Well this weekend went by entirely too quickly. I got most of my decorating done which is a YAY! LOL The tree in the front room is up. As is the tree in my sewing room. Which is my favorite since its mine. LOL
Picture time fun time!

Excuse the upside down-ness.







And on a side note: Today I decided to experiment with my scones recipe and came up with these tasty treats: Almond scones. Let me tell you. They were good. LOL

LOL no gadgets or gizmos I'm shopping for Historical patterns. LMAO go figure.

(The Newspaper here in town wanted to charge around 100 dollars to print the beautiful obit I wrote for my gram so I posted it here. As well as the Eulogy I couldn't give because I was too emotional. Since this blog will be public I am going to leave last names and place names out of it, for personal reasons. This is what the paper "gives" you, ten lines at five words a line: ........

On Jan 20^th, Vita --, age 82, passed away.
Viewing Mon Jan 26^th from 4-7pm and a rosary to follow at
-- in --. Funeral Mass at 10am Tues Jan 27th at -- -- -- Catholic Church, burial to follow at -- --
Cemetery.
And this is what I wrote for Gram:)

........

Vita --, age 82, passed away at
-- Hospital late Tuesday night. Vita was a beloved sister,
mother, grandmother and Great-grandmother. She was survived by her
brother, Joesph --of --, and her children: Neena --,
Joseph --, Robert --, and Michael --, all of --. Vita had nine grandchildren: Linda --, Elizabeth --, James --Jr., Monie --, Joseph --, Paul --, Sissy --, Adam --, and Anthony --, as
well as thirteen great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed. A
visitation will be held from 4-7pm at -- Funeral Chapel
in --. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10am, Tuesday January
27^th, at -- Catholic Church in Modesto.
Burial to follow at -- Catholic Cemetery.

That is what should have been in the paper, but there is apparently a large racket for making money off of people's grief.  Don't get me started on the almost 1000 dollar headstone that we are still have to come up with money for.

My Eulogy for Gram.

Vita was a sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  She was a sister to two brothers, a mother to four, a grandmother to nine and a great-grandmother to thirteen.  But mostly to me she was just "Gram".

Most of my childhood was spent with in second of Gram's house.  As a child there were may occasions when I did not wish to listen to here, but as a teenager I was able to find a common path that I could share with her.

Often I would walk next door to talk to her, or show her whatever project was currently occupying my time.  Some of my visits were short and some were long.  If I had had a bad day or someone had upset me, I would tell her and she would find a way to reassure me.

Some of my fondest memories are simple memories of going next door to just say hi.  In some ways I was blessed because I got to spend time with her. 

Don't get me wrong, my grandmother wasn't always easy to get along with.  She was after all stubborn, a trait I share with her.  And although she will be greatly missed, she will not be forgotten.  Her legacy is the love she had for her family, and her deep knowledge that we all loved her.

 

As sad as it sounds, I am horribly fascinated with Jack the Ripper.  Mainly because they never caught him, and he is most likely dead now, but all the questions that are left unanswered.  Like why he moved the last murder from where all the other murders were.  It just doesn't add up.

I don't know if I believe in all the lore, but I do believe that I am more moody when there is a full moon, I think it has more to do with the magnetic poles than anything else.  And I have noticed that a lot of other people are more grumpy around a full moon also.

*sighs Wearily* I have talked to more relatives in the past 24 hours than I have in years.  People I haven't talked to since I was at least 12... Grandmother fell and hurt her hip.  Its just a hairline fracture but its still going to keep her in bed for awhile.  Which for Grandmother is like one of the seven sins.  Its hard being the person with all information, because then you have to repeat it a million and a half times.  I just hope gram recovers quickly so that she can stop hairrassing the nurses. Even with a bucket-full of pain meds she still says she is in SO much pain. Its horrible, there's nothing I can do except go to work. Which on as little sleep as I have had sucks, but life must go on right?

I guess someday when the economy is really bad and people get to the point where they need to learn how to make things again, is when there will be a need to learn how to do basic things. People just refuse to learn the basic skills, counting money, sewing, cooking, you name it and people simply refuse to do it.

I am an odd duck in my generation, because I know how to do all the crafty things that most people don't know how to do.  I bake, I know how to cook, I make historical costumes, as well as know how to sew, I crochet, and I know how to knit now.  I am not the same as other people... There just isn't people out there that want to learn to make things, they would rather go and buy it...

