tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295606352024-03-07T15:41:39.078-07:00My LoveRaesha D's blog featuring all things crafty, quilty, swappy, happy, Beatle-y and MORE brought to you with love by Miss Raesha!Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.comBlogger990125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-18271651191298553002013-09-03T13:28:00.001-07:002013-09-03T13:33:07.041-07:00Twenty YearsWell there's nothing like taking a two month blog break and not even posting about our biggest event this summer - Hubby and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary on August 21, 2013. TWENTY YEARS. Holy freaking cow that is a long time. I love this man so much and I am so looking forward to the next 20 years. <br />
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"You Make It Look So Easy"<br />
by Eric Church <br />
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I got a hard head,<br />
I get that from my dad<br />
And I can overreact maybe just a tad<br />
I put up walls to show the world I'm tough<br />
When i don't get my way, I get difficult<br />
But when it comes to lovin' me<br />
Baby you make it look so easy<br />
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You're my refuge from the road<br />
A safe place to go<br />
When I'm out here livin' on this ledge<br />
And when I'm circlin' the drain<br />
You keep my crazy sane<br />
And quiet all the voices in my head<br />
I'm probably wrong more than I say<br />
And I'd point that out if you were that way<br />
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Yeah I'm hard to love and ever harder to live with<br />
And I know there's days when you just want to up and quit<br />
But when it comes to lovin' me<br />
Baby you make it look so easy<br />
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You're my compass when I'm lost<br />
My anchor when I get tossed<br />
And the right way when all I can do is wrong<br />
Sometimes I drink 'til I fall down
but your arms save me from the ground<br />
And hold me 'til all the hurt is gone<br />
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I got a hard head, I was born that way<br />
And that makes me wrong more than I say<br />
But I thank God you got a hard head too<br />
I guess he must have known you'd need that<br />
To get us through<br />
'Cause when it comes to lovin' me<br />
Baby you make it look so easy<br />
Yeah baby you make it look so easy
Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-55047682338061997352013-07-02T08:20:00.001-07:002013-07-02T08:29:50.787-07:00The Titanic...in Albuquerque?I was so excited when I learned that the traveling exhibit of the Titanic was coming to the Museum of Natural History in Albuquerque, I LOVE the Titanic - the splendor, the beauty, the tragedy...
Miss S and I took advantage of the free museum admission day for New Mexico residents in June and spent the morning at the exhibit. We both really liked it. I only had one complaint - it was TOO small!! It left me wanting MORE....so now I will definitely visit the permanent Titanic exhibit in Las Vegas. I've hemmed and hawed about visiting that one cause it's pricey but the docent at our exhibit just raved about it and said it's about 10 times bigger than the traveling exhibit. It also has a section of the actual ship as part of the exhibit - SO cool!<br />
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One of the coolest parts of it was our boarding passes - we each received a boarding pass with the name and information of an actual passenger. Miss S and I were both women traveling alone with our children and we were both second class. Then at the end all the names of those that died were listed and you had to find yourself on there to see if you lived or died. We both lived. It was a very powerful way to visit the exhibit - spending the whole time wondering if you lived or died. if you ever have a chance to visit this exhibit I would highly recommend it. </div>
Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-60851038555700817822013-06-26T09:06:00.001-07:002013-06-26T09:12:22.558-07:00Carlsbad CavernsJune has been insane!It's been filled with lots of mini trips and experiences and adventures that I can't wait to share.<br />
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Our first adventure was with Miss S's girl scout troop to Carlsbad Caverns. I wasn't supposed to go but we had an emergency with the other leader so at the last minute I got to tag along - I was thrilled as I'd never been to the caverns before. Located about 6 hours southeast of Albuquerque, Carlsbad Caverns is freaking amazing! It felt like we were in an ice cave or on the moon when we down in the actual caverns. To get down there is was about a mile and a half hike down 900 feet into the earth - totally surreal.<br />
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We also got to see the Bat Flight program - from May to October millions of bats roost in the caves and each evening they exit the caves to hunt for the night. No pictures are allowed so we got to just sit and enjoy a little program and then sit very quietly for about half an hour as the bats flew out of the cave. These beautiful little babies leaving the caves to hunt - sometimes up to a 30 miles radius from the cave.<br />
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The girls and the leaders all had a great time.If you are ever in that area I would definitely recommend visiting the caverns - it is a national park so admission is very reasonable and they also have a junior ranger program for the kids.
Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-34628633284125529742013-05-24T09:47:00.000-07:002013-05-24T10:02:41.220-07:00What's Old is New AgainI recently became the owner of my step-dad's hutch via my baby brother Chad. This poor little hutch had seen better days and was an awful shade of oaky brown with yucky bronze hardware. After a little TLC this baby looks AWESOME!! It is now in the kitchen and as Miss S exclaimed "It really warms up the kitchen".<br />
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Here's what I did:<br />
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1. Cleaned it REALLY well.<br />
2. Removed ALL the brass hardware <br />
3. Roughed up the paint a little with sandpaper<br />
4. Tried staining it dark brown, which was not working - went to Home Depot and got paint<br />
5. Painted it with two coats of a a beautiful semi gloss - I think it was Behr. The paint color was Bitter Chocolate.<br />
6. Went back to Home Depot and Lowes looking for the perfect hardware<br />
7. Returned the hardware cause it wasn't right.<br />
8. Finally ordered hardware off of Lowes.com<br />
9. Moved that sucker in to the kitchen after bribing Chad to help in exchange for dinner<br />
10. Waited 10 LONG days for the hardware to come in. <br />
11. Made lovey eyes at Hubby until he put the new hardware on for me. <br />
12. Filled it to the brim with kitchen stuff<br />
13. Stood back, admired it, and am now on the hunt for my next project!<br />
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Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-86682439548780494632013-05-20T16:10:00.001-07:002013-05-20T16:15:56.774-07:00A Little Completed WIPThis sweet little quilt has been a year in the making and I'm SO grateful to my darling partner who so patiently waited for it.It measures probably 10 by 12 inches (surprisingly little for how long it took me to finish)...it was just one of those projects that I was all excited about then it got pushed aside. All fabric came from my scrap bin and I bound it with cute black and white patterned fabric. It turned out so cute and my partner loves it - YEAH!!!<br />
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Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-38630085130787207192013-04-29T08:28:00.002-07:002013-04-29T08:28:38.597-07:00Happy happy Monday!!Make this Monday a GREAT one. It's not my favorite day of the week but at least it's a short work week for me - just today and tomorrow and then Wednesday I leave for the second week of BSA Wood Badge training!! WOOHOO!!!<br />
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I have been working my butt off!! Last week our new paralegal started and it is a paralegal that has worked for us before so that meant NO training, NO newbie stuff, NO getting them up to speed which has been AMAZING!! PHEW!! Today we were spoiled by our boss with a fancy schmancy lunch and gift cards for all of us.<br />
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Additionally, I've been hard at work with Boy Scout commitments - staffing at the current Wood Badge course which started last week and our annual Blue and Gold banquet. Blue and Gold was last nice and it's so nice to have that crossed off my list for another year. Next week is the second half of the Wood Badge course and then that can be crossed off my To Do list also!! My poor husband and daughter have hardly seen me the last month, well at least it feels like that. But those who know me know that I really do like to be busy but this has been a little TOO busy.<br />
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We also fit in a quick trip to Golden CO for my brother Ian's Un-Army party. After 3,456 days in the Army he is now a civilian!! WOOHOO!!! Golden was AMAZING and we packed a lot of fun into the 48 hours that we were there.<br />
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Mixed in among all these I have fallen madly, deeply and obsessively in love with The Walking Dead. I'm on my third watching of Seasons 1 and 2 and am chomping at the bit for Season 3 to come out on DVD. I tell you guys - I'm obsessed. And Daryl Dixon is my new heartthrob. Eeehhhhh gads I love him! <br />
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My latest blocks - these will be sent off to my three partners today. One set to England, another set to Australia and one set to the USA. Once these are mailed off I'm taking a little break from block swaps - I have so many AWESOME blocks now that I need to get some quilts actually put together and finished up.<br />
