Time.................

Where does it go? There is not enough in a day. I get up and it seems like I don't stop and here it is 11:30 at night and I am thinking of all I have to do tomorrow. So, I guess I will have to say good night and finish this chat at another time...................see it's gone already. Time!

Another Challenge!

Boy, you could take this title in more ways than one in my case these days, but in any case it's a challenge on the forum with Scrap Shanty. I do have to admit this was really a challenge for me trying to come up with a paper to being with the letter (R). Will first of all I should start out by telling you part 2 of the challenge was a spelling of your team partners name and my partners name is Trini so I thought (R) Reminisce patterned paper. Will there really is not allot to pick from in this line or if there is, not allot in Maine and than came another challenge for me, two (I's) will one was okay but the second one ..............what am I going to do? will I came up with index tab, that worked out; than came the (N) what starts with an (N) in scarpbooking that I can use? I even pm'ed Trini to get her advise and than I got advise from another scraping friend at a store I know and with my own thoughts, guess what? we all came up with the same thing. "Note" So I put a little (note) on side of the picture as if it came from Grandma. So anyway this is what I came up with. I have to say as long as I have been scrapbooking this is the second layout I can honesty say that I really just don't care for. I do not care for this line of paper at all and not for the fact of starting with the letter (R) it's the line. Well it's behind me now and hopefully I will move on but time will tell it always does, but it's all in a challenge.

Planting Bug...............

I have had the bug...........yes the bug, that is the planting one. I have been in high gear trying to get my plants in and I have to say I am half way there. This year I shopped around to get deals as things have gotten to be so expense and I have to say I got some great deals and did not have to travel any great distance. My best buys was at Lowe's. This is the first year we have had this store as it just opened approximately 6 months ago and I am just loving the garden section. My snow ball trees are just beautiful this year as well and I was really worried after the winter we had. I have got to get some weeding done in my perennial garden in front of deck but that is just totally awesome, my day lilies are huge and my rose bushes are coming up nice and straight and all so nice................I just love nature and watching things grow it is so inspiring and it makes me feel good inside.
Now I am in search of some sort of a perennial I can put in my whiskey barrels down by the lake for sun/shade and that the deer and the wild turkey's will not bother.........so this will be another challenge for me.

A New Challenge

I have entered into a June Challenge at Scrap Shanty and this one will run for the entire month. I was very happy to enter as it keeps me scrapping some during the summer. Summer I seem to slow down with my scarping as there is always so much to do outside with the flower gardens and my whiskey barrels that I plant and of course I like very much to mow my own lawn. Will getting back to the challenge, we had to partner up with another person, so I was very fortunate to partner with Trini (historymom) from Ohio. I love meaning new people. The first challenge was to do a scrap lift of one of Trini's layouts and I picked her Memorial Day layout "We Remember" and this is what I came up with. This is my girlfriends son Aiden and these pictures were taken on one of there vacations. Wanda always sends me his pictures to keep me updated on how much he has grown and just how much of a handsome little guy he is becoming. She tells me he loves to be outside and pretty much enjoys all weather.

Flowering Crab Tree

I just have to share this picture with you all. My flowering crab tree has lasted two weeks or more. I just can not believe it, it's totally awesome. The deep pinks and lighter pinks it's just takes my breath this year and the tree itself as grown so much. So tell me what to you think?

Returning from Florida

I just got back a couple of days ago from Florida and oh was the weather beautiful, I just wanted to bring some of it back home with me. I do believe the good weather is headed our way even though the nights and mornings done feel like it right now. Today I mowed my lawn for the first time, just can not imagine it, a couple of months ago I did not think it would ever come. My trip to Florida was to bring home my mother and father in-law. They had a very good winter and we are shooting for a good summer for them as well. It was nice to visit with Roland and Marie while I was in Florida and I also got to see Marc and Karen as well and meet Karen's finance' and don't you know they are making wedding plans for next April 18Th 2009. While I was in Florida my niece Crystal got engaged as well and I am very pleased, now I will sit back and wait for the date for her big day...........oh, I just hope it not the same day as Karen's, it will be hard to be in Florida and Maine at the same time...........hehehe. Paul and I can always split the difference he goes south and I go north east with the kids, this would be the only solution........RIGHT? Of course you know this is one of my weird feelings they both get married on the same day........................

"My Girl"

This is the special girl in my life..........my niece! This is my sister Nancy's daughter Crystal, she was the first born girl in the family and she has become very special to all of us. Me, especially. So she is my girl.............I Love You!

Few Family Photo's

While I was up too Lubec visting with the family and attending the girls parting we took some family pictures but not all of us are there mostly girls except for Sherry, whom is taking the pictures. I will explain the first one which is going to be Crystal family her mother Nancy, my sister, and her two daughters, Kelci and Addison and too the left is my mother, Alice and my dog Sadie.

The next one I am going to upload is a picture of my mother and me.........Mom is tired...poop out from all the kids I think. Sadie is with us as well, I don't get too far without Sadie.

Dress-Up Talent (Girls)

Will after the party had come down to a slow pace we had some dress up talent from the girls. There mother had gotten them some dress up shoes........on my goodness they are adorable, pink with lots of bling and heels and wedges and also for there birthday's they got sun dresses. Will here we go with the modeling. Kelci of course wanted to model her Cinderella dress with her pink shoes, she is starting a new trend..........soon to be shown in your locate stores, hehehe. I am sure it you don't see it in a store call Kelci's designs..............hehehe. Now we are going to more on too the young ladies in there sun dresses and there pink bling shoes.

Now aren't these just charming outfits, well worn by these sweet young ladies...........Kelci with her Cabbage Patch doll, she got for her birthday from Papa Steve. She is styling don't you think. Addie, is styling in this adorable print sun dress with her pink bling shoes............I just love it! I had so much fun with these girls. I love the fashion show it was really something, these are only just a couple of shots, too many too show all. But please enjoy what I have shown you.

My Trip to Lubec!

Last week I left home on Friday for a very important event back home. My great nieces were having there birthday parties. Kelci exactly was turning 4 on April 27Th and Addison will be 3 on May 13Th. Birthday parties are very special to little girls and believe me these girls were so excited they could hardly stand themselves. There mother had the little mermaid cake made for them and it is just adorable. What do you think? Those girls could not stop talking about this cake. Kelci, wanted to get the candles blown out right off so she could have some of her hair to eat.......hehehe, isn't that cute. I got the biggest kick of that. Addie was so busy playing with her new doll she got it was hard getting her to the table to blow out candles but after awhile we finally got them both together. Believe me this was very quick as Addie had to get back playing with here doll. The cake was cut and served with ice cream and all was happy. Than we went on too some other talent which I will show you in a differnt part of my blog. Believe me I was well intertained while I was there. When I got back home I was so tired and so was Chester and Sadie they slept all the way home except for my stop in Ellsworth for them to take a walk and for me to get my Dunkin Donut coffee and be on my way again. After getting unpacked we all headed for the couch to take a nap. Lights Out!