My Ramblings

First Holiday Memory

2009-12-02T03:55:00.000-08:00

Here are some Holiday funsies to take a look at. I can't believe it is almost time to scrap Christmas again.

What is your first holiday memory. Shell over at SBO is doing the Jess Sprague "Holidays In Hand" class and her first journaling prompt was to write about her first holiday memory.

Here is mine....kind of corney but I know my Mom would get a kick out of it.

"My parents had a fake tree and it was so old that we had to tie up the bottom branches to the ones up above to keep it looking like a new tree. I still remember getting under there and tie them up with yarn."

Snowman Make and Take How To

2009-11-16T08:01:00.000-08:00

So, would you like to make this little cutie pie for your tree this year. Or maybe you can use it as a tag on a package. My How-To is below. The ladies that will be attending my fall retreat in Maine this weekend will be making thise little guy. How adorable is he?

Snowman Ornament How To

Supplies Needed:

One chipboard snowman (You can buy these little guys in the dollar bin at Ms.)

1 4 x 8 inch piece of patterned paper

1 Scrap of black cardstock for hat

3 small buttons

2 small twigs

1 yard twine

12 inch piece of ribbon for scarf

Stickles in black, orange and crystal (optional)

Tools:

Paper Cutter

Scissors

Hole punch

Adhesive

Sanding block (optional)

Directions:

Cover chipboard snowman with cardstock, sand edges if desired

Attach buttons to middle of body

Cut hat and attach to head of body

Punch three holes: 2 hole for the arms and one in the middle of the head for the hanging ribbon

Attach arms using twine. Take a 10 inch piece of twine and fold it in half. Tie a large enough knot in the middle so when you pass the piece through the hole for the arm it stops the twine from going all the way through to the front. Place the twig in the middle of the piece of twine and tie it on the body. Do the same for the other side.

Attach the ribbon as a scarf around the neck. Fringe the ends if desired.

Use Stickles or pens to make the eyes and the carrot nose.

Attach remaining piece of twine as hanger from hole in middle of head.

Use Stickles to decorate and add bling if desired.

365 Update

2009-11-12T06:26:00.001-08:00

10-26-09 The start of the cover for my calendar class I will be teaching at Ink About It.

10-27-09 This is the stack of paper bags that make up the Halloween album I will teach to Grant's class this year.

10-28-09 The finished album.

10-30-09 The boys doing the final BLITZ for Scout popcorn selling.

10-31-09 Pre Halloween Costumes.

11-01-09 The last football game of the season. Grant made a great tackle on this play.

11-03-09 Geocaching box for Grady Scout den.

11-06-09 One of my new ribbon belts.

11-08-09 Grady geocaching at Prospect Park with his den.

11-09-09 Ace crackrf a toe nail and had to have it removed today....poor baby.

One Sketch...Many Layouts (30 in all!) And a WINNER!!!

2009-11-07T06:56:00.001-08:00

AND THE WINNER IS.....

Corey!!!! Hey Hey Miss Corey! You won my ribbon raffle. I will send you some goodies this week girl. Same address?

And now to some scrapping goodness.

A SIMPLE SKETCH

I have been putting off doing the kids school pages for years now. I have been gathering up school photos each year...along with the class photo in the hopes of getting them all in albums by the time the kids were in college. What a laugh that is.

Well, I finally got off my butt and put some pages together. Helen and I went again to "A Time For Memories" in Grafton, MA for the scrap pink crop. I told myself I was going to get these pages done and not come home with any left over to scrap. Well, I did it. 30 pages in all and now the kids are caught up. Untill this years photos came home in backpacks last week...oh well!

How I made this easy and doable was using one sketch and a stack of papers and embellies that I had collected in one box. I stopped myself from using anything else. Some examples are below along with the sketch that I used.

This was a fantatic way to get things done and I mean A LOT of things done in a short period of time. Limiting myself to just one bin of product made the whole process work up quick and with low stress. I would suggest that you find a sketch you like, gather up some products and just limit yourselft to what you have. Don't keep buying more supplies and putting it off. It can get so out of hand that the task is just too daunting to want to tackle.

