Oh MY HEAVENS...alert the PRESS

You know I was always told you would catch more flies with honey than vinegar...and I am proud to say that I have abided by that loving advice for so many years...but PEOPLE I gotta tell ya...today...Blogger has released his evil grip on me and is allowing me to post...this ONLY after I threatened divorce...NOW I'm not sayin~ go out and raise holy heck...always, always...ladies/gents you should try and adhere to your very best manners ...but I gotta say...sometimes...you just HAVE to add a little lemon or vinegar or WHATEVER to that water...because "raise the roof" and "turn out the lights"....I am ABLE to post and I am able to do so with PICTURES...let's hear a big..."yippee" and "yeehaw"...I am about to bore you to tears with pictures I've been wanting to post...

I'll start with these......These lovelies are 50 (I know b/c I counted them...looks are deceiving in many ways...*wink*) of the prettiest red, yellow and red/yellow mix tulips I have ever seen...along with some yellow cymbidium orchids tossed in for added pizazzz...my sweet hubbin sent these to me on my birthday...and I LOVE them...what a way to brighten any ones day...and don't you just LOVE the vase...yes!!! I am using this at one of the future weddings/rehearsal we are doing...already have that planned out...I knew it the minute I saw this vase...as soon as my tulips are gone...it will be carted to my friends home so we can use it for her sons rehearsal dinner (which will be held in Mississippi along the coast)...our plan...for a seaside wedding theme is to pack this lovely vessel full of white hydrangeas, stock and freesia...and filling the bottom half with seashells...and water of course...I can see it now...oh! you know how I love to plan a wedding...and flowers are my favorite part of that plan!!

Well...I will cut blogger some slack...don't want to tax him too much this evening...but don't think I won't be back...posting pictures...b/c honestly...it has been rather lonely and FRUSTRATING not being able to do so for the last few days/weeks!!


Thanks to all of you that have sent me private emails, blog comments and actual posting on your blogs to wish me a happy birthday and advise for Mr. Blog!! Thanks to all of you...it really did MAKE MY DAY!! OK...Susie...this is an easy one...name that movie???

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Well folks...I appreciate all the expressed concerns and problem solving ideas with Mr. Blog...but I am afraid for some reason...our counseling sessions may have not worked. He is being controlling, stubborn and quite fickle and being the independent and very busy woman that I am, I feel I may have to DIVORCE Mr. Blog...he keeps telling me at the bottom of my post page..."Done;Error on page"....well, if we're DONE...then does that mean it's OVER? I mean I was really willing to give this a try...a bit of a trial or maybe even a little time apart...BUT if he isn't letting me post pictures...and he is saying it is DONE...ERROR, ERROR...then I feel I may have to take drastic measures and possibly find ANOTHER server or Mr. Blog...and file for a bloggy divorce or dissolution of my current "LivingTheLife" status!! What's a gal to do when she feels "left out, not needed, shunned and just cast aside"??? Truly and then to add insult to injury...he will not let me post my beloved pictures!!

I will give it one more week...Mr. Blog...one more week...I mean I like to think I am a patient person...but seriously...I need you to be a bit more cooperative...I am tired of driving down this street called..."One Way"....after all...I support you, too...so, I feel the least you could do is meet me half-way OR allow for a two way street...I mean for goodness sakes I'll even let you draw the white or yellow line down the middle! OK...you have it here...first...ONE WEEK!


***disclaimer...in addition to not letting me post pictures for almost 2 weeks...Mr. Blog hasn't let me actually POST for the last few days...well, since my last posts...this is the FIRST time in days he has let me access my post page and actually post (maybe there is still hope)...he has just not allowed me to access my post page...he would let me read your posts...but he put me in the corner as if to punish me and not allow me to post..."and nobody puts baby in the corner...nobody!"....OK...name that movie!!

HELP!!! BLOGGER is trying to control me!!

I need HELP...blogger is REALLY making me MAD...and I don't like being mad! Now...I'm going to be really embarrassed if I find out this is caused by something I did...but I need to know. Does anyone know why....when I go to the Dashboard to post...click on "new post" and when I arrive at new post screen...the header between the "title" and the actual body of the post is missing...you KNOW the one that lets you click on it and POST pictures, check your spelling and allows you to add links, not to mention "Preview" your post before actually posting it!!! It is MISSING...IT IS MIA...I can't seem to figure out WHY??? So maybe one of you genius computer types out there can help...NOW for days Mr. Blogger would not even let me POST...I would click on dashboard...and it would just do nothing...for hours...honestly...I tried refreshing...re-booting...shutting down for hours...defragmenting...dumping files...all that...and still no posting...NOW as you can see...I can post..but have lost the controls to post pictures! AND I MUST BE ABLE TO PSOT PICTURES...I SIMPLY MUST!! Anyone...Anyone...yes...ANYONE...do you know what might be going on?? PLEASE...Let me know...and please be kind and gentle...I'm a little "challenged" with this sort of thing!

