My how time flies!

It's been over a year since I blogged!! So many things get in the way and I feel guilty spending so much time on this laptop. Facebook is such "instant gratification" and lets me talk with lots of people everyday. Most of my computer time is spent there.
I've been staying busy with work and watching two of the grandkids while their mom works. It's hard to keep up with everything. I have a church dinner tomorrow for our new pastor and his wife. I need to do my month end statements etc at work and I have the kids all afternoon and evening. Grocery shopping needs to be done somewhere in there too. But, like a responsible adult I took this afternoon off and went to the casino with the hubby. LOL I needed a break from diapers and sippy cups. Of course I lost and he won. But that's ok since he has been on a really big winning streak. Between the slots and scratch tickets he has won a bundle the past 5 months!!! Makes him sound like a big gambler but he really isn't.
We bought a new motor for the pulling truck since the other one blew up last September. Wow that's one expensive hobby. But, it's something our whole family enjoys together. We've already booked our rooms for state fair in August. I just hope the truck stays together this whole season. Even with the bad luck in September Larry still won total points in both of his classes that he pulls in. We got two fancy jackets at the award ceremony. Looking forward for June and the beginning of season. Not sure how much video I'll get done. I'll have to take both kids with us most of the time. Wonder how I'll keep up with Shay?
Hunter got to ride in his first bikeathon today. He told me this morning that he'd been wanting to do that for 1000 years. I told him his dream would come true this afternoon. He went 1 1/2 miles and said he thought it was lame. LOL So much for that dream.
Tomorrow is Jared's Birthday. Can't believe he is nine. They are all growing in leaps & bounds. Hunter turns 6 in a couple weeks and then Darrin will be 8 a week after that. Cole turns 7 in July, Step granddaughter Jazz will be 8 in September and Ms Shay will be 2 in October. Wonder how many more grandkids we'll have. I never thought there would be this many! But I know more will arrive in the future.
So, I've been scrapping quite a bit lately. I have all my scrappy stuff organized and it's much easier to do. I can work on things while the kids play. I wasn't too keen on sharing my scrap room with them but it actually works better. I have been using some scrap kits that I ordered online from Out on a Limb Scrapbooking. They are really reasonable and I can put them together in a flash. I got a Cricut Expression for Christmas and have used it a few times. I also bought a Gypsy at a great price on Ebay. I even bought a Sure Cuts A Lot program and have a good library started of SVG files. All of those were free. I can use any font on my computer with this program too. So many things to play with......when I retire. LOL Not enough time for them so far.
I am getting so sleepy and need to wrap up this rambling. Tomorrow is a busy day at my house!!!

I forgot

I forgot how much I enjoy posting to my blog. I let everything get else get in the way. I don't seem to have energy for anything when it's cold outside. Can't wait for spring. Just stepping outside and breathing in warm fresh air can give me a much needed boost of energy. I intend to clean and purge as soon as the last worker pulls out of the driveway and the new addition is complete. Heck I should start the purging now and be one step ahead.
We are in wedding mode around here. My oldest daughter is getting married again on April 4th. This is her fiance's first marriage so they want a traditional wedding. And she gets a wonderful honeymoon this time. (I'm jealous.) They are going to the Bahamas for a week. We are making invitations on Saturday. All my scrap supplies are stored away in the basement. Glad she has the stuff we need and I don't have to unpack boxes to find mine.
Grandsons are growing and doing good in school. Shay is 4 months old now and can "Coo" with the best of them. She reaches out and grabs things but can't always control those little hands. She's getting better each day though. It's amazing how they change in one year.
I am on the diet train yet again. When will I ever learn??? I can't eat like I want to and still fit into my clothes. I have let myself go for a year and a half and finally woke up when I realized I would be in wedding pictures! {GASP} If you know me at all you can imagine my panic because I do not like wearing dresses. I am a jeans and t-shirt gal. No Fru Fru stuff for me. I look ridiculous and I feel awkward and uncomfortable when I wear a dress. Completely out of character for me. I am in a panic about what to wear. I'm sure Randi will take me shopping and bring me thousands of things to try on. I'm getting tired just thinking about it. LOL I'm confident that she'll find something to put me in that matches her wedding pictures though. I shall suffer in silence....well maybe not. Wish me luck in this quest!!

