tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14225025003962691772024-02-19T10:07:00.774-05:00Sweetie's TreatsSweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-86757642275665397312010-06-08T23:38:00.002-04:002010-06-08T23:39:53.933-04:00I AM IN!!Accepted!! Awesome words to hear!! Just thought I would let you know! School has started and I am already behind. It is hard to juggle the kids, the hubby, the house, the homework but hey, I am obviously called to become a NURSE!! Woo-hoo!! So off i go to study more! : )Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-3769673324773639492010-05-05T10:17:00.004-04:002010-05-05T10:47:24.307-04:00Waiting, Waiting and more Waiting...<div>Well, </div>
<div>I am waiting.</div>
<div>And waiting.</div>
<div>And then waiting some more.</div>
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<div>Because UofL Nursing School has decided to make us all wait. </div>
<div>Not that any of us have anything better to do. Like plan the summer for our KIDS IF we get in. Or like plan the summer for our KIDS IF we do NOT get in. </div>
<div>You see, these plans are VASTLY different. </div>
<div>IF I get IN: I will be gone all day, pretty much every day. Yes, I have weekends off but I will need to study since I will be busting a** the entire week with clinicals and classes and labs. And when I say I will be gone ALL day. I mean ALL DAY. As in leave the house by 6am to make sure I am across town by start time of 7am. And will finish around 5pm two days and 6:30pm the other days. So what do YOU think? Do I need to schedule something for the kids or just let them play LORD OF THE FLIES for the summer?? Hmmm....</div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467796282552618242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ggHst2QPYpXAdW5JnafQa6OlOYHX2bym4-EhAIdZwvIhUIJ6Qm2Qr5pWDgr3QKgnAiLMAJVGTqLOazimxYvcGfP1KPAHnnaTWzYhudwN8gokP-fNQb-dmcIx7o1ikPpf_Bw1DyHeyduj/s320/lord-of-the-flies.jpg" />
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<div>Ok, so let's say I do not get in (and truly the ONLY reason that would happen is because GOD does not want me there. Totally not kidding on this friends. This SHOULD BE a slam dunk for me - NOT being conceited here, just honest with the work I have put in ok. So I mean it when I say the ONLY reason I wouldn't get in is because the Big Kahuna seriously DOES NOT WANT ME THERE.) So, just for funsies, let's say it is a No Go. Then I don't really need all these expensive camps I have signed my kids up for in order to keep the blood level in the house below ankle level! Not to mention the fact that I can not afford them without the student loans that come along with Admission to the Nursing Program. </div>
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<div>See what I mean??!! If I sign the kids up and don't get in, I have lots of cancellation fees to pay. If I don't sign the kids up, there is no space left in the camps. (And knowing this, I did sign up for several of the camps and Yes, Virginia, they are already FULL at this time so it is a good thing that I did) This is called being between a ROCK and a HARD PLACE. And I do believe I am WEDGED IN. </div>
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<div>So...I Wait. </div>
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</div><div>THUNDER!!</div><div> </div>
<div>Guess I'm gonna have to post this with the Ac/Dc song playing because no matter what, when it comes to Thunder over Louisville, they play that song! Thunder was Very Cool this year - they added some fun new fireworks that I had not seen before. I LOVED the rainbow coming off the 2nd St. Bridge and they played parts of "What a Wonderful World" first by Iz, then by Louis Armstrong. I love being reminded of how wonderful my life is!! Sometimes things get so hectic I start to forget and it just takes a bit of a nudge to get my head out of my a**. (sorry kids!) I also LOVED the fireworks that produced these cool Balls of Fire!! Super neato!! I can't find a picture of those yet but I will look! We also had some new looking missle like things that came out of the sides of the bridge. At least they looked new to me. : )</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>My only problem with Thunder this year was wondering who put the schizophrenic in charge of putting the musical score together??!! I mean seriously!! We have always had some type of Theme to the fireworks but this year...WTH??? It was sooooooo weird!! There was not really a rhyme or reason to how the music was put together and it was really strange how songs were bled into eachother. Weird, weird, weird! I hope they post it on YouTube so others can join in on the strange mix. I think the weirdest thing about it was that it is so how I am feeling right now ! Just pulled in 12 different directions all the time. Maybe it was really meant to be a soundtrack to my life. Hahaha! </div>
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<div>Oh well, It was a fun and busy day and now I need to sleep so that I can spend tomorrow studying! Finals this week!
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<div> </div><div>**Yup - I see it!!! : )</div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-88769297143982391732010-03-27T23:44:00.003-04:002010-04-18T00:20:48.333-04:00Hangin' In There!Well, you know how the saying goes right? The best laid plans of mice and men... Yeah well, I have been planning and hoping to attend UofL's Accelerated Program in Nursing and of course, trying to plan ahead with the kids and the hubby. HA! Dear UofL, it is HARD to plan anything when you have decided to hold all decisions until after FINAL grades are in! WHY did you pick this semester to change things?? I can't promise camps and this and that if I am going to be home all summer and not in school. No reason to pay someone else to watch my kids if I will be there right?! So will there be spots left to place them if I DO get accepted?? UofL, You are making me a mess. I really don't want to pay DOUBLE the price to attend that private school's accelerated program even though I will get out two months earlier and keep everything ON PLAN. I can't really affort that! So now I am having to decide if I want to sell my left or right kidney and stick with the timeline, or keep all my body parts and Pray I remember Anything that I have learned in this previous year and wait for next year if I am not accepted. Just kidding, really. I think I will end up throwing my eggs into the cheaper (and longer) UofL basket and if it doesn't pan out for this year, I will go to work full time for a year and pay off some business debt and start next year. Who knows, maybe I will finally get around to writing that novel, finishing two years worth of scrapbooks for the elementary school, learning spanish & a little Mandarin, etc, etc, etc, ! ; )
In the mean time, I took my favorite young man to his swim team banquet and could not have been happier when he left me to go dance with his friends! Yesss! I always worry about him not being "involved" - keep proving me wrong buddy cause you are just so funny and awesome!
