Thank you for the prayers

My Granddaughter's exam went very well, it does not look like she has a tumor, but they are double checking with a special breast cancer Clinic .  She goes next week, the powers that be, with this first exam feel it is nothing but to be sure she will go to the clinic.  So Thank you so very much Delaine

BEING MAGNETIC

I MADE THE MISTAKE OF GOING TO HARBOR QUILTS TO REDEEM MY BIRTHDAY DISCOUNT, WE HAVE TO REDEEM THEM IN THE MONTH OF YOUR BIRTH. I THINK ANYWAY THE SHOP GIVES A DISCOUNT  FOR EVERY YEAR I WAS NOT GOING TO MISS THIS GOOD DEAL, AFTER ALL A DEAL IS A DEAL AND I LOVE A DEAL.  WELL YOU KNOW I HAVE A BIT OF FABRIC, BUT I FOUND SOME WILD FABRIC, I CAN NOT FIND ANY LABEL IN WHAT IS LEFT IF THERE WAS ONE I HAVE CUT IF OFF AND CHUCKED IT, A PICTURE OF A UNFINISHED QUILT WILL HAVE TO DO. I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY MACHINES, SAME OLD STORY TENSION, TENSION SO MY PROGRESS HAS BEEN SLOW, HAVE TO KEEP CHANGING THREAD WHICH MAKES IT VERY SLOW I'M NOT HAPPY WITH MY NEW MACHINE, BUT LUCKY ME BOTH ARE ACTING UP THAT MEANS MY MAGNETIC PERSONALITY IS CAUSING TROUBLE MY COMPUTER IS ALSO IN AND OUT OF FRITZ. SO I KNOW IT IS A OPERATOR PROBLEM.
BEST THING FOR ME IS TO STOP AND GET SOME REST TO DISCHARGE MY MAGNETIC PERSONALITY.  I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY, DID YOU NOT ALREADY KNOW I WAS DIFFERENT.

GREAT WAY TO START A NEW YEAR, LAST YEAR WAS GOOD AND I KNOW THIS NEW YEAR WILL BE ALSO,  PRAY FOR TOMORROW MY GRAND-DAUGHTER ANNA IS HAVING A BIOPSY SHE HAS A LUMP, COUPLE MONTHS AGO SHE HAD DRAINAGE FROM BOTH BREAST AND THE POWERS THAT BE DID NOT THINK IT WAS ANYTHING, WELL NOW IT IS.  THE WAITING IS AWFUL.  MY DAUGHTER DEBRA IS TAKING HER SO WE WAIT. ANNA IS ON THE LEFT. SO FRIENDS AND FMILY PLEASE GO TO PRAYER FOR OUR ANNA AND HER MOTHER DEBRA.

Our Heart is crushed from this Godless act.

