Saturday, May 21, 2011

The Crash on Friday the 13th

Our Chevette was a cute silver.


On Mothers Day the older girl's and I were talking about 
"The Crash" we had in our brand new 
1977 Chevette Hatchback. 

It was so cute and it got such good gas mileage, 
29 mpg in the city and 39 mpg 
on the highway. 

We left early in the morning on Friday the 13th of February, 
the day after Becky's birthday.

I obviously fell asleep 
because when I opened my eyes 
I saw a road marker in front of me. 

I over-corrected and by doing that 
the car flipped 
end over end,  
over end. 

After the car rolled and was flying through the air 
with myself and all six of my children in it, 
I prayed to Heavenly Father 
and asked Him to help me because 
there was absolutely 
nothing I could do by 
myself. 

A voice answered and said 
"You all have your missions yet to fulfill". 

When we landed in a ditch across the road, 
it was so peaceful and I heard 
the birds singing. 

Timmy had flown out of the broken and 
smashed window and 
had slid down hi-way 80 
on his back and arm. 

A car stopped to help us and I told them to go away 
that we didn't need their help. 

Obviously I was in shock. 

I then told Timmy to, 
 "get back in the car because 
we were going to go 
to Grandma's".

 He said, 
"Mom we don't have any wheels and all of the 
windows are smashed out".

I finally realized the situation we were in. 

An ambulance stopped on it's way to 
the hospital in Elko and we got a 
ride into town with it.  

They said that a trucker had radioed that there was a 
fatal accident up ahead.  

We were that accident but we were all alive
and had very minor injuries. 

That is physically. 

Emotionally I was a mess and 
I kept having flashbacks of the wreck 
over and over and over for a 
very long time.  

There is so much more to this story but it is 
all very sad so I think that I will just say 
that I am so thankful for the angels 
that were there to help us that 
morning on the I-80 between 
Wells and Elko, Nevada. 

I really don't know how we all would have survived 
without divine intervention.   

And as my family grew and got older and we had 
TEENAGERS 
it was very comforting to remember those words; 

"You all have your missions yet to fulfill."

Love, Grammy T.

Happy "It Didn't Happen Day" Everyone


It's going to give me time to clean my laundry room before the big one.
Of course who cares because it would be such a mess anyway.

Speaking of big messes, the poor South really took a beating a few days ago. 
Wow, 342 tornado's in just a small amount of time.  
397 or more people died and over
300 of those people lived
in Alabama. 
So sad.

And it is still flooding, 
shoot!!

Let's remember them in our prayers 



Friday, May 13, 2011

Two posts disappeared, really!!

It's Friday the 13th and two of my blog posts 
have disappeared. 

Really!!!

Wow!!

Where did they go??

You saw them right?
The one with a box of chocolates and the other
 with the strip quilts.

In fact they are still on my Profile page on Facebook. 

So who took them??

They came back all on their own.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Strip Quilt Kits




These are some of the quilt kits 
that I bought for Humanitarian. 

I don't need as many now so I am willing 
to donate some to a good cause. 

If you are interested let me know. 

Love,
Grammy T.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Our garden and our bunnies..OOPS.


A Raised Garden Bed
I got an email from Jessie a few days ago that said "Let's build raised vegetable garden beds."

 Wow, that's a great idea I thought and didn't answer the email.

But Jessie found some used ones right here in our little neck of the woods 
so we got them and painted them a cheery Forest Green today.

I planted seeds in a little Jiffy Starter thingy last night and the plants should be ready when the weather decides to behave itself.

Hopefully I'll be able to put up some pretty picture in a few months.

Oh, one little tiny problem, we have little rabbits running around the back yard that are cute as heck but that will love our garden.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Love,
Grammy T. 

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Bring on the hard-working farm boys


I loved this article so much that I am going to 
blog post it today. 

It is so cute and really down to earth as far as the 
Prince Charming and Pretty Princess 
 theme goes. 
I know you will love it too. :)





Today I want to talk about fairy tales, romance, princesses and princes, weddings, modesty, and to see just how many references I can make to cartoon movies.

First, let's talk about the Catherine's, Duchess of Cambridge (better known as Princess Kate's) wedding dress. I, along with many other women worldwide sacrificed a few hours of sleep on Friday morning,   just to see a commoner marry a prince. Now, before you mock me, or laugh, let me remind you of a few things. This wasn't just about watching the wedding of two people in the tabloids. This was about much, much more to every little girl who ever dreamed of growing up to marry her own handsome prince.

When I was a little girl I watched Cinderella, the story of an unloved, barely noticed commoner who catches the eye of a handsome prince. And they lived happily ever after, and wore awesome shoes. I watched Beauty and the Beast, where a smart girl sees the good in an ugly beast of a man, and is rewarded by finding out he's a handsome prince. And then there was theLittle Mermaid again, a young girl, who albeit was a “princesse de poissons,” who didn't follow tradition, but she still grew up, and married a handsome prince.

