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Happy Canada Day
Happy 4th of July

I like to welcome you all to visit and chat with us, pull up a chair and relax.
This room is for caregivers and receivers of care and everyone who loves to come and visit.

Write your feelings if it is happy or sad someone will respond.

This Room (thread) has helped us all so much.. we shared the good, the funny, the recipes, the poems, our life style, how to cope with situations and not to forget we made lovely friends and their family on here... we can be up and we can be down.. there is always a reply.. to help us share our kindness to each other to take on the day.. or the evening so we can go to a comfortable sleep after a hard day.^j^ ^j^

Hugs Susan

Hello every one I am sharing a Poem my DS wrote when he was in Junior High

Rebirth of a Day

Dawn is breaking,the rising of the sun
A sign that the world has just began.
The stillnes of morning in the air,
Waking innocent creatures every where.
Colors shining making the world look new,
The birds, the bears, the fish , the deer.
Waking the day as they've done for years.
Sunlight peeking trough trees with their rays,
Breaking the night to make a new day.
Water rippling in the flow of a brook
Bright colored pebbles give it a peacefull look.
Insects are busy most of the day,
The small wooly bear cubs busy at play.
Birds are all chirping, the sun is up high,
The day is half over, time has gone by.
Eating and playing, the creatures are free,
Living and loving in harmony.
The day is now darker, the sun almost gone
Let the time keep on going, and wait for the next Dawn......

By Edwin Geerling

Why God Made Friends

God made the world with a heart full of love,
Then He looked down from Heaven above,
And saw that we all need a helping hand,
Someone to share with, who'll understand,
He made special people to see us through
The glad times and the sad times, too;
A person on whom we can always depend,
Someone we can call a friend.

God made friends so we'll carry a part
of His perfect love in all our hearts.

Hugs Susan

STRAWBERRY STREUSEL MUFFINS

MUFFINS
2 c. flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. fresh strawberries, chopped, about 12
1/3 c. sugar
1/2 c. whipping cream
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/3 c. margarine, melted

STREUSEL TOPPING
1/3 c. flour
1/4 c. pecans, finely chopped
1/4 c. sugar
3 tbsp. margarine, at room temperature
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Combine strawberries and sugar. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in cream, egg and vanilla until well blended. Add strawberry mixture to flour, baking powder and salt mixture.
Add margarine and stir just until blended. Spoon into 10 to 12 greased muffin pan cups. Sprinkle with topping.

FOR TOPPING: Combine flour, pecans, sugar, margarine, and cinnamon in a medium bowl until mixture comes together in large crumbs. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy Susan

I like to share my feelings...

What a true blessing you all are. I could share my weakness, strength, and hopes.
You all give me support, and for that I am truly blessed.
I am so grateful to have all of you in my life, we can write our feelings so the days tasks can go smooth.

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts, and for helping me through this journey, and keep me going.
I only hope I can give you back what you all have given me.

Love and Hugs Susan


On a sign at the Missouri Botanical Gardens

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged,
sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.
Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

Wish you all a gentle nights sleep ^j^ ^j^

Good Morning it is Saturday 1st of July.. half way through the year.

We have a nice sunny day here and only 90 degrees better than a 100 and over. This is the first weekend we are not busy. I am watching the soccer game while I am on computer it is still 0-0 England against Portugal.
Look forward every 4 years to the Worldcup Soccer.

Cella is still asleep and will wake her up at 9am. She is reading her 4th book by Debbie Macomber this time a romance, it is retaining, she is so happy and so am I.
Have a wonderful day to all and visit us in this new room.. ^j^ ^j^

Hugs Susan

Happy Canada Day!
Happy Independence Day!


Good Afternoon, Everyone!
This morning we stopped at home that was offering everything free, now that their garage sale is over. I found a couple cookbooks. The best one is a local school PTA cookbook from 1996, complete with index, cooking terms, and kitchen hints. I also found an 8 - inch cast iron frying pan. Freecycle dot org is great!

Susan, my son has left for a friend's home. What do you think they are watching?? World Cup Soccer!

Hope to see everyone in this new room,
Hugs,
dutchmom4

May your day be
warm and breezy,
light and easy.
May everything be sunny,
as sweet as honey.
May all be well
and right--
happy and bright.
May everything you
touch be smooth sailing,
inspiring, and fulfilling.

