My Mama

 

 

              

 

 

     Here is Mama!  The woman who has taught me so much about love and family.  This poem I wrote for her for Mothers Day 2011.  One for her and one for Daddy.  Once again, I just try to catch just a bit of her character is a fun, rhyming way but truly, to know her personally is the best way to see how special she is!

All About Grandma

 

You'll find Grandma in the kitchen

From morning til night

Just stop over and have a bite

 

             

 

 

Here you'll find delicious things to eat

from chicken to pot roast and of course Roast Beef!

 

 

 

 

 

 

She has baked the desserts

Brownies, cakes and pies

Eating at Grandma's can make you sigh

Dessert can be ecstasy

So many to choose

hen it's time to leave

We have much weight to lose!

 

                    

 

 

 

But there is more to Granma

than her amazing food

She is loving and gracious and

almost always in a good mood

She is loyal to her friends

And only a phone call away

She remembers everyone's

birthday

With a card, present and cake!

 

 

 

 

We love you Grandma

Your home is so cozy

With toys, blankets, recliners

And the woodstove...

It is always so toasty

 

 

 

 

You are dressed in the finest for

church, weddings and parties

and your earrings, they dangle

and sparkle

like diamonds








 

 

You like to go shopping and find all the bargains

And at yard sales we'll find you haggling and laughing

 

 

 

 

Your home is filled with the

treasures you find

And for Christmas they're

wrapped and place under the tree just in time

 

 

 

 

She is a lover of people

and puts everyone at ease

At church she's a joker and a great big

tease

 

 

 

 

Gardening and mowing

Cooking and sewing

You do it all with great joy

And always keep going

 

 

 

 

Her faith in God is true, strong and pure

And she is never afraid to question Him

who loves her

God has blessed her for her faith

with a family of great size

His reward for her faithfulness

And oh what a prize

 

 

 

 

She treasures us all

And stays as close as she can

She never forgets us, not one of the clan

She's not just our mother

No, so much more than that

She is our buddy, our confidante, our

friend

And holds us all together as strong as

cement!

 

    

     Mama never likes to have her picture taken so how is it that she has six daughters who clamor to be in front of the camera?  A mystery! I especially love this photo because we are all

laughing! Especially Mama!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walgrave Astoria Mystery Night: Who Done it?

 

 

     We had the great privilege of going to  Cary and Kristy's house for Thanksgiving in Ponte Vedra, Florida!  They threw a murder~mystery dinner party on Friday night.  I have never been to anything like that before.  We were in for quite a treat!  Weeks before the party, we received invitations with a link to the website about the party.  There, we were able to read about our character and what kind of personality traits they had!  For example, my character was:

 

     I was to portray  an internationally famous astrologist!  Down to earth, fun loving, comedienne who bursts into songs whenever the time is right!  This gave me time to prepare for my part and find a costume to go along with my personality!

 

Here I am:  Skyler Starry!! 

How did I do?

 

 

Paul was Jolly Boatley; mild mannered fisherman who likes to rhyme words and has extraordinary dancing skills! 

 

 

You get the idea!  Everyone came to party and had to stay in character throughout the entire time.  It was very fun to be someone else.  At least I thought it was. I tried not to think too hard about it and just kind of let loose and sang songs when a word would bring one to mind! I think I may have annoyed some characters with my lack of ability to carry a tune but oh well!

 

 

Kristy went with an Australian theme for the party and all the food came from Australian recipes! 

The Aussie Beachcomber was a fancy drink!  Kind of loosened up my singing ability!

Halloween stickers for the glasses so you can always find your drink!

All the details were so clever!  Even the wine bottles had a murder /mystery theme!

Lovely dessert!  Chocolate and Strawberry Lamingtons!!

 

At the  party we received envelopes containing clues to reveal about ourselves, questions to ask other characters and things not to reveal!  This created great conversation flow!  So very fun to see everyone's costumes and to figure out if they were nice or mean, suspicious? innocent? or guilty? 

 

 

Here is Fasa Shone (Fashion ~ clever right!)
My girl looking a little bit too cute! 
 She was a wealthy fashion designer with a mean disposition! 
Quite the snob!  She played her part with flair!!

 

 

I must say that Fiona Fingstein and Dr. Indy Jonas

make a dashing, beautiful couple!  Don't you?

  They looked awesome.  Especially those shoes Cary!

 

 

Literally!

 

Oh Rudy, your time was short!

 

He wasn't the kindest character!  One funny part about this

 was that we knew someone was going to be the

victim so no one acted surprised when he fell over!!

No one was upset.  At one point Grover,

the dog walked over and stood beside his body! 

 Unfortunately we didn't get that picture!

 

  

Here you have Cara Tinn and Poindexe Dorfman! 

 Playing their parts with great flair as well!

Kerri is the stunning, rich, Zangelina Holie! 

First prize for that character portrayal!

 

                                 Sam Spellburn you rascally, prankster!

 

Mr Hiles played Yune A. Vorsti the greedy,

mocking graduate student!

  Love the bow tie!

 

 

 

 

                  We played some silly characters, just like real life!

 

 

Too cool Royal T!

 

My favorite costume of the night I must say!!

What a great job you did planning this!  It was so much fun!

 

 

 

Who done it, you ask?  Why it was Dr Indy Jonas!  Don't let that smile fool you!