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<div>I have been a tad busy for the past 5 months... I guess nursing school will do that to you. I miss having a fun blog and getting to share what goes on around here. I am actually thinking of starting a new blog of what goes on in nursing school - that is, if I get in to the accelerated program of course. I don't get to find out until around April 1st which kind of stinks to make people wait that long.
</div><div>This week I have been on spring break which I kicked off with my friend's 80's themed birthday party! And YES, I wore black "Chucks" to the party! I graduated from high school in the 80's in Red High Top Chuck Taylor tennis shoes. Because I was always the absolute coolest and Because I was always totally fashion forward... (ok, everyone who knows me, when you stop laughing you can keep reading!) Then, because the time "sprang forward" I missed church on Sunday which turned out great because the family went to the Y and had fun AND exercise. Of course we were then compelled to go to Denny's so that we wouldn't actually SEE any befifit from the workout. I could feel my arteries reclogging from the gravy on the country FRIED steak! Very great weekend except for my dad driving himself to the hospital on Sunday. Then Monday rolled around and I was able to stay home the first two days of the week with a sick kid (cause that's how my life rolls! I am just along for the ride most of the time), pick up my nephew and neice from school to play, have lunch with my youngest, take my oldest to have her stinky cast removed from her broken hand, visit my dad and good friend in the hospital,...should I keep going??? Thank God this all happened this week, I can't imagine trying to juggle this with my classes too. Ha!</div><div> </div><div>This is my neice Harp and this is the look she gives you when she doesn't get what she wants.</div><div>It still works on me most of the time. I am kind of the "sucker" aunt. She loves to play Tea Party with the silver tea set in the living room and I am happy to oblige. The simplest things...</div><div>Besides, how could you say No to this face and then live with yourself????</div><div> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WlZetRk9-JubwtqW19IClmWgE-4Jbn0n1fTyjFRy9ajrBlpRuXJFii5JXRn6aDvDp1FxGCu2Mue67irwt5siYcVArUGe8ZvVusjlLx41zGXCC1DM_Him4lARZQJUyskEmiYzmR8p2bpA/s1600-h/Susie's+pix+096.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450168311947625682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WlZetRk9-JubwtqW19IClmWgE-4Jbn0n1fTyjFRy9ajrBlpRuXJFii5JXRn6aDvDp1FxGCu2Mue67irwt5siYcVArUGe8ZvVusjlLx41zGXCC1DM_Him4lARZQJUyskEmiYzmR8p2bpA/s320/Susie's+pix+096.JPG" /></a>
<div>I am vowing to get some studying done tomorrow though. I better if I want to keep good grades!! Glad I had this breather though and for the record, everyone is recovering nicely. Thank God! </div><div> </div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-55955863400689913152009-10-07T21:52:00.003-04:002009-10-07T22:08:08.330-04:00Wise Owl Giveaway & Learning Curve<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TDxxGajuUh38sHAN53tNRIXXUK4fHLSEYk7l1pHbOIN1mEeVOT5GTuOCuTil7hnsSA1O7QJsIVcrPM8UKBr1Vfovm479wj0NOpr6ZoQD6DMJLq1BqbLxP1oMSYXA_ueWhyphenhyphen7C-n9ELKC6/s1600-h/more+layouts+%26+funny+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390044673535447234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TDxxGajuUh38sHAN53tNRIXXUK4fHLSEYk7l1pHbOIN1mEeVOT5GTuOCuTil7hnsSA1O7QJsIVcrPM8UKBr1Vfovm479wj0NOpr6ZoQD6DMJLq1BqbLxP1oMSYXA_ueWhyphenhyphen7C-n9ELKC6/s320/more+layouts+%26+funny+007.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9HyP3C6QtCrVLpCm_ywRtdfUnbgbfkeEbh3yCETrCj3GaNM1BbJ6NjJLN0xMWsi98EwSEGTK7jItdFlCtPXK1HM8ZVWUzA4LtUTx6DFYoFlApfGM5h78z49cpzjhtBmjbVNjeCPmYBHt/s1600-h/more+layouts+%26+funny+012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390044662062543794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9HyP3C6QtCrVLpCm_ywRtdfUnbgbfkeEbh3yCETrCj3GaNM1BbJ6NjJLN0xMWsi98EwSEGTK7jItdFlCtPXK1HM8ZVWUzA4LtUTx6DFYoFlApfGM5h78z49cpzjhtBmjbVNjeCPmYBHt/s320/more+layouts+%26+funny+012.JPG" /></a>
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<div>I just love checking out my girlfriends blog. I am just GREEN with ENVY for her crafty-ness!! :) she is such a fun girl too so I love following her blog and getting updates on what she is doing in my inbox every few days. And she always has great music on her blog so I always can't wait to see what pops up! Ha ha! </div>
<div>I talk about Amanda because she makes some awesome stationary and some really fun "felties" that you can use if you make cards or you scrapbook. I just used my third feltie (and last - boo!) that I bought from her etsy shop this last week when I went scrapbooking. I put a cute bird she made on the layout I did for Riley showing how she learned to ride her bike! Very cute and fun layout to make! I was remembering her decision to finally learn how to ride and her big brother helping her. Sweet time.</div>
<div>Amanda is doing a "Give Away" of some great stationary she hand made and a hand made Wise Owl feltie. I REALLY WANT TO WIN IT!!!! But I also need to tell my followers about it and the friends that get my Blog by email so you can sign up for a chance too. Here is the post about the giveaway but if you click on the Title of her Blog you can go and see some other posts she has made. Some are really funny and the latest one was kind of sad because she had an "Alexander" kind of day today!! So go check her out and send her good vibes for GOOD DAYS AHEAD!!! :)</div>
