tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14694745077223557022023-11-16T02:15:18.754-05:00International HouseFive people born in 4 different countries make one wonderfully happy familyAnkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-45354138956185967422012-10-27T14:29:00.000-04:002012-10-27T14:29:09.504-04:00Gone and back...<br />
Gone and back already. The kids did quite well without us for a few days and it was good to get away, just the two of us for a change. Being able to stay at Fred's house was such an advantage and the closing went well. The weather was nice, we even got to go to the beach. There were still a few diehards in the water, I wasn't quite that adventurous, but just being near the ocean was wonderful! I feel like I know the area a little better already, it's easier to find my way around and still I am finding a lot of neat things to see. We found this cool cemetery right off the main road, ancient tombstones....<br />
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the whole city is just really cool. We had some great meals (and since there were only the two of us, it was a lot less expensive too :)), saw a bunch of tourists, did a lot of walking and had a good time. Some day maybe we will get to live down there, but for now it will be a rental property. In fact the owners are still renting from us for now until they find a new home. Oh I forgot that I got two speeding tickets on the way down, not one, TWO!!! I couldn't even believe it! All that because of those stupid trucks that are impossible to get away from. At least the first one didn't carry any points and I am working on the second one... :)</div>
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Now it's back to normal around here, I had a lot of catching up to do on my pages and everything else. The house really wasn't bad, Gabrielle did a great job keeping everything neat and she did a lot of cooking. I just finished the last meatball she made, yumm! I should put her on cooking duty more often :)</div>
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Our life is back to running around for appointments, performances, school events, looking for colleges, working on SAT improvements and all the other good stuff that comes with raising kids, it never ends! At least I still have time to do some scrapping and keep up with the gallery...</div>
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I think it's a very rewarding project, even if it can be a pain to keep up with at times. I am looking forward to going through the pages a few years from now, enjoying the memories!</div>
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Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-75571733809869010232012-10-08T10:07:00.004-04:002012-10-08T10:07:58.433-04:00We did it!!As some of you have seen on FB already, we went ahead and bought the house, I still wake up in a cold sweat sometimes, thinking that we did a totally insane thing! At least we didn't experience a stock market crash and all our assets disappeared LOL Worse comes to worse we can always sell and stay here or go somewhere else, right?<br />
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We are going down for the closing and spend a few days in Freddie's house, that should be a nice little vacation without the kids. Gabrielle is going to hold down the Fort around here. Good thing she has her license, she is going to have to drive Michael to school in the morning and then the two of them. We are working on finding a place for her to park at school. Spots are very hard to come by.<br />
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Here are a couple of pics of the property. These are from the listing and really not very good, but it's all I have at the moment. I am not even showing the inside or else you might fall over backwards. There is a ton that needs to be done!<br />
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I really like the little pool, it's a saline pool, I don't even know how to take care of that. What I am worried about is the size, there are no basements in Charleston, so storage is hard to come by. For me as a packrat, this is going to be especially hard. We'll see what the future holds. I am not even thinking about selling our house here for now, I'd have to take a match to all the stuff we have :)</div>
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<br />Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-64288514250049968792012-09-30T19:23:00.000-04:002012-09-30T19:23:40.989-04:00Seriously?I wonder if everybody has just given up on me. I sort of have given up blogging for a while, there are too many things I always have to keep up with, photography, scrapping, the kids' school stuff, housework, husband, the list goes on and on. Blogging somehow ended up at the bottom of the heap, especially since a lot of people are on Facebook and get my updates that way. But not everybody is, so it doesn't seem fair not to let them know what's going on around here.<br />
Well, it looks as though we found a house in historic Charleston. Our bid was accepted, now we are waiting for inspection and hopefully we won't find anything really bad we don't know about yet. This was a really big step, we have only been down there once, but we all fell in love with the small yet busy town and the living in the city bit. I never thought I would enjoy that! The house is much smaller than what we have now and so is the yard, but we do have a little pool in the back, which is pretty rare in that area. We are pretty excited, so keep your fingers crossed for us. For now it will be an investment/vacation home, we'll see how that goes. Eventually we are planning to move down there, but not for a while yet. Can you imagine living 20 minutes from the beach? I love that idea! Anyway, that is the great news for now.<br />
I have been working on the pages about our trip down there, I love Lynn Grieveson's templates and will use them for the whole trip, just changing the colors for each spread<br />
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I have been keeping busy with the kids, as usual there seems to be an appointment for one thing or another all the time. I just got my car back the other day after having had it in the shop for 3 weeks. Regrettably Gabby had a close encounter with another car and got my whole front smashed in. Fortunately she wasn't hurt, just hysterical because the guy was "f-ing" and "mf-ing" her the whole time. What a gentleman! I am just glad to be putting all that behind us plus I think that all this is making her even more careful now.<br />
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Well, all my friends, I have been missing all of you, I will try to be a little more diligent with the blogging :)<br />
