tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48632905823983132652024-03-13T01:11:17.418-04:00More Powerful Beyond Measure Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are more powerful beyond measure. This is not an exact quote, but these words are something I hold on to...along with many Bible verses it reminds me that I should remember I am powerful...as a woman; as a mother; as a wife; as an artist, and as an ART TEACHER GIRL!Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581312414187458977noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863290582398313265.post-81775961735022099782014-12-09T23:16:00.000-05:002014-12-13T23:13:17.253-05:00A FEW OF MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS THINGS...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_dl0KyXfKtuJjHNZ5sgKy1xt5YYyVCN48a9lz9GekEG3nn1Ro0duw3qNcSbFRQTtoKYX1Setu2E2J60o3LWhOMYI9zorsKPvDEf-MDsi1i0JEXDCs0pWzjGrmD6QVwBigrZY8T2VM4LF/s1600/12-13-2014+10-55-24+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_dl0KyXfKtuJjHNZ5sgKy1xt5YYyVCN48a9lz9GekEG3nn1Ro0duw3qNcSbFRQTtoKYX1Setu2E2J60o3LWhOMYI9zorsKPvDEf-MDsi1i0JEXDCs0pWzjGrmD6QVwBigrZY8T2VM4LF/s1600/12-13-2014+10-55-24+PM.png" height="422" width="640" /></a> <span style="font-size: large;">Our mantle for 2014.<br />Estate sale find...<br />Hobnail, Milk Glass Lamp Globes...<br />scattered in the magnolia leaf garland <br />to look like ornaments. </span></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0Wao83vtwv1qS3LRuIB07BQT6A1OsyGS1xnHkKHfEhVrtIbub0Mf7XxFPnZZAoPKehDIX9LGKq7HSpo9K9rymvp38k6xP1Ng3uecnSUhrAkJdWgBKl1AuTIdXVy4SzFeTx-qlxOr7h3R/s1600/12-13-2014+10-56-19+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0Wao83vtwv1qS3LRuIB07BQT6A1OsyGS1xnHkKHfEhVrtIbub0Mf7XxFPnZZAoPKehDIX9LGKq7HSpo9K9rymvp38k6xP1Ng3uecnSUhrAkJdWgBKl1AuTIdXVy4SzFeTx-qlxOr7h3R/s1600/12-13-2014+10-56-19+PM.png" height="480" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45HsxkIvMN6HcnOoGi0oQT1kXb7m5nykQ_ZjFZm-yK63o083Bp0r4BABK7U-fpNlL__VkDYYU-DuJxyNtT7AY_GCXU9r_u7LIGx227SrTWU21YA7tXETV_1HBM-bXiLgrAWJdwzuX0STz/s1600/12-13-2014+10-57-29+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45HsxkIvMN6HcnOoGi0oQT1kXb7m5nykQ_ZjFZm-yK63o083Bp0r4BABK7U-fpNlL__VkDYYU-DuJxyNtT7AY_GCXU9r_u7LIGx227SrTWU21YA7tXETV_1HBM-bXiLgrAWJdwzuX0STz/s1600/12-13-2014+10-57-29+PM.png" height="476" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0Wao83vtwv1qS3LRuIB07BQT6A1OsyGS1xnHkKHfEhVrtIbub0Mf7XxFPnZZAoPKehDIX9LGKq7HSpo9K9rymvp38k6xP1Ng3uecnSUhrAkJdWgBKl1AuTIdXVy4SzFeTx-qlxOr7h3R/s1600/12-13-2014+10-56-19+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvYQuLeYrIyIvikw4gVNlwSigOk6905sHyObeFuaUf_ZFyMXa-dd8KydS_E-aURLtIXwRysjeqAMH-aneEXQfnOD19r-nYLQ_CPvdIHgDtC0rpqbtQ_FUuxo3jykSSXZ8OxFupVK9EpI9/s1600/12-13-2014+10-59-12+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvYQuLeYrIyIvikw4gVNlwSigOk6905sHyObeFuaUf_ZFyMXa-dd8KydS_E-aURLtIXwRysjeqAMH-aneEXQfnOD19r-nYLQ_CPvdIHgDtC0rpqbtQ_FUuxo3jykSSXZ8OxFupVK9EpI9/s1600/12-13-2014+10-59-12+PM.png" height="640" width="246" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Collection of Santas...<br />the little angel dressed like Santa, plays Silent Night. <br /> She is probably close to 50 years old. <br />My daddy gave her to me one Christmas. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Doesn't everyone have a Christmas Moose?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I think I need more lime green ornaments!<br />I have them in the kitchen in my big farmhouse bowls.<br />They are in jars and just scattered on tables. <br />They are hanging in the staircase bows...<br />they are everywhere!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Glass Snowman...<br />I made a smaller one, <br />but this one is the one I like best...<br />love the Nativity on the top.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Merry Christmas <br />from my family to yours!<br />Be blessed!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A summer wedding between two very much in love people. <br />The beautiful Jekyll Island Club Hotel <br />on Jekyll Island, Georgia.<br /> Close family and a few cousins </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I was honored to do the <br />decorations for the brunch!</b></span><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWetwVnVrbb_9asXpwChIQrERKPsRt3pRJWXh5jPkEWCgvwe8fIFQdBChO0MATWyfnmzzboHGyMI1tWcvXJfzMaHhTI-2jpqUP3jMhMmatTDNtZUHfNga3PQ-xB_p2hcdPT0-gy__Jm_HH/s1600/8-28-2014+11-29-14+AM.png" height="640" width="498" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I made the wedding signs, <br />decorated the mason jars, <br />and added decorations <br />to the beautiful dining hall. <br /> I have made signs for other weddings and I have directed, <br />but this one was so special.<br />I had the time of my life!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The family gathered here quite often to visit and act like the crazy bunch that we are.</b><b>..<br />both sides are fun loving<br /> and genuinely good people.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">All were very happy about this union!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The front porch boards of the hotel...<br />if they could talk I'll bet there <br />would be stories to tell!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The same would probably be true<br /> of this turret...<br />for this wedding it was <br />the Honeymoon Suite. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>FOR MY DADDY...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>HAPPY FATHER'S DAY</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I was his Possum or Sugar. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He was my buddy, my church choir partner, and at times </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The one who tossed me in the air <br />until I lost my breath giggling; </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>the one who taught me <br />to ride a bike,<br /> but who lacked the patience </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>for teaching me to drive. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He was the one who brought me home, Pinky, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>a tiny puppy <br />hiding in his coat pocket. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He was the one whose heart <br />was broken the deepest<br />when my mama had a severe stroke, <br />he was the one who loved her <br />no matter what, <br />and helped me care for her <br />for 15 years. <br /><br />But he was the one who left us first. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He was my daddy. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He was number 6 <br />in a row of 10 children,<br /> he followed Harold in that row, <br />and followed him always.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /> He was George Erwin, <br />named after a Methodist preacher, <br />who later became a Missionary in China. Years later, after learning about my daddy through a conversation <br />with another Methodist preacher, <br />that missionary's son<br /> called me to inquire <br />about his daddy's namesake. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He grew up farming, <br />with only an 11th grade education. However, he made sure I received more education than I'll ever use. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He joined the army and served in WWII, mostly in the Philippines. <br />He came home, <br />and met Jan at a dance in 1951.<br /> He saw her across the room and said, "That's the one I'm going to marry." And he did. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He was so nervous on the day they wed, he caught a box of matches on fire, because he forgot </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Later, he would say she lit his fire. <br />That was the first sign that his true adventure was about to begin.<br /> He fathered three children, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>gave them love and a fine raising. