WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY

It's a Wonderful Wednesday 'cause I found this great giveaway on a blog by somewhat voluble http://somewhatvoluble.com/2009/04/07/blogoversary-giveaway/ . The giveaway is for an awesome handmade journal by Etsian Kreativlink. Go check out the blog for all the details.

It's also a Wonderful Wednesday 'cause the sun is shining and the breeze is just right. Great day!!

QCG RED TAG SALE

It's Red Tag Sale time again!! Be sure to go to ebay and search "QCG Red Tag" for some amazing bargains. I have relisted all of my totes at HALF PRICE!!! I also have a couple of other items in case you're not in the market for a tote bag right now. Anyway, go check out all the sale items. There's something there for everyone!!!

And check out the Rag Queen Quilters blog. I just posted an entry about the history of feedsacks and how they were used, not only in quilting, but in many useful items. Printed feedsacks of the 30's and 40's are very collectible today.

RAIN FINALLY

Well, we finally got some rain. No storms, just a bit of distant thunder and about .75" of rain. Now the sun is shining and the birds are singing. Just like in the old cartoons! lol

Just heard that the ship captain that was being held hostage has been rescued and is not injured! Way to go, US Navy!! It all happened like it should have.

I am trying to get blocks together for a pink rose quilt with some pink minky. Can't wait to get started on it.

TOO MUCH EXERCISE

Tomorrow it will probably be difficult for me to get out of bed without groaning. Today I cleaned out the gutters. That means going up and down the ladder upteen times in addition to toting the 16 ft extention ladder all around the house. At least it's done now. It better rain tomorrow or I'll be pissed!! I also mowed the front and back yards as a cool down. Didn't get much else done after that! lol

My dear grandson called this afternoon to thank me for the money that enabled him to get "Guitar Hero" for his new PS3. He's not usually very talkative, but today he was really excited about it and almost talked my ear off. That's a good thing!!! My dear grandson will be 10 on the 26ht of this month. I can't believe it's been 10 years. I remember when he was born. I was able to go up and visit not too long after his birth and it was one of the greatest times of my life. I got to hold him and feed him (which I wasn't able to do with his father whom I gave up for adoption when he was born). Anyway, he's turned into a wonderful young man who loves his Grandma Barbara very much. Almost as much as she loves him.

I'm off to bed now, but not before downing a couple of Tylenol in hopes of fending off some of the muscle pain I know is coming.

FINALLY FRIDAY!

What a crazy Friday it's been. I have friends in Mena, Arkansas, where the tornado struck last night. Luckily they are ok and the house and cars and the cat are all ok. They have a house there that's about 100 years old, but it's still standing. They lost shingles and both brick chimneys, the garage and the shed. A tree fell on the corner of a storage building. The worst is the loss of trees. They lost a bunch of pecan trees and a 100-year old oak tree. Part of the magnolia tree is gone, too. My friends' two sons are coming from out of town to help with the clean up. I think the worst is being without electricity - I know it was for me during and after Ike. Without electricity you are virtually cut off from the outside world. No TV, no computer. Thanks goodness they have a corded phone.

I love Mena - it's such a pretty little town, or was, anyway. Being a small town, I know the people there will work together and help each other out and they will survive. I still want to move there and I will - as soon as I win the lottery!!

HECTIC THURSDAY

This is going to be quick. It's getting late and I haven't had supper yet. Hunger makes me type faster (if not better). I had a great day at Jo-Ann's, buying lots of flannel on sale and some fabric for a tote and a fabric swap with some of my online friends. This afternoon I had fun buying some clothes at Walmart for a couple of kids that really need some.

It seems that they were an emergency placement with foster parents and came with nothing - no clothes except what a doctor had given them. I don't know the whole story and I don't want to. Some of my online friends brought this to the attention of one of my groups and I just wanted to help out. It's been so long since I've bought any kids clothes. It was fun! It took me longer to pick out four outfits and underwear than it did to finish grocery shopping! I've found out that one of my online buddies has sent lots of girls clothes that her daughter has outgrown so I want to get more boy clothes. I'll stop by my favorite resale shop in the morning so I can get the box in the mail tomorrow. I like helping out individuals in need and foster parents have my sincere admiration.

So, I'll catch ya'll tomorrow.
Anyway, it's been a busy day and I'm starving!!

BEAUTIFUL WEDNESDAY

It's a beautiful day here; we had a cool morning, but the sun is shining with a bit of a breeze. I know it won't last and it will be in the 90's with 100% humidity, but it's nice now.

Here is my last posting of old pictures for the time being - until I can get the really old stuff scanned. I have a tintype of my mothers maternal grandfather in his Civil War uniform that's amazing. I'll get that up as soon as I can get it scanned. Meanwhile, here are a few pics from my dad's side of the family.

This couple is my dad's maternal grandparents, Sarah Abbie Greenfield Darnold and William Jackson Darnold. I think this is where the "shortness" in the family comes from. And some of the Irish blood. The picture was probably taken somewhere in western Iowa.

And this couple is my dad's parents Lillie Ettie Darnold Galentin and George Dudley Galentin. I don't know when this was taken, but they look fairly young here and it was before grandpa had his stroke - so maybe circa 1920? This was taken in Nebraska, probably Omaha.

And this is my dad, his sisters and his cousin. From the left is Lanora Galentin, Florence Brewer, June, Beatrice and Harold Galentin. I think Lanora got her height from grandpa - dad was the oldest here! Lanora died of rabies at age 13, not too long after this picture was taken I think. (Interesting fact - Florence married Edwin Alfred Grenville Manton in 1936; he was one of the founders of AIG! She did pretty well for herself, I think! Both are gone, now, though. I'm sure Sir Edwin is rolling in his grave over what has been done to his company. ) This was taken in front of the house in Omaha that my grandpa built and my grandma lived in until she died in 1971.

I hope you are enjoying these pictures half as much as I enjoy telling about them. I've always loved family history. If you look at where your family has come from it's like seeing history come alive. My family pretty much started on the east coast in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania before the Revolution and have migrated west with everyone else. There are some amazing people in everyone's family and finding them is like finding a jewel.