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Talk to you soon!Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-5309489117207575032012-04-21T10:12:00.002-04:002012-04-21T10:12:32.617-04:00Some Days.......are definitely worse than others, that's for sure. Usually the days just flow along with school and all the other stuff that comes with that. Thursday was just slightly worse. Gabrielle had her impacted wisdom teeth removed on Wednesday, so I kept her home that morning. We went to meet with my friend and aside from Gabby's pain and feeling tired, we all had a good time. When it was time to pick up the other two I received a phone call from the principal to come see her in her office. Turns out Michael wrote a not so nice note to a classmate and they were caught. Yikes! Then we finally get home and Gabby tells me Zazoo managed to take off. (African Grey) It was a nice day, she was sitting outside with Phil and the bird was plucking his feathers like crazy, something he has started doing a lot this last week or so. He looks like a chicken ready to be roasted.. anyway, she took him outside and somehow he decided to take off. I thought for sure we would find him in the bushes around the pool, since he really doesn't know how to fly well, let alone land. Nothing! We combed through the neighborhood, the woods, looked at all the trees, called his name.... nothing! I finally started making dinner and thought about finding a photo to print and distribute in the neighborhood when somebody rang the doorbell. I had told a neighbor about the bird and these people must have been driving through the neighborhood asking people if they knew who he belonged to, since they found him a whole block below us and took him home. Needless to say, we were elated! Poor thing was sitting on a chair in their home, he must have been scared out of his mind. Well, he is back home now, hopefully his adventure will last him for a while. He is getting his wings trimmed first thing! I am thinking that Sammy dying must really bother him, he must feel lonely. I had to put this nasty spray on him so he would stop the plucking! Poor baby. Lock at him<br />
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At least the nice weather has been around a little more, we have had some beautiful days, Phil has been enjoying the patio again and of course the weeds are growing like crazy!<br />
I received a letter from our insurance carrier, demanding we replace our roof and rain spouts and install handrails on our front steps. I felt like asking them why they didn't insist on a new sidewalk and maybe an elevator, while we are at it! Sounds like extortion to me, here I thought I had moved to the United States, I feel like I'm back in Germany with all the rules and regulations. For what this is going to cost, we would be better off buying a new house! I was really ticked off when I read that letter. I asked my agent to look for a different insurance company. It's not even so much that we have to get this done, I had already been getting bids for a new roof, it's the idea that they have the right to demand this kind of work to be done. What's going to be next? Is your health insurance going to tell you that you are not allowed to eat red meat? Well, enough of the ranting...<br />
Easter was nice, I can't believe how fast all this goes by, one more month and school will be out. I can't wait! Gabby was invited to the junior prom at Riley's school, so here we go again, looking for a dress. I am happy for her though, I want her to have the experience.<br />
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<br />Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-13908981454969563872012-04-04T16:34:00.002-04:002012-04-04T18:43:48.099-04:00Little guys say the cutest things!We went to see our best friends last weekend, they had their grandson. He is always so much fun to be around. Gabby always tells us how much she doesn't like kids and then here she was on the floor with the little dude, playing with his little toys. He kept looking at her with those adoring eyes, it was soooo cute! My friend was going through his little book with him, having him give her all the animal sounds he knew. When she came to the fish, he was a little stumped for bit and then blurted out "nemo". We were cracking up at his cuteness! You should have heard all the cute little sounds he was making for the donkey and the other animals. We hadn't seen him for a while, so it was amazing how much he was talking all of a sudden and running around like a wild man! :) They sure grow up fast!<br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-50464177146614662112012-04-01T08:02:00.000-04:002012-04-01T08:02:10.995-04:00Flash MobDid you ever see those? I have always loved watching them on YouTube, some are really awesome. Well, we got into a miniature one yesterday ourselves. We had this little Zumba demonstration at a women's conference something and it was fun. There were lots of older ladies, so I don't know if she will get a lot of new customers, but we had a great time anyway. Gabby and Rae were with me. Afterward we all went out to eat and I had my first experience sharing a volcano LOL. I must really be living under a rock, I had never even heard of them.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I don't know why I can't keep up with these blog posts for crying out loud. It's been over a month already again??? Yikes. Sorry, guys, it's just that nothing much exciting happens around here I guess. We are going through our daily routines of school, housework (if it can't be avoided) and all the little things of everyday. I changed my daily picture pages to Project Life, which to me is just another name for the same thing, it still gives me the same results, but the supplies are so much cuter :) </span><a href="http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=katie+pertiet&x=0&y=0" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Katie</a><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> created those amazing </span><a href="http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13155" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">pocket pages</a><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">, I just love them. There is such a nice variety and most of them are so cute, I don't even want to change them up. Anyway, I am trying to keep up with all of that and so far I have been doing well. Sometimes they take me forever. Just getting the photos selected and fixed up takes a long time, plus everything else... maybe I am just lacking mojo lately.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weather around here has been wonderful! We have had summer temperatures in March, I just hope we won't suffer in May. My magnolia trees were in full bloom and then of course we got a night frost and they all turned to brown mush. I never have much luck with those in the spring. My peach trees are in full bloom, they don't seem to have suffered from the frost. I need to go out there with the girls and take some pictures in front of them. They are not being very cooperative...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls and I have been busy going to Zumba in the evenings. Last night <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Althea-Stephenson-Zumba/240905519260998?ref=ts">Althea</a> had her first class at Ace's. It was pretty crowded and lots of fun! That girl is really expanding her business, good for her! We certainly enjoy her classes. Saturday we will be part of a little Zumba demo at the Pasquerilla center downtown. We'll be on at 3 PM if anybody is interested :) Since I'm part of it I won't be able to get pictures, unless I step out for a minute. We'll see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see from the one page above, I have gotten into wine making :) It's only from kits right now, but my first batch turned out pretty darn good. Plus it's fun to go through the process. The finished product really reminds me of the country wine I used to buy in bulk and bottle myself when I lived in Italy. Those were the days LOL. Now I am making a Gewuerztraminer with a bit of apple flavor. I got to try it before I bought it. Not too sweet, just right. We'll see how that one will turn out. The only thing I don't like about the process is all the cleaning, that is so not up my alley :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, I have to go and run a few errands, I'll try real hard to post more frequently for you people in Germany :) Keep in touch too!!!</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-9677683201786427972012-02-15T12:34:00.000-05:002012-02-15T12:34:11.221-05:00of teeth and feasts :)Phil had to have a tooth removed on Monday, it was done with conscious sedation and it all went well of course. Funny to see him afterward, kind of gives you an idea of what they will be like when they are old and feeble minded LOL. It was too funny! Anyway, we got over that hurdle well.<br />
