Happy Birthday Kyra !!!!

Today we celebrats yet another Birthday. We have 2 Birthday girls in the same week. Yippy...twice the fun....!!

Happy Birthday Kye ....

I hope you have a day that is as special as you are !

Enjoy and Relax and do something special just for yourself. Birthdays are fun and no matter what our age we should enjoy them !

Thinking of you.
A & J

Happy Birthday Steph !!!

Happy Birthday Dear Steph ~

Today is YOUR day ! I hope it is a good one and one that you are able to have fun and enjoy ! We wish you the best on your Birthday !!! :)

Happpy Birthday!
Happpy Birthday!
Happpy Birthday!
Happpy Birthday!
Happpy Birthday!
Happpy Birthday!
Happpy Birthday!
Happpy Birthday!
Happpy Birthday!

Have a special day dear sister in law !

Monday is here again....

Well everyone.... did you enjoy your Sat and the warm 60 degree's or what ???
I know I sure did. It was great. We had a busy weekend. Sat we left home at 10:00am and did not get home till late, late.....that night. I think it was midnight when I got to bed.

We fixed some things at Jesse's Grandpa's house. Tried to talk to someone about getting my sewing machine fixed with NO success. It is brand new and it hasn't worked right since I have gotten it. We also had to get our boat from her house. Then we stopped at a all time fave place in Coon Rapids for lunch that we never get to. $6.00 lunch special is such a deal. It was fun to get out. But gosh the place was packed. The nice temps really was bringing everyone outside. Which was understandable.We also ran a bunch of errands and then ended up at the in-laws for a night of pizza and celebrating the Birthday Girl's Birthday......! ( steph )

Sunday was chores days. I got sooo much done at home. Sat was gone.. so I REALLY needed to make Sunday a day to get alot done. I had alot to accomplish and I did it. I was tired..but it was a great feeling to get it all done. Jes also worked in the basement and got alot of more mudding done. The weekend are growing shorter until we need to be outside. So we are really pushing to get as much as possible done inside now as we can. We have outdoor projects already in the works.

Today is alllllllllll about me......

I have to find a way to de-stress. So I worked all day... which is not a way..but then I have my nail appointment... ( once a month ) and then after that I am going home to my parents for a great meal and a back rub. My Mom knows what she is doing. The Woman should get paid for what she does. But in efforts to get rid of my migraines and de-stress... my mom is going to start giving me a massage's. I hope it helps. It can not hurt by any means... and it will also give me some good quality time with Mom as well. Also a time to get things off my mind and my chest of things in general that are going on.

Well with that being said... I am praying for more warm weather. But I am not sure we are getting it. It was nearly a blizzard this morning on my way to work. My wipers could not even keep up. The closer I got to work the more it let up.

Well I have a busy week and there are 2 special Birthday Girls this week. Hope Stephanie and Kye you enjoy your day and do something special for yourself.

Something New

Well Hello .................

Today the weather is doing a bit of a turn around....some warmer temps here in Mn, and some MUCH needed sun I am pleased to report. How long will it stay ? No one knows. Not even the weather man I am sad to say. The report might be rain/snow mix this weekend. Although, my hopes are high they are wrong.

Okay....... well as you can see... my blog got a bit of a face lift and update ! Thanks to Kyra. I can do the basic's with my slow moving pc. But that is about it. So I asked for help. Kye was a good friend and was glad to step up and help a sista out. She did a make over and fixed up my blog to things I wanted on it. So pleased with it and so fun for me to see the changes. She also made it special because the flowers on the top are ones from last year, in my dear Grandmothers back yard.
She is near and dear to me so it is nice to have that on my blog as well. Thanks Kye.

Thanks also Kye for bringing some spring and color into not only my blog today, but to my life.
Thanks for the giggles toooo, I really needed them.

Maybe the warm air, sunshine and things will help me feel a bit better. I am sure hoping so.
Fighting these headaches and migraines a week at a crack is really starting to take it's toll on me.

Okay.. that's all for me for today.

Cards

Soooo sorry I did not get a chance to post these cards my Sis and I made.

We where busy and we did not get a chance to turn out to many cards, I still have one card that I have to assemble yet. So we made a total of 3 different cards.

I had wanted to also find a lay out for my card exchange at work with my co-workers but that did not happen yet. I need to get on that soon because they are due in a few weeks.

So here they are..... baby cards..... one for a girl and one for a boy !

I have so many events coming up that I want to make cards for yet as well. But I did need some baby cards also.

I also need Mother's Day, Father's Day and some Birthdays I have coming up this month.


P.S. I can not believe we got YET another 6 inches of snow when I woke this morning. Man am I ever tired of this snow. Will it ever end ? This is just soooo depressing for me. I really need the sun shine and warm weather in my life right now. I told my Hubby I can't wait to go to bed with the windows open and the fresh air blowing thru. I hate having the windows closed and the stale air all winter long.

T.G.I.F.

FINALLLLLLLLLY.... Friday is here....