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These blocks were SO much fun to make - I used all scraps and just randomly pieced them. I pieced them while watching some Top Gear, Glee and Once Upon a Time. It's always fun to quilt and watch TV - I just carry my Ipad with me to my sewing table or my ironing board. <br />
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Here's the <a href="http://www.quilterscache.com/D/DepressionBlock.html" target="_blank">tutorial </a>I used if you'd like to make some of your own. Super super easy - but does take a little time and a little concentration on putting your squares together. <br />
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Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-6715437601429921112013-03-01T09:50:00.000-07:002013-03-01T09:50:54.690-07:00My Poor Neglected BlogWhy hello there!!! Holy moley - I did not intend to take a two month blogging break. I have been crazy busy since the first of the year though so blogging took a back seat to my increased activity on Facebook, Instagram and Flickr.<br />
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In January I took a daily class from my friend <a href="http://www.layoutoutaday.com/" target="_blank">Lain Ehman</a> about Crafting Your Biz.....I've been contemplating starting an online scrapbooking/crafting company. Crafting is such a huge part of who I am that it's time that I start nurturing it more, sharing it, and hopefully making a little bit of money from it too. It's still in it's infant stage so I have a ways to go still before it becomes reality.<br />
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Then in February I signed up for the LOAD challenge, again with the fabulous Lain Ehman. LOAD = Layout a Day challenge and it was FABULOUS!! We had daily prompts, discussions and so much fun posting our layouts in our Flickr group. We ended with just over 6000 layouts posted for the month - I think there were about 450 participants. I personally completed 38 layouts which is more than I've done in the last 3 years COMBINED.<br />
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This is my final layout - highlighting what I accomplished this month.This was such a kick in the pants for me - I learned, stretched myself creatively and had an amazing time. The theme for this LOAD was Scrap Happier and I really really did. I will cherish these pages I created. Visit my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12699422@N00/" target="_blank">Flickr page</a> to see the rest of the layouts I completed this month. <br />
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Thanks to help from my Facebook friends, I've decided on my word for 2013. MORE.<br />
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More positive.<br />
More organized.<br />
More peaceful.<br />
More present.<br />
More time with family.<br />
More faith.<br />
More meal planning.<br />
More proactive.<br />
More dedication.<br />
More action.<br />
More learning. <br />
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I want to take the good parts of my life and make MORE of them. Do you choose a word as your theme for the year? If so, please share! I love this method of goal setting. Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-87428187107841444522012-12-25T22:14:00.000-07:002012-12-25T22:21:40.963-07:00Merry Christmas!!!Wow - it has been a FULL month!!!! Hope you've been following me on Instagram or Facebook for my December Daily posts. If not, here's a recap of the past couple days.<br />
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Celebrating Miss S 12th birthday on the 23rd, dinner and fun with my brother, his fiancé, her three girls and her parents on the 24th and a wonderful, quiet, mostly relaxing Christmas Day.<br />
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I have so much love in my hear today. For my family, my friends, for you. For phone calls and skyping with family near and far, for beautiful presents to open, for the bounty of cards received...but most of all for the birth of our Savior. Merry Merry Christmas!!!!Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-64641574574318958162012-12-05T10:54:00.001-07:002012-12-05T10:54:16.324-07:00December!!!I've been so MIA here lately -I'm having too much fun on Facebook and on Instagram!!! I'm documenting my December Daily on Instagram and absolutely love it. So this little blog will be quiet probably until after the new year. I need to find a good balance of my social media outlets:) To keep you occupied through the holidays - enjoy this little meme:):) I'd love to see you post it on your blog too - if you do leave me a comment so I can go check out your answers too:)<br />
