Snow, Snow...go away...

Give us Spring please, with warmer temperatures!

One friend of mine is in New Mexico right now. He paged me with a message saying it's his type of weather of 75 degrees and so sunny. That's where I should be at...in warmer temperatures...and of course in Arizona!

My stage team and I met via Sorenson VP for our upcoming Deaf Cafe-Flint, MI program. We will be doing "The Cost of Freedom" and honoring all American Soldiers who have fought for our country, for our freedom.

And I've tallied up all those who have died in battle---from the Revolutionary War to Iraq...as of yesterday's tally...comes to 631,050!

A young girl created a beautiful video clip and posted it on YouTube. I was deeply touched by her work, and she gave me permission to download and use it as part of our program.

However, many people who have reviewed that clip had left many negative comments behind so I will not post it here.

Well, since I'm off tomorrow, I don't have to worry about going to bed on time or anything. Normally I'd be showering and crawling in bed.

Not tonight. And it's still snowing outside!

Please pray for me---I still have no vehicle...and it's very hard to stay confined or limited. I might have transportation for Monday---but we'll see.

Have a good night, and perhaps I'll blog more tomorrow.

My Easter Eggs

I promised you all I'd show you my Easter Eggs...

Quite very simple....

Use colorful 100% silk and cut in pieces that you can wrap up over the raw eggs. Use twisty ties (or if you have rubber bands, that'd be fine too. Twisty ties work best).

Make sure the silk right side is wrapped against the eggs.

After you've tied it, then cut up a white cotton (I used my husband's old white t-shirt...sorry honey!) and then wrapped it OVER the silk. Twisty tie it too.

Put all the eggs in a pot of cold water and add 1 cup of vinegar.

Boil for 1/2 hour.

After done, take them out, I like to run it under cold water as not to burn my fingers.

Unwrap them and see what surprises your silk gives your eggs.

TIP: I go to a Goodwill store or some of those second hand stores and usually 100% silk ties work best. They come in different patterns. Bold colors work best. Pastel might come out weak, but still work.

Have fun.

My picture above, I made with my sister---and she did blow the yolks out beforehand. Wanted the eggs to last longer and not have smelly rotten eggs after a week or two. We followed the directions above, but we had to "weigh" them down by placing a saucepan gently on top. Do 15 minutes on one side, then turn them over for another 15 minutes. It worked!

Ta-da. Perhaps next year you can try this.

Okay, off to work I go. Pray for me for a better day and for blessings regarding my van situation.

i hate this world

I am just being in a whiny mood today. I'm also a very unhappy person and I'm trying very hard not to be selfish in my mood today.

It really is about my van. I just want to take it out and shoot it, put it out of its misery. But I've poured so much money into it to make it better--and a new problem came up on Saturday morning...so I'm not a very happy girl.

I hope you all had a happy easter. I know I did. In spite of my van woes, I was able to enjoy the day. Went to church and did my solo (in ASL), and then enjoyed a very lively Sunday School class...

Drove out to Lapeer which was an hour 1/2 drive from Ann Arbor. Woo. That is a long drive (btw, I borrowed a sister's car). Enjoy a wonderful meal of ham, scalloped potatos, salad, rolls and ...ah yes, green beans. The ham was from a pig that my brother in law had gotten last year, and it's smoked, so it was a very challenging meal to eat something that was so rich. Finally gave my second piece to my husband. It was just too much for me.

Dyed some eggs---after it had its yolks blown out, and just empty shells. We did the silk dye. In my next posting, I will include directions and pictures. But it's really fun and easy to do. This year was the 2nd time I've done it. BUT, with empty egg shells. Those can last forever. I don't think many people like hard-boiled eggs sitting around or making egg salad. LOL.

Okay well, my lunch break is up. I think I'll go get a bag of chips to eat at my desk, and finish up another project and wait for my sister to grab me at 4 to take me home.

Maybe some good news will come to me today---and put a smile back on my face? I know it's ok to have a bad day or two every now and then.

Have a super day....