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He loved the small town he lived in for over 40 years, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>but he loved more the smaller town where he grew up. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He delivered Merita Bread </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and then sold groceries wholesale </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>for over 30 years. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Traveling the back roads of Georgia, making friends and making a fine name for himself.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He retired and then went back to work at the same business</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He was proud of his boys and of me. <br />He would sit for hours at <br />Little League ballgames <br />just to watch the boys play. <br />And then he did the same for grandchildren, <br />except one, <br />his namesake, <br />was born after he left us.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> He cared for his parents, <br />an uncle and an aunt. <br />He always thought of others, <br />and he always shared his opinionated thoughts on many topics. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He loved the Lord </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and to his church. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Peavy Methodist Church named him </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and in return he gave back by</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>heading up Sunday School and being there each time the door opened. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He loved to keep his yard clean, <br />no pine cone was safe from him.<br /> He laughed when things<br /> really weren't funny.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> He left us, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He forgot us, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>but mostly he forgot </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Except, I know in his heart, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>he was still tossing me in the air, </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">These pictures are of my Memory Jar for my Daddy...<br />keys from the warehouse where he worked for all those years,<br /> his pocket knives <br />and an Atlanta Braves ticket <br />that he jotted some scores down on. <br />He was serious about the Braves! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>There are all kinds of little gadgets </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>some I have no idea why he had them.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>that he used to touch up his hair,</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>look closely on the paper... </b></span></div>
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<b> <span style="font-size: x-large;">I love you, and I miss you daddy! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">One Sunday night in April, <br />I heard...</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />"Baby, can you come here a minute?<br />Don't come out the back door though." </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Doot, doooot, dooot</span>...<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Looking out my back door...<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />(song by J.C. Fogerty)</span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b> <br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>There were no tambourines and elephants...</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is what I found!</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>This ain't Jericho and he ain't Joshua, <br />but the walls came a tumbling down!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>That first step was a <span style="font-size: x-large;">DOOZEY!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> He could have gotten hurt really seriously! <br />But he is OK! <br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank the Lord!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />We are now getting a brand new porch! <br /><br />Today is the first day of building,<br /> so it still has a ways to go...<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">IMAGINE... </span><br />a tin covered roof in the center...<br /> platforms, steps, and hopefully a ceiling fan. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> I need to LEVEL with you though...<br />this part of my house faces the street, <br />but was built to be the back of our house.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The actual front faces the woods. <br /><br />When the former owner built the house almost 35 years ago, he built it so he could watch the deer and other wildlife in the woods behind...<br />uh...<br />in front of the house. <br />This side of the house <br />has always looked a bit unfinished, <br />so now maybe with this porch <br />it will have more curb appeal. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">So terrible things can turn into <br />BLESSINGS!</span><br />I already knew that though!<br />It's been a while since I've posted because...<br />Well, breast cancer. <br />It's kinda out my back door too!<br />Thank the Lord again!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> not because of my circumstance, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> My decision to</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b> paint, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>do just about anything <br />this <br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">artteachergirl </span><br />wants <br />to do now!!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Loved this on Pinterest, so of course, <br />I had to create my version over my dining area window.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>All it took was lots of random plates, <br />hot glue and plate holders. <br />Plus a lot of climbing up and down and rearranging. <br />I think it turned out really well.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I found the mirror frame at the Catholic Church's yard sale. <br /><br />They have the best sales and are just over the river<br /> and<br /> around the bend from me.<br />The sweet ladies there let me have it half price, <br />and could not imagine why I would want that old thing!<br /> <br /> For several years it graced my lime green dresser</b><b>,<br /> and looked lovely with a wreath hanging on it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> And yeah... <br />WE HAD SNOW AND NO SCHOOL!!!!<br />Gotta love living in the south!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Later Tater!</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Vicki</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hello, I'm Vicki and I have a pumpkin problem...<br />I can't stop making them. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It began innocently with an old sweater <br />my husband would be wearing this winter, holes and all, <br />if I hadn't snitched it last year and hid it in my closet. <br /><br />My original idea was to cut the bottom off of it <br />and make an infinity scarf, <br />but now that fall is in the air, <br />I started thinking sweater pumpkins. <br /><br />From sweater pumpkins came any kind of fabric </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />I love them all, but my favorite is one made <br />from a very stiff, old paint rag. <br />Actually, it's an old handkerchief of my daddy's <br />that I used for a paint rag. <br />Being the junker artist that I am I couldn't toss it<br /> because the paint turned the handkerchief <br />such a pretty ocher color. <br />My weird junk hoarding paid off,</b></span></div>
