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Liebster Award

Published on March 29, 2018 by Wanda4 Comments

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My blog has been nominated for the Liebster award by Ginger of The Bee Writes which was a very thoughtful and kind thing to do. I have not ever participated in the award process, but this seems a little different than some of the awards I have seen.

Apparently, this award started by bloggers for bloggers and is really just a way to get people to visit blogs they may not have known about. It is also a get to know you type deal as well. I have decided I will participate this time.

If you have been nominated for The Liebster Award AND YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT, write a blog post about the Liebster award in which the Rules are simple as follows:

Acknowledge the blog who nominated you.

Answer the 11 questions your nominator asked.

Nominate 11 other bloggers.

Ask them 11 questions.

Let them know you have nominated them.

11 questions from The Bee Writes.

1. Where were you born? I was born in Trenton, New Jersey. I spent most of my childhood moving back and forth across the Delaware River to Pennsylvania.

2. What has been your favorite pet and why? You know I can’t choose just one. My first dog was my dad’s before he and my mother got married. His name was Shep. he taught me and half the kids in the neighborhood to walk. He would let us hang onto him and walk slowly. Then there was Sox. He was my cat. He lived to be an old man of 17. I can’t forget Bandit. He was a Toy Fox Terrier who lived to the age of 14. I adopted him from the SPCA in Pennsylvania. I missed him terribly, but we had decided not to get another dog. But, after my husband passed away I decided I wanted to get a dog. I adopted Gracie from the Animal Shelter up the road. She is the sweetest girl.

3. Do you work? If so where? I am retired now, but I was an RN working in critical care in the Philadelphia area.

4. If you could go exploring anywhere, where would that be? If I could go exploring it would be to Rome, Italy. I have always wanted to go there. I could spend hours upon hours exploring the architecture with my camera.

5. Your biggest regret? I don’t really have any. Whatever I did I did with the best knowledge at the time and always for the right reasons.

6. How many siblings do you have? What are your thoughts on that number? I had one brother and he passed away three years ago. I was lonely with only a younger brother. I wanted a big family when I married. I had four children.

7. What decade do you really belong in? This is a funny question to me. I don’t think there is a decade I belong in this century or last century.

8. Would you rather live in the Arctic or Antarctic Circle? Neither, I like the Caribbean. 🙂

9. What is your favorite artistic medium? I am a quilter, I do needlework, cross stitch, embroidery, crewel, and love photography.

10. Camping or hotels? Hotels! I am not a camper. Give me hot and cold running water, a soft bed, color TV, and room service.

11. Favorite school subject? I was into science in school.

Wanda

Friendly Fill-Ins Week 98

Published on March 24, 2018 by Wanda3 Comments

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1. I am the________________ in my family.
2. I have __________________ sibling(s).
3. I am looking forward to _________________this Spring.
4. The first sign of Spring this year was __________________ .

I am the oldest in my family. I only had one brother and I lost him a couple of years ago. I longed to have a big family.

I am looking forward to doing some photography this spring. I haven’t done much of that since last summer.

The first sign of spring for me was a dandelion blooming in my driveway. Even though it is just a weed, it’s bright yellow warmed my heart that the end of winter was close.

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Dreamy

Published on March 22, 2018 by Wanda4 Comments

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Three Line Tales, Week 112

Do you see him, do you, do you, do you? He’s got that thick black wool that is so dreamy, baahhh, is he checking me out?. Do I look ok, how’s my wool, eyes good – ok I’m going over.

Three Line Tales is hosted by Sonya of Only 100 Words. Check it out here.

Lucky Charms

Published on March 22, 2018 by Wanda3 Comments

Daily Prompt: Talisman

Have you ever had a lucky charm? I can remember when I was a child I had a rabbit’s foot. Remember them? It was supposed to bring me good luck. But, it never did. It was just a superstition. I grew out of believing in things bringing luck to me.

Many non-catholic’s believe that the medals we wear or the rosaries we use or the statues of saints we have are nothing more than a talisman. That couldn’t be further from the truth. These things are a sign of our devotion to a particular saint or to Jesus.

