Another death in the family................

John's first cousin Jesse passed away on Thursday. He was 47, he died of 3 brain aneurysms. John and Jessie grew up right next door to each other. He was John's buddy, scout mate, best
friend and as he was growing up, his partner in crime. hahahaha His life was quickly snuffed out before his time. Jesse did request to be an organ donor and hopefully someone else will be given a second chance at life.
The funeral will be tomorrow, so I might not get a chance to blog.
No stitching has gotten done at all :(
DaisyGirl

More Disney Pictures!

Kyle is such a clown! Very fun to be around!

I am happy to be home, I finally got to stitch yesterday. I did take some stitching with me on the bus ride. But that proved harder to do than I thought. I sat at the back of the bus near the bathroom, and every bump or jump made me prick my fingers. So I ended up just reading my magazine.

Since I am so far behind on my stitching, this weekend I'm gonna pull a all weekender of stitching. I've got the next Quaker ready to start. I'm tackling the horns this time! Hope I don't have to frog too much! (hahaha)

My Daisy and Butters were both lost without me. They turned to John for lap time. He says he doesn't like animals much, but let me tell you this, he's an old softie at heart.

Enjoy more pictures! I'm gonna try to add the video, so hopefully I'll get it loaded without too much problem.

Spring break is just around the corner! I'm looking forward to some me time!

Hugs to all my friends!

DaisyGirl

A whirl wind blew through my house! Heavy post!

(This is my motley crew!)

<<<<<<<

Well, for starters, I am ok, just totally blown out tired. Remember our band trip? to Walt Disney? Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just that it took me almost two whole weeks of sewing and repairing uniforms, packing 55 uniforms, making sure every teen had the following, black socks, sequins, hat boxes, black gloves and last but not least, marching shoes! Whew! That was more than one person could stand! But did I quiver? No! I over came mountains of whines from students: Mama Bennett(that's what my kids call me) I can't find my sequins! I forgot my socks! Let's just say that Daniel better love me forever! I wear a size 6 shoe, he wears a size 12, that poor boy borrowed my Jacob's socks and then Jacob wore mine. My snap fell off! Can you sew it back on? My pants split! Horray for iron on patches!

I will say that I loved every minute of these last three weeks! After Jacob graduates high school next year, what am I gonna do? No one will need me! Egads! I'll have to follow Jacob to college!

Also my duties were Band Nurse, since I am the only one who has a certified first aid card, which I have to renew this summer. My hotel room had to have a refrigerator! Wahoo for cold Mountain Dew! I had to keep medication drops refrigged for one young man. (This poor guy is allergic to everything!

I walked blisters on both of the pads and soles of my feet! I was ready to come home on Monday.

I am so blessed that I was able to spend this time with my Jacob and his best friends. The whole trip was perfect, great weather, good kids, only one kid passed out on me this trip! ( That's a whole other post!) Disney is awesome! It makes me wish that my other son Jason could have gone with us.

I'm gonna try to put the video of the band marching in the parade around the Magic Castle! Jacob will have to help me on that one. I filled a 2meg memory card full of pictures.

As for stitching? Shame on me! No stitching, bad girl! Ulla, I did get my rr mailed out to you!

I will have to to do pictures over the next few days, since Blogger will only allow so many!

More tomorrow friends! I am so glad to be home!

DaisyGirl

News to follow later today!

Happy News

Well, the mammogram wasn't that bad after all. I do have a lump, but they tell me it's not a bad kind. It is a cystic kind, that I guess will either go away or doesn't cause problems. They did tell me to make sure I have a mammogram every year now since I did have a lump. I have lumpy boobs! hahaha
I sure feel better now, and I want to thank my brother Patrick for putting me on his church prayer list. I received lots of prayers and emails from members of his church. Thanks to all who commented and wished me well. The doctor who was there said that I probably had a cold in my left breast, since it apparently had some inflammation in the tissue. I never had heard of that, but hey, at least I'm ok.
Tomorrow is my tea party. I just got back from Publix with all kinds of tasty goodies to eat. Now I just need to clean up the kitchen and decorate alittle. I think I'm gonna go and get started.
Hoping everyone has a great weekend! Mine will be!
DaisyGirl

What a day!