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Yesterday was Valentine's Day of course and we got our red roses. I got a bunch, the girls got a single one with a little teddy and Michael got a football cup filled with candy, plus I got each of them chocolates, so they have nothing to complain about :) Gabrielle met with Riley and they went to dinner with his Mom. He gave her this cute teddy and adorable necklace, way too much! He is such a good kid, first love!! I am not looking forward to the heartbreak of the first breakup.<br />
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Today is my oldest sister's birthday, she turned 71! How can that even be???? I just got off the phone, I talked to her, my brother and my youngest sister, it's so good to hear their voices again. She was bugging me about coming for the class reunion that's being organized, it sure is tempting, but really hard....<br />
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I was just thinking how nice it is to have these few morning hours all to myself, but only because I know the crowd is going to be back later. How I would miss them if they weren't! I don't do change well I suppose, I am so dreading them going away to school in the future. And then hubby retiring, he'll be around all the time, yikes!!! I might have to get a job :)<br />
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I am trying to use the not-so-good photos I have also, they usually have a cute story that I want to remember, even if the picture is not that stellar. After all, that's what it's all about, right?<br />
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It's so funny, while I am here typing this I am chatting with an old friend in Germany, I am loving this communication bit we have today, the world is getting smaller all the time :)<br />
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Well, I am going to make myself a turkey sandwich and check on my Words with Friends (scrabble via iphone). Have a great day!Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-25602848771778251742012-02-04T20:38:00.000-05:002012-02-04T20:38:26.413-05:00Old FriendsThis is just the coolest thing! I have been contacted by some old classmates in Germany who are planning a 50 year reunion this year. I am just blown away by the memories that suddenly flood my brain. I have been sent pictures, shared memories with a few old friends and plan to stay in touch through Skype and Facetime. One of my friends just sent me the link for an Iphone App that allows me to listen to a Wuppertal Radio station, which is where I grew up. Just to hear them talk about my city is wonderful. I am all giddy about the whole thing. It saddened me to hear that one of my old friends passed away a few years ago.<br />
The weather around here makes you wonder if we will ever have any kind of winter. We had sweater temperatures the last few days and then today we had some snow that didn't last long. Suits me just fine, it can stay away until March and then it can get warm again :)<br />
I have been able to keep up with the weekly pages so far, here is last weeks:<br />
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I did get a few other pages done as well<br />
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We went to see Haywire last week, so confusing and unbelievable. it wasn't worth it. It was just good to get out without the kids for a change, so we still had a fun time.<br />
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I'm on the Parish Council and we were working on a new directory. Some people could not make it to the appointed place for the photos, so I offered my services to go to their homes and take a picture. Today I went to see this gentleman who is 87 years old, has been on crutches all his life for PostPolio but has never let that stop him. He used to be a photographer on the side, doing 50 weddings a year. He was amazed at what my camera could do when I told him I was not going to use any flash. He really liked his picture, which made me happy. Such an interesting man. He showed my some Christmas Cards he made before I was even born. He used cutouts of himself and placed them into these cool scenes. Stuff we can do easily in Photoshop today, but back then that was quite a challenge. Very cool stuff, cheesy but fun! I really enjoyed talking to him.<br />
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My sweet not so little daughter just had to come over and sit on my lap, leaning back against me, trying to crush my windpipe LOL. She is such a stinker, I don't know why she gets such a kick out of doing that. Michael is at a recruitment dinner for football. It's at the High School, they were serving them pizza and then they got to watch a game at the gym, not sure what kind, but he was all excited. Something to do with the guys! I was pretending to be getting ready to go with him and he almost flipped out. He tried to talk me out of it, telling me it was only for the kids and that he didn't like me going places with him and so on and so forth. Made me laugh but also made me sad. They are all growing up way too fast. Actually I was getting dressed up for an appreciation dinner at Church tonight. I took Helen with me, so she wouldn't have to go by herself. It was pretty nice, only offset by the fact that one of the older ladies didn't feel good and passed out. I believe she even stopped breathing there for a while, because somebody said that she was given CPR which made her throw up. They called the EMTs and she looked a lot better by the time they were getting her to the Hospital. I hope she'll be all right. She has always been such a lady, she used to come to School to read to the kids.<br />
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Here is a quick picture of my gang. It's on my Facebook Timeline. Every time I look at it, it makes me happy :)<br />
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Well, that was the update for the day. Have a great weekend!Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-48916510054244249822012-01-25T20:31:00.001-05:002012-01-26T07:17:52.466-05:00Week threeI am really trying to stay with it this time around. Here is the third week all done :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm happy I got that all done. It's a challenge to find a good photo for the full bleed section.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also found some time to get lesson 3 for Jana Morton's class on blending done. I just love playing around with her, she is amazing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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An other great thing I just discovered is Words With Friends. It's playing scrabble on your phone and you all probably already know about it. Seems like I am the babe in the woods when it comes to games, which I usually don't get into. I don't have enough time as it is. This is really fun though, I love it!<br />
