AHEAD OF THE GAME.......... NOT

Good afternoon; I hope every one had a great weekend.  Today we are finally having some sunshine,  after all the thunderstorms and high winds.  And I have read that some of you are still getting snow,  well yesterday we did get a few snow showers but nothing much.  I keep hoping that it will all be done with and Spring will be here for good. 

Now on to my real post.... ha ha   Does anyone else think that they are ahead of the game???????   Well I have days that I think I am.. Then,,,,,,,,,,,,,   Boom!  things happen and you get so far behind the Game that you don't think you will  ever see the light of day....  Well this was my weekend,,, so many things all rolled into one Huge ball.  Friday watching 4 grandkid's with unlimited energy,  then hubby gets home from work still not feeling well, Poor thing,,  and a weekend with two grand kids plus one son their daddy.  So with taking care of my hubby  [which I don't mind doing]  then with running after two little ones took up all of my weekend....   OH not to mention I did not get to see most of the Race Sunday afternoon...  But good news my guy won.... yea #48..   So I did not get any thing done,  craft wise... I have been doing so well with my Easter Swap Basket. I was sure I was going to make the dead line of mailing it out....  Buuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttttt nooooooooooo   So sadly I had to send out the email that lets my very kind and sweet Swap partner now that I would be mailing it out late this week...  I almost never make a dead line,   why is that.........    hmmmm  I really need to work on that....  

Ok ladies my very great Prayer Worriers  I am in need of your Prayers, I just received a phone call from hubby, that  our Dr. called and needs to see him as soon as possible this week, it seems he has found something wrong with his  stress test and other ones.  So please keep him in your prayers for what ever it is that it is not very serious at all...  He has been seeing a  Heart Dr for quite some time in the past, but now it seems something is not right again...  he does suffer from very high blood pressure and is on so many pills for that....  I want to thank you all for being there for everyone,,,, who is in need of  Prayers.  It is so very comforting to know that you are there to lean on for times like these. 

Blog family's are just the best,  I will keep you all up dated on what the Dr. finds out, his appt is for Thursday.  I must say that I am a lot worried  my friends....... 

 

 

I will be looking to the Lord during this time, I thank him every day for being  there to lean on for strength and comfort.  His Love is never ending....  So until next time;  God bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY

 

This is my Prayer for all of you this beautiful Sunday.

God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

 

 

I'M LONGING FOR FLOWERS

Good afternoon every one; I hope you are having a great day. We are getting rain today, at least it is not snow...  It is making my sinus's hurt but  I won't let that keep me down.... I am Woman...  So this afternoon is a quite one, grandson is taking a nap, still has his head cold and cough, Poor baby, but no fever.  So I have been working in my craft room trying to finish my projects for the Easter Swap.  I really don't have much to finish, it is just finding the time to do them. With the rainy day I really feel like Veggin in front of the TV watching some old movies.  I have quit a collection of old movies.  But alass that is not to be..  "sigh"   

In a lot of my visit's to my blog family, I have been noticing that some of you are planting already... I am so very jealous of you. Some of your flowers and plants are so beautiful, I can't wait to start here. I am hoping that in April I will be able to start my planting.  

I just love this photo, some day I will be able to pick flowers like these.  I want to have a cutting garden so I can have fresh flowers all the time...  mmmmmmmm   I can smell them now, can't you....

Well that is about it for now not much else going on, thank goodness.  I must go and dry my hair or it will look like cotton candy.... lol   I thank you all for the visit's I so love to have visitors.   So please feel free to stop by any time, my posts may not be very fabulous but every thing I write is from my heart and my life.   Which is way I get so excited to have you all stop by and read my silliness...   I hope you all have a great Day and a lovely tomorrow....   Until next time;  God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

SPRING BREAK

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend.  I wish I could say we all had a great weekend,, but all my boys were sick. My honey bunny, my son and my grandson.  So I was playing nurse all weekend, which was not too bad. Honey bunny can't seem to get rid of his nasty sore throat, so he was  down most of  time, my Son was feeling the same as Dad, and poor baby Zach, he had the worst.. A high temp. and chest cough and head congestion....  But he is doing better today, still has a low temp and head and chest cold, but not as bad...  And as for my other two boys they are doing fine...  I am praying that I don't get sick now.  We are having such great weather I would hate to be stuck in the house sick... 