This week, it seemed like a long time coming. It has been a long week. I never thought Friday was going to come. But I am happy to say it is here.

This weekend I am going to try and be creative again. So if it works out well. I will take pic's and post them for all to see. I have some chores to do as well... so I am going to try and sneak those in.
But tomorrow I am looking forward to spending some time with my Sis! She is coming up to stamp with me. I also have a card exchange in April with my co-workers. So I hope to get a plan for those cards as well. I also am running low in a few area's. So I am hoping to make some real progress this weekend. Also if we EVER get SPRING... then my stamping will come to a halt as I will be outside enjoying myself, and working in the yard. We of course already have some projects planned.

What will you be doing this weekend ? Anything fun and exciting ? Whatever it is, with whomever it is. Enjoy yourself!

OMG....N.K.O.T.B is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Kids on the Block !!!

So........... what was your favorite band or singer when you where a teenie bopper ? Who was your heart throb?

Well in the last 80's and early 90's I was a N.K.O.T.B. fan! I LOVED these guys. While most ADORED Jordan for his looks and spunky personality or Donnie for that BAD BOY side. My favorite was Jon. The cute, quiet, shy, a bit more reserved New Kid. He was not the fave among most but that was fine with me!!! I remember as a young pre-teen and teenager watching and going to see them in concert.

Blasting their songs every where we went!!! Even my mom liked the guys !
Well when I was thinking of doing a post of your OLD TIME FAVORITE young POP band.. whom was the VERY FIRST to pop into mind but these cuties.

I have been under alot of stress and not feeling well. One day on my way to leave the house I went to grab for a cd to put in the car to listen to on the way. As I browsed through my collection on the very bottom I saw N.K.O.T.B. I immediately crabbed it. Popped it in the car and played it nearly full blast on the way into work at 6am in the morning. It was sooo funnnn... their pop...music was just the shot in the arm I needed that day. I was bopping to the music and singing my old time favorite News Kids songs on the way to work. Other motorist's might have thought I was on drugs as they drove by me..but it was dark.... and I didn't care !

Call me a DORK all you want ...but I LOVED it and it was great....! The music is catchy and it made me feel good and that is all that matters.

When I was looking for a pic to add to the blog I found an article that said the band was getting back together. It was said to be so on Jan 2008 of this year. They have their own website back up for business at NKTOB.com
I also found a myspace page for them... wow.. here is the link for that as well.http://www.myspace.com/newkidsontheblock

Sooooo who is your all time favorite old band ?
Are you ashamed to admit it ? Where you toooo a NKOTB lover like myself ? If not who did you totally admire, adore and get googly eyes over ???? Maybe you should dig out their old music and pop it in.

It is good for the soul. Let me tell ya !!!

That's all for me tonight ! See ya

Classic

Is this Classic or what ?

I have this framed and in my house....

I just love the classic, fun, old look for this pic. I was thinking it would be fun to make a scrapbook of old pic's like this. I am going to have to get some more and do that!!

But not only is this pic classic... at least in style and to me. But it is my Grandparents when they where much younger....! There is just something special about this pic that calls out to me.

Ahh life was so much different then and so much different for them. Now in their 80's they have been through and seen some much change ? But I often wonder if someone might look back on the old days and like them better then 'todays' world.

Yes we have MORE conveniences and things are faster and things have become so modern...

But even with all of those things.. I wonder if the 'REAL' quality of life was better. It was for sure different, I can tell you that. People, friends, family, neighbors really knew one another. They really cared for another.. they really helped each other out. It was surly different times then. But they didn't
have the material things to complicate life, while they worked hard, their health was better. They made things fresh and by hand. They did not have fast food and pesticides on all of their food. They didn't know what a preservative was.

Anyways.. this pic... got me inspired a bit as well as thinking....

Other then the stories my Grandmother and Grandfather have shared.

I wonder what life was like back then ! Sometimes it fun to wonder and imagine.

A new week !

I hope you all have a nice Easter.

It was a busy one for us, we stopped in Coon Rapids, then Ramsey and then Brooklyn Park.
But it was nice to see the family as always. Each day is special. One never knows how long we have, so it is good for us to spend time with Family. It means alot to me.

I know I talk about it all the time. But I am sooo wishing it was warmer here.

This morning on the radio, the weather man said this same week last year we had 3 hot days.
One day with 64, one day with 71 and one day with 81. I also wrote on my calendar from last year at work that I wore sandals to work. I don't think any of those will be happening this week much less before the end of the month. Which I sooo badly need. I need to get outside and get going in the year and not be trapped in my house.

I hope this Spring and year brings many new things.

Hope you all have a good week.

Saturday Night Fun

Well it was another snowy day. But we went to Patio town to determine and get prices for our summer projects we will be tackling.

Okay so I have been feeling soo tired and getting alot of headaches again. So I try and do something fun to take my mind off things. So this snowy Sat. night I made some cards. Here they are......

These are a little bit different. I like to mix them up a bit.
Here is an up close pic so you can kinda see the detail.
Here is a pile of them I made !

Happy Easter allllllllllllllll !