Tuesday August 18

Good afternoon from a still rainy Kansas.
I woke up this morning thinking it was Wednesday. I soon realized I skipped Tuesday.
We have our bowling league meeting this evening and then next Tuesday we get to start bowling. I can't wait!

I worked on that other quilt this morning and will have to each day Tuesday through Friday....can't work on it when the gift recipient is home. I have a new squidoo lens in mind...Blankets for Christmas. Speaking of squidoo, I updated my Crafts as Gifts lens this morning. I will be hopefully building a new lens tomorrow, the first of the 8 I will be doing during the 8 weeks of Rocket Moms.

Yesterday Walgreen's photo special was 25 prints for .25. I did that special...I plan on getting more and more photos done, buying an album and that being Christmas for my mother. She used to take tons of photos but hasn't now for years. I cashed out some of my coke rewards points for a $5 Walgreens photo card.
Today's Walgreens special in photos is a free poster using the code FREEPOSTER. I ordered a copy of the 5 Kittens In A Row . I plan on giving that to my 18 yr. old for Christmas.
For now I am out of paypal so I won't be able to take advantage of Walgreen's other photo specials this week. My store doesn't offer pick up for online orders so I have to pay shipping.

I think that's all for my news today.
Marsha

Sunday April 19

Good Morning. I slept later than I wanted to, but still up in time to get a few things done before church.
It's been pretty rainy here the last couple of days...so much again that once again the driveway is flooded half way up. I can't begin to tell you how thankful that the roof is done and we no longer have to worry about those leaks!

I think I will just relax mostly today...it is my "free day" in my basic weekly plan. I have a review for gather that I need to get done. Yesterday I think I did 5 posts! One of them was my Mail Call! Week of April 12 Another was my t-shirt win on mycoolcontests
I also did a photo essay on how the kitten have grown. I really love the last photo that I took! Kittens As They've Grown--Photo Essay

I stayed busy yesterday for sure. I had roasts in the crockpot for supper. Steve didn't call me. I suppose I will call him just to see what is up since today marks 2 weeks since we've even talked to each other. For now I better close for the day, still have children to get ready.

Have a very blessed Sunday,
Marsha

Happy St Patricks Day My Friends!

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I've been busily working on here today to hurry and get a lot of my things done on here this morning. I want to have most of my things done by noon.
I got a lot of the file box done from the Sidetracked Home Executives book. I'm pretty well done except for the birthdays, anniversaries etc and the address cards, but those in themselves are going to take a few days.

I didn't get any extra posting done on gather yesterday other than a post about a bill collector calling. I did post 3 photos, and I made my goal of 100 points of the day with 101. I am in hopes of cashing out of April 1 for both a $50 and a $25 amazon.

I updated a book review squidoo lens as well as my pets lens. I added photos on the pets including of the new kittens. I hope you will take a look. Meet Our Pets

I got my daughter to drive herself to pick her kids up from school so that gave me more time at home. Today's plans include taking my mom to her dr. appt. and bowling this evening. I will take my address file and address print outs to both places to work on.

I'm off now...don't forget to wear your green today!
Marsha

Marsha's Sunday "Musings"

I woke up at 9, which would have been 8

But even that was kind of late.

Hey! I'm a poet

and I didn't even know it


I read this last night in the Lutheran Digest and thought it was cute, so true, and probably a much needed morning prayer for us all:

Morning Prayer

So far today, God, I've done all right. I haven't gossiped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or over-indulgent. I'm really glad about that.

But in a few minutes God, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help.

Thank you. In Jesus' name, Amen


In other news....we had tornadoes touch down only 4 miles from our house yesterday evening. That was pretty scary. We were all outside on the porch and in the yard when the man across the street came out and yelled across that tornadoes were heading our way in 5 to 7 minutes. Oh wow! One hit just south of us and the other east of us, but it was pretty scary all the same.

I got a lot of things done yesterday. I got the rest of my new things (incense) listed on blujay. I did my group work here on gather. I'm attempting to go through my email and get rid of it backwards. I got up to February 28. I hope to clear the box today and start fresh and try to figure out how to keep up with all that comes in in a day. I'm in the process of making my business bookmarks. I had run out. I put one in every order that I send out. I had to remake the file since I lost the original file in my computer when it crashed.

My plans today include finishing up what is above, getting my coupons cut out and doing some grocery shopping. Hopefully also to get my living area here in the basement pretty well cleaned up too. It's spring break this week, which is great. It means I don't have to hurry to bed, or set my alarm to get up and make sure Allen is up and getting ready for school. On the down side...no quiet time while three of the grandkids are at school.

The kittens are a week old today and their eyes are opening. I need to get more pictures. It's sure going to be hard to give them away when it's time. We've not had an orange cat in a long time. I especially like the one that is white with the orange spots.

Well, better get busy on all my projects, and my group work. Have a great day my friends!
Marsha

Monday March 2

ugh...it's Monday again. Those darn sleep alarms kept going off and off again until finally I realized Allen only had 15 minutes to get dressed and off to school for breakfast. Next week is spring break but I can't wait for summer to not have to worry about this getting up so early!
It's supposed to warm up a bit more today than yesterday, but right now it's 15º out is all.

I got really busy going through my gmail yesterday but I still have over 4500 emails to clear it out and then with any good fortune figure out how to keep up with it each day. I also got really busy with gather, I posted 9 videos, 1 photo essay and 2 posts! I got to work it as much as I can each day and get that laptop earned!

Here is the photo essay I did. It's Nymphadora as she had the kittens. Nymphadora Had Her Kitten Photo Essay

I updated 2 squidoo lenses as well yesterday. One was our unschooling journey. When I get 10 weeks in I will start a new lens for the next 10 weeks. Our Unschooling Journey

I've done some dishes this morning but haven't done any of the other daily housework. I'm off to get that done before continuing on with my internet stuff.

Have a great start to your week!
Marsha

Sunday March 1

March is here...come on and march in spring! It's no spring weather here today in Kansas. Current temp is 20 then says it feels like 9. I believe it!
Our cat, Nymphadora is in the process of having her kittens. I am taking photos as each is born, which I will share in a photo essay.
I took quite a few photos and videos at the bowling banquet last night. That was fun.
It's been a pretty lazy day all the way around. I am doing more messing than anything else.

I'm going to be busy putting in all the videos and photos that I can in to gather. I also still have to update the unschooling journey squidoo lens and choose another lens to update as well.

On that note, since it's late in the afternoon, I will close today's posting for now. Have a great Sunday :)

Marsha