tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297685252012-02-10T09:37:52.515-05:00Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.comBlogger31211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-76922527533054274902012-02-08T11:30:00.001-05:002012-02-08T12:11:56.046-05:00

One of my favorite rooms in our home is the foyer

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-8478952380426101722012-02-08T11:23:00.000-05:002012-02-08T11:23:30.225-05:00

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-47955633999311523522012-02-01T08:51:00.000-05:002012-02-01T08:51:06.048-05:00

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-44968740847803838602012-01-31T11:15:00.000-05:002012-01-31T11:15:51.874-05:00

I made the decision that I want all of my paper crafting cabinets and drawer units to be "white". I like the white and chrome look as it gives me free rein to other aspects of the room. The sewing and quilting stations will be a warm wood. That way there will be an obvious separation of spaces and crafting components. At first I had wanted a tile floor, I know what I like but then the more I

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-23458355242917329072012-01-31T10:58:00.000-05:002012-01-31T10:58:19.157-05:00

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-66388372205337642712012-01-24T09:48:00.001-05:002012-01-31T10:56:12.782-05:00

Moving every few years means always having to go through your "stuff"; weeding out what you no longer need, want or have a use for. Even though our last duty station was only a 2 year assignment, I swear that we has aquired at least 1500 pounds of "stuff"- if not more! Yes I've been in this house almost 3 months now and I'm "still" unpacking boxes. Heck my entire Scrapbook Nook is still packed

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-27117428507197776952012-01-24T09:15:00.002-05:002012-01-24T09:15:44.826-05:00

I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter. Beverly Sills (1929 - )

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-37386665195506385672012-01-13T08:51:00.000-05:002012-01-13T08:51:04.098-05:00

Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value. Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-42348473966137404362012-01-10T10:33:00.000-05:002012-01-10T10:33:23.789-05:00

It's safe to say that I feel rather inspired today. I have a basic planned outlined and now to fill in the blanks and make it happen. I have to give credit to my husband as a large part of my inspiration stems from him having taken me to a really nice craft store over the weekend. This crafting store puts on events and  does outreach events to local communities not to mention that it's also

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-79441434000917642042012-01-10T10:23:00.002-05:002012-01-10T10:23:56.446-05:00

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. --Schopenhauer

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-15097615367465503742012-01-09T15:21:00.001-05:002012-01-10T10:22:28.157-05:00

I am who I am- creative, dedicated, hard working and so much more. So here I am this afternoon having just come back from my first meeting with a new to me social group in my little neck of the woods. It was fun. Am I the youngest woman in this group? Probably. But this is my first big group social interaction with civilian spouses- that right there is a HUGE change for me. They do a lot of

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-65815767557582883002012-01-09T15:05:00.000-05:002012-01-09T15:05:44.478-05:00

A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made. -- Ludwig von Mises

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-41348354849321877382012-01-02T21:11:00.000-05:002012-01-02T21:11:26.605-05:00

I know, I know...I've turned into this horrible blogger who hardly ever posts anymore. Shame on me for not updating this blog! But since I've had to put all of my crafty endeavours on hold because of this move, not a whole lot of sewing or paper crafting is going on around here. My plans on having a crafting emporium in my basement are coming along.  I've got loads of cardboard boxes full of

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-54777546296875728292012-01-02T21:00:00.002-05:002012-01-02T21:00:51.378-05:00

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. --Seneca

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-55430355502309902372011-12-20T10:41:00.000-05:002011-12-20T10:41:00.491-05:00

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. --Seneca

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-86659952005034983752011-12-15T10:15:00.000-05:002011-12-15T10:15:26.474-05:00

All I can see in our basement is what seems to be to be an unending ocean of cardboard boxes. Some people tell me "It's just like Christmas". Christmas in hell maybe but it certainly has no resemblance to Christmases I know, LOL! I'm shaking my head at the fact that all of this stuff fit into our house in South Dakota. Okay so most of it fit. We did buy some stuff while we lived in England, we

