Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Wacky Wednesday!

Have a wonderful, safe Halloween!

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

MIsc pics

Just some of my photos I've been looking at and need to play with some more.
Barn wood: I loved the design around the attic window - I need to crop and play with this a little more
DD's hands:




Friday, October 26, 2007

Look....

I digi-scrapped...amazing!

This is for my brother - they recently had to put Tinka to sleep. Finally getting a few baby pictures done...

Thanks for looking!

It's Friday!

I hope you all have a great weekend - plenty of plans here again. {insert eye roll & sigh}
I truly hope I can get a little scrapping done...wishful thinking, I'm sure....

HUGS and have a super weekend!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Warm fuzzies!

In our area, there was an "animal crises" - a woman was hoarding dogs, cats & birds in her home. TERRIBLE!!!!!! (I won't go into all the details) Most of the dogs are still getting used to grass and being walked on a leash.

Yesterday, myself and 2 other ladies from our office went to the shelter where they are keeping these animals while the legal mumbo jumbo is being sorted out. We walked dogs for 2 hours. It was FANTASTIC! I have never owned a dog but have been wanting one. I fell in love with a little dauschund. I man!

It felt wonderful to get out and do something to help the community and the animals. They were so happy for the human contact.

Maybe we'll get a dog...

Friday, October 19, 2007

WHOA!

I seriously can not believe this week is over! I had out of town training 2 days this week, so that always seems to drain time away. Between the kids schedules and activities, work, trying to sleep a little, I don't know where the time went...

Again, another week without any scrapping. sigh... One of these days, I'll actually get some time in. (Yes, I'm laughing hysterically while I type that)

Hope you all had a good weekend and wonderful weekend!
HUGS!

Monday, October 15, 2007

Monday, Monday....

can't trust that day. (You know the song - Mama and Papas, come on...)

I really do not enjoy Mondays. They never seem to go well. (Raising my coffee cup!) So, here's to hopefully a good Monday. Cheers!

I did some book research yesterday and my "to read" list increased considerably! YEA!!!! I just know I will never run out of books to read!

DD has a horrible cough right now so I've been up with her off & on the past couple of nights. She climbed in our bed last night, so DH & I didn't sleep a whole lot but she seemed to sleep quite peacefully.

DH & DS went to the Bears game yesterday. We really thought they were going to pull it out, but alas, no such luck.... It was sad!

I did not do much scrapping this weekend, so I do not have anything to share. Hopefully as the week goes on, I can get a couple of layouts done.

I wish you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful week!
HUGS!

Sunday, October 14, 2007

What are clothes without....

PURSES AND SHOES???????!!!!!!!!!!
(Yes, I am a purse junkie!)










Clothes

I do NOT consider myself fashionable! Not even close. But after reading a friend's blog post about some clothes she had found that she liked, I decided to go "e-window shopping". These are some of the things that I found that I liked....


















This was my favorite - too bad I don't have anywhere to wear it and that the price tag doesn't fit the budget.

Friday, October 12, 2007

TGIF!

Just wanted to wish my readers a HAPPY FRIDAY and I hope you have a GREAT weekend!!!!!

I hope to post some scrappings here this weekend and visit my blogroll.

HUGS!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

BOOKS!!!!!

Yes, books will be the subject of today's post.

I love books!

Reading started at an early age. My mom read to us almost every night then taught us to read. I was reading before I went to kindergarten. I loved books. I would read anything.

I'm still like that. I love books! I work part-time at our public library - talk about an enabler! I am surrounded by them... The only things I have found that I just can't read are sci fi and true crime. I have a real hard time with those. I LOVE a good mystery (kind of fluffy, though - not too gory)! My "to read" list is neverending! Seriously!

I hope that my kids feel the same way about reading that I do. I know they both like going to the library...

What have you read lately?

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Small town

Yes, that's right - I hear John Melloncamp's song in the back of my mind...

I got this as an e-mail and as I read it, I was dying laughing because all but probably 2 of them apply to my life as I was growing up...


Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this.Those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how true it is.
1) You can name everyone you graduated with.
2) You know what 4-H means.
3) You went to parties at a pasture, barn, gravel pit, or in the middle of a dirt road. On Monday you could always tell who was at the party because of the scratches on their legs from running through the woods when the party was busted. (See #6.)
4) You used to'drag'Main
5) Most people went by a nickname.
6) You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police officers, because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.
7) You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old enough, they'd tell your parents anyhow.) Besides, where would you get the money?
8) When you did find somebody old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out into the country and drive on back roads to smoke them.
9) You knew which section of the ditch you would find the beer your buyer dropped off.
10) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town.
11) The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
12) You didn't give directions by street names but rather by references. Turn by Nelson's house, go 2 blocks to Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field.
13) The golf course had only 9 holes.
14) You couldn't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
15) Your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.
16) The town next to you was considered 'trashy' or 'snooty,' but was actually just like your town.
17) You referred to anyone with a house newer then 1955 as the 'rich' people.
18) The people in the 'big city' dressed funny, and then you picked up the trend 2 years later.
19) Anyone you wanted could be found at the local gas station or the dairybar.
20) You saw at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one of your friends driving a grain truck to school occasionally.
21) The gym teacher suggested you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
22) Directions were given using THE stop light as a reference.
23) When you decided to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull over and ask if you wanted a ride.
24) Your teachers called you by your older siblings' names.
25) Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.
26) You could charge at any local store or write checks without any ID.
27) There was no McDonalds.
28) The closest mall was over an hour away.
29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.
30) You've pee'd in a cornfield.
31) You laughed your butt off reading this because you know it is true, and you forward it to everyone who may have lived in a small town.I would not have wanted to have been raised any other way!!!!

