How About We Just Chat Today?

I have no pressing theme for this post.

Just a bunch of little tidbits to share that 

are kind of random.

For instance, 

my cousin Nathan is going to 

be on American Idol again tonight.

How cool is that??

I, however, will not be watching it in 

real time because it is the annual

Mother/Daughter Banquet

at Georgia's former church in York.

This is an annual tradition.

We look forward to it.

Great food and seeing 

friends and family that are not a 

part of our regular lives.

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On the candle front,

the Centerpiece I showed you 

yesterday is on its way to 

surprise a Mom in 

New England.
Her daughter in Georgia
purchased it and I was thrilled
to get to be a part of the surprise.

I have been praying without 

ceasing that the USPS won't 

break it on the way.

I don't know how they manage

to break so many things....

but they do.

I have insured it but also have

a back up plan in case the worst case

happens.  This is a hard one

because I can't replace it with 

an identical item.

So, I'll keep on praying!!

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Mikey has a new dirtbike.

This thrills him.

Me, not so much.

It is not any old dirtbike.

It is a race bike.

The very one that nearly killed 

one of my 

husband's co-workers

the first time he rode it.

I'm not kidding.

They literally couldn't 

find a pulse in the ambulance.

He had many surgeries and was in

very bad shape for a long time.

Do you think that I need to learn 

to trust God more?

Is that why I am afflicted with 

this bike?

At least it is not the 

street bike he wanted.

I think I would have just died

without waiting for a disaster 

to happen.

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Chelsea's graduation is 

less than a month away.

It doesn't seem real.

Chelsea is already preparing for the next 

two years.
She is going to take music lessons,

concentrate on her writing,

and work on her voice and 

singing/speaking abilities.

She will continue to work on 

her art and cooking skills.

Want to vote for her on Allrecipes.com today?

Go to allrecipes.com and vote for tomorrow's

favorites.....She is 100truffles and it is

a marvelous chocolate cake.

She is practicing for the 

Hershey Classic Cake Contest

coming up this Fair Season.

I guess you could consider

Chelsea's future plans a fine arts program 

of her design, if you will.

She also plans to open an Etsy store

featuring her artwork in various forms

and hopes in a couple of years to find

an internship in songwriting.

No lack of planning or dreams here.

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Jonathan was hired by my favorite

home decor store.

He works just one day a week right now,

unloading the truck, but hopes that it might 

work into more.

We will see.

At least it will give him a bit more 

spending money and something current

for his resume.

The first night was challenging as he had to 

unpack a ton of mirrors.

He wasn't sure he was up to that challenge

each week but this past week went much better.  

No mirrors!

He'll get used to it.

Learning a new job always takes a bit.

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Well, I've chatted at you long enough.

Please have a wonderful day.

You can picture me in the kitchen

pouring candles....

One set going out to the winner of 

Melissa's give away to my Etsy Store.

Congratulations to Joanna!!

Thanks to all who entered.

I appreciate you!!

Later!