April 29, 2009

Well good news and bad news. Good news~ Guess who is going to be a grandma again in December???? LINDA CLARK!!Yep, she told me tonight on our way to get our hair done in Zanesville. Kelly and Jarrod are thrilled as is grandma!
Bad news~Pat said they are so slow at work that his mom is working only three days a week and he and Delynn are only working 4 days a week. Sooo, he will be home on Fridays for awhile until things pick up.
All candybars are ready for delivery but I have not been able to contact Linda. I am sure she is very busy with their levy next week.
Have all my mother's day things ready to deliver to S.Lawnn on Friday. Then a massage and lunch with Patty.

April 27, 2009

YIPEE! All 550 candy bars are wrapped and ready to go into clear envelopes and then delivered. Record time....3 days and I only worked off and on. My hands ache but that is to be expected. I hope that Linda and the crew at Green will like them.
Managed to also make some fresh green beans for dinner tonight. They are Pat's favorite. They were very good. Onions, bacon and potatoes added...yummo!
Tonight is 24 night so glad I am finished with the candy bars. LOL
Have to finish a little project for Roger and Carol Moore's retirement party on Sat. At least it does not involve candy bars.

April 24 , 2009

Chocolate! Chocolate! I have 16 boxes of Hershey bars on my kitchen table ....that is 550 bars!!! I got the wrappers from Staples printing and they are wonderful. Look very nice. I like the weight for wrappers. I could never have copied that many in such short time and so perfectly. I can't imagine all the cartridges I would have used.....
Well while I was waiting for the printing to be finished, I went to Sams for the candy. When I came out...I HAD A FLAT TIRE! AND I had Pat's car. I thought he was going to have to come to Z'ville and change it for me and then I thought...duh, Sam's has a tire shop and they fixed it for me and even better....since I am a member.....it was FREE!!! Oh, happy day. Had to wait almost 2 hours to get all this fixed but it was worth it for free.
Came home and we grilled out. Pat had finished mowing so he was hungry. I started my project and am nearly finished with the first box of 36 bars. My self made deadline is next weekend. Envelops should arrive Wed. so I can complete the project then and deliver them to Linda over the weekend. At least that is my plan.
Enjoy the weekend. Sunny and warm~YEAH!!!

April 23, 2009

Ah, the rain has stopped....finally. It is supposed to be in the 80's the rest of the weekend and Monday. WOO HOO! I am finishing up my mother's day craft things AND........drum roll......I got a HUGE order for candy bars ~ 500 of them~for Green Local Schools. My friend Linda called and they want them for staff appreciation. I used their logo and created a pretty nice wrapper. Should be fun trying to get 500 of them finished in a week....phewwwww. I will have to hustle.
Diane, Brody's breeder has her first spring litter of pups. They are really cute...3 girls and 1 boy and they all appear to be tricolored like their dad.
Pat has gotten a few new tools for his workshop. He is really making progress in sprucing up his work area.
Nothing new from Jeremy and Mandi. Guess no news is good news.
Planning on going to Wal Mart and Zanesville tomorrow. Groceries and stuff for the "big order".

April 20, 2009

UPDATE:
I went to lunch with Linda today and while I was waiting I saw Beth. It's a GIRL!! WHOOHOOO!!! She will so enjoy shopping for girl things....Now if Jacie gets on it and has a boy next they will both have one of each. Happy Happy Families!




Beth Loomis is finding out today what she will be having in Sept. Girl or Boy??? She has bet her dh that it is another boy since all the little gimicks to figure it out that she and Jacie have done indicate another boy. I know Beth would love a little girl but either way this little one will be spoiled just like Parker compliments of Granny....lol.
Jeremy called and he and Mandi had a big surprise last night. Mandi's mom showed up with her sister for a visit. Neither of them knew they were coming. I told Jeremy that I just might have to hop a plane and make a surprise visit also.
Raining here again today. This will really green things up. Grass is growing like crazy. Pat has already mowed twice. Dogs don't like the rain either. No sunning on the deck :(.
New phones are coming along. I have found some great utubes that demo some of the options. Also read lots on line and have actually figured some things out on my own. Once I get the hang of it, I am sure I will like it.
Have a great day~quack, quack.

