{rarely} Wordless Wednesday ~ Father’s Day Candy Card (not wordless!)

Jun19

 

(words from card written below picture)
Father's Day Candy Card

(below it shows the name of the candy bar in bold red, along with some of the “corrections” made on the candy bars)

Dear Sugar Daddy (our Sweetartsheart)

We knew we’d SKOR big if we gave you a Whoppersing 100Grand for Father’s Day.  But the money slipped through our Butterfingers.  We didn’t have an Extra Whatchamacallit to sell and it wasn’t PayDay.  We didn’t think a pet KitKat or or a trip to New York or an Orbit around the MilkyWay would do, even if we could Crunch the $.  We want to wish you a Mounds of Almond Joy both Now & Later as you Take Five to eat this card.  We hope it makes you Chuckles and not Rolover and get sick.  If it does, we won’t Snickers.

Love, Your Air Heads (Five different Air Heads were used with each of the children’s names)

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Five Minute Friday: LISTEN

Jun14

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I remember when our first child was maybe close to a year old and another little boy I was babysitting, also the same age as my son, were in the kitchen playing.  I was in the bathroom fixing my hair and my husband was in the living room, where he could see the boys and what they were doing.  From the bathroom, I could listen and tell they were getting into trouble.  My husband was reading the paper and which is kinda typical of many men some, he did not see or hear them  . . . . I better not write more!!!  Anyway, he did not see nor listen…. and they were into Soft Scrub.  It was as though the two boys were finger painting with it.  It was everywhere on them.  Thankfully, they did not get it into their eyes or mouths.  I probably was not real nice to my husband for not seeing what was going on two feet from him . . .   :(  

And, I wonder how many times, I don’t listen for my Heavenly Father . . .  His still small voice, to encourage me, to lead me, to beckon me to spend time with Him, but I am reading or sewing, or watching TV.  Often in Scripture we read how God’s people did not listen, many times over and over again.  Yet, He listens to us.   I love this assurance how He listens to me . . . 

 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
 But truly God has listened;
He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God,
because He has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!

Psalm 66:18-20 (ESV)

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Joining Lisa-Jo and her Five Minute Friday.
” five minutes of free writing without worrying about getting it right “

{rarely} Wordless Wednesday ~ Sandhill Cranes

Jun12

 

cranes

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Last evening my daughter & I were driving to an ice cream shop
and we saw these Sandhill Cranes.  My daughter happened to have
her camera with her and so she got numerous pictures of these
gorgeous creatures!

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Outdoor Swing Cushions Recovered for Less than $4!!

Jun11

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nother Pinterest project is completed!   (hundreds yet to do!)

Our outdoor swing cushions have been looking pretty sad for sometime.  I’ve looked and looked at making covers or for a great deal on purchasing new covers.  It’s just SO expensive.  Upholstery fabric is expensive.  And then, I saw on Pinterest to use shower curtains for covering the cushions!  They are waterproof and clean easy and there’s great designs out there! So, began a new search!  Watching for shower curtains at Good Will and yesterday I landed them!  $3.29 for a BRAND NEW shower curtain! Yes, I almost did the happy dance right there in the store!  I was so excited!  And in about 2 hours last evening,  the swing cushions were covered!  When my 19 year old son even likes it, I know it’s good!  The swing looks so much more inviting now!  (Picture quality is not the best – it was taken at 11 pm last night!)

 

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Daily Prompt: Say Your Name

Jun9

Write about your first name:
Are you named after someone or something?
Are there any stories or associations attached to it?
If you had the choice, would you rename yourself?
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am content with my name. But I’ve not always liked it.  As one source says, Loni is unusual as a baby girl name. Every so often I may hear of someone named, Loni, but  I do not really know anyone closely at all.  I am often called Lori in the doctor’s office –  the receptionist thinking that the n must be an r that went too far down.  When I was growing up, kids teased me about my name, mispronouncing it, rhyming it with bologna.  

