B-U-D-D-I-E-S

Because Jack is 15 (old for dog standards :) and Sally (mom and dad Foster's mini dashaund) is 1 1/2 years old, they haven't always been best of friends...Sally was too rambunctious at first and Jack, too old and mellow.  But, it's amazing to see how they have become such good friends.  They actually like each other, and I don't think Jack just 'tolerates' Sally but Jack actually likes Sally...but it sure wasn't a "match made in Heaven".... They had six-plus months together this past winter down in Arizona and did great together.  They have fast become buddies and friends!

MOM FOSTER'S WEDDING DRESS!

Some of you know that we are in Seattle helping Tom's folks pack up the old home that they have inhabited for the past 44 years in Ballard....today, mom came across her old wedding suit she wore on December 5, 1953.  She plans to give it to GOODWILL, so I thought I would try it on so I would at least have a picture of it.  Someone will be happy to have a VINTAGE suit :)  The cap (above) she also wore...it kind of fits flat on your head over your bun...ha ha.  Mom said hats were really in style then.  The suit was quite large, I had to pin the skirt, but it was fun to try on.  The buttons down the front are a sage green, so I thought it interesting that the hat was a blue velvet. It sure looked nice on mom in the wedding picture we have of the folks on their wedding day back in 1953...it was made for someone taller and bigger than me (I have the skirt pinned in the back), mom thought it is maybe a size 10 or 12 and said she would never be able to fit into it again...but it was fun to bring back some memories and a few laughs for mom and dad and Tom and get a couple of pictures while we were at it!

SWEET 28!!!

Hard to believe that 28 years have already gone by.  June 16th...how is it?  I see people and see how much people and things have changed, and feel like so much has changed...perhaps outwardly, and hopefully there has been maturity and growth...Tom asked me WHERE I would like to go eat for our anniversary...two places came to mind (of course, a couple places we don't have in Havasu), one was Spaghetti Factory, and the other, Applebees.  Well, he was thinking of Spaghetti Factory himself...so, I guess when you get "old" and married as long as us...you start thinking alike.  lol :)  I love the chicken marsala and spaghetti with mizithira...even had enough for breakfast the next morning. Oh yum!!! 

WHATEVER...

Whatever
Whatever you think, never think what you feel
You would blush, in the presence of God, to reveal;
Whatever you speak, in a whisper or clear,
Say nothing you would not like Jesus to hear.


Whatever you read, though the page may allure,
Read nothing of which you are perfectly sure
Consternation at once would be seen in your look
If God should say solemnly, "Show me that book."


Whatever you write, though in haste or in heed,
Write nothing you would not like Jesus to read;
Whatever you sing, in the midst of your glees
Sing nothing His listening ear would displease.


Whenever you go, never go where you fear
Lest the great God should ask you, "How camest thou here?"
Turn away from each pleasure you'd shrink from pursuing
If God should look down and say, "What are you doing?"


Whatever you wear, can you be very sure
That the feelings it quickens are blameless and pure?
Would your face be unblushing and conscience be clear
Should your wardrobe be opened and Jesus appear?




When you think, when you speak, when you read, when you write,
When you sing, when you walk, when you seek for delight,
To be kept from all wrong when at home or abroad,
Live always as under the eyes of the Lord. ~ ~ ~


(Author unknown)

I ALWAYS WONDERED...

"I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that,
then I realized I was that somebody"...