Playing around..

This is my fren..Cindy, she's playing around with this kitty we saw in a store one day~

I'm playing around with glass right now..cutting it and getting ready for classes I have at the end of the week at the Crafty Scrapper. I have 2 basic classes and a bracelet class that is full..we will schedule another if need be..and wait till you see my Sweet and Sinister necklace class for September!! It's super cute..

The son, has moved away~ he's taken a new job in Andrews, TX..it's about 5 hours from here..I'm sure we'll be headed that way soon, with a trailer full of stuff and a motorcycle. But for now, it's kinda sad to see him go after just getting him back in March from the Army. Again, it's one of those things you go thru as parents..we are glad to see him get his life back on track and do something that will be a challenge to him. So, Good luck to Deke on his new life!! We will see you soon~


HOpe your Wednesday is going ok..
Later, teedubya~

Remember this.

Remember what we stand for.

Not hand outs, bailouts, and free everything. Nothing in this world is free, it's paid for by someone. Someone's blood, Someone's tax dollars, Someone's time, Someone's love, Someone's freedom, Someone's intelligence. Someone's sacrifice, Someone's life.

It's paid for by someone.

Just remember that nothing is FREE.

There is a price for everything.

(This photo was taken by my son, while he was stationed in Iraq with the US Army.)

Soldering is out of hand..

Or maybe it's not..Here is a Large piece I put up on Etsy last week...She's on a base from reclaimed Scrabble game board..and it just gets better from there..A few months ago, our friend in Oklahoma, gave me 2 large bags full of old farm ledgers/receipts his aunt had kept..every day they wrote down what came in and what went out..well that's the next layer.. a page from one of the ledger books...

Real Monarch butterfly wings make this gal rock..we found them in the grass last month..I think they fell off the gril of SIL's truck..so, I didn't hurt anything for the sake of art..ok?? Just giving found objects new life...

Then after more doing and dading..I covered it all in a piece of glass and soldered it all up..I patina'ed the solder, mixed two colors *can you do that????* well, I did and it look all old and grungy or even as my pal Cindy sez: Grotty~

This weekend the #1 grand came over and we all went to the Red River to ride the 4 wheeler and the Razor...Scooby went too..I strapped him on behind me on the 4 wheeler and we just tooled around like old people while hub and grand zoomed and zipped and slung sand on us..They ended up getting extremely muddy and loved every minute of it..

Again, if I can ask for prayers for out son Deke, seems he's having some probs. with all, he's been through..he needs Jesus to give him a hand up and out of this..he's reached some dark spot in his mind and we are unable to reach him..it's breaking our hearts..and we are praying as hard as we can, so I think it's time to send in the warriors..so we'd appreciate it..
thanks so much blog friends!
hugs,t

Envision...

Willie Nelson in his pigtails and bandanna...singing "On the Road Again"...that's going to be me..





Here's the story and I'm stickin' to it: Soldier Son calls us yesterday, his exhaust brackets broke on his NEW, did you see the NEW part? bike...so we go up to Oklahoma to get him and the broke bike...He's to be back on base this am..didn't happen...he's got another couple of days now to get back up there to Kansas...



This Dealership in Wichita Falls, Red River Harley Davidson, are being ASSES about doing warranty work on this, so after a few calls to the exhaust place, and the dealership that he bought the bike from they have an answer...So, guess what? MOM is going to take the broke bike back to College Station Texas to the dealership there, who were great about the whole thing, I might add...and leave it there to get all fixed up...So, if you are passing thru and need something at the HD shop in CS tell them that Tina sent you in..they'll know who your talking about..(she rides an 06 Deluxe and used to live there..)



Looks like brite and early tomorrow I'll be headed out in the Big Ass truck pulling the broke bike on the trailer...so if you don't hear from me in a few days send out the search party..





Today, is the last of the dominoes I had finished before my trip..the one on the left with the yellow flowers is sold..but if your interested the others are for sale..just give me a hollar..10bux. free shipping..

We are starting a blog about the retreat, it's at: http://papercowgirl.blogspot.com/ no work on it yet, but that's fixin' to change...yeehaw...

outta here..t