Weekend

It's been a pretty quiet weekend at our house. It makes for long evenings now that it gets dark so early. We did go to the grocery store Saturday and that's always a shock. I only go once or twice a month and so it seems like I spend a lot. I spent part of the week baking for Thanksgiving. I have rolls, noodles, and pumpkin bars in the freezer. I am going to do more this week since the weather is going to be rainy. We don't have much going on at the office so I get more time at home.
We went to JoAnn Fabrics today. There is a big sale on fleece. It was 50% off and I had a bonus coupon for another 10% off my total purchase. I had the cutting lines backed up for awhile! It was really busy in there. Everyone always asks me what I'm going to do with that much fleece. I ended up spending $400 and that was after a 60% savings. I love a good sale!!
We went to watch the older boys play their second basketball game tonight. It's so fun to watch them. They are learning and getting better at playing.
For some reason I have been sorting through kitchen cabinets this week. I need to purge some of the dishes and things that I never use. Why do we keep these things? I don't get this "urge to purge" very often so I need to take advantage of it. I have been asking for a craft room to be added on for that past several years. Finally got hubby to call and get someone to come and give us an estimate on building a room and they have never made it here to see what we want. Guess I will have to remind him to call them back again tomorrow. But it will probably be over our budget. If so, I will be redoing my basement instead. Talk about purging......that will be a major job!! We have been under construction at the office for the past 2 months. The contractor is sooooo slow. We are fed up with them but they were paid last December and we're stuck with them until the job is finished. (Needless to say we aren't asking them for a bid for my new craft room.) Construction is never a fun time but, I'd be willing to put up with it for a new craft room. Maybe Santa will be good to me this year!! Maybe not......

I promise

Note to self: I promise to update my blog this week. I have lots of swap pictures that I want to upload. I have some Halloween pics to share. I even have a story to tell. But this is all I got right now!

Grandparents Day

Grandpa, Hunter, Jared, Cole & Darrin

Cole is always MIA. He's the hardest one to get pics of.

Larry and I went to eat lunch at school with all 4 of the boys last week. It was nice to see so many grandparents showing up and being involved in their grandkids school activities. We try to attend all the kids functions and I even went on a field trip with Cole last year. I will probably go on Hunter's first field trip because his baby sister is due at the same time. This year we have Jared (7) in second grade, Darrin (6) in first grade, Cole (5) in kindergarten & Hunter (4) in preschool.

We celebrate 3 birthdays in September. Mine is on the 6th, our daughter-in-law's is the 10th, and our oldest daughter celebrates on the 22nd. We haven't been to a truck pull in the last two weeks because of the rain. That gave me a chance to do some cleaning in my basement. I still have a lot of purging to do though. Remember the Beanie Baby craze??? Well, Larry and I were crazed too and collected lots of them! Now what do you do with all those rubbermaid containers of McDonald beanies and the Ty beanies that have no value now???? I guess you just store them and let your kids inherit them. I don't even want to talk about how much money we invested in them. As my mom used to say "Live & Learn"!
I have been painting at Crystal's house and still have a couple more rooms to do but I'm taking a break this week. New carpet is the best excuse to paint. I'm trying to talk Larry into letting me have a room added to our house so I can have all my scrapping and sewing supplies in one spot. I'm not confident that I can talk him into it. He doesn't have the same passion for scapping and sewing that I have. LOL My sewing machine is in the basement right now and my scrap supplies are in the dining room. I would love to have a room upstairs for everything. Probably won't happen soon. But that won't stop me from trying to sway him to see my point of view. He just looks at the cost. Now if I could just sell all those beanies......