I am so happy I got these done. Now I can move on to tackling my next pile and bin of STUFF!!! And I am really happy about that.

New Ribbon Belt in Velvet and a PRIZE

2009-11-06T12:06:00.000-08:00

Yes, I have been at it again. This is another ribbon belt that I have made. This time I used some velvet and chinelle ribbon I picked up when I was out with Alice, Laurie and Jen a few weeks ago. I also added some brown bias binding to this one to cover the ends of the ribbon. I could not really just zig zag stitch down the side of this one due to the ribbon that I used. So instead I stitched on some binding tape and I think it did the trick.

The belt buckle is made of plastic and I just love it. It matches the green crushed velvet ribbon perfectly. All in all I think this one came out great. I am still working on some diffent ways of putting this together but so far so good.

Just a little shot of my ribbon scraps before I started. In fact this time around I did not use scraps. It took about 10 yards of ribbon and I have a lot left over. Not enough for another belt but I sure could use the scraps along with some other ribbon to make another...which I think I may just do that.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Oh, and for the prize. Leave me a comment here and tell me what you have done this week that is crafty and I will pull a name on Monday and send you out some yummy ribbon so you can start making your own belt.

RIBBON BELTS and a funsie for my Mom

2009-10-30T09:02:00.000-07:00

So, I have been very busy for the past few weeks. I had some K aren Foster work to do for their October release....very cool new papers and embellishment coming out this month from KF.

I have also been working on a calendar class for Ink About It, in Westford MA. I'm not done yet so no photos right now. I will be teaching this class in early December. If you live in MA you should come and take my class for sure.

More about my busy crafting adventures the past few weeks. I saw this really neat belt made from ribbon scraps. Leslie posted it at SBO and I fell in love. She found the tutorial at Lil Blue Boo. Seeing that I have more Strano Ribbon that I know what to do with I decided to make one. When Jen Strano, on of my SB friends, saw the belt a few days later she went nuts and send me a box with another 3lbs of ribbon scraps in it. You may think 3 lbs is no big deal but when you are talking ribbon scraps it is an AMAZING gift to receive. When I opened the box ribbon came oozing out...now that's a package you want to get in the mail.

So, here is my belt and the one I just finished for one of Jen's daughters. Jen....btw, you never sent the measurements so I just went for it. I think it will fit. Gail tried it on and all was good on her end. Don't they look like such good buds?

These belts make me so happy. They just are so bright and colorful....mmmmmm yummmy!!

And below is the bag I just finished for my Mom. It is using the Amy Butler Sling bag pattern. My mom is always buying me fabric to make things so I thought it was time for me to use it up and create something with it. I hope she likes it...you are seeing it before her. WEll, if she came to my blog maybe she would see it first.

Got to run. I am teaching the paperbag album from yesterday to Grant's class at 2pm. Have a great weekend and Happy Halloween to all!

Halloween Paper Bag Album

2009-10-29T07:02:00.001-07:00

So, it is Halloween season and every time I have a 3rd grader I teach his or her class how to make this cute little paper bag book during the halloween party. It is a fun project for the kids and they all seem to enjoy the process of making it. We finish up with a class photo I send around to all the kids so they can pop it in thier album.

I have included a short how to below just in case you want to whip one up with the kiddos.

Supplies:

2 regular size lunch bags

1 sheet of 12x12 Halloween paper

Scraps of cardstock in fun Halloween colors

2 small brads

(2) 12 inch pieces of ribbon or twine....or yarn

Misc. stickers.

Hole punch

Adhesive

Halloween punchs or die cutting machine

Fold the two paper bags in half to form a book. Punch two small holes in the spine and bind your book with the two brads. Cut 12 x 12 pp in (9) 4 inch squares. Attach these to the cover and inside pages of the book. Die cut of make two tags and attach the ribbon to them. The tags can be placed inside the open ends of the paper bag. Die cut or punch out Halloween shapes and attach to the pages. Attach stickers where desired.

I created my title in MS Word with some clip art and a spooky font.

