Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Christmas is ...

hope you are able to enjoy the holiday season to the fullest by now. it's so special when you can take time for yourself and your family to remember the WHY of the season. i wanted today's word art to help reflect those thoughts as well.


thank you for all your kind words, well wishes, thoughts and prayers. my surgery went better than the surgeon expected, even after he discovered that two other broken bones were hiding behind the 6 broken ones he'd seen on x-rays. everything is fragile still, but not my spirit. still experiencing pain, and this only left-handed usage is seriously frustrating; however, i'm keenly aware that this is nothing compared to what so many others are experiencing...... what some of YOU are experiencing.

blessings on your day,
melanie

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Monday, September 8, 2008

Start & End With Family

I couldn't believe it when I logged on today after being away a week and realized it was my 300th blog posting today. My, how time flies!

So, I thought I'd take a look at some other stats:

I had three new subscribers while I was away, which is always nice to see.

I had several comments from other people new to my blog who were gracious to comment so thoughtfully.

The dozen or so of you who faithfully let me hear from you with your expressions of gratitude continued to leave such nice comments, for which I am ever so thankful.

At least 8 of you very kindly sent well wishes to my mom, for which I'm deeply grateful. She's doing very well.

One of you sent me a link to a layout you prepared with word art I'd given away. But the e-mail vanished and I couldn't acknowledge it. Please re-send it and I'll post it in my blog. I did NOT delete it or move it, so have no idea where it went.

Another of the word art pieces from last week had an ominous-sounding number of downloads when I checked it out today: 666. Shiver. Hope it changes today!

Yet another had reached around 838 downloads, and yet there were only 27 comments. Hmmmmm.

Then there was this adorable face I left behind when I returned home, after having the opportunity to visit with 15 different family members last week. I wanted to bring this little guy (one of my great nephews) back with me!



Then these two furbabies shared by my sweet husband and myself greeted me profusely upon my return. You gotta love it!!!


Oh, and one more stat: I have 414 more photos to catalog and scrap. I usually take many more than that when I'm on a vacation trip, but there aren't always camera moments when you're taking care of a patient who's tired of staying at home. Testy, testy, testy. ;)

Today's word art gem was an appropriate one for me to select today, because family is so very important to me. As it is with most of you. The selection of colors for it was governed by the color palette dear KimB introduced in her September Colour Challenge at DSO. I haven't started on the kit I'll submit yet (running behind still) but this quote somewhat fits the theme I'm using when I work on it. Kim's challenge gift is a stunner!

Don't forget that September has only 30 days in it, so that's one less day to work on any monthly challenges in which you participate!!

Thanks, Kim, for the inspiration, as always. What a sweetie.

I think I'm through with today's rambling ... for the moment, anyway. I'd love to hear from you all, and would enjoy seeing anything you've prepared with any word art I've prepared for you.

Blessings on your Monday,

Melanie

PS: Do I have to confess that I bought 12 brownies at a favorite bakery on my way home? No, I didn't eat them all, even though I wanted to. And we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary yesterday. Just a couple more stats. :)

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Family Unit


I debated about using a stronger color palette for today's word art, but decided not to so that it wouldn't detract from any colorful photos you might use. If enough of you ask for it in bolder colors, I'll be glad to do that as well.

Blessings on your day,
Melanie

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

You Can't Have Too Much

Can't have too much love ...

Can't have too much family ... the loving, fun kind, that is ...

Can't have too many nuts, because it keeps variety going ...

And you can't have too much FUDGE. Yum.


Blessings,

Melanie
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Monday, March 3, 2008

Family Faces

I spent the greater part of the weekend getting to know a new family member. Her name is Tiger Lily -- the new little sister to our first Westie, Liberty Belle.

Liberty spent the first two hours pretending the new puppy wasn't there.

Lily spent the first two hours doing a meerkat imitation, popping up every chance she got to get a glimpse of the great big world to which she was suddenly exposed.

I'd forgotten how much care a new puppy took, so I got extremely little done that I'd planned to do. That's okay. It gave me a chance to enjoy a rainy day yesterday, totally guilt-free. Smile.

And how are your family faces today? I hadn't seen this quotation before, but really liked it. Family is so very important to me, as I'm sure it is to you. Hope you can use today's quotation.

On another note, thanks so much to those of you who've left such kind comments the past week. That's more encouraging than you know.

Blessings,
Melanie
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Sunday, November 4, 2007

Sunday Thoughts

Family is our mainstay ... please keep yours safe, close to your heart, and always loved.
Blessings on your day,
Melanie
font credits: Engravers MT, Rosewood, Vivaldi, Thurston-erc