<div><a href="http://craftypapergirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/giveaway-day.html">http://craftypapergirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/giveaway-day.html</a></div>
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<div>It has been way too long since my last post and I fear this may be a trend through out this school year! I have three kids in school and I, myself, am taking classes to become a NURSE! I am very excited about this but whew is it WORK!! I never feel like I have enough time for anything! I badly miss my nephew and neice and many friends that I just don't have time to hang out with. I am not trying to avoid anyone but if I don't buckle down and study, I will never pass my tests and I won't get that RN I am working so hard for! BUT, last night I was able to attend my friend Emily's birthday party which was held on a farm in southeast Jefferson county. It was a DREAM birthday party!! (Her dream and definately one of my long held dreams!) I have always wanted to go to a party like the one I went to last night. I had so much fun and everything was so beautiful and bright that Emily said to me, "Don't you feel like you are on a real movie set?!!" Yes!! It was like what you would see in a movie, a barn, lights strung up, a big tree house with a swing underneath, hay bales and a wagon. We even had a girl who taught us dances and "called" the dances for us. Just like in a movie!! I would have loved to have been thrown that birthday party - it was perfect!!! And I know Emily enjoyed every minute of it! As a matter of fact she was so giddy and happy by the end of the party that something silly I said made her laugh water out of her nose! Now really, there is no better way to end your birthday party than by laughing so hard that water comes out your nose!! (And no, there was no alcohol which made the party all the better! (Didn't have to worry about anyone getting stupid!))</div>
<div>So, I had a great night with Keith and with Emily and other friends and now I must return to the books!</div>
<div></div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-54155160771762818072009-07-30T18:52:00.005-04:002009-07-30T19:05:30.595-04:00Prince Pasta Bowl Restaurant<div><div>Well, the girls finished the new restaurant and opened for business. They even made a menu which was very cute! (With everything spelled phonetically of course.) They then enlisted the help of The Man to cook spaghetti and came and delivered an invitation to Emma's mom an me to come to dinner!</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvee-p3hDWE62rD3vKXcWcKy0lAt36j-Zl38yBIqnAN6XYvA6jUZmsTsp3YdnL48gwYXBbgwRIkaO0Bw0v8xf0EM_Rn4J67IIildyCQi3_U980-AAwFFg6o1kFFvlUnpxEEF4S0xy1_ChE/s1600-h/Prince+Pasta+Bowl+043.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364391710790366098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvee-p3hDWE62rD3vKXcWcKy0lAt36j-Zl38yBIqnAN6XYvA6jUZmsTsp3YdnL48gwYXBbgwRIkaO0Bw0v8xf0EM_Rn4J67IIildyCQi3_U980-AAwFFg6o1kFFvlUnpxEEF4S0xy1_ChE/s400/Prince+Pasta+Bowl+043.JPG" /></a>
</div><div>We had spaghetti with bacon bits and red sauce. They also found the stashed bottle of favorite white wine in the downstairs fridge and served that! Yum! I am kinda wondering if Riley has secretly been hanging out at Amanda's house because she has been so crafty lately! She tied the silverware up inside the paper napkins with some of my ribbon :) ! Lovely dinner and all before the rain came pouring down again!</div><div>
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Now those are Two Happy Mommas!!!!</div><div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-45001209364135702312009-07-30T13:46:00.004-04:002009-07-30T14:08:33.534-04:00Sorry Sweetie!!<div><div>So, apparently I think I am funny but I am really not . I published a post about my sweet hubby being a "tornado" because he moves so fast and I was embelishing quite a bit. I hurt his feelings because he thought I made him out to look like a "slob". NOT what I meant to do!! So I am retracting my post and issuing an appology because in reality, he is an awesome husband! (And really cute too!!)</div>
<div>Sorry sweet man!!</div>
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<div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-64647933864137890812009-07-30T13:25:00.004-04:002009-07-30T14:09:22.517-04:00Play Time Takes Lots of Time!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5qxnHN2z5EKMdJwv3QXnm1kMAkwYrZjM35nMn3wIpDZFScnqVvzTxQaKHYr3WqaiMXBSKsCOmxj8HMWse7o4EfyLPaYB8mXe8Nb8h1F7fRFyjpp5lFvU-I6KKhpBIvh72cDJyYa14F8G/s1600-h/Patoka+lake+7-09+045.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364306335285575458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5qxnHN2z5EKMdJwv3QXnm1kMAkwYrZjM35nMn3wIpDZFScnqVvzTxQaKHYr3WqaiMXBSKsCOmxj8HMWse7o4EfyLPaYB8mXe8Nb8h1F7fRFyjpp5lFvU-I6KKhpBIvh72cDJyYa14F8G/s400/Patoka+lake+7-09+045.JPG" /></a>
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</div><div>Why does it take 3 hours to set kids up to play for 20 minutes? The girls decided to "build" a restaurant and in order to not have my house torn apart, I figured I should help them find what they needed and to keep them from interupting me every 3 minutes, I figured I would just get them all "set up" before going to study.</div><div>Whatever.