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I found this fun little meme <a href="http://www.irocksowhat.com/2012/11/i-cant-help-myself-christmas-meme.html" target="_blank">here</a>....<br />
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<span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">A little of both</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;">4. Do you hang mistletoe?</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Never</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">5. When do you put your decorations up?</span></b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">The day after Thanksgiving - it's my personal Black Friday tradition:) We don't go shopping - we decorate the house instead:)</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;">6. What is your favorite holiday dish?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #111111;">Posole and tamales. I don't know what I'll do if we ever leave New Mexico. </span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;">Big Christmas Eve dinners with extended family and lots and lots of cousins</span><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;">8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?</span> </b></div>
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What? I still believe in Santa. He lives in our hearts and will always be real to me:)</div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?</span></b></div>
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<b> </b>Yes - just one. </div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;">10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?</span></b></div>
Total modge podge. Lots of homemade ornaments and ornaments we've collected throughout the year. I've always wanted to do a themed Christmas tree but have never done it - I love our mis match stuff:)<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?</span></b></div>
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<b> </b>I love it, love it, love it. </div>
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<b> </b>Not really. </div>
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The rolodex my dad bought for me when I was maybe 16 or 17? It was the first Christmas my dad did some secret shopping of his own in addition to all the presents my mom bought. </div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;">14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: white;">Being with family!!!!</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Pie - any kind.</span></span></div>
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Sending a TON of Christmas cards!! I usually send out about 125 - if not more.Christmas Eve we always open one present and have tamales and posole for dinner. Christmas Day we have cinnamon rolls and OJ and then a big dinner that night. Usually it's just the three of us but now that more family has been moving back to NM I'm looking forward to working on some new traditions. </div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">17. What tops your tree?</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">A gold star. </span></span></div>
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I love both but I think I prefer giving. </div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">19. Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum?</span></b></div>
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<b></b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">YUM!</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;">20. Favorite Christmas movie?</span></b></div>
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<b></b><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: white;">Elf</span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;">21. Saddest Christmas Song?</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #c00000; color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">I'll be Home for Christmas - mostly cause I haven't been "home" (aka my mom's house) for Christmas in probably 20 years. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #609a9f; color: white;">22. What is your favorite Christmas song?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="color: #111111;">I have so many - </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="color: #111111;">We Three Kings</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="color: #111111;">God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="color: #111111;">Angels We Have Heard on High</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"></a>Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-76385868711694035262012-11-15T15:54:00.001-07:002012-11-15T15:56:14.839-07:00Gratitude: Day 15<div>
