Still can’t sing, but am at least feeling better. Always think how nice it would be to have a loving companion when I am sick and needing a little comfort. But it is what it is.
I should be blogging a little bit more shortly. Be patient. 🙂
The Dance of the Mountain Gods
We went to the Inn of the Mountain Gods, the Mescalero Apache Tribe casino, for lunch. It is in the mountains by Ruidoso. They had this beautiful bronze statue (on the left) in front of the casino/restaurant. It is called “The Dance of the Mountain Gods”. Inside I took a picture of a showcase they had with the apparel the Mescalero Apache Warrior typically wore back in the day, see below. I had to lighten it up quite a bit because I took it inside, I hope you can see it well enough.
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Roswell Walmart
I went to New Mexico to see my dad. As you can see, in Roswell, they play up the “Roswell Incident”. Of course my mom, who was raised in Roswell, always told me that there were no aliens. My dad said they use to send up weather balloons to test the air for radiation because it was the “cold war” and they were making sure that the country in eastern Europe we were having the cold war with wasn’t testing their nuclear capability. I personally believe my parents, but you can believe what you want. 🙂 Yes they even have their city lights on the main street down town decorated. Some people even travel to Roswell to get married because like Las Vegas there is no waiting period. So if you want to elope, come on down 😛 (I’d call ahead to make sure that is still the case tho’).
Downtown Roswell
My blog is giving me hissy fits so I am going to have to do this blog in 3 different posts to get all the pictures in.
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Ok, I’m a ditz!! I was coming home from Easter Service today and when I stopped at a red light (about 5 miles from church – having gone up a winding hill at about 35 mph and then down a big hill at 45 mph (if I mind the speed limit, there are no police reading my blog right?)) someone honked from behind. I didn’t think anything about it, but then this lady runs up to my window grabs something off the roof of my car and hands me my purse – LOL I had left it on the roof of my car because my hands were full of stuff from the Primary class I teach and I forgot to get it off and put it in the car with me. I can’t believe that it was still on the roof of my car. I profusely thanked the lady and then said a quick prayer of thanks to my Father in Heaven for that little miracle and for loving me in spite of my ditziness. I think he has his hands full with me.
Easter Goodies
One of my friends at church today gave me a little treat. They are so cute, I was trying to get a picture of them before I ate them all. Only 3 of the 5 made it to get photographed :P. Wasn’t she clever? The baskets were made from a sugar cookie recipe (made without the leavening) and put over the outside of a little mini muffin pan (cool idea). She used icing to make the grass inside (special tip, or some kind of very small long candy things, I have an awesome grasp of language don’t I 😛 *updated – sprinkles is what I was trying to think of, hehe) and secure the jelly beans and chocolate bunnies in with frosting ;). Ok Susie now you can experiment – I’ll let my talented sister show you how they are done :P. You can see my sister’s awesome blog about food and crafts at Eat It Anyway.
Butterfly Shadow Box
I saw the male Robins last week, was sooooo excited – Spring is here, tho’ I have to admit we had a really awesome winter this year. I always love this time of year, with the tulips, crocus, and my favorite – Hyacinths (absolutely wonderful fragrant smell!!!), and other early spring flowers coming up. I love everything about Spring!!!!
I went to a craft get together early this afternoon that our Relief Society president does once a month so we can all get together and enjoy each other’s company. For those not familiar with what Relief Society is, it’s a woman’s organization in our Church that is dedicated to helping others, and uplifting not only others but our selves as well. There were several projects to choose from but I absolutely adore butterflies so I chose this Butterfly Shadow Box to do. It was simple and fun. 😉 I’m excited to see what we can chose to do next month. Hey Sis, you would love this one.
Well, since the government obviously isn’t going to listen to me about the stupidity of Daylight Savings Time, I’m feeling like taking a little of my past back :). This picture was taken about 12 years ago. Most women would love to have a glamour shot taken, and so I did. My hair was much shorter than it is now, and you’d think shorter hair is easier to take care of, but nope, I have curly hair and it’s such a pain to take care of.
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