Out with the old and in with the new

Well I must say I'm glad to see 2008 come to an end. I hope the year 2009 brings you all happiness, good health and lots of love.

Looking back at 2008 it sure had it ups and downs.

- Due to a violent act we lost our Holly, she was a wonderful mother who was taken to early from us.
- Our beloved Barq's went to doggie heaven.
- Sales at work are in the tank in some stores, due to the economy.
- Had some great times with family and friends.
- Won a few dollars at the casino
- Had a nice Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday.

My wishes and goals for 2009

- Continue to spend time with all my nieces, nephews and family
- See that Holly's trial goes smoothly and that Antiono Knapp spends the rest of his life behind bars.
- Scrap more and keep my supplies organized
- Continue to pay off bills and only pay cash if I want something NO CHARGING, the interest hurts you.
- Keep in contact with friends and family, life is to short and you never know when someone may leave us.
- Continue to be a friendly outgoing person and help people in need.
- Get into better shape and be healthy.


HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. BE SAFE AND ENJOY YOURSELF.

Hugs to all pet lovers out there

Today is a sad day we had to take Barqs to the vet and now he is in doggie heaven with Kasha. I know there are so many pet lovers in this world, so if you are reading this give your pet an extra hug today. Lot's of hugs to Jayne and Barqs.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING. ENJOY THE TIME WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.
I'm thankful for many things this year. One is that I'm VERY thankful for all of my friends and family who have prayed for us and let us lean on them during the last few months when we were going through a very rough time. Thanks for being there and listening to me.

What is a friend

I'm warning you now this is a side of me you really never ever see.

I consider friends are people you know some better and longer than others. Friends SHOULD always remain friends. Of course friends drift away for one reason or another but IF nothing bad happened why do they treat you and your other friends like SHIT!

If you run into a past friend (whether you are out shopping, at a movie etc) and they can not be cordial what is the reason for it? I ask because recently this happened. And they were not friendly at all acutally they were down right frickin rude. And all that happened is that we drifted apart and started doing less things together and done things with new friends.

Life is just to short and there are so many unexpected things that can happen so let's just nice to all people, why can't we just be nice friends and say hello.

Other than that......

I bought myself a gift. It is a mini Sony Camcorder. I decided to go with the hard drive instead of the ones with the cards/mini disc. It was cheaper in the long run.
Now off to do some creating and have some fun.

Hope you all have a wonderful day MY FRIEND!!

Okay I'm admiting that I watch soaps.

DO YOU????? My favorite is Young and the Restless. But now and then I will catch up on One Life to Live and General Hospital. When I was quite young my cousin Mary use to babysit us while my parents worked. She was an avid soap watcher and most of the time had us watch them with her. So I got hooked.

The reason I chose to blog about this is because out cable company decide to change our line up and now I can no longer get the soaps in our bedroom. You see I went to bed and relaxed and flipped channels and watched soaps since I never get to see them during the day, so I rely on the soap net nightly channel. NOW I can not get them on the bedroom TV anymore because it is not digital.

GRRRRR....guess I have to read the online previews to get my fix. LOL

Tonight I learned......

That there are a few gals out there who read my blog to keep up with the information on Holly and her kids. So I will continue to keep Holly's memories going with updates about the kids.

I made it through the night. I put on my happy face and was very happy to see many people come out for a benefiit spaghetti dinner for Holly's kids. It was very nice to see how many people came, it was hard with everyone asking about how things are going. So far nothing has change, the trial will not be until sometime next year and the kids are adjusting. They love coming to grandma Mary's house and I try to make it every week to see them.
They are happy their room is all done and set up with a Mickey Mouse theme at Grandma Mary's house.

We went to the pumpkin farm a few weeks ago. here is a photo with all of my great nieces and nephews (missing is Wil and Zak)

They went treat/treating with Aunt Brandy and had a great time, before they were allowed to go they had to have chicken soup and manwhiches which is a tradition that Holly started years ago no eating no trick or treating


And I can not leave you all with out JaeLee and Maddies new photos.


Laura...shoot me an email at kashasue@aol.com...it was nice to see you today

BRRRRRR.....it is getting cold, we were spoiled with 70's the last few days.

ELECTION DAY

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GO VOTE AND LET YOUR VOTE COUNT

Have a great day!!

