Garden Tour Event** BlogLand

I've been tossing this idea around all week
I want to host an online Garden Walk
hoping lots of bloggers will join.

I'd like each participants site to have the option
of clicking
to fund mammograms

(at the left on my blog)

Any donations to the Komen Foundation would have to be made by clicking HERE

I'd also like votes for the favorite garden
& the winning Garden gets a hand made journal from
my hands, with a lovely garden theme.

My dream is to SOMEDAY make this a local
event here in the Peoria Area with nearby gardens participating

with the fee for

admissions going to the Komen Foundation.

I'm tossing this out for you to get ready for now.
I'm hoping a virtual garden tour date 6/15/2008
so start taking pictures now..so we'll have a variety of
blooms and greens to share.

Birds, butterflies, toads, bugs, wildlife and garden art
are desired too!

Add your blogspot to the Mr Linky below NOW
and add the banner to the side bar
Tell your BBFF too.



***You will add yourself to MR LINkie TOUR again after you post your tour
pictures on June 15th.
It will need the address to that POST.
I'll be first on and show you how on June 15th***

I'd love to see
as many as we can join in.




As I work on getting it all ready.

Leave a comment on this blog , if you'll join me!! PLEASE!!
you can even post pics of a neighbors garden if they
don't blog.



JOYS

the sun is out
God gave me a focus
feeling a bit better each day
chemo is over for GOOD I pray
the idea of a "Nestle in the Garden ,Tour for the Cure"
the promise each new day brings
roses in bloom

Share your joys with us

&
Please pray for all who suffer & are lost

I did it!

I just bought a new camera!!! *woot woot* I can't wait until it comes in. I've been contemplating buying a DSLR for a while now...since my first Bloc Party concert in 2006 to be exact. I talked myself out of it because I didn't want something to happen to it at a concert or for it to get lost. Then about a year ago my cousin bought one and again I entertained the idea of getting one once I saw his pictures. I was trying to get out of debt so I couldn't do it last year. Now lately I've been noticing the quality of pictures some people post on their blogs and I've become totally obsessed with getting a new camera. I mean it's so bad that I dream about it LOL. After talking to my cousin on Monday (he's one of my go to guys) I decided to buy it and this morning after taking it in and out of my cart and wondering if I should dip into my car savings to buy it I thought of all the really nice pictures I can take of my cross stitch loved ones and bought it. I'm really happy about this buy :-) Of course I will now have to buy accessories for it *and* actually learn how to use it but for the sake of taking quality pictures of my cross stitch loved ones I can do it! Until next time!

Look at what I've been up to

There's a third but it's for my HoE freebie exchange so I can't show it until I mail it out and it arrives to its destination! I even managed to play GTA IV, go to my LNS, and get a mani/pedi! Oh and I have a finish to share as well now that I remember...the 5th block to my BC Red Thread Snappers :-)
I do have 2 other soon to be pinkeeps to show you soon *but* the ribbon that I bought today matched the pinkeeps PERFECTLY in the store but once I took it out the bag and started working on them all of a sudden it didn't go anymore...I blame the lighting!

Has anyone seen the new HIHs?? Apparently I love them! I didn't at first but when I saw them at my LNS I scooped them up. The plan is to stitch them over one because I really don't need all of these long things to frame or hang up. I'm off to kit something up to stitch on the train tomorrow (most likely my F&S square.) I took a mental health day today because when I woke up I was tired and my patience felt non-existent. I'm hoping they come back tomorrow because I can't call out again, plus tomorrow night is time and a half pay! Happy Stitching!!!

Martha at Vintage Trifles

Is having her FIRST blog Giveaway..isn't it

fun??????

She makes the sweetest whimsies...run

over to HER BLOG & sign up ..

smiles, Deena

Tis Me

Getting my last chemo for now & weighing in the same as last time.

Two weeks, then another Pet/CT Scan to see what the cancer looks like now.

love to all of you

your bald friend, Deena

JOYS

last chemo

better weather coming

seeing the indigos in the yard still

new baby Mourning Doves

First ..Prayers ...then humble me

Please pray for the Stephen Curtis Chapman family.

Their youngest daughter Maria, was killed when hit

by her older brother in a vehicle, while playing in the driveway.

Several members of the family witnessed the accident.

Please keep them in your prayers.

Please continue to pray for my friend Sandra Dias, as she is having a HARD time with chemo.

I will also got word from Kimberly about her daughter's friend who recently had breast surgery.

"she is doing really well.....her test results came back and she showed they were able to get all of the cancer.....so she will be starting chemo/radiation treatments soon after healing."