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Today is Riley's birthday and we ordered him a cake to make into a Star Wars theme with little figurines we bought. Gabrielle came up with the idea and she was so excited about it. I hope he liked it. She is up there now celebrating after having missed him earlier to go bowling. Oh well, we did Zumba instead, which is always great! In fact, I am heading for the shower right now, it's badly needed after an hour of jumping around! Have a wonderful evening everybody!<br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-67080102905889986242012-01-22T14:28:00.000-05:002012-01-22T14:28:46.436-05:00Still hereI don't even know what happened, but this poor blog just got away from me. Resolution for the New Year is to keep it up-to-date! (well, one of the resolutions anyway :))<br />
Where to even begin... life has just been running along, the kids make everything busy and I don't mean that in a bad way. There is just always something going on. Then there were photo shoots to edit, the kids had pictures they wanted, the house needs tended to, Christmas was looming, just everything.... Well, I am still here, everybody is doing well, Christmas was very nice and so was New Years and now things are finally going back to somewhat normal!<br />
The girls just had their Winter Formal at school and of course that was a big event with the dresses and all the other stuff that's part of it. I have pictures :) :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am not going to bore you with all the pages I have done since the last post. You can find them all in my gallery, except for my 365 pages, which I didn't post there, since they were made with Anna Aspnes templates. I finished the book, got it done at Persnickety.com and can't wait to see what it looks like! It's a big book, but I really loved the way it came out! Once I have it, I will take a picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weather around here has been kind of silly, we have hardly had any winter and that is just fine with me. Now we finally had some snow and it's pretty cold, but in a couple of days it's supposed to warm up again. It's almost February, just a few more weeks and it will be spring! Yeah!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Katie has those awesome pocketpages in the store just for this project and they are so versatile, I just love them! A lot of people are doing the project hybrid and they are using them also. They look quite fabulous, but I am not a hands on person anymore, too messy :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have all of you checked out Pinterest yet? It's an awesome site where you can pin things you find on the web and put them in different categories. There is also a large community of people with whom you can share pins. Lots of awesome inspiration, it's a great site! I have found wonderful poses for my photography, clothing and recipes, all kinds of great stuff!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, this was just a short update to let you know that I am still alive!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One last note, I will miss sweet Barb terribly! She was always the first one to leave me a comment on my posts and sadly she just passed a way a few weeks ago. I have truly lost a dear friend, even though I never met her in person! I am missing her a lot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-4392347898347957402011-11-02T13:11:00.000-04:002011-11-02T13:11:45.986-04:00Seriously?I thought this was supposed to be fall?! Last week (as many of you know and experienced) we were surprised by a freak October snowstorm. It came down all day long, this wet and heavy snow. There were power outages in many places, we were lucky in that regard. My poor lilac tree is flattened, I didn't get out there to inspect the degree of damage yet. Other than that, it was just yucky and inconvenient. But of course I went out the next day and caught some shots that made me create this page<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The week before we went to a local farm, I read in the paper that they had a corn maze. I almost had to drag everybody out by force, but once we were there, it wasn't so bad. They had fun in the maze and we went on this "hayride" that dumped us in the pumpkin field. What a racket, but of course we did buy some :) Here are some pages from that day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcTRvCDkK5QmGyA8h37P_Otv0OijipzN8lL68oIx5uS08XlInWL_sqLm1udO5hHmYzlVbl8ZJykQQP5sibLldVNmP283Rpfb7qO_N__w_e_s8QGwajSYDKbM8UhHjQsOU-vLMuzdLhpg/s1600/2011-10-26-WeaklandFarms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcTRvCDkK5QmGyA8h37P_Otv0OijipzN8lL68oIx5uS08XlInWL_sqLm1udO5hHmYzlVbl8ZJykQQP5sibLldVNmP283Rpfb7qO_N__w_e_s8QGwajSYDKbM8UhHjQsOU-vLMuzdLhpg/s320/2011-10-26-WeaklandFarms.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Michael's class had to present a saint for Monday's All SAints mass. He was ST. Michael of course and I spent hours making his wings! I could not find anything in the store that he could have worn, everything was way too girly, so I wound up buying some foam board, drew a wing on one and cut it out. The cutting was the worst part! Here is a picture of just the wings after the cutting was done</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a really easy method to put them together, a couple of holes and twist ties :) It worked like a charm. I used wire ribbon, looped it through the twist ties twice, so that I had 2 loops and those went around his arms. genious :) It was actually sturdy too. You can tell I am not a crafty person that it makes me so happy this worked out so well LOL!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is Michael, giving his presentation. I cropped him out of a large photo with his classmates and the photo was taken with high ISO and a zoom lens, so the quality leaves a lot to be desired, but hey, I still like it :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I am back to editing photos. This beautiful couple is expecting their second baby next year, they are such wonderful parents already and they are so cute!<br />
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their little boy is the one I had posted photos of previously :) I'll get back to those pics real soon, good thing they are in no hurry!<br />
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Remember I promised I would post some pictures of my new car. Well, Gabrielle and I washed it on Saturday and Rachel took some pictures of me afterwards. Just look at the car, not at me please :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rachel was finally allowed to go to her friend's house. I had told her she wasn't allowed to go anywhere until her room was cleaned up. She did a halfway decent job, at least the floor is visible again and it's a good start. There is nothing like motivation :) She still has lots to do but we can go from there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, I did get a few pages done too</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that blending class with Jana Morton is amazing, I am learning a lot of new tricks and I just love it! I have always admired her style and to learn to achieve it is such a treat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, gotta go, Phil's waiting to watch a movie with me..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-89572802577438567282011-10-13T16:06:00.000-04:002011-10-13T16:06:15.244-04:00She is driving!Gabrielle, that is! She got her permit and now I have to let her drive! Yikes! It's actually not that bad, but it's a good thing that she has 6 months before they will allow her to be let lose on society :) I really try to be calm and collected, but sometimes I am holding on with my toes, it seems like. I know she will get it....<br />
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Fall is definitely here! The pool is closed, it looks so sad. All the furniture is put away and we are gearing up for the snow... I can't bear to think about it.<br />
