Chalkboard supply dresser

Want to learn how you can turn an old chest of drawers into cute storage? Go to the inadvertent farmer to see how she turned this beat up chest of drawers

 

Into This Stylish one!

Click HERE for tutorial

 

Dry Erase Glass Calendar - Tutorial

Found this at somewhat simple and wanted to share it with you. Click HERE to find out how you can make your own.

2×4 to Birthday Board{{tutorial}}

Birthday Board tutorial from How Does She?com

I love the idea of adding this Birthday Board as an Extra Special touch for residents' Birthday's.

 

Don't these look CUTE for Work?

St. Patrick's Day Decor

1 crafty mommy shares some St. Patrick's Day Decorations she found around the web that are easy on your budget!

Alecia from Alecia's Decor and More - Luck Wreath

 The Busy Blaine's - Luck Blocks

 Apartment 233 - Lucky Banner

 Leave your ideas on what you would like her link party to be called! The winning idea will have their blog featured and win a prize!

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“Once someone touches your heart, the fingerprints will last forever.” – Unknown

1950's Mood Music

I found this list of 1950's Mood Music at Homemaker Hero.


  Love songs from 1950-1959.

1950: Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
1951: Hey Good Lookin' Hank Williams
1952: Tenderly Rosemary Clooney
1953: You You You Ames Brothers
1954: I Got A Woman Ray Charles
1955: Wake The Town And Tell The People Les Baxter (note: Unchained Melody is just so overplayed)
1956: In The Still Of The Night Five Satins
1957: You Send Me Sam Cooke
1958: To Know Him Is To Love Him Teddy Bears
1959: I Only Have Eyes For You The Flamingos

And some Not so In Love Songs.


1950: The Tennessee Waltz Patti Page
1951: Cry Johnnie Ray
1952: I Went To Your Wedding Patti Page
1953: Your Cheatin' Heart Hank Williams
1954: They'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Tony Bennett
1955: Why Do Fools Fall In Love Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
1956: Singing The Blues Guy Mitchell
1957: Bye Bye Love Everly Brothers
1958: Since I Don't Have You The Skyliners
1959: The Big Hurt Miss Toni Fisher

You can also find some 50's love story movies.
Ten Days of 1950's Romance Movies

Thanks Homemaker Hero.

We LOVE because HE first LOVED us. 

1 John 4:19

scrumdilly-do!: A heartfelt memory game for you to make

This would be a neat Valentine Day Game! Click HERE for instructions.

Valentine's Day Craft and Jokes

I found these at Disney Family Fun and liked them because, they are so cute, easy, and inexpensive to make. Click HERE For Instructions.

 
They also have these cute Valentine's Jokes

Valentine's Day Jokes

 

 “There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.”
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE  

Recipe for Orange Julius

Ingredients:

1/3 cup orange juice concentrate (thawed but not made)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
6 or 7 ice cubes

Add all the ingredients in blender, except ice cubes. Add ice cubes a couple at a time while blending. Blend until you get the consistency that you like.

Learn How To Weave

If you would like to learn how to weave, go to Basketmaster's Weavings. It's easier for me to learn how to do something if I am shown how to do it. This is why I like Basketmaster's Weavings videos.

The first thing I want to try to make is this Heart Basket.

Free Heart Basket Weaving Pattern

She is also has some very nice crafts, like this Valentine's Banner.

A Little Valentine's Day Bling

Today I am being featured at The B Keeps Us Honest. I found Jessica's Blog when I started entering giveaways. I saw she featured a new blog every week and asked her if she would include mine. Visit her blog to see other blogs she has featured, and enter one of her giveaways.

 

 "Deal of the Week" 

Over 250 pieces of self adhesive felt. 

A $37 value for only $9.99! 

 

GET YOURS HERE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

Projects Featuring the Felt Alphabets:

The Complete Coffee And Tea Station - Hammacher Schlemmer

Eliminate the need for separate coffee makers and teapots, this makes coffee, tea, or hot chocolate and keeps the beverages warm.

The electric kettle heats water to the perfect temperature for steeping tea.

 

The best part is that it only cost  $79.95.

What would you like me to call you?

The International Longevity Center, along with the Aging Services of California, have come up with a guide of politically correct and incorrect ways of identifying and portraying the elderly.
According to both organizations, describing a person as "elderly" or "senior citizen" can be offensive,“older adult”is suggested as a better alternative.
Other unwelcomed terms considered patronizing and demeaning include, “feisty,”“spry,”“feeble,”“eccentric,” “senile” and “grandmotherly."
The word “home" as a better alternative to“skilled nursing facility”is suggested as well.
Other terms listed to avoid using seem funny to me because I can't imagine anyone using them. But just to be on the safe side don't use any of these either, “biddy,” “codger,” “coot,” “crone,” “fogy,” “fossil,” “geezer,” “hag,” “old fart,” “old goat,” “prune,” “senile old fool” and “vegetable.”

National Hug Day

Today is National Hug Day, the perfect day for me to share an idea I had for an inter-generational program.
The program started with me talking to an elementary school Principal about allowing me to ask if any teachers would be interested in an inter-generational program involving a friendly competition of hugs.
Once I found a few classes that were interested I talked to the classroom about the program and the expected behavior.
Four classes agreed to schedule times and dates for their visits to the nursing home.
Each student was given "Hug Coupons" on the day of their visit. They would go and ask resident's if they would like a hug, and for every hug they gave a "Hug Coupon" was placed on a poster board assigned to each class. Near the end of the school year all coupons were counted. A party was planned for the classes that participated and each student was given a certificate with the number of hugs he/she had given. The class that gave the most hugs got a trophy. And best of all we had over 1000 hugs for our residents!

HUGS---HELP UNITE GENERATIONS

HUG COLORING PAGE

National Hugging DayTM January 21, 2010
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King Jr.