13 days of Christmas family traditions day 10

Hope all of you are having a super Blessed week.

my pretty nails painted and yes they are my real nails

I remember as a young child we would all (my 2 brothers and myself) sit on the huge (so it seemed then) hearth at mom n dads so that dad could "try" get that perfect picture, you know though the only thing missing was mom n dad :(

we would do that then mom had a string that went all the way across, we got to put all the Christmas cards on the string one at a time....it was so cool to do that.  Now mom just piles them in a pile I told her last night we should get the string out and put them across the hearth (mom wasn't feeling well last night so we didn't do it)
After hanging Christmas cards on that string for what seemed to be an eternity back then, we all got a special treat (hot chocolate with melted peppermint in it YUM YUM YUM)
Then Dad would always read us a Christmas story (sometimes I think he made them up as he went but hey it was all good and fun)

Hope everybody is having a great week and that your Christmas shopping is complete, if you have to go out shopping  please be careful..its like a zoo out there.

Blessings
Harleychick

Christmas Shoes

Merry Christmas (not Happy Holidays, not Merry XMAS) Christ is the reason for Christmas without him there never would have been a CHRISTMAS!!!!

365 days of pictures day 115 Bob and me being silly

Bob and I being silly on the cam...when we can't be there in person this works.  I took it with my Android...I love having a camera phone

It looks (Grainy as I took it off the puter screen)
We are doing great and will be together soon.  I can't wait..and I know that Bob can't either.

Hope everybody is doing great and that your week is blessed

Blessings
Rainbow

since everybody is sharing back to school pictures I think why not

 In this pic I was at the (terrible 2's) mom said I was a pretty good kid :)
The 2nd pic 3
3rd pic is kindergarten
4th pic is 1st grade
5th pic is 2nd grade (don't I look like nelly olsen from Little House?)
6th pic is 5th grade
7th pic 10th grade (yes I was 15 in this pic)
8th pic is 11th grade 16 here
9th pic is 12th grade (ahhh finally almost graduation time, so I thought it would be the best after school,,,little did I know that those were the best years.
The last two are present pictures

I loved the dresses that my grandmother an mom always made for me, I bet (truly somewhere in mom's attic they are all still there)

Hope everybody is having a great day :)
thank you for taking the time to look at my blog

Blessings
Rainbow

PS all I need is young pics of Bob :)  we are doing great

365 days of pictures day 86 "The Beef is here!!"

 Driving down to mom n dads tonight,  "The BIG BOY"
he is grazing on the top picture just like a normal bull or cow, the bottom picture he is slobbering and pawing the ground (notice he is looking >>across the road at another bull) oh no this look like trouble in paradise.
(This is all over the ladies)
Lord, only know that fence isn't going to keep that big guy in there as he probably weighs 2500-3000 lbs easy!!!

I wonder if he is friendly or do we take heed...I sure in the heck wouldn't want to meet him in the dark...no way Jose!!!

...I am thinking (there is lots of dinner, I am only kidding  he is used nothing but studding out the ladies and produces some beautiful offspring.

Hope that everybody is doing great and your Monday is good!!!

Blessings
Rainbow

Do you have farm animals or farms around where you live?

365 days of pictures day 78

      This was taken this afternoon here in the living room
the temp was 104 (index was 110) outside way to hot to be out and about.  We did have a few stops nothing time consuming.  We spent the afternoon being lazy.  But took some time to get a few pictures in :)

 It is so hard to believe that we have been together almost 2 weeks,  wow does time fly when you are having fun.

Tomorrow (Sat) we are going to OK City so that Bob can see the memorial from the OKC bombing.  It is very serene and tranquil, I will be taking tissues as it affects me that way every time I see it, also may take a stroll down river-walk in the evening.
Were going to rent a hotel up there so not have to drive back
then Sunday we will come back here.

Hope that all of you are having a great week, and that the weekend is even better.

Blessings to each of you

Rainbow & Tiger

365 days of pictures day 77 us being silly

 these are more pictures from Tuesdays trip to the park, today we spent at home, didn't feel like running

I spent 2 hours today mowing, while Bob took a nap :)

The first picture were laying on the ground watching the squirrels

The 2nd picture we were sitting on the swing,  just being silly
the 3rd picture we snuck a small little kiss  too many kids around.

Everything is green again, the magic fairy twinkled dust and turned us from Brown to green.

We are having the time of our lives getting to know each other after 8 months.

Hope everybody is having a great week.

Blessings
Rainbow & Tiger
 

some special pictures of us having fun

 our first picture taken together after 8 months
the first and  pic were just being silly

the 2nd pic is the lovely bouquet that Bob sent to me on Thursday before he came on Saturday :)  he customized it to his specifications :)

Bob is such a good sport letting me take pictures of him like I do.  :)

We had a wonderful Monday sharing some ice cream and the hot weather

We are having a quiet & relaxing time :-) enjoying talking and getting to know each other all over again is so much fun....as stated above its been 8 months and we have connected so well.

Please keep praying that everything turns out the way that we are hoping.  God had his hands when he joined us together, but not for our will but for Gods will.