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I did a couple of photoshoots, I am just finishing up the photos for baby Travis. I took them on site with just natural light. It was a lot of fun, but you have to really be quick with the little ones. Thank goodness for grandma and the Iphone with the ringtones. We did get a few smiles from him :)<br />
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here are a couple of the shots I did so far<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am also taking a class by Jana Morton, who is an online friend and fellow CT member at Designer Digitals. She is teaching at Debbie Hodge and her class is on blending. Boy is it ever cool! I love watching her create her page and I love the little tricks she has up her sleeve. The class is full but I think they will offer it again in the winter. You should really consider taking it, I have never used the gradient tool the way she does LOL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, these are the things that keep me busy in between running the kids around to their different things and the usual appointments etc. I was thinking to take hubby to see "The Help" tonight. I finished the book and really liked it. I would love to see it before they take it off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a few gorgeous fall days with lots of sunshine and warmer temps. Now it's all dreary and colder again. Like I said, I am not liking this at all! I am still getting emails with house offers around Charleston. There is just no way for me to get down there, I can't leave the kids... maybe Phil should take a long weekend and fly down there or something. Dreams...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our diet is going pretty well, one day I made a pot roast for the kids, other than that, we are not having meat. Of course the kids eat lunch at school so they get to cheat often, but for Phil and I it's all veggies. I actually like the stuff, it's just so much more work. All the chopping etc....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, almost time to take Rachel to voice and pick up my last batch of vegetables from the local farm (another sign fall is here)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-26122652978139330432011-09-29T10:53:00.001-04:002011-10-05T21:24:33.606-04:0026 Years and countingWe celebrated our anniversary the other day. It was a busy day, taken up by all kinds of other celebrations. Michael turned 12, my friend's son had his birthday, another couple celebrated their anniversary.... wow! Since the kids didn't throw us a party (lol) I just took Phil to see a movie at night. He needed to get away! The movie wasn't very good (Drive), but it was fun to get away, just the two of us. We are planning on doing that on a weekly basis from now on.<br />
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Last Saturday we went to see some friends. They just built a house and it is just beautiful! Everything is well designed (by her) and I just love the kitchen. Dark cabinets, the stove is 42 inches, wood floor... what a dream. And here I am with a kitchen from 1926 with sticking drawers and peeling paint and linoleum that doesn't shine anymore. Oh well, gotta see what that roof is going to bring. Anyway, it was a great time, getting together with friends doesn't happen too often these days.<br />
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Oh yeah, my big news, I got a new car! No more minivan for this Mom! Last Friday we were at Marc and Joanne's and we decided to look at some cars so the guys would have something fun to do. We saw this cool looking car, turns out it's a Buick Enclave. Never heard of them before. It was just sitting there shining with the black (charcoal) finish and the silver trim all over the place. The tires actually looked like tires and the seating was so comfortable! We took it for a ride and I felt like I was sitting in a cockpit! Well, needless to say we went back a week later, it was still there. I traded my Sienna (with the broken side and leaking tires) and got myself a cool mobile! I am still loving it and the kids are over the moon happy. I never realized how uncomfortable the third row in the van was. They have headrests for little ones that for older kids sit right in the middle of your back. The stupidest thing... Can you believe I didn't take a photo yet? I will post one as soon as I do!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This last one I had started in July and then added the right side to it later. I need to go back to the beach photos....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, paperwork is calling!</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-55044166285142676442011-09-23T09:52:00.000-04:002011-09-23T09:52:20.450-04:00Sweet Sixteen and more....I am hanging my head in shame, not having updated this blog in such a long time... another birthday has come and gone and the last one is right ahead..<br />
Gabrielle turned 16, it's hard to believe. We had debated back and forth about what to do. First she wanted a party, then she didn't... we wound up going to Nyco's for dinner and it was great. She took Catie with her and we had a bunch of Sushi, which everybody loved, even Phil. That surprised him, he always thought he had an aversion to it.<br />
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The other thing she asked me for on her Birthday was a photo shoot downtown with Catie. I was more than happy to oblige. We had a great time!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was playing with this new texture I got, I really liked the results. I want to try and smooth the surface of the paper, so that I will just have the light effect... love it!</div><br />
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This past Sunday I took Gabrielle for her first driving lesson with me. We went to the Church parking lot and I just had her driving around in circles and backing into the parking places. Then we drove to a small cemetery with steep hills and curves and she did fine. Wednesday she had an appointment for an MRI of her back (which was fine) and after that we drove to the Driver License Center. She took her test and got her permit. She was quite nervous about the questions, but she had studied the manual, so she made it! Now she can be dangerous on the road :)<br />
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Other than that everything is going it's normal way, we are busy again with school, both girls in High School now... Rachel kept saying how much she hated the school, now she is starting to like it. Same for her Math teacher, I promised her she would love him and now she does. That's Rachel for you...<br />