Hello out there!!

Well I'm back from Texas and we sure had a nice time. The awards dinner was nice, spa day was excellent. I was able to get a facial, massage, manicure, pedicure and had my hair done. Love when the company does this for us.

I received another shrink award, My district has the second lowest shrink in the company. Puerto Rico always comes in first, darn them. Vicki in our territory had the best audit score in the company. I'm shooting for that one next year along with my shrink. Congrats to Vicki.

On the home front the weather is so weird. One day it is nice and sunny, then it is windy and cold and now next week the temps are suppose to be 66 towards the end of the week.

Friday I will be going trick or treating with the nieces and nephews. And snapping some photos. This will be the first time in years that I will not be home to pass out candy. I feel bad because our neighbor is so into this holiday. And we also have a ton of kids because they come over from the other side of town. Last year I believe it was over 180. Because of the weather prediction for Friday is suppose to be warm and then the kids don't have school the next day, the nieghborhood will be filled with a ton of kids.

Off now to play on the board, have a super weekend.

Take off time

I know I have been a bad blogger and bad at responding to blogs. Things are getting some what normal.

The family has some good news to share Little Miss Maddie Jo gets to be raised and live with her Grandma Mary and Papa Tom. Yep that is right my brother and his wife have been awarded custody. So things are looking somewhat better. If you have time say a little prayer for my niece Brandy she is going through alot of hard times right now, her and Holly we soooo close that she is having a hard time without her.
Thanks in advance. All your prayers have helped us keep Maddie in our family.

Tomorrow morning I take off for Texas and will be back Sunday night. It is all work with a little fun tossed in there. We have a fun night which is casino nights and we play for tickets and then if our ticket is drawn we will a prize. Hope I get another good one. Last year I won 250.00 at Rainforest Cafe.

I have two managers that will fly in on Friday. One gets a million dollar store award and the other is up with a few others for a yearly management award.

Well off to check some emails, finish packing and I promise to catch up on all your blogs soon.


Toodles

loving the cooler temps

You can sure tell fall is in the air, the days are shorter, the temps are cooler and the leaves are already changing colors. Quite a few have fallen off the front trees.
So soon the raking will begin.
I'm really hoping to take a ride and walk through some parks and snap some nice fall colors.
AND.....
I cook really I do just not much during the summer, that is dh's job, grill and all but.....
I love cooking this time of year, I made gumpkies and they were so good. Now to decide which kind of soup I want. And if anyone has some yummy soup recipe's send them my way.
We already made it to the Apple Farm for caramel apples and apple pie. Soon it will be time to head to the pumpkin patch

Today took a ride to visit the kids, I needed a kid fix, now I'm good for a week LOL.
Here is a photo I snapped of them.



Tristan, Maddie, SkyLyn, JaeLee, Tristin and Raymond (RJ)

Just wondering

Why are there no B batteries? There are AA's and even AAA's, C's and D's...but what happened to B?

The Scarecrow got a brain, Tin Man got a heart, Lion got courage, Dorothy got home, what did Toto get?

When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?

I think I wonder too much. Are there things you wonder about?

The last few days I have thought about a lot of things that has happened in my life and ask why to those thoughts. I will never get an answer. Why can't we get an answer for everything we want to know? I thought questions were made to be answered?

off to ponder some more....have a great week

Our Angel Garden

We decided to make a Holly's Angel Garden. Almost every plant that arrived at the funeral home had an angel in it, we all took one home. This is one that Jayne and I choose for Holly's garden. Holly was an Angel to all of us. We miss and love you Holly.

End of August

Went to see the kids and family yesterday and I had to snap a few new photos of them.
Tristan and SkyLyn were busy playing video games so they will be caught in action next time.
As you can see RJ (Raymond) and Maddie look so cute together and JaeLee has to show us her two new front teeth.

School starts Tuesday for the youngsters and I'm sure all the parents and grandparents will enjoy the few hours break from them. LOL

It is already starting to look like fall here, some of the leaves are already changing and a few are falling. Even tho I love fall I'm not ready for summer to be done. It went by so quick.

Today we are pulling out the flowers in our front patch and going with some bushes. It cost a ton each year for the flowers, the patch holds about 12 flats. So with us tightening the belt on spending it will be saving us some dollars in the future.