So in REAL LIFE TIME, it went more like this:</div><div></div><div>Find the "perfect" box. Find some kind of storage for the contents that are currently housed inside the "perfect" box. Empty the box & pack it into the new box. Find some paint that is of acceptable color to both girls. Get the superglued paint cans open (20 minutes, one paint can opener - which I had to go find as it was not anywhere NEAR said paint!, two screwdrivers and some paper towels), find brushes that will be ok to be thrown away cause god knows they are not going to be cleaned, haul box upstairs (twice since I tried to carry it up the stairs in the "too wide to make it through the basement door manner" the first time), search for box cutter (razor blade thingie that retracts) while girls decide where to put door and how to put a "service counter" onto the box, go sharpen a knife since I couldn't find a box cutter, cut door in box, go find new paint can to pour 3/4 can of blue paint into since I ruined the top of old paint can trying to pry it off ... </div><div></div><div>And yeah, it keeps going like that for a while. Anyway, they got to have a creative outlet on a rainy day and that is the important part. Right?? Ha ha ha!! They were very cute and if they fight over at which house the "Prince Pasta Bowl" restaurant will reside... there will be a sudden cooking fire so I hope they purchased insurance. Just kidding : )</div><div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-77275599258928847272009-07-20T00:12:00.005-04:002009-07-23T19:12:13.660-04:00Crafty Paper Girl Give AwayI just Love the Crafty Paper Girl felties! She makes birds, flowers, and button felt embelishments that I am dying to own all of!! I can buy them on Etsy (I just purchased two!) Here is her link: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7562388">http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7562388</a> I just made a super scrapbook layout using one of her felt and fabric birds today too. I love it! I promise, as soon as I find my card for my camera (that I took out of my camera in order to print some photos), I will take a picture and post it! Please go check out her shop in the mean time because it is super cute. Also, check out 62 Cards - that is a really fun blog and run by a Southern Girl to boot! Lots of great blogs to see! Here is the link to 62 Cards: <a href="http://www.62cards.blogspot.com/">http://www.62cards.blogspot.com/</a> OK, what are you waiting for?? Go!
Found the card!! Here is a picture of how I used one of Crafty Girl's Felt Birds!
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<div>Quinn and I enjoyed yummy bagels brought over my my girlie q Shawnna who works at Panera!! Yum!!</div>
<div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-8200811265538040572009-07-04T17:05:00.003-04:002009-07-04T17:45:21.753-04:00Happy Anniversary!<div><div><div>HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABY!!</div><div> </div><div>Keith and I have been married for quite some time now and it amazes me that it still feels NEW! He is the joy of my life and I thank God for him every day! (Yes, even the bad ones! ha ha ha!) I love that our anniversary is on Independence Day - it is my favorite holiday. This day holds the best memories of my childhood, my early 20's and my "todays"! </div><div>
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</div><div>Riley and I got up and went to the farmer's market today and then we ran home for the neighborhood parade only guess what?! Everyone was still sleeping!! We had to wake up Keith and Casi and light a fire under them. Keith and the kids rode their bikes over to the next neighborhood where the parade was being held but Casi and I drove. (not enough bikes) We had "Bomb pops" and the North Oldham Fire truck and firefighters led the parade around the circle. When we got back they hooked the truck up to the hydrant and "showered" us all!!! I love this tradition - it is so fun!! The kids goal is to pull daddy into the water and get him wet. This year they decided it was my turn too so I played along. They get such a big laugh out of it still!! After we were all drenched and right before Keith could carry Casi into the water, the fire dept. shut the water off and it was time to go home. Lucky Casi! We will hang out together today and be thankful for this great country we live in and the wonderful family we have built!! </div><div>