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I had a couple of photo shoots this past week. One 2 year old for his upcoming birthday. He was not happy at all, cried the whole time. We even tried taking pictures outside, thinking we could get him to have some fun, but he continued crying. We were only able to get a few pictures when she was able to get his mind off for a couple of minutes... we might just try again and see what we can get some other day.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't get me wrong, I love the photos, I just don't think it's what she had in mind :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I did a senior shoot for a young man, that was a lot of fun too. They have such an awesome property, so many places to get great shots!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am really into these funky finishes, but I think most people just want plain shots, so we'll see what happens :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rain, rain and more rain, this town gets nothing but rain and cold, dreary weather anymore. Yuck! The south is looking more and more inviting to me. I used to think I loved all the seasons, including winter, but the older I get the more I hate winter. I just want it for a couple of days around Christmas and that is enough! :) We are seriously thinking about getting a place in the south to escape to occasionally for now and maybe move once the kids are all in college... this would be the time to do it with the prices being low... we'll see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh yeah, we found out we have a leak in the roof, isn't that wonderful. My brand spanking new bathroom started leaking from the light fixture, it really freaked me out. The guy I had come to take a look at it refused to even tackle the job. The roof is a mess, wooden shingles need to be replaced, it sounds like a major undertaking. It just never ends! I guess I will forego the new kitchen and we will have to take care of the important things first. Home ownership.... sometimes it really stinks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Other than that things are running as always. We still love Zumba, Gabrielle and I that is. Rachel is getting bored with it already, she would rather go to the Gym (if at least she did that...) oh well, saves me some money if she doesn't go :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, here are the pages I got done since we last spoke. Really not a whole lot again, it's been so busy around here with all the running</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-89588133390210304082011-08-29T11:27:00.000-04:002011-08-29T11:27:00.226-04:00Happy Birthday and first day of HSYup, my baby girl was 14 on the 26th. She didn't want a big party, she just wanted to take her friend to Red Lobster with us. Fine with me. We got a cake, took it with us and the staff put the candles on and brought plates. Perfect!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This morning was her first day of High School. We got all the school supplies we knew she would need (thanks to Gabrielle, the experience High Schooler), got her new shirts and pants, new shoes and backpack and she was ready to go</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, hurricane Irene came and went. Fortunately we were inland enough not to be affected by it other than a sprinkle and some wind on Sunday. Other places weren't so lucky. All the in laws are good, thank goodness. I guess you pay a price to be living in a cool beachy place, but it is still very appealing to me. A house in a warm place, being able to escape on the weekends..... sounds awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Saturday the girls and I went to the Zoo. The guys didn't come, because Phil had promised a fellow Dr. to go to a mixed martial arts fight with him that night. It was actually nice, just the three of us. It turned out to be a nice, warm day, while here it was chilly all day :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, all in all it was a fun week, at least we did something before school starts again. Gabrielle goes back tomorrow and Michael has until Wednesday. One a day....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really need to keep working on the Myrtle Beach pages, I will never get caught up with anything :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-43926334469186545632011-08-24T10:18:00.000-04:002011-08-24T10:18:24.119-04:00Endless vacation?Not quite! Vacation only lasted a week, but somehow I didn't get back into the groove. Summer seems to just have flown by and now it's time for school again. I am so dreading getting into all that again, the homework, the long hours every day....but that's the way it has to be I guess. On the other hand I will have my mornings to myself again.<br />
Vacation was nice, a week is really short though. We had a 3 bedroom suite this time around and that really made a nice difference. We also rented beach chairs and an umbrella, that was the best thing ever. No rushing in the morning to get a good spot, we always had out place waiting for us. But, I must say that Myrtle Beach is highly overrated in my opinion. At least South Myrtle.... way too crowded and the traffic in the evenings was horrendous. Other than that we had a pretty good time. Michael stayed in his room almost the whole time, he did not want to come to the beach, hormones! One evening we had planned to do a nice dinner and dress up and I took the girls to the beach for a photo shoot all dressed up. It was so fun and they had an audience on the balconies above :)<br />
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</div>After that the weeks were just filled with piano, voice, karate, appointments etc...<br />
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I have become more active at Kodak too. Check out my latest<a href="http://exchange.kodak.com/blog_posts/2296712-Take_Your_Photos_To_The_Next_Level#Comments"> post</a> there. I have been posting my pages there for a while and I would love to get more people to become active on the site, so come on down!!!! :)<br />
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At the end of the month we spent the weekend with Phil's brother and his family. We had such a good time. We hadn't seen them in years and it was high time that the cousins all saw each other again. While we weren't looking, their girls had turned into young ladies! Here is a shot of all the cousins together<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a group! They put in the most amazing pool a few years back, the kids had a blast in it and with their new-found family!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rachel finally got her braces off, she is so happy! It's a whole new chewing experience and she can have crunchy stuff again :) Her teeth look nice and straight now, it sure was worth it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Phil's nurse fell and broke her arm and since she can't write, Rachel is working down there now, helping her out. They are really impressed with her professionalism and maturity. Not bad for a soon to be 14 year old. She also is going to have a job baby-sitting a newborn right after school for about 1 1/2 hours every day. She is quite nervous about that, but I think she'll be fine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh yes, I forgot to mention, my Anna left the store. I was sooo upset about that piece of news. I love her and her stuff.. These are the last to 365 pages I have done, I am seriously behind now. Now without Anna's templates in the store, I kind of haven't been working on them, but I will finish the year. That's a promise :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, I have to get ready for the day. I just had to throw Rachel out of bed so she could get to the office on time. Today we need to get school supplies, come Monday, the old routine is going to start up again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-13951336126867458092011-07-18T17:19:00.000-04:002011-07-18T17:19:39.285-04:00On Vacationjust to let you all know that I am spending a week at the beach, we will be back this weekend! It is gorgeous, I always feel like I came home when I come back to the ocean. It sure is soothing and calming. Hubby is sleeping better, the weather is gorgeous (so far), it's hot, the ocean is wonderful!<br />
