O.K. We're Clean,Now Can We Have That Treat?

Well one chore down, one hundred more to go! Although I don't consider bathing the dogs to be a chore,it's too much fun! We are now flea and tick free for another month. Roxy(left) is our little orphan girl that found us last summer. She was skin and bones when we found her and it just broke my heart to turn her away. We already had one dog, Ruby(right)who believes she is descended from ancient Chinese royalty. Which she is! And we have five cats. But despite my droning on and on that we would never have any more pets and I'm the one that takes care of all of them, Kate and I took her to the vet for a check up. While we were there Kate asked "Does this mean we are keeping her?" And I said "yes". I have not once regretted it!

Busy,Busy,Busy

I've been so busy lately.Don't have much time to blog. My son is turning 31 this coming Saturday. My daughter is being confirmed this Sunday after which we will all come back to my house for lunch and celebration of both! It seems the older I get the slower I get including my thought process. Time seems to sneak up on me until I think "You know I think I need to start preparing for this!" So I have been busy,busy, busy. Today I am making new curtains for two rooms. My dogs both need a bath,it's flea drop time. Kate needs a hair cut and then wants me to highlight it for her. My husbands clothes need to be ironed. Kate wants a new blouse for Confirmation. Have to do my nails. Get a few hours of work done at church.Take care of baby Jack Thursday. Cook,clean,laundry,nap,dishes,pay bills,buy cards,buy presents,eat,sleep and be merry! Lord help me!

No Crying Involved!

Here is the recipe and photo of the lovely "Angel Lush" cake.









Here is the photo of the ingredients of the lovely "Angel Lush" cake.









And here is the photo of the end result of the lovely "Angel Lush" cake. Not as pretty as the professional but it was very good and took about ten minutes to make. I did the strawberries a little differently. I sliced and layered them instead of leaving them whole.







And finally here is the photo of me NOT CRYING! The moral of this story is to never stop experimenting and always have faith in yourself!

I'm Back!

Sorry about the pause. My husband, Jake, finished reading "The Shack" last week and said that I should read it. I used to be a big reader but then I learned to crochet! That filled any sitting time I had over the years. As the years have passed and arthritis and carpel tunnel have made themselves at home in my hands, I am limited to crochet to about ten minutes at a time. So sad. I miss it terribly. Now I must tell you that I also have a difficult time sitting. Period. So I took up reading again so that my body could catch a break.
I am about half way through "The Shack" and I have even started reading in bed last night which I haven't done in a very long time with the exception of "The Bible" and "Concordia The Lutheran Confessions". My husband almost quit reading "The Shack" right after the great sadness was explained. He said he started to search the book to make sure it was fiction. Poor baby, You know what they say "The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall"! Anyway he said that I would like it and so far it is very good.
Tomorrow is another Lenten dinner at church. And I guess I haven't learned my lesson because once again I am experimenting! I am going to make an "Angel Lush" cake. How appropriate for church, don't ya think! My daughter-in-law made this one year for my birthday and it was soooo good. There is no baking in this one so I will say a prayer that it turns out better than the orange cake.Although that was very,very good. Just looked like crap!! Tomorrow I will post a picture of the cake or me crying!

Pause

Don't bother me now I'm reading "The Shack". Tuesday or Wednesday is when I'll be Back!

Babies And Weddings

It was a busy week. It was my week to babysit my beautiful grandson Jack. He is 9 months old. As you can see in this picture, he really likes being held by his grandma. So much so that grandma can't put baby Jack down. Baby Jack just screams his little head off when grandma try's to put baby Jack anywhere but in her arms. Grandmas arms are all tired and shaky! Now I know what your thinking. Just put him down ,let him cry and eventually he'll stop. Actually the real problem is the only time I get to see him is when his mom leaves so I'm not a very good association for him. When school lets out we'll have more time to drive back and forth to visit and that should solve the problem. In the mean time baby Jack sure has learned quickly how to play his grandma! Although there still is no better feeling then having him fall asleep in my arms. So grandma will live with the tired and shaky arms for awhile. After all it won't be to long before he won't want to be held anymore.



Baby Jack with grandma, not overly happy with me!










Congratulations Brittany and Nick !!


Yesterday was wedding day. My husband and I have watched Brittany (one of our church members) grow up and seeing her get married yesterday was very emotional for us. I have a soft spot in my heart for her as she reminds me so much of my older daughter,Ginny, when she was growing up. Ginny has moved to another state and I only get to see her about once a year. I miss her terribly and when ever I see Brittany I am always reminded of Ginny. They are both very warm hearted and sweet. Brittany's whole family are the nicest people I have ever met and we are blessed to know them. The wedding itself was beautiful and as usual our pastor had the perfect words. I'm sure it was special for him as well since he baptized Brittany as a baby.

This picture is of me and Shelly who is Brittany's grandma and one of my dearest friends. Shelly and I plan alot of the activities at our church. It's a fun job and somebodies got to do it!!!











My handsome husband,Jake and I. The wedding was romantic for us as well. He mentioned mid ceremony about renewing our vows this December for our twentieth anniversary!

Note: I wanted to get a picture of our 14 year old,Kate on this day, but she was in one of her dark moods. She did however mention that she was happy that she got to see Brittany's wedding.

The End

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Just a quick entry this morning. Today is the day I go to my daughters school to meet with teachers to pick out classes for high school this fall. How exciting! I told my Katie that I was going to wear this hat to the meeting. Needless to say it didn't go over to well. She tried to grab it off of my head but I was to fast for her HA! I crocheted this hat some years ago. Don't even remember how long ago. Anyway I said "Whats wrong with it,your sister used to want to borrow it for St. Patricks day all the time?" To which she replied, " Yea well she's old, she's almost thirty.". Sorry Ginny. But have a fun day anyway!