If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it fall, does it make any sound ????
After all these years I have asked myself this question over and over again and the answer is still a resounding, “NO.”
I always have some music to go along with my blog b/c music is everything, thank you mom for the gift of music. You might also want to give your mom a minute, b/c that’s how fast life comes at you…in a minute.
Mom’s are very special to the world…Blessings, world.Mom’s deserve a minute, no matter…
I’ll start out with some music as it is SLS but I can’t find the prompt as it’s been awhile. I’m going to use one of my fav’s which come from what seems like a million years ago. Our youngest Connor (I call him Connie) who was a dancer now retired, married to a retired ballerina, Melissa (I call her Missy) and have 2 grand babies. He once danced to this song and I just fell in love with it. It’s performed by, The Killer’s …
I think I’ll just throw up one of the Husband’s (the artist’s) painting…I was looking for his white tiger but couldn’t find it.
The Tiger’s Come at Night
Too hot to go out and play so I’m just staying in and I thought I would put up a post. Summer has been so busy as of late that I really have not had much time to post.
Here are a couple of pics of them when they were dancing together…
Connor & Melissa Romeo &n JulietMelissa & Connor aka Romeo & JulietCostume PartyConnie & Missy’s Fam Ruby Mae & Sam
I’ve forgotten just how adorb they both are with such a beautiful family…Grandmama & Grandpapa love you to the moon !!!!Yes that is me when I was PG with him…Just thought I’d put that up for some laugh’s !!!
PG w/Connie/1992 He was my 5th !!! OMGMom & Dad/Missy (PG w/ Grandbaby #8) & Connor
Okay a couple more…and then I’ll move on to the other dancer in the family.
Melissa & Connor/Romeo & JuilietMelissa & Connor
One more 🙂 …
Romeo & Juliet/Mellissa & Connor
These pics you just knew they would end up together !!! So much love !!!
I can’t leave out my other dancer’s who are yes, married and have grand baby # 9 !!!! Unfortunately I don’t have any pics of Hannah dancing as she retired before I met her b/c of an injury, but I still have plenty of great pics !!!
Matthew & HannahRichmond Ballet at Wedding/Matthew & Hannah
I can’t ever pass up a reason to post this video again !!! This was my Dancing moment that I’ve truly lived for. Matthew know’s and he made it happen !!! It was the most amazing dance ever. I’ll never forget it as long as I live…
They gave us our 9th grand baby this past December…He’s so sweet and we just love him to the moon !!!!
It’s going to get busier, in a fun way !!! Going to Vegas !!!! Y A Y one of my favorite places to go. Can’t hardly wait and the heat doesn’t bother me at all. I’m either gambling, hanging at the spa or pool or shopping. That heat is what I call Hell Heat !!! But I don’t care. No worries I’ll be posting when we go !!!!
Was playing with my, “Common Place” Book. That’s where I write down everything that I love and matters to me and my life. It’s like a book full of a lot of insipiration for me. I just love it !!!
Happiness is….
Being around the people who matter
They honor your successes
and share in your losses
Laughter is common and
Fears are accepted
Love fills the room when
You are together
February 7, 2015
Well this turned into quite the post !!! Hope you enjoyed it. I better get up and walk around. Happy Week to all !!!
Started off the weekend with a great nights sleep, OMG !!! Always so grateful for that. Last night experienced some weather that I have never been in before. It was sooo cool. When we were driving home from dinner, my weather alarm went off which I wasn’t expecting at all. We live out incountryside, sort of. It has been very dry as of late and the farmer’s were out plowing up the fields to get them ready for planting. W/O warning the wind started blowing and the Clouds of dust just came out of nowhere !!! I got some really cool pics…Check it out.
Here’s a little bit of music to enjoy the dust storm 😉 …
I love the cross/Backyard Field across the streetLove it !!!! Sun CrossStorm winding downBlack out w/Cross from the sunTotal black outBlack out
It was a site, but I really enjoyed the cross from the sun…Never have I seen that before. I felt very blessed to experience that…
Then this morning we got all the planting done before Memorial Day !!! Woot, Woot, Woot. Really happy about that.