I will get back to all of you when we get back :)Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-67632954577858196502011-07-04T16:49:00.001-04:002011-07-04T16:53:39.917-04:00A little slice of heavenI was thinking that the other day, while floating on the pool. It was so quiet (that is if you can ignore the sound of the pool pump from the little apple house), I could hear the birds chirp, an airplane going by overhead and a dog barking somewhere in the distance. The little ripples in the water kept me moving around and the sun was warming me up after a quick dip to cool off. It couldn't have been more perfect! Seriously, why do I subject myself to vacations? I should just send the family and stay home and enjoy the peace and quiet LOL. Nah, I think I would miss them after a day or so....<br />
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The other day we went to a party at a friend's house. It was good to see old friends again, people we haven't seen since the last party, which was a year ago. Sad, I know, and they only live about an hour away. Anyway, I got to see the little fellow who's 1 year photos I am supposed to take in August. He is quite the cutie, wouldn't smile too much, but has the most darling little chubby cheeks :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then yesterday I took Rachel to her friend's house out in the country somewhere, we kept missing the turn-off, hilarious. Of course she used to have directions but who knows what she did with them. My GPS was totally useless, it was trying to send me on the highway. Dang thing! We finally found it and I stayed with her for a couple of hours, so I wouldn't have to go back and forth. Plus she wanted to come to Zumba in the evening. They had a good time and we got to see some cows too :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a page I did with the cow photos :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the kids caught a dragonfly on his hand..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I finished planting the last of the vegetables I bought the other day. The groundhog had eaten my broccoli and kohlrabi plants, the little bugger, so I went and bought some moth balls and spread them around the perimeter of the fence (over which he just simply climbed I suppose) I just hope that the replacements are going to make it... I have three eggplant plants, I was looking for more, but could not find a single one... what's up with that? Tomatoes and peppers galore, but no eggplants. I guess they are not that popular so they don't grow that many. Let's hope that the tree plants will provide me with a bountiful harvest :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tonight we are supposed to go to the neighbor's for fireworks. Party time! We do this every year, he is very gracious about it. He has to go to Ohio to get the good stuff and it's really cool. I don't think I'll attempt photos, since we always sit right underneath and the phone pics are just as nice to tell you the truth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh yeah, I also did a set of pages for the 365 challenge, I finally decided to play catch-up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is a tough one to grab pictures of...he always turns his head, the little rascal!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-87547946867273828232011-07-01T10:14:00.001-04:002011-07-01T11:17:11.779-04:00Beautiful BokehI love this photo, the background is so appealing!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am posting this for the photo challenge on I heart Faces :) and I love that Shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you have a nice shot that shows a beautiful Bokeh? Why not join the challenge? Gotta hurry though!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-92104830392060761402011-06-29T12:55:00.000-04:002011-06-29T12:55:54.263-04:00I try.......but I just seem to be unable to keep this blog current! Then it's playing catch-up and takes a lot of time. My own fault!<br />
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Well, Zumba is still a lot of fun, my hips seem to move a little bit easier :) Gabrielle is really good at it, but hey, she's a teenager.<br />
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There is a lot of drama going on at Karate right now, I'd rather not get into it. We lost our instructor, at least for a while.... I sure hope it's not going to be permanent!<br />
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Last Saturday we took a trip to the Zoo, which was really fun. It was an overcast day and yet the parking lot was packed! It had been a few years since we last went. This time I bought a season pass for the family, it was only $20 more than the admission would have been, so we only have to go one other time to make the money back and it's good a whole year. The kids enjoyed it, but I really want to go again and have a little more time!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for some reason I am not able to upload more photos here so this will have to do for now...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday was hubby's birthday, we didn't do anything special, just hung out and gave him his presents.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I finally booked our vacation to Myrtle Beach, I found a Hotel site with 3 bedrooms, so Gabrielle won't have to sleep on the couch anymore. There is a large kitchen and it's ocean front, so it should be nice. I am looking forward to it, although I dread the drive down there! We have to pack half the house too. At least this place has a restaurant in case we don't want to cook or make breakfast. Gabrielle wants to bring her friend since this time we have lots of room, I don't know how good an idea this is. I would like for her to have a friend with her, but what about the others? Plus I have a feeling that we won't see much of her the whole week... We'll see. Her parents weren't too keen on it anyway, I'll talk to her Dad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our deck is almost done, thank heavens. They just have to finish staining it this afternoon and we should be good. Looks like the kitchen has to be put off until fall, I haven't heard from the master for a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, not much else going on, other than running around for appointments as usual. Rachel got some red streaks in her hair, she was thrilled! She really wanted her whole head red, but that is not going to happen under my watch :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this one I will put in a shadow box for my wall. I want to make one for the girls, a little different, but each for a shadow box frame. I think they would make nice Christmas gifts. All I did here is use a bunch of upside down clips in an orderly fashion and then I added a bunch of tags and other fun things you would usually put on a board like that, plus a few photos in b/w, so it wouldn't be too busy. I rather like the effect.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As always, the credits for all the pages can be found in my gallery (get the link on the right)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-28077742579429168242011-06-18T14:25:00.000-04:002011-06-18T14:25:23.163-04:00ZumbaThat's right! Our new adventure is called Zumba! A friend of mine is teaching it and she is just wonderful. We went to the first class and I felt like a complete Klutz. I had no idea what she was doing with her feet or with her arms. The second class was a little easier, thank goodness. I am actually looking forward to Sunday. I made it to Karate twice last week, so that wasn't too bad. Today we went to the gym and I ran 2 miles in 22 minutes, yay! Rachel is really determined. She started on a diet, well more like watching what she eats and she exercises with Phil all the time. Good for her, I am so proud of her. I think she saw some examples of what she does not want to look like, so she decided to do something about it!<br />
