Well, one resolution I am going to try my best to keep is to write in this blog at least once a week. There is going to be a lot going on this coming year and instead of my friends having to keep asking me in our games and me filling up our message box !!!

Right now, I have two newsletters for my clubs to get out, and the Olympics here have exploded my gamesheet ... so tomorrow will be the beginning ... thank you for reading and may God bless and keep you and yours this year. ;;group;;

As some of you have read, I lost my precious little baby kitten Shee-May But G od never closes a door ... without opening another ... we just have to be "open" to seeing it !!!

We had bought everything she was going to need ... and were really missing that motor cats 'reward' us with when content . Decided that we were going to look for another kitten ... and what a true blessing we were given !!! There is a young couple needing to give up their two cats ... and we are going to be their new 'parents' ... nothing unusual about that ... happens all the time ... here's the kewl part !!!

We wanted ...

A female ... they are both female
to spay her despite being an indoor only cat ... both are spayed
prefer longish haired cats ... both are long-haired
He likes calicos ... I like Himalayans ... they are one of each !!!

They will be bringing both cats, their vet and shot records, and all their accessories to us tomorrow night !!! ( Wednesday )

AND

Korba is finally ready to leave Momma and his siblings !!!
We get him Friday-afternoon

I AM SOOOOOO *EXCITED*

Now ... we have to see how the "Dukers" takes it ... going from an only child ... to a "big" brother ... in age only where Korba is concerned. He is already HUGE ... she sent me more pics and an email he was ready ... he is 22 inches ... at the shoulder and *16.5 around his neck !!!*

L ife is good ...

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO CALL OUR NEW EXPANDED VENTURE. IT CAME FROM MY SPOILED COCKER'S NAME ... ON HIS PAPERS, "DUKE" IS ... 'THE DUKE OF SERENDIPITY' ... AND YES, HE HAS LIVED UP TO HIS NAME

BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF THE GEMSTONE JEWELRY AND THE NEW CLOTHING LINE, I NEEDED SOMETHING TO 'UMBRELLA' EVERYTHING TOGETHER ... PORCELAIN FANTASIES IS JUST THAT ... MY FANTASY PORCELAIN PIECES ... SO NOW, HOUSE OF SERENDIPITY WILL 'FEATURE' ... "PORCELAIN FANTASIES" AND "FANTASY designs" ... THE CLOTHING LINE.

FANTASY-designs ... ANOTHER BOX OF FABRICS CAME ... THIS IS SO EXCITING !!! I LOVE FABRIC ... I TEASE THAT I AM A 'FABRIHOLIC' ... AND NOW, I GET TO JUST SEW AND CREATE ... THE ENTIRE LINE IS GOING TO BE BUILT AROUND DANCEWEAR FABRICS ... THEY ARE 'EASY CARE' ... AND THEY STRETCH ... SO THEY WILL ALL BE VERY COMFORTABLE. THOSE WHO STILL THINK DANCEWEAR FABRIC MUST EQUAL THE 'LEOTARD LOOK' ... I HAVE SUEDES AND VELVETS - EVEN SOME PRETTY "BURN-OUT" DESIGNS ... ALONG WITH SOME 'GLITZY' SPECIAL OCCASSION FABRICS. MY HELPING THAT FAMILY MEMBER WITH HER BALLROOM DANCE CUSTOM COSTUME SHOP BOTH, EXPOSED ... AND EDUCATED ME, TO THE BEAUTIFUL ARRAY OF FABRICS AVAILABLE ... I THOUGHT BACK THEN, "WHY NOT EVERYDAY CLOTHING WITH ALL THE SAME 'BENEFITS' ... A FAMILY CRISIS PUT EVERYTHING ON THE BACK BURNER ... UNTIL NOW IT WILL BE FUN CREATING INDIVIDUAL PIECES ... THEY WILL EACH REMAIN 'ORIGINALS' ... LIKE MY PORCELAIN ... NO TWO PIECES THE SAME ... THE INITIAL DESIGNS WILL BE BLOUSES ... SOME WITH SKIRTS, BUT ONLY WHERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED FOR THE DESIGN TO 'WORK' ... I'LL POST PICTURES OF A FEW WHEN THEY ARE READY FOR THEIR ONLINE DEBUT

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING YEAR ...

