~Living & Laughing IS the Hardest~

I usually don't watch OPRAH, but I did yesterday when I saw

it was about that lady Monica that went to have her baby and

when she came out of the hospital she was minus her arms and

legs.. She had gotten some disease and her limbs died.. they

turned black and they had to amputate; she is a quad now....

Bless her heart.. She is so pretty... and so very determined to

get through it.. she is like me, we are of the same attitude,

and I think that's why I sat and watched OPRAH..or I wouldn't

have watched it.. She and I both said, "Well lets get on with

this, do what ya gotta do, and let me go home". She has

a great attitude and I am very proud of her.. Being so very

young and her whole life yet ahead.. She will still have a very

full one with the great attitude she has.. Its so EASY to cry,

its the laughing and living that's hard for us...

She had prosthetics and its only been a year since she lost

her limbs.. so she is doing very good.. I feel so badly for her.

I complain and whine and moan about being without legs,

but to have arms gone too? THAT has got to be a lot worse.

I should not complain.. I know a woman out west that flies

and goes all over and she is a quad too.. I commend these

ladies.. I wonder if I would be so brave... yet, I think so,
my life wont stop cuz I lose a leg, or arm, or eye, or even an

ear.. it will go on.. and being on wheels now, well my life aint

going anywhere with out me with it... Its all in what we make

it.. She has a very full life, I watched her husband as he

helped her, and the loving looks he gave her.. THAT is a

major help for her and I am so glad she has that... Some

would have run.... and not accepted an imperfect wife... I'm

proud of him too.. And I have to say I was glad to see that

OPRAH finally had something worthwhile to see instead of

all about herself and how generous she is... I am NOT a

fan of OPRAH. can you tell? But yesterday was a good show.

I had the most wonderful phone call yesterday! and I cannot

WAIT for Saturday! :-) guess why? well the phone call was

from my sister, Shirley, the one with more material than Wal

Mart :-) she is coming up here for a visit and in the mean time

she is going through some of her stuff, material, patterns etc,

and going to share with me.. I need a dress pattern for my

doll, yes, my little girl that stands here in the living room :-)
I want to make her a really pretty little dress with a matching

bonnet ... and I want a little boys pj pattern...PLUS she is

bringing some polar fleece !

She is so good to me, she shares and I am MOSt grateful.. She

and I can talk for hours about sewing.. We have the best time

telling each other what we are making and getting ideas from

each other.. She made her granddaughters some poodle skirts

like they wore back in the 50's I bet they are so cute... Between

the 2 of us there is not ONE thing we couldn't make a pattern

for OR make it.. I told her last nite, that I can truthfully say,

that she and I are both professional seamstresses.. I can operate

more kinds of sewing machines since I have sewn for companys

where Shirley hasnt, basically its only just a matter of how

straight a seam you can sew. But I cant wait to see her and

what she is bringing...

Its time to post this and get back to work, I am working on the

curtains for the windows so Penny can hang them tomorrow.

She will have a busy day, but she doesn't really mind. she wants

to learn to sew, so I have agreed to teach her.. its not hard,

just cant be afraid of the machine.. same like a computer.. So

many are afraid of it.. its only a machine and does what YOU

tell it too... and MINE better listen, or I will wash and clean it

out till it does ! She was running slow yesterday and I had to

run all my debuggers, which are AVG, SpyBot and AdAware,

which are the very best AND agreeable with Vista.. But I

got this baby up and runnin right again.. for how long? I have

no idea.. but it seems when I threaten to get an APPLE Mac,

this HP seems to just straighten right out.. Just like Dutch,

when I tell him I'm gonna get a new baby kittie that's nice

to me.. then he kisses me.. :-)

Time to post and get to work, which is really play, but I

cant till I write my GORGEOUS WEEBLE, "G'day, G'day".

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya and thanks...

Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again............