2012 June 02 « Work the Dream

My Reborn Doll Box Arrived

I just had to share with you all the opening of my reborn doll box. I entered a giveaway and won it. I was so stunned. I had told the woman that if she drew my name to give it to this particular young adult that wanted one so badly and when the drawing occurred, the woman doing the giveaway said that someone was making this young adult a doll. So, I got to keep it. It is so precious. I decided to name him Gabriel…cause he is an angel to me.

I have said that I am eclectic and I have gone from driving a semi to teaching school to writing for a publishing company of five small town newspapers to running a diesel repair shop to waiting on tables to being a secretary to being a mother of two beautiful sons and a grandmother to being a homemaker to being a caretaker of people with cancer to running a BBQ House to loving dolls.

The box just arrived.

in the top of the box. the baby doll has a baby doll toy that is a rattle.

Peeking out of this adorable snowsuit is the reborn baby.

OH goodness, this reborn doll feels just like a newborn.

Look at his sweet face.

Look at these little shoes. The clothes are all newborn baby clothes, not doll clothes.

He even has a pacifier. It is magnetic. How cool.

I have never seen a doll look so real before.

Look at those ears. See how tiny his head is with my hand cupping it.

I wish the fingers showed better. You even see the little white nails on the tips. It looks just like a newborn.

Sorry but I just can’t quit hugging him.

There was a snowsuit and a bunch of outfits, little shoes, baby blanket, even bottle.

Typical me when I am joyous. Son says I clap my hands and don’t even know it.

one of the outfits.

Just gotta show that sweet face again.

I can not get over the weight of the doll. Just gotta kiss something this sweet looking.

And of course I had to change and put on a new outfit.

I love dolls and always have. I have had all kinds from rag dolls to ones from other countries but baby dolls are my favorite.

Thank you from my heart to Theresa. You blessed my immensely when I was picked for the giveaway. There are not words enough to say thank you.

Son has already said that he can see that a doll bed is to be forth coming and is drawing out plans for it. Nah..I am not rotten. *giggling*

God is awfully good to son and I and I sure do thank Him and give him the praise for all He has done for us. He takes care of our needs and occasionally, He gives a want. What more could a person ask for. I have trusted Him to take care of us since my boys were little. No, we did not have all we “wanted” but we sure had all we “needed” and that is what is important.

Birthday Wish for Some Very Special Bears

Birthday Wish to Help the Sun Bears

The Bornean Sun Bear Conservatory posted about their fundraiser yesterday. The Fundraiser is going on right now. Check out the prizes they have.

http://www.causes.com/causes/95651-bornean-sun-bear-conservation-centre/actions/1656848

And read all about the Bornean Sun Bear Conservatory here:

http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/

Their goal is to rescue these abandoned bears and the ones that were taken for pets and nurse them up until they are big enough to put back into the wild, where they belong.

It is time for the big party and fundraiser to help the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre. Please go check them out and if you can donate, even if five dollars it will help them reach their goal. These little bears are in danger of becoming extinct and at the rate we are taking their homeland, we will soon lose them all.

Come join them at their facebook as they all just have a really great time while raising money.

Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre

And the birthday wish page is here. All he wants for his birthday is to reach the goal to help the bears.

http://wishes.causes.com/wishes/435649

The Transit Of Venus on Tuesday

A rare event will occur on Tuesday. The transit of Venus will begin at 5:45 EST and Venus will go between the sun and us. You can not just look at this for fear of hurting your eyes but there is going to be a live webcast of the event for those that do not have the right equipment to watch. The webcast is live and will not show until time for the transit of Venus to occur. Here is the link. You must download something to make the webcast show.

video by http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/webcasts/nasaedge/

This event only occurs every 100 years or so and will be awesome to see. Several reputable sites are putting up information on how to watch this and what you need to watch the transit of Venus. One is located here:

video by UTSIC

Just remember you need special sunglasses to watch this, not just your regular ones. There are several methods you can use ranging from watching on the webcast to pinhole projectors to projecting a magnified view with binoculars or telescope to sun cloud funnel for large crowds. You can read all about it here:

http://www.transitofvenus.org/june2012/eye-safety/281-six-ways-to-see-the-transit-of-venus

Also NASA shows where the webcasts are located here:

http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2012/transit/webcast.php

What a free and awesome event for everyone to see.

