Patti McCallum

Christmas Navity float in Cartersville headlines

patti — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:33:01 +0000

How can we not get excited about celebrating the true reason for Christmas.

So, when I heard the local town of Euharlee was having a parade of floats, I decided to round up some nativity characters.

It was a God thing how everything came together in such a short amount of time.

I just kept praying, hit yard sales, Habitat for Humanity, Goodwill, and Salvation Army, and came up with all the material, along with some donations from some folks. Then I hit the dollar store for the “trimmings”.

On Saturday, it rained off and on and we weren’t sure if it would happen, or who would be coming.

I just started making the costumes and ended up with just the right amount for everyone who showed up.

We had a wonderful time (though we did get a little wet), and the newspaper was there and took our pictures which made the front page on Monday (The Daily Tribune News).

I love celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.

Special thanks to Steve and Becky for the Nativity set, tractor and flatbed!!!

(Well, I can’t get the pictures posted)

Recent favorite photos

patti — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:05:12 +0000

Traveling 7,000 miles, we have seen some new sites that I photographed. Enjoy them.

Blessed with grandchildren!!

patti — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:08:59 +0000

Children grow up so quickly. Grandchildren grow up even faster!!! Here are some recents photos of our blessings!!

God’s sense of humor or blessing?

patti — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:01:36 +0000

Wes and I recently wanted to use up a free weekend car rental. So we went to rent a car for a trip south. We we got to the rental place, the lady informed us that she only had one car left and we would have to take it.

Grant Reunion (Ralph and Estella)

patti — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:52:41 +0000

This July we attended our annual Grant reunion - descendants of Ralph and Estella. We had a great time again and thank our hosts. Special celebration was for Harold Grant’s 80th birthday.

If you want to see more pictures, make a comment to such and I will send you a link to a private photo album. Black and white photo is Aunt Emily and Grandma Estella.

Wolfgang’s Diploma

patti — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:23:18 +0000

In June, my dad received his high school diploma as a veteran at 80 years of age. He was supposed to walk through the line with all the high school students from Kingston, but ended up in the hospital. So, he received it at the school board meeting. Lots of his friends and family came for the occasion.

Afterwards, he got free ice cream for all of us at a local establishment by showing the man his diploma.

I am so proud of him that he cared enough to do all the application and talk to the right people to see it happen.

I was disappointed that he did not want anything in the newspaper about it. So, I’m telling you all!!!

General Conference 2008 of the Wesleyan Church

patti — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:48:56 +0000

We were blessed to once again attend General Conference of the Wesleyan Church this time in Orlando. Joann Lyon was elected the new General Superintendant. I have attached a few of my photos from the weeks events.

I have uploaded all my photos from Festival of Missions at picasaweb.google.com/shokanwesleyan/GeneralConferenceOfTheWesleyanChurch08

Please enjoy them!

We are so blessed!!

patti — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:31:37 +0000

We were able to spend time with our growing families over the holidays. Though many of us were sick with the colds going around we had a wonderful time together. Enjoy the photos. We celebrated Wolfgang’s 80th birthday (Jan 31st) a few weeks early.

(I have a new camera and I am having difficulty getting thumbnail pics up. I still have so much to learn.)

Davids first big snow

patti — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:55:46 +0000

It was a real joy to have the kids here for the holiday. We had two real snow storms and so our grandkids and the three dogs got a real taste of snow. At first they really didn’t like it at all. But here is a photo that shows that they really learned to enjoy the snow.

Unusual dishes

patti — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:50:30 +0000

I was yard saling and bought a set of dishes. I thought they would be a good item to sell on ebay. But it seems that they are very rare. Any one out there have any interest in these lovely dishes? Pattern is Virginia #7622 of Wentworth China made in Japan. They have a very lovely weave pattern in the whole plate and have silver trim.

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