Better photos

Here are better photos of the UGLY DOLLS~ btw, I didn't make this pink one with the baseball cap! Neither did my daughters! Hmmm, who does that leave in this house?





My personal voodoo doll!


I have no clue where this came from? It just happened that way!


I love this one! Probable my favorite so far!

No more hand washing!

See what my honey bought on friday (the 13th!) ? A new dishwasher! Go here to see what we got. I guess he knows someone at Asiens Appliance, so we are happy with the price! The kids are happy cause after a month of hand washing, they appreciate the dishwasher! Now we need a new oven!

A scrap UGLY

I used some scraps, just to see what I would come up with. I think this one is UGLY, but whatever!

You thought I was kidding?

I told you this was addicting! So here's the third UGLY DOLL! I'm having so much fun doing it! I made an *elsie* flower on it's head and a heart for the bottom! Tell me what you think!

CASEYS SECOND UGLY DOLL

Yep, it's a family addiction! Here's Casey's second UGLY doll! This is SO much fun!

My second UGLY DOLL

Okay, well, maybe my first UGLY but second doll!




These are so addicting!Nikki and Debbi and I are having so much fun making them! Stayed up to the wee hours! (Look like anyone you know?)

My Little Book of Sketches

Too cool! Check it out here:

Little Book of Sketches

Thanks for sharing Debbi!

I'll miss you!

Thanks for being my friend!

P.S. You are in so much trouble for not telling me it's your birthday today! "You're fired"
Oh, wait, you quit, I forgot!

Friends!

Woo hoo! My best friends have come on board the blogging craze! It's so addictive! It's a great place to record memories and share thoughts.

For instance-this is what's on the whiteboard of my refrigerator today!


Don't you just love it! SO much better than the one at work!

Ugly Doll Challenge

So here are the cell phone photos I entered! I didn't have internet so I had to use my cell phones internet to upload! Ha!






Pictures I took today at work! SO much better!



Don't you love the little bow on the tail?

Long Weekend

I had such a long weekend! We went to Reno for a bowling event my husband was in, on the drive up he starts to get his cold back! He was living off Dayquil and Halls cough drops and at night he coughs and coughs! It was usually about 3 am before he finally gets to sleep! I also didn't sleep until he was settled, so you can imagine how tired we were!

Red Velvet girls did an Ugly Doll Challenge! I entered but my photo of my ugly (I think it's cute) butterfly stinks! I had to use my cell phone cause we didn't have internet! Oh well, I had a great time making the butterfly! That's the point of entering contests, to go through the process of doing something you may otherwise not have done!

Here are some random weekend photos, I can upload now! YEA!!!




The Reno Bowling Stadium is HUGE!










See the empty lot? This is where we got married! The Heart of Reno is the place, but it's a different building now and in a different location! How sad! No photos of the original building where we got married! No photos of our wedding! I guess this will have to do!

Urinetown, the musical

Brandi onstage, can I just say WOW!

Quote

It takes hundreds of nuts to hold a car together, but it takes only one of them to scatter it all over the highway.
- Evan Esar

Jeremiah Chass

News article

Remember Jeremiah Chass? His life was taken during a confrontation with two sheriffs deputies. I can't begin to understand how this young boy, a honors student in AP classes, an incredible athlete, changed and became part of a fatal confrontation. I don't blame him, I don't blame the deputies. Life happens, who am I to judge? I never met Jeremiah, didn't even know who he was until he was gone. My daughters knew him, and now they are amongst several hundred Analy students who miss someone they maybe didn't know very well.

Okay, here's the cool part. The students are working on creating a garden to remember Jeremiah. This is such a great idea! You don't have to have ever met Jeremiah to feel the loss of losing someone so young. I am a firm believer on enabling people to deal with what life sends them. I think this garden will help the students begin to heal, and to remember how precious life is.

Best Friends

Puppies!!!

Her are Caseys choices for her new Yorkie! She gets both of them for a couple of days to decide which one she wants!



They are so cute! The one on her lap is the little male, and the one lying next to her is the female. I'll update when she decides!
TODAY is her birthday! She's 15!!!

Casey's Beach Birthday!

Casey wanted to have a beach birthday, so we decided to invite a few of her friends and we went to Salmon Creek.

The had fun, but the water is SOOO cold!



They found out about the little creatures that live in the sand,
imagine the girls screaming over bugs!



Casey and Ashley found a big stick in the sand.



Drawing on the beach was challenging, but lots of fun!





The sun came out enough to warm it up so they could tan!



