OOPSIE!

Have I ever been a bad blogger or what??? Goodness gracious so much has happened since November 2006 ~ where should I begin? I think what I'm going to do is make a list of all the things that I wanted to post on my blog and post each one individually with the date that it should have been posted so that I will be able to look back to events and have the correct date.

I'll make my list while I'm at work this morning and when I get home I'll get busy on the photos that I want to put in my posts and then I'll get to work on getting my blog updated.

What do you think? Are you ready to get caught up on my crazy life?

COLTS WIN THE SUPER BOWL!!

Pat and I invited Brad, Ashley, and Patty (Brad's mom) over for a Super Bowl party on February 4th. Our Colts were in the Super Bowl!! I decorated with balloons and posters and everything blue including blue vegie dip! I prepared all kinds of goodies and we enjoyed catching up with each other and cheering for our team. (Notice Ashley's "baby bump"? She's now 4 months pregnant!)
We had never enjoyed watching a football game more than on this day. Jumping up and down and screaming and yelling for our Colts...........and it payed off!!

COLTS WIN THE SUPER BOWL!!!
Here's just a few photos from online news reports of the awesome win

Happy Birthday Patrick!

On January 23rd (Tuesday) I invited the girls and Pat's friend David and his family over to celebrate Pat's 50th birthday with cake and a few little gifts. But this was surely not the way to celebrate the BIG 5-0! I had a huge SURPRISE 50th birthday party planned for Pat on Saturday January 27th and boy was he surprised! There were so many people here to help him celebrate this milestone and he had so much fun!

I had his friend David take him out for the afternoon and quickly kicked into high gear cooking the food and decorating the house and yard. Brian and Bernie (his bosses) helped by illuminating all the yard signs so that he would certainly not miss them when David brought him home in the snowy twilight of the evening. I even put up Over The Hill Party Zone yellow tape at the end of the driveway. And, of course all the signs had something to do with being OLD!!

Pat even had special guests arrive to help him celebrate! Randy and Denise, dear friends from Michigan, drove all the way down to spend a few hours with him on his special day! What a treat!



I really think Pat had the best birthday celebration ever! Look for yourself.......doesn't he look like he's having fun?

She's Engaged!

New Years Eve............a romantic setting at home in their apartment........Brad proposed on bended knee to my little girl Ashley (ok, not so little but as far as I'm concerned she'll always be my little girl!) and she said YES! The wedding won't be until September because Ashley is still a full time college student and is on my medical insurance which she will need for the baby delivery in July"ish". If they marry now she will lose the insurance which just isn't an option. I scrapped a 2-page layout of the proposal.

The NEWS!

On November 1st my youngest daughter Ashley and her boyfriend came over with news. I'm going to be a Grandma on (or near) July 1, 2007. Although this came as quite a shock to us, they are very happy so we are happy for them. Since Ashley's insurance is on mine, because she is a full time student, they won't be able to get married till after the baby is born but they are planning the wedding shortly after. I'm so looking forward to a new little one in the family! I only hope that I can come close to being the wonderful grandma that my mom was to my girls.

My Creative Space!

My youngest daughter is the manager of the video department at our local Marsh but unfortunately the company is going through changes and needing to make necessary cuts to keep the company above water. My daughter is being transfered to another department but she is in charge of closing down her department first. They have these AWESOME heavy duty 3-drawer units that they keep all their videos/DVD's stored in and I asked what was going to happen to those after the closing.


What? They are being sold to whoever wants them?? ME ME ME!!!! I WANT THEM!


The store manager asked how many I wanted (up to 6) and I told him 6 of course! He said, "They are $10 each." WHAT???? And I can only have 6???? Ok, ok.....I know I should be considerate of others who want some too.


So........I brought them home and totally reorganized my scrap space. WOW!! What a difference!


Here's my new room. What do you think?

A seaon of change...

...Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn ...Elizabeth Lawrence

What a beautiful time of year! Fall.....my favorite. The end of summer flowers but the bloom of firey color. The crisp cool air. The crunch of the leaves beneath your feet. The musty smell of a change of season. There is nothing like walking along the trails in the dense woods and viewing all the splendor of God's canvas. What a beautiful world we live in!