NOTE: I got the fun pumpkin tag from a free digi kit download. But being the doofus that I am I can't for the life of me remember where I got it. So, to whoever created it...thanks! If I figure it out I will make sure to give credit where it is due. All of my die cuts are were cut on the Cricut using the "Wild Card" cartridge. Thanks also to Helen for the stickers. Man does she have a stash of Halloween crap!

Thanks for looking ladies...have a great one.

365 October 19, 2009

2009-10-19T07:56:00.001-07:00

10-19-09 We had snow yesterday and last night at about 7pm Gail decided to make a snowman. Poor little guy needs his face washed.

10-18-09 Gail and I did the Diabetes walk with Gail's friend Liz and her family. It was cold and snowing. The three mile walk was cut short to 1.5 miles. Liz is the little girl in the middle.

10-17-09 Some of the wine waiting to be drank at our wine tasting on Saturday night.

10-16-09 The kids and I went to the pumpkin painting party at thier new school tonight. This is Grant and his friend Maya.

10-15-09 So, do you think I need gas soon. This tank lasted me almost 3.5 weeks. That is pretty good.

10-14-09 Our first snow fall...well snow sprinkle might sound better.

10-13-09 We got the area that camper parks on leveled this week. Here is the truck delivering the gravel for the spot.

Well, that is it for me. Have a great week!

365....really long!

2009-10-13T06:31:00.000-07:00

I have been slacking again in my 365. I am doing pretty good about taking the photos but not about uploading them. So, this one is a long one for sure.

10-12-09 The makings of an apple crisp while we were camping this weekend. OMGosh is was awesome. I will post our recipe (Jen and I) soon....well maybe soon!

10-11-09 Grant got the "Best Effort" game ball today at his game. He was double teamed on every play but still managed some great tackels.

10-10-09 Some shots of the kids while we were apple picking. The orchard is also a tree farm.

10-09-09 Yup...here is Ace tied up while camping. Does he look bummed or what?

10-08-09 We scottered to and from school today. Grant's new buddy Ryan came with us.

10-07-09 No walking to school today, it was raining. Here the boys are running to catch the bus.

10-05-09 I grew this pumpkin and 4 more big ones this summer. I am so proud of myself.

10-04-09 I little wrap up after today's game.

10-03-09 Grady started CCD today and this is the picture he colored in of Jesus. He will bring it to church and someone will take it home and pray for his all year as he prepares for First Communion.

10-02-09 The kids with my Mom at her Quilt Show. She belongs to the Proper Bostonian Quilt Guild in Boston. My mom and Grandmother made this quilt for my Auntie Pickles. My grandmother embroidered all the white squares with beach embellishments. This hangs in my Aunt's beach house.

10-01-09 A little ice cream treat tonight.

09-30-09 Missed this day.

09-29-09 Spelling test prep

Missed 09/28-09-25 OOPS!
09-24-09 Here is Grant with his friend Anna playing in the loft.

09-23-09 Grady's self portrait that sits outside his classroom.

09-22-09 Curriculum night at Grady's school today...this is his desk and the letter he wrote to me.

09-21-09 A trip to the farmers market.

09-20-09 Some tile samples for our backsplash in the kitchen.

09-19-09 These little foam guys are going to be, hopefully, wrapped about chocolate bars for the boys to give out to thier friends. Ya, lets see if that happens.

09-18-09 A little jousting at the church fair.

09-17-09 Day one of the St. Mary's church fair.

09-16-09 Finally found all my mini albums and have them displayed in my dining room.

09-15-09 Curriculm night at Grant's school. His teacher is obsessed with shoes and this sits in the classroom. Can't wait to shop for her during the holidays.

09-13-09 Grady got to participate in the coin toss at todays game.

09-12-09 Jr. Mite Gold Homecoming Celebration was today...rainy but lots of fun for the boys.

09-11-09 Grampa came to visit today. Daddy made pizza and we all hung out.

09-10-09 Love this tree in Prospect Park where I take Ace walking.

09-09-09 This is Ace's peeing pole Gregg put in his "Poop In The Woods" area in the back yard. Ace is being trained to poop and pee in only one spot in our yard.

Wowza...this was a long one for sure. Glad you came by to take a peak.