I need to vent, this of course is not politically correct but it is how I see it and I can not hold this in I have watched how our society has deteriorated and how God's principles are denied everyday in our media, now we are all shocked and dismayed about this horrendous act and we all ask why? how did we get to this? 
Knowing that there is evil walking shoulder to shoulder with our children everyday, has become so real to each of us; what do we do to protect ourselves and the innocent? How do we stop it from exploding and doing it's evil on innocent people who are doing their everyday activities? 
Who knew in their gut that this boy was dangerous surely someone knew he was a  menus and was dangerous to those around him.  Did the mother turn her head, and not face the reality of who her son was.  So many questions, so many warning signs ignored, how do we become more pro-active?
At this point in America the young criminal's rights are more important than the law abiding innocent citizens and their children's.
In  this society that does not acknowledge evil, but blames the actions of a young predators, on other influences, stating that he has been injured by others.  Personal responsibility is not required, Citizens in this progressive society do not acknowledge sin, evil or possible possession by demeans, Satan or even Hell; because they are not connected to God's principles.  Any thought of God in our schools inspires law suits that are judged in favor of the lawless who deny the presence of God or the mention of God in our schools.
Mental illness is blamed on additions, parents and everything other than the fact that there are people who are not socially adjusted and are not able to function in society without endangering the lives of others.  They must be held and restrained for the protection of others, but no their rights supersede the rights of the innocent victims of their wrath.
We need to teach Godly principles in the schools  along with personal responsibility for our actions.  Judges who turn the other cheek and ignore the reality of the violent nature of the young perpetrator's actions and they release them back into society.  Sending them back into the school system because it is their right to go to school, ignores the fact that they will hurt others sooner or later. They are releasing these dangerous people back into our communities and neighborhoods, they always give the young criminals a slap on the hand and turn them loose on society to work out their problems without any acknowledgement of the need to change the hearts of these young criminal's.  Spiritual teaching is a tool that changes the hearts of the cruel and mean spirited people, whether they are young and old. but it is not allowed in our schools.
God's word changes the heart and gives a meaning to kindness to others, it teaches the lessons of the bible, it teaches personal responsibility.
There are thousands of non-union teachers, mentor's Godly members in our communities that could take up the slack and become mentors to these young heathens.  It is not allowed, "no" Christian principles, the Jewish teachings of the Torah and other religious leaders are banded from schools not allowing them to teach the principles of God. The children who are members of families who do not attend church never hear, "Thou shall not kill","Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" or "thou shall not steal" "turn the other cheek" and that "God will punish those who sin and do harm to others" no everything must be politically correct.
The Godless rule over faith and goodness and there is no punishment for bad behavior...The mean and cruel kids are put back into the class rooms with innocent children, because it is the "law".  This leaves the innocent venerable to the influence of the bad seed.
This is crazy these children need to separated from the innocent and given in depth training or containment before they can return to the class rooms..  The troubled child must not be allowed to continue to develop into a killer.  If they continue to develop these criminal behaviors then they must be institutionalized to protect the innocent people who live their lives as law abiding citizens in our society. They must not be released into our communities to do their Godless deeds, our innocent and aged citizens must be protected.  That means we have to change our ways and acknowledge evil when we see it and take action against it to protect the innocent.
My heart breaks when I think of the empty beds these little ones once filled with joy and giggles and their parents and families who are now struggling to cope.  You never get over the lose of a child, a mother carries that grief to her grave, as well as those fathers and siblings, their lives will never be the same. Will yours?
Will you remember these innocent defenceless souls?  Are you going to fight for or against gun rights? "Guns are not the problem".  Will you speak up and get our school regulations changed so that troubled children are not put in with innocent children, did you know that when a young sex offender is transferred to another school his or her records are kept secret, the offenders rights supersede the rights of the other children and their parents.
You do not house wolves with the lambs, today the rights of wolves are more important then our lambs.  If a child is incorrigible why should we be forced to have that child be in the same room as the well behaved child.  Oh my goodness I could go on and on but the bottom line is we can no longer turn our backs when we see a problem child; somebody knew that young man was dangerous and they did nothing.  Or was it that they could do nothing, that is what has to be changed, we have to change the way we think about evil and the mentally ill.  We must act accordingly to protect our society, it was not the guns that killed these people it was a mentally deranged young man, a Godless man, an evil man, a coward of a man who choose to attack the defenceless.  He went into a school where guns were not allowed knowing there would be no one armed to protect the innocent he knew he would be able to do his deed without resistance and when there was resistance he like the coward he was killed himself.  It was too late to save those little angels to late to save the innocent.

Are we going to just put this aside and forget or are we going to stand up and say no more, no more.

Cataract Surgery a success yahoo

I now have 20/20 vision I will just need reading glasses for up close, It was a scary procedure but when the Doctor said a prayer before It settled me down along with the little pill they gave me; all in all it was a good experience.  I also see brighter and pink colors, when only one eye had the surgery when I covered it up the colors where yellow green the new eye could see the pink in the walls.  y quilts should be full of color.  i just finished a child's quilt in flannel, I made two the smaller one I did my trial and error quilting it looked so nice and soft, so I decided to wash it to see how it would wash, it balled up and faded and just does not look good, I have half a mind not to give away but I do not have time to make another one, I have not worked with flannel for a long time and I forgot I will try to remember never again. You learn something everyday, I just WISH I would know the lesson before I cut the fabric, don't we all? 