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Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581312414187458977noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863290582398313265.post-8138406461463979872013-09-01T00:15:00.000-04:002013-09-04T23:06:10.397-04:00JUNKIN' IN HEAVEN<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A few years ago I came upon a website for junkers. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Until that time I never realize there were others who shared my love for re-purposing and bringing cast off items a new life. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I thought I was the only one with a sickness for <br />curbside shopping and junk love. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I soon found out, to my relief, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>there were many junk artists out there. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Many who understood me and understood </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">They got it!</span> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />They too were Visionary or Junk Artists.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />This wonderful site is <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.junkmarketstyle.com/"><br />JUNKMARKETSTYLE</a>! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />It's a wonderful place because it is full of creativity </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>and junk art. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>However, what makes it extra special is the friendships </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I have gathered from the other artists </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Because of this site I began blogging and became friends with Lezlee, Laurel, Alice, Linda, Marie and Midge. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>There's also Kathy, Sue and Jim that I count as friends too. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>We've all moved on to be Facebook friends also. <br /><br />For those who think computer time is a waste I must disagree. Without my laptop connection to these people my life would be a lot less richer. <br />They make me smile. <br />They look in on me to make sure I am doing well. <br />Their prayers went up for me <br />when they discovered I had breast cancer. <br />They helped me through. <br />This group of friends also inspire me and feed my creativity. They encourage me and listen. <br />That's what friends do, right?<br /><br />Today we are all very much in shock and very saddened to learn that our friend Midge passed away. <br />Most of us have never met Midge in person,<br />but all of us will miss her.<br /> I will miss her wit and creativity. <br />I'll miss her willingness to share ideas.<br /> I'll also miss hearing about her family <br />and sharing in little bits of their lives. <br />How blessed we all were to know Noreen Midgley <br />and call her our junking friend. <br /><br />Rest peacefully Midge and have fun junkin' in heaven.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />BUSY BUSY BUSY<br />THAT'S ME!</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><br />This summer I decided it was time to make some room in my Gypsy Room.<br /><br />That's the room where I create <br />and <br />where I keep things special to me.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It was time to stop storing for when I have time<br /> and just do some of those projects! <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">So...</span><br /><br />To clear out some things, and decorate my soul a little more<br /> I made SIGNS this week.<br /><br />Sorry, the pictures aren't that great...<br />most have my dining room chair seats <br />as their background or the dining table.<br /> <br />I mainly just took the photos to remember the SIGNS.<br /><br />The SIGNS are going to my booth this weekend.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Then I am going back upstairs to my Gypsy Room <br />and enjoy having a tiny bit more space. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b>The top SIGN is a board I picked up for 10 cent <br />at an Estate Sale...<br />already stained that pretty green color.</b><br /><b>The bottom SIGN is painted with chalk paint... <br />I love the messy lettering.</b></span></div>
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<b> <span style="font-size: large;">Top SIGN is on a canvas and the bottom one is a cabinet door.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Letters fly out of my booth...plunderJUNK...<br />booth number 56<br />Big Peach Antique Mall.<br />Stop in on your way down to Florida some time. <br />Over 200 vendors and endless junk and antiques!!<br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b>I found the 24x36 canvas for this SIGN in someone's trash. <br />It was a painting of a little boy sitting on the beach.<br />I painted the canvas black and the little boy can just keep watching the waves under there.<br /><br />It's our secret.<br />OK?</b></span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span>Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581312414187458977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863290582398313265.post-28047185821802445432013-07-03T00:51:00.001-04:002013-07-03T00:52:15.703-04:00DECORATING MY SOUL <img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ2gg-aYSKQVqk9HQIekoAbpsMUSfUEfeZUtYXaSF5hlGz-axfLLQOOz4JbEM7gxJ3S4buRBLc4cN1ylKST_Q8q_ErQUf2s-TDmyDrGmphsH3PKVO20iPHtmHkRfC3XVipRj_NeLE3VSS/s640/7-1-2013+12-11-41+AM.jpg" width="640" /> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> I found this on </b></span><span itemprop="name"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ChIC vInTiQuE</span> and thought...</b></span></span></div>
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<span itemprop="name"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">How did she know?!</span><br /><br />Of course I haven't stopped cleaning my house!<br />It's clean enough for us. <br />(wink, wink)<br /><br />Really, I've always decorated my soul. <br />I'm an artsy person...we do that!<br />However, as I walk through my valley now, <br />that's even more important to me...<br />the house will always be there.<br /><br />I've taken to decorating my soul even more.<br />This is how I did it last Sunday...</b></span></span></div>
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<b> <span style="font-size: large;">The church in Musella, Georgia</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Loved this hall tree! <br />It was sitting on the peach house porch.<br />Peach packers and packing machines were behind it.<br />You could lean on the hall tree as you looked down below at all the commotion of the peach house.<br />An odd combination, but it decorates the soul.<br />(who's that bald lady in the pink hat?)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />However, if I had one, I could just sit and look at it all day.<br />I could make up stories and let my imagination ramble.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Just look at their faces!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><br />A little boy who's face is full of wonder.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">These trucks were gathered beside the peach house in <a href="http://artteachergirl.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-peach-of-day.html">Musella</a>. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">All the busloads of Senior citizens and tourists.<br /><br />The locals and regulars who come for the peach ice cream.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Brings back the olden days for them.<br /><br />So much history sitting in the weeds.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Yesterday out of the clear blue <br />we decided to take a drive <br />to Musella, Georgia. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Dickey Farms is there...<br />they have fresh Georgia Peaches.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But ya know Musella is so much more than peaches?<br /><br />A sweet, sleepy little town nestled behind the trees along Highway 341...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I've got so much more to share about our day...</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><br />we dodged the rain and storms, <br /><br />saw a covered bridge <br />and <br />ate the best peach ice cream, <br /><br />but that's for <br /><br />Later Tater...</b></span><br />