Karen Foster Holiday Card Class

2009-09-29T09:15:00.000-07:00

You have to check out my friend Alice Golden's blog today and also yesterday's entry. She is posting the new Holiday Card Class she just taught at Scrap Fest for Karen Foster Design. Come and check it out and make sure to leave a comment and you can win some cool KF supplies.

365 this week...or is it last week?

2009-09-09T11:47:00.000-07:00

9-2-09 Grady and Ace doing a little reading after school.

9-3-09 Gail's lunch bag is done...and so cute.

9-4-09 We had to go to a wake in RI today. So Gregg and I stopped at one of the Del's lemonade trucks for a treat. Only in RI can you get Del's

9-5-09 Grant and Grady's first game was today. I loved this shot of Gregg talking to Grant before he took the field for the first time at QB.

9-6-09 Our walk home from church. We live less then a mile now...no excuses!

9-7-09 Another great shot of our new kitchen. This one is for you C! I know, I know...I have got to get more photos up.

9-8-09 Gail got contacts today. Popped them in and out and she was on her way. What is up with that? BTW...she looks amazing without her glasses.

That is it for this week...have a good one. Oh last week...yup got it.

First Day Of School

2009-09-05T10:45:00.001-07:00

Well all the kiddos are back to school for another year. I can't believe that summer is officially over, well except for this weekend. Both Grant and Grady love thier new school and Gail seems to be settling into 6th Grade very well.

I got a shot of the kiddos before Gail got on the bus Tuesday, are the cute or what?

I hope everyone had a great week. I hope school went off well for everyone and that you enjoy the wonderful fall ahead.

Enjoy your weekend ladies.

Look what I made!

2009-09-03T12:22:00.000-07:00

Gail has been wanting a new lunch bag and one that does not look like all the others. I missed my chance at the Vera Bradley lunch bag when it was on sale in July. And I am too cheap to buy one at full price...yup a whopping $28.00. I know, I know I am a goofball.

So, I decided to make one for Gail. I even made the quilted fabric by sandwiching quilt batting between two coordinating pieces of fabric. I then used a simple bag pattern from McCalls that I picked up at Joanns a long long time ago. Added a zipper and my little girl has a really cool and hip lunch bag.

Here it is.

Have a good one!

365 Update

2009-09-02T11:38:00.000-07:00

8-14-09 Grant is such a happy boy now that he is playing football. He is one of the quarterbacks which makes him even more happy about playing.

8-16-09 Gail and Lena fooling around one night.

8-17-09 I took Ace, Gail and Lena about for ice cream while the boys where at football practice. Ace sure did enjoy his vanilla in a cup.

8-18-09 Scrimmage against Hudson...yup we got killed. But, Grady does make one of the best centers out there. BTW...he has got to be the smallest center in the history of the game weighting in at a whopping 48 lbs.

8-19-09 Everybody huddle. There is the star quarterback at #8.

8-21-09 Grannie came to visit today. A fancy lunch at McD. was a must.

8-22-09 How funny is this. Grady has taken to falling asleep on his way to pratice now.

8-23-09 We had to get Grant's glasses fixed today and I think Grady had the best time trying on all the samples.

8-24-09 The volcano sunday at Friendly's.

8-25-09 Gail got her Selena Gomez hair do today...and she looks wonderful. Except no photo of the do...my camera battery ran out after this photo. She is sporting the new do down below, check out the first day of school. Selena.....Look Out Girl!

8-26-09 Ace on the beach at OOB.

8-27-09 One of our last days of summer while we were camping with Annette, Jim and the kids.

8-28-09 Gail and Ace just hanging out.

8-29-09 Smoothies at the campsite.

8-30-09 We got a little minigolf in before the rain hit during out camping trip.

8-31-09 We had to get to Sherwood to check out the team lists for Gail once we got home from vacation. Can you tell she is just a little excited to start the new year off.

9-01-09 First day of school. Boy have these three grown up in the last year. WOW....how time flies.

Thanks for peaking...have a good one!

So, I scrapped a little last week

2009-08-14T06:38:00.000-07:00

My friend Helen and I went scrapping last week at the store we go to in Grafton, MA. A Time for Memories is a cute little shop that has been around for about 8 years now. Michelle and Lucy are the owners. It is a really relaxing place to go with lots of nice company when you are scrapping.

