Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!
Even though I have to work it will be a great day with my co workers!

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day

 

Bye Bye 2012

Happy New Year!

Bring on 2013!!!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Every year before  Christmas we as a family and a few of the kids friends go out for pizza and then we drive around looking a Christmas displays.  Last year we found this display.. So I came home and watched it again on you tube. It is great!  Love the song.

I think I'm driving my family nuts.  This year I finally got brave enough to ship out large blowmolds in bubble wrap and heavy plastic instead of a box.  By doing this is easier for me, I don't have to find a box and the it saves tonz of money on shipping costs.  So far so good, none damaged yet.  However my uncles first time shipping in this manner the buyer complained that it arrived smashed.  So now my uncle won't ship that way.  I've had my biggest year for blowmolds and I've very happy with the profits of this year because of it.  However I am now blowmold obsessed.  Every display with a blowmold I get excited and try to guess a price and wish that it was mine.  Mental note to myself for next years rummage sales to stop at those houses because they might be in the market to sell theirs!!  LOL!  My family is gonna throw me out of the vehicle!

I've got some cleaning and cooking to do today before the family arrives.  Plus one ebay purchase I made (a santa gift) has not arrived.  It had plenty of time with first class parcel shipping...  Man my fingers and toes are crossed it comes today, it was the crown jewel of her gifts.  They aren't getting much to open it's pretty much all money.  So I really hope it arrives. 

Merry Christmas!

Ceramic Christmas Collection

I didn't realize I collected these until recently.  These are highly collectible on the ebay and go for high prices.  However I have sold one and it arrived in 50 pieces.  The buyer was very nice about accepting my apology and the refund.  Lesson learned they don't ship well.  However I keep buying them.  I started bringing them out when I decorated the house and OMG I had 13 of them!

And a ceramic wreath

Christmas 2012 Part 2

Pretty

Silly but cute!

Christmas Decorating 2012 Part 1

Big Christmas Tree in Black and Red

Little Christmas Tree in  Black and Red

My Tree Skirt that I made.  It's made from a leather and camel hair jacket, plaid skirt, flannel robe and a Christmas throw blanket.  It is really cool, with pockets and fringe...  To the far left the black and white is the throw, the red plaid is the skirt, and next is the leather and then the flannel.  the panel that is black camel hair can't be seen.   Its really special to me.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I worked and then had my mom and inlaws over for supper.  It was a very nice time.  The temperature yesterday as 63 degrees!  A record for Thanksgiving!  However today being black friday the temperature is 23 degrees and it is snowing.  We are not getting dumped with snow, just a bit along side the roads.  This is the first black friday in a long time I didn't go.  There just wasn't anything I need.  My shopping list is extremely short, just cash and gift cards this year.  As that is what is requested.  Teenagers!  Plus I just don't understand (kind of over welming the start times and what is really on sale during that time) or believe starting black friday deals at 8 pm on Thanksgiving is wrong.  I bawked at last years change to midnight, which I did do.  The turkey was put away many hours already at midnight.  But starting at 8 people have to get in line about the time we ate supper.  I'm not going to give up eating with my precious family to shop.  Even if it is for a deal.  The rate we are going Black Friday will start the day after Halloween and then the day after Christmas..  Which it kind of that way now, with the deep deep discounts.  If there is a retailer out there reading this please send Black Friday back to 5AM the day AFTER Thanksgiving... 

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Hope it's fun and safe!

Happy St Patricks Day

Happy St Patrick's Day

It's 80 degrees...  that is unheard of in Wisconsin.  Many years we had wicked snow storms on this day!

HeHe!!  Not this year...  so lovin' it!!!!

No daffodils yet, but soon!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!!

My Flowers

This is my Christmas floral arrangement that I put together 10 days ago and still looking great!  Walmart's $10 flowers do it again!

Christmas 2011

Here is a photo of my Christmas tree... I don’t know what is wrong with me, but I just have the huge urge to take all the Christmas down and put it away... I’m trying to resist. We’ll see. So I took the picture before it’s too late...

 This is my grandma who is 99 years young...

Everyone for Christmas Eve

This what we do on Holidays..  play Deer Drive on the Wii

I hope everyone had a great Christmas as I did!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Hope your New Year is filled with happiness and love!

The Day Before Christmas Eve

Today I went to the grocery store...  it was a mad house.  I'm ready except for the last minute cleaning and cooking.  It's finally snowing...  it feels much more like Christmas.  For some reason I just wasn't feeling it this year.  I didn't make any candy.  I only made cut out cookies because Nicci insisted.  Maybe thats it.  I don't know. 

Mom and I went for walks every day this week because the temps were above 35 degrees, this is very rare for the week before Christmas.  

Tomorrow, my mom, my brother and his son and girl friend are joining us for supper.  Christmas Day we are going to visit my grandma.  Then go to Marks parents and then watch the football game.  Oh mom will be coming for lunch her.  We are going to have pork chops on the grill because it's suppose to get over 40 degrees.  

I can't wait for the kids to open their gifts they should be very very happy this year!  They are both getting exactly what they asked for.  

Today night we are going out for pizza and look at Christmas lights.  Should be fun with the new snow.  Christmas is the only time that I don't complain about snow.  

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Card Photos

Two of my favorite people!

Simply the best! 

Merry Christmas

Happy Turkey Day!

 Happy Thanksgiving...

I got up yesterday morning and I saw that Target Black Friday deals were already available online.  Yes...  I  know I'm still boycotting that store, however I wanted to ensure that I got the most important items on my list, bought.  Nicci and Philip wanted bigger things and Best Buy, Walmart and Target all had the same items for the same price.  So I decided that security of getting what I wanted was more important then my boycott.  I ordered them and  all seems well.  If they cancel my order there will be *ell to pay.  Because I and my friend decided not to go at midnight that leaving at our normal time was ok would still net us the items that we want.  There isn't anything remaining on my list I can't live without if supplies are depleted. 

We decided that the midnight opening isn't right.  I think stores opening at 4 or 5 in the morning leaves Thanksgiving as a holiday.  By moving it to midnight invades the holiday.  And it does.  I had my mom and my inlaws over for Thanksgiving supper and that was all day to get ready.  I'm blasted tired.  But of course I'm up early to catch up on the deals I might look for (people are already posting their stories)

Well wish us luck...  Happy Black Friday

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

HAPPY EASTER

HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE!

I have to work today.  The reservations that have booked today show the largest crowd we've had in years!  Is this the sign that the economy is turning around despite the high fuel prices?  Here gas is $3.89.

The Easter Bunny got up early this morning and hide the baskets.  I know my babies are 20 and 15 years old but they still love their Easter baskets.  My daughters basket is hidden in a spruce tree in the back yard and my sons basket is at my mom's house.  They are all going out for dinner today, so when they go to mom's to pick her up his basket is sitting on her porch.   HA! Gotcha Philip!!  He's fun to watch when he can't find his basket.  Gotta love it.  But I will miss it this year because I will be at work.  :(  This year I made a basket up for my son's girlfriend.  Her basket is hidden in Philip's truck.  She will be surprised.

Have a wonderful and safe day!