And then there is the best movie of all time- the Princess Bride. She wasn't a princess, and didn't grow up to marry a prince, but she did have a really great wedding dress. But it was the Princess Bride almost wedding that made me secretly hope that the archbishop of whatever they are called in Westminster Abbey would say, “Mawwaige! Mawwaige is what brings us togethuh today!” (Alas, he did not.) But it was the story of a woman who fell in love with the most unlikely of farm boys, and yet still earned the title of Princess Bride.

Are you sensing a theme here??

After a lifetime of stories about girls with strong personalities who manage to do their own thing, strike out on their own, and marry a handsome prince, yes, I wanted to see the real thing happen.  It gave hope to every girl and woman out there that “someday her prince will come” (Snow White- who I actually think was a princess, or at least in the upper echelon of society before being sent to live with height deficient coal miners in the woods.).

We grew up in a world where commoner girls only marry a handsome prince in cartoons and fiction. But this time it really happened in real life. And the commoner girl got the fancy carriage ride, the pretty dress, and she wore a real tiara. Oh, and she got a handsome prince.

Now, before you criticize me too much, let's get serious here. There's something to learn from a few fairy tale love stories!

But first! The wedding dress! (I'm sorry to all the men who actually made it this far and just said, “NO!!!” and clicked away from this page. I can't help myself.) The newly named Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wore a beautiful and modest wedding dress. Her maid of honor wore a beautiful and mostly modest dress. Do you know why? Because tradition and expectations there dictate that the dress worn in the Abbey must be modest to reflect the solemnity of the occasion!

Hallelujah for modesty!!

Oh, that every church expected their brides to wear modest wedding dresses to reflect the solemnity of the occasion. And so, whether or not you care at all about the Royal Wedding, be glad for this one thing. Princess Kate's wedding dress will impact fashion for years to come. (After all Lady Diana's dress with its' ginormous sleeves were reflected in fashion for the next decade!) Modest wedding dresses are about to become very fashionable!

Now, let's talk about love, fairy tales, and growing up to marry a handsome prince.
And forgive me, I'm going to keep using the Royals as my examples.

Do you really think that little Kate Middleton ever wrote in her journal that she hoped she would have to wait till she was 29 to marry a balding man, give up her career, and have to wait 8 years for her boyfriend to propose? And that she hoped he would have a really intimidating family? And that over 2 billion people would have an opinion about her wedding day choices?

And how many of us really do get exactly what we dreamed of? How many of us will actually live out a fairy tale because, even though we are beautiful and talented, we paid attention to the “farm boy?” (Keep up with me, I'm switching fairy tales on you!) Or what if Belle had never seen the good in Beast? Or Prince Darling fell in love with a sleeping beauty? Or if Prince Charming had listened to other people's opinion of a young Cinderella?

Something to note, the great romance stories, and fairy tales, are never about the beautiful woman who believed she was better than every man she ever met, and eventually she was right. They are always about giving someone (even a mute mermaid) a second chance, and discovering someone worth knowing. The great love stories aren't about superficial beauty. They are all about what is on the inside!

I hope there are more and more fairy tales every day. I hope for more stories where a girl looks past a balding spot, an overbearing family with bad teeth, and finds a handsome prince. I hope for more men who see not the unwelcome step-daughter, but a diamond in the rough. I hope for more second chances, second looks, and patience with others. I hope we all see a little of ourselves in the Beauty and the Beast story, both from the perspective of Belle and Beast.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I hope we all find fairy tale love, where it wasn't what was on the outside that mattered, but what was on the inside. I hope we all get over ourselves and discover that Prince Humperdinck isn't worth any amount of money and jewels, but the hard-working and patient farm boy is worth true love. And I hope no one has to resort to using iocane powder to get to their beloved.

Also, never get involved in a land war in Asia.

Bring on the hard-working farm boys who make me feel like a princess any day. I'll over look his bald spot, and he can learn to work with my demanding ways. Because that, my friends, is true love (which is almost as good as an MLT: a mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe. I love that.).

And if you couldn't follow any of my crazy Disney, Princess Bride, or fairy tale references, I'm sorry. And if you could follow along - thanks for letting me take a few liberties.

Thank you so much Erin Ann McBride for a very thoughtful article on a very important subject, 
(to most of us girls that is.)

PS: Prince William wants his new bride to be called Princess Cathrine. (How special is that?) And he loved her so much because she is soft spoken, (and so very beautiful.)

And the prince said that the princess will now be a housewife 
and I'll bet my pretty Native American Earrings 
that she gets to have a baby 
as soon as possible. 



Love,
Grammy T.