It's Official I'm a Mimaw!

Ok I'm a little young to be a Mimaw, but life is funny and hands us only what God thinks we can handle. He is a BEAUTIFUL baby boy he was 7 lbs 3.2 oz. His name is Carter Marshal! I am proud of my daughter she handled things way better than most young mothers in labor she is an amazing woman. I am not in any form promoting young girls to get pregnant. It is a hard road to travel and it takes many things away from your life the best thing is to WAIT! But if you ever end up in the situation talk to your parents seek their advice and don't use abortion as an alternative because there are so many women whom can not have children and will love the baby. It is not something to be ashamed of it happens and it happens a lot. If you can't talk to your parents which you should ALWAYS talk to your mom or dad FIRST, talk to someone and not another teen ager an adult. Churches, pastors, nurses at hospitals, someone with compassion. Your baby is a real person not a disease, or sickness, it is a little person with a beating heart and little fingers and toes who deserves a chance at life.
O.k. I went off on a tangent there, don't know where those come from but apparently sometimes they need to be said and if it helps just one person then it has helped someone who needed it. Now let's talk about painting hehehe...
I have about 20 of those little luminaries that I did for Create and Decorate that I am working on....I am so excited I am gonna take them down to The Ole Town Mercantile in Temecula next week...so be on the look out for ghost and punkins....I will post pics of the process so it will help readers to see from beginning to end. Stop in your nearest store and see if they carry Create and Decorate, I know some of the Albertsons carry them. Or call JoAnn fabrics I think they carry them as well. So many neat things to see in that magazine I just love it because it's not just painting. Go get cha one....have a great day and God bless you all and thanks for following and just stopping in to read my blog. Hugs to all!

Linda

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies and Bloggers!

How is everyone out in Blogging Town? All is well here in Southern California it has been quite warm I must say. I have been busy trying to catch up on everything sense I went down to Texas. I love going there but I wish I could go down and relax, but that just isn't the case yet. See my dad's home was there and for a time it was mine and my dad's home till I married and moved to Ohio. Dad longed to move up to Ohio as well but time didn't permit. He passed away 4 years after I moved away. So now I go home and work on the house and dig through old memories. It's a hard job, I am supposed to be cleaning and removing, but I start looking at things and it brings in old memories. Fond and pleasant memories none the less. I miss my mom and my dad very much. But anyways now I am trying to catch up here from my time spent away. I still need to finish my school and I have new submissions for the magazine due Oct 1...so I really need to get on the ball here. Let me know how all is going for you guys. What are you working on? How are sales? Where are ya selling. Let me know about your lives. God Bless and have a wonderful crafty day. Big hugs to all.
I do have a sneak peak of the Oct issue of Create and Decorate. You'll fine my Jack-O-Lantern luminary there...Check it out here's the link.

I'M HOME! WHEWHOO!

Hello to all I am back from my trip to Texas. Long hard working trip. So glad to be home. I missed my hubby. Now it's back to work here at home. Doesn't that seem like the story of life, work, work, work. Oh well keeps us moving right along I guess. I hope you all are doing well and having a great summer. I will get back into my favorite thing of painting here real soon. Lifes little bumps just get in the way sometimes. Blessings to all.

Big Thanks!

I just want to say thank you to all whom participated in my give away! It was fun reading the comments and being able to make someone's day. (Daizy Donna :)) I also want to thank all of my followers. You all make my day with wondering in here and seeing what I am doing and looking at my paintings, and my rants...lol my cleaning frenzies. With all that said I am going to be away for a couple of weeks. I haven't been on here lately because I have had company from Ohio. Which I had such a wonderful time while they were here. I'll put up pics of our travels, Disneyland, San Diego Zoo and the trips to the beach. What a great time we had. Just a little taste of Ohio for us and it makes us long for home so much more. Ohio is actually my second home. I was raised in Texas but left when I was 29 to Ohio and I FELL in love with it! So How I long for Ohio. So I will be back in about 2-3 weeks I'll be hiding out in Texas and have no internet....So hang tight my little bloggers I will return shortly. God Bless you all...

Dadadadadum!!! And the Winner is!

Well there you have it! Daizy Donna you are officially the winner! Congratulations. I will e-mail you for your address and get your little package sent off...Stay tuned for future give aways ladies and bloggers! Have a great day.

Good morning fellow bloggers!

I just scared the living stuffin out of myself....I thought I deleted the post with comments to enter the blog give away...Yikes. But I found it no worries.
Well I have company coming today and I got the house ALL cleaned up. I'm ready. So excited! Family from Ohio which is one of my favoritest places on earth. Such a cozy little place. I lived in Holmes county and Wayne county....Home of the Amish! BEAUTIFUL country living. I can't wait to get back there. I miss the snow and the little villages. I love how they have parades, candle lightings at Christmas, and the PIZZA! Oh how I miss Lem's Pizza in Fredricksburg! I'll have to post some pics on here of the most beautiful place I know of so far. The snow, the barns, the green green grass, the beautiful flowers. I miss my flower beds and my tiny garden of tomatoes and peppers. It's like a slower pace than here in California. Look at that I went off on a tangent from losing the entries to missing home. Well have a great day I gotta get to the grocery store so we can have some eats! Have a Blessed and wonderful day!