The Old Sign Shop...

Hi everyone, well I am putting up my first two slideshows of my wood signs that will be for sale, these will be available on Etsy shortly or you can email me if you would like to purchase one. I will also be making other items that will be for sale. In the meantime please continue to scroll down to see the second slideshow. Enjoy!!!

The Start of Something New...

Good Morning Friends!!!! I know I seem really chipper this morning....well I am, I am so excited, not only because of the the weather starting to change, anyone that knows me knows my favorite time of year is just around the corner..so much has been going on this summer, oh where to start.
I finished my class I was taking in college with a great grade, our 22 year old daughter moved to Ohio, our grandbaby Eli turned 1 year old....school started, our 17 year old received her license and bought her first car all on her own....AND I have decided to start a sign shop on Etsy, this will be up and running shortly, all kinds of signs, my husband and I are both artist, he by profession and me just because I feel artistic!!!! Actually I have always been into the arts, I luv pottery, textiles, paint, wood, you name it...so I have decided to keep myself busy, such an understatement...I am so excited...for years my life has been wife, mother, everyone and everything else first and me last...now I will take time to really focus on the me, and I can say I have had it all, I luv being a wife, a mom and a friend, but I really luv ME to.....I am closer to 50 then I am to 40...now life has rewarded me with time for me, and my family is very willing to let me have this opportunity, and the husband is more than willing to do his part in helping me with my new business venture...I am so lucky...all this and no coffee yet!!!

Luv and Hugs Everyone, Have a Wonderful Day....Diana

Done...for now

Good morning everyone, I am done with college for the summer, I took my final exam on Tuesday, I was somewhat anxious but I was trying to be on the positive side, believing that I would get an A....and yes I must of believed really hard because I got and A+ on my final. So for the class I received an A, out of a possible 1300 pnts. for the class I received 1245!!! I know it is not nice to pat myself on the back, but I feel that this is quite an accomplishment for myself, afterall, it has been 30 some years since I have been in a formal classroom. Just want to share with everyone out there. I am hoping that all will have a wonderful day today and keep positive.

Hugs, Diana

Just a Rant.....

Good Morning Everyone,
So here I am once again falling behind in my blogging to be truthful I got caught up in this facebook thingy for awhile like most other people, but alas I have come back to my true love and that is blogging about lots of things and really nothing at all...
So here is my rant, I have just recently returned to college and I am loving it, my daughter had one of the books I needed for the class I am taking but not the other, so I went to the school bookstore and lo and behold I just about had a heartattack when I saw the price of the book, I thought they must of mismarked this baby, so I took it to the front and asked them if this was correct and they said yes, this book was a 150.00 for a paperback book.... are you getting where I am going with this, so I look at the book and think to myself it must have gold in it somewhere or silver in it, something is up with the book for it to be this costly..Still looking, and looking and looking...
Nope, nada, nothing just a plain simple paperback book with white pages and black letters in it that was it, I forgot it was NEW... I put it down and said this is crazy, I left the school bookstore quick and came home jumped on amazon and bought the same exact book for 8.95, and this included shipping to...did I mention that this was THE SAME EXACT BOOK!!!
I am sorry but to me this is crazy, crazy, one I don't get financial aid for school it comes straight out of my hubby's wallet into my wallet and into the school's wallet, what the heck schools not everyone is eligible for assistance, I think that this is a big rip off for the school bookstore to do this to students or anyone else for that matter, how the heck can anyone who has to pay for school and books out of their own pocketbook ever afford any type of education!!!! Ok I am done, I hope everyone has a wonderful day.... : )

What a little man!!!!

Good morning everyone, I wanted to share a picture of one of my favorite little men in my life..

He is such a ham, his mommy says smile and he does his own thing, luv him to pieces...

Paper Pop Up Flower... luv this!!

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Ingredients to a Simple Life...

Happiness keeps you Sweet,

Trials keep you Strong,

Sorrows keep you Human,

Failures keep you Humble,

Success keeps you Glowing,

But only

God keeps you going....

Mimi's Little Luv...

Here is my little luv, Elijah my grandson, what a cutie pie he is, luv, luv this little guy!!

Mind and Body..

The Secret of Health for both mind and body is not to mourn the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

First Snowfall...

Good Morning, so as I realize I have been away for quite some time, I have never the less missed writing and musing about life...Well as the heading on this post says, we had our first snowfall of the season just this past Friday, it was so pretty and will be until we get blasted with 14-16 inches of snow everytime it snows!!! So enjoy the pictures and I promise I will be more vigilant about writing...Have a Wonderful Day!

Loving John Mayer right now....

Yo Yo Ma & Chris Botti

You know I love the Fall and I especially enjoy the feeling of the holidays, I love it when we can have friends and family join us to celebrate, I am so ready to start the decorating and the baking and making our home smell welcoming to anyone that happens to visit or just stop in to Hi... I hope everyone has made a wonderful memory today!

Goodnight.......

The Black Hutch.....