I worked on a layout for Gail's theater album. She was just in Willy Wonka Jr. This was a fun layout because I kept to the 8 1/2 x 11 size, which is really my favorite. I am trying to use up my stash as much as possible, seeing I have SO much of it around.

Supplies Used are...Bazzil white cardstock, BasicGrey Lime Rickey Tutti Fruiti, BG TF Elements Stickers, Stickels, Zig pen for journaling, Forest Friends Collection (from Ms) Felt border, HS orange chipboard letters

I also got right to scrapping Grant and Grady's birthday party we had last month. Remember the Slipe-n-Slide and Defeder Dome blow ups....well the boys sure can't forget. Neither can the other 75 kids that were at the party.

Supplies used...SR Garden Grove, Jenni Bowlin Journaling Cards, Hambly Owl Rubons, Zig Marker for journaling, Misc. Happy Birthday rubons and date stamp.

Supplies Used...SR Garden Grove, Jenni Bowlin Journaling Cards, Hambly Owl Rubons, Zig Marker for journaling.

I had a lot of fun using the Garden Grove line from Scenic Route. I won a monthly contest over on there site a few months back and they sent me the entire line....LOVE THAT!! Thanks Scenic Route, the papers and embellies worked out just great.

Well, off to find out why the boys are yelling at eachother AGAIN!

365 update (8/11/09)

2009-08-11T07:05:00.000-07:00

Lots of good stuff going on at the Fabbri house....take a look!

8-11-09 BUSTED is all I can say. Yup, that couch is off limits big time. I guess Ace was out of town when we had that conversation.

08-10-09 Happy 9th Birthday to Grant. Crappy photo but that is what you get in the dark with a point and shoot...or atleast what I get with a point and shoot.

08-09-09 Grant's birthday dinner. We went to the Imperial buffett AGAIN. We have gone there for the last three kids bday dinners. Yes it is getting old. Gail is up next and has already promised a different location.

08-08-09 Our corn harvest. We got 5 ears this year from the garden. We grilled them on the bbq with butter and oild and they were so yummy.

08-07-09 Our frist bit of wood came today. We had a fire pit that was awesome with our new seasoned DRY wood.

08-06-09 I finally went scrapbooking and got three layouts done. YAY me!

08-05-09 Our new Family Room furniture arrived today. Gregg christened it by falling asleep on it.

08-04-09 Gail's friend Emma came by today. She just turned 12. Her and Gail have been to each others bdays thier entire lives....12 years and counting.

08-03-09 Chicken nuggets for lunch on our new bar in the kitchen. Did you know that a chicken nugget has 72 ingredients in it?

08-02-09 Grant got his haircut for the start of football season...can you tell?

08-01-09 Gail and her friends at the Wonka cast party.

07-31-09 Ace loves the new oriental in the dining room. Although from the looks of it he may be staking his claim on other new pieces of furniture in the house.

07-30-09 My new red stove....is that the coolest thing or what?

Well, all cought up again. Thanks to my friend Carolyn and her very subtle kick in the butt to keep this going...thanks C!

More 365...

2009-07-30T06:29:00.001-07:00

07-04-09 4th of July at Camp Westwood. No flags in this one but you can see Gail in the canoe trying to win the race.

07-06-09 Our realtor, Becky, took us out sailing on Boston Harbor as a thank you for selling our house...it was such a blast. Her hubby was the captain and we sailed all by ourselves on a 39 foot sailboat.

07-07-09 A little friend came to visit while the kids had McDonalds in the car today. No, we did not feed him and kept the windows up.

07-18-09 Grant and Grady's combined bday party...what a blast.

07-18-09 More of the party!

07-19-09 Ace needed to rest the day after the party...he was quite the pooped pooch.

07-20-09 A little harvest from the garden.

07-21-09 Gail parks and rec basketball is played outside at the highschool when the weather is nice...it was a beautiful night tonight. With a great breeze.

07-22-09 Football equipment pick up today. No photo of Grant...he was having trouble getting the helmet on his head, poor guy.