Off to hunt for some bushes and pull some weeds. Enjoy you last few days of the Holiday Weekend.

Hey out there I'm still here....

First I want to Thank Everyone for all the email, cards, donations and prayers for our family, we are very thankful. The donations are still coming in and we are getting the thank you cards out as fast as we can. Also there is a person who was arrested and confessed. So we have a little closure but this does not bring Holly back.

Because of everything that has happen I have been a bad blogger and a blog visitor I will try to catch up soon.

Work has had its ups and downs, I transferred a manager to GA and now switched some around to different stores and promoted an assistant to a manager. All stores are looking beautiful and things are now running great. The only problem is the economy, no one is spending much and of course sales stink.

Our fridge kicked the bucket, so we bought a new french door one. I love it!!! :)

Now if Bush would just give us another check I would be so grateful, since I bought myself a new phone and a new laptop. What is up with that? Nothing was wrong with my phone and just the keyboard needed replacing on my old laptop. But they both made me feel better at the time. ;)

And I gave my sil my old cell and put some minutes on it because she never had a cell and she had to go out of town and I know she was paranoid leaving without being able to call and check on everyone. SO I did do a good thing.

Tomorrow Randy and I are going to meet up with some of the people he chats with on his MS world wide board. That will be fun, it is nice to meet up with your online friends. I think irs pretty funny tho, he always said why to do chat with message boards and wow you spend a lot of time on them. Now look who is talking! For him it is great theraphy since having MS and being able to chat with others who have MS also.

Well off to get some things done, have a safe day.

My garden

Here is my corn, how do you like it? I don't think we can feed the family wtih the corn LOL. I truly believe it was planted by one of the many squirrels that live in the yard.

Remembering Holly

Holly has been taken from us way to early. She is my niece and is the mother of three little ones. Many people have known Holly and her children thru Jayne's and mine scrap booking. She was murdered in her own home. Now these children will be without their mother. Raymond is only 8, Tristan is 5 and Maddie Jo is only 5 months old. My heart is just breaking and I feel so much anger like I never felt before.
She was an awesome mother who spent hours with her children, they were always reading, putting puzzles together, playing sports and their video games.

The photo of Holly I posted is an older one, it is her Senior Photo.

Please pray for our family, Holly has 3 sisters and 1 brother. My brother and sister in law are trying so hard to be strong for the family.

Where do I start?

It has been a long few weeks and I have been a bad blogger.

To sum it up with foot notes:

Had the VP traveling with me
Barq's has been having seizures and he is on crappy meds that make him loopy
Had to fire and rehire a crappy employee----long long story but she needs to go away
Having to reset some stores
My laptop is going crazy
I ordered a new laptop
I need a hair cut
Did my ATC's

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and big brother has started!!!

other than that not much else to say

A few pictures from the 4th

We had a great time I didn't take as many photos as I should have. Jayne got some really good ones of the babies. I have one of each, as you can see one is bald and one is not. They are only a month apart. I also must include a photo of the cook.
The family really enjoyed ladder ball game and they played volley ball.

AHHH I feel much better now, the garage and closets are all cleaned out. The pool is gone and the dirt comes this weekend. So the whole will be filled, the yard will be leveled and let the grass grow. I do and I don't miss the pool, it would be different if we had little ones, and if I was off weekends when Jayne is home. It is too hard for dh to keep it clean and by the time I get home it seems so late. But now with it gone it makes the yard look huge.

Hope you all are enjoying the summer.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Hope you all have a wonderful Independence Day, I will be spending the weekend with family and friends. Hope you are with all your loved ones also.

Potato Chips

I went to the store today to buy chips for a cookout, and I can not believe how many brands and flavors are out there. Do we really need this many, its makes for a hard decision.

I have seen bbq, sweet bbq, plain, cheddar, sour cream and onion, salt and pepper, salt and vinegar, dill, mustard and ketchup, hamburger, sour cream and chives, chippery chilli, jalapeno, hickory smoked.

So what weird flavors have you seen or tried?

Also there are many brands and types, and I must say if I have chips I think I now like the Kettle Cooked. How about you?

Oh what a week

Meet Pixie my hummingbird, she is a beauty and she comes to visit daily.