3 burning bushes/5 Red LiliesOur Japanese Maple5 Yellow Rose Bushes
That is a huge check off on our to do list!!!Now just getting ready for a road trip to see the new grand baby #9 Mr. Oliver out in Virginia and we will stop out to make sure the Atlantic Ocean is still there !!!!
Momma & Da to be…Hannah w/Grandbaby #9/Mr. OliverMatthew & HannahOliver’s Momma-to-be
Stay tuned b/c I have the Artist working again so I’m hoping for a Monday’s Masterpiece soon !!!
Mt. Who Knows …The Artist…
Enjoy the rest of your weekend…Thats’s all for now. Love Y’all and Blessings ..
Happy Monday today/tonight (it’s still Monday) I’m going to try to get caught up with the AtoZ Blogging Challenge. Was going to this weekend but it got away from me. Was a successful weekend though and got a lot done.
I’m going to start with the letter “H” for the post…I’m writing about things that have meaning to me. Dorothy said it best, “There’s no place like home.”
Scarlet’s Ruby Slipper’s
They are not too fancy, but when it comes to shoes I prefer comfortable over fashion 🙂 …I know they are nothing like Dorothy’s in the Wizard of Oz, but I think you see where I’m going with this blog post.
There really is no place like home. We built our first forever home about a year or so ago. I love my home. It is comfortable, it is my safe haven. I don’t think I ever want to move again. Below are the pictures of the homestead getting built. Enjoy the progress !!!
House getting builtFramingBastmentKitchenLiving AreaKitchenGetting CloserLiving Room/Looking over back fieldKitchen & The HusbandKitchen/Brand New AppliancesFront DoorKitchenBrand New Stove & MicrowaveAlmost Moving DayBrand New Double Door RefrigeratorMoving Day/Y A YBeautius Side Yard Fenced In !!!
Just a Quick Look at our Palace and it truly is. There’s no Place like Home…We are truly blessed.
When I managed to turn around to see my child, it made
me go back to the past, with just one sentence…
She was no longer within my reach.
I travelled far….
When did time go by and make us adults full of boring priorities??
We fight every day, for something we’re not even sure we really want…
When in fact grandma’s house, is what everyone needs to be happy.
Grandma’s house, is where the hands of the clock take a vacation with us and the minutes unhurriedly, go by.
Grandma’s house is where a simple pasta and homemade bread seem to have different flavors, delicious...
Grandma’s house is where an innocent afternoon, can last for an eternity of games and fantasies.
Grandma’s house is where the cupboards hide old clothes and mysterious tools.
Grandma’s house is where the closed boxes become chests of secret treasures, ready to be unveiled.
Grandma’s house is where toys rarely come ready, they are invented on the spot.
Grandma’s house, is where everything is mysteriously possible, magic happens without worries..
Grandma’s house is where we find the REMAINS OF OUR PARENTS’ CHILDHOOD AND THE BEGINNING OF OUR LIVES.
Grandma’s house on the inside, is the address of our deepest affection, where EVERYTHING IS ALLOWED.
That luxury no longer belongs to me – unfortunately – it will live with me only in memories.
Even so, if I could place an order now…any order of all orders in the world, I would order the same thing…
“CAN I SLEEP AT GRANDMA’S TONIGHT ???”
This was the 1st picture of all the grandkids and the featured picture was the last one. Although a couple more cousins still were not in that one. Irish/Italian Catholic Family …. Love to all the cousin’s. I was the one next to my sister in the green dress. My other two sister’s were in back of us. Grandmama would be proud 😉 ….
It worries me that I think there is going to be an entire generation that will not have a relationship w/their Grandmama…Those children will be the loser’s of that. My grandmama made a huge impact in my life. She didn’t live close to us but I spent the summer’s with her and my cousins. Those memories I will cherish in my heart forever.
I am so thankful for my Grandmama Fannie…I look forward to seeing her again someday. I was blessed with her in my life and all the time spent up on that magical farm in Wisconsin …
I figured out what I was going to do with this Letter
Family
This really is a great one for my b/c I have just the most amazing family of all time. I know, I’m probably just not too objective about this but I really do 😉 . They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well you can be the judge…
This is a video of our youngest. He was a ballet dancer and this was him as Romeo and he danced with what turned out to be his real life Juliet ♥️♥️… They are now married and have the most beautius little babies…
Adorb !!!!Ruby Mae & SamConnie & Missy’s Fam Ruby Mae & Sam
Next (and not in any particular order) is our only daughter the nurse and our beautiful granddaughters !!!!