My new purse

Just a quick post. This is a picture of my new purchase at the State fair. I fell in love with the color. Imagine that!! I will have to carry it for a loooooong time to justify the cost. I am more of a $10 purse gal. It doesn't hurt to splurge once in awhile though.

State Fair

We went to the state fair last weekend. The main reason was to see if Larry and Craig could qualify for the pull on Monday. We left at 9:30 Friday night. Larry had to be signed in by 10 am Saturday morning. He did qualify and the truck held together. (Yippee!) Craig also qualified in the diesel class but had a minor break. He worked on it and got it fixed before time to pull on Monday though.

Since the pull was on Monday that left us with a day to enjoy the fair. The boys had fun checking out the animals and exhibits. We walked as much as we could handle. Saturday night we bought arm bands for all 4 of them so they could have unlimited carnival rides. We got there at 9 and stayed until midnight. The all got to ride lots of times since there was only a small crowd and they didn't have to wait in line. Only one mishap in the Haunted House.....Michelle was going to take all 4 boys in by herself. Then she realized she needed help so yelled at me to come over and go in with them. I DO NOT LIKE HAUNTED HOUSES! I don't even watch scary movies or read scary books. But, being a good grandma, I didn't want to disappoint the boys so I bravely got in line behind them. We walked through the door with Michelle leading the oldest to the youngest boy and me bringing up the rear. Michelle called back and told all of us to hang onto the wall (it was pitch dark in front of her) so we'd know where to go. As she finished saying this I reached out and touched the wall at the exact same time she rounded the first corner and set off a buzzer that blared and shook the wall. Yep you got it.....I screamed bloody murder and scared the crap out of all of them. I thought Cole and Hunter were going to mow me down. I was backing up to get back out the door and they were running headlong right towards me. The other two boys and Michelle weren't far behind. Jared was scared and asked if we heard the screaming. I raised my hand and said "Yes, that was your grandma!". Needless to say, we didn't venture back in. Michelle and I laughed until we cried!! I still laugh when I think about it.

On Monday we did some shopping and hit some stores in town. After herding 4 boys all weekend we were exhausted. So, Monday night the three of us gals thought we deserved a treat and all got expensive purses at one of the booths in the fair. (I won't say how much I paid for 3 purses.) But since Larry said I could get one, I bought one for me and one for Crystal and Michelle. I have never paid that much for a purse in my entire life. But I sure do love it! The girls were excited to get theirs too.

Monday evening was the big pull event. Larry's class was before Craig's. He started out great but of course something broke and he didn't get to show the crowd what he could really do. He was so disappointed!! Later Craigs's diesel class pulled and his truck held together. He got first place and a huge trophy. We were all excited!!! After loading up we headed home. It was around 2:30 am when we pulled in the driveway.

Since we were gone, one of our emplyees had to supervise the delivery of my new washer and dryer on Monday. I was so excited to see them already installed and ready for me to use. I love them!!! After reading the manuals on Tuesday morning I decided to try them out. Hunter and I watched through the glass top on the washer. We were entertained by the way the washer worked. You couldn't even hear it spin! It uses a lot less water and the clothes come out much cleaner. The dryer was so fast that I had to wait for the second load of clothes to get done washing. Amazing!!

Been awhile

Didn't realize it's been so long since I blogged. I've been playing around with Twitter &Facebook and sadly neglecting my blog. I do most of my internet surfing while I'm at work. It makes the time go much quicker. DH usually has the home computer in the evenings and I don't like to interrupt his Poker time. I have several pictures to upload and chat about. I'll get to those sometime this week. Summer is such a wonderful, busy time of year. I love the long days that are full of activities. OK I'm off to upload some pictures.....had another birthday boy this week.

Been awhile since I bored you with a story.