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-73859473479161007432011-12-15T09:32:00.002-05:002011-12-15T09:32:58.511-05:00

If we remember that we have so much to be grateful for, then we can rally more courage, strength and empowerment -- and then we can move more mountains!--Bibi Farber

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-87804200966435015072011-11-22T13:43:00.000-05:002011-11-22T13:43:15.619-05:00

Well at least I admit what I am. It's hard to not want to get this house set up as soon as possible. I've waited so long for this "forever home" that I want to enjoy it as soon as possible. Granted, we've not gotten as far as getting the walls painted (yet) but we have our new curtain rods up! I'm about to hang the sheers in the family room (thanks honey for buying them for me yesterday). I'm

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-5541903097457380472011-11-22T09:44:00.000-05:002011-11-22T09:44:54.277-05:00

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name. Larry Page, University of Michigan Commencement Address, 2009

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-35336314061908152662011-11-21T09:22:00.001-05:002011-11-21T09:22:37.025-05:00

"Be glad and rejoice with all your heart."Zeph. 3:14

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-31578374130153491462011-11-17T10:41:00.001-05:002011-11-17T10:43:45.313-05:00

Here it is, the basement of our new to us home. It's totally unfinished- talk about a dream come true! Now what to do with my blank canvas. I thought about how I would do the heating in here. Sure I can tap into the duct work BUT what I want to do is to have radiant heat put in underneath of the flooring. Ceramic tile is my choice for flooring. For me, it's all about the ease of clean up. Lets

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-4126343652491272812011-11-17T08:25:00.000-05:002011-11-17T08:25:34.218-05:00

It's really happening, I'm able to get on with moving into this house! So in one of my metaphoric terms- I've got a better grip on my greased pig! I found out at around 5:30 last night that our HHG shipment from VA is here. My husband tried to get the moving company to bring it today but alas there was not enough time to get that happening. So I get my stuff at 8am Friday morning! I am doing the

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-54001931296273645932011-11-17T08:16:00.005-05:002011-11-17T08:25:53.387-05:00

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving; make every day a holiday and celebrate just living. --Amanda Bradley

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-1002508473698620222011-11-16T13:42:00.002-05:002011-11-17T10:19:29.373-05:00

That's Italian for "My Beautiful Kitchen".

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-40297880726044295292011-11-16T07:54:00.000-05:002011-11-16T07:54:28.676-05:00

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ---Mother Teresa

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-55515961471971935222011-11-15T11:08:00.000-05:002011-11-15T11:08:22.845-05:00

...and get it over with! Moving is like wrestling a greased pig- just when you think you have a handle on it, it slips from your grasp!

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-88546103127999208962011-11-15T10:19:00.000-05:002011-11-15T10:19:26.038-05:00

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996)

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-14210358591267867462011-11-14T10:46:00.000-05:002011-11-14T10:46:21.889-05:00

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.--Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-80376334380444422242011-11-10T12:45:00.000-05:002011-11-10T12:45:09.815-05:00

From watching my cat spaz out and jump in the air all because I surprised her to listening to the little melody that my dryer plays when the load is finished (the washing machine does it too). It's raining now, the soft sound it makes as the rain drops splash against the windows sound rather musical to me. As I take the time to appreciate the peace and quiet of living in my own home I find myself

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-90899801010346981622011-11-10T12:31:00.000-05:002011-11-10T12:31:18.736-05:00

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.Laura Ingllas Wilder

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-31827167287723082322011-11-09T15:39:00.000-05:002011-11-09T15:39:17.664-05:00

This thing the "forever home" things, it's got me doing things I've only ever dreamed of. The #1 thing I've done for years and now am happy to do but feel weird doing it is...tossing out all of the boxes to things that I've kept for "the next move". Boxes to little things like my special to me items such as my Willow Tree Angels. Those huge boxes we all drag around with us from assignment to

