Hodge-Podge Saturday

Goodies from over the years!

The blessings of teaching come

from the appreciation of the

parents and students; not just

from gifts, but even more so the

cards and notes I have gotten

over the years.

The candle holders I bought from

Hallmark. The candles inside

are from the children I have

taught. The birds are gifts I

have received from them too.

The father duck has his "arms"

opened wide for the mother

duck and ducklings around

the pond. It reminds me of

our Heavenly Father's Arms

opened wide for those He

has saved to His Kingdom.

Snow globes have always been

popular. I have several here in

this blog. The carousel of horses

on top and the angel globe above.

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Whether objects or beautiful words

written on cards and notes, they

will remain with me forever in

my heart!

Look At My New Hair Cut!

Grace got groomed today. The above

picture shows what she usually looks

like after grooming.

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My groomer said she was so joyful

that she kept running circles

around her dining table, ha!

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The picture below is her new cut.

Her ears are cut all of the way

down as is her legs. Her tail

is cut shorter rather than her

long flowing tail.

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All was done mainly because she

wouldn't stay out of the weeds

in the corner of my yard. She

would come in matted with

all of the seeds from the weeds.

It would take me an hour or more

brushing and combing it out:(

Happy Father's Day to all you Dads!

I want to thank all of you dads

who have been so important

to your children.

Thank you first, for loving our

moms.

Thank you for all of the guidance

you have given your children.

Thank you for your love whether

by reward or discipline.

Thank you for loving your children

even though many had to learn

the hard way (through experience

rather than listening to you!)

Most of all, thank you dads for

loving our Heavenly Father

and teaching us to do so as well.

I want to thank my Heavenly

Father for His Agape Love

that goes beyond my understanding.

I can only show my appreciation

by becoming more like Him

each day and sharing His

Agape Love for others too!

I want to especially thank my

dad, Fred; my brother, Jim ; Nellie's

Dad, Arnold; my teacher friend,

Delton; my blogger friends' (Janet,

Bonnie) husbands. You all

will always be your child's

inspiration to love you, their

moms and especially our

Holy Father who instituted

our families.

Hodge-Podge Saturday

What wonderful surprises from

children in my class!

One of my little girls wore a

lot of jewelry! She was so

good to not play with it any

time in the day! She wore it

for beauty! What a nice pin

she gave me. It has some

light pink in some of the

stones. I love all of the

new smells the lotions and

soaps have!

What an unusual candle. This is

a hollow candle that has another

candle inside. As the one inside

burns, the top of this one rolls

to the inside as it melts. What

a fragrance it has already!

The bag matches the writing

paper in the first picture.

These candles were given to me

by another student. I especially

love the plaque in the middle.

Believe me, prayer is a part

of many teachers' day!

I'm Enjoying My Vacation!

I'm really enjoying my vacation, since

I'm feeling better now!

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Just sitting back enjoying the beauty

of God's Creation!

From the smallest of insects to the pair

of cooing doves. They all are so beautiful

to see and listen to early in the morning

or the early evening.

May the LORD's beauty of His creation be

in all that we see. Take time to smell the

roses, observe the bees as they gather

their pollen, and enjoy the raindrops

on your face.

Hodge-Podge Saturday

Care for some music? I love Roy

Orbison's unique voice as is

Barry Gibb's! Barry can't

croon as well as Roy, however!

Oh, my dear! What it is to watch

and listen to in surround sound! It's

as good as being at the real thing.

The floor viberates, music comes

from every direction. You feel

like you're standing on stage

right in the middle of them!

I know you already know my favorite

two movies! It's too hard for me to

choose John over the other guys.

I guess this is one advantage of

being single; you can daydream

about your movie stars even though

I am in my ??'s and they are in

their 70's, 80's, or passed on!

Now, what are movies without our

feathered friends? I know my

parrot friend is looking at how

his neighbor made it on site

with the birds! I love stories

of wildlife animals too.

Besides horses, I have bears,

pigs, fish, cats.....the list

could go on.

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So, I will just wait until the $6, $8,

or $10 ticket movies are on dvd

and rent (or purchased those I

cherish, ha!)

Hodge-Podge Saturday

"Calgon, take me away!" It's nothing like

showering in a rain forest! Ha!

This is looking into the bathroom

from the hallway.

My "fierce" hippo takes care of my

counter. "Billy Bass" leads the

birds in a chorus of songs.

It's nothing like having the REAL

parrots (in the other room) add

to it! Sometimes they even come

in for a shower!

There's nothing like monkeying

around on the other end of the counter.

That's not Max in the background (blue &

gold macaw.) I took the "fake" in to visit

Max! He didn't know what to think at

first, then all he wanted to do was

bop the fake on the head, lol!

The shower curtain really sets the scene

for the whole bathroom! The wallpaper of the

different parrots goes all the way around

the top circumference of the bathroom.

Last of all, the "hidden" corner.

The picture on the left is a gift from

one of my teacher assistants I had.

Her husband is an artist. It is

really beautiful. The picture of

the two macaws is from the

poster collection I have. All

of the other collection I use at

school. I took this one for me!