HAPPY EASTER

Dear Diary....Hello! I hope that everyone had a good Easter! Ours was good! Although Ashtyn does not still believe in the "Easter Bunny" , she does still believe in getting a basket every year ;) I loaded KK up with small toys & coloring books instead of alot of candy...because frankly she is hiper enough without all of the added sugar & she thinks that you should sit & eat ALL of the candy at 1 time & that leads to a 2-3 day sugar high :) not good! OK, my mom convinced me to do the traditional "Egg Dying" thing with the girls this year since she was with Grandpa @ the hospital (they usually do it @ her house with her the night before Easter). I usually opt for the plastic eggs since they are already colored & I can fill them with goodies. {Hey..let's just face it, maybe I am just too lazy :)...& I do not like the mess & this year I could buy 1 doz. plastic ones for .33 compared to almost $2.00 for a doz. real ones???!!!) anyway, I humored all of them & it was not so bad after all. Maybe that will be a new tradition for us on Easter. {I still used a few plastic ones though :) but only a few & I used my food coloring instead of those pesky little tablets that come in the kits. & surprisingly it was not messy at all.} we took grandma her basket & then took grandpa his at the hospital. I am happy to report that he is doing very well & will get to leave the hospital today . He will not be going directly home though. They will transport him to the nursing home here in town to help him recover & then he will get to come back home.He knows that it is not a permanent thing & is fine with that. So, it's a good thing since he will get better faster (think I have watched too much Martha S. :) that's KK's favorite saying now too...everything is "a good thing") Well I guess I had better get going. I just wanted to make a quick post to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Have a Great week & Keep Scrappin!

QUACK, QUACK, WADDLE, WADDLE!

Dear Diary, anyone else feeling like a duck right about now??? I sure am! This weather is absolutely CRAZY! The 3 ways to the highway from my house were all flooded on Tuesday morning. Yep, I was stranded (until Tom got home with the truck anyway) It's really funny how many things that you think you really have to have RIGHT NOW when you are stranded...for instance, I really needed a Mr. Pibb & a Reese's candy bar. I was just sure that I would die with out them so I phoned in my order to Tom before he got home. Actually I really did not HAVE to have them or even need them for that matter BUT...it was just the fact that I could not just hop in my car & go to town when ever I wanted..anyway that's just me & my silly way of thinking! Well only 15 more days till CKC St.Louis! Whoo Hoo!! My girls (as sweet as they are :0) & I do really LOVE them) are driving me absolutely BONKERS this week! I need a break & PRONTO!!! Plus I love getting together with my buddies to scrap! Well my grandpa fell & fractured his hip the other day & had surgery today. He is doing fine & Today was his Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!! Will be doing alot of trips to Cape to visit & check on him the next few days so I think I am meeting up with Cynde & Penne tomorrow for lunch @ Olive Garden (I love that place!) I am so excited to get to see them & maybe we can chat about CKC & what our plans are for that w-end. I wonder when Dutchtown will open the roads back up? Now I am having to go to Blomeyer to Chaffee to Scott City & interstate to Cape. But it's to see Grandpa , so he's worth it :) Well better get going so I can get to bed & get up early. Hope everyone stays dry!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Dear Diary.....Shame on me! It has almost been 1 month since my last post. I have been very busy , but that's really no excuse! Today is St. Patty's Day...Hope everyone remembered to wear their Green today! Actually I did forget to tell Ashtyn to wear Green to school today :( so I hope that she does not get pinched too much today! Well I did it...I enrolled KK in Kindergarten last week. That was such a tough decision for me. I really wanted her home 1 more year with me, but she's ready & it's time to let her go. She did not want to go at all but after registration she is soooo excited to go now! My friend Phoebe get's to go to CKC with me so it looks like I will get to go YIPPEE!!! I only get to stay Friday because Ashtyn has a v-ball tourn. on Saturday but at least I still get to go! I am soooooo happy! So Cynde & Penne add 2 to the room :) Hobby Lobby has a 40% off 1 item coupon this week if anyone needs one. It is so wierd going to Jackson & not stoping by the store. I miss it so very much! I wish Rona well in her E-bay adventures! I love ebay ! I need to list myself but it is so time consuming but I will get around to it someday :) Well better get going just wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know that I am still around! Have a great week! Angelia