MY ART, OUR JOINT ENDEAVOR WITH THE GEMSTONE JEWELRY AND WHATEVER elfin-MAJICK THAT HAPPENS TO BE 'LEFT LYING AROUND' ... GIVING MY FIANCE' THE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT FOR HIMSELF ANY OTHER MEDIA HE MIGHT WANT TO ADD HERE AND THERE. WE BOTH *LOVE* CHRISTMAS AND SO THERE WILL BE LOTS OF CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS ... YES, THOSE WILL HAVE 'MASS PRODUCTION' INSTEAD OF ALL ORIGINAL PIECES ... BUT EXPECT THEM TO BE UNIQUE AS WITH ALL THE 'HOUSE OF SERENDIPITY' ENDEAVORS. OUR WEDDING IS WITHIN THIS NEXT YEAR ( JULY ) ... THE RENAISSANCE THEME HAS PROVEN TO BE A LOT OF FUN AND IS CREATING QUITE A 'STIR' WITHIN THE 'WEDDING SPECIALISTS COMMUNITY' ... I FINALLY JOINED FACEBOOK AND OF COURSE, UNDER 'STATUS' ... I PUT ENGAGED ... WHICH THEN PROMPTED A 'QUESTIONAIRE' ABOUT OUR PLANS ... NOW ... I HAVE DJ's, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND EVERY KIND OF SERVICE YOU CAN IMAGINE ... CALLING MY CELL PHONE AND/OR EMAILING ME !!!

AND THEN THERE'S THE UPCOMING ARRIVAL OF KORBA ... I AM SOOOOOOO EXCITED !!! WE ALSO DECIDED TO GO TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPT A KITTEN ... WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR A KITTEN BECAUSE OF OUR SWEET LITTLE SHEE-MAY ... AND BOTH OF US WERE SO HAPPY TO HAVE A KITTEN ... WE JUST FEEL THAT 'LONGING' FOR THE PURR OF A CAT SO STRONGLY NOW. SOOO ... LOOK FOR NEWS OF MORE FAMILY MEMBERS ... OF THE 'FURBABY' NATURE

I AM TRULY *BLESSED*
THANK YOU LORD

I AM SOOOO EXCITED !!! YESTERDAY WAS A REALLY ROUGH DAY FOR ME AND I WAS SO UPSET I BARELY SLEPT ... (DON'T ASK ... YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT IF I TOLD YOU !!! ) ANYWAY

I HAVE BEEN FEEDING THIS GOLDEN TABBY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS ... SWEET, CLEAN LITTLE THING ... WHO IS SO AFRAID OF PEOPLE, SHE IS JUST NOW LETTING ME GET ABOUT A FOOT AWAY FROM HER ... BUT SHE COMES TO ME MEWING IF HER BOWL IS EMPTY AND SHE FOLLOWS ME TO THE BOWL ONCE I GET THE BAG OF CAT FOOD OUT. WELL, SHE HAD KITTENS IN MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S YARD ... THEY HAD THE FOUR OF THEM IN A BASKET ON THEIR PORCH. THEY ARE NOW ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS OLD ... WERE ... ONE CAME UP MISSING, ONE DIED FROM THE HEAT (RUNT), THEY RAN OVER ONE WITH THEIR HUGE PICK-UP ... SO I RESCUED THE LAST ONE ... SHE IS EITHER IN MY ARMS, ERWIN'S ... OR A BIN ON THE FRONT PORCH BY MOMMA'S FOOD ... MOMMA LEAVES HER IN ... EXCEPT AT NIGHT TO NURSE AND EARLY MORNING. SHE KNOWS MY PORCH IS SAFE.

