JMKoriginals by Judy Keefe

Merry Christmas to All!

 
Here are the Sweet Ladies of the Bible study Group minus one.  A very important one indeed but I can put her in later.  Pictured from the right to the left is Serena, Marguerite, Pati, Judy (me) and Barbara with Noreen missing.  They are my sanity at this moment.  Trying to be happy but this Christmas is a bitter sweet one for me as my daughter Crystal is moving 1 day after Christmas.  I'll give that story it's own post.

But...the joy I do have is knowing the real reason we celebrate Christmas. 

Prophecies Foretelling

The Birth Of Jesus

Isaiah 40:3-5 (KJV) The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. {4} Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: {5} And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see <it> together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken <it>.

Galatians 3:8 (KJV) And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, <saying>, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

New Keyboard, New Camera and a New Purpose

I'm sorry I've been missing...(yet again!) for so long.  My computer was giving me so much trouble and they had been working on it (of course they won't give you another one)  gave me a new keyboard and then finally they wiped out everything (I had my pictures and documents on a flash drive)  Also..my camera died at the same time!  So...I bought a new camera and flash and haven;'t had the time to learn much yet but other than the camera weighing too much I love it.   I need a little cheap on just for my purse.  I bought Nikon's new D5000 that is a full camcorder too.  I hope I didn't bit too much off.  I need the Dummies book for it!

A friend sent us this video and I had to share it, so if you would like to see it then click on the stop button on my music first and be prepared to cry!

Fat Cat in a Box!

My group "Outsiders" having a journal round robin.   The other day I received one of the ladies journal all packed nice inside a box.  I no sooner opened the box and while I was looking (I should say drooling!) at the journal my kitty Sheba climbed into it!  No bg deal as cats like oxes but at first her rear end justfit in it, ay after day she took all her naps in it and by today she has the whole thing stretched out, digging at the tissue paper and making  nest! LOLOL!  Don't worry ladies, I'll vacuum it and put nice new tissue paper in it.  ;-)

  I hope all you cat lovers enjoy these pictures!

By the way..I'm in a soft cast now and taking it off to exercise it.  Finally!

Thank you all for your well wishes and cards.  xoxo

The Plans He Has For Me

I started back to work the next day after the accident.  Typing was hard though.

Now 5 weeks later...

With this brace I can type and paint better.  As you can see my fingers are bent and my hand is going more to the right due to Lupus.

 As you can see in the picture on the left that my fingers have progressively bent to the right and they snap at the knuckles which makes working with them challenging.   Now with the new bump on my wrist, the doctor said after a time that will go down (somewhat) but the break compressed my bone and that is permanent.

The medicine I take for the Lupus has destroyed my bones and now they break easily and my spine is so twisted from numerous fractures and nerve damage that I can't get around and go to my favorite places anymore...The nerve pain is horrendous! None of the medications help it so I'm going in for a shot in the butt! I'm having somewhat of a hard time because I'm in a fight to try to get stronger and not give up and go to being in a wheelchair.

The reason I tell you this is so that you understand my absence at times because of pain or trying to get something done because I'm so slow.  It takes so much more effort and sometimes I'm so tired I feel like I could just roll up in a ball and quietly die.  It is a disease that you rarely hear much about.  I don't spend much time looking it up, hopefully I have a good rheumatologist for that.  It is genetic I believe, I just found out my cousin has it too.  Do you know that there has been no changes in the medicine we take for 50 years! You might think I could do a fund-raiser, but to be honest..I don't have the energy, I hate to ask for money, and I just don't think many people care about it . 

But, this is my fight...and God gave me a wonderful husband that is so helpful and takes so good care of me and He gave me the gift of art that I can share. 

"For I know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  

    Jer. 29:11

Not Again!...

If it wasn't bad enough that Brimfield was a washout and I came home aching and with a stiff neck from the dampness. Our room ended up being a closed in porch with glass doors with curtins facing the livingroom.  The room was so small (I had to walk sideways to get past the other bunk bed)..it rained and rained...and .... ...then ...this happened today

  forget it..i cant type anymore

New Moon Trailer!

My First Scrapbook Page!

My cousin Pati came for a visit and to show me her new Cricut machine.  We made a scrapbook page.  Other than just pasting a picture on cardstock and labeling it this was my first page!  I had so much fun! 

There is a glare on my husband and the page is a little warped but I like how it came out!  Thanks Pati!

Sick Little Kitties

This one is Sheba

Oh boy..you think the worring and expense is somewhat over when your kids are grown..then you get pets.  They are your children and when they get sick you worry over them.  They are like babies because they can't tell you where it hurts.  Since I take them out only into our yard they picked up something.  The tests came out negative but the vet thinks it's some sort of..ya..you think I could remember..my mind was in a fog.  I've been shoveling..sh_t for a week now..two cats with diarrhea!  Can't even shovel it..ok..that's more than you wanted to know.  This one is Dusty..He was wagging the tip of his tail like crazy and it wasn't because he was happy to see me.  The both hate to have their picture taken...And..why am I the only one in a house of 3 adults that can give (fight with) them their medicine getting clawed and splattered on twice a day for a week!  As long as they get well...because after all..we LOVE them!

Artful Blogging Star

Lookee looke!  Look who is an Artful Blogging star! And they gave her 5 pages! (2 1/2 spreads!)

It is my sweet Bella! ofIzabella's BlueYaaay!  I don't remember how long it's been because my memory is bad but when I first became aware of altered art and ATCs and started blog surfing, I discovered Izabella's art.  It is so unique and with a sadness that drew me in.  Her blog, which is a whole experience to visit..fascinated me so much that I decided I wanted to have a new blog.  I had started another one but had trouble with it.  Bella being fairly new to Typepad herself guided me ..sometimes having to literally spell it out for me!  lol!  But due to her patience and friendship I finally "got it".

Now...she is featured in Artful Blogging!  Congratulations my friend!

 

 

The Karma Award

Hi!  I would like to thank Anne Gaal of Gaal Creative for being so sweet to bestow this award on me.

The Karma Friends Award:

The wording for this award is as follows:
The Karma Award: These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kinds of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

 

There are so many blogs that I enjoy that it is hard to choose.  I hesitated because I didn't want to offend any that I didn't put..I'll get you later with another one hopefully!  I am so happy to have met so many wonderful artists, bloggers, and friends and I love being part of the blogging community.  I know I'm slow in between posts but I love to read other blogs.

I also understand the value of awards to expose us to a few blogs that might be new to us. So here are the eight blogs I nominate for the Karma Award, in no special order.but each one is special in their own way..I hope you find time to visit them.

http://faerieluna.blogspot.com/

http://izabella.typepad.com/

http://www.mosshill.blogs.com/

http://deborahbohm.blogspot.com/

http://foreverjann.blogspot.com/

http://visualanthologies.blogspot.com/

http://alteredamy.blogspot.com/

http://www.girl-gone-thread-wild.blogspot.com/ 

 

 

Thank you Anne for the Karma Award!  Sorry it took me so long.