07-24-09 Gregg and my brother start out on thier weekend camping trip to the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

07-25-09 Happy Birthday to me. We went to Stonewall kitchen for a cooking class with Grannie, Auntie Pickles, Jodine and Nanie. Too many pics to show them all but this one had to be the one to use. Gail was so excited about her TWO lobsters at dinner.

07-26-09 Doubleday field at Cooperstown.

07-27-09 Check out the turkeys we found roaming around Helen's yard when we were over there swimming today. A mama, daddy and one other big one that we think was the Grandpa...or atleast that is what Grady thought. 6 babies too.

07-28-09 Gail and I went blueberry picking today. They were huge!

07-29-09 Opening night for Willy Wonka Jr. Gail is playing Mr. Bucket...Charlies Dad.

Well, all caught up here. Feels good, even though I have missed a few days here and there. TFL!

365 Update

2009-07-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest update. I have so many photos I have to do it in batches. I think I am slowly killing blogger for everyone!

6-8-09 Part of my packing up of the linen closet. To be honest this was one of the most fun parts of moving. I finally have a linen closet that will fit everything...and I mean everything.

6-9-09 Lunch with my some of my favorite ladies...scrapping ladies. From left to right. Alice Golden, ME, Jen Strano and Laurie Gelo. Laurie does not blog so she get no link...come on Laurie!

6-12-09 Gail and her school friend making tshirts for field day. I have no idea why this picture is this way...it was not this way when I uploaded it. Oh well, too lazy to fix it now.

6-13-09 Grant up at bat at his first playoff game. Unfortunatly they lost. Poop!

6-14-09 Roasting marshmallows outside our new house. Gosh we are just having such a blast doing this. We move in on the 29th.

6-15-09 Writers Celebration in Grady's class today. He did such a good job reading his story. He has come a long way in a year.

6-15-09 Indian lunch with Gillian today. We do this at the end of the school year each year. Shh...don't tell anyone but we went out to lunch twice this week.

6-16-09 The first trip to the ice cream man at out new house.

6-17-09 Grady's class party.

6-18-09 Grant played the sun in his Water Cycle play during the last week of school.

6-19-09 Gregg and I went out for coffee today. Panera is so yummy. If you can you have to try the orange scones..they are my fav.

6-20-09 Grady got a chocolate shake today while at Shelly's ice cream shop.

6-21-09 We had Father's day dinner at the Brazillian BBQ joint in the next town over. OMGosh is was amazing!

6-22-09 BIG DAY!!! Moving today! 11 hours, 3 guys and one truck and only tow trips back and forth.

6-23-09 Field day for Gail today.

Deleted the photo...need to go get it back...ouch.

6-27-09 Cubs Fishing Derby today. No fish caught but everyone had a good time.

6-28-09 Grady and Jill's new puppy....Quincy.

6-29-09 This is the last time these two little boys will pose in front of this door. On to bigger and better things in our new house and they next adventure.

6-30-09 SOLD The photo says it all!

7-3-09 Archery at the campground was so much fun. I love this photo of Grant with the bow and arrow while Gail and Grady pose...cool huh?

Jessica Sprague Photo Class

2009-07-10T08:26:00.001-07:00

I am having a lot of fun with the Jessica Sprague Photo Class I am taking.

Here are some of the photos I worked on this week.

We went sailing on the Boston Harbor on Monday of this week. Our realtor, Becky Dalke, took us for a celebration cruise.

This photo of Grady shows the desaturated techniques we learned.

This one of Grady was fun. I learned how to use brushes in Photoshop.

Well, my hair color is done. Got to get this stuff out of my hair before something wild happens. Cya!

365 Update

2009-06-27T18:32:00.000-07:00

5-25-09 Memorial Day in Shrewsbury. Grady marched in the parade with his Cub Den. Grant did not want to march this year so he hung out with all of us and watch. It was really fun this year because we walked up from our new house to the center of town.

5-26-09 A little fun before the bus came for school today.

5-27-09 My geraniams my mom gave me for my front steps..they are so pretty.

5-28-09 This is my main reading focus latley. This one issue gave me so many really neat ideas for my new kitchen...oh I can't wait to see it.

