Wednesday March 12th

Happy Day!
i want to share a craft project with you today.  I received a box of junk costume jewelry from my daughter in law Veronica.  I hung on to that darn box for a couple of years.  i would drag it out every once in awhile, look over the baubles and stick it back in the closet.  A month or so ago I decided to start cutting the necklaces apart.  I took each and everyone apart and stored them in a large jar.  Once again- the box went back in the closet.
 While i was at a thrift store I came across a metal strainer. Hmmm.....now my imagination started running wild.  These wonderfully spaced holes screamed wind chime!!  I had all those beads and jewels!!  I was in business!!  My metal strainer was a steal at $2.00!!
I'll take it home and it takes me another couple weeks to get started.  I am a slow starter- but possessed then!!  I finally start stringing beads.  I started out using a floral wire.  I live on the ocean and eventually decided the salt air and wire weren't going to last.  My next choice was fire line jewelry string.  It hung straighter than wire and I think it will be sturdier.  Time will tell in this climate.  I have attached a picture.  I hope you enjoy it!!  Never resist trying to make something yourself.  I have enjoyed looking out at this chime everyday since i have hung it.

next craft is a scallop shell and turquoise window cover for my kitchen window.  Wow!  I have tons of ideas and just need to get busy!

Sunday Afternoon March 9, 2014

Sunday afternoon

Aww a beautiful 72* day with a new book, tank top and shorts, sunshine, ocean view and not much to do.  Ted is on the dock fishing.  A nice flounder would be great for dinner! Theyseem to be few and far between.  He spent his morning at the beach while I went to church.  I have yet to get Happy to cross the threshold of Mt Carmel Pentecostal Church.  With my Baptist upbringing I have a strong belief that if Ted isnt saved he will not be going to heaven.  I am concerned about my children and this also.  We didnt give our children anykind of religious information at all while they were young.  They attend Episcalpa church with Elaine a few times.  I regret this choice.  Jason and Veronica do attend a great church and I feel that they have been saved.  They also are bring Dom and Adrian up in the church which is important.  I dont think Justin ever goes.  Justin doesnt talk about religion.  Religion and church - two extremely different takes on two similar things.
Three years ago today my dad passed away.  I think he was my dad.  So many things left unsaid between us.  Cheryl has moved on and has remarried.  Why that bothers me I am not sure.  Really none of my business.  We no longer communicate.  Just as well. My mom
is trying to convince me he is my dad because of all the colon issues going on...............
water under the bridge as they say.............

March 5, 2014

i have wanted to start a blog since they have been around.  I hope I write something you want to take the time to read- tell you a story you may giggle about- or share my passion for anything crafty.  I certainly have the cutest 6 grandsons around.  i will share our journey together and all the things I want to experience with them..
My husband, Ted is an amazing man. The grands call him HAPPY and as my story unfolds you will see why.  He is tolerant, peaceful, and funny.  He has been my sweetheart for 16 years and we will celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary in August.
Ted and I live in a small 1 bedroom apartment on the Inter coastal waterway in North Carolina. We are about 2 miles from the "swimming beach"  We have the best view in Brunswick county!  We can sit on our deck and watch shrimpers, sport boats, and barges go by.  The dolphins visit regularly.  A pair of eagles fish the waters daily.  We live a quiet life. Our family lives in Garner, NC and Fort.Myers FL.  Living without lots of friends close by at times is sad; it does make a couple depend on each other more.  Happy.is my best friend and I look forward to him getting home from work everyday.
I am retired.  What the heck does that mean?  I stay home- I.pretty much do what I want all day.  I cant stand the quiet sometimes so the TV blares all day.  I crochet. No- I CROCHET.  I cannot sit down without a hook in my hand.  I don't quietly watch TV- I crochet and listen to the TV. I am obsessed.  I take yarn with.me where ever I go.  I have a tub of yarn that I am always working on emptying.  I finish what I start most of the time.  My favorite to make is afghans, dishcloths and hats for the Homeless Shelter.  Happy thinks we have the warmest street people.  You have seen the homeless/out f work people at various places asking for money.  I give them stocking caps.  Yep- even in summer.  When they come up to.my window I hand them a hat out of the box on my backseat and tell them to stay warm.  I get odd looks.  When its 40* out. (winter temps here!)  they will be happy to have that warm hat.  When I am not crocheting I like to do.paper crafts or make things out of reclaimed wood. I love signs!  I have a Cricut and more paper than Michael's.  The bad thing is I don't like to cut the paper.  I like "having" paper.  I like it all in color chromatic stacks.  I have stacks for every holiday along with stamps, embellishments and ink pads.  My desk is overflowing with scraps of paper with ideas sketched on them.  I am going to start working this paper with the help of this blog.  I want to share ideas of things i have made.  Watch for lots of pictures and craft videos. I have big ideas- that is the story of my life.
I am having serious health issues at the moment.  Isn't that the best time of all to start all kinds of projects?  i have Ulcerative Colitis.  It is horrible. As time goes I will write about this part of my life.  This will become an exercise in faith and trust.  Monday, Maexh 17th is my appiointment wih a surgeon about removing my colon.