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Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581312414187458977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863290582398313265.post-43809524589541164622013-06-07T18:29:00.000-04:002013-06-07T18:35:26.766-04:00 I BRAKE FOR ESTATE SALES!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>As you can see from the school announcements clip, <br />I've returned to work after being out for 7 months!<br /> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Most students remembered me<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">.</span> <br />I rec<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">ei</span>ved flowers and c<span style="font-size: large;">akes and so many<span style="font-size: large;"> get well wishes</span></span></span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Makes me so HAPPY!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>I <span style="font-size: large;">am</span> quite the celebrity now, especially with the PK kids<span style="font-size: large;">. <br />I don't teach this age, but they know the Art Teacher.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Everyda<span style="font-size: large;">y, while I was away, o</span></span>ne of the PK classes sang, <br />"We Wish You Well!"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">One li<span style="font-size: large;">ttle one<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>yelle<span style="font-size: large;">d</span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> excitedly</span></span></b></span>, "She's in the <span style="font-size: large;">building!!!"</span></span></span></span><br />I have been so touched by the<span style="font-size: large;"> care and love <span style="font-size: large;">everyone<br /> at school has sent my way!! <br /><br />I am <span style="font-size: large;">HAPPY </span>to be back in my art room!!!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Walking <span style="font-size: large;">the Survivors Walk at Relay For Life<span style="font-size: large;">...</span> </span>hand and hand with my best friend and husband. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Notice my hair is finally coming in, but very slowly!<br />This makes me HAPPY too!<br /><br /></span><br />Both of us are cancer survivors!<br /><br />HAPPY!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Three of my cousins <span style="font-size: large;">honored</span> me with luminaries. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">H<span style="font-size: large;">APP<span style="font-size: large;">Y!</span></span></span><br /><br />Amazing how <span style="font-size: large;">HAPPY </span>a bag or <span style="font-size: large;">cup </span>with your<span style="font-size: large;"> name on it <span style="font-size: large;">can make you feel!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">He </span>sent me <br />a Facebook message </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I was so <span style="font-size: large;">HAPPY</span> with all the excitement on my porch<span style="font-size: large;">! <br />L</span>ife was happening out there and <span style="font-size: large;">a </span>Mama Wren was </span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />gleefully<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></b></span>an<span style="font-size: large;">nou<span style="font-size: large;">ncing it<span style="font-size: large;"> daily.</span></span></span></span></b><b> <br /><span style="font-size: large;">Everyday </span>I got to watch the Mama Wren in action as she swooped in,<br /> through the pet door,<br />to feed and nurture her babies..<span style="font-size: large;">.<span style="font-size: large;"><br />happiness turned to sa<span style="font-size: large;">dness</span></span> </span>though.</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Baby Wrens that were born on our <br />screened porch, <br />in an old watering can, tried to spread their wings and fly.<br /> Out of 3 only one lived and is experiencing life outside the porch.</b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mama Wren is unaware <br />at least 2 of her babies are not going to survive. <br /><br />She built her nest just above the porch sofa<br /> where the cats sleep most of the time. <br /><br />What was she thinking??!!<br /><br /> When I discovered they were flying off, <br />Sophie had one baby in her mouth, <br />but I think she stole it from the cats. <br /><br />It was a three ring circus for a while on the porch <br />and I guess the snake was under the sofa <br />watching the entire time...life at our zoo!<br /><br />I am HAPPY one baby made it off the porch<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I went back to work just in time for summer break, and yes after a month of working just 1/2 days I am ready!!</b></span><br />
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Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581312414187458977noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863290582398313265.post-66192962502536548992013-05-11T00:12:00.002-04:002013-05-11T00:16:24.530-04:00HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<br />Mama was the oldest in a family of 6 children, there was almost 20 years between her and the youngest one.<br /><br />Most of her life was spent being <br />raised by her mama deep in the country.<br />She was very poor growing up, <br />but always said they never realized it. </h2>
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When she was 10 years old her <br />daddy died.<br /> She had to run through fields, and around the rural area to alert family and friends of his death. </h2>
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<br />He was a junk dealer and ice man, and she loved him! <br /><span style="font-size: small;">(See junkins' in my blood?)</span></h2>
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Back then big blocks of ice <br />were sold door to door.<br />In Georgia that had to have been <br />one of the hottest, coolest jobs around.<br /><br />Mama had a somewhat rocky <br />growing up, and start to her younger years. <br />She married a boy who lived down their dirt road, <br />but he went off to war.<br />She decided that the marriage was not for her...<br />it was a very, very short one. </h2>
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We saw her first husband once, <br />leaning against the door of the Piggly Wiggly.<br />I was probably 14 or 15.<br /><br />She rushed me on and started laughing.<br /><br /> I think it was more of a nervous laugh <br />than a something funny laugh.<br />Mama spoke to him, and he nodded. <br />I'm not sure he knew her that day. <br /><br />However, many years later, to Mama's disgust,<br /> he showed up at our house. <br />My daddy, bless his heart, was so innocent to it all. <br />He just continued working in the yard and left my Mama,<br /> her sister and that old husband to visit. <br />Think my Aunt had pulled a fast one on my Mama. </h2>
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<br />Mama and Daddy were married 47 years, <br />so I guess by then their marriage was weighted by trust.<br />Daddy wasn't worried.</h2>
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Mama met my daddy at a dance and he said right off <br />she was the one he'd marry.<br /><br />She was and he did! </h2>
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Mama lived to be 80 years old. <br />She had a severe stroke at 65 and came to live with us. <br />I cared for her, with Daddy's help, until his death. <br />Yes, she out lived him, by 8 years.<br />They said she would be a vegetable and not live very long, <br />but they didn't know Mama. <br />She lived the last 15 years of her life, <br />never touching food again. <br />She had a quick mind, <br />though there were times I wished, <br />doggone it, <br />she'd forget SOMETHING!</h2>
