snow in Wisconsin

This is the way it looked a few days before christmas. the day after christmas it thunderstormed, and rained hard. the snow melted fast, and along came the flooding warnings. Since then, it has dropped the temps and froze most water solid. At least in our area it has.
It's still dec/jan right? wintertime?? hmmmm strange weather this year.

this is my huggy's new blower! throws a ton of snow, pretty darn far!

snow boots

snowman boots and mittens...Laura gave me these a few years ago....still it's one of my favs. Can you tell i like snowmen? lol

8-12 inches of snow here and counting today....it's a snow day! hurray!!

a day with Skylar

We always have fun with him. He's 3 1/2 now, and looking forward to his next birthday in may.Kids grow so dang fast! He now poses for camera shots...if asked before hand! We didnt get to drag out the Geo-Traks this past visit...but next time we will! I colored with him, he has new colored pencils, and couldn't wait to share them with me. He also loves to read and listen to books!

As for his GRANDMOTHER....well she is totally awesome! She graduated from her college classes and has a new job! WTG G/F! and the GOLD CORD was allso achieved..........applaudes loudly!!!!

tis the season

i sure wish i could buy/make all the things i want to buy/make for all of my friends! This year presents will be bare, but the few that are expected, will be filled with hope and love. It is great that my girls are grown and don't expect much from Santa ;) because the sled will be very light when he lands here!
My holiday wish is to have all my children around, happy times making happy memories, that they will remember always.
I am so excited that my mom will be here for the seasons, from florida. I pray it's not freezing cold (for her sake) but maybe just a little flurry in the air....to make it seem more like christmas magic!

Peace on Earth

whats wrong with pink?

i think i like pink, and i love mauve, which also goes realy well with burgandy! Is there a problem with that? with me? i know i am weird....but ..."I gotta be me"!

We had our first "have to shovel" snow yesterday morning! so pretty, but so making me mad at the same time! the driveway here is HUGE! and we just can't shovel enough to get a car down, we have to shovel the entire thing! LOL sounds like gripping, but realy...i love this place! So the hubby shoveled the entire driveway yesterday morning, and when he got home from work, he went out to the garage and hooked the unit for snow up to the tractor! Now he's all set for the unexpected next snow fall! but...if it's not a measureable amount, the shovel will still have to do!

I am happy i bought my New Balance shoes that are waterproof and comfortable!!!!

Baby girl update

Baby girl is getting very big, and it was time for a new winter hat. Auntie Kristin bought this one for her today. She's a very good Auntie! I am not so sure she likes it, but if it keeps the head warm, she will just have to learn to like it! Mommy realy liked it alot, and Grandpa had just asked about warm cloths for thanksgiving up in the north-woods!! I think this hat will work just fine! BRRRRRR baby it's cold outside....hummmmms the tune in her head...more later

no falls leaves...in my folder

seems this is all i could find to post a picture. the maple trees and the oak trees are all different beautiful colors. if the rain stops tomorrow...maybe i can take a few photos. i LOVE LOVE LOVE fall colors!!!

but this snowman could be right around the corner!!!! or in my yard soon! LOL

puter problems

seems like when i realy want to blog, i can't, because my puter doesn't want to work right! I have had a million posts go through my head the past week, but my puter wouldn't turn on! Today, hubby dear checked it out and got it on! YIPPIE...of course now my brain in empty...void of all posts.....
and i have tons of pic to download...so i will post again very soon!

where does time go?

it just seems to me like time is going faster and faster as i age! each day i get less and less done from my mental list! or is it that my mental list grows longer each moment?!

Next years wedding arrangments are fully underway now! The dress in white has been ordered, and seen by the parents,thank you Daddy! The hall is being researched and the list narrows down! The guest list has been rewritten and expands ever-so-slightly, as it is examined over and over! Excitement is in the air, and thoughts of debt are in the back of 2 ppls minds! Can you guess who's?


It's just LIFE going faster and faster......don't blink for too long! LOL

more later on
Beth

when babies sleep......

She is a very good baby to care for! usually not too fussy,or crabby, but today is another day of changes for her! She is growing fast and letting me know whenever something isn't right!She has been fun, and keeps me at home,comfortable and able to do other things while i watch her.
She's my baby girl for sure!

more wedding pics

the limo was beautiful, the girls looked so pretty...what a day

i loved the wedding...such fun

the first pic is bride & groom, grandpa and baby girl. the second is my family, and the third one is the bride, Mickey and Minnie, and me....geeeeez i think she liked them! Surprised her big time!

