Monday, October 31, 2011

TRICK OR TREAT….

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I wasn’t going to do it…but decided to at the last minute… the girls at the office also had fun…what am I

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Well a Zombie Cowgirl of course!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You can never be too old to have a little fun.  Princess Linda, ROZ from Monsters Inc., Dr. Feel Good from, and me….

ROZ was the best!!!!!  Good Job Angie!  She made her costume and it was awesome…

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right down to the mole

 

 

 

 

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Girls just wanna have fun…ohhh girls just wanna have fun…

 

 

 

My sweet Kinlee didn’t want to have a thing to do with me when she came to visit at work…I will post pics of what the kids send me tomorrow….hApPY hAlLOwEEn!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

SO NOW YOU KNOW!

LOL ok, so for the few (and I am talking FEW) (2) to be exact that read my last post…sorry I have NO idea how computers work, remember I am an employee who plugs along….not really having a clue that if you are on a computer and try to log into your WORK blog and add a post, that realtors in the industry, (don’t even look at) but I am suppose to do it anyway…

OH never mind…it was a total goof.  I just wanted to educate anyone who thought it might me interesting…which it is NOT about what I do……LOL

This world of realtors….anyone who is one; is dying because I didn’t cap the name realtors…and put the copyright mark at the end YADA YADA YADA (you can tell I really care right?)

SO.. we did a quick trip up North to see “the little rascals”, papa and I took them to the park…of course stopped at the store to buy them late birthday presents, (it is all about the presents) then went to the park, they played for an hour or so…(we missed Lauren’s BD in Sept and Owen’s Oct. 3rd.

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You actually need a masters degree in order to un-box a toy now-a-days. Lauren was soooo patient but it was worth it to her..and of course I forgot to put my scissors in my purse, so nail clippers worked and so did a screw driver.

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the smiles were so worth it!

 

 

 

this was the fun part…I wish I was a “great” photographer and actually knew what I was doing.  What I did know is that it was the wrong time of day to be taking pictures…the sun was just NOT in the right spot, but as you can see…it doesn’t matter…it is all about the subject and you can NEVER get the perfect family picture…even though the family is PERFECT.

 

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as you can see the sun was not in the right place, too many shadows..on both sides of the yard..

 

 

 

 

 

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there is going to be a day of do-overs for sure and it will not be a rush hurry up before papa and I have to leave and go home! This is an adorable family no matter if the lighting was wrong.   Oh by the way Owen received a very nice award from his school.  He is in kindergarten now and his teacher tells his mom that he is such a big helper and so nice to others and works so hard in school.

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Well that’s the story…so now you know….. :) it is Thursday! hooray!

Does anyone get excited for the weekend when you don’t have to worry about the alarm going off and having to get out of bed?

Thursday, October 13, 2011

A touch of home

Everyone and every creature deserves a place to call home don’t you think?

So I had Huh-honey think out of the box….literally…. and this is what he came up with.

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He gave these beauties away for prizes to 3 lucky Realtors when he was a sponsor at a meeting here at my the office.  I think they were happy, but sadly not one of them thanked him for their bird house after the meeting.  There were about 80 agents there and he made it fun when he drew their names.   He and 2 other sponsors provided a continental breakfast as well, hoping to promote business for themselves.  BuilderBob is a handyman, that’s what he does now and then,  now that he is retired.

It made me sad….because I work here….and he put so much effort into these because I asked him to.  I will never ask him to be a sponsor for a meeting again.

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They started like this….

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and have turned into beautiful creations that any bird of a feather would be happy to call home…

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I plan on keeping a couple myself and then hopefully selling some for Christmas presents to make a little extra cash.  His ideas are endless…  I prefer a chimney on my house don’t you?  I am hoping to get some orders for him to start making more….

 

 

on a lighter note:  Does anyone recall the episode of Seinfeld where George makes himself a little sleeping place under his desk?

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well…………………….shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don’t tell the boss but apparently I have way too much time on my hands…well today I did hehehehe (the boss was gone today)…good thing he doesn’t know I have a blog!

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A little ambiance goes a long way don’t you think?  yes..that is a lamp, my kindle, 2 pillows, a blanket, (there is NOT someone under that blanket (!) a picture of me and my honey, and a tiny T.V.  that only gets one channel.    Clearly I am missing a bag of popcorn and a large coke. 

And yes…work as usual…

If anyone is wondering…next time I tell the office gals I am taking a Costanza break…they will know where to find me!

PS it is not dark enough in my office with 10,oo0,000 watts of light to even take a nap, unless I actually turn off the lights and close the door, but then, I wouldn’t be here, thank goodness!

just sayin’

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Hello everyone!

Yeah yeah I know.  I don’t want any lectures…the honest truth is, I haven’t felt like adding anything to my blog.  Kind of went into a slump of ideas.  Nothing new, just nothing basically.  I took some adorable pics of who else????? grandkids when I went up North a few weeks ago.  It was still warm outside.  Owen and Lauren were total models for me.  Lauren was hilarious…..and holy cow, I got some cute shots…..

It was hard to get anything out of Ryan.  He lets me take a picture or 2 then….when he is thinks its enough…well then it is enough.  It makes every picture  I get of Ryan that much more precious.

So bare with me….or don’t…but here we go!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this the cutest pics of the little rascals helping their mom bake cookies?  They ate globs of cookie dough…it was so good!  When ever they help Camille bake…they put their hats on.  It is great!

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Ryan is a great egg cracker…it is his specialty when baking.

 

 

 

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it was hard not to just EAT the whole bowl of cookie dough!

 

 

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Here Ryan was showing me his hurry up Oma take my picture face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I was able to capture this adorable pic before he became bored with all my “snaps”

 

 

 

 

 

Owen on the other hand was totally into the posing for me!

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Owen was pretty good at taking care of any leftovers on the mixer..

Then there came Lauren….what more can I say?

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My little goofball……

and my little poser…. she had fun and would say “like this Oma?”

 

 

 

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Yeah…..just like that Lauren…..

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I took a ton of pics.  Normally 1 out of 10 turn out the way I like them and then I don’t have a problem putting them in frames… but not this time.  I need a bigger wall…….lol

I took some pics of the 3 that live here in town but…it was such a hot day….and I need some do-overs….aren’t you glad!

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After a LOT of posing………she was done and off she skipped to go  chase some chickens!

YESTERDAY was my DIL’s BD  Sorry this is so late putting up Camille.  Thanks so much for being our sweet daughter.  Thank you for giving us such beautiful grandies….We sure love you!

Camille told me that she got a bicycle for her birthday.  Of course the night before her birthday Mike was talking…the kids were right there and he was saying, “geesh it sure is too bad that we didn’t get you anything for your birthday” and RYAN piped up and said “yeah we did dad, we got mom a bicycle”!  Ya gotta love it.  Never…Never…Never think you can pull one over on Ryan!

Then night before last Lauren asked her mom, (sorry I don’t remember the exact words) “mommy can you ask daddy to come and lay down with me” (this is at bedtime, Mike sometimes lays down with the kids) and then she said: “and if he says no, just ask him again, and if he says no again, just ask him again”.  I can just see her saying it as a matter of fact and shrugging her shoulders…. lol…OK would YOU SAY NO TO THAT?  just sayin……

Hope you are all having a wonderful week….I know I am…..