Fridays with Ella: Loving our Pets

Hi.

A lot of you know that I love animals.

At our old house, we fed every stray cat that came our way. We do that at our new house, too.

 

We have a pet cat, Sparrow. She's mainly my Mom's cat, but I think she tolerates me and Dad. Lately, she's been sleeping in my room. I set up a bed for her there, lined with some old blankets and a throw my Mom found in a back closet.

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes, Mom and I go to the Humane Society to feed and play with the cats and dogs there. We're actually going tomorrow to bring lunch to the kittens and then to have lunch together.

 

God created animals, just like He created us. He put us all on this earth to take care of one another, and that includes animals.

 

If everyone could go to this link and maybe donate, this would help Roxie's owners a lot. Roxie's owner is a friend of my Mom's and her daughter is my pen pal. So, if you could donate anything, even a dollar to help Roxie that would be amazing. With prayers, she is doing really well right now!!!

 

 

 

 

 

What Ella wore

Headband: $2, Family Dollar

Striped top: gift, Total Kid brand

Leggings: gift, Justice brand

Rain boots: gift, Zulily

Raincoat: gift, Zulily

Crystal Necklace: borrowed (from me), $2, Rose's/Maxway

 

 



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It's been a long day, that's why I'm late with my post. I've got some personal stuff going on, and would appreciate any and all prayers, thank you!

28/52. She very rarely wears her hair up, but this week has been HOT, and she just has SO MUCH HAIR.

28/52, Sunday: I love her combo of ruffly socks with glittery half-boots. The whole outfit just rocks.

Fridays With Ella: Respecting the Elderly

Hi.

On Monday, Mom and I went to see Ms. Phyllis from our church. She lives in the same apartment building as Ms. Lora, and first I wasn't too sure about going to see her because even going to that building makes me sad.

And then Mom and I had a talk about what it means to love and respect the elderly. Mom said that sometimes, people forget about the elderly and don't go see them. She said that after these people are done caring for their babies, and their babies grow up, they don't take care of their parents. Ms. Phyllis had seven children, and even though some of them come and see her, she is still lonely sometimes.

We didn't want to go empty-handed because when we used to go see Ms. Lora we always brought something. Sometimes it was a flower. Sometimes it was a plate of food. We bought Ms. Phyllis a card and some flowers.

 



We stayed and talked with Ms. Phyllis for a while. Well, mostly she and Mom talked and I listened. I found out that even though her husband died when they were young, Ms. Phyllis never got married again because that's how much she loved her husband.

My Mom also promised to come by and cut Ms. Phyllis's hair for her because right now, Ms. Phyllis doesn't have a car. Hers broke down. So, one day next week, Mom and I are going to take all her haircutting supplies and make Ms. Phyllis feel beautiful. Maybe the most important thing about this visit is how different Ms. Phyllis looked by the end of it. When she opened the door for us she looked happy to see us, but kind of sad and lonely, too. She was smiling and laughing when we left.

What Ella wore:
Printed T-shirt: gift from a fried, Xhilaration brand
Navy skirt: hand-me-down, Justice brand
Shoes: Thrift store

Tidbits from this week

A promise kept: I promised myself that I would take more pictures of Gabe and me, since that's virtually stopped since we had children. So far, I've done well to keep the pic-a-week tradition going.

...this leads me to the next thing....

Yikes!: I just realized that in virtually every pic of me and Gabe, I have my hair up. Why, you ask? Because it's way too long and is driving me crazy. I really should look better in these pictures. That's my next promise to myself. Look.better.in.these.dang.pictures!

Making Grandma Aniela Proud: This week, I mastered my Grandma's mushroom soup recipe. It was dee-licious, as Ella says.

It's....Bat-owl?: Putting my (extremely limited due to a lack of a sewing machine) sewing skills to use, I made Ella a pair of bat wings. She says they are way cooler than fairy wings, and hey, they only cost me 15 cents to make.

Gabe's New Fave: Gabe has been missing Chicago-style pizza puffs, and truthfully, I have too. Except the deep-frying. I don't miss the deep frying. So, this week, I made pizza puffs and baked them. They were amazing. Success!!!!!

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We are definitely making headway in the spiffying up of our house!!!

And then there's this....

27/52: Looking for turtles

27/52, Sunday: I love her little outfit. We got the skirt for a dollar, and the tank top and shrug for not much more.

Happy (Belated) Independence Day!

We celebrated Independence Day here with hamburgers, hot dogs, family and fireworks. I would have written up this post yesterday, but we all pretty much fell into bed exhausted at the end of the day and didn't wake up until this morning.

Here are some 4th of July pics!

Ella got her face painted by one of her friends. Great fun!!!

Aren't those fireworks awesome?

Fridays with Ella: Helping people in my town

Hi.

I decided to type in pink, to make my blogs different from my Mom's.

Yesterday, Mom and I went to unload a truck at the Manna food bank in our town. Mom usually helps there a few times a month, and sometimes I go with her.

Our food bank helps out the people in our town. I had no idea so many people were going without food. Whole families with little kids, smaller than me.

The food bank doesn't just give out food. They also give out things like toothpaste and soap, and even laundry detergent.

Another wonderful thing about our food bank is that all the workers there know each other and treat each other like family. Whenever I come with my Mom to help, Mr. John is always there to greet me. We all do a lot of work, but then we laugh together and have lots of fun!

 

What Ella wore:

 

Polo shirt: Thrifted, "Self-Esteem" brand

Plaid skort (skirt with shorts under it): Gift from a friend, "Faded Glory" brand

Jeweled flip-flops: Rose's/Maxway: "Sarah's Closet" brand