This week has been so full of rain and storms! We only lost power for 6 hrs, we have people here that have been out for a week. I just did not think it was very bad, so dh and I took a ride and now I see why the declared a state of emergency. So now the people on the other side of the city will get some relief. The news said it needs to clean up trees from over 500 city blocks.
And gosh I can not believe the other states like Iowa and Wisconsin that have all the flooding. Say a little prayer that they get help soon and the water goes far away.

I can say the last few days have been very nice and sunny. Today was a nice day Jayne and I did some scrap shopping and we got triple punches! Now that was the best part.

On a sad note I found 4 baby eggs that were on our patio, I have no idea how they got there, we have been looking in the tree and see no nest. So we have no idea how they ended up on the patio and they were all cracked and someone stepped on one :(
poor babies.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL.

signs

Hummmm this one kind of makes you think. What would you park here?

Want to win?

If you would like a chance to win this novel, check out this blog


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Helicopters

Are they all over the place or what??? Okay maybe I should clarify myself, I'm not talking flying helicopters well actually they do fly. You know all those ones that are on your maple trees, well this year there are a zillion in our yard. The grass is covered, the sidewalks are covered and the eaves are overflowing with them. I never ever remember having this many in the yard or in the trees.

So how many of you have them flying around your house? I might just have to take a picutre to show you the yard, it looks like it snowed helicopters. What is the real name for these things? Anyone know?

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

Hope everyone enjoys the Memorial Holiday weekend. Please remember those who have served or are serving.

Not much blogging has been done, because I have been busy getting the yard in order. Planting and Planting.

Scrapping Supplies

Okay so I didn't get my layouts done today, but as you can see I did use some supplies to wrap some gifts. One of my friends will be celebrating her 40th birthday this week so I decide to make my own wrapping paper. I used stamps, rubons, ink, tape, flowers and even made my bow out od cardstock. Last year I used ribbon on all her packages but none this year. I hope she likes all her goodies.

And today I'm pretty tuckered out, Jayne and I went bumming around today and decide to check out some stores and do a little shopping. We left the house at 9:15 and come home at 3:00. So I'm off to read the paper and relax.

May Atc

Well I wanted to try something different. Our theme for May was your favorite flower, since I have many favorites I choose to put a few different flowers on mine.
Yep I used chalk, canvas and some very old border templates that I have have for over seven years. I even stitched.

Now to do a few layouts.

Help the needed if you can

Tomorrow everyone should put some nonperishable food out for the postal workers to pick up. If your able to please think of those in need and do what you can.
They are saying this may be the worst year for collections due to the decline in the economy.

Thank you!!!!

On another note.....I have been in a crafy mood. Bought some new supplies/tools at the mega meet. Did not buy too much but will post some projects when they are complete.

So what's up with all of you? Enjoying the nice spring weather?

This piggy went JaeLee

This is the cute piggy that goes to JayLee for her baptism.
Hope she likes it and the money that is it.

grrrrr.....parkers

I never ever like to use the word HATE, but I have to say I HATE people who park illegally. So many people just park on the yellow lines in front of our store and say "I'm in a hurry can you ring me up first. Or the ones that park in the handicap spot and run in and cut in line because they are in a hurry, no shit they are illegally parked of course they are going to be in a hurry. It's is a $75.00 ticket if you get caught.

Since my dh is handicap and I have a handicap sign for my car, I will never ever cheat and park in handicap if he is not with me. It can be pouring rain and I will walk.

I bring this up today, because a young girl who said she had her grandpa's car was bragging with her friend on how cool it is to get the first parking place every where they went today. They are young and had no need to cheat, some days my dh can not even walk well and because of cheaters has to park quite a ways away and then is too tired to finish his shopping.

So please be kind and park legally.

ahhh did a bit of shopping

I bought two of these, they are nice and tall and are perfect by my table, one for me and one for Jayne. It is very light weight and folds just like a TV tray.

Had to go get flowers to put on my moms grave and while I was there the cuttle bug butterfly die and a birthday die just jumped in my cart along with a font. LOL

Then went to a few shops to find the perfect piggy bank for my niece, no one had any that was as cute as the first one I saw so I will have to run back to the Hallmark store in the mall.

I get to say it is beautiful outside, I washed some of the windows in the house and the nice sunshine is shinning through my clean windows. Now just need to spruce up the garden and soon we can do some planting of flowers. Soon the capri's and shorts will be worn.

