Split, Croatia

Such a beautiful country.

Croatia

My oldest daughter lived in Croatia in 2004 as a nanny to missionaries for Wesleyan World Missions.  She took care of their two little boys, ages 2 & 4, while their parents took language 

classes.  She had to raise her own money to get there and she lived with a couple of girls in

an apartment.  She traveled across the city by public buses to get to her work.  It was a very

good experience for her.  While she was there she was taking two classes online for her degree.

This is my daughter and one of her roommates (the one

on the right) in their apartment.

This is a bombed-out phone booth in Bosnia

that they visited while on a trip.

This is Split, Croatia where she was living.  It is a beautiful

city.  Now it is a tourist destination.  The weather is mediterraean

and it is on the coast of the Adriatic Sea across from Italy.

The terrain is like San Diego with rocky beaches and plenty

of palm trees.



Split by night.




This is her missionary family.  Wonderful people.

Diocletian's Palace

At the end of the third century AD, the Roman Emperor Diocletian built his palace on the bay of Aspalathos. Here, after abdicating on the first of May in A.D. 305, he spent the last years of his life. The bay is located on the south side of a short peninsula running out from the Dalmatian coast into the Adriatic, four miles from the site of Salona, the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. The terrain on which the palace was built slopes gently seaward. It is typical karst terrain, consisting of low limestone ridges running east to west with marl in the clefts between them.
This palace is today the heart of the inner-city of Split where all the most important historical buildings can be found. The importance of Diocletian's Palace far transcends local significance because of its level of preservation and the buildings of succeeding historical periods, stretching from Roman times onwards, which form the very tissue of old Split. The Palace is one of the most famous and integral architectural and cultural constructs on the Croatian Adriatic coast and holds an outstanding place in the Mediterranean, European and world heritage.

Wordless Wednesday-An Apple A Day

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Tax Day

Hooray!  Tax Day!  It's finally over.  We always wait until the last day to finish paying our taxes because we are self-employed and have estimated taxes throughout the year.  So each year alternates, one year we have to pay more and then the next year we have overpaid and that is applied to our first quarterly estimated tax payment.  Last year we overpaid, so this year I knew we would have to pay more.  But I was so pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as much as I was expecting.  Yea!  I am glad that is over.  I'm feeling better now after having had the strep throat.  It really made me tired.  Too tired to stare at the computer for very long and I still had to stare at my work computer, so the work was all I could stand to do.  Now maybe I can get caught up on reading some blogs and creating a post or two.  I'm going to go to Tulsa this afternoon to exchange some sunglasses that I bought.  They are not very comfortable and they were expensive so I hope they will still allow me to exchange them.  I am two days over the 30 day return but I was too sick last week to take them and twice I tried to return them before but I forgot the box the first time and completely forgot the sunglasses the second time.  I am going to talk to a manager there and see what they will do for me.  Wish me favor!  

Streptococcus

I have had a strep throat since last Friday.  And I have been miserable and tired.  Too tired to blog or read blogs.  I finally feel better today but still not myself.  

My oldest daughter bought a doggie from the

shelter two days ago.  Her name is Apple.

She is three years old.  She weighs about

7-8 lbs.  Isn't she sweet?

Fun Monday-Celebrity Crush

Fun Monday's hostess is Jo Beaufoix.
She wants to hear about our first celebrity crush.
Ah yes, the wonderful Davy Jones.  

How I loved him...

Weekly Winners Sunday Meme

Hobbes the Hunter

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For Willowtree

Wordless Wednesday-Don't Cross the River

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Turtle Soup

Look what comes out after a nice big storm. A nice big snapping turtle.
We were woken up by sirens going off in town about two miles

from us warning of a tornado.  The tornado touched down one

mile from us taking part of a neighbor's roof top.  Fortunately,

it was a small tornado.  We had lots and lots of rain quickly 

flooding ponds and roadways.  Also our electricity was off

from 5 am to 2 pm, so I didn't get much Fun Monday visits 

done.  

Kitties didn't pay any attention to the turtle at all.  Boy,

old Spunky would have gone crazy over him.  Spunky ate

small box turtles and terrapins.  

Have you ever had turtle soup?  

Fun Monday-High Hopes

Robin at Pensieve's is the hostess with the mostest this Fun Monday. She wants us to inspire others with quotable quotes or quotes to live by. This is a great assignment.
Here's my first quote from a movie with Frank Sinatra.
"He's got high hopes. High, apple pie in the sky hopes."  

Just remember that ant.  Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant.  



"We can do no great things...only small things with great love." Mother Teresa

Time in a Bottle

How about if I save time in my bottle?

Weekly Winners Sunday Meme-My Bottle

What am I going to do with my bottle?
Do you have any suggestions?

My husband wants to fill it with pennies.

It is so big.  And old.

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What in carnation?

I love carnations!  They last so much longer than other fresh flowers.  I picked these up before Easter and they still look great.

These white flowers sure contrast nicely with the evergreen tree.  Fresh flowers of another kind!

Wordless Wednesday-Prom Chaperones

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Off to the Dentist

Just a routine check-up and cleaning. My teeth aren't nearly this orange!



There, I added the right vase this time! :D 

Fun Monday-Music

This week's Fun Monday is hosted by Swampy. She wants us to make a list from A-Z of something. ABC's. I made mine of music. Now I realize that absolutely no one would have the time to listen to all of these songs. So look at my list and if you see just one that you like, then listen to it. I had fun making it. It was hard to narrow down some of the bands. I had multiples for some letters. Enjoy, please. And visit Swampy for more Fun Monday.

Augustana-Boston

Boston-More Than a Feeling

Coldplay-Clocks ( I could have picked every song they have ever sung!)

Derek and the Dominoes-Bell Bottom Blues

Eagles-Hole in the World (live in Australia)

Fleetwood Mac-Dreams (Man, weren't they great?)

If you only have time to listen to one song, this is the one!
Genesis-No Son of Mine

Henley, Don-The Heart of the Matter (best song ever written)

Imogen Heap-Let Go

Journey- Faithfully

Kansas-Dust in the Wind

Led Zeppelin-Going to California (used to be my favorite song)

Mayer, John-Waiting on the World to Change

Nickleback-If Everyone Cared

Oasis-Little By Little

Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here

Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody

Relient K-Be My Escape

Steely Dan-Reelin' in the Years

Taylor, James-Fire and Rain

U2-Beautiful Day

The Verve-Bitter Sweet Symphony

The Who-Behind Blue Eyes

Xanadu-Rush

Yes-and you and I

ZZ Top-Blue Jean Blues

Weekly Winners Sunday Meme-Foot Fashion

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Spring has sprung!

My daffodils

Downtown Bradford pear tree

My Bradford pear tree

P.F. Chang's Citrus Soy Salmon

For the past three weeks I have had a deep tissue massage at a spa. My husband gave me a gift certificate at Christmas. I must say it was the best gift possible. I have a lot of knots in my shoulder muscles and boy did she ever work on them. It has been a wonderful treat. Last week I ate lunch at P.F. Chang's where my youngest daughter works as a hostess. She had me eat at the bar and order the Citrus Soy Salmon which is new on their menu. It's on the lunch bowl menu. I have to say that it was the best salmon I have ever eaten. The citrus soy sauce was perfect. I can't wait to eat it again. They serve it with rice on the side and soup. Excellent. This week I ate lunch with my daughter at T.G.I.Fridays. It was nice to get to spend time with her. So I have had threee wonderful weeks of spa. I booked another one in April. I am also going to take my mom next time. So I highly recommend the salmon dish. I am going to get the ingredients and if I get the recipe I will post it too.