Hope everyone had a great Memorial day weekend. We had our two grandsons for the three day weekend and they kept us very busy! We took them back home to Ohio yesterday as they still have one and a half weeks left of school. Of course, they didn't want to leave but knew they had to. We visited for a while with their 14 mos old sister and I got some really cute pictures of her playing (showing off for us). One of these days, she'll be spending the weekends with us too, but right now, she's a little young to be away from mommy and daddy; however, I know she'd go bye-bye with us in a heartbeat...it's just I think she'd start missing her parents quickly. We had her back in January for about three days and she did fine but now that she's a little bit older, I think she'd not do as well....we'll see one of these days...maybe while the boys are at their dad's for the summer, we could try having her here by herself and see how she does, will have to discuss that with her mom and dad and grandpa.
Not alot going on today which is okay as it's hot and humid out and after the busy weekend, we need the rest. I straightened up the house this morning so my chores are done for the day....now I'm thinking about getting some scrapwork done since I have new pictures of the kids to work on...but I might just take a break for me and go get a pedicure--it's been awhile and it would make me feel good to have it done.
If I don't go today, I'll definitely be going tomorrow...another day that I have nothing to do. Being retired is kind of boring if you know what I mean! Afterall, there's only so much house work you can do and who wants to be cleaning all the time?
I'm hoping I can get my friend, Bonnie, here this week so we can scrapbook together..she's alot of fun and it's always nice to have another opinion about what you're doing.
well, that's my posting for the day.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
A Beautiful Day..
It's a beautiful day here in Lafayette, IN....cool, but sunny and we needed the sunshine after the last few days of rain and gray skies. It actually invigorated me to get busy purging my clothes...and I did it all. I cannot believe how much I actually got rid of and still have a full closet and dresser, just amazing. I also purged some of my shoes, which made my DH very happy. Of course, I'll have to do this again next year--you know get rid of things that I didn't wear this year!! LOL...
Now I'm ready to start scrapbooking some of our old trip pictures, starting with a trip in 1994 to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and Gettysburg, PA. I have HF's pictures printed but need to do the ones for Gettysbury. I also have pictures printed out of a trip to The Hermitage in Tennessee that we stopped at in 2007..maybe one of these days I'll get them all in an album, but I'm finding it hard to get myself motivated with them. I really enjoy scrapping but these pictures don't have people in them..just sites, you know empty fields, cannons, monuments, etc....yes, there are a couple of my DH standing next to things, but otherwise they are rather boring to scrap. But I'll do it anyway, I've already purchased the papers and embellishments so they have to get done...just dragging my feet on it at moment. I need new pictures of my grandkids to scrap then maybe I'll get my motivation to do the travel ones in between doing some fun layouts. Maybe my friend Bonnie will come over and give me the motivation I need to get started..of course, she is always working on something too..like right now she's duplicating a nostaglic album that we did in a class at our old LSS before they closed. She needs help doing that because I have the Cricut machine and that was used to cut out page stuff on all the pages..so that's an incentive for her to come over, if she ever wants to get them done.
Well, I guess it's time to start thinking about what we're going to do for supper and then I have to make a few phone calls. I need to see how my son's first week back to work after his surgery went and then call my mother and see how she's doing today. Better run now.
Now I'm ready to start scrapbooking some of our old trip pictures, starting with a trip in 1994 to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and Gettysburg, PA. I have HF's pictures printed but need to do the ones for Gettysbury. I also have pictures printed out of a trip to The Hermitage in Tennessee that we stopped at in 2007..maybe one of these days I'll get them all in an album, but I'm finding it hard to get myself motivated with them. I really enjoy scrapping but these pictures don't have people in them..just sites, you know empty fields, cannons, monuments, etc....yes, there are a couple of my DH standing next to things, but otherwise they are rather boring to scrap. But I'll do it anyway, I've already purchased the papers and embellishments so they have to get done...just dragging my feet on it at moment. I need new pictures of my grandkids to scrap then maybe I'll get my motivation to do the travel ones in between doing some fun layouts. Maybe my friend Bonnie will come over and give me the motivation I need to get started..of course, she is always working on something too..like right now she's duplicating a nostaglic album that we did in a class at our old LSS before they closed. She needs help doing that because I have the Cricut machine and that was used to cut out page stuff on all the pages..so that's an incentive for her to come over, if she ever wants to get them done.