TGIF...thankgoodness

this week was work one day, have one day off,work the next day ect!

i am glad it's friday.....looking forward to a wonderful weekend..be safe, and enjoy your weekend!

welcome home!

our new home has been crazy...to say the least!....but we are getting things straightened out nicely. Special thanks to kid-sister "T" she realy used her time here wisely,and helped me out more then she will ever know! We tried to leave dad's things in his places, but he changed all that when he passed! {love you pa} so now things needed to be gone through and dissposed of. many many out-dated things....old papers and receipts...canned foods....forgotten trinkets...tons of pictures in and out of frames! alot of books! many on health and fitness,herbs and drugs!! in fact i think each and EVERY room had at the least 6 books in it! We are still discussing where the bookcases are going! And dad's second wife Joyce, was a nurse...so add those books into the inventory!LOLOLOL ok so life is still happening around us and the focus seems to change constantly...things that make ya' go hmmmmmmmm

This morning while i was sitting out in the "three-season" room looking south onto the wooded creek area behind the house...all peacefull and birds singing squirels "talking" and nature waking up!
i can see the birdfeeder on my left hand side view...when something makes me look over to see a beautiful DOE walking along the yard. She strolls throught the yard very relaxed and comfortable-like. I start tapping on the slidding door of the livingroom so hubby would come see her....he loved seeing her walk along. and says to me..."what you like it here? or what????" with a cheesey grin on his face!!!! I LOVE THAT MAN! and i love living here! thank you Pa!!!!

sunshine and spring flower smiles to all

vacation (sort-of) is over :(

not that it was much of a FUN vcaction, but time away from home can be considered a vacation. The trip south, flying down, was realy cool! Cat was a blast to watch and have as a companion. We did have fun laughing and people watching.Thank you g/f for sharing that time with me...i just wish things could have been better.
With only sad thought upon my mind for the next week,things were not quite FUN! The extra long ride home, wiil not happen again...if i can help it! To only start the first driving home day,with about 4 of the 19 hour trip, is CRAZY. Granted the nice dinner and relaxing evening in a wonderful Holiday Inn in Valdesto, Ga. was awesome!!!! very nice and would recomendend that again! With a second nights stay up at the Mt. Vernon, Ill. said hotel, would just be heaven!!! Spent time there last year, and realy liked the place ! This would be a realy cool trip!!! but will take some conviencing on the hubby end! LOL
But the VERY BESTEST thing about going on vacation is......
Sleeping in your own BED when you return home.

ZZZZZZzzzzzz
Beth

Missing loved ones

We have lost our Dad this past wensday.
He will be greatly missed.
A rebel,but kind and decient man,we all loved him!
May he rest in peace with no pain.

love you Dad!

your daughter-in-law,who felt like your daughter in life!

Beth

been mia...from alot of stuff

working takes alot of time away from LIFE! Althou i have enjoyed my new job sitting for Miss Jade, she and i are still getting to know each other! It didnt help that "mommy and her" time did not happen this morning! mommy had to work early! So today was her fussy-butt day! allowed by OhmaBeth to sleep in her arms and cuddle all day long! and eat constantly! i wonder if she has a tummy ache?!!

Anywho....we have sunday....aaaaaahhhhhhhh the day of rest! LOL
enjoy your weekend...as i will try to enjoy whats left of mine!

This is what the inside of my jeep looked like, after the bridal shower up north! I teased Heather that i had all the goodies!

drag the suitcases out...grab the fabreeze

time to start packing for my Florida trip. fly south, drive back north,what a great vacation! and doing it this time with my G/F is wonderful. I loved when the hubby went down with me, we had a blast! And now the girlfriend needs some time to relax, and be somewhere she has never been to before...priceless!
LIFE is gooooooooood

sharing a smile :D

what is short?

I am 5'4" tall. my oldest daughter is 5'3". my youngest is 5'8".
How does this happen?
what is short?
who determines it?
Is this bench built too tall?
Why???Why???Why???


