Pink Saturday ~ 5-21-11

Every once in a while we all need a good chuckle. Well, here is your “have a laugh” post. Several weeks ago I had to have ANOTHER upper tooth pulled, but this time it was right smack dab in the front of my mouth. I could not even imagine going to school with a huge hole staring at all of the kids who are sent to me for in-school suspension, so I came up with a plan. Go to Wally World and buy some hospital face masks and cover one with fabric. That is exactly what I did, and here are some silly photos of my creation. I had to have the librarian take the photos so I need to give her credit. It worked really well, and the kids got a great big laugh out of it. They called it Ms. R’s "Michael Jackson” mask!

FYI....This is how a teacher feels after day after day of SOL testing!This is the sofa is in the library reading nook and not in my room.

I think I need to give my friend, Joanna, the school librarian, some photographic credit for taking my pictures, so here is my shot of her taking the end-of-the-year inventory.

Oh, to be so young and cute as this. If I climbed up the foot stool, I would probably fall flat on my face!

A  HAPPY AND LAUGHING PINK SATURDAY TO ALL OF YOU FROM GENIE...THE TOOTHLESS WONDER!

This post is linked with Pink Saturday over at “How Sweet the Sound.”

The Creative Exchange ~ 5-17-11

Everyone Needs a Little Lavender in Their Lives

(I used 2 layers of Dahlia texture - the first with “multiply” at 56%, the second using“soft light” at 26%, and several levels adjustments."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”
~Marcus Aurelius

This post is linked to The Creative Exchange sponsored by Lisa Gordon

Mosaic Monday ~ 5-16-11

A Special Lapquilt for My Dearest Friend, Weezie
(Click on mosaic to enlarge.)

Weezie’s feet get cold in the evenings due to her RA, so I thought it was time for a new lapquilt to cover them. The top is of wonderfully soft cotton from our local quilting shop, and the back is of the softest flannel you have ever felt. I followed the lines of the pattern and machine quilted it. I did not want the back to be blank so came up with the idea of blanket stitching tulips and hearts to it in addition to the signature square. Here are the results. To be 72 and still talk daily to my best friend some 300 miles away is a dream come true. My kind principal allows me to call her each day at 1:00. This way we each know the other is OK.

"A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.”

  ~Leo Buscaglia

This post is linked to Mosaic Mondays sponsored by Mary Carroll
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M.E. Monday ~ 5-16-11

M.E. Fabrics I received from my swap partner. How lucky could one gal get?

This lost is linked with M.E. Monday sponsored by Vicki, the Cherry Chick.

M.E. Monday ~ 5-2-11

Genie’s Desk.....

Believe it or not, I got the upstairs office cleaned up enough tonight that I was able to actually make an M.E. post for the first time in weeks. It still has a long ways to go, but I can work at my little table now. Am in the middle of some genealogy research so have had papers in piles all over the room. Now it is clean enough for me to go and mess it up again. Ah, such is life. 

 “If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door, greet him with, “Who could have done this? We have no enemies.” ~ Phyllis Diller

Happy M.E. Monday to all of you.

Stop by Cherry Chick Jewelry to see other M.E.Monday posts. Vicki is our host, and she has more M.E. goodies than anyone else I have ever known.

Pink Saturday ~ 4-30-11

Look what I found on a side street in Richmond, VA.

I certainly wouldn’t mind having this little baby to drive to and from school each day.

"Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer." 
 ~Author Unknown

This post is linked to Pink Saturday over at "How Sweet the Sound."

Rednesday ~ 4-27-11

Daisy, Daisy, Give Me Your Answer Do
"Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. " ~Albert Einstein


This post is linked with “Rednesday” sponsored by Sue over at “It’s a Very Cherry World.”

Easter is Just around the Corner

There is a little bit of the child in all of us...especially me.

"Bunnies are cuddly/The large and the small/But I like chocolate one/The best of them all.”

 ~ Unknown Author

Sunbonnet Sue

    While killing time in our local antique mall - a.k.a.flea market - I came across this old Sunbonnet Sue quilt marked $150.00. I took it off the rack and noticed a number of what I call "old age" stains on it, so put it back, walked sadly to my car, and drove to  my PT appointment. Afterwards, being that I would not get it off of my mind, I went back to the store and started looking at it again. Knowing that summer would be here soon and I could lay it out in the sun with some diluted lemon juice, I decided to go up and ask my friend, Oliver, what was the best deal was he could give me on it. He called the owner and came back with $75.00. I almost flipped, and of course I said...SOLD!  It is in WONDERFUL condition, all the precious prints are so old and beautiful, it is all hand sewn with perfect tiny stitches, and the stains I can work with in time. Why do I work at 72? Well, this is one of the reasons why....so I can treat myself to things like this every once in a while to bring joy to me and brighten our home. Buddy was ecstatic when I brought it in the house, and now it hangs proudly in our sun room. We love it, and the day of work it took me to purchase it was well worth the effort.

"Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think.”
 ~ Adela Florence Nicolson

This post is linked with Ruby Tuesday over at Work of the Poet, 

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Rednesday at It’s a Very Cherry World.

Pink Saturday ~ 4-09-11

Eloise on Her Sixth Birthday
"I don't think I will ever get tired of wearing pink.”
~Emma Bunton


This post is linked to Pink Saturday.