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-33501336125637123072011-11-09T15:23:00.001-05:002011-11-09T15:23:27.698-05:00

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That's the lesson. That lesson alone, will save you a lot of grief. Even doubt means don't. Oprah WinfreyStanford Commencement Address, 2008

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-20804892885611088502011-11-07T10:07:00.002-05:002011-11-07T10:12:49.816-05:00

Here it is, our new to us home. After 7 months of temporary apartment living, we are finally in our new home. This is hopefully our last move. It's a beautiful house which with love and care we'll turn into a warm and loving home which will be filled with family and friends often. This picture is actually one that the realtor took, I'll eventually post pictures of our house with the

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0Ayer, MA, USA42.5611947 -71.5899054000000242.5409542 -71.64420240000003 42.5814352 -71.53560840000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-70020928032864292232011-11-07T09:11:00.001-05:002011-11-07T09:13:15.022-05:00

Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-19265239054523484092011-10-13T12:08:00.000-04:002011-10-13T12:08:28.497-04:00

Finding my motivation to go through things (again) in preparation for this move is simple...all I have to do is to listen to my clueless upstairs neighbor who has no sense of common courtesy when it comes to apartment living and I've found my motivation! There's her kid who seems to have this need to scream uncontrollably every single time they in the stairwell, their nonstop barking dogs and the

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-46897274975981359232011-10-13T11:55:00.001-04:002011-10-13T11:55:47.989-04:00

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-86020235046761950802011-10-10T06:46:00.000-04:002011-10-10T06:46:47.252-04:00

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.                                                   -Helen Keller

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-61076879472620558322011-10-10T06:35:00.001-04:002011-10-10T06:41:36.192-04:00

It's been about 8 years since we bought our last washer and dryer set. As you know, we left them with our house in South Dakota as an aid in helping the house to sell. I loved my Duet washer and dryer and for that time they were the best things next to sliced bread for me!  Washing machines have really come along since my last purchase 8 years ago; there are steam features, and sanitize settings

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-83709322018299815982011-09-30T11:58:00.000-04:002011-09-30T11:58:05.127-04:00

As you know, I'm moving. It's a great little place kind of in the country per-say. There were lots of things I liked especially the 'home town' feel the place has about it. Well you could only imagine my surprise in finding out that one of my all time favorite TV show hosts Nate Berkus along with Oprah Winfrey had built a home for a woman who has lost her limbs to a horrible flesh eating bacteria

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-84671615418304116072011-09-30T08:59:00.000-04:002011-09-30T08:59:02.678-04:00

Our life is frittered away by details...Simplify, simplify.--Henry David Thoreau

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-28936781766369953692011-09-28T06:36:00.000-04:002011-09-28T06:36:06.870-04:00

Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. --Khalil Gibran

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-85653599286338409902011-09-25T11:43:00.000-04:002011-09-25T11:43:32.249-04:00

My husband and I decided to go do some window shopping- to check out things for our new home. To our surprise we found many lovely items, and we even came home with a few. Some wall art pieces for our Bella Cucina (that's Italian for "beautiful kitchen"), a lovely 5 foot round oriental rug for the entry way and a new Le Creuset 3½ quart braiser (little gift for my soon to be new kitchen). One of

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-81985698546656171742011-09-25T11:32:00.002-04:002011-09-25T11:32:46.789-04:00

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.--Anthony Robbins

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-43730549929403341482011-09-21T08:32:00.000-04:002011-09-21T08:32:47.841-04:00

I'm all nerves right now. You see, today is inspection day for the house we are buying. A professional house inspector is checking everything out making sure it's all up to par. If there happens to be anything wrong with the house, the inspector will make note of it and the current home owner has to either get it repaired  or schedule it to be repaired before we sign the paper work to buy the

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-23517666808260713802011-09-21T08:24:00.002-04:002011-09-21T08:24:34.479-04:00