</div><div>Happy Independence Day and Happy Anniversary to Keith and me! :)</div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-5064809159589921142009-06-11T17:30:00.003-04:002009-06-11T17:35:53.423-04:00Friend Love!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uO2gCvfL1GYFo5L2eAh-gqbnOIWt0QQIcTYWxNsgma_HuWBiNK2NxPzhuK9Nq55UJpnmWmpBPCyfxjIlz1r6jmBK8u41EAyVsL4rZRq5ED6r7IrzHPmtbe7b9utwG6SkHe-rYlTtwDKT/s1600-h/Casi+-+Quinn+Family+Birthday+2009+014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346186780704033970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uO2gCvfL1GYFo5L2eAh-gqbnOIWt0QQIcTYWxNsgma_HuWBiNK2NxPzhuK9Nq55UJpnmWmpBPCyfxjIlz1r6jmBK8u41EAyVsL4rZRq5ED6r7IrzHPmtbe7b9utwG6SkHe-rYlTtwDKT/s400/Casi+-+Quinn+Family+Birthday+2009+014.JPG" /></a>
<div>I am so excited!! I am so feelin' the love from my girl Amanda!!! I got a letter from her the other day and inside I found a felt birdie and flower!! I saw that she was making them on her blog and I told her how much I loved them and totally coveted them. Next thing I know, I get one of each!!!!! I feel sooooo loved!!!! I almost don't want to use them on a layout because once they are down, I won't be able to use them again! I just love them, they are so cute!!! I am such a lucky girl to have such a nice friend like her!!! Amanda, you rock!!!</div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-67287046838350492812009-06-02T18:13:00.005-04:002009-06-04T11:12:18.587-04:00Junior Prom<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zDHdpCSZvxgjpDuicjlr4fQh7tIbqWX6Z0IoqvoGUPRoTDz_4Xkhy41eZtN98BjHMeRyzq-Ebe0ePllXUfvRoOHMNIb3YWz2dA9IFnXDsoNb2-bjlRRqyH_3h9C85tDHiSL0QTFsksY0/s1600-h/Sassy's+Camera+5-31+035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342859684679662834" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zDHdpCSZvxgjpDuicjlr4fQh7tIbqWX6Z0IoqvoGUPRoTDz_4Xkhy41eZtN98BjHMeRyzq-Ebe0ePllXUfvRoOHMNIb3YWz2dA9IFnXDsoNb2-bjlRRqyH_3h9C85tDHiSL0QTFsksY0/s200/Sassy's+Camera+5-31+035.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFDUZtaaAKm1-VonlF4Zmt1s0ArhJZuJQO-youVVQD6-98BSioA9RxyaA2dtiT_ykEISGB40AgtHFeuJndEQ7p2owUkTI4GS1qIS91ytm03fGK5sXli1WpLOj_5nxePdofzE48tDybmyS/s1600-h/Sassy's+Camera+5-31+075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342859693289140530" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFDUZtaaAKm1-VonlF4Zmt1s0ArhJZuJQO-youVVQD6-98BSioA9RxyaA2dtiT_ykEISGB40AgtHFeuJndEQ7p2owUkTI4GS1qIS91ytm03fGK5sXli1WpLOj_5nxePdofzE48tDybmyS/s200/Sassy's+Camera+5-31+075.JPG" border="0" /></a>
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<div>Wow! So my beautiful first-born had her Junior Prom this weekend and she was absolutely stunning!! She had gotten her hair and nails done and had found an amazing dress. Her beau rented a white tux and I was thinking, "huh?? White tux?!!" but he actually pulled it off! They looked great together. (Of course, who wouldn't look great next to this beauty!!!) (And Zach is pretty cute himself - poor kid, I give him so much grief I have to make sure he knows that I do like him!) They had a great time and once the stress of getting it all together was over, they relaxed and had FUN! Way to go kids! I love that you are two very responsible young adults. Thank you for not making me worry because I can trust you to make good choices (which you showed me AGAIN this weekend)!! </div></div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-30012352074489565952009-05-25T18:31:00.004-04:002009-05-27T16:45:46.639-04:00Memorial Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsKnkvfF7pT1gMxGXRN9xBcrb2jzPmObVFuxZpxcWz6vvfiRV2q5N0CRSa80GBgfchCDeEXF_leZSMGcU2G7X3TDyBPByUVAqYwgLjHmtLK1hpvB5UU7-Idl8BlImCt3S2DkShN5GVWIP/s1600-h/170.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzopbJNKQKOasd8pYQWtXFI8xO9DjAVd-TT3ONDqegJYYWuJ-CL5H1M6QRFHjWCv1Lk6UNCb7vP6R6-lQ8F0FRpIAE7SAs-RmnOkuEdwOtEekrGVt08ZPiIx9GyAc2PbF6awmAIFJhDxRK/s1600-h/100.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339906438472587970" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzopbJNKQKOasd8pYQWtXFI8xO9DjAVd-TT3ONDqegJYYWuJ-CL5H1M6QRFHjWCv1Lk6UNCb7vP6R6-lQ8F0FRpIAE7SAs-RmnOkuEdwOtEekrGVt08ZPiIx9GyAc2PbF6awmAIFJhDxRK/s200/100.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbi10lPyrQ9BVdimhVDPGCi8cembrjIdLkv1YkQRfI0hIMvL8xPYq4FiUTI37a9yuq3SeZtSLjTQ4_eL4ZwJuZ4JNgCXDYmOEn9-0mhS9-OV36AWbBd46e-l-9vyGkA4vcGtcvqtM3JLA/s1600-h/072.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339906433276015682" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbi10lPyrQ9BVdimhVDPGCi8cembrjIdLkv1YkQRfI0hIMvL8xPYq4FiUTI37a9yuq3SeZtSLjTQ4_eL4ZwJuZ4JNgCXDYmOEn9-0mhS9-OV36AWbBd46e-l-9vyGkA4vcGtcvqtM3JLA/s200/072.JPG" border="0" /></a>
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<div><div>We have had such a fun weekend!! Keith and I got to go out to dinner with my old friends Friday night as the lovely little ones slept over at Memol and Beepol's house. We started dinner at 7pm and ended at 11pm! There is just nothing better to me than laughing and catching up with your friends lives and hearing their new "stories" and not having to worry about time or babysitters!!
