change April 29, 2009

change is something that I am not very good at.  Who am I kidding I hate it, now I know that’s a very strong word but I use it strongly.  It can be the smallest thing and it just throws my whole day off. 

We had no crop last weekend and it was really weird for me.  The ladies I crop with have become not only my customers but my friends and I miss seeing them.  I did get to do something very fun tho.  We spent the weekend at my aunts lake house in Wi., we were 4 of 19 people in the house and it was cramped but fun. 

Rick and Mike got some fishing in, I don’t think either of them caught anything, but at least they got to “drop a line”, (I think that’s fish lingo).  It was great to see my cousins and their families. 

Well as I get ready for the girls to come home from college for the summer, it has got me thinking about how our lives will change in the coming months.  I am having a real hard time with not being the one in control of their lives and hope that when the summer is over they don’t run screaming for the exit.

Last night (edited with photos) April 23, 2009

since Rick was not going to be home, I brought scrapbooking stuff home to work on and I managed to get 2 pages semi completed.  All I have to do is add titles when I get to work and have access to my Quickutz.  (they are just t heavy to carry back and forth) 

                        

egg dyeing April 22, 2009

is a family tradition in our house, however since Hannah didn’t come home for Easter this she dyed eggs at school with Dave.  Now I’m not sure if Dave was on board or Hannah made him do it.  But by the pictures he seemed to have a good time. 

paper three bugs in a rud, eggs, chick and title Quickutz, ribbon american crafts, brads karen foster.

Last night April 15, 2009

as I was sitting at the computer “facespacing”, it dawned on me that the girls will be home in 24 days.  Not sure if it was a dawn, excitement or fear.  They have been on their own for sometime now, able to come and go as they please, and I just hope that we all can adjust to this new independence that they have acquired. 

Wish me luck

have you ever April 3, 2009

purchased something with the thought of giving it away and then when it is time to give it away you keep it for yourself.  Well I can say that happened to me today.

Hannah collects big h’s that she decorates and hangs on her wall’s in her room at home and her dorm room.  So I was shopping at JoAnn Fabric and came across this huge H and thought about buying it for an Easter gift but decided it was to big to ship.  As I was shopping I was talking to Rick on the phone and he convinced me to get it and ship it anyway.  So I picked it up with the intention of shipping it to Michigan unfinished.  Well today I decided to decorate it and one thing led to another it turned out so cute that I decided to keep it for myself and send her the other stuff I got her, minus the huge H  Sorry Hannah, but I will let you look at the next time you are home.

 

paper scenic route,  eggs and grass quickutz.  the photos I made to look like a photo booth strip in photo shop. 

The H measures 24×16

my purpose in life April 3, 2009

is something that I never thought I would question.  However with both girls gone off to college, I find myself questioning it daily.  Now don’t get me wrong I have a good life.  Plenty of friends and family that care about me.  A wonderful husband and two delightful daughters. and an awesome dog.  But shouldn’t there be more, and then again shouldn’t that be enough.  I guess I am just throwing myself a little pity party. 

I never realized that having the girls gone would leave such an emptiness.  I love talking, texting or instant messaging them to some degree it makes me a part of their lives.  I know that the light at the end of the tunnel is raising them to move on with their lives but I never thought it would be this hard. 

Hannah will not be coming home for Easter and that makes me sad. It will be the first holiday with out her.  At least I will have Rick and Catie to spend it with and I need to be grateful for that. 

Enough of my pity, it was just on my mind and thought I would share it.

Have a great weekend and create something fun.