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My pretty, pretty mama - Vivien... 1925 ~ 2010. She had looks that reminded me of Maureen O'Hara, the Irish actress in so many of the old John Wayne movies... She was quite a beauty with her raven hair and  ice-blue eyes and lovely skin... (for some reason in this photo, both her hair & her eyes appear brown-ish but trust me, they were raven black and a spectacular & unusual icy blue. Gorgeous. But... she could also  repair a tractor engine, fix household appliances, repair a flat tire,  was a fabulous seamstress  & made many of the clothes we wore, did professional cake decorating from our home, and at age 50 earned her nursing degree -  all while raising 8 children. And that's not the half of it... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's been quite a while in between posts...  over two weeks, actually. I'm so sorry I haven't been more "present" here. Many of you may remember me mentioning a few times in the recent past,  (like   HERE ) that my mom

Just a few of the many more things being added to our new  UP FOR GRABS - MISCELLANY   department. Just thought you might like to be among the first to  take a "GRAB" at them...  There are only one of most of these things in this new section,  so ... time of of the essence, as they say.  :) It's been so fun doing this new section!  Something about passing on things that have brought so much fun and joy here, now heading out into new homes,  new vignettes... Love it! Happy Thursday to you!! ~Ruth~

News about what's NEW! FIRST ORDER OF "BUSINESS".... WHERE is this year going? It doesn't seem that long ago that I was telling you about the 2nd issue (Spring issue) of Jeanne d'Arc Living being orderable and now we're taking orders for issue #3 HERE! This is their Summer premier issue and its going to be chock full of all the Jeanne d'Arc Living goodness you can't get enough of. Here's a sampling of just some of the eye candy being printed up for you as we speak: SECOND ORDER OF "BUSINESS"... Remember W-A-Y back last June (ugh... I'm ashamed it's been THAT long ago) when I did a blog post  (you can read it HERE ) and asked you guys what you thought about the possibility of adding a section to the store's website where we'd sell off a little of this, and a little of that? I even asked you to give me ideas on what to name the new section.... And then, as per usual, I got side-tracked and here we are in March -- of the next

Today I got a delightful comment from the owner of  Java & Co.  the store you may recall from my  coffee-themed post a few posts previous to this one. They are the company that offers all those delectable coffee-based  foods like syrups, meat rubs made from ground coffee beans, etc... Well the comment from them was so sweet and I thought I'd share it with you!   Here it is: Ruth, I'm frequently online and searching for new coffee information and those who share my passion of the bean. Thank you for recognizing JAVA & Co. on your blog. Your comments and those of your followers are greatly appreciated. As a thank you for you and your blog followers - we'd like to offer a special promo code for those who'd like to purchase through our main company website - www.javaandco.com.   Receive 15% off of your order,  just enter PROMO Code MKT2010  and checkout through PayPal. From one caffeine lover to another - I raise my cup to you! Jamie L. Knoll Owner / Co-founder