THE SIMPLE WOMEN

• FOR TODAY (June 1st, 2009
  
  Outside my window...I see blueberries about to bloom.Lots and lots of flowers beginning to bloom.
  
  I am thinking...Oh how has my life gotten where it is today.
  
  I am thankful for...Having a job,because alot of people have lost
  theirs. That my beautiful family is well. For the beautiful friends that I have came across through blogging..
  
  From the learning rooms...(Can be any room where I can read or watch the news..)
  
  From the kitchen...My favorite room in my home. I spend alot of time in the kitchen. That's the room that I really become creative.
  
  I am wearing...Red Miss 101 t-shirt with red and white puppy dog pajama bottoms. I have been off today..
  
  I am creating...A plan for me.I am just not sure where I am heading it seems to be down a long narrow road with a dead end.
  
  I am going...To spend lots and lots of time in my BIBLE and I am asking each and everyone of you to pray for me.
  
  I am reading...Daybreak With God
  
  I am hoping...That through prayers and praying that GOD will give me everlasting strength..
  
  I am hearing...Bella barking,the TV up stairs,car passing,children
  outside playing..
  
  Around the house...Things that I am wanting to rearrange.I just
  need on the dime make over.I need to add lots and lots of color..
  
  One of my favorite things...Connor starts baseball tournments this week.I plan to go to all the thrift stores.Hoping to find that
  great treasure..
  
  A few plans for the rest of the week:I plan to go to all the thrift stores.Hoping to find that great treasure..
  
  

PLEASE PASS IT ON ~ EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PET,

Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if you don't have a pet, please pass this to those who do.


Over the weekend the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden. They loved the way it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog Calypso decided that the mulch smelled good enough to eat and devoured a large helping. She vomited a few times which was typical when she eats something new but wasn't acting lethargic in any way. The next day, Mom woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk . Half way through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.

Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label, upon further investigation on the company's website, this product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.

Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey's, and they claim that 'It is true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs won't eat it.'

This Snopes site gives the following information:http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient called ' Theobromine'. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.


PLEASE GIVE THIS THE WIDEST DISTRIBUTION!

'Just Joey'

This afternoon I took Connor and Cooper for
the afternoon to see my mom, which is staying
at my sisters.I took these pictures in one
of the new sub-divisions out by my sisters
on the way home.. Aren't they beautiful???



In the flower bed picture above, 'Nearly Wild' roses are planted to form a low growing hedge against a curved short wall.

This wonderful little floribunda offers the delicate beauty of single blooms on a compact rose bush that's easy to tuck into any garden.


The apricot-pink 'Just Joey' rose is featured in the flower bed picture above. They are hybrid tea roses that repeat bloom all season. The roses are edged with dwarf boxwood that were just planted.

I hope the pictures of flower beds have given you some great ideas for your own garden.

Summer Camp In Meridian

For years and years we have always had summer camp
at my oldest sisters right outside of Meridian.
My younger sister lives in Peachtree City Georgia.
So, every year in July everyone comes to Raley Camp.
A fun filled week of being together, swimming,
crafts, eating and just all being together. My
niece brings her boys from Jackson Tenn. My other
niece lives close to her mom.We have been doing this
for the last 13 years. Now it is grandchildren and
great grandchildren.There will be about 23 of us.
These are pictures from last year.
Have A Great Day!!

Congratulations On A Great Year Connor

Wednesday is Connor's Kindergarten Program. I know
how sad it will be. Oh this year has passed by so
fast.It is hard to believe that Connor will be
going to the first grade. I just would like to
share this sweet little boy with you...

A Plan That Changed

Change is part of life

Despite our best efforts, plans change. Sometimes everything works out for the better. Sometimes regret a missed opportunity. Sometimes you decide to make the change and sometimes you have no choice.

Write about a plan in your life that changed and how
it turned out.

For me it was ending a 12 year marriage.There
has been times that I feel I made the worst
mistake of my life.
Times have been very hard for me adjusting
to being on my own. I was married 21 years
to my boys father,divorced and remarried a
guy that I thought I would grow old with,
would take care of me when I was sick,
enjoy spending time with just me.But I was
so so wrong..I guess those are just fairy tales,
because the guy I fell in love with totally had
a different outlook on life.I just wish I could
have read between the lines.

Today, as I share a plan that changed for me
has changed me forever.

Please continue to pray for me. I know that God
has made each and everyone of you a part of my
life for a reason..

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!