We saw a guy riding his horse on the beach!
This would be so much fun! I just want the
weather to be a little bit warmer!



You can't go the the ocean without stopping at a local
shop and buying salt water taffy!


"A peace of sand"

Overall, it was a great time, I just wish the wind wouldn't have
picked up, it got so cold, so fast!

My husband

I just wanted to take a moment to say how much I love my husband.

2 Peas challenge post

One of my most favorite things about Spring is the beautiful trees and flowers that bloom. Everything is fresh and green. The sky seems bluer than any other time of the year, I can't help but take pictures...soon the blooms will fade and the next season will arrive.

What Casey wants for her birthday!

Okay, so this is what Casey wants for her birthday! A Yorkshire Terrier! Isn't it the cutest ever. Problem is they cost a lot of money, but I might have a contact where I can get it for less. That would be sooooooooo cool!

Urinetown

Analy Arts 2007 Proudly Presents:
URINETOWN, The Musical
March 23, 24, 29,30, 31 @ 7:30 pm
March 25 & 31* @ 2:00 pm
* Benefit Performance for Lincoln Elementary School and Friends of the River
Ticket prices: $5 Student/Seniors
$10 General tickets on sale
@ People's Music after March 1st

Partytime!

I think Heather loved her cake! Brandi made it for her during her free 4th period at school, how cool is that? Casey icing it and decorated it with DINOSAURS cause Heathers old like that!

We went shopping for her present!

This is the kitty she got! It's name is Casey, but I think Heather is gonna change it, I wonder why?

Heathers 19th Birthday

What do you get a 19 year old that really doesn't want anything? Well, Heather decided she wants a kitten! That's so cute! It's a great idea for her to have something of her own.

For her birthday I was gonna pick up a cake today, but Brandi came up with something better. She informed me that she has a free period and she wants to make Heather a birthday cake in Ms Smiths home ec room! That is so sweet! Since Brandi doesn't get home until 11 pm cause it's hell week, I think that was her way of really be part of Heathers Day! Casey is gonna frost it when we get home, so she gets to be part of the cake adventure as well.

Weekend Gettaway

We spent the weekend at Reno, Nevada! Our mini vacation was provided by our daughters as a Christmas present! We took two days off of work and headed to see Brooks and Dunn on Thursday night, followed by the Underground Magic show on friday. On Saturday we went to see Aida, and Saturday night I took my friend from Reno, Susan, to see the Twelve Irish Tenors. It was a fabulous weekend. We stayed at our condo we have up there and I scrapbooked a little while my husband played some poker. He did very well, won more than we spent! Gotta love that! Free Vacation!

Thanks Casey for thinking of it, and thanks Brandi and Heather for pitching in! It was an awesome present!

Hell Week

Welcome to Hell Week, the week before the high school musical opens and it always seems to have a lot going on in it, not just for the kids! Brandi will be at the school until 11 pm every night this week, Casey has CHSEA this week (high school exit exam) and I have a class to teach on Wednesday!! Busy busy, especially just getting back from Reno! More on that tomorrow!

A vacation mishap

I finally got mostly caught up at work, not so overwhelmed but still a lot to do, but my scrap room is almost clean. I spent weeks procrastinating and finally forced myself to get in there. I'm really happy with how it's worked out. I'll post pictures soon so you can see it (clean).

Here's the latest on my parents 50th wedding anniversary and the vacation with my brother Bill:
My brother goes with them to Nascar (you have to buy tickets a year in advance). My parents are caravaning with some other motor homes and decide to leave a few days early so they can go to the Grand Canyon. They arrived late Sunday night. On Monday morning, my brother went outside to have a cup of coffee. He said he started to feel punky and went back inside, suddenly he started getting severe pain in his chest. They took him to the medical clinic at the Park, X-Rays revealed his lung collapsed. He had to be taken by ambulance 80 miles to a hospital in Flagstaff Arizona where he spent a whole 24 hours in the emergency room. They inserted a tube in his chest for the collapsed lung to refill. To make a long story a little shorter, the lung hasn't responded and they've admitted him into a room. They are meeting with the doctor to see what their options are. For those of you that know me, I am a control freak and I have always been the one to take care of family. This is really hard that he is so far away (14 hours driving) and I can't be there. I know how much he wants to go to see Nascar (racing is his life). It's gonna stink if they have to operate on him, it's bothering the heck out of me cause I'm the one who's usually the one people depend on. Urgh! Please send some healthy healing thoughts toward my brother.