HER NAME IS SHEE-MAY (sha-may)

TONIGHT I GOT MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT !!!

IT IS AN 11 WEEK OLD MALE TURKISH KANGAL PUPPY AND HE IS GORGEOUS ... WE PICK HIM UP IN ABOUT 4 WEEKS !!! HE'S ONE OF THE TWO TOGETHER (WITH THE "FARM CAT")

HIS NAME IS GOING TO BE KORBA

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THIS IS A PICTURE OF "DAD" NOW ... AND A FEMALE, BUT NOT KORBA'S MOTHER

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AREN'T THEY GORGEOUS DOGS !!!???!!!

I CANNOT WAIT TO GET HIM HOME !!!

I LOST SHEE-MAY
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED ...
SHE WAS DOING GREAT ... PUT HER OUT TO NURSE
WENT OUT TO GET HER ... AND SHE HAD DIED

SUCH A SWEET NATURED GENTLE LITTLE THING
EVEN "DUKE" (MY BUFF AND WHITE "PARTI" COCKER) LIKED HER
HIS EYES WOULD GET A BIT 'GREEN' ... BUT AS LONG AS HE WAS LOVED ON TOO ... HE WAS 'OKAY'
WHEN SHE WAS INSIDE, USED TO LICK HER TINY LITTLE NOSE AND THE TOP OF HER HEAD
SHE ... IN TURN ... LOVED HIS BIG OL' FLUFFY WHITE PUFF-BALL FRONT FEET

V *I DID NOT HAVE YOU LONG* SHEE-MAY *BUT YOU WERE LOVED !!!* V

Keirnan is a STAR !!!

HERE IS THE ACTUAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION I JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED ...

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Hi PorcelainFantasies,

One or more of the items in your booth were personally selected by the Bonanzle community to be included in a hand picked list today. Here's the rundown:

"OOAK Porcelain Keirnan ... Building the Nest Fae" was added to the list "The Magical Mystical World of Fae" by BonBonAnonz.

If you'd like to take a look at the list, or leave a comment, you can click on the list's name, above.

The more people comment on a hand picked list, the better positioning and more recognition it gets on Bonanzle.

Bonanzle's home page is comprised of our popular hand picked lists, so your item could soon be featured on the home page!

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To go see the List itself (I don't know that the above links will work outside the email notice I copied this from ) ... Go to my Bonanzle site ... in Search box, enter Favorites Indexes ... Once there ... use search for ... Fae ... you will see she also made the "cover page" of the index ... as well as being THIRD in the list.

I AM SOOOOO EXCITED !!! IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A WELL KNOWN ESTABLISHED GALLERY REPRESENT YOUR WORK IN AN AREA YOU'VE LIVED IN FOR YEARS ... FROM THAT TO GO A WHOLE NEW STATE AND STARTING OUT ONLINE

HERE-WE-GO

WELL, I'VE DECIDED NOW IS THE TIME TO TACKLE MY FAEBAE "STORE-FRONT" ... AND MY ACTUAL WEBSITE. NO, I HAVEN'T SUDDENLY DEVELOPED GREAT COMPUTER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ... I'VE DECIDED TO ENLIST HELP. I'M PAYING ONE OF MY DEAREST ONLINE FRIENDS TO CREATE THEM ... AND TEACH ME AS SHE DOES ... SO I CAN CONTINUE TO UPDATE AS I NEED OR DESIRE TO ... MY WHOLE REASONING BEHIND "I" HAD TO BE THE ONE TO DO IT.

