I Got Luckyblessed!

 Sweet friend, Heather, assures me we need to blog this!
Tonight was a really fun Relief Society meeting.
We used the concept of Speed Dating
and Speed Chatted, instead

Three minutes to ask and answer questions
BING!  Move to the right

That was lucky enough
Then in the middle Heather approaches me and says she has something for me

What?

Look at that necklace
Is has "LD-style" written all over it
Big, rich colors, substantial, interesting textures
Darn cute
It is too heavy for Heather's injury fragile neck
While I'm sorry to hear that it hurts her neck
I am feeling double luckyblessed to be the recipient of her generosity
It even matches my clothing of the night
THANK YOU sharing friend!

I wasn't done being luckyblessed
My name got pulled out of the ticket pile
 to receive a beautiful notepad for listing making

(Hurrah.... I love list making.  Like I said Sunday in my lesson, I'm writing down "kept her first estate" so I can immediately have something to check off!  Whew. One down, one to go.)

Oh I digress

Let's get a closer look at the decor

Isn't that a beauty!

Isn't Heather amazing?

You can enjoy Heather's blog here

here

Grandma Ison's nook

I took my semi annual pilgrimage to Grandma's house
to watch a session of General Conference
with her

Found grandma in her TV nook

watching between sessions shows

Doesn't she look toasty in her cozy chair?
I fixed her a lunch to eat right there
Smile for the camera, grandma

That's as big as her smile got

Lately, I've noticed it is dramatically harder for her to retrieve words
as she tries to speak

Jana and I have a theory
that all her silent time
doesn't help

Kind of
a lot
of
time
where her brain
and audio body parts
 are unstimulated

So......I decided to try a new activity with her
A stroll down memory lane

I pulled out her jewelry  box
We went through it
piece by piece
Both of us were exclaiming:
I don't remember this!
(That was me!    Whose brain is faltering, LD?   Ha)
That's very pretty
Oh....this is from SO-o-o-o-o long ago
Look here is the necklace that matches those earrings
I think you made these, mom
Isn't that cute
Oh that one I wore a lot
That's a nice one

I really like this one
she said

She's always had a soft spot for
"Indian turquoise jewelry"
as she calls it

I had such a lapful
by the time we remembered and exclaimed
over each piece

Before I put it all away
I tried to talk her into wearing something that matched her sweatshirt
and be all spiffy for the day
Nope, she didn't go for that

Presto- - - - - Jewelry Fix!

You know how you have a necklace that doesn't

hit the "just right" length

on some blouse or shirt . . . .

and you need a temporary fix?

Well

I saw some do dad online

you could buy (no thank you)

to adjust the

chain/cord in back

That got me thinking

Hey hey!

When a grand child left this hair clip behind

it got re-purposed

for a happy solution to my

wrong-length necklace

(thank you, anonymous young posterity)

Presto!

I love it

I usually wear a jacket that covers

the back of my neck

But I wouldn't mind it showing

silver side

or

blue side

Creative solutions are for sharing!

Re-purpose that

Understatement:
I own a lot of earrings

Most of them are the hook kind

In the past

I stored them in a tray

It got deep and messy

A while back

I gave my brain the assignment

of pondering a way

to hang my earrings

When I discovered this CD rack in a 2nd hand store

it gave my brain the shout out:

Pick me!  Pick me!

I do believe I will

I like its curvy dancing look

and

I like that it takes up very little

dresser top space

I can even lasso the top corners with a few bracelets

Welcome home, handy addition!

Set the hook

Last time I visited an IKEA store

I was on the hunt for

a way to hang my necklaces

These 5-hook swinging doo dahs seemed a likely solution

I got lucky

As a birthday present

Tim offered to come over and work on projects that would be helpful for me

thank you thank you

Yahoo!   A wonderful gift!

He figured out how to attach a support board

and I painted it to match the rest of the closet

He attached three sets of the swinging hooks

Br-r-riiiiing! (add a magical sound)

Choices at my fingertips

Love it