まるの - Maru

まるの is Maru, a beautiful Scottish fold cat that has attracted international attention. I watch まるの everyday because he brings a smile to my face with his antics. 

まるの's blog can be found at this link.

Laughter is the best medicine & it's free!

~me

For fellow Christians

With His love

~me 

Hoppy Easter!

Hoppy Easter to you and your dear ones, my sweet friends! 

"Sweet bunny, furry and soft

come to my loft

Sweet bunny all doffed

with a cute pink bow 

just for the Crofts

Sweet bunny, furry and soft"

~me 

Tranquility with love

To be tranquil with oneself is to accept one's faults and allow room for mistakes.

To allow one to have tranquility is to share love and acceptance. 

Tranquility is beautiful; share it with a loved one. 

~ me ♥

Entertainment and the core value of it.

Entertainment and what's the core value of it sickens me these days. I turn the TV on; we don't have cable, thank heavens for this. We borrow our movies from the libraries and we get our entertainment news from TMZ and/or PerezHilton  as well.

There's a couple that I feel should really get together because they both have an innate need for attention.



Tiger Woods and Gloria Allred just seem to be magnets for negative attention. Those two I can do without when I go on TMZ/PerezHilton or watch the news.

What's even worse, there's a pr0n movie called "Tiger's Wood" with both spoof characters inside this. Eww!

En Fleur Lavender (Lavender in Bloom)

Hi dear ones!

How are you all doing? I am doing good, very relaxed. It is 2:38 am. Yes I am wide awake at this very early hour as I woke up to two very sweet faces nudging me; one was head-butting me and the other was giving me the all-too familiar "shivers".

We know who gives me the "shivers" as my dear friend Tam calls this, my little girl Koi does this. I call her mine until she perks in and says "No no my PiC, she's mine!!" (PiC is Partner in Crime) Tam is a sweet friend of mine who has gone through so much and still maintains her positivity; she doesn't know this but she's a constant source of inspiration for me.

I've fed the sweet one who gives me the "shivers" and that would be Lil'Bit and the gentle head-butting is Hannah. I love how she really means each head-butt and head rubs. She'll rub her head against mine and say "I messed up your hair with... l.o.v.e!" *purrrs!* THAT is just Hannah, *sighs*

Mosey is right in your face, he will just plop himself right in your arms even when I am typing on the laptop and he will help himself to kneading. He shows his emotions right away after having a quarrel with either Hannah or Lil'Bit. It's either instantly to me to knead to comfort himself or he'll go to the food  dish to eat to comfort himself. Mosey is the human me, 100%.  If I'm cross with Mosey, he will meow pitifully for hours and make sure I know his wrath. He will not come to me and will only favour Chris (hubby) & this tortures me. Very rarely does this happen because I'm usually broken down to tears when this happens.

As I type this, a particular lavender I use all the time and it's dangerously low in stock at the moment!! I use my good friend J9 's lavender and her lavender products as well. J9 is an abbreviation for Janine Tucker and she owns En Fleur Lavender. If you recall from previous posts, I made a lot of sachets as well as a personalised pillow insert with her lavender; her lavender is potent. They last an amazingly long time. I use the lavender on a "must-daily" basis for both migraines and relaxation purposes.

Lavender has many incredible uses -

Lavender has been used for centuries as an herbal remedy, and does indeed appear to have antiseptic, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-convulsive, and last but certainly not least - anti-depressant properties. 

Lavender I use comes in two forms - the essential oil which is quite costly and the alcohol form as well as the buds. I am very fortunate to have been spoiled by the best lavender grower who takes pride in her product as well. Janine made lavender jelly and let me tell you this; they are heavenly! They're perfect for Afternoon Tea, baby/bridal showers and so on. You can have an assortment of fancy jellies and different teas; oh can you imagine how it would be like to have Afternoon Tea? I guess I inherited my Gma's love for fancy teacups whereas I drink those beakers, eh?

I encourage you all to check out this wonderful site - En Fleur Lavender and you will not be disappointed! I wish this site had scent-o-meter as this flat is very aromatic at the moment with soft lavender. The great thing about warming up lavender, it helps lull me back to sleep which is what I am doing after this.

Take care dear ones,
Love,
Patty oxox

Accessibility found at Kokonut Pundit

Kokonut Pundit shares something in common with me that we both take very seriously; accessibility.

A snippet of Kokonut Pundit's blog entry -

Accessibility refers to the extent to which a product or service can be used by as many people as possible. In this context,accessibility means designing applications so that people with disabilities or impairments can use the applications on a BlackBerry® device. 

When you design your BlackBerry device application, consider the following users: 

• blind people

• visually impaired people

• colorblind people

• deaf people

• hearing impaired people

• speech impaired people

• people with motor impairments

• people with cognitive or learning disabilities

Like any other group of users, people with disabilities or impairments have needs, wants, and expectations about the behavior of applications. Some of the reasons to make your applications accessible to as many users as possible include the following possible benefits:

• Social responsibility: Making it easier for people with disabilities or impairments to benefit from the functionality that your application provides can promote equality and is the right thing to do.

• Market share: Ensuring that your application can be used by people with disabilities or impairments increases the number of people who can purchase and benefit from your application.

• Compliance: Addressing the applicable guidelines and regulatory requirements (such as Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act in the United States) that dictate that your application must be accessible by people with disabilities or impairments can allow you to enter certain markets.

source- Kokonut Pundit 

Kokonut Pundit's headline consists of this quote;

Don't use deafness as your crutch. We all face adversity in our life and don't let it become an obstacle but a challenge! Kokonut Pundit, a nationally known professional patriotic purveyor of highly entertaining and informative blogging.

Granted Kokonut Pundit is a controversial blogger and he has his strong opinions as well. Everyone has their opinions and I do respect Kokonut Pundit because we both mutually agree on something; accessibility is everyone's right. 


Hop on over to Kokonut Pundit's blog and hang on to your hat, white cane, hearing aid and/or CI .. whathaveyou! (SMILING!) Yes, I am teasing!!

"Accessibility is your right. Deaf, hearing, blind and/or sighted." ~Patty Keen