Now for humble me, It's 7AM , we will be at the Cancer Center @ 8.30AM for blood tests,

see Dr. Prager and then on to my LAST chemo treatment!! Praise God , He has blessed me

with all of you AND He has carried me gently through this.

Rich will be with me today. That's a good thing.

I know where we go from here, in two weeks I'll have a Pet/CT scan to see how the chemo

has worked on the cancer. Then an echocardiogram to make sure my heart is ok with the

Herceptin.

In a month, I will begin my radiation treatments. 5 days a week, 5 minutes a day, for 6 weeks.

At this time, I will continue IV's of Herceptin(because my cancer is hormone driven) and Zometa (bone hardner) for a year ..once every three weeks, the chemo will be all done today ..at about 3 PM!!

thank you ALL for your prayers, friendships, gifts and love.

I'd not be so well without you and Our Lord.

Rich thanks you all too.

Love in Him,

humbly His servant,

Deena

Joys today

a spring rain

God's faithfulness

a good night sleep

seeing an Indigo Bunting yesterday

prayers and love from all of you

living each day

being able to garden

watching my seedlings come thru the dirt

David Cook winning "American Idol"

(trivial??, it did give me joy)

Please share your joys with me & sign my guest book

Dilemma Dilemma...

I want to stitch, I want to do the finishing for my HoE Freebie Exchange, I want to play Grand Theft Auto IV, I want to shower, get dressed, and go get a mani/pedi, I want to go pick up Kelly from work, I want to go to either JoAnns or The City Quilter to peruse the fabric, I want to go to one of my not so LNS' and I want to do all of this RIGHT NOW! The only good thing about this list is that I'm already too late to go pick up Kelly from work since I'm not showered yet. *sigh* I guess if I blog later on about my recent finished finishes or new fabric/stash conquests we'll see what I decided to do since I obviously can't blog about the latest beatings I've given to the poor innocent citizens of Liberty City ;-) LOL TTFN!

Visit My Tattered Works of Whimsy Blog

For you my friends,

I'm sharing some of MY fave whimsies on my Whimsy blog & won't you share some of your fave places to find whimsies also?

A bit of whimsy tis a blessing.

Deena

Old Swap

Very old news now, but at Easter I participated in an Easter swap. My partner was Shannon from Paint Mine Pink and she sent me some gorgeous things she made. Here is what I sent her.

Her first piece of Villeroy & Boch, a cute Easter bunny with roses! And all the other stuff you see in the photos (taken by Shannon.) Even the box is part of the gift. It is one of those clear shoes boxes.

I was browsing the Myer catalogue and look what I came across - Marie Antoinette mugs and plates!
How divine will these look in my Marie inspired room?









Our new family member, Lily, hanging out with Tom and being dressed up as a fairy by my daughter!

Last Night ..Tomorrow the Winner

No matter who wins, I'll not be sad, but......

GO DAVID COOK!!!

~~He so ROCKS~~

deena

Victorian Lady Has a Give Away

Just run over to her blog

These are The Days

& sign up.

Please tell her I sent you over!

Joys today

feeling great

having an appetite

3 days till my last chemo

Baltimore Orioles are visiting the yard

a wonderful husband

God caring me through this journey

a new T shirt from my friend Mary

bird cards from Denise

a prayer box from Priscilla

a birdhouse from Donna Lynn

French Market candle from Diana Lyn

my friend Sally visited yesterday

drinking white chocolate hot cocoa

naps

a new hammock

cooking out on the grill

emails from friends

Share your joys with me please

&

Please sign my Guestbook

The Lilacs are in BLOOM

Here I'm looking down from the deck

Higher than our deck

All the way down the side yard

a close up

Their scent is magnificent

We have 3 bushes..about 9-10 feet tall

can you smell them??

YummY

Freebie Month Continues!

Here are two freebies that I finished this month. Both were my train projects and one of them is for an exchange. I know my partner doesn't read my blog but just in case she stumbles across it I won't say which one :-) Sorry if the pictures are dark...I want a new camera and haven't been feeling like "playing" with my "old" camera.

Barbara Ana's Designs

Home is Where the Heart Is
Stitched on 32 ct Lt Sand Belfast Linen
Stitched with DMC Threads

Brightneedle Designs
Blue Moon (from the Small Samplings Book)
Stitched on 28ct Jazlyn (Unknown Color) Dyeing 4 U fabric
Stitched with DMC and WDW

Side note: I miss Dyeing 4 U...they made some awesome fabric and their FOTM and TOTM clubs were great. If anyone personally knows the people who ran the company tell them I miss them LOL.

