Be Happy! We need more hopeful and happy People!

(sigh) I am determined to stay on course and try to remain as hopeful and happy about life as possible, to enjoy my life without always fretting about the "scary" future, but it is ever so hard when everyone else is dooming and glooming and fretting. In my ever so amazing revelation that one needs not be constantly worried about the future, I also realized that really what does sitting around talking about how horrible it will be if X candidate is elected president? Truly the most one can do remain aware of the issues and most importantly what one can do on a local level, why waste my time moaning about the "Great and Terrible" future, when I could very well be preparing for it? And yet I do it like everyone else I know, one can't help a rant now and then, with the idiots we have running this country and my wonderful state I can't help it, just so I don't get carried away, just as long as I do not let myself run away with my ranting, just as long as I keep my spirit happy and hopeful.
BUT I DO hate the news, oh how I do, its ever so much worse then having a doom and gloom conversation with family and friends, you sit and have your soul sucked right out of you, your eyes glaze over and you instinctively reach for the anti-depressant pills, I do NOT understand this. Don't get me wrong I love information, I am a great lover of the Internet, I am in control of what I read, what information I allow myself, sometimes, I see a headline and the headline is enough to tell me that's all I really need to know, I love the Internet because I can get both sides of a story, better yet I can find the happy news, the good stuff that amazingly is still happening in this world. People nowadays focus way to much on the negative news, they watch it on TV then sit around for hours discussing it. I so just want everyone to be happy and get along and focus on the good of one another instead of the bad. I am going to read something happy (I am sorry if you are reading this and do not find it happy:) Lets see if I can't find something, be right back!

Hey I've got it! quick search (very quick) try www.happynews.com they claim "Real News. Compelling stories. Always Positive". Oh I love there horoscope for today (June 8)
"Good news! The stars do not control your destiny, you do!"

I definitely feel better after writing this, I was feeling a bit blue, because every time I go some were people are discussing the unhappiness of it all and I really so want everyone to be happy.

Be Happy, be Hopeful!

P.S I love Spellchecker:P

Felicity Graduated from Grandma School!

Felicity Graduated from Grandma school with Ivan on Wensday (June 4) She got a Diploma, we played some games and made some gingerbread cookies and even had a scavenger hunt, which the kids LOVED, Grandma made Ivan and Felicity each a pair of shorts, that had Hippos and Alligators on them , they are so very cute. I think Felicity is pretty proud of herself and I Know she loved Grandma School, its kind of sad it all over with. Cindi took some pictures I will get those and post them later.
Night!

I hate the news!

CBS, Fox, PBS, CNN. It doesn't matter, I hate them all, they NEVER tell you the whole story, heck your lucky if you get anything that is even true. I read the headlines if it seems like something I think I need to know about, I'll look it up and find out whats really going on.
Rant Over.

I scanned these Crooked, oops

Hay Hay! Joff and I are married 8 years:)

Ya I know, been a while!

First I revamped my blog, Minor changes, I went PINK! And I made a new header, I am NOT an artist and that cow was a challenge, the fence was fun, the cow just took too long, I have been looking for a place to use that font as I love it so and haven't been able to use it anywhere else. Ok boring stuff over with!

So our anniversary was the 2nd of June, it been eight years, weird but it doesn't feel at all that long, or maybe eight years just isn't long at all?

We ended up going south (Old Orchard Beach) we went to Funtown/Splashtown, Splashtown wasn't open yet, fine with me, we practically had the rest of the park to ourselves, it was awesome, most of the rides we went on we were the only people on it! I rode Excalibur a wooden roller coaster, lots of fun if a tad short, we ended up just riding it over and over without getting off, that was a great thing about no lines! Joff did get sick, because he went on a spinning ride with me and he doesn't like spinning rides, poor Joff. We rode almost every ride in the park and it was lot of fun. The park closed at three and so we headed over to the beach, which was also almost empty, the tide was out and it was sooooo beautiful there was this fantastic reflection on the sand, we found some sand dollars and got our feet wet, it was COLD!!! We got a couple of new games and went to this Buffet (Dunsten School Restraunt) very good food and a great price, different to anything I had been to before, there were no menus, you just walked in , were seated and then you went and filled your plates, if you wanted you could ask your waitress (waitperson:)lol) for a lobster for only seven bucks more! Joff of course got the lobster it was so sad, I feel for the lobsters, I couldn't watch him eat the poor thing:( We were going to watch a movie but decided we were to tired and we'd probably fall asleep, so we just came home. It was loads of fun, it was so nice to be able to spend time with Joff, talk to him without being interrupted a million times, I even got to walk beside him! LOL there are usually so many babies and bags to be carried. Lets see oh yes, I took a disposable camera, lets see if I can't post a few pictures.

Happy Memorial Day

I'm not quite sure "Happy" goes with memorial day.

Nothing going on!

Life is at its worst when its predictable

And right now its just plain boring, I am ready for something to happen, I am so used to getting bad news and bracing for the worst that this stretch of nothing is shocking and boring, I guess in the end bad stuff or good stuff it beats not doing anything. I have stuff to do don't get me wrong, the house is AWAYS needing cleaned up and I am in the middle of purging every ones closets, but that's work and tedious and no fun and very very far from exciting. Anywhoo here's a couple of pic from today.

Scones

The following is a scone recipe that I got from Sis. A, its the best one I have been able to find as I have been searching and trying different recipes for several years. These are quite good and very easy to make, A couple of notes, I doubled this recipe as these tend to get eaten pretty quick, the refrigeration is not necessary but I find it makes the dough easier to handle, I used a pizza cutter to slice and the lid to my vanilla jar to cut the holes, holes are not needed either but it makes them easier to turn over as they tend to get top heavy without. I also had a problem getting the oil at just the right temp, I still don't have it perfect but I am getting there, these were cooked in a shallow cast iron skillet at medium on my electric stove, I did notice Cindi had better luck with getting the right temp, she uses gas, but then that might not have anything to do with it as Cindi IS a better cook then I am.

Scones

Combine 1TBS Yeast and

1/4 C. Water set aside

In mixing bowl add

1/4 C. Sugar

1 1/2 tsp. Salt

1/4 C. Shortening

Mix then add

1 beaten Egg

Add 1/2 C. Water and Yeast mixture

Add 2 1/4 C. Flour

Knead and then let rise one hour in a warm place

Refrigerate 1-2 hours

Beat down and roll out 1/4 inch cut and fry

Unbirthdays and Happy Mothers Day

First
Happy Mothers day!

Evs threw a unbirthday party for Joff and I, he scrounged up some presents he found outside for us, I got an old cassette and Joff got a computer adapter, he wrapped these in paper lunch bags and then he went and made us fish pie, Evs things the old yucky leaves that float around in the pools of standing water are fish, so he brought in a net full of these and made a pie, he had the girls come in and they sang Happy un-Birthday to Joff and I, it was ever so sweet. I would be willing to bet I have one of the sweetest little boys ever!

Elli and Alice