My mom was a nurse, my sister was a nurse. I told the daughter I didn’t think she should be a nurse, b/c I grew up with nursing and it’s not an easy job. So then she became a nurse…
I’m A Nurse !!!Off to Work I goNurse LizzieI graduate
Like most children they have a mind of their own and they do what they want. I have to say the Medical World is better b/c she’s in it. She’s a great nurse, her grandmother would be proud …
Grandmama
Like all my kids, she’s not just a nurse. She’s a mom just like her me with 3 beautiful daughter’s of her own !!!
Little #1GabriellaLittle #2Christmas, 2023Me & only daughterBakerMy Girl’s
Good for her !!! Motherhood & Nursing
Joseph the Musical
Throw in a little musical theatre just for fun 😉 …
Elan Creations is my husband’s the name my husband gave his artwork…
Self PortraitGlen GaryBootShowLibrary ShowShow
We are a family full of amazing artist’s!!! A very unique and talented group of people that really make this world a better place…
I call him Connie…Really his name is Connor. I absolutely love, love, love his name. He was our 5th and I already had 3 boys so I was kind of hoping for a sister for my girl. I was one of 4 girls so I was hoping she could have a sister too. Who knew that when it gets later in life, the sister thing not that important…
When we found out I was having a 4th son, I was just happy everything was going fine with the PG. When we were throwing out names, the husband came up with Connor…OMG I was so overjoyed with that name, I just fell in love with my baby Connor…
Connie/#4 Son/Joffrey
It’s hard to write about Connor b/c he is just such a special person. He was our last, and it has been such a joy to be his mom and a privilege. He too became a performer. His first time on a stage was when he was 4 years old as, “John Thomas” for somebody’s high school play. After that it was dancing all the way…
ConnorThe Brother’sConnie & DadThe Brother’s & SisterThe family picture 1993/94Dad, Matthew & ConnieMatthew &n ConnieBaby Connor’s ChristeningThe Brother’sLove that hair !!!Matthew & Connie/Joseph the MusicalMom & ConnieThe Artist (Dad) Sketch of Connie
Connor & his brother Matthew did everything together, so if Matthew danced Connor danced !!!!
I’m going to start with his dancing career, he was amazing on the stage…A real pro
This was before they were married. After watching their performance, the husband leaned over and said, “They are going to get married. They are totally in Love .” I had to agree and I couldn’t be happier to welcome sweet Melissa into our family…
The Courtship…
Costume PartyThe courtship
The Wedding…
The Brother’sMr. & MrsThe Family Growsand Grows
I’m going to start with our famous Cookies that we bake at Christmas…Have so much fun as bakingwith the fam…My happy place.
My Girl’s BakingMy GirlKendall CollegeChristmas CookiesMe and my Girl !!!!!
We do our Christmas Baking downtown at Kendall College in Chicago. So much fun and keeps the mess out of my kitchen. They provide everything you need. Sooo much fun !!!!!!
Christmas…It certainly was memorable !!!!
Grandpapa & Grandmama w/our girl’sER Visit
I at least got the Christmas Picture/Card and Christmas Cookies baked before I fell and broke my arm….Husband managed to get the house decorated !!!
This post was a bit long and it might not be a smooth as I like, but the computer and loading has been a challenge for some reason…Blessing’s from Scarlet, hope you are enjoying, “Scarlet’s Stories !!”
Happy Monday and here we go on AtoZ…Boy did this really sneak up on me. Been so busy getting my arm rehabilitated (broke it this past December) and getting ready for Grandbaby #8, but I’m going to give it the old college try. I hope you’ll stick with me.
Before I began blogging, I was a homemaker and a wife and the best of all I am a Mom of 5. Probably the greatest privilege of all!!! I have always wanted to write and I have soooo many stories. People who know me have often said, “You’ve got to write a book.” I’m still working on that so for now I have my Blog and you.
Today we start the letter “A” and this one is an easy one for me. If only the rest of the alphabet could be this easy. I have many (Artist’s) in my family, starting with my mom (RIP) who we lost last year. She could play any instrument, had a beautiful voice and could sing, she was also a retired nurse. It was from her that I fell in love with the Arts !!!
Mom4 generationsMom/Retirement
This will be our 45th wedding anniversary and I’ve been with the husband since I was Junior in HS and he was a Junior at Northwestern University….I was impressed 😉 . We married after 3 years of dating and started our family.
He was a suit in Chicago and I was a union girl for the Railroad … We were really young married’s. We knew what we wanted. A home, a family, career’s (He continued his education at Depaul and got his MBA) and a whole lot of love.
Highschool/GorgeousMy GuyI definitely do !!!Everything is beautiful at the ballet
We had 5 children, 2 boys, a girl, and 2 more boys…I was trying to get our girl a sister, but God had other plans. Two of our boys were professional Ballet Dancer’s, both married Ballerina’s. I found out during Covid that I too was married to an artist, and I became the, “Painter’s Wife !!!”
I’m going to give you just a tad bit of info on each of our Artist’s with more stories to come…
Our 2 youngest boys were the dancer’s. They attended a performing Arts High School in the city and that’s where their story began…Both walked off the Graduation Stage onto Joffrey’s stage in Chicago. From there they went to Milwaukee Ballet and then they finished their career’s on Richmond Ballet in Virginia.