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Mama always had it all together, though you sometimes had to look through a whirlwind. <br />She was creative, she loved to read and to cook.<br />She would line her kitchen counters with <br />cakes for family and friends.<br />The backdoor to our house was like a revolving door. <br />Most would show up around meal time.<br /><br />She gave us all a childhood full of memories,<br /> meant only for her babies.<br /><br />Memories like having batteries explode in our oven <br />because she read that would recharge them. <br /><br />Something for Pinterest, I guess.<br /><span style="font-size: small;">Boy, would she be a Pinterest addict with us!</span><br />My sweetest memories are of her rubbing<br /> my back until I went to sleep. <br />She even showed up late one night <br />when I was so sick with her first grand boy. <br />She was scared of bad weather. <br />It always confused me that she would load us up,<br />right in the middle of the storm,<br /> and head to my Granny's house.<br /><br />Mama was more like Lucy, than Jackie O, I guess.<br />She loved us dearly though, <br />and would always say, <br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />"I love you back."<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I love you back too, Mama!</span></span></h2>
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Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581312414187458977noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863290582398313265.post-88116900662879896882013-04-17T23:00:00.000-04:002013-04-18T11:32:10.161-04:00UUHHHHHHH...HAVE YOU MET SOPHIE?<br />
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We adopted her from craigslist, <br />with a small re-homing fee...<br />of course.<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><br />The ad said <br />"Valentine's Yorkie!</b></span>"<br /><br />Well, yeah, the ad was a bit misleading...<br />there's Yorkie there, <br />but you have to be open minded about that.<br /><br />The craigslist "dealer" <br /> would never tell us what she is mixed with, <br />and the photo sent of her Yorkie mother <br />was a little questionable. </h2>
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<br />However, when we rendezvoused <br />with the craigslist "dealer"<br /> under the Publix parking lot lights...<br />we fell in love with <span style="font-size: large;">Sophie.</span> <br /><br />It was dark and it seemed a bit shady, <br />so we handed over our fee and took off with her. <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></h2>
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<br />Course she is only a puppy, just 4 months old now.<br />Also, she has two Yorkies to compete with, <br />but she holds her own there.</h2>
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She's very happy with her new family, <br />and she loves unconditionally...<br />even the cats, Duncan and Violet. <br />The Sophie verdict is still out with them, however.</h2>
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<br />Sophie's learning what's expected in our home,<br /> and she really wants to please...once she remembers to get her stubbornness out of the way.<br /><br /><br />She is easily influenced by Jackson and Gypsy,<br /> and none of them seem to realize that she doesn't have <br />the full Yorkie royal blood that they do. <br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ha!<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br />She worships Jackson like a <span style="font-size: large;">child</span> worshi<span style="font-size: large;">ps a t<span style="font-size: large;">een. <br />She trie<span style="font-size: large;">s to do everything he does, a<span style="font-size: large;">nd she thinks she can.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />H</span>er size prevent<span style="font-size: large;">s</span> her sometimes<span style="font-size: large;">, bu<span style="font-size: large;">t <span style="font-size: large;">as s<span style="font-size: large;">he becomes a</span></span> bigger girl<span style="font-size: large;">,<span style="font-size: large;"> she</span> surprises even hers<span style="font-size: large;">elf<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">.<br />She strutted for days after <span style="font-size: large;">getting</span> big enough to steal Jackson's spot on the back of my chair.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">She zaps my energy at times too, <br />but that's easy to do at the moment.<br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>She's an odd looking girl, but as she grows into herself <br />she is turning into a pretty little thing.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />This ad stated that they were being advertised as Yorkies, <br />BUT they are just mutts<span style="font-size: large;">!!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;">L</span>ittle <span style="font-size: large;">Pr<span style="font-size: large;">incess <span style="font-size: large;">Artteachergirl, <br />you better </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">h</span>old your head <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">high<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">, <br />or</span></span></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;">that little crown of yours </span>will fall off.</b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">N</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">ot because it </span>hurt when it came out<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">, but<span style="font-size: large;">...</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></span>because<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">being bald</span> </span>represented<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">so</span> much!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Losing <span style="font-size: large;">MY</span> hair <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">symbolized<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">change<span style="font-size: large;">s.</span> <br />Changes in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">MY <span style="font-size: large;">plan<span style="font-size: large;">s for <span style="font-size: large;">MY</span></span></span></span></span></b></span><b> <span style="font-size: large;">everyday life</span>,</b> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />changes <span style="font-size: large;">in</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;">MY</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">future</span>, <br />and changes in <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">M<span style="font-size: large;">Y</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">dreams<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">. </span> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>All were changed in a blink</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> by cancer</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">, <br />and that<span style="font-size: large;"> was the reason for <span style="font-size: large;">MY</span> short lived tears.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">You react by wanting to hold on ti<span style="font-size: large;">ght<span style="font-size: large;">ly,</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />instead of lightly<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>to your <span style="font-size: large;">secure little comfortable life.<br /><br /> <br /><span style="font-size: large;">You struggle with <span style="font-size: large;">it, <br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span>you question it and<span style="font-size: large;">...<br /> </span> y<span style="font-size: large;">ou try to <span style="font-size: large;">wrap you<span style="font-size: large;">r</span> mind around it<span style="font-size: large;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">but there is no changing it.