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For our beautiful earth. For Mother Nature. For the warmth, the cold, the beautiful seasons that come and go. </div>
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I'm enjoying my daily Gratitude postings on Instagram - are you playing along? Follow me #raeshadrz</div>
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PS This picture was taken about an hour from our house - in the beautiful canyon we drive through to get to the Girl Scout Camp. </div>
Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-23742884034545417372012-11-11T18:41:00.001-07:002012-11-11T18:41:33.424-07:00Thank You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-82530021455460550622012-11-02T12:16:00.001-07:002012-11-02T12:18:21.079-07:00Gratitude: Day 2<div style="-moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 20px; width: 550;">
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Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-77630219521253513392012-11-01T17:06:00.001-07:002012-11-02T12:13:15.449-07:00Gratitude: Day 1<div style="-moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 20px; width: 550;">
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Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-52841453931060622952012-10-25T13:37:00.001-07:002012-10-25T13:37:18.017-07:00Holiday Mail for Heroes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My darling Cub Scouts and I will be working on a fabulous service project for the next month -
we will be collecting Holiday Cards for Heroes for the American Red Cross which will be distributed to military installations, veterans hospitals, and other locations. </div>
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are TWO ways for you to take part in our Holiday Mail for Heroes service project. First - you can collect BLANK holiday cards for us. Second - you can get together with your family and sign holiday cards and then send them to us. </div>
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<li>Ensure that all cards are signed.</li>
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generic salutations such as “Dear Service Member.” Cards addressed to
specific individuals can not be delivered through this program.</li>
<li>Only cards are being accepted. Do not send or include letters.</li>
<li>Do not include email or home addresses on the cards: the program is not meant to foster pen pal relationships.</li>
<li>Do not include inserts of any kind, including photos: these items will be removed during the reviewing process.</li>
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refrain from choosing cards with glitter or using loose glitter as it
can aggravate health issues of ill and injured warriors.</li>
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card does not need its own envelope, as envelopes will be removed from
all cards before distribution.</li>
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</section><a href="http://www.redcross.org/support/get-involved/holiday-mail-for-heroes">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION</a><br />
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We will be collecting cards through NOVEMBER 15, 2012. We have a goal of collecting 250 cards. If you would like to participate please email me privately at raeshadrz at yahoo dot com for my mailing address. <br />
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COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING<br />
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Come thou fount of every blessing<br />
Tune my heart to sing thy grace<br />
Streams of mercy never ceasing<br />
Call for songs of loudest praise<br />
Teach me some melodious sonnet<br />
Sung by flaming tongues above<br />
I'll praise the mount I'm fixed upon it<br />
Mount of thy redeeming love<br />
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Here I raise my Ebenezer<br />
Hither by thy help I come<br />
And I hope by thy good pleasure<br />
Safely to arrive at home<br />
Jesus sought me when a stranger<br />
Wondering from the fold of God<br />
He, to rescue me from danger<br />
Interposed His precious blood<br />
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O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be!<br />
Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee<br />
Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love<br />
Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above<br />