Yesterday, we got to see lots of our old friends at the same time at Chris and Lori's Memorial Day Party!! I love, love, love that Keith has a whole batch of wonderful guys that have married amazing women and have brought us all together into one big happy "brotherhood"!!!! I love these families - yes, we are all families now and that just reminds me how long we have all been friends. (I am saying nothing about age here people!) The kids all had fun too - squirting eachother with spring water and mud, jumping on the trampoline, sliding down the big blow up slide, and coming for periodic hugs. I got lots of gorgeous pictures of my friends and their families - I love that! </div><div>Tonight we were going to another party but it was canceled until next weekend - oh darn, another weekend party (!!) Then we decided to cook out and invite friends over but both of us were at a loss as to whom to invite since I just got to spend lots of time with one of my best friends and Keith and I got to hang out with our old crowd last night! I said, "Everyone that I want to see, I got to see and I couldn't be happier!" Keith just laughed and said, "Let's go to W.W. Cousins then!" Of course, this is Riley and Quinn's Favorite place and they call it WWW. Cousins - very cute! So, off we go for burgers and I don't have to cook - Again!! What a great weekend!</div></div></div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-42905908022045281892009-05-17T20:46:00.006-04:002009-05-17T21:38:22.134-04:00Sweetie's Lollypops<div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzm6Q6dLSTAgsZSwrgIFLiFe7jGaaipxbmOHFekXvO51yr-BDgy_xn1oNbuw97UZ-nKF2vNV9VnVaDtASMMGWLBxvJRNo0xUaChbatBPyu676l9u4O9kXnuPA7WfgbNU1X85q9tO3DZkC/s1600-h/candy+making+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336965111518232274" style="WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzm6Q6dLSTAgsZSwrgIFLiFe7jGaaipxbmOHFekXvO51yr-BDgy_xn1oNbuw97UZ-nKF2vNV9VnVaDtASMMGWLBxvJRNo0xUaChbatBPyu676l9u4O9kXnuPA7WfgbNU1X85q9tO3DZkC/s200/candy+making+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbJVrPDl3M3RS2wMjuSECf1kbgZyxzNkJ2VEvSXn0nshQjQFXiHot37UobYo3WkQHkd5QwOW39Ixt8StpoI4I9ZZSDikTLogZ9CWKkeD3s-oC9OJT4QoeNdtznp4bQj6PAxNfDgE5SXFE/s1600-h/candy+making+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336965115871554930" style="WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbJVrPDl3M3RS2wMjuSECf1kbgZyxzNkJ2VEvSXn0nshQjQFXiHot37UobYo3WkQHkd5QwOW39Ixt8StpoI4I9ZZSDikTLogZ9CWKkeD3s-oC9OJT4QoeNdtznp4bQj6PAxNfDgE5SXFE/s200/candy+making+003.JPG" border="0" /></a>
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<div>Whew!! What a day. My youngest is a massive ball of energy, always asking me to help her do something. (I am now wondering if she learned that by watching me always ask her father to help me do something??) I am glad she asks me though and doesn't just set about doing something on her own because many times it involves some kind of danger. (again wondering where she learned that...)</div>
<div>Today she asked if we could make lollypops. I had bought everything to do this a few days ago but got side tracked by my buddy Rebecca who, besides being able to do everything else in the world, is a fire hooper. HUH?? Well, she hula-hoops and lights the hoop on fire!!! How cool!! She is such an amazing person! So she called me Friday night and said she and her daughter were going hula-hooping in the park and did we want to come. Uh... YEAH!!! And just for the record, I have never been able to hula-hoop. Seriously. Never could keep that hoop going around and around my tummy. So Becky taught me Friday night and it is now my new obsession. Yes, I will be having a party and paying Rebecca to come and teach my girlfriends!! Needless to say, when someone calls and asks if I want to do something new, I am all in and I knew the lollys would wait a few days. So here we are on Sunday afternoon and Riley remembers we were going to make lollys on Friday so of course we need to start NOW!!! (Never mind I have a paper due tomorrow and a take home test to turn in!!!)</div>
<div>Sweet Keith decided to get it all going while I finished my spreadsheet and paper (love that guy!!) and then I joined them and took some pics. (Of course if I had remembered to put my flipin' card back in my camera, I would have had great pics of us hula-hooping on Fri. night! DUH!!) We had fun making the candy. You have to boil the sugar and corn syrup until it reaches 305 degrees! and then put it in an ice bath for 10 seconds. Only Sweet Keith counts in Mississippi-Mississippi's for his seconds so I think it was a little too long. Anyway, then you add the flavoring (we used orange extract) and the coloring. They came out too thick because we decided to jam ourselves into a corner of the kitchen instead of using an open counter and so we were all on top of eachother trying to work too fast because the candy was cooling too quickly and getting hard fast. It is ok, because we can try it again another day!! And you have to be really careful not to touch your skin and stir slow when adding the water based stuff cause it boils immediately! Here are some fun shots! Enjoy!</div>
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I adore this boy!! He has the biggest heart of any boy I know!! He has such love and compassion for others - mostly babies, kids and any "under-dog"! He gets really mad when he sees that there is no JUSTICE in a situation. He plays hard, and almost never realizes when another kid is playing "mean" or teasing him - he just has an innocent heart. This boy gives the BEST hugs (and has actually been told that by several quite attractive "princesses" at Disney World. Seriously, Cinderella hugged him and then went and got her friends and came back to have them all hugged AND get another hug!! (He was 5 for that trip!)
He actually made me cry this morning too. He said they were starting shark dissection in school today and he didn't want to do it. Being a boy, I thought this would be VERY cool to him so I was confused. I asked him Why he didn't want to do it (he really seemed to be looking forward to it last week). He said that the teacher talked to them about the dissection process yesterday and told them that they may end up with a shark "mommy" that has a baby or babies in her belly. Well, that was it for Quinn!! He wanted NOTHING to do with dead babies! He said he was sure he would throw-up if he ended up with a momma shark and then he would pass out, and of course, that would be embarassing to him. No wonder he did not want to go to school and do the dissection! Oh - poor kid! I tried to make him feel better and told him to ask the teacher for a boy shark. (How do you tell a shark apart???) I just hugged him and told him to do as much of the dissection as he felt comfortable with. Can't wait til he gets home from school and I can find out what happened. (But I didn't get a call from the school nurse, so that is a good sign!)