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is not until <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">you stop struggling, stop holding on and stop questioning <span style="font-size: large;">tha<span style="font-size: large;">t </span></span>you find what <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">you've known all along</span>...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>You have</b> <b>got to count it all joy<span style="font-size: large;">!</span></b></span></span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">G<span style="font-size: large;">od<span style="font-size: large;"> is not going to</span> change your situa<span style="font-size: large;">tion<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">...</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">until He changes your heart,<span style="font-size: large;"> <br />a<span style="font-size: large;">nd until everything <span style="font-size: large;">fits <span style="font-size: large;">according to</span> H<span style="font-size: large;">IS</span> plan</span></span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">J</span>ust because you don't see anything happening<span style="font-size: large;">.<span style="font-size: large;">..<br /><span style="font-size: large;">doesn't mean God is not doing anything.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When you be</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">gin to PRAY...<br />God </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">begins the MIRACLE.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>M<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Y</span></span> MIRACLE</b> <b>is happening</b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;">NO<span style="font-size: large;">W</span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">...<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I see it in</span> </span>all<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">of </span>the prayers from my f<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">amily</span>, friends</span> <br />and unknown ang<span style="font-size: large;">els.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I f<span style="font-size: large;">eel it in</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><b> <span style="font-size: large;">all the care and love I<span style="font-size: large;">'m blessed with<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">;</span> <br />from the silliest of hats to the<span style="font-size: large;"> greatest of gifts.</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></h4>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I am sitting in the palm of God's hand, <br />with MY fingers open<span style="font-size: x-large;">!</span></b></span></span></b></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdWrm8XXul71lEm99bJEK239CZ4ic35_HUZcmFB-WWFopQ-T9bUROYjj5J2ITrkjSVh_cFSm_oVV9ZUrhzVvzMhV5Gbq8gZth9hEIw_fsScjJNyU_cJ6m5ECqCd-3iBcC2xrJdsLxXtZ2/s1600/11-16-2012+2-57-45+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdWrm8XXul71lEm99bJEK239CZ4ic35_HUZcmFB-WWFopQ-T9bUROYjj5J2ITrkjSVh_cFSm_oVV9ZUrhzVvzMhV5Gbq8gZth9hEIw_fsScjJNyU_cJ6m5ECqCd-3iBcC2xrJdsLxXtZ2/s400/11-16-2012+2-57-45+PM.jpg" width="367" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">My little art students made this quilt for me<span style="font-size: small;"> to encourage and support me<span style="font-size: small;">!<br /> This is where I go now <span style="font-size: small;">instead<span style="font-size: small;"> of my teaching job<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">. T</span>heir <span style="font-size: small;">beautiful quilt reminds me I am b<span style="font-size: small;">eing prayed for <span style="font-size: small;">by many</span> and missed. I miss them too!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></h4>
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Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581312414187458977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863290582398313265.post-16256419277006717422012-10-11T11:02:00.002-04:002012-10-11T11:08:27.928-04:00IT'S THE AIR FORCE COWBOY WAY...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Where to start? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>OH! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I know! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />I know I've kept it a BIG secret, but my Jared is in the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Air Force Academy Band </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Wild Blue Country...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>first you've heard, huh? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Well, here ya go then! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkZxBFZ454-vktojDFhxrUSy0kUWANFQ9KTYGYAkTvYXDuSWbppAeH1oS6fe_IKN-TcIJk6UUMz-3kx5Xm_vc3kJ2PFX38ZhuiPo5HcW6uoHNBJ3sQf0a2dbWTWUxd98_pe9-_kWI28Ba/s1600/WILD+BLUE+CONCERTS+1+318.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkZxBFZ454-vktojDFhxrUSy0kUWANFQ9KTYGYAkTvYXDuSWbppAeH1oS6fe_IKN-TcIJk6UUMz-3kx5Xm_vc3kJ2PFX38ZhuiPo5HcW6uoHNBJ3sQf0a2dbWTWUxd98_pe9-_kWI28Ba/s640/WILD+BLUE+CONCERTS+1+318.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>My Air Force cowboy, waiting backstage in Destin, Florida for Wild Blue Country's turn to play. They went on to perform for a large crowd at the Destin Seafood Festival. They were enjoyed, cheered on and made to feel very appreciated for their service to our country!</b></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGf0Kgmq0AstRGDmuEWRuE3Mtee2HVoIeCH7C_YwPrdKeAuH8LVLrLLtfcoK0Sn3-gTaBTRQMuLEmlMT5Hd4JiQnK0IEfUEVU-AXjW-AbjH08Hbr7YljqgG9TXk0PZtz_qB-i4ZY9zis2/s1600/WILD+BLUE+CONCERTS+1+134+-+Copy.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGf0Kgmq0AstRGDmuEWRuE3Mtee2HVoIeCH7C_YwPrdKeAuH8LVLrLLtfcoK0Sn3-gTaBTRQMuLEmlMT5Hd4JiQnK0IEfUEVU-AXjW-AbjH08Hbr7YljqgG9TXk0PZtz_qB-i4ZY9zis2/s640/WILD+BLUE+CONCERTS+1+134+-+Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a><b>The weekend started with a parade in the little town of Bonifay, Florida. It was the big Rodeo weekend! Wild Blue Country also played just outside the Rodeo gates and some of the band members sang the national anthem for the opening ceremony.</b></div>
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<b> Our Jared got to head off with us and visit his grandparents who live in the area...</b></div>
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<b>we had a wonderful time with family and with our boy!</b><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboNfJdoyrtGsasMEYHgojcrDUNmtT6nwEY5azvIwAKhEfUv2gpOngimj6ob3gjwDruj3Y5bdXDfwbm6alHcYGLQWseZDrzi1WhqlcQG9mn_O151fT9Vp0sBQXy4AroWDQSpKXZuSKNI9i/s640/WILD+BLUE+CONCERTS+1+137.JPG" width="426" /> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Smiles for us when he saw us in the parade crowd</b></span>.<img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxWKd_5c3j3PAk2uSjR3qlLyeVnE_96PDpLbAytIgf58neELrVivdu7qI54wqx03Fb-KI6TTYKG1_0YfCoihMm_slBG3AJWTbS0ChApTkCAawaLPiXJIgqYyeAJjzZIo0AN16kSpj6i58/s640/WILD+BLUE+CONCERTS+1+403.JPG" width="480" /><b> </b></div>
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<b>Playing for the Seafood Festival crowds, and making us so proud! </b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vqn-96Zo18pCMrT67XMvdU__fquL8MKy2S9THeWfao0Xc2yFEJ18jWuCHDnPCR-Sr4q8DdzQlnzNL4FT0ZJtdtUULY5ELPslIADe5bRTZhwGECLqW7iVKBdVNSVfBwFYy3CGGuox5wrg/s1600/WILD+BLUE+CONCERTS+1+399.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vqn-96Zo18pCMrT67XMvdU__fquL8MKy2S9THeWfao0Xc2yFEJ18jWuCHDnPCR-Sr4q8DdzQlnzNL4FT0ZJtdtUULY5ELPslIADe5bRTZhwGECLqW7iVKBdVNSVfBwFYy3CGGuox5wrg/s640/WILD+BLUE+CONCERTS+1+399.JPG" width="640" /></a><b>Though these still shots do not show it they put on a very energized show with lots of fun and lots of wonderful songs. They are touring through Florida right now with many free concerts and appearances so if they are near you please go and support these guys! There are more pictures and videos of their performances on the <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wild-Blue-Country/152973843091?ref=ts&fref=ts">Wild Blue Country Facebook</a></span> page if you want to see more of the band. Once again...a very proud proud mama!</b><br />