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It's officially too cold to wear sandals in NM but I just couldn't resist this pair of dansko sandals. They are in my closet waiting for the first warm spring day of 2013. I love danskos and I always get a thrill when I find them at the thrift store. I paid $7.99 for these beauties.Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-74299980998511763962012-10-16T12:20:00.001-07:002012-10-16T12:24:15.322-07:00Halloween<div class="mobile-photo">
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Holiday decorations have become pretty sparse around our house as of late. I'm tired of everything we have and I'm slowly slowly slowly purging down to the holiday decorations that I love the most. In fact I haven't even pulled down the Halloween box from the garage. Guess I should get on that. For now this is the one Halloween decoration in our house and it's hanging on the inside of the front door. And it's a beaut!! I used the tutorial found <a href="http://www.landeeseelandeedo.com/2012/10/halloween-ribbon-wreath.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Don't you love it?? Only change I made was I used a green foam wreath instead of a straw wreath and I didn't cover it before I started tying my ribbons on. Any little peeks of green showing match the green ribbon I used. All supplies came from Hobby Lobby and I think my total was about $10 - both the ribbon and the wreath were 50% off. And I have plenty of extra ribbon to add to other Halloween projects. Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-87543460122139510342012-10-15T10:23:00.001-07:002012-10-15T10:23:28.567-07:00Balloons<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PSeY93340d4gmsYNRvCStvw35gdHHrWwT8WeqckrFv94TXfAsYFbUs63lsW68BY4CO-Wi7CJoqO_GOagJfW-MWL7PGbBfRrwBdzpC5M0Jvytk3un2-OaGpCEYo5nSM85PYiG/s1600/photo+1-708568.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PSeY93340d4gmsYNRvCStvw35gdHHrWwT8WeqckrFv94TXfAsYFbUs63lsW68BY4CO-Wi7CJoqO_GOagJfW-MWL7PGbBfRrwBdzpC5M0Jvytk3un2-OaGpCEYo5nSM85PYiG/s320/photo+1-708568.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5799588010799072434" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_flRFDD86HdXZAULfIFDNnfhSLq-N2z6jwiUOELnzTyFh599uOCAGj5nJ8YCm_7ZQNiFAoS0Wt2_h9mPRrNWCCinFI6keusR7sOlFPLrQxH92lpWz6kpsA_KliZVv3fraMrny/s1600/photo+2-711484.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_flRFDD86HdXZAULfIFDNnfhSLq-N2z6jwiUOELnzTyFh599uOCAGj5nJ8YCm_7ZQNiFAoS0Wt2_h9mPRrNWCCinFI6keusR7sOlFPLrQxH92lpWz6kpsA_KliZVv3fraMrny/s320/photo+2-711484.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5799588021101439922" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6wKY24rVxMV2HdktuaPP1wFzD5IJjq5zgYnTxj6UlUaVK0LirzOvMmU0fjLcpGWl-_mdeNDvsKjLaYedF1wyLZreEWs0N8hygj5vYVrYBIA-DJpyGcyuaTsXf3-Sa8uu-wEE/s1600/photo+3-714001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6wKY24rVxMV2HdktuaPP1wFzD5IJjq5zgYnTxj6UlUaVK0LirzOvMmU0fjLcpGWl-_mdeNDvsKjLaYedF1wyLZreEWs0N8hygj5vYVrYBIA-DJpyGcyuaTsXf3-Sa8uu-wEE/s320/photo+3-714001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5799588034321548114" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JDu4kdrNRjbO_4ezJfCRnA3yJbAeKdWm8ekD3tpSm05j1e02G-wHks6bVvgLIAIAHnLCGOwpt4qXDG5HGihBUVQfZrmBBmOP68SGLi7_dcf1n7gqbH7KkRabYt-3CX6Le1Wv/s1600/photo+4-718841.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JDu4kdrNRjbO_4ezJfCRnA3yJbAeKdWm8ekD3tpSm05j1e02G-wHks6bVvgLIAIAHnLCGOwpt4qXDG5HGihBUVQfZrmBBmOP68SGLi7_dcf1n7gqbH7KkRabYt-3CX6Le1Wv/s320/photo+4-718841.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5799588051506087202" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yvOnzmVY4yoPtqXakrJ4xQfN2K3nw0l924wxVJJr8PAtF_bIVTYRNo-xvYCQWNhrmDFAVDV3936itVqgQXoEtLVFw01jvwWrtLK_dFcgL1xNeyvMK6ST7AKqslOtfYCs1yjA/s1600/photo+5-720687.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yvOnzmVY4yoPtqXakrJ4xQfN2K3nw0l924wxVJJr8PAtF_bIVTYRNo-xvYCQWNhrmDFAVDV3936itVqgQXoEtLVFw01jvwWrtLK_dFcgL1xNeyvMK6ST7AKqslOtfYCs1yjA/s320/photo+5-720687.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5799588058531092018" /></a></p>October brings Balloon Fiesta - this year Rick and Ryalin came with two of their kiddos. We never made it to a mass ascension this year but spent two nights at the field for balloon glows. It was beautiful!!!
