Happy Birthday to Me

Oh lucky me, I have made it through another year!

Not that I thought for one minute that I wouldn't,

but sometimes you never know. Anyway, on Wednesday

I will be the great age of 55. Who would of thunk?

I remember (yes, my memory is still partially there) back

in elementary school thinking about the year 2000 and

what age I would be then. I couldn't comprehend being

that "old"...yet here I am. For turning 55 I can get a

tall cup of coffee at the Coffee Beanery for only $1.00.

Woohoo! So in celebration of my birthday I bought

myself a piece of jewelry from Ingrid Dijkers.

Ingrid is a multi-talented artist, not only in her

jewelry making skills, but she is a journalist and a

doll artist too.

She also has been doing the Michigan Ren Fest for a few years.

I was hoping to get there this year and visit her in her shop.

But it's looking like it won't be happening, time is running out

and there is so much to do around here. Next year for sure.

Ingrid has a nice blog, and a beautiful website.

I have so much more to write about, this week

was busy and I did so much. I'm going to get

back on the blogging, I've been missing that.

And here is Rubee Dew looking bashful. It's been one

week since we brought her home and we just adore her.

She is so different from Bailey, but that's what we love

about her. She is such a smart girl. God sent me another

Angel that's for sure.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Its my birthday today! I am just now 39 years young, and if you
believe that, then I have some property in New Mexico I'd like to
sell you.

My Mom's birthday was on Monday. Here's the birthday girl wearing
her new necklace. (See post below). She loved it! But I blogged
about it before she got and wouldn't you know it, she read my blog
the day of her birthday so she knew what she was getting! We had
the best cake from Golden Brown Bakery....if you ever get to
South Haven, you have go there for a pastry. The cakes are so
yummy...I got cupcakes and took them with us to my hair stylist.
Her and her little girls like them too. But after two days of sweets I
was having nightmares and waking up like a 54 year old woman.
By the way, the decorating on the cake was messed up by me. It was
looking good in the beginning, till I added the letters.

This is my son Aman, he was my birthday surprise.
How could my baby get to be thirty five so fast? Its
a mystery to me. He wants to move back here. So he's
looking for a job and staying with us for a while. I'm not
complaining, but it sure is different having a third
person around. Throws everything out of sync. Its
kind of exhausting really. Aman and my niece went with
us (Sue and I) to get our haircut. Afterwards we went
for dinner at Johnny Carino's. My favorite place for
Italian food. Between Aman and Kayla, the testosterone
and hormones those two were throwing off to the waiters
and waitresses and the ones they were sending back ,
I was getting a headache. Take me home, please......
Anyway for my birthday the boys took me golfing with
them. I'm really liking the game. I hit a tee shot with my
driver that was so sweet! Whack! Straight as an arrow.
But then I missed A LOT of shots, too :P But its all for fun.

My week in a nutshell

Let's see, this week went flying by. The 18th was my little girl's eighth

birthday. Happy birthday to you Bailey! She's getting to be my little

old lady now...such a Schnauzer!

I bought a birthday present for my mom from Nancy at

roundrabbit, I couldn't make up my mind so I got two...one for

mom and one for me since my birthday is two days after hers.

I'm thinking she'd like the apple blossoms best. Blue is her

favorite color. It'll be late getting here...but she'll understand.

She already gave me my present...a mug from McDonald's that

holds 14 oz. of coffee and I get free refills till the 31st of December!

I love their coffee...um, um, um, unlimited refills....

I'll be bouncing off the walls for sure.

I got crowns (temps for now) put on my front teeth and now I am

speaking with a lisp! Not just a little one, but I have to really

think about what I'm saying...its like I have mush in my mouth.

Geary says he couldn't tell the difference..hahaha!!! So I do a lot

of singing in the car and talking...you know "she sells seashells...

blah, blah, blah." Sometime it works.

But the good news is....my SON is coming home! I haven't seen

him in three years, maybe four. He called to say he was getting on

the bus and would be here tomorrow night. I am so excited! He's

been saying he was gonna come home for months. He's got more

patience than I do....he's taking the bus all the way from Colorado.

So there it is, my week in a nutshell............

LogCabin Quilter's Show

This was a busy weekend for me. Celebrated my

mom's birthday and then celebrated mine. Its

taken me two days to get over it too! Wah! I don't

recover as fast as I used too. Could it have been

the bowling that I hadn't done in 25 years...or the

beer? 53 ain't like 23 that's for sure....:0(

Best part of the weekend was going to the Quilt

Show in Kalamazoo. The Log Cabin Quilters

sponsored it. Lots of nice quilts to look at.

It would have been nicer if they had run

the air conditioning. It really sucks all the

joy of looking at stuff if your sweating like

you've been sitting in a sauna. Sheesh! Did

manage to shop for some fabrics. Got some

really wild Halloween prints, I want to do a

table runner. After I bought the fabric I

thought, "Wait I need a pattern!". But I

rethought and figured I could do one on

my own. I have much more confidence about

my artitst ability lately. I thank the BJP group

for that.

One of my favorite things to look at are the Art dolls.

I should be looking for a doll show to go to . Than I

could really go crazy. Add doll making to the list of

things I want to do.

Happy Birthday Bailey

Happy Birthday to you Bailey!

Today Bailey turns seven...where

did that time go? She is the love

my life and truly my best friend.