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">Let me tell you about my sweet friend! </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">You may already know her...if you are one of the blessed ones. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">I first met her through<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://junkmarketstyle.com/" target="_blank">Junk Market Style</a></span>...</span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">my favorite <span style="font-size: large;">JUNKIN'</span> spot. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">This was a few years ago when some of us junkers were discovering there were others out there who loved creating from <span style="font-size: large;">JUNK</span>. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">Now, I'm not in the same<span style="font-size: large;"> JUNK</span> realm as she is...</span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">she is far more talented than I am when it comes to decorating </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">and creating with a junking eye. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">And she hangs around with the junk queens and kings </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">or maybe they could be called the junk jesters...</span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">they are some humorous folks from what I can tell. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">When she started a blog, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">I found out she was just<a href="http://chippingwithcharm.blogspot.com/"> </a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://chippingwithcharm.blogspot.com/">Chipping with Charm</a>. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">As an extra blessing, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">as many of my Junk Market Style friends have, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">she became my friend on Facebook. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">But I'm friends with her and not the commercial side of her...</span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">there's a lot of that going around on Facebook, ya know? </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">You can <span style="font-size: large;">BELIEVE</span> whatever you want, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">but she's a very dear friend. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">Sure, I only know her from her profile pictures, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">and what I've gathered about her from reading her blog, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">or snooping her Facebook page, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">but I <span style="font-size: large;">BELIEVE</span> I know enough to know the kind of person she is. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">She's a sincerely sweet person, who loves God and is not afraid to glorify Him. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">She's a wonderful mother, wife and JUNK artist. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">She's my caring, encouraging, listening and generous friend...she's Laurel! </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">Not too long ago, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">just after I found out I had breast cancer, </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">I was chatting with another sweet junking, blogging, facebooking friend, <span style="font-size: large;">Lezlee</span> on Facebook, of course. </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">We were discussing the decorating virtues of <span style="font-size: large;">old rusty springs</span> and I commented about some I have in a chair that I wanted to use, but also wanted to keep them in tack. Sweet Laurel chimed in and the rest is history...<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">SHE SENT ME SOME OLD RUSTY SPRINGS!!!!!</span> </span> </span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">Since I was diagnosed so many have blessed me with meals and gifts, and I am so grateful to everyone!</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">BELIEVE!</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: large;">When you believe in </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: large;">your heart, </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: large;">your instincts, </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: large;">your friends </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: large;">and...</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: large;">most importantly</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: large;"> God. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span style="font-size: large;">When you BELIEVE you are blessed! </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">The package of springs have sure brighten up this time for me. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">I've been able to put some of the reality of my life right now out of my mine for a bit.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">I've been creating...</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">I used some of Laurel's springs to bring a little funkiness to my fall decorating...</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric">I've had fun and took a break from my worries. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_8">Thank you, Laurel,</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_8">lots of HUGS back to you too! </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> I love the collages, but thought you might enjoy seeing some of the photos a little closer...<a href="http://savannahgranny.blogspot.com/">Savannah Granny</a> I am not when it comes to tablescapes...I still have to change out a few things, but you can get an idea of where I'm heading with the springs and things.</b></span><br />
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<b>I snitched this from someone on Facebook so I can't give credit exactly, but it ain't mine. The words would be mine however if I had created it. I didn't get the news I wanted yesterday from my Dr. It is not the worst of the worst and we all know cancer is never fair. The Dr. was shocked and so were we. I did have clear lymph nodes and clear margins BUT the pathologists found a little more in a node on the edge of the doctor's margins. What's that mean anyway? Well, I either have to have more surgery or just zap that sucker with some radiation and chemo. As it would go the Oncologist I am to see is on vacation next week...<span style="font-size: large;">imagine</span>, didn't he know I'd be calling? Anyway, someone is looking at my charts...it's a big practice and someone is there. I should know soon which direction I am going. </b></div>
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<b>I know in my heart of hearts that this is not going to be easy, cancer doesn't just lay back and let you walk over it. I'm an enigma according to my surgeon...I told him not to sweet talk me. I'd just a soon not be one, but I've always been strange...sweet, but strange.</b></div>
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<b>It ain't over til the fat lady sings or so they say...I've gain back 12 pounds so there ya go. I am not making light of this...it is serious, but I have that peace that passes all understanding. I am not alone...got my family, my friends and my God. </b></div>
