HELLO FROM JUDI IN SYLVANIA, OHIO

I am totally frustrated because I wanted to put some pics in here but I can't find them.
I'll just say "hi" and "bye" and try another time.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A Lovely Christmas Cactus

I have had this cactus for many years. at one time I gave it to 

a friend. It wouldn't bloom for her so I she gave it back to me.

Oops! I had another shot of the plant but I goofed and put this in twice.

As my sister, Susi, would say, "Duh, squared"!

The cactus is pretty enough to be seen twice, right?

Christmas At Judi's Apartment, December 2013

My pretty little Christmas tree is sitting on the window sill.

She stands 34" high and is entwined with 100 little lights!

My dear friend, Bill, put them on the tree for me.

                                                 This little tree, made of round balls, is in the

                                                  bathroom. It has mini-lights stuck between

                                                  the balls but are not working anymore.

                                                  I liked the tree, even without lights, so use it

                                                                            this way.

Two Santas, composed of metal and wood

sit on a shelf on the bookcase.

Off to the side is an oragami swan.

This is a "lady tree" that I bought for Joan

a number of years ago.

It hangs on the wall in my office area.

Joan collected all kinds of Christmas trees.

That is why I gave her the "lady tree" above.

This is a set of silver trees that were Joan's.

This is another tree deco that was Joan's.

One side opens and a candle

can be inserted.

Joan is here with me at Christmas! As I look at the

trees, I am reminded of my dear sister!

Jesus is the reason for the season! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND PEACE AND JOY

IN THE NEW YEAR!

gsg

HI!

i lost this thing again but today i bit the bullet and worked my way thru a bunch of gobblely-gook and..
voila! here it is. this is just a short bit of nonsense to send so i can get back here easily tomorrow with
pics of my christmas decor.
enjoy your late afternoon and evening. tata!

A Picture of Lovely and And A PIcture of Oh, Shit! and Other Pictures

I just scrolled through my pictures and found some I don't think I put in here. If I have before, scroll on through here.

Here is a lovely brick wall Bill built under my back porch. We bought herbs and flowers and

they sat on the porch and the steps. To the left, on the ground, is a hydrangea and to the right 

is my peony, which is over 20 years old.

Here is the hydrangea in full bloom. Isn't it lovely? And beside it is the lovely brick

wall that fell down after we had a lot of rain. Bill told me if we had rain, the

ground would probably shift and the wall would fall. Damn!

He was right! I asked him if we could do it again and use

cement and he said, emphatically, "No way"!!

I bought these lovely mums for a fall display. I did add these two pictures, 

though, to show you my new steps and landing. My friend, Rick, who painted my living room

and bathroom, now works for my landlord. Rick put  this in because the old wood was really old!

and wobbly and dangerous!

Well, there is no picture of the landing but aren't these steps nice!

A Few of My Grandchildren

I want to share some pictures of Steve and Rebekah's children, my dear grandchildren.

Steve lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico.At the children's school, each day during one week, the children wore clothes to celebrate a number of things. I am a breast cancer survivor

(16 years!! YAY!!) so Steve made each girl this t-shirt. Isn't that sweet of him?

And here is Rio, the little, and Maddie, the bigger in their t-shirts and pink, pink, pink!

This is Rebekah, her son, David, and her daughter, Morgan.

David does not have corn stalks growing out of his head! He is a senior. Morgan is in first grade.

The family was at an apple-picking festival.

Judi's Yarn Stash

Guess what!! I just had a session with my wonderful tutor, Erik, and he got my blog back up. Because I let too much time go between entries, I wasn't able to figure out how to get this thing up and running. Well, now I do. (For those of you who have been with me since Day 1, my friend Heather

got a job working 8-5 Monday thru Friday and wasn't available anymore). Luckily, at the same time, I read an article in our local paper about a shop opening up right around the corner. Article said "Knows

Apple - repairs, recycling, used Apples for sale, etc". I went over and talked to Erik and scheduled my first tutorial. He comes to the apartment and we spend an hour - him teaching 

and, hopefully, me learning. Now to the picture.

I decided to take pictures of my yarn stash. In this one, all the shoe boxes with pink and blue cards in the front, are filled with specific yarn projects - 13 in all.

And here we are with more yarn. The big boxes hold from 10-15 skeins of yarn.

Think this is enough! HA!

And more............

...........and more. I have been put on a budget - well, I had help setting up a budget - 

and will stay away from yarn shops* until all this yarn is gone and that will be just before

they carry me out feet first - to hospice or nursing home or MCO, who gets my body for science. 

I will knit scarves, sweaters, afghans and hats and give the items to

churches, who pass them on to the homeless. 

*Won't stay out of my favorite yarn shop, Yarn Envy, but when I go there I will leave

credit cards and cash at home!