Hope you all have a great day. Be thankful for today who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Two post in one day - what's up with that?

I finished my April Atc's and my Atg holder

I have been tagged by a few.....so here it is

A: Attached or single: Attached
B: Best friend: My sister Jayne
C: Cake or pie: Cake
D: Day of choice: Sunday
E: Essential item: my alarm
F: Favorite type of music: Everything but rap
G: Gummy Bears or Worms: Gummy bears
H: Hometown: Bay City
I: Indulgences: Ice Cream
J: January or July: July love the warmth
K: Kids: Lucky my fur baby
L: Last movie: Oceans 13
M: Marriage date: July 20
N: Number of Siblings: Three
O: Oranges or apples: Apples
P: Phobias or fears: Mice and Spiders
Q: Quote(s): All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.- unknown
R: Reason to smile: Waking up each day
S: Season: Summer
T: Tag four : Kathy, LoriAnn, Theresa an anyone else who wants to do this
U: Unknown Fact about me: If I tell you it won't be unknown
V: I have no idea what the question is for "V" -- it wasn't attached!)
W: Worst Habit: Turning my curling iron or flat iron to the highest level
X: X-rays or Ultrasounds: x-ray never had an ultrasound
Y: Your favorite food: Mexican
Z: Zodiac: Gemini

Busy Busy Weekend

Wow today was just beautiful! My sister and I did a bunch of running around and shopping for deals. I also finally bought the wood to make my ATG gun holder. Now to get it made.
It was also coupon day, every where I went I used a coupon or should I say coupons. Even had one for the car wash!
I love a productive weekend, I got so much accomplished today, wish I had tomorrow off also. Darn.

The front and side yard are all raked and now to get to the backyard, but first it needs to dry up some. Our trees are quite old and huge and lots of little branches fall off during the winter so those need to be picked up along with the "stuff" the dogs leave. Anyone want to come help?

Will be doing some creating this week also, need to do my ATC's, the last two months I procrastinated but not this month.

Hope you all have a great week.

Had a little creative juice flow

I signed up for an ATC swap and you had to use your own photo, I thought it would be easy but it was hard coming up with an idea. Not sure what size photo everyone is using. So I did wallet. Hope it is okay. I matted my photo then added some paint around it and dipped it into utee. Next I added some perfect pearls around the frame.



Other than some creating I enjoyed the beautiful sunshine today. It still is a bit chilly and still have a tad of snow here and there but the birds are waking me up in the morning and that is a great sign.

Also I ran to Michaels and had to use my 40% off coupon and bought the MM organizer.

Have a great week.

Check out my nieces

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Easter

Wishing all of you a very Happy Easter, I hope you all enjoy the holiday with your family and friends. I have it easy this year, no cooking for me! Going to some friends house for breakfast and then to my sister in laws for dinner. So in between houses I can chillax.


I just have been busy lately, work has been hectic. But soon it will be time to use some vacation hours!!
It is starting to feel a bit like spring, I'm happy cause I'm so over the snow. Sure feel bad for the others in MI some areas received 14 inches of snow yesterday. That has to suck. I'm so ready for some warmer temps.

I need to get some creating done, I MUST get my March ATC's done asap so I can mail.

OH AND AT www.cropperscottage.com we are having a live chat with Emily Falconbridge.
so come on over and chat with us all. It's is going to be a great time.

Happy Spring!

me bad

Sorry I have not been around, sickies have been in the house. Now I'm just coughing and coughing and coughing. But this is a good sign, since I always get a cold at the end of winter. So this means spring will be here very soon. And I just love the sun that is shining outside.

I have been tagged by Mary Jo and need to post 7 facts about me. Then I should be tagging others but how about if you all just post the 7 facts on your blog, just because I know we all will be tagging each other. Thanks for the tag Mary Jo.
HUMMMMM lets see....

1. I'm a compulsive list maker and love to write and cross off my list in the assortment of notebooks I have. I put things on my list just so I can cross it off.

2. I hate mice.

3. I do not drink milk.

4. I love to yell at the tv, I know they can not hear me LOL

5. I have two brothers and one sister

6. My favorite color is blue

7. I like all music except for rap.

Now off to do a bit of shopping again today. Yesterday Jayne I went to Kohls and got some awesome bargins. And I had a coupon for 10.00 of 10.00 that had to be used.
Have a great week evryone.