Hope you all are having a great week so far, Bob and I are "living life to the fullest"


Blessings Rainbow & Tiger

PS thank you for taking our journey with us, we appreciate every one of you

Soldiers Angels (special post)

Just wanted to take a special post and tell you about Soldiers Angels  (www.soldiersangels.org)  I have been with SA for almost 2 years it is such a blessing when I write to soldiers all over the world, I hear back sometimes through email and some snail mail,  Some have came home and we still keep in touch.

It brings tears of joy to my eyes when I hear a simple "thank you" that made my day.

If you all enjoy writing letters there is a soldier out there who would enjoy getting that piece of mail in his box.  You can even adopt a soldier that is where you send care packages at least once a month.  This is a blessings knowing that they get some comfort things.  You can pick either M/F and what branch of service.  With Memorial Day past....July 4th is creeping up on us do a good thing.  Once you get to the sight it is very easy...you will be assigned to a team leader (mine is very wonderful) that will help you anyway possible..and if need a break just log in and tell them you need off the team for how long.

we can all spend 5 minutes a day writing a soldier, we spend lots more time blogging.

Blessings to you all
Rainbow

Gator is very supported of my writing soldiers.

365 days of pictures ~day 35~ black eyed susans

continuing on with my flower posts...this is a black eyed susan...aka a common weed in Oklahoma

This is a great flower to do the "he loves me, he love's me not gam
I love taking nature pictures as they do not have to post.  God puts them in front of me for a reason and that reason is to take pictures, somebody has to.

I love the capability of today's cameras, snap, transfer, upload.  I have a eye-fi card it is pretty cool, I can take pictures and upload straight to my computer.  :)


Hope you all have a great Wednesday
Blessings

Bucket List ~Day 1~ Iron Mountain

Today we are off to Iron Mountain, MI (in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan) population as of 2000 census 8154.   Meeting big John who could refuse to go there?

Lighthouses are simply amazing, those beacons have kept a lot of ships, boats, cruisers from crashing to shore.

Look at the rock sculptures that is very fascinating.  Then the dam across the river looks very intriguing.

what beauty there is all around us every where we look.

Gator and I are doing wonderful,
Do you like lighthouses?

These pictures are not my own as I have stated before I only use them for my blogs.  (now when we go there we will get our own pictures of these places.)


I hope you all have a very Blessed Wednesday.

Blessings
Gina

365 days of pictures ~day 16~ awesome sun n water

My cousins and I went to the lake this afternoon... was pretty but too chilly to swim.

This beautiful sun and water was just waiting for me to take the picture

Gator and I are doing wonderful. Bethe I really enjoyed our visit on Friday looking forward to the next one.

Blessings
Rainbow

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365 days of pictures ~day 8~ tree taken down by twister

Welcome to day 8 of picture a day.
This tree was ripped out of the ground a year ago the 13th of this month.  What is weird, it hit at 5am I was snoozing really good and all the sudden I thought somebody was trying to break into the house so sitting up in bed, I jumped to my feet, grabbed my robe went to the kitchen to look out as I have aluminum foil over the window to keep out the west sun.  I get to the kitchen I am like trees are down everywhere.  My neighbor's light comes on so I call him to ask what just happened?  To my surprise it was a tornado wow!!! I almost slept through that?  I could tell trees were down by the light of the porch light, (it was 5am) still dark outside.  It was here and done with before I even knew what hit me WOW I could have met my maker this am and not even known what happened.  Good thing I always pray before I go to bed.   The roaring train sound was one of the most horrible sounds you can ever imagine, the howling like a wild animal (gives me goose bumps remembering those horrid sounds)  Daylight comes, and then  I can see not only 1 tree is down but there is 3 across the driveway how am I ever gonna get out to go to work?  The neighbor is outside and thankfully I drove an suv and could maneuver over the ditch pretty well.  Off to work I go, my neighbors see my car and stop in and say wow your ok I thought everybody down by you were goners.  Now up till late in the afternoon the weather men kept saying flat line winds...NO way in HECK did straight or flat line winds take this tree (that was so big 4 people couldn't put there arms around it) and twist it like a broken rubberband.  I posted on my tweeter no it wasn't flat or straight line, it was a tornado, that they needed to come and ck out the actual damage. About 2 hours later my dad said they finally classified it as as F2 twister.   Living in tornado alley can be pretty scary, but for the most part it is really one of the neatest places to live.  I have been in 2 twisters, and close to the 3rd.  They are very scary and all I know the first one I was in was an F3 and it is by the grace of God I am still here telling about that one, there was no place for shelter, so we had to provide our own shelter to say. cover the head, and hit the floor...so glad for those practice drills while in school.

Have you ever been through a tornado?  Did you hear the hollowing? or the train sound?