We may never know! lol
stand tall! be proud

shoe choices

i sure don't want or need to buy new shoes....I love the ones i have! i am not a shoe-fettish kinda gal! I love comfortable shoes, specially after all the foot surgeries i have had! The slip on ones are nice, cept for dancing, i step backwards and step right out of them! LOL The heels are nice for dancing, but i can't walk or stand very long in them! The strappy flats are the most comfortable ones...but i don't think they are dressy enough for a wedding!
So i may just have 2 pairs of shoes for that day...is that stupid? I just don't want to buy any more shoes...i have plenty now! My daughter liked the brown heels with the strap, she says you NEED the ankle strap! Do I????

what do you think?

my new dress....i need opinions...hlep pls

ok...i know this is very risky and opens myself up to many comments! But i'd realy like to know....what do YOU think?

when it snows.....

it piles up everywhere! Seems we do get alot of snow, specially this winter...oh yeah...it's spring, did someone forget to tell this to Mother Nature?! We got dumped AGAIN! Just when i was starting to like looking at brown dead grass and tiny sprouts starting to push up out of the ground! Now it's all white WET and heavy again! We must have received over a foot of snow yesterday! I don't even want to know what it did over night! It looks like another day of shoveling. Hubby broke the shovel last night, borrowed one from his Dad's house!Speaking of his Dad's house...i now offically hate his driveway! Way too long and over 2 car widths wide! And the plow driver went past at least three times, and made a huge knee-high pile at the end! I was so tired after the bad day {kid went off the road, hit trees with her P T Cruiser} But everyone is fine! Well today she may be a little sore, she did have her seatbelt on, but her air bag never went off! The cruiser needed to be towed out, but the tow truck drivers were being called off the roads...because of the continuing snow falling and bad conditions! So out i go driving 45 minutes west in very bad visability, to pick her up, and help her out! But on the way home...POOP OCCURES AGAIN....My jeep starts to overheat and we break down almost back into town. 2-3 hours for a tow, with my jeep packed full of stuff, and 2 kids who have already had a bad day. I kept my cool.......beleave it or not!

big brother shoes, little brother shoes....they grow soooo fast! they took off their shoes and headed upstairs to brush their teeth! I just love seeing the kids, and spending the day with them.

Life goes on.......

rocking the day along.....

oldies and goodies....we have an excelent radio station in this area.....jammin the day away.....life is good :D


we so need to go OUT dancing soon!

p.s. i started a list of songs i like to dance too, so when the wedding night comes, i can suggest some songs i love. and not draw a blank!

how do i put it on the sidebar?

how do i do this? or do you have to do it DeeJ?

feeling so old!

the smell of a babies skin,the smell of a formula burp,freshly washed baby cloths and a freshly washed baby, lotion, rash ointment, some good smells, some bad smells! But to hold a small one and see them looking at you, and talking to you (yes they chatter alot) it all feels so awesome and incredible and unbeleavable................and OLD!

went to bed early after a wonderful day with a baby boy,who was good as gold! Looking forward to a day filled with manybaby boys, and toddlers, and after kindergarden kids, and school kids...i just know i will feel very old and tired tonight!

Where i have been!

create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.
Quite a few places actually! And several states many times over!
where have you been? Wanna share? (not including the states i have driven through to get to the state i was headed for)

breakfast with girlfriends

Breakfast was alot of Fun! wish you could join us DeeJ! This is a nice little family place here in town. Good food,plenty of coffee, and conversations with the girlfriends. We all have different aged children,and we can all chatter about anything and everything! Now that i look at the pitures from my camera, i am missing Debbie! hmmmmmm wonder how she ducked out of the shot!?! next time Deb!

Next to me at the end of the table, was a place i could see you sitting there...my friend....missed you there!

Breakfast w/Ladies

I was asked the other day if i wanted to go to breakfast with a bunch of gals. some use to work with me, and others may be friends of theirs...Heck yeah...i love to go see them all! I miss the everyday interaction with them! Even the smarty-pant one! ( she knows who she is!) But still to catch up and enjoy some chatterings, share some time and enjoy lives finner pleasures! Hangin with the G/F or as they are called now BFF's!

Coffee and conversation = life at it's fullest

Hey DeeJ......we could do this when you come here! You'd love meeting all the gang! So I wish today....... you lived closer to me, so you can come :( But just for you i will take pictures, and even be in some pic's meself!!!!!! So that you also can enjoy Breakfast with the Ladies!

tah tah for now....bbl

When i get sick.....