One of the secrets of life is that all that is reallyworth the doing is what we do for others.--Levi Strauss

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-28884214298109475652011-09-20T07:27:00.001-04:002011-09-21T08:25:29.535-04:00

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.Imelda Marcos

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-44826355943077982762011-09-19T11:51:00.000-04:002011-09-19T11:51:16.081-04:00

I love Mondays. It's the "all things are fresh" appeal of a new week that pulls me in and leaves me in a warm embrace. This morning that warm embrace was ME wearing a most of a full cup of coffee on the front of myself. My only consolation is the fact that as much as I liked the color of the shirt that I was wearing (Fuchsia Pink) I did not like the way it hung on my body. So yes, I laughed at

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-8420241289553414112011-09-19T11:37:00.004-04:002011-09-19T11:39:20.456-04:00

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,  while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~Lao Tzu

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-81479884045217542022011-09-17T07:53:00.000-04:002011-09-17T07:53:08.719-04:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again- I'm terrible at waiting. I'm ready to start packing this place up now and get the moving process started. Well I suppose that we can check off one move related item from our list- we transferred schools for our daughter. Starting Monday she will be at her new high school. On Friday when I registered her at her new school we both received a very

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-67807859653272697712011-09-17T07:43:00.000-04:002011-09-17T07:43:08.115-04:00

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. -- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-89104790307219906472011-09-16T10:42:00.000-04:002011-09-16T10:42:21.781-04:00

Here it is...our forever home. We take possession of it next month. Each one of our homes has a name, there was the little house  on the Air Force base in South Dakota I dubbed "the cottage" or as my friend Donna called it "The Rose Cottage" because of the roses out front and the rose colored dining room. There's the house we bought in Virginia I named "Green Gables", the temporary house in

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-86365783740109053342011-09-16T10:29:00.000-04:002011-09-16T10:29:13.737-04:00

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.~Emile Zola

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-57056882864461887882011-09-15T12:20:00.000-04:002011-09-15T12:20:39.818-04:00

I know that you must have heard the Arrowsmith song "Back in the saddle". I can tell you all that the songs lyrics say it all for me today. It's been a while since I've felt as if I've had something going on. I don't mean to say that I've turned into a total couch potato quite the opposite in fact. BUT, it's been a while since I've "had to be anywhere" besides a doctor appointment if you know

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-33439026450690159632011-09-15T12:01:00.003-04:002011-09-15T12:03:13.644-04:00

As you recognize your wholeness and worth, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun. -- Alan Cohen

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-53090864927792856942011-09-09T10:31:00.000-04:002011-09-09T10:31:40.342-04:00

As you all know, I can be some what anal when it comes to having my stuff organized.  You've seen it in my various Scrapbook Nooks,  my closet space and even in my kitchen. This apartment is a wee bit cramped for my tastes and well I've had all of the "temporary" that I can take. In all honesty, we weren't allowed to do much to this place and it's making me cranky. Get ready for all sorts of

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-43041567172154956002011-09-09T07:20:00.002-04:002011-09-09T07:20:41.486-04:00

Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.--Edward H. Harriman

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-62565826968159906902011-09-08T07:35:00.000-04:002011-09-08T07:35:19.876-04:00

If it wasn't for the fact that my husband is at work and my child at school I could easily become depressed with this weather. It's because they are at work and school that I'm not depressed. Hallelujah! My husband has a job and school has started! Finally I can clean the house, do errands and work on creative pieces in relative peace. Keep in mind that we still live in an apartment. We're

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-56626170919420282702011-09-08T07:26:00.000-04:002011-09-08T07:26:19.461-04:00

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.--Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-19309996781123209152011-08-31T07:22:00.000-04:002011-08-31T07:22:05.801-04:00

It's true you know, good news truly does come in 3's.  So here it is...  My husband has been hired and now is officially employed. We sold our house in South Dakota  and the best part is that we sold it to another military family. Now as for #3, well we're hoping to have that happen today or by the weekend at the latest. If you haven't guessed it, number three is buying a house here in MA. Now