WE KNOW EACH OTHER FROM WEBTV DAYS ... WE BOTH LOVED MAKING THE 'EMAIL SIGNATURES' ... THE ONE THING I DO MISS ABOUT MY WEBBY ... IT'S LIKE TAKING GORGEOUS CUSTOM TAILORED STATIONARY TO WRITE YOUR EMAILS ON ... THAT INCLUDE BACKGROUND MUSIC AS WELL ... AND GIVING ME A BOX OF CRAYONS AND NOTEBOOK PAPER ... I MISS THE CREATIVITY AS WELL AS THE USE. I'VE BEEN HELPING WITH A FEW PROFILES TO EASE THE 'VOID' IN TRUTH, I'M JUST ADDICTED TO EXPLORING AND DISCOVERING NEW GRAPHIC ART ... OR AS I TELL MY FRIENDS ... A 'GRAPHOHOLIC' ... I'M ALSO A 'FABRIHOLIC' ... I LOVE FABRICS OF ALL TYPES. WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BECOME A PART OF MY EXPANDING INVENTORY.

BEFORE I BECAME FOCUSED ON MY PORCELAIN, I USED TO CREATE A WIDE ASSORTMENT OF THINGS TO SELL ... I'M ADDING JEWELRY BACK TO MY INVENTORY ... UNIQUE, OOAK PIECES - ALL MADE FROM NATURAL GEMSTONES. MY ASSISTANCE TO FAMILY IN HER BALLROOM DANCING COSTUME SHOP GAVE ME AN INTEREST IN CREATING A UNIQUE, COMFORTABLE LINE OF CLOTHING WITH A 'DECORATIVE' FLAIR ... I WILL BE OFFERING OOAK BLOUSES VERY SOON AS WELL AS THE GEMSTONE JEWELRY ... AND DEBUTING TWO NEW PORCELAIN PIECES.

STAY TUNED AND I'LL GIVE UPDATES AS WE MOVE FORWARD ... SHE IS VERY ADEPT AS WELL AS CREATIVE ... SHE LOVES THE COMPUTER ... AND SHE WAS ABLE TO TEACH ME A GREAT DEAL ABOUT HTML IN WEBTV ... SO I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS. I'VE ALREADY DESIGNED MY 'LANDING PAGE' ... THOSE I'VE TOLD MY IDEA HAVE HAD POSITIVE RESPONSES. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE FRIENDS WHO CAN USE THAT SIDE OF THEIR BRAINS ... MINE SEEMS STUCK ON THIS SIDE ... LEAVING ME VERY 'TECHNOLOGY-CHALLENGED'

RECENTLY, A GOOD FRIEND HERE AT GOLD-TOKEN HAD TO LET HER MEMBERSHIP LAPSE DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES

SHE WAS PART OF A SMALL GROUP OF US WHO OPENED CORNERSTONE WAY
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS MEANT TO SOUND LIKE ... A CHRISTIAN CLUB HERE

WHEN HER MEMBERSHIP LAPSED, SHE LOST OWNERSHIP OF CORNERSTONE ...
GT, BECAUSE I WAS THE OLDEST FOUNDING MEMBER WITH A PLATINUM ...
MADE ME THE NEW OWNER !!!

AT FIRST, IT WAS OVERWHELMING FOR ME
ALL THESE EMOTIONS AND QUESTIONS RACING THRU MY HEART

I FELT SO GUILTY ... EVEN THO I HAD NOT SOUGHT OUT OWNERSHIP
(IN MY HEART OF HEARTS ... IT WAS HER CLUB ... HER BABY)

HOW WOULD I FIND THE TIME ???
I HAVE SO MANY DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES
AND STILL TRYING TO 'FIT' / 'ORGANIZE' THIS HOUSE
IT IS ABOUT ONE THIRD THE SIZE I CAME FROM ...
AND NOW, MY FIANCE'S THINGS ARE HERE AS WELL !!!