Well that's all for now...I'm stitching on another Brightneedle piece. It seems like they're my new favorite designer :-) I've been stitching on it off and on now for a while. It seems like every time I pick it up to stitch on something happens between Kelly and me and since it's for him I can't stitch on it...so far this time nothing has happened so I may be able to finish it this time around. TTYL and thanks for visiting!!!!

...and the winner is

...Jackie...

Jackie wins my gently read copy of

"Orange Mint & Honey "

Jackie I've sent you an email

*********

it was so nice on Saturday..

I made sweet tea with mint from the

garden ...slept in the hammock after

browsing Romantic Homes..and

listened to music.

Planted some sunflower seeds and

relaxed. Saw my MR Hummingbird friend

and my turkey girl..now known as Henny Penny

since our wren is Jenny Wren..

what a joyous day.

love to you all

MY JOYS

having the phone & internet back ( our lines got cut)

lilacs in bloom

my seeds have germinated

3 new hydrangeas

7 days to my next & LAST chemo treatment

my desk that I posted on tattered works of whimsy blog

My friend Church of Saints & Haints

a box of love from Donna Lynn from Blushing Rose Antiques

A French Market candle from Diana Lyn

Paris Swap

I recently participated in a swap run by Sweet Goodness Swaps. I don't really do these anymore but this one caught my eye. Mainly because the girls that run Sweet Goodness were some of my first blog buddies, and it seemed to follow a similar inspiration to my Marie Antoinette living room (see post "Living Room inspired by Marie Antoinette.")

Here were the rules.
Colors: Pale blue/teal/aqua, white and black

Theme: Must include at least one item that is French-inspired. Examples, something must say France or Paris, or include an Eiffel tower or the fleur de lis. Be creative! If you are signing up for this swap you most likely have some French-inspired ideas already rolling around in your head!


Here is the gorgeous parcel I got from Linda.
The gingham box, rose decorations and vintage cards are just divine. You can imagine how excited I was to open it!


Shriek! A plaque featuring my girl crush, Marie Antoinette! With silk and bling, drool!

Gorgeous diamonte "Paris" brooch TO DIE FOR!!!

Look at the rest of the lovelies! Cath Kidston handcream and bath bombs,vintage ribbons and lace, jade milk glass bottle and basin, roses, gorgeous box, tags, victorian images on CD, and the delicious chocolates that were dived on by the kids and I!
Thanks so much Linda, you have the most amazing taste and crafting talent!

Orange Mint & Honey Gift Away

"What would Nina Simone do? That’s the question 25-year-old Shay Dixon asks of her de facto spiritual adviser, the late great High Priestess of Soul, when she finds herself depressed, evicted from her apartment, and about to flunk out of grad school.

The answer - move back home to live with her recovering alcoholic mother Nona - leads Shay back to Denver where she is shocked to discover a new Nona, sober, healthy, raising a 3-year-old, and growing a lush, healing garden.

Though reconciliation seems a hard proposition for Shay, something unmistakable takes root inside her, waiting to blossom like the flowers in Nona's garden.

Soon Shay finds herself facing her first real romantic relationship and exciting possibilities. But when a crisis hits, even the wise words and soulful melodies of Nina Simone may not be enough for solace. Shay begins to realize that, like orange mint and honey, life tastes better when bitter is followed by sweet."





I've read it, my BFF Marcia read it

then bought HER OWN copy.

Tis gently used & I am giving
it away ..Just comment here
what you are reading OR what you last read
before May 15th..
& I'll post the winner May 16th

smiles & hugs..Deena


I am currently reading

The Devil in the White City

Tis the 16th..I'll be posting the winner!!!

woohoo

Deena

She Shall Be Praised

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth no the bread of idleness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Give her the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

- Proverbs 31: 10, 25-31

Happy Mother's Day to ALL the women out there

May you be blessed, praised and honored today

JOYS

my three adult children

my six grandsons

my husband

my dog Hannah

my cat Mya

music in the morning

bird songs

all my friends

God's love

prayers

Sharing Joys

I just wanted to share some

joys

I've not done it for a bit

today we saw a Summer Tanager & a Baltimore Oriole in the yard

sleeping thru the night

hot bubble baths with "Origins Ginger"

feeling a bit better each day

Race for the Cure this weekend here in Peoria

pink Survivor hat & T shirt

lily of the Valley in bloom

a very sweet husband

coffee in the early morn

robins nested in the pine tree

roses with lil buds on them

14 days to my LAST chemo




Please continue to pray for Sandra & Cathy

deena