April 17, 2009

Happy day! Mert and Bill are back in Ohio. I picked them up at the Akron Canton airport yesterday afternoon. I was soooo ready to jump on a plane and fly to Florida to see J and Mandi. I miss them a lot! I doubt that J will get home this summer so I guess I will see him this fall if Pat can go down for Thanksgiving.
After we got home and we visited for awhile, Pat and I went to The Lock for dinner. It was VERY good. I was totally full! Pat is taking 1/2 day off today to go to Kiem lumber for their sale. I was supposed to have a massage today but Wendy had to cancel. So I sat in the massage chair last night..not the same but helped.
The sun is shinning and I am pretty sure the dogs will be enjoying the deck later today.

April 14, 2009

Ok, I have had enough rain! All day long yesterday and again today.....enough!!
Linda and I had a good time yesterday in Zanesville. We had lunch and then shopped a little. Didn't stay too long since Linda had a dr. appt.
Spent today cleaning "the room" ~hey you can actually see the floor now! LOL Worked on my boat swap craft challenge. My theme was winter which is right up my ally since I love things sparkling and shiny. I am also to do Thanksgiving so that one may be a bit of a challenge but I am workin on it.
Can you believe there was so much trash from my cleaning that the bags would not all fit in the two huge trash barrels. I guess it needed done huh?
Changed the bedding and am almost finished with the weeks laundry. Been a busy day! Hope all who had to go back to school today had a good day. I remember well how restless the kids get when its raining and they have to stay inside...especially coming off a long weekend.

April 13, 2009

So many children, and adults, must feel like this after eating all that Easter candy and goodies....LOL. We had a very quiet Easter here at our house. Plan to spend today with Linda C. shopping and having lunch. Should be a fun day.

Happy Easter~April 12, 2009

April 10, 2009

Had a wonderful day today! Patty, Becky and Linda M. and I all had lunch at Roscoe. We talked for almost 4 hours! Much to catch up on...lol. Patty had an interesting lunch which got returned for a cheeseburger. PS. don't order the pork sandwich with bean soup and coleslaw...eeewwwwwwww. It was great to catch up.
Talked to Linda C. this afternoon. She has had an interesting couple of days....nough said on that one. We are going to lunch on Monday and shopping since she has the day off.
Rained most of the day here and supposed to rain again tomorrow. Yuk!
Have not heard much from Jeremy and Mandi...since she is off I suppose they are busy with the apartment and spending time together. Mert and Bill return to Ohio on Thurs.

Well it was supposed to be warmer yesterday, overnight and today. It made it into the 50's yesterday but this morning it is 29...burrrr. Supposed to get to 60 today so we shall see.
I have to get my left over craft items from S.Lawn today. Then drop some bags of clothing off at Goodwill. I cleaned out my closet yesterday getting all my old school clothes out of there. I figure I won't use them ever again so why hang on to them. If for some reason I go back to work, I will get new. :) I think I have 3 large bags...yikes.
Need to clean out my car this weekend. Picking up Mert and Bill from the airport on Thurs. Finally they will be home from Florida. Bill insisted on going down before Thanksgiving and now can't wait to get home. I think he missed us...LOL. As I have said before, he wants to learn to use a computer and wants me to teach him. THAT should be interesting....
Enjoy the day and those who are teachers, this is your last day before break!!

April 4, 2009

Well today was beautiful here in Warsaw. Sun was shining but it was a little windy so it was a little cooler than I would like it. Pat worked on his cupboards and cleaning his workshop most of the day. I did laundry and made lunch.
Here are some pictures of his workshop project. Aren't these cabinets beautiful! Almost too nice to store tools in...LOL
Happy Weekend!

April 1, 2009

This pic just cracked me up....all the Disney princesses being goofy.
This is a day of remembering. We lost my mom eight years ago today. We always laugh that it was on April Fool's Day. If you knew my mom, you can see the humor. I miss her more every day.
It is supposed to rain today. Yes, it is 2:30 AM and I am awake. I didn't attend the Washington dinner last night...just not feeling just right. Maybe a cold coming on. Pat and I both went to bed early~like 9 but I woke up about 12 to take Brody out and couldn't go back to sleep. Just surfing the internet and decided to update the blog.
Hope you don't get too many April fools jokes played on you today :)

I added some pictures of my mom....funny there aren't many that aren't school photos....imagine that LOL

Miss Firestone....she would kill me if she knew I did this one.....

Dad, mom and I when I was VERY young


Mom and I










Hey look ~we are doing the "teacher look" LOL


Family picture in 1967~sheez to look like that again!!


Mom and Jeremy~her last Christmas




Don't remember which late night show said this but thought it was funny: You know the president is visiting the queen....supposedly he asked her if she wanted America back. Well, I thought it was funny...given the state of our economy.