Next door visitors

We have the cutest little girl next door who is very inquisitive and loves to pop in and visit. You never know what she will have on and what the next question might be. Here she is being entertained by BB reading a story. Big brother had to come along also. The temp lately has kept everyone inside. Maybe as things start to cool down I will have visitors again. I know BB is ready for some company also.

Here I go again.

Well as for the front courtyard , I will just have to show you what Mr JB has been up to. I bought this arch for him last year around Father's day and in less than a year it has a spectacular show.

The amount of yard we have is much smaller and manageable,but Mr JB thinks he needs to keep adding. We still have the massive hydrangea in the backyard in the big whisky barrel tub thats got to be planted in the ground. I know it will probably take 2-3 men to work that plant out of the tub. Ta Ta for now, be back with more still to come.

Woops! It's been too long again.

Well as you can see,it's been 8 months since I posted. Life has been going fast around here. My work schedule changed in Feb along with much more responsibilities. I was given the Technical Supervisor position and I have had so much to do, that I have gotten caught up with all the job demands. I haven't even scrapbooked or anything. That's bad! I have tried to keep camera at hand so that whenever I get a chance I can put the pictures on paper. Better post some of the good ones to share out there with you guys.

This was Jan 2008 whenever Brooklyn got a new bicycle for her birthday. She finally learned how to ride without training wheels. The girl next door had to show her. Daddy couldn't succeed and what a blow to his ego!

Moving right along now. Here we are at Easter. Ready for church and Easter egg hunting. You can see the front flower bed is just starting to bloom. I will have to show off what a spectacular show it performed another day. Jerry did an awesome job as usual. I will be back for more. Gotta go for now.JB

Wow how time flies!!

It was just the other day and school started. Here we are and Thanksgiving is next week. Where does the time go? It seems I'm not able to sit down and collect my thoughts. So much going on.

Work has been a political nightmare and school takes much discipline for me as well as BB. Here's the first day of school, new school and new kids.

We were fortunate to get BB in a good school. She has had some fun stuff to do. Getting to cheer at one of the football games.

We got to meet Flat Stanley and bring him home for a week and then send him off to visit a great friend of mine,Lynette. He got to pack up and go stay with Lynette for a week and see what happens at their house. He also got to spend a day playing with us at the amusement park.

Next thing on the to do list is Christmas shopping. I'm not much of a shopper. My kind of shopping is buying on the internet and having it sent to the house. The warm weather here has dampened the feeling of fall. Traditionally it needs to be cold to start Christmas shopping and get into the spirit. It will get done though, all in time.





Our family celebrated my son's 25th birthday and we had a great time with all the kids. My Dad's health has not been well, but that night he was feeling better. He gladly made a comment that he felt everyone in our immediate family was at peace with themselves. This was a big statement for our family. Many years can be claimed disfunctional, but that's what has taught us many lessons. Sad to say though, there are some who have many lessons to be learned. You can't tell someone and expect changes, they must see it for themselves.

The youngest 4 should have a fun time this year for Christmas. Now, I like to shop for the little ones. Anything excites them. Just to see a Christmas tree is grand.





Better go for now. Maybe I won't be away so long the next time.

School Starts Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well here it is the middle of August and I still have JB and BB under foot. We thought very quickly about the camping in the tent experience and decided that it was in our best interest to stay home. I really had to justify this,underfoot at home or in the heat? I can bear it better in air conditioning. Well, we did get some shopping done. JB even bought me a new SUV. School clothes,shoes and a little bit of scrapbooking supplies thrown in too. Yip-py for me! I can't wait and as usual I'll probably get side tracked and not get to the scrapbooking.
We made it to open house for BB's school and ran into my 8th grade Civics teacher.(That was over 30 yrs ago!) He works at the new school that BB will be attending. He was also my bus driver and still remembered where I lived at that time he drove my bus. BB ran into some of the kids she has met at Daycare and was excited to see them. Hope it all turns out to be a good year.
On another note my little bit grandson will be starting Kindergarten this year. I can't believe I have a second grader at home and a grandson in Kindergarten.
Here's an idea I got from a website called www.creativeorganizing.typepad.com .Take all those pictures your children bring home and decopodge them to a painters canvas. Sizes of all varities. Picked up a couple of canvas on clearance at Michaels. I also have taken many of BB's pictures and projects and scanned into my computer so that I can download onto a CD someday. This will last forever and I can print them off as needed.
Saturday,Sunday, then Monday. School STARTS!!!!

The Courtyard

It seems like I've had JB and BB under foot the whole month of July. He finally got his first vacation and spent it working in the yard. That's whats kept me preoccupied and I'm truely ready for school to start and vacation to be over with .We do have one more vacation to take in August. We finally broke down and bought a tent. We are going to attempt to take BB diva to the lake and tent camp. I will be taking pictures.This should be very interesting. JB has already informed her that there won't be any TV. WHAT?

Anyway,here are some pictures of the front yard. We were here only 2 weeks and the neighbor guys were over asking JB how he got his grass so green and here so short of time. Fertilize! The guy next door jumps in his car and comes back and hard at it with fertilize. (Iron in the fertilize is the secret.)

Gotta go and finish up breakfast. Get haircuts today!

Creativity in Mind

How many more days until school starts? We're counting down. Since moving to a new town, we have had a few challenges. Brooklyn is looking forward to starting school and I'm looking forward to getting back into my creative world and junky craft room. I gather throughout the summer, more paper and supplies with excitement. Just ready to put them to use. Love to watch Lisa Bearnson on QVC. She gets me fired up and ready to start scrapping again. I can't wait until Stephanie's magazine comes out, Homegrown Hospitality. All you crafty girls out there need to get this one. www.homegrownhospitality.com

Checked with the local srapbook store for some classes, hoping for some girl time,adult conversation and a new project to start. They have a new calendar coming out the first week of August. I have to push myself and go do it. Sometimes just to stay safe in my little world. Plus I have so much junk to haul around. It can be convenient just to stay home also.

I'm slowly learning more about my computer and hope that I can post some of my stuff here to share. Need my friend Tiffany to come and show me how to do a lot of these things. I'm sure we could come up with something.

Have a great weekend!