I don't waste any time getting sick! It usually starts with sore swollen glands in my neck, and moves into the itchy ears, along with the coughing and blowing. This time being no exception to that rule! But I didn't suffer to long this time. Because the daughter is also sick, and had made an appointment with the Dr......I called and got into her 15 min before the girl. Dr. laughed at us both coughing and hacking in one office, asking as she entered , who gave it to whom? When the truth be told, the hubby was in for a check-up last week, and she saw it starting in him, so she medicated him already! The girl and i had just seen each other, first time, in about 2 weeks!

the future SIL is on his way to see his best man in the state of Washington. John's troup came home this week from Afaganastan. His mom, sister and my boy are going to visit for 2 weeks. His mom has packed all the cookie sheets and neccesary equipment to feed the boy all his favorite things. I am sure his troup will LOVE everything she will make! The bad news is that John's son Lil Man is too sick to go with this time! He had an ear infection 2 weeks ago, and it didn't clear up! They are looking into the tubes in his ears. It's a shame he can't go with, Gramma was so excited and happy to be taking him to see his Daddy! But he will come home next month, and be able to visit with his son. And the lil man still has a ticket to use in the next year...so that means another trip for Gramma, HURRAY for her!

Life is good...enjoy each moment of it!

p.s. can you tell that my medicine has started making me feel better! Not sure how much sleep i will require today, but i will take everything i can get!

Home from the war!

The boy (almost-son-in-law) has a best friend who is serving over in Afganastan, it has been about 1 1/2 yrs since he's came home last! I have now added his mom to my list of messenger friends, and have been watching her count-down till he came home! I am so excited for her to be able to hug and see her son again! He is a very nice man, with a wonderful son, and a happy family. His mom and my boy will be flying to Washington to greet him, and spend some time there, before coming home. We are all planning a few get-togeathers while he is home.

He will also be the Best Man in the planned september 2009 wedding...YES...the date has been set! Baby girl's brain is filling with all the choices she must make, and the early planning stages. They are working on this togeather, which i am thankfull for, because it's not only HER day it's HIS day as well. I am excited and deathly scared at the same time! This will be the first of 2 weddings I have been expecting since the day my daughters were born. The youngest is my "fancy-pants" kid! She was the dressed up for nothing kid! Always matching and planning outfits, picking out cloths to buy has always taken her ALOT of time, if she could of she would have had them all! Just so she didn't have to choose something!

So...how can we pay attention to the "nervous butterflies" and not the "scared-to-death butterflies"? I may need some serious help over the next year and a half!

Stay tuned for further breakdowns.......

heavy snow...branches bow

The snows have been very wet and heavy. We have lost alot of branches off the trees, can't wait to do a spring clean-up! But for now they must stay stuck in the snow drifts,which are way too deep in many places to get to them! I feel bad for some of these trees, it was like they were not expecting THIS MUCH SNOW! It seems to stick alot when it's being blown by the wind so hard! Like frosting covering a cake! some from top to bottom are all white and pretty,like someone wanted to decorate them! What a nice job Mother Nature did to brighten up the blah winter days!

Well pretty....till the plows make it look ugly, sloppy, and yucky! But we must try to clean the roads, right?!! Everyone must drive to where they need to be! Thats why i take pics where only wild animals seem to roam!

time sure is flying by!

it seems like the minutes go faster and faster each year! With each new baby i meet, time seems increasing it's speed!

And now...a wedding date of 2008!

what am i gonna do now! Deal and enjoy life!

just whats been running through my mind these days!

so it's a monday......

Monday are ok days for me, now that i don't have to go to work on monday mornings, starting a work week is depressing! sorry to those who have to !

i try and plan fun things to do all week, like...visiting a certain friend, or chatting with a sister, or just getting the house clean and the laundry done! I must say, to the latter chore, without children, the laundry loads are alot smaller! And without said children comming home to wash their laundry, life is very easy....Laundry-wise anyways! Now it can be when I want to...as I want too! Without having to feel bad because the kids might have to remove my load from the dryer...in fact....i think the load in there now has been there since last week wensday! Life changes so fast!

changing subjects now! lol I am making a new afghan for my Etsy site! I started making this certain one, for my mother in law, who's B-day is on the fourth of July!When my g/f's hubby saw it, he told me he'd love it in bright colors! So i made one for him, in bright colors. Everyone who sees this one says...you can sell that one!I do enjoy making this one, and i love how it can fit into any home/style! I am making it long enough to fit on any couch (even the sectional ones!) It never hurts to have extra blankie to wrap the toes up in! right?!