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<br>Rick and Ryalin:Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-47854455546758231512012-10-12T19:44:00.001-07:002012-10-12T19:44:47.592-07:00San Antonio<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegG4vPyLvAcYvTMVmwb3DnkO56Up7xJYRQcErQe7U7LnWeXNhugMN-voP_ShTU7r3ryJXHutTtoQIZBCzKhoxu-5RwRDom9T5cdSBW9JJbP75qzDU3-nOSZTtZjcDMX3M6kY2/s1600/photo+1-787593.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegG4vPyLvAcYvTMVmwb3DnkO56Up7xJYRQcErQe7U7LnWeXNhugMN-voP_ShTU7r3ryJXHutTtoQIZBCzKhoxu-5RwRDom9T5cdSBW9JJbP75qzDU3-nOSZTtZjcDMX3M6kY2/s320/photo+1-787593.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5798619404417908050" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLVkA188BlxW1jpY0QLEMPkQXHGHHYz9jKUpGpeJNwUKYfcK29B_llsjNGSmXgC_P6SCpXh3tBhCfl3LJJJ6tJ5UUTeXzOFP5g29BWNwXkR9oT4kQliYS6cVaOJw0VOccxAQh/s1600/photo+2-789442.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLVkA188BlxW1jpY0QLEMPkQXHGHHYz9jKUpGpeJNwUKYfcK29B_llsjNGSmXgC_P6SCpXh3tBhCfl3LJJJ6tJ5UUTeXzOFP5g29BWNwXkR9oT4kQliYS6cVaOJw0VOccxAQh/s320/photo+2-789442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5798619407730317874" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEv9Mhre674_bTsOUMaP2OgWiF4bi7VYYsP80T_Z2ZgZElkcnE2CkF6_rKY16nJbDjgnzAsgyZ95Rkvzyryl4QbOvqFEJa5WOYkBso9NemCv6YYTD5II4ulATgIY-_s0oynxxW/s1600/photo+3-790907.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEv9Mhre674_bTsOUMaP2OgWiF4bi7VYYsP80T_Z2ZgZElkcnE2CkF6_rKY16nJbDjgnzAsgyZ95Rkvzyryl4QbOvqFEJa5WOYkBso9NemCv6YYTD5II4ulATgIY-_s0oynxxW/s320/photo+3-790907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5798619416740616850" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUo1dzd8ZXbbIGkvAdEQPqytB-3pFf4ES0vco2F-mRRrJpD0V5OIiM6o81Br3_Bd1SPLlSdQaUqj6LyB-a03R8gGuus7qDqs0akAcTouDKQqJqtgLcm_rrjPNS3z6wYFCNFaRl/s1600/photo+4-795112.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUo1dzd8ZXbbIGkvAdEQPqytB-3pFf4ES0vco2F-mRRrJpD0V5OIiM6o81Br3_Bd1SPLlSdQaUqj6LyB-a03R8gGuus7qDqs0akAcTouDKQqJqtgLcm_rrjPNS3z6wYFCNFaRl/s320/photo+4-795112.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5798619434797983954" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HmQrpX2yLHnJN0vOifJq-wU3BRZ_L2HzwZx2Hc6rgldPksaWID-l7D4EO19hCl1YRg3sEWj4vs698VrH_ZKH83gJ_PF9km0Af2hkK0uny4mc5fZGQpsMPjSReHXubPt5qz9_/s1600/photo+5-796714.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HmQrpX2yLHnJN0vOifJq-wU3BRZ_L2HzwZx2Hc6rgldPksaWID-l7D4EO19hCl1YRg3sEWj4vs698VrH_ZKH83gJ_PF9km0Af2hkK0uny4mc5fZGQpsMPjSReHXubPt5qz9_/s320/photo+5-796714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5798619438230930162" /></a></p>Miss S and I flew to San Antonio for a quick trip two weeks ago for my sweet nephew Logan's baptism. What a great fun weekend. My mom and my granny were both there. Granny told us lots of stories of her childhood. Ryalin typed them up and we plan to continue to add to it and eventually print them in book format for the family.Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-65089863490738430972012-10-04T08:26:00.001-07:002012-10-04T08:26:53.173-07:00Funny<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HeITdGZBkl9ofyk4bx6bJM0v8lT3qlxO_1DsVyZnTzgX_yK3Ucy6lrT0a0d9aLV7rMTR_XgziTQdGqUdj79Sza9SilvhzF7LiMEVzNzAcgbDnnHP2dmiSp88aH0Loh203R28/s1600/photo-713173.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HeITdGZBkl9ofyk4bx6bJM0v8lT3qlxO_1DsVyZnTzgX_yK3Ucy6lrT0a0d9aLV7rMTR_XgziTQdGqUdj79Sza9SilvhzF7LiMEVzNzAcgbDnnHP2dmiSp88aH0Loh203R28/s320/photo-713173.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5795476025616821586" /></a></p>This was on my car when I left work last night. Gave me a good laugh cause there was no one parked next to me when I got to work or when I left work. So what was I parked "too close" to? Guess I'll never know :)Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-13325970225299710062012-09-26T07:46:00.001-07:002012-09-26T07:46:48.930-07:00WWII<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ9-U73mu0PwmfgjL5rQgSWuSruczQlooDj6OHQLweMuUff1YvE37mNB6_AWE_qNCYWrAeEGWhH6lAaCoQp4hYTczZ6J8CEm_-QC4s1U-vCbmuaLirI0n4xFdS1PDraHjLdDz/s1600/photo-708930.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ9-U73mu0PwmfgjL5rQgSWuSruczQlooDj6OHQLweMuUff1YvE37mNB6_AWE_qNCYWrAeEGWhH6lAaCoQp4hYTczZ6J8CEm_-QC4s1U-vCbmuaLirI0n4xFdS1PDraHjLdDz/s320/photo-708930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5792497017824466034" /></a></p>May of you know that I'm slightly obsessed with WWII, okay actually I'm extremely obsessed with it. So imagine how excited I was to meet Albert Smith, one of the Navajo code talkers. He was absolutely darling!! We bought a book about the code talkers and he signed it for us. All proceeds go to the preservation of the code talkers history - they are so few of them left.
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<br>And you also get to see a rare picture of my hubby actually smiling :)Raesha Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636989295632347591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29560635.post-56503580482490775822012-09-25T09:14:00.000-07:002012-09-25T09:14:00.421-07:00Addictions <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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