Happy Pink Saturday Birthday!

The Birthday Faerie

has popped in to say

Happy Birthday to

Beverly's

Pink Saturday!

My new camera and I had

a little fun out in the yard with

Holly this week.

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Today is also the launch day

for my new

Wellness/Health/Fitness

Blog

Please stop and visit me at

Prime Vitality

I sure could use any advise or input

you would like to share there.

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Make sure you visit

Beverly's Pink Saturday

For all the Birthday festivities

&

Have a wonderful holiday weekend

Blessings~LillySue

Happy Pink Mother's Day!

Happy Pink

Mother's Day!

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This is my Mom on her way to my Dad's prom.

I guess she was about 16 here.

1961

I came along 2 years later.

Now I am a Mom

It is the most wonderful thing in my life!

My two are about grown and I am

looking forward to being a Grammy someday.

Today is my fur Son, Lucky's birthday.

He is turning 9

He is a snuggler!

This is what Holly made me for

Mother's Day.

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

to my 3 Mom's

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Elizabeth Jane

Ann Carol

&

Joella

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And to all you Moms too!

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Visit Beverly

For lots more Pink Saturday!

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Blessings~LillySue

Cha~cha~ cha~ changes.......

Sometimes you just gotta move on.

I am feeling this in my life in a

BIG WAY

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As my marriage has been coming to an end

and my main duty as Mama

is winding down...

I have been struggling with who I am

and what I want to do.

I will turn 47 this summer but

still feel like a young person on the inside.

I am finally getting used to

the older looking gal that stares

back at me in the mirror.

Over the past few years, I have fretted about

loosing my identity as a mom & wife,

being too old to start a new career,

having too many wrinkles for any man

to ever find me attractive,

and too afraid to burst

out of the shell

all this fear

locked me

in.

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Our pastor gave a message that really hit home.....

"You are not who people say you are,

you are who God says you are."

WOW!

I am his chosen, his beloved, his bride, etc..

It was like a new light was turned on

inside my heart.

I don't have to be afraid! I have worth!

I visited a wonderful counselor who helped me

put everything in perspective.

My heart and soul has been healing.

New hope has filled my mind.

When I was growing up, all I ever really

wanted to be was a wife & mom.

I wanted to live on a farm, grow most

of our food, have lots of animals

and babies.

The wife and farm part never did work out as

I had envisioned, but I am so blessed to

have two WONDERFUL children!

They will be 16 & 18 this year.

I am so proud of them!

It seems kinda funny to be trying to figure out

what to do with my life, the same time they are

figuring out what to do with theirs.

What I would love to be is a

Dr. of Holistic Medicine.

Unfortunately, it would take 6 years

and thousands of dollars to do.

I kept looking for the right thing to appear.....

Out of the blue, the PERFECT thing

materialized!

Our local community college is offering for the

first time, a new course to become a certified

Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.

It will take one full school year and a chunk of cash,

but it is exactly what I was looking for.

I was also recently introduced to

the "nutriceuticals" industry.

It is forcasted to be growing enormously

over the next 10 years.

Change is good!!

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I hope you all have had a wonderful Spring...

I have missed visiting around and plan

to do some catching up this week.

Blessings~LillySue

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Oh, yeah.....I cut my hair all off,

I'm loving it!!

Hearts of Pink & Red

Happy

Valentine's

Day!
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Holly did this beautiful mermaid painting

last month. See the heart in the middle??

We made prints and used it for our

homemade Valentine's

This is hanging up in my kitchen.
I made it last year.

I painted this for Jesse after his

kitty, Felix had to be

put to sleep.

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I wish chocolate blessings for

everyone this week!

Visit Beverly for more sweet Valentine's Pink

XOXOXOX

~LillySue~

Pink Clues to Where We Were!

Almost 2 years ago,

we took a little trip to one of our most

Favorite Places on Earth!

Main St. had LOTS of pretty

Pink Flowers!

Lots of Pink in this cute little shop.

Holly got a second piercing in her ears here.

This big whale has

Pink gums showing.

Look out boys.... He is going to

swallow you!

A certain Lady Mouse

had Pink curtains in her kitchen.

Holly's cheeks got really Pink when she

Finally got to meet her favorite Princess.

DISNEYLAND....We Miss You!!

**Happy Pink Saturday**

Visit Beverly for LOTS more PINK!

Blessings~LillySue

When Life Gives You Snow...

Make a Snowman!

We got about 4 inches of snow on
Sunday and this is how Jesse
spent the afternoon.
This shot was taken looking out our front door.


This one was taken from the front yard
looking in the front door.
Still snowing then!
Jesse put a face on both sides, heehe!!



