Another Milestone

My baby turns 18 today!!

Happy Happy Birthday sweet Sue-Sue!!

You have grown into a beautiful lady!!

We are very proud of you!!

Love ya bunches!!

Happy Mother's Day

I was surprised by my sweet daughter with beautiful tulips for Mother's Day.

I hope you had as great a Mother's Day as I did.

The Case of the Missing Tulips

I love to read. The past few years I have really enjoyed reading what they call "cozy" mystery series'. That would be those that have no sex or bad language in them. Of course, they couldn't leave out the murder or they wouldn't be mysteries but there is really no "blood and guts" in them either. They are fun to read and there are loads of them out there. Our local library has a ton of them so I'm fortunate to never be at a loss as to what to read next.

Imagine my surprise to find my own real live mystery here at home. Relax folks, no murder here.....yet!! The tulips have been blooming for a couple of weeks now. I love tulips. We have pink ones and purple ones and yellow ones. Here is a shot of some of the pink and purple tulips. Aren't they pretty?

But wait, what's this?

Here's a picture of this group from last year.

Beautiful yellow tulips. Ok, I ask myself..."What's the deal?"

A ha!! Mystery solved. Our little puppy (yeah, I know, he's not little anymore!!!) is eating the tulips. I certainly hope tulips aren't poisonous. Although, a little stomach ache for his transgression wouldn't hurt my feelings any! Just kidding. I'd have to clean up the results.

No worries! See him spitting out the pretty pink flower. I caught it in mid-air. This puppy is going to be the death of me!! Or maybe another mystery title.....Murder in the Tulips???!!

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Prom 2009

OK, I know you are all wondering why it was necessary to go to the airport to pick up Hannah's date. Back in those sweet days I was talking about in my last post, we lived in Houston TX and spent a great deal of time with some wonderful people. We all went to church together, several of us worked together at a local Mother's Day Out program, we vacationed together. Well, you get the picture. We were always together. We were very, very close. Then we moved and, as is too many times the case sadly, we grew apart.

Enter the world of technology. What with internet and unlimited text messages our kids reconnected. One thing led to another and here we were on our way to the airport to pick up "her date" for Prom. They were very close to inseparable when they were young, but have not seen each other since kindergarten graduation (or there about).

Check out these cuties. Hannah and Aaron are right next to each other. They always were. This was taken at Big Bend National Park on spring break when they were either 4 or 5. I can't seem to remember the year. (Old age does that, you know!!) The other cutie is Josh. He and Aaron are still good friends.

And here they are 11 or 12 years later. Senior Prom.
It was such a fun weekend and it ended way too quickly. The only thing that could have made it better would have been if his mom, dad and sister could have made the trip also. Oh well, sounds like another good excuse to visit Houston again!!!

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Happy May Day!!

Do you celebrate May Day? I never have but last year thought it might be fun to make some of Monica's little Pennie Pockets to share with friends(picture below is from Monica's website). Did I get it done? Of course not!!! As usual, it snuck (is that a word??) up on me. Time just races by as we seem to get busier and busier. It's a vicious circle!

April was a busy month full of fun and rain. May will be even busier. I cannot believe that it is only 30 short days until our baby's graduation. What a mixed bag of emotions I am dealing with. We are so proud of her (as we are with our boys also!!), yet it just doesn't seem possible that all three of our sweet kids will now be adults. It seems to me that it was just last month they were all under they age of five and I thought I would be changing diapers and potty training kids FOREVER!!! Oh, what sweet days those were! Isn't hind-sight grand?! I do remember alot of whining while in the midst of all those diapers. I remember wishing for some "me" time or at least to be able to go to the bathroom without little fingers being poked under the door. Ah, what sweetness!!!

Well, thanks for indulging my melancholy. Time to return to the present since we're off to Columbus today to pick up our sweet baby's prom date from the airport. Now there's a story you'll want to hear. But now we've gotta run!!

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Blogaversary

It hardly seems possible that it was a year ago this month (April 6th to be exact) that I began this blogging adventure. I am not as faithful at posting as I would like. I find myself spending far more time reading other blogs than posting to my own. Inspiration abounds as I read blogs from so many talented crafters and writers. I'm daily awed by their work. I have been so blessed to "meet" so many new people from all around the world! Isn't this world wide web just wonderful?!! One of these, ThimbleAnna, calls us her "imaginary friends". I like that!!

One of the fun things about blogging is the swaps available to participate in. I have fabric from all over the world waiting to become a postage stamp quilt. I also recently mailed off 60 signature blocks (pictured below) for another swap. I will soon (I hope) receive back blocks by quilters from around the globe.

It is so fun to share my boring little life with you, my family and friends (old and new). The next six months look to be exciting and I am looking forward to sharing it with you. I vow to do better this year and hopefully soon will reach my 100th post. Thanks so much for making this adventure so much fun!!

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She Said Yes!!!

So much has happened here in the past several weeks. The most important of which is that it's now official. Our firstborn and his sweetheart are engaged. He proposed on April Fool's Day. I get the impression that there is a story there but we haven't heard it yet. We just know that she said yes and they are really excited. No date has been set. She is finishing up law school in December and will take the bar in February so they really don't want to add the stress of wedding planning to all that. We couldn't be happier!!!

More news to follow....