Christmas, 2024Olivia & Mariah/4th of July, 2024Family,2024
Finally last but not least, there is Matthew & Hannah. They just had our #9th grand baby in December…
My GirlsThe Brother’sHannah w/Grandbaby #9Outerbank’s Fall, 2024
Those two met on the Ballet too. They are retired now and busy in their new roles as mom & dad to Mr. Oliver…
We are a family of artist’s…Each and everyone is just beyond talented…It was more of a challenge for the daughter, but that’s just how it is for girls. Every girl wants to be the prima ballerina and the guys have it I wouldn’t say easier. It’s just a different competition thing. Any way you look at it Ballet Dancing on a company is an extremely hard life. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to watch them all dance on a huge stage. The boys were on Joffrey in Chicago, Milwaukee Ballet, and then they both went out East and danced with Richmond Ballet.
We all use to do the community musical’s in the summer which was so much fun. We did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamboat & Les Miserables…There were other’s too, I just don’t remember the names. Theater taught themso much about life, work, being the star and not being the star. It was a hard road, but it was very cool !!! Seeing your kids up on that stage…
Joseph the MusicalCinderella/Ugly SisterThe BrothersShowtimeCinderella/Ugly StepsisterRehersalUgly Stepsister RehersalCinderellaPracticeMelissaPractice/CovidThe Artist featured in MagazineConnor/Romeo & Juliet RehersalRomeo & Juliet/Melissa & ConnorMelissa & ConnorMelissa & Connor/Romeo & JuilietDancer’s/Bride & GroomBoth Retired Diancer’sRichmond Ballet at Wedding/Matthew & HannahI’m A Nurse !!!Matthew, Connie, LizzieTaye DiggsMatthew #3 Son A Dancer’s FamilyMatthew Cavalier/Nutcracker
I saved the best for last…This was at Matthew’s & Hannah’s Wedding. I always would tell Matthew that when I died, I knewI went to heaven if Patrick Swayze was there and I was dancing that song with him. The night before his wedding I asked him what was the song we were going to do the mom & son dance to. He said it was something I’d never heard of so I went on line and watched it so I would have some idea of how to dance to it. Below just gives me another chance to post this video, an incredible memory that I will never, ever forget. Thank you Matthew and Hannah for giving me that. I still smile when I watch it…
Family is not everything it’s the only thing. I love you guys !!! Thank you for picking me as your mom…
Hello fellow AtoZ Blogger’s…Been trying to get back in the game and really it’s just simple … Just do it already. Been preoccupied by the stock market, but I was pretty sure that President Trump knew what he was doing. Still it was/is a little bit Iggy …
Then I had a set back on my book, the one with Winston that I’ll go into at a later time. Right now I just want to do some writing about the letter ‘E’…
I’m going to write about our side business, Elan Creations…First off the meaning of “Elan/With Eagerness of Spirit.” This word has so much importance in my life. This concept literally saved my life and I would not be the woman I am today. It’s not just word, it’s a way of life for me !!! Another story for another day
We named our side hustle, i.e. small on-line business, that incorporated this word.Mean, nasty, jealous people have tried to ruin our business again and again, but we are thriving and they will not succeed.
During the pandemic, (the big lie)…I realized the husband was an amazing artist which was a bit strange as we had been together for 42 years at that time and all I ever knew was that he was a savvy business man who graduated from Northwestern University (the Harvard of the Midwest) and received his MBA from DePaul University. He worked during the day and went to school at night. A very ambitious man and a great husband and father of 5…I was the stay at home wife, raising those children.
When we were locked down, which drove both of us crazy he started painting. I don’t just mean beginner stuff. He was good, really good. He‘s so funny b/c he use to say death is a great move for an artist because all of the good ones didn’t get noticed until after their passing. I also was so thankful to his mom for making him go to college and get that degree from Northwestern b/c a starving artist is a real thing and we could’ve never been where we are today had he just painted…
The Artist
We are still selling and it’s a pretty good side gig and besides that he loves to do it. His Art Studio is in the basement and it’s a good place for him to escape too. I’m going to share some of his paintings with you. He’s onAmazon Handmade if you’re interested in any of them for purchase. I hope you enjoy what I haveposted but he can also be commissioned for special works of art if you’re interested. Blessing, and I hope you like them. They are very professional.