It seemed like forever, but finally Friday will be here. I hesitate to jinx myself, but here goes nothing. A couple of weeks ago, a lump was detected in my left breast, so off to the doctor I went. He felt it and said, let's do a mammogram and ultrasound. OK I said, lets do it. Well, I've had to wait 3 weeks just to get an appointment. Well friends, this has been a long 3 weeks for me and I hate waiting!
So cross your fingers that it's nothing to worry about. I've never had a mammogram yet. My boobs are gonna get mushed and squashed! Yikes!
Our spring trip to Disney is just around the corner. I've spent the past couple of days fitting and getting the uniforms ready for the trip! The band will get to march down to the castle in a parade. I'm very excited about it.
Concerning stitching, I've been alittle scatter brained and haven't stitched much. I did get my PS exchange finished and in the mail. I'm working on my Halloween RR. I missed the due date on that one, hoping to finish it this weekend and get it in the mail to Ulla. (Sorry Ulla!)
My tea party is rescheduled for this Saturday and I'm happy that I'm feeling better.
Good news came yesterday, my niece is pregnant and found out that she is having a girl! Yea for a girl! They are so much fun to shop for!
Well, I'm off to stitch alittle!
DaisyGirl

A nasty bug strikes..............

I had to change my Tea Party till next weekend. I am sick with some kind of stinky bug. I had hoped I could overcome being sick, but alas, my body would not cooperate with me. After talking with my sister, we decided it would be better to give me another week to get better. I do not want to get my Moma sick or Judy, she's just gotten over being sick. So we will reschedule for next week!
As Edgar says same bat time , same bat channel! (hahaha) I just love that!
I have pretty much slept the whole day. My hubby says I sleep more than 3 people. I normally sleep at least 10 hours a day. If I take a nap then that number increases! Ah sleep!
So I'm off to go lounge on the couch and rest! Hoping everyone has a great weekend!
DaisyGirl

Change again!

Carol informed me that my sides on the blog template was moving, well, I can't have that! I didn't know that it was doing that, so I changed again! As they say, change is good! So we will see if I like this color.
I'd like the cool template designs, but I also don't want my friends getting a headache when they view my blog! As I'm not a computer savvy person yet, I'll have to look into trying to make my own template.
My Valentine Tea Party is this weekend and I am excited to have my Mom and my sisters and nieces show up for tea and goodies!
I'm working on a little craft project for them, so I can't show any pictures because I know my sis reads my blog. I can't wait!
Well, I'm gonna get busy crafting. Hope everyone is having a great week!
Hugs,
DaisyGirl

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hoping everyone has had a sweet Valentine Day! John got me a mini rose plant! (Let' hope I don't kill it!) I'm able to maintain African violets. Those are my lucky plants!

We went over to my Momma's house where we cooked out on the grill! Steaks and baked potatoes, plus I baked a very yummy cake with pink icing!

Thanks to my brother for inviting us over! I love you bro!

I've finished my PS exchange, so that will go in the mail on Monday, no pictures until I know my exchange partner gets it in the mail.

I can't believe that we are half way thru February! Jacob and I leave for Disney in 4 weeks! The band will be marching in the parade at Disney! I am excited because I've never been and I love Winnie the Pooh! Plus Tinkerbell! Count down to Disney!

The weather here in GA has been so spring like! I hope it stays that way.

Well, I'm off to stitch, I've got 2 RR's to work on! I'm gonna try to get Terri's Halloween RR done this week! Then I'll work on Carol's Quaker RR!

Happy Day and Big Hugs and kisses to all my friends!

DaisyGirl

Hurray for Friday!

I'm so ready for Friday. It has been a hectic week. I swear, the kids at school have been wired up. Just today I had 2 kids try to steal food. It makes me furious, because most likely these kids are not being raised right. I can't believe a 2nd grader would steal. What is this world coming too?
I'm finished with Edgar's Quaker RR, and it goes in the mail tomorrow! Yeah! Start watching Carol!
I'm just about finished with my PS exchange, just have to add initials and assemble the piece. then that will be going in the mail next week.
I'm still unable to post pictures, John's gonna reroute something so I can add pictures. You can tell that I really don't know much about the computer.
I'm gonna go relax!
DaisyGirl

Quick Update......

We lost our main computer due to a nasty bug of some sort. And, horrors all my pictures were on that computer. So Terry, I'm sorry I will attempt to take new pictures and try to load them on our second computer. I finally was able to persuade my hubby that the boys needed their own computers in their rooms. Yea to John for buying the boys new computers. We got Jacob a laptop, and Jason a desktop. They got to choose which one they wanted. Also AT&T will be setting up a wireless network by Friday so the boys will have Internet in their own rooms! I'm so excited about that most of all. To be able to sit in my living room, in front of the fire and cross stitch in peace and quiet! No more music, or gaming to listen too. I can't wait!
I have been working on finishing Edgar's Quaker RR. It should be finished tomorrow, and then I will send it on to Carol. I'll be glad to get his in the mail. I think I got behind, but I ended up having Edgar's and Rowyn's RR's at the same time. Whew! I got to hurry!
I'm also working on my PS exchange. I've been ebaying quite abit here lately to stock up on numerous designs for the year long PS exchange. I just won Rabbit Folk for 99 cents! Wahoo!
I'm gonna look again tonight before I go to bed!
Hoping everyone is having a great weekend.
DaisyGirl