2012 THANKSGIVING IS OVER LOVELY DAY LOVELY GUESTS

ALL DRESSED UP AND READY FOR THE FUN

THAT PACK MUST WEIGHT 30+ AND HE CARRIES IT EVERYWHERE WHAT A GUY

HOME MADE BUMS ARE THE BEST

AND HANDSOME MAN PEELING POTATOES CANNOT DO BETTER THAN THAT 

HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYBODY

19.5LBS TURKEY HE WAS REALLY GOOD

YOU KNOW IT NEVER FAILS I  DO NOT GET PICTURES OF EVERYBODY WE HAD 10 ADULTS AND 4 CHILDREN.  THE KIDS WERE SO GOOD THEY SAT AT THEIR OWN TABLE TALKING LIKE ADULTS THEY WERE SO COOL, IT WAS A PLEASURE WATCHING THEM.
I LOVE ANY REASON TO GATHER FRIENDS AND FAIMLY TOGETHER; THE HOUSE PICKS UP THEIR BODY HEAT AND WARMS THE AIR, AND THE CONVERSATIONS STIR IT AND THE FEELINGS ARE SO SOOTHING TO ME IT IS LIKE MAGIC.  tHE TREE ALSO SIMMERS.

THE TREE IS SPARKLING, I SPENT 2= HOURS POLISHING THE CRYSTALS AND GLASS ORNAMENTS HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE TOP YET MAYBE TOMORROW.  IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTIER I REAL LIFE WISH YOU ALL COULD SEE IT 

Out from my past

Three months ago my 2nd cousin left a message on my face book asking if I was a Stafford, my limited working knowledge of facebook caused me to miss the message it was send in Sept, I just found it, I have send a contact but so far no answer.  Dang I hope I did not miss a chance to connect....Say a little pray for me, My family is very small and I feel a bit deprived when I see large families having reunions our family is so small. 
We have wonderful tools available to search out our genealogy, maybe he knows some wonderful news flashes about our ancestors.  I can not stay off the computer, I keep checking and re-cheking in hopes he will contact me oh this is so exciting.

Taking things for granted

Eye sight, and friends well our lives are so hurried and busy that we forget just how important these every day gifts are to our well being.  I have just gone through cataract surgery both eyes, a week apart.  Those first few days when I was unable to see well enough to do anything made me sit down and ponder some of the many blessings I have.  They are many and family and health are first then friends.  I am blessed with a wonderful diverse family each one is different and special to me. we all do not agree on everything but that makes for good conversations and verbal intercourse(I love that saying because it is true our words connect us)anyway taking time to have quiet talks with each member of my family is getting harder and harder, they are so busy and setting aside time for one on one conversation is medicine for our soul. I need that as well as everybody else we need to touch each  other and walk and talk together.  Our life styles are not set up for that kind of connection...Our young and old are always texting this one and that but to me it is connecting but in a very superficial way our inner spirits do not connect in a text.  Walking, talking, hearing the other persons voice and just sitting together without speaking these are true connections they give us time to share our feelings and to connect we need this for our inner being we need it like we need food.  It takes time out of the hurry burly life we lead, but it is essential for our inner growth.  I know it is something we have to work at setting aside time to just be together.  I call it one on one time A long time ago I realized when the family came together the children played with each other and I never got a chance to spend time with each grandchild.  So I established G-Mom's One On One time with each child I spent one hour we would just walk and talk or maybe sit on a rock and watch a bird. nothing earth shattering just a quiet time together.

Some of my girls

Ashley and her paternal grandfather

 

 

 

 

I  have gotten off the tract a bit but having my eyes not working together and being oh my gosh not able to thread a needle was very thought provoking experience so with the holidays coming I am going to make a special effort to make time for some one on one time with  my family and friends ......................We had a special party for my Granddaughter Ashley, she came for a pre- holiday visit, here are a few of the pictures.  It never fails after the party is over I realize that I did not get everyone, at least good shots of everyone I did get a clear shot of the "turkey rolls" we will surely remember those in the years to come.