It's been awhile since I posted. I had a couple of swap pictures to share but I accidently deleted them. I thought I was adding them to my picture folder and so I deleted them from my camera card. When I was done deleting, I decided to take a closer look at the pictures in the file. Crazy me! I didn't get them in there and now they're gone. Just glad it was my fun stuff instead of family pictures. I'll pay more attention next time!! Since I don't any any pictures to share I'll bore you with another grandson story......
Last week I got a call from two of the boys saying they wanted to go to church with me. I went to pick them up and at that time was driving the Silverado which has an extended cab and dual rear tires. It's like commanding a ship if you're not used to it. I was taking pains not to get too close to the other vehicles parked in their driveway. Their drive is on a steep hill. The boys came out and got in the back seat. I was in deep concentration thinking about how to back up and turn the truck around. I didn't turn around and look at them when they got into the truck but I said "Good Morning" and asked if Cole was still asleep. They said he was still sleeping so he wasn't going with us. Still planning my escape route, I asked them if they were both buckled up. Jared said yes but, Darrin said no because he was having a hard time buckling with one hand. This finally got my full attention. I turned around and there he sat with a proud smile on his face, one hand on the seat belt and the other hand up in the air. I wasn't sure I was seeing right so and I had one of those "Double Take" moments. There my adorable grandson sat holding a long whispy snake skin! He said "Look grandma." I screamed at him and said "What are you doing with that thing???" He kept smiling and said he wanted to show it to a friend at church. I said "Get it out of here now!!!" He lost some of his smile and then I realized that I had been shouting. I tried gently to tell him that his grandma is not fond of snakes or anything that has been tightly wrapped around one. He insisted that his friends would think it was cool. (In my head I could hear all the girls/women of the church screaming! I knew it was an exaggeration but, you never know.) I insisted that he step out of the truck and take his treasure with him. He started laughing kind of rolled his eyes at his brother then and said "OK Grandma." At that moment I felt like the child! He hopped down from the truck and laid it down gently in a spot where it would be safe until he returned home. He jumped back in the truck and buckled easily now that he had two hands free. Still smiling at me he said "I'm ready to go". So I turned the truck around and down the hill we went pretending nothing had ever happened. But I know this little 5 yr old is sitting behind me smiling sadly and feeling sorry for his old grandma because she is such a sissy!! And I'm thinking how much of a "boy" he is and so grateful that it was only the outerwear and not the actual critter that he wanted to "show and tell".
I shared this story with his dad the next day. I recieved no sympathy.....just hilarous laughter and a "That's my boy!".
Now you see why I need a granddaughter!!! We will have tea parties, scrap wonderful pages together, shop, and play dress-up. I will teach her to sew and make crafts. Yeah right.....get real! . She will be a "sassy" (which is what I've already nicknamed her) tomboy who would rather follow the boys around than do any scrapping and crafting. Do you think she'll like to fish and truck pull??? It doesn't matter either way. Boy or girl, each grandchild is a blessing!!! Except for those moments that they scare the heck out of you.

4-Wheelers and the law

Isn't there a law somewhere which states that grandmas aren't allowed to watch while 4 yr old grandsons are being taught how to ride a 4-wheeler???? If there isn't a law like that, there should be. Hunter is getting his first taste of riding by himself. His uncle Craig and aunt Michelle decided to let him have the smallest 4-wheeler that their boys learned on. Right now Craig is walking and sometimes running beside him ready to grab the machine. Of course Darrin, who is 6 on Friday, is flying around on his because he's an old pro. I am cowering here inside the office and taking peeks outside to see if everyone is still OK. My girls always rode ours but they were older when their dad taught them. Hunter seems to be having a wonderful time but you know he's gonna pitch a fit when it's time to come back inside.

Mother's Day with a Turkey!

