Prayer Please for My BFF's grandson

My BFF Marcia is leaving for a trip to California. Her grandbabes and son live there.

Grandson Hunter just turned 2 years old. Here he is , celebrating at Disney Land .

Hunter was diagnosed with a rare immuno-deficiency disease, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, in August of 2008.

He is scheduled to go to Seattle July 21st for a bone marrow transplant. He'll be in the hospital for 6 months after the procedure.

You can read more about him here

Would you PLEASE pray for Hunter and his family..a bone marrow transplant is soooooo hard for the receiver of the marrow.

I sure will miss My Marcia..as she will be staying to help with Harper, Hunter's baby sister. I won't see her until October.

Happy Independence Day

Thanks to our Founding Fathers for

their bravery & values in establishing

"One Nation, under God, with Liberty & Justice For All"

Love to all my friends,

Joys

Being "Born in the USA"

An " About Me" Question & Answer

Hello, Dear Friend, It was fun reading about the things you have done. I'd like to know how you got to be a computer wiz? And, were you always artistic-and how long you've been selling your wares...and most important-what is your very favoritist of all flower?

This is from one of my Best Blog Friends...I just love her. So here's my answer

I am NOT a computer wiz..but what I know..I learned by doing ..with a bit of help here and there. I am the kind who can be shown once and usually able to do from there on.

I've always been artistic..as long as I can remember. As a kid, I was always making something

with found things..writing strories and loving the garden.

My favorite thing was a rooster and a hen cut from plywood..and all types of seeds (ie: corn, dried beans etc) as feathers. We did those in Vacation Bible School when I was maybe 9. I wish I still had those. I remember them hanging in the kitchen at my parents house.

(see an example above)

I've been selling my creations since 2000, not very long

I'd have to say a lovely old rose & peonies are my favorite flower, although I love so many others.

Just a Bit About Me

Part One

I love most music

System of a Down

Pearl Jam

Smashing Pumpkins

Green Day

Harry Connick Jr.

Cold Play

Boney James

Norah Jones

FourPlay

Earth Wind & Fire

Luther Vandross

Cameo

Rick James

50 cent

Black Eyed Peas

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Third Day

Mercy Me

Casting Crowns

and all classical

I don't care for today's country music, but

do love Johhny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., Marty Robbins.

(my dad them & I grew up listening to it)

My favorite shows on TV

Madmen (I love this show) on AMC.. new episodes in August (season 3)

Law and Order, Law & Order CI , Law & Order SVU

My favorite recent Movies

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

My Views

I'm a Conservative Republican

A member of The Methodist Church

My Jobs

In high school I was a babysitter &

I worked in a retail store.

I worked in a bank for a year as a messenger & in the Proof Dept

at The First National Bank of Peoria.

I then worked as a teller at First National Bank of East Peoria in the early 1970's

, for about 5 years

Got my Real Estate license , worked for a Real Estate company till 1979, when the

economy so bad ..I needed to get a job with regular income so

I went back to The First National Bank of Peoria in 1979

and continued at this bank as a Teller, Collection Teller,

Teller Supervisor, Assistant Branch Manager, Branch Manager & AVP,

& Regional Manager & VP...for a total of 21 years

In 2000 I worked as Executive Director at East Bluff Housing

in Peoria, for a year.

In 2001 , with a surgery right after 9/11 we decide to try

me staying home. It worked ..I love it.

If you follow my blog..you'll know I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer

in Oct. of 2007.

More to come..if you have any questions you'd like to ask

let me know..

deenasstory@deenawarern.com

I am more than this..but I know I love to be nosey..so I thought I'd share.

My Little Chickadee

Mama Chickadee feeding her babes.

This baby was peeking out for FOOd!!

They are out of the nest now & I hope safe.

Happy Father's Day, not JUST for Fathers

These black & whites are my dad & me

the color..my dad with Mercedes, my youngest

She's now 20

Below that, my dad & stepmom

with my kids , Steve, now 37 , Nicole now 27 and Mercedes now 20

the one grandson Zachary ( first born)who is almost 15 now and me.

Please click picture to enlarge..they are GOOD photos

My dad as a baby the one on the left
His dad holding him, his mom holding him

Memories of my dad

Visiting his dad's bait shop before we went fishing. The smell of the earth just reeked out of the shop, with worms, crawdads, fishing lures, gear and minnows.

Summers fishing in Minnesota & fishing on the lake at night. I would bait my own hook and usually could get it off the hook after catching.

I loved fishing, dad loved it

raised me to enjoy it. He took his grandsons fishing. My son, Steve loved it,

they'd eat cold beans and fish into the evening. If you knew my dad & the opportunity came up, you'd go fishing with him .

We would go to the drive in and dad would let me play

before the movie started. He would even come and push me on the swing..

He loved to garden and he

made Sunday roasts for us. He took me to church whenever I wanted to

go. I never heard him say ONE curse word.

I loved the smell of his pipe

and an ocassional cigar. He wore house slippers, loved to snack on

popcorn in the evening. He loved Johnny Cash.

I miss him..and wish we'd

had more time to make more memories.

In the end, Dad's memories left him, he didn't know me and he died of the effects of Alzheimers and Parkinson's Disease on Aug. 5, 2008.

My dad raised me to be kind.

I know my dad is in Heaven, I hope remembers now, all those good years we had.

In memory of my father

William Eugene Cleaver

See ya in Heaven daddy!

Storms

We have had so many storms..and downed trees like this one

took out power . We had no power or water..*we have a well*

for 31 hours..the power I'm ok with..but I needed a shower.

It was the first thing I did when it finally was restored after

31 hours. Thanks for all your kind comments about my hair.

Two of my grandsons are coming to visit grammy today.

I know we'll have fun.

Hair I Am

My oldest daughter , Nicole, colored it for me.

I had hoped it would make the back not

look so thin. It's growing slowly , the Whole Brain

Radiation is wicked. Some do not ever get their

hair back..so I count my blessings.

What I've been doing:

Gardening

Reading ~~Twilight, New Moon, now on Eclipse

Feeling pretty good

Eating well (but haven't gained any weight back..YEAH!!)

My next set of test are the first part of July and

back to the Oncologist for the results on 7/17.

Pray for no cancer!!

JOYS

Being able to do all of the above

Finding these great products from Soap & Glory

Click to see them..YUM

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A VERY HARD DECISION

Update June 12th Friday

it was very peaceful. Rich and I sat on the floor..she laid down

& showed her our love as she drifted off. Seemed like

less than a minute she was gone. Last night our cat

who has a SOFT voice and doesn't hardly ever meow..woke

us up . She was walking around the main level crying loudly.

I think she was missing Hannah ..as they have NEVER been apart one

night. They slept on Hannah's bed, just like that picture above.

Today is a VERY sad day for Rich and me. We made the decision to put

our beloved collie down. Hannah Hope Warner.. She can barely get around at all.

She is 13 and we have had her since she was 8 weeks old.

She's been a wonderful companion and very loving

We will miss her so much.. my heart hurts thinking of it.