You guessed it.
I'm wishing you
a great day!

Hello, I have been so busy June just flew by! My son graduated and the party was very nice. Dave will be joining the United States Navy he has been studying for the testing and I am sure he will pass. He landed a job for the summer at McDonalds and dear daughter Danielle has a babysitting job! For a 5 month old baby girl. She loves it such a good baby! They are saving their money in a bank and doing pretty good this summer. I am proud as ever of them both. As for me I am doing well went for a check up at doctors and all is fine!I will be heading to the university of Michigan for studies again soon for the psoriasis research in hopes of finding a cure for peopel in the future. Grammy doing the same and doctors appointment coming up soon but there has been no change for her at this time. My plans are the same still looking for a home away from here and have seeked help from the state...another story! Just wanted to say I have missed everyone and been thinking of you all! ^j^Karen

Seafood Salad

1 bag of shreaded cole slaw
1 jar of Marzetti Slaw dressing
1 pkg. imatation crab meat(sticks) cut into bite sizes
1 small bag of tiny shrimp
1 pkg. imatation lobster

Mix together and serve. Enjoy!
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I have used just the crab sticks and a bag of imatation lobster...or just the crab chunks what ever is on sale!This salad was a hit at the graduation party...wanted to share with you all...great for summertime.

A Summer Day by Frances Heighton

Sun peeking over the hilltop,
Roses caressed by the dew,
A sea of bright morning glories
Of every imaginable hue,
Corn in the field, gently nurtured
By the sun and the soft falling rain,
Meadows all sounding with new songs,
And daises soon to be made into chains,
New earth just bursting with life, and
The laughter of children at play--
I am happy because these are part of
This beautiful warm summer day.

Hello to All in CGR. Lovely sunny day here in the NW. DGD went for a walk with me this morning. They are waiting for eggs to hatch. Two hens have been trying to set on eggs. Chicks may have 2 moms. That has happened before.

Susan, new room is lovely. I enjoyed your DS poem. and other poems and sayings.

Karen, it is so good to see you posting. Liked your poem also. Praying that things work out for you.

Wishing all a great holiday weekend.
Hugs,
Deery

Karen so glad you stopped by I was thinking of you today and how you was doing with your health.
You can be a proud Mom and they are so good looking. June was busy for us too, all the weddings and graduations.We still have a wedding to attend in August in Ione about an hour from here.
Thank you for that recipe, I love a seafood salad.. yum

Dutchmom Portugal won over England.. 3 penalty kicks against one.
I am waiting for Brazil and France then only 4 left it is getting pretty exciting, just started.
Will be back later

Deery you must of posted at the same time and thank you for the poem, so cute that 2 hens are sitting on one egg.
I told Marcella about the hens and she said she wished she had 2 Moms then one Mom can have a break. Bless her.

Hello friends! Happy Canada Day and Happy Fourth of July! Can you believe how fast June passed? Before we know it the children will be back in school and DD back to teaching.
Thank you for the new room. This is nice to start the next half of the year in a fresh new room. I must find a good recipe to share.
Last night I made another loaf (my fourth with this recipe) of the SOUR CREAM AND VANILLA BREAD, as it is so good and easy to make. It turned out with such a nice shape and light crust. The bread is so yummy and great for sandwiches and toast. Now that I have found some recipes that do well in the bread machine, I think that it will be worked harder! LOL And it saves my energy!
Karen it was good to hear from you and you know that all of us think about you and wonder how you are doing. The same goes for Marymitten and all those that come here. We don't always get to be here as much as would be enjoyed but these are busy days for everyone. DH is taking a couple of days vacation along side the holiday. It will give him some time to work on the "honey do" projects, LOL!
I hope that all of you have a wonderful and safe weekend/holiday time!
I will post a recipe the next time around.
If any of you know of a tried and true bread machine recipe for apple cinnamon bread, let me know.
I will be on the hunt for a good one!
Thank you for all the poems and good thoughts. And Susan....YOU ARE A JEWEL. You bless us all and we are glad to have you as our friend.
Warm hugs to all those dear!

Germanlady