In a Funk...

For some reason I'm just in a real funk lately! I just don't feel up to even picking up a needle. I'm not sick, just have no energy. I find myself sitting and starring at the wall! I have Chronic Fatique Syndrome but have not had a "bout" in a long time...sure hope that's not what this is! Perhaps it's just that the temps are getting so much warmer so fast. Today, it's in the 90's...last week it was in the 70's. Someone needs to come over and give me a swift kick in the you-know-where and get me moving again!I need to remember this....

  

A Great Technique-Tip!

Susan Elliot of Plays with Needles had the greatest tip today on transferring "type" to your crazy quilt patch! It is so handy, I'll be using it for sure in the future! Hop on over there and check this out...and let her know I sent you! Follow her blog while you're at it...she has some great posts!

This is NOT a Joke or a Skam!

My friend Kassandra is a great mom and a super friend! She is trying to change the lives of two adorable boys...and just needs a little help.

Please read their story at Kassandra's blog...Coffee and Kisses.I will vouch for her, she is a good person!

If you can help in any way...please do so. I only had $5 in PayPal so that's all I could do money wise; but thought that posting about it would be helpful too.Hugs to all of you...and I hope these two boys have a great Mother's Day next year...with a mom that cares about them.Hugs to them...and to you!

The Night The Lights Went Out...

I had no idea when I posted about the Alabama storms...that the same tornado that came through Tuscaloosa...would also march up the state...and come within 15 miles of my home.

We are fine. However, we have no power. We got a generator for Mom's house today..so she has a refrigerator/freezer and her breathing machine hooked up. I'm working with lanterns and a flashlight. We also have no cable or internet. Right now, I'm 30 miles down the road at my sister's ... laptop in hand...so I can post a quick not to let ya'll know what's up. The local power company has said it could be 3-5 days...or more...before the lights are back on. So, you know that I'll post just as soon as I can...we are safe! PTL! Some homes in the area are simple...no longer there. Horrible!Continue to think of us and remember all of Alabama in your prayers!
UPDATE: Woot! Woot! Hooray for Alabama Power and the City of Piedmont Utilities crews...OUR POWER IS BACK ON! We were 29 hours in the black...but now, the lights are back on! Hoping all will get back to normal tomorrow!

Severe Weather Today/Tonight

Keep all the folks in the state of Alabama, my home state, in your prayers tonight. Here's what we are dealing with today. 

This image is of a tornado presently (5:30 p.m. CST) at Tuscaloosa, Alabama University campus location. Several others have hit in the northern part of the state around Huntsville. We are due north east of the Tuscaloosa storm...and expect to get severe weather from that in about 3 hours. Keep all of us in your prayers please. Thanks.

Hard or Easy in the Mornings?

Hard to get up in the mornings? 


This is the avatar that I use for my posts on HGTV Message Board. No, I don’t roll my hair any more…so the curlers are NOT me. However, I think I did own a bath robe like that once. And, my hair is gray (well mostly)…but otherwise, it could be me…in a dark alley perhaps, with your glasses off…I’m just saying.


Looking at this photo today made me wonder something. Are you a morning person? Are you able to get into your car within 15 minutes of waking and still drive safely? Or, do you have to be out of bed for at least an hour before uttering your first intelligent word?


I’m one of those disgusting folks that can get up and out the door in record setting time. (I didn’t say I was always in a great mood when I went out that door….no sir…not always.)


And, I’m a much happier grandma after I have made a trek downstairs to my mother’s house for coffee. It is nice to still have my mom, and nice that she makes coffee each morning, and nicer that we can sit and talk about whatever topic comes to mind.


So, how do you get your day started?

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