Planning a Lisa Frank birthday!

Okay for all those who are my age, college and older, could probably see these from a mile away and know exsactly what these things are. Yes, my friends, from the rainbow spotted dalmatians, to the purple kitten to the ballerina bunnies, we all know these things are Lisa Frank.

Yep, this is the them for my daughter's first birthday, which isn't until May, but I can still plan early and look for crafts to do. As you can see there are many cute ideas for a flash back to the 80's and 90's.

I love these balloon table decorations! Cute for kids party!

My favorite characters were all the dog characters and sadly I could name them all. (Goes to show how pitifully devoted fan I was when I was 8.) Spotty and Dotty where the rainbow spotted Dalmatians, Casey and Camus were there most famous yellow Labs. With Candy coming later to be Casey's girlfriend. You see the two eating a sundae on the beach. Princess Pearl was the lavender long hair Maltese with the strand of rainbow pearls in her mouth.  Violet and Velvet were the purple and white spaniels. They were my favorites before Spotty and Dotty came along. You also have the three St. Bernard they were not seen for very long Rucks, Raider, and Risky. And then this new Husky Dog, I just had her name, then forgot, but I know her best friends are a penguins and polar bear baby!
Anywhoalls, just wanted to share a breif update!
God bless
Until another day

Toodles

Day after Valentine's Day

 My little Girl caught eating banana!

 Dead roses soon to be in my attempt to make perfume!

 Chocolate and roses hubby man got me at half price or on sale with coupons! The car though was full price but was exactly what my hubby would say and he put his whole heart into it! :)

So it’s the day after Valentine’s Day and of course you will probably find me at Target or Walmart looking at the Valentine 50% off sales. Nothing is better than getting gourmet chocolate half off or having the ability to fill your house with leftover flowers and roses!

However what really irks me are the days before February 14 when all the articles and lists, and complaints come in. One yahoo article that really got on my nerves was, I think it said “6 things that are too clichés to do for Valentine’s Day”. Like buying the same dozen roses for your special someone, was overdone and you need to do better.  Excuse me, but I think a dozen roses are just as lovely as the next, and are just pretty as any other bouquet of flowers. The end result is the same; the flowers are pretty for awhile before they die. (And if you are like me, you dry them or get really wild and try to make rose perfume and fail constantly at it, but it try again anyways.)

The whole point of the article was that the sweet card, pretty roses, and chocolate, etc was not enough anymore. To prove your love you need buy your girlfriend a date to someplaces he has never been and give her diamond bracelet in a box of $300 chocolates after you pick up her and present her with bouquet bigger than the size of her head! And maybe for your husbands, my homemade meal and quiet nice afternoon is not enough. I need to toss in the latest ipod with his favorite tunes to demonstrate my undying devotion to him.

And don’t get me started and what the world has come up for kids on Valentine’s Day. It like an excuse to have a second birthday in the year; like Easter and Christmas are not sufficient! Valentine’s Day is not even a true national holiday. The banks don’t close and the mail is still delivered. Valentine’s Day is just another excuse for people to demand more presents and spend more money. L

*breath* Okay, I think I might be done with my rant….Nothing is wrong with getting your loved one a present or taking them out on date for Valentine’s Day. (Beware though of the crowded restaurant!) Really the point of Valentine’s day should be just a day set aside for people to have chance to show some love and appreciation to other when they have busy schedule.(Which can you can do on any other day of the year as well!) not a rat race to see who can get the biggest and most expensive presents on the planet! I don’t need a bottle of perfume made from the spices from the deepest parts of the Amazon, and churned by Persian Nuns! It would probably smell like goat anyways.

Anywhoalls here are the verses from ESV Bible, to show what love should be and not our twisted version of pink and red frills with diamond on top.

1 Corinthians 13:4-12

4Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;^b 6it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.8Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.13So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Anywhoalls! Enjoy your days after Valentine’s Day. Go out and enjoy your half priced dozen roses and chocolates. Be my guest and buy a goofy card for your loved one simple because you want you! Whatever your excuse may be may God bless your day!

Until another post

Toodles!

Fast update!

Well I know I have not been posting as much as I should have been doing, but give me a break! Well to announce, Hubby man is back from air-force. Turns out God has a another path for us and my Dear Hubby Man was sent home. Which was a bout time! I missed him to much like crazy!
Now with about this  Valentine's day that is only 3 days away. one can almost taste the sweet chocolates, the cute valentines, and roses, kisses (both chocolate and lip kind!) pink, lace flowers, gift baskets, romantic dinner for two.... the list goes on!

For me though Valentines consists of chocolate, cards that I make and never sent, and this year particular I had a fun photo shoot with a few friends! I will hopefully be posting a few of the pictures soon, but after some have been photoshopped and the cute funny sayings have been added to them. Until this then this picture of tasty chocolate on my plate shall have to do.
Tomorrow will be another post!