Through the years I’ve looked up my name in baby books and rarely is it in there.  I can find it on-line now,  so often I look to see what meaning there is – and feel my name fits!  This one is a recent one I read:

The name Loni means ‘noble and ready’, ‘prompt’ or ‘all struggles’ in German.
This feminine name is pronounced as LON ee, and in Hawaiian, it means sky.
Ask.Com

My parents are of  German descent and yes, there’s been a lot of struggles in life, so, that is interesting.  

Another place says my name originated from the Greek and is the short form of Apollonia.  There are numerous places in Greece called Apollonia and there is an Apollonia, Wisconsin which was named in honor of lumberman Frederick Weyerhaeuser’s daughter in 1893.  Her nickname was Lonie.   And, Apollonia, Wisconsin is only 4 hours from where I grew up.  The interesting tie in with this for me is that my birth father was all Greek and I grew up in Wisconsin!  So, I don’t know if my parents tied this together – with a bit of German (adoptive parents) and Greek (birth parents).  I wonder if my parents went to Apollonia, WI and had a special time there and decided their first child would be named after it!  

Yet, what helps the most when I think of my name, is the name I will find out Jesus has given me.stone

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 
To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna,
and I will give him a white stone,
with a new name written on the stone 
that no one knows except the one who receives it.
Revelation 2:17

Can you imagine?!?!?!  How exciting!  A new, personal name, from GOD!  Just “my” name, said from His lips, etched in stone, for me.  WOW!

Here is a neat article on Your New Name!

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Information Article: Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer

Jun9

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iling for a lawsuit is not on most people’s “to do” list or “bucket list”.   Though there are a few who scheme and think a lawsuit can be a get-rich-quick trick, for the most part, most want to avoid a lawsuit.  Not only can it cost a lot of money, it can be major stress, as the details of the reason for the lawsuit need to be gone over and over.  But, sometimes, there really is not much of a choice, especially with a personal injury that can result in years of pain, leaving a job, and then, lack of insurance.   It’s not a matter of getting rich, but to be taken cared of, for an injury that may have been because of a foolish decision the person who caused it, made.  This is when a phone call needs to be made to someone such as Personal Injury Lawyer Metairie for a consultation.

A personal injury lawyer will take all the needed information down regarding your situation and weight the strengths and weaknesses for and and against you and will tell you first if a lawsuit is the direction to go, and then, what to expect, what strategies to move ahead with and how long it may take for the best resolution.  Once the attorney is hired, it can be out of the hands of the injured and confidence can be placed with the attorney to keep you up to date and fight for best outcome possible.  

A lawsuit will not take care of the situation that happened or reverse it, but it can help make life a bit easier in being able to take care of the injured.

Information Article: Being Prepared for Air Conditioning Repairs

Jun8

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ecently when we had some hot humid days,  and my girls and I went shopping, we were anticipating some heat relief.  Two stores we went into that day, the air conditioning was barely working.  I said something at one of the stores, and the gal said out of the seven air conditioning units the store had, only two were working.  Seriously, how can a store afford to not have air conditioning especially when it is hot and humid?  We found a couple of items to buy, but we were out quite quickly.  We were anxious to get back into the car and turn up the air conditioning!  The store actually lost some of our business.  We would have easily doubled our time in there had it been cool.

The advantage to where we live is one day it can be 50 and the next day 85!  Imagine though, living in a warm area, such as Cocoa Beach, Florida. Most days are going to be warm.  The air conditioning is probably on just about all year.  Businesses cannot take the chance of losing customers because the air conditioning is either not working or inadequate, for both their customers and employees.  A reliable and professional Commercial AC Repair Cocoa Beach must easily be found and counted on.  

Of course, after experiencing the two stores that had little cooling going on, if I were a business owner, I’d want to meet with someone before there is a problem, and know the AC units are working well before a total shut-down and yet know who to call when there is an air conditioning failure.  Just like we have tune-ups for our cars, the same is needed for commercial air conditioning Cocoa Beach.  It’s certainly worth the effort to do the research before, than waiting until there is an emergency!