A LITTLE SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT...

BLACK TIE BOOGIE...

TODAY IS MY DAY!

My half bath is getting a small make-over and since it's located next to the kitchen, the idea of combining a Black Tie Boogie project with a newly repainted antique shelf was a two-for-one winning combination.  If you've followed me for long, you know I almost always use my blog hop projects for utilitarian purposes.

I'm also cooking Thanksgiving dinner for 11 and week-end house guests which didn't leave a lot of time for any elaborate projects...just the necessary...can't have an ugly bathroom with company coming!

Cock-a Doodle-Doo!.............

Two Roosters for You

Black and White 

They're Outta Sight!

Made of Fabric Strips from my Black and White Stash

Beautiful Wall Art from Stuff Bound for the Trash!

The Fellas will look Manly beside this nice little black shelf

 And to Think, I did it ALL by Myself

So Good-Bye for Today,and Please Drive Safe

As you visit Friends and Family

on this Great American Holiday

THANKSGIVING TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT

Scott is showing you his "crow worthy" Super Hero toboggan and gloves.  He wanted to be in Grandmama's "blog thingy"  Isn't he adorable?  Bless his heart, he's been with me for 2 days because he was running a temp and couldn't go to school.


Madame Samm always comes up with such creative projects for us to Crow about
and
Vickie brought us all together quite nicely

PLEASE VISIT MY BLACK TIE BOOGIE FRIENDS

Wednesday

November 27

How Art you?

Living with Purpose

Sew many yarns

Grandmama's Stories (GMAMA JANE)

Blessings

Gmama Jane

Tractor Man

and Grandpeeps

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

PILLOWS... FOR THE BOYS...DUCK DYNASTY STYLE

MY BOYS

ARE ALL ABOUT THE OUTDOORS!

"DUCK DYNASTY" STYLE OUTDOOR KINDA GUYS

WITH THAT IN MIND...

 BLOG HOPS 

ARE MY EXCUSE 

TO 

KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE

*FOR THE BOYS* BLOG HOP INSPIRATION

WILL TAKE CARE OF SOME CHRISTMAS STOCKING STUFFER GIFTS

SUCH AS...

  

CAMO PILLOW CASES

DUCK DYNASTY STYLE!

YOU CAN BARELY SEE THEM 

ON

THE BACKYARD SWING

EASY PEASY PROJECT FOR A BEGINNER 

 PURCHASED WARM AND COMFY CAMO FLEECE

THANK YOU JO-ANN FABRICS VETERANS DAY SALE

50% OFF FABRIC

 PLUS

 25% OFF TOTAL PURCHASE 

AT REGISTER

SEWED UP 3 SIDES, TURNED UP CUFF, ZIGZAG STITCHED,

VOILA!

SEW...

WITH SUCH GREAT PRICES AND AN EASY PROJECT

WHY NOT MAKE PILLOW CASES FOR EVERYONE

I ALSO BOUGHT THIS...

AND THIS...

AND THIS...

AND THIS...

MATCHING THOMAS THE TRAIN PILLOWS

 FOR THE 

THOMAS THE TRAIN QUILT

WITH ALL THIS GGORGEOUS FABRIC AND INSPIRATION FROM MY FELLOW BLOG HOPPERS

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO CROSS OFF SEVERAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS

I'M TRYING TO GO MAJORITY HOMEMADE

FOR CHRISTMAS 2013

NOW GO VISIT MORE BLOGS....

November 14^th

 I like to QuiltBlog

Marjorie's Busy Corner

My Fabric Relish

Feathered Nest Studios

Moose Stash Quilting

QuiltnQueen

Grandmama's Stories (YOU ARE HERE WITH GMAMA JANE)

Our Busy Little Bunch

Words and Stitches

 

 November 15^th 

 Everyone Deserves a Quilt

From This to That 

Monkey Makes Three

Just Quilt It  

Life, Quilts and a Cat too

Thimblemouse and Spouse 

More Stars in Comanche

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Sew We Quilt

THANKS MADAME SAMM 

AND 

AMY AT SEW INCREDIBLY CRAZY

FOR MAKING OUR BLOG HOP *FOR THE BOYS* POSSIBLE!

BLESSINGS

CEREBRAL PALSY...GLASS HALF FULL PHILOSOPHY (Funny Story)

My Grandson

James Patrick

Tonight while taking his bath, James asked his mother a question she has been dreading.  James 

stops playing, looks dead pan into his mother's face and asks, "Mama, why do I have *the palsy* (his name for CP)? My daughter, holds her breath and begins to share with James what "the palsy" means, but before she gets more than 1 sentence out, James interrupts to ask, "Do any of my friends have "the palsy"?...Mother, "Well, 1-2 of your friends have Cerebral Palsy but none of your friends at school have CP."  And just as deadpan as he could be, he says,

 "Oh?! (said as though he has had an Ah Hah, Lightbulb moment)

Is *the palsy* why I'm so AWESOME ?"

I GUESS, IT'S ALL IN HOW YOU LOOK AT A SITUATION!

YOU CAN EITHER BE A GLASS HALF EMPTY OR A GLASS HALF FULL

KIND OF PERSON.

PERSONALLY, I LIKE JAMES'S PHILOSOPHY BEST!  HE MAY JUST BE THE WISEST LITTLE FELLA I KNOW!

James Patrick

was born 8 weeks premature

with a Grade 3 Brain Bleed

This is his MRI

JAMES IN NICU...OCT. 7, 2007

 JAMES AND HIS FIRST WHEELS

                               

                                            JAMES , AGE 2 1/2, SDR SURGERY, ST. LOUIS                                       SCAR....BUT SO WORTH IT!   

                                                                                 

                                           AFTER SURGERY PHYSICAL THERAPY                                          

                                                JAMES IN ADELLI SUIT DEVELOPED FROM THE
                                                          SPACE PROGRAM TO GIVE SPATIAL
                                                             ORIENTATION TO CP CHILDREN

                                                                            

                                             JAMES GROOMING HIS HORSE PRINCESS

                                   
                                                                   COWBOY JAMES  

     
                                                           SCHOOL PICTURES 2012                        

                             
                                             JAMES BEING INTERVIEWED ON LOCAL TV

                           
                                                JAMES AND HIS FAKE BLACK-EYE

                                                      JAMES READING WITH SANTA  

                                                 
                                                        JAMES AND MOMMY

                           
                                      DADDY, MOMMY, AND JAMES

Today, James is enrolled in a typical Kindergarten class with an aide to help him maneuver from place to place.  In the classroom he uses a walker or canes along with the braces he wears on his legs and feet.

Academically, James is right on grade level and somewhat above with his reading.  He uses a device called an alphasmart to take spelling tests by using a keyboard.  This device is needed since his lack of motor control over his arms and hands prevents him from holding a pencil. Next year he will receive an IPad for written work.  Recently, another MRI was done to rule out any anomalies that would explain his nocturnal seizures.  Nothing had changed since the one you see at the top of this post.  However, within the last month, James has had a few peti mal seizures at school.  Medications have improved his concentration but further adjustment is needed to control the seizures.  Given all his physical disabilities, James is a delightfully funny, articulate, little 6 yr. old boy who loves people, his music, his dog Neela, his cat Flower, and just happens to think of himself as AWESOME.  

My Grandmama Prayer for James is to always believe in himself while having empathy for others.

I would say that is a Glass Half Full Philosophy!

BLESSINGS