Ok enough of all that sick talk....  We have been having some really wonderful days, high 50's and mid 60's..  Today was so very windy, so I could not do any work out side. I hope that tomorrow I can get out to do some yard work.  I have been working on my Easter Swap gifts, and if I do say so myself they are looking pretty good.  I  am excited to get them done and sent out to my new sweet partner....   I have been looking through some of my garden magazines to get some ideas for planting this year.  I will be doing a lot of digging in our front yard, all my energy will be going into the front.  So when money allows  we will be getting a small white picket fence for the front with a harbor I have a very clear view of how it is going to look... So now the only problem is getting it out of my head and into the yard...lol;  

So I guess that is all that is going on in my life today, not too much excitement. I want to thank you all for the lovely and sweet comments on Pink Saturday...  You are all just the sweetest friends in the world.  I hope you all have a great week, and lots of sunshine.............   So until next time... God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

OH MY I'M LATE; FOR PINK SATURDAY;

Hello every one I'm so sorry for posting this so very late today, I am not sure what happened, so I hope better late then never. I hope you are all enjoying you Pink Saturday morning , with you feet up coffee or tea in hand, while surfing the great wide Pink Saturday Blogs.  As I will be doing soon...   Now if you wish to see lot's more beautiful Pretty Pink, then please slip on over to our Hostess with the mostest  Beverly of   How Sweet the Sound, she will has tons of sites for you to visit, and gaze upon such Pink lovelies. 

Ok for my Pink Showing I am re' showing my beautiful Pink Quilt that I was so blessed to win in a give a way from our sweet Heidi  foxgloves, fabric and folly.  I have it hanging behind my bed now, I do not have photo of it yet, but when I do I will most certainly show it off.... lol;

 

Now I know I have shown this off before, but I can't help showing it for Pink Saturday;  it is not just beautiful, the quilting is just amazing, I just love it....  I will treasure this for years to come and it will remind me of how blessed I was to win such a beautiful quilt from a very sweet and kind hearted friend... Heidi.... thank you again.    So ladies go out and have a great Saturday and find the pink in your life......  Until Next time;  God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

OH YEA FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning to all my dear blog friend's.. Oh I can't believe it is here,,, First Day Of Spring. Finally,, it has been a very long and cold winter, and now it is over... Out side my patio doors I can hear all the lovely songs the birds are singing.  It is my favorite time of day, when all is quite, hubby is off to work, my son is off to work ,and grand son is to school, so it is just me and my two fur babies and the birds. ahhh,,,,,,,,,,,,,   So I have my cup of coffee my breakfast of a pancake wrapped sausage, with my feet up..  So now I can do a small post and then off to visit a few of you.... :o]  It is going to be a great weekend weather wise, so I am hoping to get in some much needed yard work... I still have some left over leaves to rake up, and some TLC of my plants. I have been watching my bulbs getting braver and peeking their little heads up more and more. I can't wait to get some photos of them to share with you all. I dont' really have that much to share with you only brown muddy grass and sleeping plants.. lol.... I want to get into my garden to clean it up to get it ready for some new veggies this year...

Next week is Spring Break; so my Grandson is so excited about not going to School for a Week... So with him being home all day I am going to have to find some fun things to keep him busy... So if you have any ideas please pass them on...... PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!...   OK I won't beg,,,,,,  well not much any way, it has been a very long time since I have had to keep a young one busy, I Have forgotten every thing from when my kids were small.... lol    Well ladies that is about it for this morning, I will be posting my Pink Saturday late tonight,,,,, now I am off to do some blog surfing before I have to do some chores....   I thank you all for your visit's and the all the wonderful comment's ... Oh and for all of you who are on my Sweet friends who follow my blog.... I am so excited that some of you deem me worthy of following me.... heheheh  I am very humbled right now... So thank you...........