VIDEO: What is the transit of Venus? (bbc.co.uk)
Science North to host transit of Venus event Tuesday (thesudburystar.com)
Rare Transit of Venus Occurs June 5: How to Watch Online (space.com)
Astronaut to Take 1st Transit of Venus Pictures From Space (livescience.com)
Everything you need to know about next week’s Transit of Venus (blogs.discovermagazine.com)
Last Chance to See Transit of Venus (patspapers.com)
Transit of Venus App Enables Cosmic Calculations Next Tuesday (scientificamerican.com)
Mam Tor and the transit of Venus (heritageaction.wordpress.com)
Transit of Venus June 5: Why Should You Care and How to Observe (planetary.org)
Ninemsn to livestream Venus transit (news.ninemsn.com.au)

About Me

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Those that know me know that this red sparkly headband is symbolic. When they see the headband on me, they know I am fighting hard physically. It is my symbolic Samson’s hair. It is getting my mojo on and geared up for robo mom to once more fight a battle. And the headband is on now and will be on for a long time. I live with my son who is my caretaker and I am so blessed.

Me with mojo on.

And when things are toughest, I will resort to my dreams to keep me going.

I am 63 and will soon be 64. Life has been a journey of health issues since I was 32 and got sprayed by a crop duster. I have warrior attitude. Being a warrior does not mean you always win. It means you never quit trying. Life is what you make it and I choose to make mine as happy as possible no matter where I am in life.

I spend a lot of time on this hospital bed due to constant pain but I am just thankful I have the hospital bed to lay on. I am disabled but I don’t let that stop me from living life and enjoying it. Life is what we make it and I choose to make mine happy.

Meet Daisy..that we call Miss Daisy. Thanks to Jill, a very special friend who is also has a Rescue for pets called Three Sisters and a Brother in NC, Daisy was transported to us and what a delight she is. About ten pounds and full of energy and love and kisses.

My baby

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Son and Daisy

My world from my hospital bed-it is filled with warmth and love from so many.

I still dream of going back to Italy, of us having one of those mini buses with a lift for my chair that son can convert into a travel home for us to make it easier when I have to go to Denver for surgeries and stuff. I still dream of learning how to tap dance…yes even on these crutches just so I can say I did. All I need are a pair of size 11 tap shoes.

image from facebookemoticons123.blogspot.com

I draw, I paint, I write, I do photography…my latest love is the clouds for I see faces in the clouds all the time and have a blog at the top of the page entitled “Faces in the Clouds” I sit on a stool and help son cook…yes, often with him leaning over me to help me pour or stir but I get to do it. My philosophy is if you can’t do it one way…then create a new way. Son says I am the only person he knows that used their all terrain power chair like a back hoe…using a grain shovel and rake to move dirt or mulch in the garden. I would hold the handle between my legs and rake up the stuff on the two foot wide shovel and then go backwards dragging the shovel to where I wanted to dump it.

Ever since I was a little girl, I was told I was a dreamer. I can remember report cards with “day dreams” written on it. I think dreams are what keep us going. Without dreams…we have no hope.

Follow Your Dreams, The Siren Called Out To Me

As I closed my eyes and fell deep into lovely sleep.
The dream siren called me with a promise to keep

I closed my eyes and looked deep in my soul
I could feel the wind blowing…it was so very cold

My dreams I had carried through year after year
They will never come true was my biggest fear

Wandering up one lane and down another
Remembering my dream since I became a mother

Land, open land and a place to be free
A small house to live in with a big evergreen tree

We mounted the buckboard with all we owned inside
And started over the mountain on this crazy dream ride

We felt like pioneers racing to the finish line for land
And the whole time we knew -The Lord had our hand

So don’t be afraid to dream your dreams and try
Life is too short…open your wings up and fly

Dream I say and work the dream hard as you can
For it will be the best race that you ever ran.

We all have dreams of what we want out of life. I remember Laverne on Laverne and Laverne saying her dream was to have a purple cashmere sweater. Well, our dream is to own land in the country and have a simple life style unencumbered by so much of what is in the world today.

I love to write and have written for years. And hopefully will continue to write for many more years. My real name is Deb.

This blog is about our journey to get there, our life after we reached the promised land and different middle of the night ramblings. Dreams are like cooking…we might get our grandparents old recipes, but we tend to alter them to suit ourselves. But, dream we must…for as long as we have hope in life…we have dreams. And even plain ole everyday people get dreams that come true.

I hope you enjoy and will subscribe and share my journey. Come join us at the foothills of the mountains where we have found a life of simplicity and serenity, in spite of all the health trials of one disabled woman and the courage of a son that chose to take care of her.