Tough times don't last... Tough people do

All I have to say is, if you ask questions-you probably won't get a straight answer!

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Tuesday talkin'

Hello!

I wanted to let you know that Pink Ink Studios has lots of goodies for my photographer/scrapper friends. http://pinkinkstudios.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page Stop by and check it out!!!! Also, scrapping friends, http://www.mydigitalmuse.com is having grab bags this Friday and Saturday. There's lots of fun stuff in them. My friend, Andie designs for both places - please check out her stuff.

Hope you're having a great week!
HUGS!

Tuesday talkin'

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Another baseball post...

Chicago Cubs, the tribe has spoken.... (actually the Diamondbacks decided)





YOU'RE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UGH! It was pitiful! Just pitiful!!!!!! Seriously, the first pitch of the game was a home run by Young. It just went downhill from there. They left the bases loaded in the bottom of the 5th... just....just.... yeah.

So, in the time honored tradition, I will say:

Wait 'til next year!

On the bright side, our seats were pretty good. We could see the whole field and our section was VERY entertaining! The beer was flowing and the crowd was hilarious! After the 7th inning, I think most people had given up cheering, so we were just watching, half-heartedly clapping and watching everything going on around us. A couple rows down, a group of guys was acting out scenes from different baseball movies - they were hilarious! I wondered a few times if candid camera was there.

I would also like to say that the 5 Marines who presented the colors were walking through the concourse before the game and they got a huge ovation. It was very heartwarming and I got a little emotional. As I was waiting for my hot dog, Scott Eyre (Cubs pitcher) walked through the concourse behind me. I did a double take and he smiled at me, said "Enjoy the game." I told him "Good luck". I thought it was pretty brave of him to walk through there with the fans milling around.

And I swear I almost cried when I was walking up the steps to my seat. It hit me I was about to watch a playoff game and I felt quite overwhelmed. I don't know why but I was very teary eyed and tried to take it all in.

So, our baseball season is officially over and now I will have to wait until February. (And yes, you will probably hear me whine about this all winter...)

The weather has been VERY warm here! Nineties....hmmm....did anyone tell Mother Nature that it's October? Not complaining but I just don't want to go fromt his to 30 degrees. That's just cruel!

Hope you're all having a good weekend!

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Deep breath, aaaannnndd....

here we go!

The Cubs HAVE to win tonight. HAVE TO!!!!!!!!!! It's do or die! Literally. I will be cheering them on and praying that maybe "their" crowd will help pull them through.

Crossing my fingers and hoping the Diamondbacks have a BAD game!

Friday, October 05, 2007

Zoo fun!

My brother's girlfriend works at the zoo and said she could get us "behind the scenes" of some things. When he told me she was working with the Okapi. I said, "O - whatee?"

An okapi: Ryan meets the okapi:
Sara meets the okapi:


The okapi "ham it up" for the camera:














Warthogs - the "babies" are: Luke, Bo & Daisy - yep, the Dukes of Hazard! :)Sara meets Daddy Warthog
She also got to feed a dyIker:


Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?

Playtime for the polar bear:


Lunch time for the grizzlyl bear:



Giraffe
Camel



Thank you for a GREAT day!
These were taken with our new camera so they aren't all what I wanted...

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Thursday Thoughts

Prepare for lots of randomness today...

Still waiting for computer time at home to load my zoo pictures...

Well, the Cubs lost last night. Sigh... I'm just hoping I don't watch them lose the series on Saturday. THAT would be sad!

ALOHA!!!!!!!!!!! We leave in 1 month and 5 days for San Fran/Hawaii. I am SO excited!

Dear Library Patron:
If your book is involved in the flood from 6 weeks ago and you've just unpacked it from its box, please do not bring it into the library with dripping pages. It is disgusting and who knows what kind of diseases it carries. Fortunately, our employees are "up" on the tetnus shots. We will send you your bill.
Sincerely,
Your local library

I am the proud owner of my very own snorkel set. Sorry, Andie, I haven't tried it out...yet....

The trees are really turning and they look fantastic!

Why is it that I can think of a FANTASTIC blog post as I'm drifting off to sleep? Word for word - it's GREAT in my head but I sit down to type it and it's like kryptonite to Superman?

Have a GREAT day!
HUGS!

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Wednesday already...

Ok, so this week is going fast!
We had a GREAT day at the zoo on Sunday. (Pictures to come...) We didn't get to feed the giraffes but we got to pet the okapi and the warthogs. The kids thought that was really cool! We got to see the new polar bear playing. The weather was PERFECT!!!! Sunny - 80s. However, my husband & I have different ideas of "what not too far way" is. His apparently is about 45 minutes, mine - maximum 15 minutes...

Monday....what was Monday???? It must not have been too exciting.

We took Ryan shopping for something to wear to the homecoming dance this Saturday, last night. I was reminded once again, why I hate shopping! I don't have the patience for it. Plus, trying to find pants for a 5'9", 110 pound kid is NOT easy! We found a pair and they aren't too bad, with a belt, I think he'll look fine.

I got my ticket today for the Cubs game on Saturday night. I can not even begin to tell you just how excited I am about them being in the playoffs, let alone that I am getting to go!

Other than that, not much else is going on.