Well, we can cross out anything in the health care field for him. :)Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-33112158975741419042009-04-30T23:10:00.003-04:002009-04-30T23:21:01.799-04:00New Clothes!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6LbjpWKP6F0vGVxaQaaCSrNVBPhUjt09wDf79A1azWKqPMjbaVBA2suPh3Svbc9ESn8sksMB-N_Ot8IiaJy_fkVjz6RdJvaoEZmyr2veZZvIjcU41C82bwY_q3S1TcRKDH9IK_EwGtSD/s1600-h/kelly's+new+clothes+023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330689889968874082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6LbjpWKP6F0vGVxaQaaCSrNVBPhUjt09wDf79A1azWKqPMjbaVBA2suPh3Svbc9ESn8sksMB-N_Ot8IiaJy_fkVjz6RdJvaoEZmyr2veZZvIjcU41C82bwY_q3S1TcRKDH9IK_EwGtSD/s320/kelly's+new+clothes+023.JPG" border="0" /></a>
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<div>Oh I just love new clothes!!! I love yellow and green!! They are my favorite colors and i love when i find them in the right shade to wear!! I am so excited to get new clothes! I just wanted a couple of new t-shirts because mine are 2 and 3 years old. (yes, really) I hate to shop. As a matter of fact, I started trying things on and the first few items were Waaaayyyyy wrong for me so I got frustrated. (yes, I do that quite quickly when it comes to shopping) I almost just said, "Forget it!!" and left the store but I thought, "So, what do I have to go home to? The same tshirts I have been wearing the heck out of for the past two years??!! Just get it over with!" So I stuck it out and I am so glad I did because then things started fitting right and being the right color! yea!! And, I found 2 yellow shirts I love and a green one. (I love green but with the red tint to my hair and skin, it doesn't always agree with me :() I am set for spring, summer and fall!! So excited and comfy! Here is a pix of me in my new yellow shirt and camo capris.</div>
<div></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-76602232468460632592009-04-23T10:03:00.005-04:002009-04-23T10:16:08.779-04:00Free Spirit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxXh_T2TYReAdM-uZxpt8lPmmk6OdwmRGbJo4rgJK5sd4Aag-tBuMW-SeHyIyD2Si340453pps2m5OYPcBn6uoP-Z_iFF98nttXJ9LcTGTiZGgAPQyQk7C3gIuAUGmJdLNOw3TNaTf-bQ/s1600-h/Riley-free+spirit+scrap+layout+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327889784202939938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxXh_T2TYReAdM-uZxpt8lPmmk6OdwmRGbJo4rgJK5sd4Aag-tBuMW-SeHyIyD2Si340453pps2m5OYPcBn6uoP-Z_iFF98nttXJ9LcTGTiZGgAPQyQk7C3gIuAUGmJdLNOw3TNaTf-bQ/s320/Riley-free+spirit+scrap+layout+001.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div>Ok, I just had to post this! My girlfriend Amanda (who IS the craftiest girl I know) has inspired me to get some layouts done and try to post them on my blog. I am not sure how she got her layouts posted so wonderfully but I will find out!! Anyway, the point being, I love her work and she always has such fun doing it so I figured... get to it Kel!!! So here is the layout I worked on last Friday night at Amanda's house. (Thanks Amanda for the smaller letters and I found a sheet at JoAnn crafts in St. Matthews to get the final "r"!!) (yes, it is just like me to start a layout and not pay attention to whether I have all the letters I need to finish it!! I just finished it this morning after picking up a sheet of letter stickers.)</div>
<div>You should go check out Amanda's "Crafty Girl" page. It is sweet! Her link is: <a href="http://craftypapergirl.blogspot.com/">http://craftypapergirl.blogspot.com/</a></div>
<div>She always has something interesting going on!</div>
<div>By the way, I love this bird paper from Basic Grey!! (Check out Dee's crafts in St. Matthews!)</div>
<div>My mom took the picture of Riley last summer at the Melwood Arts Center. They had a mini golf art exhibit! Riley loved it and wanted her picture taken in the "clouds" so she laid on the ground and had memol take the picture like she was "floating"! I love this girl! She is my Funny girl with the FREE SPIRIT!!! </div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-60778071226517739082009-04-23T09:43:00.002-04:002009-04-23T09:52:04.745-04:00The Reader<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4FmixlRcIzq0CtCthyRK-X67KvRXcttlxNESw8L0n9Ws2VpTrhjHvePA-Ik50mQOcq33FeO2caGhxVXXmrNSeGimF8NeYk81neKpWCYlE5QAc0_xtt4Du5h5VbTfKkTKDM-F6WCcQS_Y/s1600-h/046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327884205569564274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4FmixlRcIzq0CtCthyRK-X67KvRXcttlxNESw8L0n9Ws2VpTrhjHvePA-Ik50mQOcq33FeO2caGhxVXXmrNSeGimF8NeYk81neKpWCYlE5QAc0_xtt4Du5h5VbTfKkTKDM-F6WCcQS_Y/s320/046.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div>This kid has had his nose in a book since he was 7. He loves to read!! I am so happy all of my kids love reading!! I love that Quinn can read history, politics, fiction, science-fiction, etc. and never get bored! He is 10 now and I am wondering when To Kill a Mockingbird (my favorite book) would be appropriate for him. ??? He read Bridge To Terebithia at 9 and it made him cry. (don't tell anyone!!) I don't know about boy minds but I want to give it to him when he will LOVE the book. Maybe I will wait a little longer. :)</div>