5-28-09 Grant as Alexander Graham Bell.

5-29-09 My mom got her other eye done today. She has cateracts...and now can see without glasses. What an amazing thing.

5-30-09 So, Helen told me about going to the Worcester Telegraph and Gazette for newspring paper for wrapping my china in when I start packing. So, today I went to pick it up and I met this realy neat guy named Bernie. He took me for a tour of the newspaper and it was really cool. Also, really sad to hear that they are loosing so many jobs and folks are just not reading the paper copies of the NP anymore. What a fun experience this was. This photo is of the newsprint realls as they sit under the press and get ready to be pulled up when the paper is printed.

5-31-09 Here is Grady checking out the stamin on a flower at the botanical garden. I was one of his cheperones today for his field trip.

6-1-09 Here is Grant walking to the center of town for his field trip to the Sumner House and Shrewsbury Historical Society. Daddy went on this trip.

6-2-09 Lemonade anyone. You can tell the weather is getting better. Lots of lemonade stands are popping up. This one was at my friend Maria's house.

Well, I am done for now. Got to get the rest of Junes photos off my camera and get moving. Have a good one.

365 Update!

2009-06-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

Two of my favorite ladies gave me a kick in the butt to get moving on uploading my 365 photos...Thanks Nicole and Carolyn!! Here goes. I need to do more then one post or I may single handedly take down blogger.

5-7-09 Grant and one of his favorite snacks...Churros. We get them at the food court at BJs.

5-10-09 This is a photo of my grandmother, Claire, and her best bud Ace. She came to visit us on Mother's day...it was so nice to see her. The kids don't get that chance very much so it was even more of a treat for them to see her on Mother's Day.

5-11-09 I love this photos of the boys playing out front in the yard. I love they way Grant is out of focus and you have got to love Grady's lazy expression.

5-12-09 One of my favorite hostas in my yard....poo poo it will not be coming with me to the new house. I think this one is about 40+ years old. It came from my mom's garden and she tells me she got the first part of it when I was a baby. This one started out with me as a 1 foot wide plant and now it is about 5 feet wide.

5-16-09 A little treat after a good game of ball.

5-17-09 One of our many trips to Home Depot. We spend lots of time there now. Grady is walking out with his new shovel over his shoulder.

5-18-09 Gregg on one of his many grass trimming nights. He has to do this at two houses now. He will be so excited when he only has to do it in one place. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY OLDEST AND DEAREST FRIEND...JILL!

5-19-09 Grant catching bugs coming home from practice.

5-20-09 Two new leggos to add to the collection. These are pretty cool looking race cars.

5-21-09 Gail on opening night of her show "Oliver". What is up with the make up I say!!

5-22-09 Gail with her best buddy Lena. This was taken by the two of them at Minute Man Park when we were on thier field trip. BTW...they are both standing. See how much taller Gail is from Lena

I will be back with more posts soon. Got to get the rest of my 150 photos off my other card on my other camera.

Have a good one!

No photos but and update...

2009-06-05T08:15:00.000-07:00

....it is better then nothing at all.

So, the electrician shows up yesterday to start on the kitchen...you know recessed lights, under cabinet lights and so forth. Well, he tells us later in the afternoon since the NONE of the kitchen wiring is up to code now he has to rewire the entire kitchen back to the breaker box....YAY. Can you all say CAAAACHINGGGG$$$$$$

But, despite this setback we are super excited and can't wait to move in. The moving trucks come two weeks from Monday. We basically have not even started packing things yet. Oh well, it will all work out when the time comes.

We are very excited about the kitchen going in and that seems to be moving along, even with the rewiring. And Gregg went and got the camper from Becky and Mike last night so our baby is home with us in its spot next to the garage.

Well, off to take a shower and head to Grant's Alexander Graham Bell presentation. Have a good one!

I am working on it

2009-06-01T13:55:00.000-07:00

I am working on it....yes a post about what has been going on in my life. As you can see from no posts....WE ARE NUTS! We closed on our new/old house at the end of April, decided to gut the kitchen (painting the cabinets was just not going to do it for us), all the floors have been refinished and we have a signed offer on our Keyes House Rd. House....YAY us! The moving trucks come on the 22nd and then we are Holman bound.