Well, I guess it's time to start thinking about what we're going to do for supper and then I have to make a few phone calls. I need to see how my son's first week back to work after his surgery went and then call my mother and see how she's doing today. Better run now.
Monday, May 11, 2009
HOME AGAIN..
Well, my traveling days are over for now...it's really nice to be home even though I love visiting my son and his family, it's always nice to be in your own home with your own stuff. Not to mention, since we had just gotten home from our road trip to Arizona in April for only a week, then I flew back out for a second week to help him after his surgery...alot of traveling and I'm beat!!
Of course, then there was the problem with my Jeep Grand Cherokee that started on our trip back from Arizona...that was another worry on my mind when I made the second trip because after a week the dealership still didn't know what was wrong with it..they had it almost two weeks before sending it to the Chrysler dealer, who finally got it fixed the day before I flew back home!! Thankfully, the repairs (other than a $100 deductible) were covered under the power train warranty...that could have been a major expense otherwise. The funny thing is that it is quieter than it was when I got it brand new...maybe it's been bad from the very start, LOL!!
Now, I'm ready to start in on my delayed spring cleaning of my house...well, I'm thinking about it anyway. Now that my DH has our new tile flooring installed in our full bath--which looks really good--I thought it was time to really dig in and get the rest of the house in order. I'll start by cleaning out some closets, then I'll move on to the kitchen cabinets...afterwards, there will be a yard sale to see if we can get rid of all the stuff I decide to pitch. I've already got a few boxes of scrapping stuff to sell ready to go, so now I just need to go through everything else and purge stuff.
Speaking of scrapbooking, after the house is done, I've told myself that I need to dig in and scrap all our Civil War Battlefield vacations. I've got one site finished, but there are several years to complete and that will be my goal for the summer. Even though this project will be worked on in conjunction with keeping up my books on my grandchildren too...but that's not hard to keep up with so the vacations will take preference so I can get them out of the way and move on to other projects I want to do this fall. I need to do mini albums for Christmas gifts for my DH sisters and his BFF, I've been meaning to do them for a year now and haven't gotten around to gathering all the materials I need...of course, my hubby also needs to get the pictures together for me, so that's his assignment come September after his gardening work is over.
WEll, the house is calling my name so I'll leave off here.
Of course, then there was the problem with my Jeep Grand Cherokee that started on our trip back from Arizona...that was another worry on my mind when I made the second trip because after a week the dealership still didn't know what was wrong with it..they had it almost two weeks before sending it to the Chrysler dealer, who finally got it fixed the day before I flew back home!! Thankfully, the repairs (other than a $100 deductible) were covered under the power train warranty...that could have been a major expense otherwise. The funny thing is that it is quieter than it was when I got it brand new...maybe it's been bad from the very start, LOL!!
Now, I'm ready to start in on my delayed spring cleaning of my house...well, I'm thinking about it anyway. Now that my DH has our new tile flooring installed in our full bath--which looks really good--I thought it was time to really dig in and get the rest of the house in order. I'll start by cleaning out some closets, then I'll move on to the kitchen cabinets...afterwards, there will be a yard sale to see if we can get rid of all the stuff I decide to pitch. I've already got a few boxes of scrapping stuff to sell ready to go, so now I just need to go through everything else and purge stuff.
Speaking of scrapbooking, after the house is done, I've told myself that I need to dig in and scrap all our Civil War Battlefield vacations. I've got one site finished, but there are several years to complete and that will be my goal for the summer. Even though this project will be worked on in conjunction with keeping up my books on my grandchildren too...but that's not hard to keep up with so the vacations will take preference so I can get them out of the way and move on to other projects I want to do this fall. I need to do mini albums for Christmas gifts for my DH sisters and his BFF, I've been meaning to do them for a year now and haven't gotten around to gathering all the materials I need...of course, my hubby also needs to get the pictures together for me, so that's his assignment come September after his gardening work is over.
WEll, the house is calling my name so I'll leave off here.
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