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<b><br />I am having more food brought to me than we will ever eat! I appreciate every bit of it too...it's good! It's so great to be southern, where your friends feed you and pray with you!</b> <b>I'm getting happy texts and more inbox messages on Facebook than I can keep up with</b>...<b>I'm getting used to watching The View and I love Nate Berkus...I'm good! I do wish HGTV would lose all the episodes of House Hunters!! Enough already! I say Junk Gypsies and Hometown Renovation all around! And where has Joan Steffen gotten off to? I miss her smile!</b></div>
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<b><br />I do miss my students and I am worried about what they think happened to Mrs. Andrews...she was here one day and not the next. They love art with me and I do have a great sub, but is she letting them just make art without worrying if it's right or not? You can not make mistakes in my class, unless you just don't listen and you don't behave yourself...we all behave like primary age in there anyway. I'll go back soon though, I think. </b></div>
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<b>Thank you for being here to listen, or for acting like you are. Please keep the prayers I cherish so much coming my way! I love knowing some of you are out there. Smile lots!</b></div>
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<b><br />THIS SUMMER WE VISITED FITZGERALD, GA AGAIN, THE SOUTHERN TOWN WHERE THE CHICKENS RUN WILD IN THE STREETS.</b></div>
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<b> THIS ROOSTERS GAVE US QUITE A CHASE, </b></div>
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<b>BUT WE FINALLY GOT A PHOTO OF HIM...</b></div>
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<b>DOWN A FEW ALLEYS AND BY A DUMPSTER WE GOT HIM!</b></div>
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<b>A MOSAIC IN THE PARK IN FITZGERALD. </b></div>
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<b>THE TOWN HAS A GREAT DEAL OF ART DECO MIXED IN WITH ITS OLD SOUTHERN CHARM.</b></div>
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<b>A TRUCK ALONG THE BACK ROADS LEADING INTO FITZGERALD. </b></div>
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<b>OUR SURPRISE WAS THAT IT WAS FROM A BUSINESS IN OUR HOME TOWN. </b></div>
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<b> WE LEFT WONDERING IF THEY KNEW WHERE THEY LEFT THEIR TRUCK?</b></div>
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<b>A GARDEN SIDE GATE NEAR THE FUNERAL HOME...SO PEACEFUL!</b></div>
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<b>WHEN I WAS GROWING UP MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED BY THESE TRACKS. </b></div>
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<b>MANY SUNDAYS I PLAYED ALONG THEM, AND NEAR THIS COTTON WAREHOUSE...GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!</b></div>
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<b>THIS IS AN OLD TRAIN DEPOT IN THE SMALL TOWN OF LILLY WHERE MY DADDY GREW UP...I LOVE HAVING THESE PHOTOS AS A CONNECTION TO HIM.</b></div>
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<b>A LEGO CAR, PROBABLY MY FIRST AND ONLY ONE TO SEE. </b></div>
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<b>IT WAS ALWAYS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY SON'S DORM AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. </b></div>
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<b>I HAVE A BOOK FROM MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, AND I LIKE TO FANTASIZE THAT HE DREW THIS AND WAS AN ARTIST LIKE ME. </b></div>
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<b>I HAVE NO IDEA IF HE DREW IT, BUT IT IS IN HIS LEDGER BOOK.</b></div>
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<b>GOT A LOT TO BRAG ABOUT SINCE PHILLIP PHILLIPS WON AMERICAN IDOL...HE'S FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS AND I AM SO PROUD OF HIM!!</b></div>
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<b>THIS IS AN OLD ROAD MILE MARKER...THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH EXTINCT NOW. THIS ONE HAS THE TOWN I LIVE IN NOW AT THE TOP AND HAS OTHER TOWNS SPECIAL TO ME ON IT...IT'S JUST A COOL THING. </b></div>
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<b>I SAVED THIS ONE FOR LAST. IT'S ALSO AN OLD ROAD MARKER FROM THE THE TOWN WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED. I SAVED IT BECAUSE THAT TOWN IS SO MUCH A PART OF ME AND IT IS A CROSS. RIGHT NOW PRAYERS AND CROSSES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THEY ALWAYS ARE, BUT ESPECIALLY NOW WITH WHAT I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH...<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">GOOD NEWS!</span></b></div>
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<b>I HAD MY BREAST CANCER SURGERY AND I GOT VERY GOOD REPORTS! </b></div>
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<b>MY LYMPH NODES WERE CLEAR AND THE DOCTOR GOT CLEAN MARGINS! </b></div>
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<b>DON'T KNOW ABOUT RADIATION YET, BUT WILL FIND OUT SOON. </b></div>
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<b>I CAN DO THIS!</b></div>
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<b>THANK YOU ALL FOR LIFTING ME UP IN PRAYER...I COVET EVERYONE OF THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS YOU SENT MY WAY. </b></div>
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I hope all of you are still out there, it's been so long since I've posted anything. This summer has been a rough one...my boy moved way out to Colorado to be in the Air Force Band and though I am bursting at the seams with pride, I miss him terribly!! Also, I discovered a few weeks ago I have breast cancer. I'm going to be a little busy over the next few weeks and I hope you will be busy keeping me in your prayers. With God's help I can do this, after all, He has me in the palm of His hand in a very tight grip. So, don't go away, I'll be around, but sure need your positive thoughts and prayers. I'll be seeing you soon...</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's <span style="font-size: x-large;">Youth Art Month</span>...</b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIoPqGDj7rVozh9hayNiV0nsEh7WEKDQOlNj7jsDBS3ZXQASyyt9s2_msLbuPlHJTx91YZyq6EmJwZ7oFqOM2bo8qzt0csDZs0b5SdNSUuC7yvYT-7uzJ9UB528UdfBEIW9dVkCSyGGnQ/s1600/artshow+2012+461.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIoPqGDj7rVozh9hayNiV0nsEh7WEKDQOlNj7jsDBS3ZXQASyyt9s2_msLbuPlHJTx91YZyq6EmJwZ7oFqOM2bo8qzt0csDZs0b5SdNSUuC7yvYT-7uzJ9UB528UdfBEIW9dVkCSyGGnQ/s640/artshow+2012+461.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>so this must be March!</b></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgO4FeS8HZyPTxl1ykaN6nssPgkQCfdnWqgnkdFRw4yBqht1OMr4mkrM4IMMeSdyIPMrsPCQAZUdfDZuUaVFP1cFnWrGdOSh9BJ_JmGk0SPX8B137zWzr69oQoDWUFtewxlPE7bas8gYv/s1600/artshow+2012+452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgO4FeS8HZyPTxl1ykaN6nssPgkQCfdnWqgnkdFRw4yBqht1OMr4mkrM4IMMeSdyIPMrsPCQAZUdfDZuUaVFP1cFnWrGdOSh9BJ_JmGk0SPX8B137zWzr69oQoDWUFtewxlPE7bas8gYv/s640/artshow+2012+452.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
Just look at how busy we have been this school year!</b></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>My students have no idea, </b></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>but most of the art project ideas </b></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>for the work shown here </b></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>came from ART blogs or <a href="http://pinterest.com/artteachergirl/k-2-art-luv/">Pinterest</a>. </b></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Who says I waste my time </span></b></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">on this laptop??!!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yeah, I found the lesson online.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Has your school had it's yearly art show yet, and how are you celebrating Youth Art Month?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Enjoy your Spring! </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Vicki</span></b>Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581312414187458977noreply@blogger.com10