Thanks...I hope to correct this problem soon...with your help!

It's ALL bloggers...fault!!

Alrighty folks...I'm starting to become very "peeved" with Mr. Blogger...he is NOT letting me post pictures...and I have several...some from the shower I hosted two weekends ago AND more importantly some from the storm we encountered here the other night...I will post later...when I can do justice to this whole blogging experience...I really MUST have photos to feel I have done a thorough job of sharing with all my friends in blogland...So blame it on blogger...b/c until HE lightens up and lets me post some pictures...I am out of here!!

Announcing....BIG News...BIGGGG!!

Hey gang...sorry I've been away for so long...I feel as though I have missed out on so much! I have been very busy and will be posting about some cool things very soon...I will also be checking in with my "peeps"...very, very soon! I've REALLY missed everyone!! Funny how that happens, eh!!

In the meantime...I have some v-e-r-y, VERY, V-E-R-Y exciting news...YEA, for those of you watching American Idol...I am here to announce the NEW..."REAL" AMERICAN IDOL...well, she is to me!! Please check out my daughters new business...she is a professional photographer and has decided to go out on her own...she is approaching this from several different aspects...not only does she do portraits, babies, senior pics, families, mother/father to be, gorgeous albums and anything in between...she does a series of "alpha" letters...were you can buy any letter you want and frame it or make a word...she also has vintage photographs, landscape and nature photos available to purchase. I love her work...I know...I know...she IS my daughter...but I have always known since she was a little girl that this is a passion of hers, seriously I cannot remember a time when she did not have a camera of some sort in her hand! PLEASE read about her in her information section. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she has a real "eye" for photography...even when she was in high school her photography teacher took me aside and told me..."Jackie truly does have an eye for this! You can teach technique...but the passion and eye come from within AND she has IT!"....well, I'm still beaming from that compliment and am continually amazed at what she captures through the camera lens!! After she went on to college those compliments and awards just kept coming...of course she won't talk about that...b/c she is modest and very hard on herself...but...HEY!! I'm her mama...I CAN DO THAT...till the cows come home...RIGHT??



PLEASE go check out her website here... www.jacquelynlee.com or check out her blog, it will lead you to her site... www.jackieland.blogspot.com

I think you will enjoy every aspect of her site...let her know I sent you to see her...she will be thrilled!!! She is just starting out and has many more ideas and photos to come...but she really wanted to get this up and running! She has been working really hard on this for some time and has tried very hard to be comptetive in her pricing and in the services she offers. I am praying for all kinds of success for her...it truly is something she has loved since she was a child...it's not just something that she thought would be fun...she truly lives for this...and has for some time! I am always so proud of anything she does...but I can truly attest to her talents and know if you purchase from her or hire her for a session or event...YOU will NOT be disappointed!!

Please feel free to pass this on to ALL your friends!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!



P.S. For those who have been asking about my header, it was designed by my daughter...check her out it's one of the many things she can create!

Thanks...and I'll be back...soon!!

Just wanted to drop a line to all of you that posted such sweet comments about my post on dad....I appreciate all your kind words! It does seem that the consensus is...that "daddy's" are such special people...especially to there little girls!! It's like I told my daughter when her paw-paw died...for little girls her daddy is her first love...one that never goes away...that love establishes her trust and desired character in other men for the remainder of her life...I was so very blessed...as I know many of you were, too! Thanks again...for your sweet words.


For now I am really busy...I am giving a wedding shower for my closest friends son and future daughter in law...so I have many things to do to prepare....here is a sampling of the invitations we made to send out...it's a girls only luncheon...so it should be tons of fun...We had fun making these invites...we used the flower stamp with embosser...then sprinkled some really pretty bronze glitter over the embossed flower...then we used the heat thingy for embossing...heated it up and it rose up just like a champ...we then colored in each flower with pastel chalks...using Q-tips...the ultimate painting utensil...I'm sure you can't see it in these "sorry" pictures...but we dotted each flower with a pink stone...and the "i" over her name... This is the outside flap...the picture above is the piece we glued to the inside of the green card stock...her colors are this olive green with beige...we threw the pinks in for drama...and I think her flowers are going to be in the pink family...so this really turned out pretty good if I do say so myself...now I did the "labor" along with my friend (we had to stamp each invitation with 2 of these flowers...plus glue/double side tape them to the green card stock and put the bling on each flower...but my friend designed these on her computer...b/c well...she's more computer savy than me...plus she has a MAC...I'm so envious...I need one for MY creative outlet...doncha think?? !!I will try and remember to take pictures at the shower...I'm not promising anything...but I'll try...if I do...I'll post about it next week!

Blessings...to all!!