It was a nice Mother's Day Weekend. I stayed home all day Saturday. I made Parmesan crusted chicken, batter bread, homemade noodles and mashed potatoes for dinner. Crystal and Hunter came to eat with us and Hunter wanted to stayed all night. Sunday we went to San Jose's for a late lunch. We also went to Cold Stone for some ice cream treats. The girls gave me an 8x8 and a 12x12 tablet of Debbie Mumm papers. Debbie Mumm is one of my very favorite designers. I have quite a few items and lots of fabric that are her designs. I worked on my card swap and then watched Survivor. Darn, I wanted Amanda to win.
Larry finally got a turkey Sunday morning. It was the last day of season. He ran through the woods to get it after he shot wanting to make sure it didn't get away. He found it without any trouble. But when he was carrying it back out of the woods, gun in one hand and prized turkey by it's feet in the other hand, it started flailing around. He threw down his gun and grabbed it's head and held on to it. He got spurred and shook around by the turkey and then he slipped in the mud and fell down on top of it. It was a 23 pound bird so it was pretty strong. Thankfully their death throes don't go on for more than a couple minutes. What a site that would have been!! Trevor only witnessed the last part of the action but still laughs about it. Guess we'll be eating turkey this week.

What a great weekend.

I had a great weekend. Saturday the girls and I went shopping. Crystal, Hunter and I ate lunch at Cracker Barrel. Then we went to JoAnn's and I got $350.00 worth of fleece for Piece Makers. I hadn't spent any budget money this year so I made up for it. We went to Hobby Lobby and I found 1/2 price paper packages that I couldn't resist. We took Hunter next door to Big Lots so he could do his shopping. He bought Bob the Builder play-doh set, a beginner skateboard, and a ride on toy. He's quite the shopper. We let him tour the pet shop then met Randi at Kohl's. We did major damage to my credit card!!! I had a 15% extra saving coupon. I got the boys a lot of shirts for summer. Both girls bought several outfits and shoes. I got a new purse and a really nice deep fryer which I am trying out tonight. Then we had dinner at Chili's. Hunter was so tired he just wanted to go home and so did I.
Sunday I stayed home from church because I woke up late. I fried mushrooms and made wilted lettuce for Larry and Trevor. In the afternoon we went up to the pond to fish. Crystal and Hunter went with us. We caught a lot of small catfish. Never did catch one big enough to keep but it was still fun. I know the bigger ones are in there but the pond was still very muddy from the last rain and maybe that's why they weren't biting. I took a little wheelbarrow, my garden rake and shovel for Hunter to play with but he still got a little bored. Next time I'll bring his fishing pole too. We had a bunch of ducks fly in and land on the water. That was a pretty awesome site. They didn't stay long because we were too noisy and scared them away. Two geese kept flying over and wanting to land but they never did while we were there. As we left to drive back down to the house we watched them walking around in the field. They were not scared of us at all. Crystal was on the 4 wheeler and drove up close to them.
I bought Larry a nature camera last October for his birthday. He has it in his favorite hunting spot. We have gotten pictures of deer, turkey, and raccoons. (a couple pics of trespassers too) We are going to buy another camera to put by the pond. It's always exciting to open the folder to see what wildlife we have captured. We keep hoping to get a picture of a bob cat. Larry has seen them in the field but nothing on camera yet. Who knows what we will see next time!

Crazy Easter

This has been an eventful week. Easter Sunday I woke to a phone call from my cousin saying that my uncle had passed away. He had been sick for awhile so it wasn't unexpected. Later I took the boys to church. Our family always eats Easter dinner out. It's too hectic trying to cook a large dinner and go to church. We went to Ryans which is a buffet. I always have a pep talk with myself about not over eating. I always over eat! We came home and I was relaxing and watching tv when my youngest daughter called. She was crying and had severe stomach pain. I thought maybe she had ate something bad at the restaurant. But, she gave me some shocking news. She said that she was pregnant! I was shocked. She hadn't told us yet because she knew we wouldn't be happy about it. A baby is a blessing no matter how it comes about. We thought she was having a miscarriage. I took her to the ER at 8:30 pm. Around 2:30am they decided it was appendicitis. They took her to surgery around 4:30am and she did just fine. The baby is doing good also. They did a sonogram to make sure. She had a few problems with her blood pressure and so they kept her overnight. I stayed until 4 pm on Monday then came home because I was exhausted. I brought her home Tuesday afternoon. She's still sore and has a headache today but we're very lucky they caught it before it burst and was much more serious. So I guess we'll have another grandchild around October 16th. Maybe it will be a girl this time. But, we are all used to boys at this point. LOL
I have Easter pictures to upload when I get a chance. More on the Easter egg hunt later.