I
I ASKED OTHERS INVOLVED
I WORRIED AND STRESSED

AND THEN, THE LORD SPOKE TO MY HEART

WE ARE TO WITNESS TO EVERYONE
OBVIOUSLY, IF IT IS DONE IN A 'CONFRONTATIONAL' OR 'JUDGEMENTAL' WAY ...
PEOPLE WILL NOT WANT TO KNOW MORE ... THEY WANT YOU TO 'GO AWAY'
AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 'RIGHT THERE WITH A PERSON' ...
TO WITNESS ... TO SHED GOD'S LIGHT AND SHARE HIS LOVE WITH THEM
WHAT A PERFECT WAY TO SHARE GOD'S LOVE ... WHILE HAVING FUN
BEING A CHRISTIAN IS *JOYFUL* ... NOT THE DOUR BORING LIFE OFTEN PORTRAYED

SO ... *CORNERSTONE-WAY* WILL BE MY WAY OF WITNESSING HERE AT GT
WE HAVE A SMALL, BUT GROWING ... GROUP OF CHRISTIANS ... JOINED BY OUR FAITH
ENJOYING GAMES AND FELLOWSHIPPING TOGETHER ... BECOMING A CARING FAMILY

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US ...
WHETHER TO LEARN ABOUT CHRIST OR STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH

I INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO COME BE A PART OF THIS CORNERSTONE

:GROUP:

BLESSINGS
LACE

9-26-09

MY FIANCE' AND I ARE INVOLVED IN A HUGE STRUGGLE WITH SOME VERY OBVIOUSLY CROOKED MOVERS ... YOU'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES I'M SURE ... THEY QUOTE A PRICE, PICK UP YOUR THINGS, THEN HOLD THEM HOSTAGE FOR AN INFLATED AMOUNT ... IN THIS CASE, HIS BALANCE WENT FROM $765 TO ALMOST $2000

DURING YESTERDAY'S HUGE *EXPLOSION* (THIS MAN'S WAY OF "CONVERSING" IS TO SHOUT YOU DOWN AND NOT LET YOU GET A WORD IN EDGE-WISE)

HE HAS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, ETC BESIDES YEARS OF COLLECTIBLES ... HAS DONE ONE HORRENDOUS THING AFTER ANOTHER SINCE THIS NIGHTMARE BEGAN IN JUNE ... HE ENDS YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION WITH "NO, YOU CANNOT CALL ME MONDAY ... WE ARE JEWISH AND YON KIPPUR STARTS SUNDAY"

I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED TO HEAR HIM CLAIM TO BE A PERSON OF FAITH !!! IT MADE ME THINK OF JESUS CLEARING OUT THE TEMPLE COURTYARD OF THE GREEDY MONEY-CHANGERS. MY FIANCE' IS DISABLED ... AND THEY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HIM IN SUCH A WAY THAT HAS CAUSED HIM GREAT MISERY ... I WANTED TO ASK HIM IF HE HAD EVER ACTUALLY READ THE BIBLE !!!


WHATEVER YOUR FAITH ...
WHATEVER YOUR BELIEF ...
ONE THING REMAINS TRUE

IF WE ALL LIVED BY THE GOLDEN-RULE

TREATED ONE ANOTHER AS WE WANT TO BE TREATED ...

JUST IMAGINE
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD THIS WOULD BE


HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY
LACE
;;purple;;

7-09-2010

SAD TO SAY ...

WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY FORCED TO DELIVER HIS THINGS ...

HIS ATTORNEY, ALONG WITH HIS TEENAGE SON ...
HAD TO HELP LOAD AND UNLOAD THE TRUCK ...

THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGED ITEMS ...

TELEVISION CAMERA CREW FILMED THE DELIVERY ...
SHOWS VERY PLAINLY BOXES MARKED FRAGILE ...
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOLLY WITH 4-5 BOXES ON TOP ...

IT WAS VERY HEARTBREAKING TO WATCH AS BOXES WERE OPENED
AND PICTURES TAKEN OF SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS DESTROYED ...

BY GREED AND CARELESSNESS.

JUST LEARNED

THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF BEING HONORABLE ...
NO BIG SURPRISE THERE ...
WE ARE NOW FORCED TO TAKE THEM TO COURT.