Fingerprint Friday

Fingerprint Friday

Today I am linking up with http://www.blog.therustedchain.com/2011/05/fingerprint-friday_20.html  

There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know its true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God
So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? Here's how to join:

1. Blog with your interpretation of God's fingerprints. Be sure to link back here so others can find the entire list of participants.
2. After you've posted your blog, sign the Linky below. Have fun exploring the other links as well! Please sign in only if you're participating. Hopefully this will make us look at things through fresh eyes throughout the week.
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got woke up this morning by very dangerous lightening/thunder and almost 2" of rain in about an hour period.  flash flooding everywhere, thankfully I live on a hill top

I had such a beautiful surprise today when I came in from mowing.  This cacti only blooms every 3-7 years.  I brought this one home from South TX when I lived there, the native (prickly pair) bloom purple and I think they are going to bloom also.

This is such a blessing they have such a sweet smell, the hummingbirds are looking for any kind of flower right now (although I have 2 feeders) I wish I could have caught the red-throated hummer on here but I guess he/she is camera shy :)

Do you enjoy cacti? Do they bloom?


Psalm 145:8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday!!

Welcome to the 1st Edition of Wordless Wednesday!
Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed!

ummmm ducks aren't spose to be walking across the cement.   :-)

Hope everybody is having a great Wednesday

keep your cameras at hand as you never know when you may need it.

Time to Link up and meet

Thankful Thursday

~Thursday~

Whats on your Thankful list this week. Come join in with Tara over at "Undeserving Grace"
http://www.undeservingrace.com/

 1.   Salvation (thank you Jesus for dying for all our sins)
 2.   Love between Gator and I
 3.   My parents (are still in great health)
 4.   My pets (who love me unconditionally)
 5.   Rain to get us out of our drought
 6.   Friends
 7.   A dependable car
 8.   Electric (so right now I can keep warm)
 9.   A roof over my head
10.  Ears to hear music through
11.  Food on the table
12.  Internet so that  I can do my blog and facebook
13.  My health (thankfully I am in decent health)
14.  My new glasses so I can see all that God has to offer me better
15.  Living in the best country in the world (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) God Bless us!

Thank you Bethe for getting me onto some of the other challanges.

Blessings
Gina  

My New Stylish Award Thank you Bethe

Another Honor! ~ Stylish Blogger Award  Thank you Bethe

Can you believe it!?!

Another award sent my way.

Awe Struck!

To accept the award, you have to do the following

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.( done )
2. Share 7 things about yourself. ( see below )                               
3. Award 10-15 blogs who you think deserve this award. ( see below )
4. Contact these bloggers and let them know about the award. ( done )

7 things about me

1.  I have the most wonderful man in the world in my life.

2.  I love to talk

3.  I enjoy blogging :)

4.  I enjoy spending time with my family

5.  in high school I was part of the flag/rifle team

6.  I watched the challenger blow into smithereens (Jan 28, 1986 my mom's 49th                  

birthday)  I was almost half way through Jr College.  

7.  I live in the country.

To accept the award, you have to do the following

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.( done )
2. Share 7 things about yourself. ( see below )                                 
3. Award 10-15 blogs who you think deserve this award. ( see below )
4. Contact these bloggers and let them know about the award. ( done )

Who I am awarding the award too1.  http://missyschranz.blogspot.com/  (missy)
2.  http://domesticgoddessofthesouth.blogspot.com/
3.  http://thisisreallife.blogspot.com/  (susan)
4. http://www.puttingthefunindysfunctional.com/
5. http://coloradobeckers.blogspot.com/  (shawn)
6.  http://coloradobeckers.blogspot.com/  (lisa)
7.  http://www.thinkingcatblog.com/2011/04/library-thursday_21.html
8.  http://buterflydreamz.blogspot.com/2011/04/wordless-wednesday_20.html

I hope you stop by these blogs and show some love.

Blessings
Gina

I am a versatile blogger

A great big thank you to Bethe77 over at http://lifesbeautynuggets.blogspot.com/ What a great surprise

Alright...now for the fine print. In order to accept this reward. You need to do the following:

1. Thank and link back to the person that has given you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself .
3. Award 15 blogs you feel deserve the award.
4. Contact these bloggers and let them know about the reward.

Pretty simple right?

Awesome!

7 Things about me

1.  I love taking pictures, (I use my android almost as much as my regular digital camera

2.  I am in love with the most wonderful person on the face of the earth *Gator*

3.  I am very honest and sincere.

4.  Considered by all to be that one true friend.

5.  Fun loving Gemini I live life to the fullest.

6.  My family is the best

7.  I love reading *my new e-reader makes it pretty easy* as I can sync with my phone and computer.

15 Bloggers who I feel deserve the award

1.  http://donnashouseonthecorner.blogspot.com/

2.  http://nevergrowingold.blogspot.com/

3.  http://missyschranz.blogspot.com

4.  http://coloradobeckers.blogspot.com/

5.  http://www.blog.therustedchain.com/

6.    http://buterflydreamz.blogspot.com/

7.  http://stacysrandomthoughts.com/

8.  http://www.thinkingcatblog.com/

9.  http://acraftykindoftruffle.blogspot.com/

10.  http://thisisreallife.blogspot.com/2011/04/project-365-catching-up.html

11.  http://tranquilacresofalexandriatwp.blogspot.com/

12.  http://www.puttingthefunindysfunctional.com/

13.  http://lisabcarter.blogspot.com/

14.  http://acraftykindoftruffle.blogspot.com/