LADYBUGS!!

They are cute outside but I hate them in my house. I have spent the live-long day scraping them off windows and ceilings. I Googled them and found out they are almost impossible to kill unless you resort to squashing them. I didn't realize the smell they give off when you do that is actually their blood and it can stain. Yucky! This scent is a sign for others to follow. So now I am trying so hard NOT to squish them when I find one in a window. That's a learned skill!! I have resorted to spraying all my windows inside with Clorox All-Surface spray. I'm hoping they won't like the smell. It has slowed them down in the boys room. One lady posted that she was amazed that people wanted to get rid of them. They eat other insects and are good for the garden. Well, if they were in the garden I would think they were adorable. It's just in my house that I don't welcome them. I get all comfy in my chair each evening to watch my Reality TV shows (that's another story) then lo and behold one is crawling up my TV screen. Now I have a dilemma.....do I haul myself out of my lounger and grab a tissue and try to gently remove it, then take it to the bathroom and flush it then wash my hands -cause you know I'm gonna end up squishing it- or, do I watch it crawl away and deal with it tomorrow??? I usually feel guilty and decide to get up. Off I go to the TV with my attack plan in mind. And of course, while I was side tracked for that nano second, it has gotten away. So I park my behind back in my comfy chair only to discover that it has returned to mar the face of my favorite Idol or Survivor!!! Who says watching TV isn't good exercise???
Here's a another way to waste time with Ladybugs. Crazy Ladybugs!

Horton Hears A Who!!

We took all 4 grandsons to McDonald's on Sunday. They each had a Happy Meal and they all got a Pirate hat inside. They looked so cute in their hats! What fun to hear them all saying ARGGG and acting like they were pirates. Wish I would have gotten a picture. After lunch we took them to see Horton Hears A Who. Of course they wanted popcorn and pop (even though ten minutes earlier they were too full to finish their lunch). Grandpa went to get it while I kept them in their seats. The question of the day was "When is the show gonna start?" and I heard it until the popcorn and pop arrived. Finally the upcoming features started and they were laughing at the new shows coming out this summer. They all enjoyed the movie and of course Grandpa took a nap! It was a fun afternoon and one we will repeat when those new shows hit "A Theatre Near You!".

Slow Day

I am slowly working on ATCs and not getting much else done. Hunter is still sick so we're at home again today. We looked at some scrapbooks and I realized that he was sick on Easter last year. I hope he feels better by the weekend. The sun is shining now and I wish we could get out and enjoy it. I know spring is slowly emerging. We have snow predicted for Saturday night though. How depressing!! I want to be on a river bank fishing and soaking up the sunshine. It will happen so I'll be patient. Gotta go now and give my little patient some grandma sympathy. He needs a hug quite often when he's sick.

Success

Our Piece Maker group decided to try a pie auction. We asked for donations a couple of weeks ago and hoped we would have enough for a successful auction. We are a small congregation and our Piece Maker group is very small also. Larry and I set up a couple of tables Saturday afternoon to hold the pies. I made 2 cherry cobblers and 2 Heath Bar pies. We put a starting price of $5. We were so happy to see those two tables fill up with pastries. We had a total of 32 homemade pies to sell!! It was a silent auction and we gave everyone 15 minutes after Sunday school to have fun bidding against each other. A few of the pies brought $25 each. We sold out in the time allotted and everyone was excited about their homemade goodies that they purchased. We are so happy that our church family supports these kind of fundraisers. When we counted the money we were thrilled to see that we had made $484!!! Don't you just love fundraisers??? You ask people to donate food and then ask them to buy it back. That is a perfect example of Grace....which happens to be our study topic this month. We are asked to catch someone showing Grace and then put it on an index card on the bulletin board. I think my church family is a perfect example.
Lucky for us, JoAnn's has fleece on sale so I will be shopping next weekend!