Connie/#4 SonMatthew #3 Son ConnorMatthewA Dancer’s FamilyMatthewUgly Step Sister/CinderellaMelissaMatthew Cavalier/NutcrackerMatthew Cavalier/NutcrackerConnor & Melissa Romeo &n JulierMatthew & Randy BlytheAunt Dawn’s/Gender RevealChristmas Eve, 2021Matthew & The ComposerMatthew & MaggieDon QuixoteBaby Connor’s ChristeningMatthew & Connie/Joseph the Musical
I can’t leave out my only girl. She’s a beauty and a nurse and the proud mother of our 3 beautiful Granddaugher’s…
Gabriella/1st grandbabyLittle #2The Little’s #1 & 2MerryChristmas 2023Merry Christmas 2023Dad & His GirlNurses Y A YI’m A Nurse !!!HalloweenOff to Work I goI’m in Love w/Taye DiggsI’m a NurseWe Made It !!!!Off to work I go4 generations
That is just a snippet of the charactor’s in my journey. Hope you’ll come back to see some more of my story…Blessing’s for all !!!! Here is a quick view of the Painter’s Band that he created…I told you he could paint, enjoy…The Artist had a show with the Piano Guy 😉 …
The StringsThe HornsThe SaxophoneThe DrummerThe Piano The Artist
I’ve been sitting around pretty much all of this month trying to figure out my Theme for 2024 AtoZ and I have finally come up with what I think will work for me. I am going to be out probably most of April in VA as we are having a new grand baby and I get to spend time w/my adorb Ms. Ruby. Hopefully Missy will hold out for a few weeks so we can get some much needed shopping in for her and little Ms. Ruby. I do love to shop, especially for babies and new mommies ….
The weather I’m sure will be perfect, not too hot or cold….Just right and what else is good I’ll be leaving Chicago b/c I’m pretty sure if you know anything about March in Chicago it is the worst of times. Cold, rainy, windy, cloudy pretty much sums it up.
Back to the theme reveal…This year theme reveal is going to be Stories from Scarlet…They are usually very unique, sometimes long and a lot of time very funny. I’m going to have to go back and look at my writing’s and past blog’s to jog the old memory. I guarantee you will definitely be entertained. I hope you’ll join me down Scarlett’s Memory Lane…Blessings dear blogger’s …
I’m just checking for today to let you know I’m still here. Unfortunately life has happened and I lost my mom this past weekend. I just need some time to grieve and honor my mother so I hope to be back soon. I’ll just have to wait and see how things go. Thank you fellow blogger’s and friends. Scarlet ♥️…I’m planning to do a post honoring my mother, b/c she was my person and the most special person in my world…I love you mom ♥️
Good Friday Morning fellow blogger‘s and I really did mean Happy Friday b/c I just realized it is Good Friday 🙂 I am just happy to still hanging be hanging in there w/the AtoZ Challenge. Didn’t have a great editorial calendar for this year’s challenge but I figure I get a pass b/c I am just trying to get my site back up an running.
Today’s letter is ‘L’ so I’m going to go with that … I know it’s really ‘M’ but I’ll get to that but first let’s do ‘L’ …
Scarlet’s Italian Fresh Cream Lemon Cake
This is a great cake for Spring and Easter…Enjoy <3
Welcome Blogger’sto Scarlett’s Secret Recipe Vault i.e. the AtoZ Blogging Challenge 😉
Today we will be covering Baked (Overnight) (F)rench Toast Casserole in a link right here.
Below is my go to recipe for all of my frosting:
This is my go to recipe for all of my (f)rosting. I use pretty much the same recipe for all of my frosting… Then will flavor it with whatever works for the recipe. Sometimes strawberries … My fresh strawberry buttercream is to die for … It’s a keeper. That is a bit more complicated. I make a strawberry puree w/fresh strawberries…Delish <3
I guess I’ll be starting from scratch but at least I’m starting !! I’d hoped to have my blog’s new look up and running but not so much. I just have to get busy with AtoZ as we are already on the letter ” D ” OMG…
I started this blog with the idea of writing my cookbook.I amstill moving in that direction and AtoZ will keep me focused. I am doing R E C I P E S from the family vault…Not really, but family favorites from Scarlett79.
I’m just going to start with the letter” C “…Below is my recipe for “Chicken Tortilla Soup.” It is a basic recipeand you can add pretty much anything you want to make it your own. This recipe proved to be a good one for Sunday Afternoon’s with a houseful of guest watching a sporting event. Makes for good leftovers for the week too 😉 ..
Scarlet’s Chicken Tortilla Soup
Let’s just hope this gets a little bit easier as I go and I get back into the groove. I do so enjoy A to Z…Any comments that can help me to get this back to the way it was are welcome. But I’m here for the duration of April. Enjoy the recipes 😉 Love ya Blogger’s and AtoZ’ers…
Happy Tuesday AtoZer’s…Hope your week is going good. The weather is absolutely gorgeous with sun and temps in the 80’s. Believe you me that is a rarity for April in the Midwest i.e. Chicago. We could still be having snow, not kidding.
I thought this might be challenging to find a painting that I could use that the Artist did for the letter “E” but then he said just use Elvis. Of course, one of his favorite performer’s and naturally he has a few different images of The King 😉
Maybe we could do a little music with today’s post (One of my favorite songs by the King) and now I get how the Artist could do so many different looks with his painting’s. He sure was a handsome guy <3
The first painting he did around this past Christmas. It is a painting of our son Matthew who had an amazing Dance career.
Matthew our 3rd son/The Ballet Dancer
For my next choice is a painting he did of a door. It’s a sweet door of cottage somewhere…
The Cottage Door
My final choice for today’s letter is a painting he worked on during the lockdown and all this Covid Pandemic … It really says it all…
Death/Pandemic
These are my choice for today. I hope you are enjoying all of his amazing artwork. Remember we have a site where all of this artwork can be purchased. Just use the link below to go to his Amazon site. Blessings AtoZ Bloggers’s <3 . I hope your Easter was great. Happy Monday, Happy Week <3 .