HAHA! I am seriously having issues tonight.  My favorite Holiday tradition is baking.  I make Rocky Road Candy every year and everyone who has had it looks forward to it.

I know those of you who don't live here in the Central Valley find it hard to believe that 50highs and low forties isn't very cold but I have to say Dude, its freakin cold! We are predicted to have SNOW, SNOW, this weekend. And it is mighty cold out here. I can't believe how cold it feels. It feels colder than it really is I swear. Maybe there is a wind chill and I'm just not aware of it.

YAY! I am proud of myself. I figured out how to put on a layout that I didn't make but that a wonderful person by the name of  janine42584.She made a wonderful layout and now I have a pretty new toy to play with. LOL jk, Anyways, I have read all the Twilight books and they are excellent, really.  Anyways I, who am not very HTML litterate, was able to figure out what was wrong with my links and get my verson of her layout up and on.  Now to figure out how to change my font... >,< LOL Yay for me! ~Eliza

I actually have a degree in History and as sad as it must sound the day that sticks out in my mind is the day that the World Trade Towers were bombed.  I remember the day with a clarity that I never thought I could possess;  I can remember what I was doing when my mother called to me from another room to come look at the t.v. and I remember exactly how shocked I was, and that I thought that it must be some sort of movie that was simply showing a Computer Generated image of the famous towers falling.  I also remember the numb feeling I had when I went though my classes that I couldn't quite wrap my head around what had happened.  It all seemed so unreal because I lived so very far away.  I remember worrying that my mother's friend who still lived in New York was alright and whether she was anywhere near the devastating area.  I am sure many people from my generation will pick this as the event that sticks out in their mind, but to me, as a person who studied History as a passion as much as a career, it is far more devastating.

The only part of my shopping that has changed is that I use cash and that I am making the cost of the gift smaller and I have made a theme for all of the people I have to shop for.  I think the way I shop is different, I have divided all the shoping up into two different paychecks.  I can't wait for my Tax refund so that I can have an umbrella and won't have to worry as much. ~Eliza

LOL! I have often thought about this and I think my book would be titled "Life according to Me" LOL because its my life and what happened during that time... So yeah that's what it would be called. ~Eliza

Ok, its official I have become a Live Journal addict. LMAO Every morning I get on to see what the writer's block topic is and write something on it.  I haven't done prompt writing in years, but I remember as a child loving it.  It was always nice to have a little something to think about and write on, even though some of my answers may not be very long the fact is that usually I'm not the only one thinking whatever it was I wrote. LOL  I have had this account for almost ten years and I hardly ever used it.  So its time to dust it off and start writing again. 

Pleasure from writing is always available, you just have to know where to look.  ~Eliza

I don't think so, perhaps Bram Stoker, found that his birthday and the birth of Vlad the Impaler were on the same day did research and got inspired.  We will never know because he lived so many years ago. But its interesting to think about. ~Eliza

Why is there a light in the fridge and not the freezer? I always wondered about that one! ~Eliza

This is a rather easy question for me, I would love to hear Jane Austen read any of her works.  Additionally I would love to hear her thoughts on her beloved characters.  Was Mr. Darcy really as prideful in her mind as he was on paper... Was Mr. Whickham really as bad as he seemed?  Where any of the characters she wrote ever rewritten differently?  *Sigh* oh well perhaps if someone comes up with a way to travel back in time... There are a few things I wouldn't mind changing if that were possible. ~Eliza

The new opium of the people is technology, we as a society can not go anywhere with out our cell phones, blackberries, Iphones, ipods or other such things.  The net is a click away on most mobiles and you can usually find people walking down the street with their eyes glued to one device or another.  It is plain to see when you drive down a street and see a sign (or ten) that advertises wifi for those who are missing their daily addiction to the internet.

Sumary: Bittersweet. It has a dozen different definitions, and one in particular a certain Slytherin is at whit's end to find. Of course, it takes a woman to get the job done. Too bad for him, the woman in question, just might need his help first....D/G story

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Its been Five years since I last posted anything on FF.net.  And though I have tried many times between then and now, all I have to show for it is many dusty incomplete stories. I'm actually really excited.  I have two stories almost done and I am working on the at the same time.  Crazy enough they are both Challenges.  (a certain portion is in responce to something someone posted and I ran with the idea) Anyways I will post when I finish! ~CG