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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Grape vines
Today I am grateful to learn that my younger brother has taken interest in rejuvenating our parent's grape vines. We transplanted most of these vines from a relative's land in the early 70's. I wasn't so happy about it at the time. To transplant these grape plants, my dad dug up the individual plants in a manner that allowed vines of neighboring plants to stay tangled together - so we basically had a row of 4 foot tall plants (with roots hanging down and vines holding them together) to move about 1.5 miles. What better way to move this string of big plants than have your daughters and their friend carry them draped over their shoulders, walking down the roads, that 1.5 miles. Can you tell I'm from a small town? Where else would this not hold up traffic? Anyway, my brother and dad have started the process of pruning and clearing the way for the grape vines to become productive again. Thanks Mike and Dad!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Today I am grateful for my husband's truck. It is way to big for me to comfortably drive, I need about 3 parking spaces worth of asphalt to park it with any type of dignity and it gets about the worst gas mileage you can imagine. But, it is sooooo handy to have for those times we need to move stuff around. Today was a good example. Our youngest son needed to move a drum set about 6 blocks, from one campus theater to another campus theater. Sure, we could have used a typical car - but it all fit in one trip with the truck. Done and ready to move on - thanks to a truck with nearly 250,000 miles on it.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Today I am grateful that people are starting to recognize and appreciate "Generation Z". This article from our local news paper: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/02/05/1828787/as-long-job-dies-let-gen-z-lead.html does a good job describing this group of people. This age range fits my three children and all 6 of my nieces and nephews. All 9 of these "kids" know how to work, are willing to learn and want to make a difference in their communities and in the world. There is not one in the group who is just sitting around waiting for the world to lay goods at their feet - they know how to get up and get their own goods. I don't understand the label "generation Z", but who cares - lets give these people the respect they deserve and watch them catch the world on fire!
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Today I am grateful that we have a $2.00 cinema near us, Blue Ridge 14. We went to see Real Steel - I'd recommend it to anyone. Wonderful way to end a work week and start a weekend.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Today I am grateful for The Daily Show. If you go to the website you can see more than what is shown on the nightly show - have some fun!
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Monocraft Initial display
Today I am grateful for this beautiful old display box. The metal plate says Monocraft Initials. My dad gave me this in August, and it didn't occur to me until this evening to store my letter beads in it. A couple of the drawers have broken slats from years of use by my dad and probably others before him. You may be able to see in the picture that it has 2 sections for "M" and none for "X". I have no idea why, but all the drawers are that way. I'm looking forward to using this in my display at my next trunk show, March 16th and 17th at Ornamentea. Hope to see you there!
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