Maddie is a cutie

Today went to snap a few photos of Maddie. She is eight days old today.

I did a little creating.

My February Valentine Atc's are done. It felt good to sit at the table and work.
It is matted all around put the image don't show that. Sorry
I'm enjoying my few days off, tomorrow may head out of town to the markets. We just do not have any good markets around here.

Weather is nice and sunny but cold. Hope to get some baby photos uploaded Sunday. Have to share my new nieces.

I will also catch up on the last few tags, sorry I must admit I'm a tag slacker.

OKAY Another baby to spoil!!!

My niece Holly had her baby girl yesterday 2-15-08.
Maddie Jo 5lbs 6oz and 16 1/2" long.
Photos will be here soon.

IS LOVE IN THE AIR????

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALLL!!!!

It is Christmas and doggie talk

Well at least for me it is. I took my Christmas holiday today. Just need an extra day off this week. Sally has us take our Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Winter holidays after January 1st. Being in retail we have to work 5 1/2 days from the week before Thanksgiving until New Years. So that is why it is Christmas today. No present tho. LOL But it has been a lazy day. Did not do too much yet.!
But there is more snow and more snow on the way. We have more snow that last year, we are at 72 inches but the record is 87 inches which was set in 1966-1967. We still have a few more weeks of winter so a new record can be set.

AAWWW did you watch the doggies last night? I flipped because I had to watch Big Brother. UNO won!!! He is such a cut beagle and it is the first time in 133 years that a beagle one. We had a beagle when I was quite little, he was a very nice friendly dog. Ringo....who is now in doggie heaven.

Fruity

You Are a Strawberry

You are friendly, outgoing, and well liked by many people.
You are popular, but there's nothing you ordinary or average about you.

You a very interesting person, and you have many facets to your personality.
Sometimes you feel very conflicted. Your different sides of your personality pull at you.

You are a very sensual and passionate person. You are fiery... you can't help it.
In general, you keep your passionate side under wraps. You are only wild in private.


Take the quiz and see what fruit you are

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Snowy Day

We got hit with almost 17 inches of snow!!! And since it is Barq's Birthday tomorrow, I tought I would share a photo of him in his path. He will not climb over snow to go potty, so Uncle Randy has to make some paths out in the backyard for the doggies!

Barq's will be 14 tomorrow, not sure if he has out lived any siblings or not. But 14 is a nice long time. His mommy Mindy live a long life but not sure how many years old she was when she went to doggie heaven. I thank Mindy for giving us two lovely, happy dogs. Kudos to her and to Kasha who we all miss dearly.

Barq's will be getting extra special treats tomorrow.

Tagged

Been tagged by a few people and don't think there is anyone else to tag. So my middle name is SUE and here are my choices.

S = Smart
U = Understanding
E = Eager

Guess thats all I have, I'm a boring blogger.

Super Bowl Sunday - Trivia Day

LUCKY 7 - In honor of our Super Bowl Sunday lets play some trivia and see how many you can guess correct. Answers will be posted later.

And get your chips out today on the local news they said that 18,000 tons of chips would be eaten today along with tons of guacamole.

1. Who holds the Super Bowl record for the most yards receiving in one game?
Michael Irvin
Rickey Sanders
Lynn Swann
Jerry Rice

2. Who holds the Super Bowl record for the most rushing touchdowns in one game?
Terrell Davis
Emmitt Smith
John Riggins
Franco Harris

3. Who has the longest run from scrimmage in the Super Bowl?
Walter Payton
Marcus Allen
Emmitt Smith
Mercury Morris

4. Who has the longest interception return in Super Bowl history?
Deion Sanders
Wilbur Marshall
Larry Brown
Willie Brown

5. Who has the most career all-purpose yards in the Super Bowl?
Lynn Swann
Roger Craig
Franco Harris
Jerry Rice

6. Who has the most passing yardage in one Super Bowl contest?
Kurt Warner
Terry Bradshaw
Joe Namath
Joe Montana

7. Which team has appeared in the most Super Bowls?
San Francisco 49ers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Cowboys
Cleveland Browns

Another book to read.

Yeah another book coming my way soon. Now I just wish Fourteen would be in the stores soon. So what is everyone reading???

