DEBBIE TURNS 60...WELL NOT QUITE YET

YES, DEBBIE IS TRYING TO CATCH UP TO ME...SORRY DEB, DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY...BUT WE DID SURPRISE HER WITH AN ' EARLY' PARTY..GUESS WE JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE HER GET OLDER..HAHAHAHA.

 ALONG WITH 14 OF HER FRIENDS...HER 2 SISTERS PARTIED WITH  US!  ELAINE, THE SISTER IN THE MIDDLE..AND SANDY ( NOT SHOWN)..( WILL GET SANDY IN THE PICTURE NEXT TIME)...HOSTED THE PARTY AND IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL..AT THE TEA HOUSE IN CARE FREE.  SOMETHING ABOUT A PARTY WITH FRIENDS, YOU JUST GO HOME INSPIRED TO...........NOT GET ANY OLDER IF POSSIBLE.!!!!

 I CREATED A JOURNAL FOR MY 2ND COUSIN NANCY WHO IS TRYING TO CARE FOR HER DAD, MY COUSIN ART..FROM AFAR.  DAD IS IN NORTH CAROLINA..NANCY IS IN DENVER, BUT FLIES OUT EVERY MONTH OR TWO.  THIS IS THE INSIDE COVER. THE PAPER IS HAND MADE...I PAINTED A HEART ON CANVAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO..DIDN'T LIKE IT..BUT SAVED IT. HA.  AND COPIED IT ONTO THE HAND MADE PAPER AND THEN ADDED A TRANSPARENCY OF A POEM I WROTE ABOUT MY JOURNAL WITH MOM AND HER DEMENTIA..WHICH I WILL PUT ON MY DEMENTIA BLOG.

 THIS IS THE COVER OF THE BOOK.  NOT SURE WHO GAVE ME THIS BEAUTIFUL SATIN PURSE WITH THE HAND AND ALL THE EMBELLISHMENTS ON IT.  IN REAL LIFE..ITS BEAUTIFUL.  IT OPENS ON THE SIDE AND I PUT A LITTLE MESSAGE INSIDE..
I AM GUESSING IT WAS WANDA...ONLY BECAUSE WANDA HAS GIVEN ME 80% OF EVERY EMBELLISHMENT I HAVE...AND ITS ALOT. BOXES WOULD SHOW UP ON MY DOOR!!!  THESE EMBELLISHMENTS ARE EACH..SO DELICATE AND BEAUTIFUL I JUST FELT I NEEDED TO USE THEM AND SHOW THEM OFF...PEOPLE WHO ARE JOURNALING WHETHER ITS DUE TO A FAMILY ILLNESS...LOSS OF A CHILD OR IN THE HOSPITAL ( I SAY THIS ONLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE CHARITIES I DONATE THE JOURNALS FOR)...THEY DESERVE THE BEST..THE PRETTIEST....SO I USE  THE GENEROUS GIFTS WANDA GIVES FOR THESE JOURNALS.

 AND HERE IS WANDA!   SHOCKED YOU DIDN'T I!!!    WELL I TALK ABOUT YOU..PART OF OUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS..A NAME THAT COMES UP...NOW AND THEN..SO JUST THOUGHT IT ABOUT TIME..THEY SAW THE FACE WITH THE NAME.  WANDA IS IN THE RED ( NOT BLACK)..AND THATS CHERYL MY GOURMET COOK FRIEND ON THE LEFT. WE USED TO GO TO THE FLEA MARKET AT MERCHANT SQUARE JUST TO SEE WHAT WANDA WAS SELLING..UNTIL.....WANDA QUIT ON US!!!!  WE MISS THESE EVENTS WANDA!!!

SO GATTA GO...WEDNESDAY IS MOMS BATH DAY!  CHEERS .