Saturday, July 26, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOLLY!



Today is my darling daughters birthday. She is 28 years old and I find myself wondering where those years have gone. Looking back it seems like only yesterday. Although some times while she was growing up the days seemed to last forever. She was so smart and such a bull head and she surely loved to argue with me. I am fortunate to have both my son and daughter home this week and have had a bit of time to just enjoy them being here. We had a family cookout on Wed and that was nice, and a lot of fun. Friends and family came from all over and I think everyone enjoyed the day.


Michelle and Bo went to Ohio today to spend the day with Mikes family. I believe they had a small memorial service for him and Michelle called a while ago. Her and Bo are on their way home. I had thought they were spending the night out there but she wanted to come home.


I'm glad cause I'm off tomorrow and I miss her and the little doggy. Last night I slept on the couch with Zoey until about 3:30 am. the kids had all gone out for Michelles birthday and I didn't want the dog barking and whining and keeping us up all night. Tonight i came home from work and no one was here, no dog here either and it sure was quiet. I'm going to miss them all when they go home.


Monday, July 21, 2008

No sleep tonight!


Doubt I'll sleep much tonight. My kids leave Vegas at 1:00 am to come home for the week. They will be landing in Pitts at 11:30 and be here before I get home from work. Tried to get a half days vacation but there are only a few of us working tomorrow. Sharan is working at the other store, Scott is on vacation and Bev is off. No luck getting a half day off. Darn it.


The heron is back at the big pond. I have been trying to scare him away but he always comes back. Think we are going to put the net up again. Hate to have to do that but sure don't want him eating my fish.
I went grocery shopping today, the first time in about 4 years. John always does it, but I wanted all kinds of different things to do all the different salads for the cookout on Wed. It sure was weird being in the store, went to Shop and Save, took me a while to find everything. Hope I have all I need and really wonder what I am going to do with everything tomorrow night until Wed once its all cooked. Not enough room in the fridge.
Looking forward to the cookout though, hope the weather is gorgeous and its supposed to be, even with Howie being home.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Got it


Have no idea why this wouldn't come through sooner. Maybe blogger has a problem and not me? Here is the stone Gary is doing for us. He says its 3 by 3 and I sure hope it is cause it looks small here.
I hope next Wed is as beautiful as today. Next Wed my kids, Bo and Anton will be here and we are having a large cookout. I am actually looking forward to it. Even the cooking part..YUCK
today is sunny, warm and a bit humid but would sure be nice to just be sitting around visiting with everyone and eating and drinking.

Stone

Well, for some reason I cannot add pictures to the blog from the laptop. They come up with just that stupid x in a box thingy. Going to have to look into that but not now. Maybe Michelle knows when she gets here.

Gary emailed a picture of the stone for our yard. I thought it was to small and emailed him that. He wrote back that it is about 3' x 3' and as big as he handles so I told him to go ahead. Its a real nice looking rock. Wanted to put the picture on here but can't figure out why it won't work.

Kids will be here a week from yesterday. I am getting so excited. We are having a cookout on Wed and I will have to figure out the picture thing for the blog so I can get them posted. How frustrating to not know how to do something.

I hope Gary hurries and gets that stone done.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Relay notes



Total raised so far by all teams is over $54,000. That is awesome!


We got rained out and most everyone packed up and went home. I got home about 2:15. Figuring Cher did about 3 am. Not as many teams this year and alot of people left even before the rain came. I like to stay the entire 24 hours but sure didn't want to in a storm.


We are already discussing options for next year. ARe we doing it again? More than likely I think.


Cher won the Miller Brothers furniture card. Kind of ironic and I won a real nice gift basket from gourmet kitchen which includes all kind of tea. thats actually kind of ironic too, it has a lot of green tea and I had been reading where that is so healthy to help fight cancer. I drink at least two cups a day and had been pushing it on Mike and Michelle that past year.


It was so nice having Paul and Nikki there. Enjoyed the heck out of that and hope they don't get mad but here is a picture..or maybe two.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Relay for Life

It's here. Our second year of doing Relay for Life. We will be at the park about 8 this morning to set up our campsite. Will be tearing down tomorrow morning around the same time. We really don't have enough people this year on our team. One of the girls has to work all day today and is planning on coming over tonight but will she?? One of the others told us yesterday she won't be there, two of her kids have games today. That leaves about 5 of us. Will be tough to ensure everyone is okay and not left alone the entire time. Will have to split up the few chores and yet still walk and get around. Should be a fun day though and I am not going to worry about it. It will all work out.

I'm hitting the shower, my sister should be here in about an hour. Look for pictures to come!

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Another loss

We lost another friend today to cancer. Vicki had breast cancer, then spread to her bones. My sister told me tonight she passed away this evening. Last I had seen her she was in pretty bad shape and so thin and tired and worn out. Why do people have to suffer so much? I know she is not in pain any longer. She will be missed.

Relay is Saturday, July 12, its coming quick. Please come and spend some time at the camp site with us. Buy a luminaria for a deceased friend or family member. See what Relay is all about. If you have never attended you will be quite surprised. Alot of different teams will have different fund raisers going on at relay. it is a 24 hour event because cancer doesn't sleep. We will be selling raffle tickets, and hoagies.

It does get hard to keep coming up with ideas for fund raisers and I wish we would have done better this year. I think I lost my motivation for it after Mike passed. Just wasn't the same, but I will be lighting a luminaria in his memory this year. And another one for Vicki.

Please check out this site I found. You track your distance walked daily and they contribute to fight breast cancer. http://www.beewellmiles.com

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Sisters

I have the absolutly best sister in the world. She came up and spent the day today, we didn't do well with the half price yard sale. ONLY made about another $6.00, ended up tearing it down and getting it put away though. Sure was glad to have the help with all of that, it went down a whole lot easier with two of us doing it. It would for sure have been up for days yet. We even got the tables back to the church. We got a nice walk in and went for ice cream too. Am tired and can bet she is too. Sure did appreciate her help with it all though.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

$$$

We raised over $400 on Sunday at the yard sale. I am going to have a half price sale day tomorrow. Everything is still set up and priced. No advertising but a few signs out by the road. Am thinking about just doing it from 11 to 4 and see what else we can get rid of. We have still got quite a few nice things. It then may get packed away till fall. Hard to believe the relay is 11 days away. It will be good to get it in.