<div>I am personally reading the book, "A Prayer for Owen Meany". It is my cousins favorite book and told me I should read it. It is definately a boy book and i am nearing the end and still wondering WHERE it is going. (Quinn will have to wait for at least his 12th year for this one). I will let you know what I think of it once I find out how it ends...</div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-62141687227912209532009-04-21T12:35:00.004-04:002009-04-21T12:41:00.219-04:00I BELONG in Greece.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-FymLCmLI4xchVtA2vVY_AZ9sRvcuG5NOiei1DI-ir8wMX6RBSsDORJR8N6Ta7BobbLoqSK1IMZFJZVym902Fx-2h6qCmPI4NWPg4pw_A1mzbLKHPjnk5PNJ3b6hBSDjMGF1X_4bPbun/s1600-h/n696909855_960489_5162%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327185438507047026" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-FymLCmLI4xchVtA2vVY_AZ9sRvcuG5NOiei1DI-ir8wMX6RBSsDORJR8N6Ta7BobbLoqSK1IMZFJZVym902Fx-2h6qCmPI4NWPg4pw_A1mzbLKHPjnk5PNJ3b6hBSDjMGF1X_4bPbun/s320/n696909855_960489_5162%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXa6yx3_wh9lajaD-NY9l8CB61JFZp-qk4moqMeMujCc0ac-HvN156-LGVQdhU1mIzKiEueYIdgTHABh5U4bgfIbHR0PKNQgBgr_WTVVTlpS5sUxjvqPkt4bCx2ahXqVoFh34fa3M6eaRL/s1600-h/2841_1080647973654_1149946771_30209382_6608996_n%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327185437327975570" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXa6yx3_wh9lajaD-NY9l8CB61JFZp-qk4moqMeMujCc0ac-HvN156-LGVQdhU1mIzKiEueYIdgTHABh5U4bgfIbHR0PKNQgBgr_WTVVTlpS5sUxjvqPkt4bCx2ahXqVoFh34fa3M6eaRL/s320/2841_1080647973654_1149946771_30209382_6608996_n%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a>
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<div>In case anyone was wondering, I am pretty sure the stork got his direction wrong when he was dropping me off. I think I belong in Greece. I think maybe my parents belong there too. Isn't Partiniokos what our name used to be??? Of course, it is just across the Mediterranean from Lebanon (but with less fighting for eternity I hope) so they are quite similar right?? Well, at least the food is about the same. YUM!!! I am thinking when I am done with nursing school, I may be going to Lebanon AND Greece!! Oh Boy!!
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<p></p></div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-85879057193960101162009-04-15T16:57:00.002-04:002009-04-15T17:03:17.902-04:00Happy Daisy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3-wBikoQqRsBsbrXOk0BfBLrkI_6VdIO_BVH1ljG1VMaL34ySnhI4YvCnr-bnmDZ_juqY9DMH37LDe1_ailKoJFp1c4aMqy9GqnJIWjRAYZ7E-ABqT0fkZsBJeOSUq-eFc2AGLGdPQum/s1600-h/Happy+Daisy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325026609510834082" style="WIDTH: 229px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3-wBikoQqRsBsbrXOk0BfBLrkI_6VdIO_BVH1ljG1VMaL34ySnhI4YvCnr-bnmDZ_juqY9DMH37LDe1_ailKoJFp1c4aMqy9GqnJIWjRAYZ7E-ABqT0fkZsBJeOSUq-eFc2AGLGdPQum/s320/Happy+Daisy.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div>Wow, I wait waaayyy too long to post on my blog! I am always ready to say something but usually get totally side tracked! What' new right? </div>
<div>Anyway, I am so ready for the cold and rain to end and the summer to get here! I miss the flowers and in particular, the daisies!! They are the happiest, most care free flower there is and I love them. Now, if we are talkin' smell, I gotta go with the carnations. NO, they are NOT a funeral flower. They have a BIG SMELL and they come in soooo many colors!!!! I LOVE the colors!!!!!!!! Ironically, I hate the food coloring colored daisies! So here's to looking ahead to smiling flowers and sunny days!</div>
<div></div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422502500396269177.post-16028930904542884522009-02-01T21:22:00.002-05:002009-02-01T21:27:58.937-05:00Ben is after me.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaRd8YZRaRKrguKvUFkPrOGst9bd0S4kXZw_INEgTHhDy9lkR21KdNoVK0GMSD3UbUsOpHKq7doISpLHqv8LXIjCvv655tom-M-zqaYoB6iPX6qVxpYfK-TFzWB3AquITnblwc7K9eN5N/s1600-h/037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298021046472445522" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaRd8YZRaRKrguKvUFkPrOGst9bd0S4kXZw_INEgTHhDy9lkR21KdNoVK0GMSD3UbUsOpHKq7doISpLHqv8LXIjCvv655tom-M-zqaYoB6iPX6qVxpYfK-TFzWB3AquITnblwc7K9eN5N/s320/037.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div>We had an ice/snow storm this week and lots of houses/schools/businesses are without power. I think it has something to do with Ben. I think turning the wheel really messed up the normal world's weather patterns. Not happy with him right now and wondering what it would take to go looking for him. Oh yea, probably lots of money. By the way, where in the hell does Ben get all his money? too creepy. Maybe I will stay away from Ben and maybe Mr. Widmore will get a hold of him. Anywhoo, somebody go down there in that green house basement and turn the wheel back please so we can all have power. That or give me a BUNCH of money so I can buy a second house in FLORIDA!!!</div>Sweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841562072813900066noreply@blogger.com0