I am so excited about the kitchen, the same guy who did our current one is going to do this one. He is amazing and just so much fun to work with. They are all custom so we pick what we want and he just makes it happen.

Well, baseball and softball are not over yet so I have to run. Got practice and a game tonight. Hope all is well and thanks for stopping by. I will have pics soon...promise. Leave me a note so I know you have not given up on me.

365 for this week!

2009-05-07T07:51:00.001-07:00

4-29-09 Time to pick up the check for our closing on Thursday

4/30/09 Closing today. We got to meet the family that has lived in our new/old house for the last 40 years. What a wonderful time we had with them. They showed us around, told us such great stories about the memories they have in the house. Irene even game me old photos of the house and things that they found in the walls when renovating over the years. Some old newspaper clippings, old gradution programs and even an old box of Jello...lol.

5/1/09 Happy 7th Birthday to my baby today!

5/2/09 The heat has been getting to my sweet Ace. Today he just decided to go in his crate and take a nap.

5/3/09 My new back door. Yes, I have a back door and I am so freekin excited!! The curtains have got to go but just love this door and the fact it leads to my MUD ROOM!!

5/3/09 "Go Long" is what Gregg said to the boys today. And that they did, running all they way to the end of thier new back yard.

5/4/09 Lots of work to be done before we move in, whenever that will be. Who knows? We have started by ripping up the carpeting and will be refinishing all the old hardwood floors...to start!

5/6/09 Pig Tea Party Day! Gail's friend Taylor won the pig tea party with the princle at the school auction and Gail was invited. They had a blast. Mrs. Smith had a hunt and trivia game using all the pigs in her house. The girls found over 200 of them, and that is just want is not packed away in boxes. The ate pizza and pig cupcakes for dessert. And Mrs. Smith let them each take a pig home with them.

All done for this week....enjoy!

365 Update!

2009-04-28T08:10:00.001-07:00

4-15-09 Gail's first Softball practice. Got to love the sox on this outfit!

4/16/09 Treated myself to a mani and pedi today.

4/17/09 OOPS a missed day.

4/18/09 Local town elections are coming up on May 5th. Here is the center of town on Saturday morning. We know Tom Fiore...he is a buddy of Mike and Becky's

4/19/09 Grant's first baseball game and he pitched. He struck out three in a row in the last inning. He did a wonderful job.

4/20/09 Marathon Monday and also Daddy's b-day. The camera battery went nutso today so we only have a few photos from this year.

4/21/09 Jamie our nanny came to visit tonight. We have not seen her in 3 years. She is living back near us again so we are hoping to see more of her. The kids were so excited about her visit and she was so amazed at how big the kids have gotten. Look how tall Gail is compared to her...lol.

4/22/09 We went to Grannie's today to quilt the PIG quilt for Mrs. Smith the principle at Spring Street. I had a lot of fun working on this. It was the first time I used Grannie's long arm machine and it was so cool!

4/23/09 OOPS another missed day.

4/24/09 Gail and Grant each had play dates today. So Grady had a Mommy and Daddy day. We went out for lunch to the hot dog guy and then Chuck E Cheese to play. We had a really good time and Grady enjoyed his "private time" with Mommy and Daddy.

4/25/09 This is the scene from the end of Holman Street today. The Shrewsbury School House Quilt Guild was having thier quilt show down the road and they had this table and sale set up for folks to purchase quilts from.

4/26/09 We went to Lowe's today to scope out the veggie plants. We are going to plant a new garden this year and we want to get an idea of what we will plant. So far the list includes the following: Tomatoes, peppers, radishes, corn, cucumbers (toomtumers), watermelon and pumpkins.

4/27/09 The trees in the front yard are in bloom and they look spectacular. Had to get a photo of this seeing that they only last like this for a short time. I love spring!

4/28/09 Had to pick Gail up from school today. She is sick and puked in the hallway. So, I guess this one is for real. She was horrified considering there were some kids in the hallway when it happened. I said "Be happy you didn't puke on them!"

That's it for this week. Thanks for stopping by!