I need some sun

January is such a blah month for many reasons. One of the reasons I think it is so blah is because we have had only a couple of days with sun, winter is long and cold and I really don't mind it, but I think this season we have had the least amount of sunshine.

I want and need to have the smell of spring! I can not wait until I can see the flowers popping up in the garden. Because of this I think I have been in a funk. Normally the stress at work don't bother me, but lately everything bothers me.

Well enough dwelling, at least I have been doing some creating, have to say I love making ATC's. I think I'm actually getting excited about the mega meet. Last year I skipped it so I think I just may have to go this year. Not that I want to spend the money but it gets me motivated.

I'm packed and ready to crop tomorrow. Hope I get some things done and not chat the day away.

Here she is........JaeLee

I went to snap a few pictures of the new addition to our family.
She is small, adorable and very wrinkly. LOL Mom Brandy, Dad Jason, and sisters SkyLyn and Tristin are very proud of her. Brandy says she is a good sleep, but says she is a bit spoiled already and wants to be held and not placed in her bassinette.

Other notes work has been good, not so stressful but very busy.
Also, this week has been a scrappy and fun week. So I'm off to do some creating.
Have a great weekend.

We have another baby

My niece Brandy had a baby girl. JaeLee was born this morning, she weighe 5 lbs 14 inches. I can not wait to go see her. Her bigger sister SkyLyn is so happy.
Welcome to the world JaeLee.

Remembering

My mom Dolores

Today is the 10th anniversary of my mom leaving us. 1-12-08. So today I dedicate my blog to my mom. She was the best mom one could ever ask for.
She was a hardworker (she worked at the Cheverolet Factory) she was funny, a bowler, a rebater, a cook, and a shopper. My mom has always worked hard, she raised 4 kids (Tom, Jayne, Me & Andy) and not always with the help of my dad. They divorced in the late 70's.
If my mom was here today, she would join the scrapbooking world, she may not be doing layouts but she sure would be shopping for supplies for me. LOL
I sure miss her more and more. Her life was taken too soon and she has missed my wedding and the birth of some of her grandchildren.
SO I do not want to dwell on all the sadness in out life. I just want to say live life to the fullest because some lives our just to short.

Can you tell that I have my mom's nose....LOL

It is in my hands......

Off to read my new Janet E book!!! Plum Lucky

Just in case you want to know where I will be.

AHHHHHH

Well this old body is tired and sore, my one store is finally moved to its new location. There sure was a lot of stress, tension and confusion. But it is done. Now the next project is opening a new store. I guess I'm earning my keep. And since we moved and came up with some new ideas most of my stores want to rearrange their backroom. Not that I don't want them too, but I'm tired. LOL
It will all be worth it in the end.

So far the new year is going good. I have really cut down on the diet coke, having my first one since the 1st. Darn it does taste gooooood.

I must let everyone know that on January 13th we are having a cyber crop at www.cropperscottage.com so come on over and join us.

I will soon have some layouts to upload.
Have a great week.

2008

We stayed home last night and watched the ball drop. Love Dick Clark but the man is not looking so good, he had accomplished quite a bit in his life. And of course I did see Val. Many of you probably have seen him too, he was the one in the bright pink baseball hat and he has a full beard, he inches his way into the camera every chance he gets. LOL Val has been going to New York for many years now, I use to work near him when we both worked at our local mall. So every year I look for him.

2008 is off to a great start, today I reorganized, cleaned out drawers, rearranged my shelves and all my scrapping supplies. I'm really happy the way it looks now. I can see almost everything and most of it is within a good reach. I don't have a huge area but its mine and it is comfy. Now I'm planning to do more layouts this year and using up quite a bit of my stash. I refuse to buy so much ahead of time anymore, when I go to use it most of it will seem old and I have a ton of pattern paper that must be used.

I have many other goals also, some are the same as last year. Go figure.
But I do vow not to be angry with anyone, keep be in touch with real friends beter, treat others how I would want to be treated and live life to the fullest. Life is too short and we lost too many people this past year too soon. Some have passed on and others choose not to talk to me anymore for reasons unknown, and do not have the guts to tell me why, so I say it is your loss I have always been a good friend to those I know.

I wish all of you a healthy, happy and a great New Year.