Until next time;  God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

I WON A GIVE A WAY AND IT IS HERE

Good morning every one;  oh what a wonderful day it is too. Ok my morning went like this... Up at 6 am Hubby up at 6:15  coffee for him, then get my grandson Zachary started getting up at the same time. Yes we have our grandson Zachary living with us, oh and his dad, that is another post. Any way I fix breakfast for hubby and Zachary, hubby leaves for work at about 7:30, still trying to get Zachary ready for school.  Ok he has his hair all done brushed his teeth, oh and he loves to use his papaw's deodorant and smell good, that is what he calls it..

Then it is out the door and off to school.. whewww!  I could not wait to get home to fix my coffee and my toaster strudel, my feet are up and now I having some quite time doing my posting and then get to visit some of you... I feel so bad that I have not be by to visit most of you, some have been way to long. And I am so sorry for that, I really have not forgot any of you just trying to find my way with all the changes going on in our home, but I think my routine is getting better...  My windows are open  as well as the family room patio doors, letting in all this wonderful warm weather..

Yesterday afternoon I was getting our patio ready sweeping and  getting it all set for Spring. I still have lots to do with it, but a least it is getting there.  So later today I will be out front raking up some left over leafs and twigs from the yard, then Zach will be home from school, then I will be in my craft room working on my Easter Swap basket, I have cup up with some pretty great gifts for my partner, so I hope she likes it...  So ladies that is my morning so far... I am tired already .  lol

Now on to my winning a give a way... ohhhhh goodness... I was so very excited to be the very luck winner of Heidi's give a way, from  foxgloves, fabric and folly. She had a drawing a while back for her very beautiful Pink and White Quilt,,, and I WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    [squeal very loud]    I was just so amazed that my name was drawn out from over 130  comments....  I have been blessed with this winning... So Yesterday my door bell rang, and when I opened the door there was this wonderful looking box  looking up at me....  I was so very excited, as I picked it up and saw the name on the box, I knew what was inside.  I could not wait to see it,,,,  so I will show you some of the photos I took... I hope you are still with me, I know it is getting to a long post,,, sorry... he he

 

Heidi took such care in packing this beautiful quilt...

  

This is how she bundled it up, with a pretty ribbon and a very sweet note. She had this little beauty so snug and wrapped that nothing could have messed it up... Now how sweet and caring was that I ask you... But then if any of you know Heidi you already know how she is.. 

I just had to get a photo of it out side on my patio, the light was just perfect for it..... Don't you just love the color Pink, I am so in love with this quilt. So now I had to find a place to put it so every one could see it...

So I thought it would look pretty on my dinning room table, I know it is a small one, it used to be in our kitchen nook in our other home, but with all my grandkid's coming and going I was worried about it... So I have a four poster bed with the side rails so I hung it behind out head board. It looks pretty great. Sorry I did get a photo of it, but I will today and sneak it in tomorrow's post. 

It any of you have not been to Heidi's blog,  then you really should pay her a visit. She is such  a caring loving friend. Heidi is so understanding as well, with a huge Heart for others....  I love to read her posts, from everything to her family, her beautiful home and the recipes she shares.  So I hope you will pay her a visit, I promise you will not be disappointed...  Well I guess that is about it for now,,,,,,   hey do I hear a  it's about time......  he he

I hope every one had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day yesterday, and I hope you all have a beautiful day today...  I am listening to a Robin calling for it's mate.... how sweet the sound....  love it.

I thank you for stopping by to read my posts, and then to leave me a comment about it...  You all make my days so much brighter... I still keep you all my prayers and in my heart.....

Until next time  enjoy life... God Bless

Hugs;

Alaura