Names have been drawn...drum roll please?

The winners are:

1. Dena from Swaddlecottage

2. Sharon

3. Nita Jo

4. Rockin' Robin S

If you will all e-mail me your addresses { my e-mail indigosea7913@yahoo.com } I will mail you your gift. I have numbered the names in the order that your names were drawn. The first person gets first pick, then so on and so on.

Just e-mail me what you want and I will mail it.
I will e-mail you all back to tell you what you get. And I need those who want bracelets to please measure your wrists with a cloth tape measure so I can make any adjustments that need made.

I want to thank everyone for the wonderful comments I really enjoyed them all. I will have a give-a-way again next month. And everyone will have another chance to win.

xoxo Nita

I want to thank you my friends

for being there for me during this difficult time.

I have appreciated your comments, cards, e-mails, phone calls and presents.

I made these pieces yesterday and today.

I have two necklaces and two bracelets to give away. We will have 4 winners.

Please leave me a comment about your happiest Valentines day. I love hearing other people's memories it always cheers me up.. Everyone please feel free to leave a comment..Even if you are new to my site.

I will do a drawing this Wednesday February 18, 2009 the winners will be announced that night.

love nita


tonight's song, Songbird by Eva Cassidy
1st video, 1st clip

i hope you have time to listen to this it is for you..

We Are Not Replaceable...

When I was in the hospital Mom called me and asked if there was anything she could do for me besides taking care of the animals.

I asked her to please get bird seed, and make sure the birds and squirrels outside were fed everyday.

I have always put bird seed out for as long as I can remember. Mom said she would be happy to do that for me.
When I got home she told me that she had put seed out everyday and would watch from my window to see if the birds would come. No birds..No squirrels..

The day after I got home from the hospital I heard the loudest racket outside.

Mom was over at my house helping me by doing some laundry. I slowly walked to the window and Mom was right behind me.

We looked out the window and there was a yard full of birds..And the 4 squirrels that use to come everyday before I went into the hospital.

Mom said, "Nita this may sound weird but they know you are home."
It made me cry because I was so happy they had came back and that they had missed me.

We make more of a difference in life than we know..

You make more of a difference in life than you know..

Tomorrow I have a surprise. I have made several pieces of jewelry today and I want to have a drawing and give it away for a late Valentines Day present.

I wanted to post it this afternoon but had a surprise visit from my lovely son and and my precious grand baby Chloe.

Pictures will be posted tomorrow of the jewelry. .

xoxo Nita

Tonight's song, Thank you by Dido
1st video, pick a clip
for John...

P.s i will get around to visiting. it hurts to sit at the computer for long. so i am trying to visit a few people at a time. but i want to thank every single person who has left a comment. those comments have helped me make it through the day many times.
love nita

The last two days have been hard.
Nita

tonight's song, Blackbird by the Beatles
1st song, pick a clip

John Has Been Gone One Year February 3rd...

{ John chewing his fingernails}


I have re-wrote this post a couple of times. I couldn't seem to get the meaning of what I felt or the words right. I am filled with sorrow.. I miss John so much it hurts worse than the surgery. I miss him crying at sad movies..and me comforting him.
He had such a good heart..


I miss him calling me at lunch everyday. I told him years ago that he didn't have to do that. But he said it made his day easier hearing my voice. I miss making his lunch every night. And making two gallons of tea a day, he would drink about a gallon and a half by himself. I don't make ice tea very much anymore. Not yet, it hurts too much. I always bought little treats to put in his lunch that I knew he would like. And I would put little notes in his lunch box telling him I loved him.

Seeing his face in the mirror in the bathroom while he was shaving is something I will always miss..
And the way he picked up the hangers in the bathroom.

I miss his hands. The way he would cup my face and kiss my nose.

We both loved to fish. I wish we could have went more often. I am sure he is fishing in Heaven..

John always walked with me..Everyday we walked a mile or two. I miss doing that with him. And I miss the conversations we would have while walking. We always talked about our dreams while we walked.

I miss the comfort of his voice, the shoulder he gave me to cry on. I miss him..
I miss my best friend..