Bailey - Photos

Woman Power Wednesday - BAILEY!

A Dog's Life - Bailey

by: G Page Singletary

At some point

at some point in time

the road comes to an end

and we must say goodbye

to a faithful friend

Fair well little one

for your job here is done

You've caught your last ball

the yellow tennis can shut tight

for the final time

You've run your last sprint

You've jumped your final jump

On this earth

you always did

your job well

Extraordinarily swell

Oh Bailey

How high those jumps

So powerful those jaws

As they held that yellow ball

In a way that always said

I got you guys

I got your back

I'm here for you

Your companion

Your best friend

Your little Christmas morning pup

Through thick and thin!

But now

I've gotten old and frail

and the heart has failed

Yet it is large, very large

never small

A heart that says

I gave you my all

So, remember me always

Always in YOUR hearts

I'm at peace now

 Crossed over

to the other side

The rivers wide

The grass flies around me

While I zig and zag

Looking down on you always

My tail wags

I play with my ball again

I jump

I catch it

and I smile down on you

forever!

God bless Bailey!

Art by: Cindy Fuller

Make it a Great Monday Lucy May - home stretch for semester

Cool pic hot off the press from College Station. Good luck Lucy on exams and get home safe tomorrow! Kyle and I had a big-time with the Hopke men out at Austin Golf Club yesterday. We shook Ben Crenshaw's hand at lunch!

Emily working a Chapter Goods pop-up. Mom 're-stiffening' MeMa's snowflakes! Sally and T seem good and busy as well. Chaps in semis and we are looking to tailgate in Waco on Saturday before 2:30PM kickoff.

These snowflakes have made it through 31 Christmas trees at the Singletarys! MeMa (my dad's mom) gave them to us when we were first married. Here's the process Mom used to restore them yesterday: 

If you decide to re-stiffen your snowflakes prepare for a job that takes many hours. Mine were getting limp and a little yellowed. (the girls favorite holiday treat was to suck them before hanging them on the tree.) I did research the sugar, starch and glue method. The sugar can cause ants that eventually destroy the snowflake and starch will cause it to yellow, so I decided on the glue method. No method is easy and the glue is super messy. To wash the snowflakes wash in warm water with gentle detergent and oxiclean. Make a glue mixture of 2/3 Elmers glue and 1/3 water. Stir well with a fork. One by one put snowflakes into glue-saturate well and lay on a box covered with Saran Wrap. Have lots of straight pins nearby- straighten snowflake and pin center first. Then pull edges tight. Continue with each snow flake. You can see that some need more pins than others. I used 1 1/2 bottles of Elmers for this project. It took 3 hours. 

How's your MIAGM? Pictures from the Thanksgiving weekend . . .