now should i tell you all ...or let you keep guessing till i finish it! Maybe I'll wait, and see if anyone checks back and asks about it?!!!!!

i feel sneaky this way! hehehehehe

have a good monday

it's still snowing!

a peek out my back door....there are 2 bushes over on the fence line...the one near the garage is completely laying down now! the front bush looks like it is split from the center, flattening it down!

now the snow emergency has been extended till 9 pm...three more hours...watching the heavy stuff pile up!

tomorrow is another day!

enough snow yet?

i think we have had enough now!!! And tonight through tomorrow we could get up to 20inches more! Where are we gonna put that? and...oh yeah...lake effect could realy come back and dump us!

one happy...one sad

My youngest daughter turned 23 and was asked for her hand in marriage, by her boyfriend Greg. Hubby and I are happy for them, and wish them the best life can offer.

that is a highlight in my life...
now the down....


The news came, when i stopped unannounced at my sister-friends house. She had called my house, but alas we were outside shoveling the wet heavy snow! I had missed her call, but felt the need to stop at her house, call from my cell right out front, and asked if she could refill my coffee cup! When she told me , we have lost a friend/co-worker to cancer.Thank you "L", for telling me face to face.
Our friend was a sweet gentle and kind person. I have many fond memories of her...i will miss you...May you rest in peace

things to do....

why does it seem that my mind can go much faster then my hands! I think of all these coolio things to make and sell,(or like hubby says...)"give away", but just can't seem to MAKE the time to complete the said ideas! I feel realy bad when a project sits there not finished! maybe this week will be the week to finish and sell the projects sitting around here!

i also have soooo many ideas...i know...... haven't come to the
front of my brain yet!.
What is a gal to do?
Can I accomplish this?

I am gonna try my best!

have a good Sunday...does today start your week too?

my very first item is sold!

i am walking on cloud nine right now...YIPPIEEEEEE...my first afghan has sold! It is one of my favorites and i so enjoyed making this one! Everyone who saw me making it asked who it was for...i would answer "for Sale"...never got a nibble! I doubted if my afghans would sell on Etsy...and by gosh...one did!
The buyer is giving it to her Aunt as a gift! I sure hope her Aunt like it!

ok....my idea-mind is running amuck now!

Ok that just made my day...my week...and my month! :) :D

heading north for a bit

northwoods are so pretty and peacefull, and not to mention COLD! the temps up there have been worse then here, and more snow of course! Why am i going there? I was told there is a Bowling Event happening this weekend. and a certain little Man would like to bowl for me! He has style and very good technique. Auntie Kristin found this cool bowling rug and pin set, and he is very good at bowling! And i LOVE spending time with him! His Grandma and Grandpa are fun to spend time with too!

i hope you and yours have a wonderful weekend....till next week sometime......

ttfn
Beth

Lunch with the daycare kids

i enjoy crafting with the kids, and eating lunch with them! I just ENJOY kids...most of the time!

I Need to see my best friends grandson...soon!

my first listings

I've gone and done it! I have listed my first 2 afghans on my Etsy store! I sure hope something happens...I do plan on adding a few scarves, and a few other items, as i can! Please wish me luck! Crossed fingers (but it's hard to crochet that way LOL )

i so want to make a few valentines things now! I must be in a crafting mood huh!

have a great day now

do you ever doubt your own work?

i have made many nice things...and give them away, as gifts! Seems like i can't make something to sell...and think it's good enough! it needs to be great! not perfect...but i MUST like it alot! or i doubt that it's good enough to sell!

hmmmmmmmmmmm...keeps thinking on this one!

have a good day

new projects

i was over at my g/f's house the other day, when she invited me to go "shopping" in her attic/craft room! Omg! i can make tons of things up there! She has everything to craft anything with! lol I realy love the items she makes, and found one i want to sell on my first Etsy store thingy. LOL

i am hoping to seel many of her items as they are all so cool and handmade wonderfullness, right from her little fingers! Hope you enjoy them as much as i do! I guess now i will have to start writing interesting posts, so i can attract more readers huh! LOL Don't give me that much credit huh! I doubt myself more then i probably should. but oh well...life goes on....