Good Morning Everyone, so the other day I was browsing through craigslist, and this caught my eye, I immediately fell in love, so I texted the hubby and said "LOOK", and he said I LIKE IT, and he wrote YOU SHOULD GET THAT!! So me being wrote back and said well it is nice but I don't know, and he wrote back no really it is nice, and I said well honey if you insist I GUESS I can find a spot for it in the house.... me thinking YAYYYYY, but now remember it was all his idea that I get this( so he thinks!!) Anywho we pick it up and bring it home and it fits perfectly where I had envisioned it, then I wash it down not once but 3 times to make sure it was sparkly clean, I go downstairs and get my sunflower dishes that a very dear friend of mine gifted me a couple of years ago( thanks Pam, I Love My Dishes), I put them out and I thought it looked pretty good till Pam said rearrange, so I did with her help and now they look spectacular!!(Thanks Pam) and now I want to show them to you, have a wonderful day!!

Dinner Last Night...

So on Sundays we normally have a very light breakfast and off to church we go, when we get home we usually do our main meal around 2 ish or so, and then we are on our own for later in the evening. Well my husband last night calls me while I am at the store and says, "You know what sounds good" and I say "what", he proceeds to say "deep dish pizza chicago style", and I say" okay where do we get that", he says we make it"' okay well first of all it is 6:30 by the time I get home and they are all looking at me with pitiful starving eyes and I say okay let's make deep dish pizza, so I quick whip up the dough and the hubby comes in and and proceeds to cook the sausage and begins to layer the pizza meanwhile the little kid is saying"I'm not eating that" okay fortunately I had doubled the dough ingredients and had enough to make a totally fabulous cheese pizza for him and his older brother who turned out really didn't want deep dish he just wanted pizza!! The hubby and I finish making the pizza, pop it in the oven and whala here it is and I must say it was very tasty......YUMMMY!!

I LOVE THE SUNFLOWER!!!

I know that I have said it many times before, but I love the sunflower, it is my favorite flower of all time, well for the end of the school year I decided I would make apple cookies and sunflower cookies for the teachers and the ladies in the office, I was so happy of how they turned out!! I was even impressed with them, and now I would like to share some pictures of them of how they started out and how they ended up..... eaten I hope!

Please Pray.....

Hi everyone, well our daughter and her husband will be having their baby by c-section today, we will be traveling later today to get there but they have Michael's family there for support and our daughter has her sister there also, I just ask that you keep Karisa and Michael and the baby in your prayers and also both our families, I truly appreciate your kindness, thank you, Diana

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Easy Orange Chicken Recipe...

Okay so I know that everyone is busy with one thing or another, and most people hate thinking about what they are going to make for dinner, well I came across this recipe awhile ago and it is the easiest recipe to make, kinda on the Chinese side but the american version of it, my family loves it. I serve this with steamed rice, and use soy sauce.
This recipe makes enough for 2 adults and 2 average eating teenagers, but if you have a larger family I would probably double it, I didn't take pictures of this the last time I made it but I will do so next week when I make it again. Make sure that the chicken is thawed out when you make this, I hope you enjoy and if you make it let me know and tell me if you liked it or not!!! See note at bottom.


EASY ORANGE CHICKEN
1 env. onion soup mix
1 (6 oz.) can frozen orange juice, thawed
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. poultry seasoning
4 lb. cut up chicken
Combine all ingredients except chicken. Arrange chicken in baking pan in a single layer, skin side up. Pour orange-onion mixture evenly over chicken. Cover and bake 1 hour at 375 degrees. Uncover and bake 15 minutes more. Baste occasionally with sauce.

NOTE: I added a can of drained water chestnuts and a bag of frozen vegetable mixture(broccoli,cauliflower,carrots)and some bean sprouts and some thinly sliced bell peppers any color will do then I cut some green onions(green part only) and threw these on top when done cooking and before serving. Now all this is optional if you don't want to add anything to it than it will just be the chicken and just as tasty.

Baby Roupe!!!!!

Hi everyone, well Karisa is back in the hospital with toxemia, we worry but there is relief to know that she is somewhere that she is being taken care of.
They did a sonogram and she was sweet enough to send papa and mimi a picture of our little guy his other grandma was able to be there to see him at that moment so I am sure he was a happy little man!!

She's Having a Baby!!!

Karisa(mommy to be)

Baby(our first granchild)

Wow so where do I begin, well first of all, Hi to all, I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!! Well we just returned from Ohio, our oldest daughter is due to have our first grandchild and they hospitalized her on Friday with toxemia, so we rush there first thing Saturday and she stayed the weekend in the hospital and now she is home and is suppose to be on bedrest..... (Karisa I hope you are reading this), her other sister is staying with her to help so she can do what she is suppose to do be doing bedrest and so her hubby can continue doing what he does, go to work. What a scare this is, you think everything is going along as planned next thing whammo you get side swiped by the unexpected, everyday is better for our little guy and for her, so please keep us in prayer that she and the baby will remain as healthy as possible.