Piece Makers

Most of you know that my friend Jenny and I started a Piece Maker group at our church 2 years ago. We started out just making blankets for babies. Those were a huge hit at our local hospitals. Then we added adult blankets and donate those to Women's shelters, nursing homes, and a cancer center. One lady makes bears for the children in the women's shelter. Another lady makes pillows for them and also for surgery patients who need a tummy pillow. Now we have added hats to our list. These are donated to the cancer center for chemo patients. Hancock Fabric has a free pattern and these are what we make. I brought 4 home from our meeting last night and I hope to machine embroidery something on the brim. I am starting with a simple flower to see how it looks. We are making an assortment of colors. I plan to put a pink ribbon on the pink hats. I need to surf around and find a free online pattern for the ribbon. I haven't looked around for embroidery patterns for quite awhile. I have just been using the patterns that are already on my machine. I have the Ultimate Box and program to do all this but, haven't hooked it up to my latest computer. I need a refresher course to get this all up and running. I hope to do that this weekend. Wish me luck!!
If you have a loved one that needs a hat let me know. I hope and pray that you don't! There are so many of us affected by this horrible disease. This is just one small thing that our group can do.

Noodles anyone?

Crystal wanted chicken and noodles for supper yesterday. Of course the noodles have to be homemade. I was kind of tired after working all day but it did sound good. So Crystal and Hunter came up and helped cook. She mixed the dough and I rolled them out. We used Kelly's recipe from a recipe swap. The only thing we changed was the homemade noodles instead of frozen noodles (which I happen to like). Of course you have to have mashed potatoes with it. So I fixed those too. Yummy!!
Our Piece Makers group is having a Pie Auction at church this Sunday. I am making cherry cobblers and trying Noelle's Heath pie recipe. It sounds so good I may have to bid on it myself!
What a busy day I have today. I bought fresh green beans at the grocery store on Sunday and they need snapped and cooked. I also bought fresh peaches to make Larry's favorite pie. So those have to be peeled and a pie made. I am taking all 4 grandsons to Kids Adventure Club at church tonight. I also have 3 loads of laundry waiting for me to do. I am sitting here at work wishing that I could go home and get these chores done. Guess I will be working late this evening. Now I know why I haven't gotten any scrapping done the last couple of days. I like keeping busy so I am not complaining. Just found out that our fridge here at the office needs repaired. It will take a week or so for the parts to get here. So now I have to unload it and the freezer and take everything home. I'm sooooo happy the weather is nice! You can't be grumpy when the sun is shining and the temps are warmer.

I'm on a Mission

I am working on some layouts which I started a long, long time ago. I just kept putting them on the bottom of the pile. I challenged myself to get them done this week. I brought them to work with me and I finished a fall paper sack album this morning. I am ashamed to say that it is an album Maricar gave me and all I needed to do was add pictures. I just had a hard time finding the right ones. I put pictures of Jared in it. He helped me pick up walnuts in our yard this fall. I also had some pictures of Cole and Hunter playing on a beautiful fall day. I added a picture of the colorful trees in the woods by my back yard because it's a favorite view of mine. This afternoon I am working on Hunter's first Halloween pictures we had done at Sears Portrait Studio. Yesterday I finished a family picture of my mom's family that was taken back in 1962. It was nice to reflect on my mom, her siblings, and parents. It's the only family picture that they had done. I remember her fussing about having to get dressed up for that picture. I'm glad to have it even if she wasn't crazy about getting it taken.
OK I'll get back to my scrapping. I will post some pictures when I finish my mission.