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-55997982833400681902011-08-31T07:15:00.002-04:002011-08-31T07:15:51.904-04:00

When it seems impossible, when it seems like nothing is going to work, you're usually only a few millimeters away from making it happen.--Tony Robbins

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-79836633253294759922011-08-30T14:16:00.000-04:002011-08-30T14:16:17.314-04:00

I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. --Larry Bird

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-24734845809841929122011-08-21T13:14:00.004-04:002011-08-21T13:15:19.899-04:00

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.Soren Kierkegaard

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-10339481645743920082011-08-16T15:47:00.000-04:002011-08-16T15:47:37.157-04:00

OH the joy of practicing being patient. I confess now, I've never been very good at it. I was the kind of kid who shook presents that were placed under the Christmas tree (hey, every does it and at least I admit to it).  But this waiting game is not the same. At least with Christmas there's an end date to the long wait. This- it's almost torture. Everything focused on getting the job. Once the

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-44504967772429996322011-08-16T15:33:00.002-04:002011-08-16T15:34:39.877-04:00

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.--Democritus

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-48866877424372115582011-08-13T07:40:00.002-04:002011-08-13T07:40:53.569-04:00

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.-- William James

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-12608167850312568242011-08-04T11:37:00.000-04:002011-08-04T11:37:33.024-04:00

To me, the ocean is a vast expanse of space, kind of what I see representing my life in a way. As currents ebb and flow so things in my life change. From being this happy go lucky Northern California Girl to meeting my husband and quickly becoming best of friends with him, to falling head over heels in love with him.  Love...Why else would I marry a career military man and move away from

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-5764187438486429202011-08-04T10:22:00.000-04:002011-08-04T10:22:02.850-04:00

All great change in America begins at the dinner table. -Ronald Reagan

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-8944200399957219732011-08-01T10:29:00.000-04:002011-08-01T10:29:42.526-04:00

As you know I've been missing being creative.  And it took my daughter to make me realize that I AM being creative, just not in my usual sense of the word. So here's my latest endeavour into my creative side...manicures and pedicures. I have a little secret, not only can I cook, sew, do needlework, garden and design things I can also do hair and nails. So get it over with and hate me now. How

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-32140168866067776912011-08-01T09:40:00.003-04:002011-08-01T09:40:56.312-04:00

I love pink, it's so girly! Ashley Tisdale

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-23987206578632388282011-07-29T09:58:00.002-04:002011-07-29T10:00:29.123-04:00

Once upon a time I was a vibrant social butterfly kind of person that always seemed to have loads of things going on. Now that "we've" retired from the Air Force I can say that my social life has taken a serious nose dive. Of course I still keep in touch with many friends through snail mail, e-mail and on-line social networks. I've thrown myself into reading. Once upon a time I was an avid

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-71723884734251086522011-07-29T09:35:00.000-04:002011-07-29T09:35:01.224-04:00

You find peace by coming to terms with what you don't know. Knowledge is subtractive, not additive- what we subtract is reduction by what does not work, what not to do...not what we add. --Nassim Taleb

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-16630906088771831622011-07-28T10:59:00.002-04:002011-07-28T10:59:53.305-04:00

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat - Ronald Reagan

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-8709734436866180232011-07-26T11:02:00.003-04:002011-07-26T11:05:49.296-04:00

Oh my word, the houses we have seen! I don't think that I'm expecting the world BUT I do have standards! From ghastly peeling wall paper (from the 1970's) and stained carpeting to hideous bathrooms (don't people scrub toilets any more?) and the humongous over grown shrubs in the garden that look as if they've never been trimmed (the word "jungle" comes to mind) to down right nasty smelling homes!