I wear a Miraculous Medal always. I have since I graduated from eighth grade. I was installed into the sodality at my parish with it. This medal is one of the Blessed Mother. I don’t really have a patron saint, so I adopted her as mine. Anyway, this is an outward sign of my devotion to the Mother of Jesus.

This devotion does not take anything away from my adoration of Jesus or God. It is simply that I call on her for help when I have a problem. No one has more influence on God then Mary. God chose her to be His Son’s mother. No one has more influence on Jesus, she raised and cared for Him during his life. So, although I pray to God for my concern, I also ask Mary to intercede for me. It is no different than asking a friend to pray for you.

Saints have already arrived in heaven. They enjoy the glorious vision of God. They have His ear so to speak. So, when we are storming heaven with prayer, they join in and pray for us too. It’s a beautiful part of my Catholic faith.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Published on March 20, 2018 by Wanda2 Comments

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Color Your World

Published on March 20, 2018 by Wanda2 Comments

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This Week’s Challenges from Tourmaline: March 18 – 24 (OWPC, WW & CYW)

18shamrock

Image result for crayola shamrock green crayons

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My quilted shamrock table topper.

19navyblue

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Challenge quilt from years ago,

Nature

Published on March 20, 2018 by Wanda1 Comment

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This Week’s Challenges from Tourmaline: March 18 – 24 (OWPC, WW & CYW)

whitebug

I found this guy sitting outside my front door. I have no idea what it is. Maybe some kind of moth? His head is fuzzy

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Look at this face!

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Canada Geese. I love these guys. I know they can be noisy and messy, but they are comical if you watch them.

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The first blooms in my woods.

The Rumor

Published on March 20, 2018May 29, 2018 by Wanda4 Comments

Daily Prompt: Identical, Blush

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This week’s two words are Canard and/or Rumor.

It was late when her shift at the hospital ended. She was tired and she couldn’t stop thinking about the rumors she had heard at work. I can’t believe they are going to lay off nurses, she thought. We are short staffed as it is.

She was lost in thought and not paying attention to her surroundings while she walked to her car in the dark parking lot. They still hadn’t fixed the lights that had burned out weeks ago. As Peggy started to put the key in the door to unlock the car, something hit her on the head. She felt herself falling down, but it was in slow motion. Suddenly as she was losing consciousness, she felt hands around her waist. Peggy heard garbled voices.

It seemed like she had been asleep for days when she finally opened her eyes in the emergency room. Not sure why she was there, she tried to get up but fell backward on the liter. Her head really hurt and she felt a huge bandage on her head. She could not figure out what had happened to her.

She fell asleep again, then woke shortly after hearing voices near her. Opening her eyes she saw that her identical twins were standing next to the bed. Wait, how did I get into a bed and room without me knowing it.? What is going on? Her kids were happy to see she was awake finally. They gave her a big hug and started asking questions about her injury. All Peggy could remember was something hitting her head and someone grabbing her.

Then her nurse came into the room. She explained that one of the overhead lights in the parking lot had exploded and the metal bracket fell on your head. It was very lucky that the security guard was there and saw it happen. You could have been out there until day shift started.

Peggy appreciated the fact that the security guard got her attention right away, but she was furious that the hospital had been neglectful in not repairing the lights. She was steaming.

After Peggy’s kids left, the security guard that had helped her walked into the room. He told Peggy that he was happy to see she was awake. He had been worried about her all night. Apparently, she had said some strange things to him when he was trying to keep her from falling. Peggy, blushed as she thanked the kind man for what he had done for her. He told her no worries that he knew she didn’t realize he was trying to help her.

In the evening, the nursing supervisor came in to check on Peggy. She told her that she had given everyone quite a scare. Peggy looked at her square in the eye and asked her if the hospital was laying off nurses. Her supervisor laughed and said that canard has been going around the hospital for months. Peggy just stared at her and asked if it was true. The supervisor just smiled and said you just get better and don’t worry about anything. Then she was gone.