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Our pool is finally getting heated, Ralph and his buddy fixed the heater. In a few days it should be warm enough for me to go in it. You can't get me in there unless it's warm! They are still working on the deck off and on. It's partially stained but the forecast always calls for possible showers so that is a perfect excuse for them to put off any further efforts. Oh well, it shall get done eventually I guess. On the other hand the knocked down a tree that was dead and they dug up my vegetable beds. So now I just have to go and plant something LOL. I did buy some cheater peppers (cheater because they are a little bigger already) and cheater tomatoes. Everything is so late this year, it's hardly even worth it anymore.<br />
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Last Sunday we had brunch at a local Hotel, they have the best food! It was supposed to be the choir members from Church but I decided to take the whole bunch. I could live on the food they serve there. The decor is lovely too<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a few chilly days this past week but today it's finally a little warmer again. I still have not been in the pool and my tan is beginning to fade.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tonight we will go to the Japanese Steak House. My kids have never been to a Hibachi, so I thought it would be fun to take them. Both girls are getting together with friends this afternoon, so we will see how this is going to work out... reminder to self: don't forget camera...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found this photo from '89 yesterday and felt compelled to scrap it. I couldn't quite remember where it was taken and Phil just happened to walk by. When I asked him where we were he answered :Tampa and we fought the whole trip. I remember that part well and it made me laugh! How miserable we used to make each other over absolutely nothing and how much better things are today! We really have grown together and grown up together, I am so happy about that! He must have felt the same way, because before walking away he planted a kiss on my head and told me he loved me. What else does a woman need LOL!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Our pool is finally open and it's crystal clear already. The guys have been here fixing the boards. They were supposed to come today and power wash, but we are talking Ralph here, so I didn't actually expect them to come. I am so done getting mad about it, he is just not getting jobs around here anymore.<br />
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</div>The weather has been really nice, so we have been hanging out at the pool. The water is freezing of course, since the heater is not running at the time, but the kids were actually in. They are die hards! Look at the water ballerina :) Rachel had a friend over that day, they had fun.<br />
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</div>Last Sunday was the kids' piano recital, it went actually very well, I was pleasantly surprised. Rachel, who was the one who was best prepared of all of them, was the one who messed up a little, but found her place again real quick and finished very well. It was a hard piece and she played it from memory. I was so proud of all of them! I was supposed to take pictures during the recital, but I was really glad I told her I wouldn't do it. It would have been so distracting for the kids, even just the clicking for my own kids was so loud and I would have had to move around to get different angles, it just wouldn't have worked. Maybe we can schedule a day and have them come for a shoot or something like that....<br />
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Michael finally got a hair cut, I think he looks so adorable when he doesn't have that big bush on his head!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Phil is at a wrestling game tonight, I can't even believe it. Wrestling! Phil! LOL! A colleague inviting him to go, he is the physician for the game. He just called to find out Michael's size, he is getting him a T-shirt. When I asked him about the match, he just said that it's something else. I can't wait to hear all about it. I'm not sure if it's a real wrestling match or one of those fake ones. Well, that was pretty much the whole week, not very eventful, but busy everyday nonetheless. I am trying to find a hotel in Myrtle Beach for us to head down for a week. Not easy at this point :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236375732083385220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469474507722355702.post-82519676084710899622011-06-01T10:21:00.000-04:002011-06-01T10:21:30.364-04:00Graduation and heat waveEverything is a blur lately! The graduation was very nice, Rachel looked so beautiful with her hair and her outfit and she was so proud of herself.... she so wanted her hair to be fixed up nicely and as it turns out she wound up with the same do that Gabrielle had last year LOL.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was so happy with it and I think it looked really nice on her. I did a spread using the pictures from the graduation, so you can see the pictures there</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the two smaller ones on the last page are Iphone pics she too herself, I just fixed them up a little.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It seems to be the middle of August around here. We went from deep freeze to torrential rains to the dog days of summer. It has been in the upper 80s and around here that is usually accompanied by high humidity levels. We had to put an air conditioner in Gabrielle's room, she couldn't stand it. And that room doesn't even get afternoon sun, Rachel and we should be complaining. Our rooms feel like ovens in the evening. The fan does a pretty good job though, good enough for me. Our pool is finally open, although it looks a mess. The pump is not connected yet, I am hoping they will be back later to finish what they started! Typical Ralph work, he called me 10 days ago to tell me he would be down to get the cover pumped off and guess who didn't show up? Yeah! That's why is not doing anything in this house ever again. It's a shame he has to finish the deck, since he started it and the wood is still lying in the garage....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't wait for the other two to get out of school, I was able to sleep until 8 AM over the weekend, that has never happened before. I jumped out of bed almost in a panic LOL. It will be nice not to have to rush around anymore, at least for a while. Gabby still has to go through finals before her agony is over :) Poor thing is doing nothing but study right now. Something Rachel has to look forward to for next year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This weekend the kids have their piano recital, that should be interesting. Michael was doing so poorly, she had to switch him to a song he already knew... he just doesn't practice enough and I don't keep after him enough I guess. He is scheduled to get braces next week, he is getting his spacers today. Too bad, his baby teeth were so perfect, I was really hoping that he would not need them, but these are coming in crooked just like the girls'. Oh well, good thing Phil has a decent job, is all I can say!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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