It's been a while since I've updated my blog.

 The main reason is I'M WORKING AGAIN!!!!  yay!  I started a full-time job a few weeks ago and it's going really well.  I love the people I work with and it's REALLY NICE to be around people all day again!  (Not to mention the money is nice.)  It's been hard getting used to being away from home all day and by the time I get home, I'm tired and I don't get too much done.  I am, however, doing really good at getting up early and working out for 30 minutes on the elipitical machine.  I'm finally to less than what I weighed last year when we went on the cruise!!!!

Todd's been home a couple weekends.  He was home last weekend since it was Labor Day, and he was also home the week before.  Most of his home time is spent working on the truck for some reason or another.  He's had to replace the brakes already and then last weekend he went out to wash the truck good.  If anyone knows Todd, he doesn't do an "OK" job at anything.  He's almost a perfectionist so something that can take one person an hour, it can easily take Todd two or three.  But he's VERY HAPPY being self-employed.  He's making good money, but the expenses of owning his own truck are lots higher.  In the end, he's doing great and is happy, that's all I can hope for him.

Today I decided to bake some cookies.  I'm going to spend the afternoon tomorrow with some friends in Sun City and wanted something to take.  I found a great recipe for Molassas Ginger cookies!




And what's better than plain cookies?????  Ice cream sandwiches made with the cookies!!!!


Made with Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream and they are WONDERFUL!!!!

I have some sewing that needs to be done, and I'm working on another baby quilt.  I don't think I've ever taken pictures of the first one that I made, but that will be done soon.

Sam's son, Tyler, had joined Boy Scouts this year.  He's pretty excited and his dad is one of the leaders, so it will be nice for them to do that together.  Even though Sam's been around me sewing for YEARS, she still needed me to put his patches on his shirt for her.  They came over this afternoon and I got it done.

Tyler had another birthday!!!!!!!

He's 6 now and we had a party for him at the pool of their apartment complex.  We had the usual grilled Hamburgers and hot dogs, chips and dip, etc.  It was a lot of fun!

One of his presents from Sam & Jason was a scooter.




Todd enjoying a hot dog.









Angel and Alyssa trying to play baseball with a beach ball and swimming noodle.  lol






Alyssa got cold so went to sit by Todd for a while.  They looked like they were have a very serious conversation.  (She's growing up so fast!!!)  LOVE this picture!!!!

Halloween 2009 11/1/09

Halloween was fun this year! Tab and Sam brought their families over to go Trick-0r-Treating in our neighborhood. We live on a HUGE block, so we just went around it and went home. But I snapped a few pictures before we went out.

Tyler was an Army Guy


Angel was GI Joe


Alyssa was Sharpay from High School Musical


These are the pumpkins that Todd and I carved last weekend.


On Friday, Tab and I went to help out at Alyssa's Halloween Party at school. There were lots of parents there, so I took a few minutes to snap a few pictures.
This is Alyssa and her friend, Riley.


They played a game that they had to roll a pumpkin with a spoon to the basket.


Then we went back into the classroom - Alyssa was distracted by me taking a picture.


First they decorated pumpkins to take home.


Then bobbed for apples (with no water), then dipped them in caramel and chocolate chips or coconut.






Then they had a snack.

Someone took some of the vegetables and arranged them like a skeleton - it was really neat!

And this is where she sits all day at school.


We didn't have many trick-or-treaters, so I guess Todd and I will have to eat the Snickers that I bought.... lol

The other Grandkids!!!! (9/3/08)

Can I just say - Being a grandparent is THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!!!!!!Since last weekend was Labor Day weekend, we had my girls and their kids over for lunch on Saturday. We grilled out chicken, had chips and dip and baked beans (you can't have a cookout without baked beans!!). Since I had not taken any recent pictures of them, I sent the girls out to take pictures of the kids.

Here are Angel and Alyssa: Angel is 3 and Alyssa is 5 - she started Kindergarten this year!


And this is Tyler: (well, Angel and Tyler)

I started another purse last night. It's just a prototype, but totally designed by me since I could not find a pattern or tutorial of one that is close to what I wanted. I have most of the pieces cut out and started sewing last night, but it got late and I was goofing up so decided to rip it all out and start again tonight. I'll post pictures as soon as I have it done.