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-66403224382386076272011-07-26T10:44:00.000-04:002011-07-26T10:44:53.602-04:00

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-56846925832465797402011-07-22T16:01:00.001-04:002011-07-22T16:07:33.071-04:00

Well, for the most part anyway. The temperatures are up in the 100 degree range here in MA and right now it's feeling as if I'm living on the face of the sun. Our trip to Florida was a bust as far as sunshine was concerned.  It rained just about the entire time we were there; even on our trip to the beach in Destin. I think that the sun was out for about a total of 6 hours while we were there

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0Billerica, MA 01821, USA42.558333 -71.2694440000000210.676693499999999 -131.03506900000002 74.4399725 -11.503819000000021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-50609931912260116412011-07-22T15:49:00.000-04:002011-07-22T15:49:05.530-04:00

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.--Edith Wharton

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-52840548091784292952011-07-14T14:29:00.001-04:002011-07-14T14:30:23.060-04:00

The first thought that rolled through my mind with all of this was... Crap! If I have cancer, that means that I can't participate in the blood marrow donation program!  I already had a positive attitude about everything....there's nothing I can do to change the outcome. It is what is it and all I can do is to meet it with open arms and deal with it as it comes. I have the love and support of

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-16032630342646409442011-07-14T13:53:00.001-04:002011-07-14T13:54:50.641-04:00

Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others. Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-20032685952128992232011-07-11T15:20:00.001-04:002011-07-11T15:25:55.900-04:00

I've survived several of life's little embarrassing moments today. As in... I survived the embarrassment of having several strangers (although they were health care professionals) touch, hold and exam my breast today ( I started to wonder if this is what cantaloupe feels like in the produce section of the grocery store). I survived having several needles of various lengths and gauges (thickness

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-75267845612529869902011-07-11T14:57:00.000-04:002011-07-11T14:57:10.085-04:00

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food. W. C. Fields

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-33792851460441022522011-07-08T07:00:00.000-04:002011-07-08T07:00:20.743-04:00

I was writing to a girlfriend yesterday (a real snail mail letter no less) on the subject of "how many things can change in the matter one merely 1 week". You see, it all started when I received a phone call from the mammogram department of Lahey Clinic requesting me to come in for a 2nd mammogram and they wanted to schedule me for as soon as possible. You see, they found something in my left

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-66672873573956896142011-07-08T06:28:00.000-04:002011-07-08T06:28:52.069-04:00

In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.--Thomas Jefferson

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-76441235456550064052011-07-03T19:59:00.000-04:002011-07-03T19:59:28.869-04:00

As I see it, it's kind of funny that no place celebrates the 4th of July (Also known as Independence day) on the actual day...the 4th of July. It's always held on the day that's most convenient to the military installation or the local community. Yesterday we went to the town of Wilmington and enjoyed a carnival and a  fireworks display. We met up with my husband' old running coach from high

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-67065325688965175222011-07-03T19:46:00.000-04:002011-07-03T19:46:57.148-04:00

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. -Theodore Hesburgh

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-23617558333728444062011-06-27T17:25:00.003-04:002011-06-27T17:26:27.475-04:00

It's true, I have this love of all things coffee. Be it in hot liquid form, ice cream or in Tiramisu...I adore coffee. So it was a sad day when I broke the carafe to my La Cafetiere French coffee press. We've looked high and low for a replacement carafe out here and all we could find was Bodum brand coffee presses. So my new french press is the Chambord by Bodum. One of these days I may break

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-18194218227869586822011-06-27T17:10:00.003-04:002011-06-27T17:11:37.078-04:00

What we leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.--Pericles

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-45762108996590639912011-06-21T08:09:00.000-04:002011-06-21T08:09:43.572-04:00

So it's more than a little obvious that I've been guilty of neglecting my blog. I've been doing something odd these days- I've been working out at the gym near daily. Hey, one has got to do something with all of this so called "free time". And while I have access to a gym with in walking distance that's also "free" I might as well use it right? Now with all of the time I've spent at the gym it's