Then he came in and after a
hot shower he grabbed a warm Lucky!
My two Sons.....
Don't they look alike??
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Blessings~LillySue

Pink Saturday : Favorite Christmas Decor

For the past 8 years or so, I have been collecting

vintage Shiny Brite glass balls.

Our Christmas tree has become one of

my most favorite Christmas

decor pieces.

I have focused on more pink and robin's egg blue

and some silver.

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The above photo was last years tree...

We decided it was the most beautiful tree

we have ever had.

We get a Forest Service permit and

head up the mountain to hike around

till we find "The One".

That is what we are doing

THIS Saturday, heehe!

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This was a couple of years ago.

One of my other favorite things is
Me and Holly's matching
snowflake footie pj's.
I got her a woman's size small
and me a medium.
She was only in the third grade so she had to roll
the waistband up a lot the first few years.
Now we are about the same size
but she still fits in hers.



I actually wear mine pretty often
when it is cold, but she saves hers for
Christmas Eve.
She is so warm blooded they are too warm for
her to sleep in much.
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Have a great week and make sure you
pop in to see Beverly for more
Pink Saturday
Christmas Decor!!
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Blessings~LillySue

Memories of Christmas Past

This week for

PINK SATURDAY

We are supposed to share favorite

Christmas Memories

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This was my second Christmas.

1964

I was born in the summer so I was only

four months old my first Christmas.

I was still the only grandchild

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As you can see by looking at my Mom in the red

I wouldn't be the only grandchild for long!

This is my Grama
(My Mom's Mom)
She passed away about 15 years ago
I still miss her!



By the next Christmas I had
sweet baby sister
Sally


We lost our precious Sally to
leukemia in 1970 at age 6
But I know we will be together again
some day!
This is me with Santa.
As you can tell, the jolly old elf
wasn't scary to me!
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Stop by
Beverly's How Sweet the Sound
for more
Pink Saturday!
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Blessings~LillySue

Twilight = Edward ....Need a Good Love Story??

Ok

I have a 16 year old daughter

We have done

Harry Potter

Lord of the Rings

Narnia

and have loved them all.

She wanted to watch Twilight when it

came out. I said,

"No Way...we do NOT do

Vampires in this house!!"

As a child, I had horrible reoccurring

vampire nightmares and have

NEVER

wanted anything to do with them.

When New Moon came out,

It looked kind of interesting and my sister

told me it was really a love story.

Now, I am a total sucker for a good

love story.

So we rented Twilight

LOVED IT

and we have been to see

New Moon 3 times

and now own Twilight.

This is Edward

He is a 103 year old virgin

(yes...he is a vampire)

He is old fashioned, romantic and chivalrous

I was besotted immediately!

This is him and Bella

His ONLY true LOVE

.......S*I*G*H......

Soooooo,

If you wonder what I was up to

during the Thanksgiving holiday

I was reading all four books

in the Twilight Saga.

The books are even better than

the movies.

If you prefer tall, dark and hunky

then Jacob is the werewolf for you.

If you are a twilight fan,

give a shout out

so I won't feel like I am the only

46 year old with a crush on a 103 year

old vampire that looks 25

Ok...He is supposed to be 17 but the actor

Rob Pattenson is stretching that a little!

Yep, I am a sucker for

a good love story!

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Blessings~LillySue

Look for Rosie Pink Cheeks!

Welcome to my

Cozy Christmas Cottage!

Grab your cuppa and a slice of Holly's

homemade banana nut bread

and I will give you a peek!

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Click on photos to get a better view!!

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Here is my freshly painted white hutch.

I have a few of my cheerful Annalee figures here.

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Such a happy fellow!

I bought this apothecary jar this year.

I love how it looks full of glass balls!
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I prefer Snowmen to Santa
This is one of my favorites!
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More Annalee's on my banister.
A kitty at the bottom, two mice and
then another very happy elf!
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Gotta have some red mittens
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I finished making this finally...

It is a plate rack I bought at Goodwill

which I spray painted red.

Some plain large white letters

I got at Michael's and decoupaged some

of my favorite scrapbook paper on

and some Christmas greens.

I had the blue bird ornament handy

so I tucked him in there!

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I hope this helps spread the

Christmas Spirit

around today!

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I have actually not been blogging much

the past few weeks. I had a bunch

of projects to finish up and

actually got most of them done,

WhoooHoooo!

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Now I can work on making

Christmas gifts etc..

Have a wonderful weekend and don't

forget to visit

Beverly for lots more

Pink Saturday posts to see!!

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Blessings~LillySue