Painter’s Store
Glen GaryBootSt PeterThe Potatoe Eater’s/Van GoghThe Tiger’s Come at NightSnow Leopard
I’m working on our store link so stay tuned…Will have that up an running soon. In the meantime, if you’re interested just msg me…Thanks, Blogger’s. Blessings on your week…
It is a beautius day in the Midwest, which is unusual for Chicago…I’m not a huge fan of March, but I’ll take it. It ususally is, “Gluggaveour” which is an Icelandic word (n.) lit. “Window-Weather” ; a weather that looks so nice and picturesque through the window, until you’re actually outside in it; a weather best enjoyed only behind the window…” Too chilly for me today and I think it’s going to snow tomorrow. So I’m not going to venture out to far. No I mean serious snow, 5″ inches or so…
This word made it into my own personal thersaurus, the one I have made of words that I want to keep for my writing’s. Future references for me.Just through this little bit in to get my blog post going.
This Blog was really about things I’m thankful for. As I lay in bed last night, I was thinking about how grateful I am for being Catholic. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. I went and got ashes. This now starts the season of Lent. The Catholic Religion is so rich in tradition I always get a bit choked up when I’m in church. I thought about my mom and my grandmama. They set such a great example of what it was to be Catholic.Mom use to talk about a happy death, which is also a promise of the Rosary. I never really understood that, I mean it’s death. What could be happy about that.
I’m going to put a song here b/c I absolutely love this prayer and would love to share this with you…Andrea Bocelli, “The Lord’s Prayer”
For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, forever. Amen
When mom died, she showed me exactly what a happy death was. She was absolutely angelic at her furneral. I understood what she was talking about. I will be eternally grateful for the gift she and my grandmama of being Catholic. They lived there life exactly how I can only hope to live mine. I thank her and my dear sweet grandmama for showing me how to live my Catholic religion.
Being Catholic is the best gift to have been given by my mom and for that I say, “Thank you, Mom. I hope I make you proud of my life as a Catholic.” I love my religion and I can only hope that I have passed that gift of being Catholic to my kids…
Glad to be back. Been on the DL for a bit had some dental work done last week so I’ve been working on that recovery. Good to happen now as it’s still the Winter in Chicago and it was verrrryyy cold, brrrrr last week but now they’re saying 50’s this week. That sounds about right for Chicago in the Midwest during February. Hopefully March will come in like a lamb, but then we’ll have to wait and see hoping it doesn’t go out like a lion 😉 …
Today the prompt for SLS is, the title of the song is also the title of the movie. Thanks Mr. Jim, always love you post’s !!! I’m going to go with a song and the movie that was one of me and my daughter’s fav’s…”Against All Odds”. Phil Collins recording and Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward starring in the movie !!! We both really loved watching this together and we use to sing it loud and proud in the car !!!
“Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”
How can I just let you walk away? Just let you leave without a trace When I stand here taking every breath With you? Ooh, ooh
You’re the only one who really knew me at all
How can you just walk away from me When all I can do is watch you leave? ‘Cause we’ve shared the laughter and the pain And even shared the tears
You’re the only one who really knew me at all
So, take a look at me now Well, there’s just an empty space And there’s nothing left here to remind me Just the memory of your face Ooh, take a look at me now Well, there’s just an empty space And you coming back to me is against the odds And that’s what I’ve got to face
I wish I could just make you turn around Turn around and see me cry There’s so much I need to say to you So many reasons why
You’re the only one who really knew me at all
So, take a look at me now Well, there’s just an empty space And there’s nothing left here to remind me Just the memory of your face Now, take a look at me now ‘Cause there’s just an empty space But to wait for you is all I can do And that’s what I’ve got to face Take a good look at me now ‘Cause I’ll still be standing here And you coming back to me is against all odds It’s the chance I’ve gotta take
Take a look at me now
I hope you enjoy the memories lizzie <3. They were good ones !!! Happy Sunday to all and let’s have a great week !!!!