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-15305893080456349782011-06-21T08:00:00.000-04:002011-06-21T08:00:01.293-04:00

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.--Albert Einstein

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-81166436049305359152011-05-25T10:35:00.000-04:002011-05-25T10:35:17.692-04:00

...to occupy my time. Okay so my Kindle is my new BFF.  The places I enjoy checking out every day on the www are Pixel of Ink and Kindle Nation Daily . Seriously, I've given up on all Internet groups and just read books these days. I read both of these Internet sites daily. I'm up to 24 pages of books on my Kindle (really, I'm not joking). I've started to archive books I've read on my Kindle.

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-55238051549318782112011-05-25T10:04:00.001-04:002011-05-25T10:05:02.994-04:00

They will envy you for your success, for your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status- but rarely for your wisdom.--Nassim Taleb

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-25194005885004131862011-05-10T07:04:00.000-04:002011-05-10T07:04:26.983-04:00

They say that time flies when you're having fun, I'm not so sure about either part of that last statement.  I've been looking for something worthwhile to occupy my time. I've come to realize just how much I miss being involved in the various spouses groups through the military. I've found that I want to be able to make a difference in peoples lives out here. To become involved in the community.

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-78970346677179983602011-05-10T06:50:00.001-04:002011-05-10T06:52:38.231-04:00

Always seek wisdom of the agesover knowledge of the moment. -Jeff Einstein

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-81715445821178130742011-04-19T08:33:00.003-04:002011-04-19T08:50:07.736-04:00

Slow but sure we're making our way through our cardboard jungle. We've never been one of those quick to unpack and put away everything people. We're methodical and we go through every single box, making sure that things are put away or hung up the way we want them to be. I have to say that this time is yet again one of those challenging moves as this place is smaller that we had anticipated and

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-12411997328340805992011-04-19T08:25:00.001-04:002011-04-19T08:29:43.676-04:00

It's only when you have the courage to step off the ledgethat you'll realize you've had wings all along.--Gail Lynne Goodwin

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-78982523379217180572011-04-18T15:50:00.005-04:002011-04-19T08:33:15.479-04:00

Moving is rough, living in 3 different places in one year (again) will be insanity in it's best element. So here I am, contemplating my next move (so to speak). After over 7 weeks without our household goods- they have finally arrived. Being reunited with my bed has done wonders for my happiness and attitude. Not that I didn't like my reminiscing of my college days- using a card table as a dining

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-52703890711471768302011-04-18T15:48:00.001-04:002011-04-18T15:49:53.314-04:00

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. -Christina Baldwin

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-57990956756724827272011-04-07T10:20:00.005-04:002011-04-18T15:29:26.439-04:00

I find myself saying that a lot lately...Are you kidding? So there we , the spouse and I were getting our new Massachusetts Drivers licenses (our previous state was South Dakota)...proof of residency in MA- check!Now for the cost...it was $100 EACH! Holy Catfish! When I did my last drivers license transfer (it was a California license to a South Dakota license) it was $6.00, no joke! Never in my

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-25298527308454925872011-04-07T10:18:00.001-04:002011-04-07T10:19:57.992-04:00

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.- Mohandas Gandhi

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-30282680288211460202011-03-29T15:57:00.014-04:002011-03-29T16:46:01.710-04:00

I'm leading a very boring life these days... wake up at 5 am, get daughter off to school, go to the gym, tidy the apartment blah blah blah. So to stay sane I read. I read a lot these days (I mean a lot a lot) . My Kindle is my new BFF. There are sites like Kindle Nation Daily and Pixel of Ink where you can see the latest great deals on e-books and even pick up some great freebies to read! Get

Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030373939318573405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29768525.post-76265749111106314892011-03-29T15:55:00.000-04:002011-03-29T15:57:11.118-04:00

Stiletto Heels-"people say they're bad for the feet but they're good for the mind. What's more important?"-Terry DeHavilland (UK shoe designer)

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