Monica's 7th Birthday!!!!

Can you believe....7 already!!!!
Happy Birthday Monica!!!!!

I won a giveaway!!!

I changed to Easter so better get some Easter things showing!!

My how time flies.  I guess I was having fun???  But it sure flew by!!!

Oh, yeah, I said I would show pictures from Shrove Tues.  And they would have been great pictures.  We do some sort of TV games and this year we had two families do Fear Factor.  But, before they started they got all the little kids up front and blindfolded them and gave them gummy worms, cooked pasta and sour gummy worms!!!!  You should have seen their faces!!!!  Oh, that's right, I forgot my camera!!!!

So moving on.  Vicky at Paintspots and Splinters was having a Facebook 400th follower giveaway.  I was the lucky winner.  Here is the bunny I won.

Now isn't he just the cutest little bunny you've ever seen???  Well, he's not little!!!  15" high!!!

A cute butterfly card

Thanks Vicky. 

                      Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Have a great day!!!

A week later!!!

I promised pics of our town visit during an Ice Festival, which was last weekend.  Where did last week go to???  It was a sunny day, I really couldn't see what I was doing, just hoping the ice scuplture was centered!!!!  Monica didn't get to come with us.  In the middle of the week, she was invited to a birthday party.  Let's see.....birthday party....go with grandma and grandpa????  And they were going bowling for the party, so a no-brainer there!!!!!  So, here are a couple of pics I took.

And they take people on a little ride.  They have ice scupltures around the diamond at some of the business, but my leg couldn't take any more walking and we went around the diamond twice!!!!  And we got parked right there, so didn't have far to go to get to the car!!!!

Our next thing is Shrove Tues, which is next week...already.  But Easter is coming early this year...March 31st. 

See you then,

Lois

Sledding

 As I said, I couldn't get my pics so am behind in posting this.  This was the week after Christmas we finally got more than a dusting.    Monica is coming down the driveway.

 Where Monica is now, is at the top of a little hill in the front yard that goes down to the driveway.

There she is at the bottom. 

 

Before going down....again!!!!

 

Hopefully more pics after this weekend.  Going to a town that is doing ice scupltures.  We've taken her since she was a year and half old!!!  She missed one year...she was sick!!!

Hopefully I can walk better.  I fell on the ice two weeks ago and pulled my inner thigh muscle slightly.  Then two nights later, I pulled it good since it was already pulled.  I sleep with a pillow between my knees and lost my pillow and my feet find it and reposition it.  That's when I really pulled it.  Been walking with a cane..that helps, but tired of only carrying things with one hand!!!!! hahaha  But I'm still shopping!!!!!  Been resting it this week since it's so cold out, haven't even gone up for the mail!!!

 

Later guys

 

Lois

A little late.......

 Better late than never!!!!  Well, for one thing, blogger changed how to get into my picture files.  I keep checking and today, it was back to normal.  So, I didn't want to do this again, so I just attached all my pics and now I'll write!!!!!
The first pic is her getting an I-Pod.

 Her Stompeezs!!!!!  Santa got her a pair!!!  And her Uncle got her a pair.  They are at our house!!!!

 Her Daisy Red Ryder BB gun!!!  Grandpa is going to teach her how to shoot it. 

And her American Girl doll is helping her open a present.  It was for the doll!!!!

Well, we are in the deep freeze...for this week.  I heard the forcast for next week, we will be in the 40's and 50's!!!!!  Wow, from one extreme to the other!!!!

Hope everyone is staying warm.

Till next time,

Lois

Happy New Year!!!

 

 

King George VI quoted it in his 1939 Christmas broadcast to the British Empire.

I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year

“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”

And he replied:

“Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God.

That shall be better than light and safer than a known way!”

So I went forth and finding the Hand of God trod gladly into the night.       

 

M. Louise Haskins  (1857 - 1975)

                           

 

 

M. Louise Haskins (1875-1957)

Merry Christmas!!!

As everyone knows, I'm a Snoopy fan.  My little tree is gradually getting more ornaments on.  I always buy the minature Snoopy's that come out every year.  Plus what I get as gifts.  I do have a Pier Import ornie on there.  A Santa chair and a Snowman hat are added to that tree.  I just couldn't resist those.  I was going to fill the tree in with candy ornaments and use candy cane garland, but never got to it, so I guess it will stay as it is!!!

Wishing everyone a joyous Christmas!

Tah-Dah

Tah-Dah,
Changed my template.  Ready for Christmas!!!!  I don't know how you girls do it....Craft, FB, do your blog, Pinterest...I haven't got there yet.  And put things in your Etsy store!!!  I'm doing something wrong!!!!

Well, anyway, hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.  Our youngest daughter was home, that's her only trip home.  Sometimes in the summer they come home, but lately, we've been going over there in the summertime.
Here's some Thanksgiving photos.

 Amy, Monica and Shawn

 Amy and Melissa  Looks like I was a little shakey here!!!! :(

 

This is where the kid belongs!!!!  Melissa, Monica and Doug.

 

Have the house decorated.  Still have my Snoopy set up to get up and the little tree in the living room need decorated.

 

Going to Pittsburgh tomorrow to shop with my cousin and her SIL. 

 

Hope I'm back sooner!!!!!

Remember me?????

I've been gone for so long, you probably forgot who I am!!!! lol  Time seems to be flying by in triple speed!!!!  I have been busy.  In Aug. I was approched to put my things in a consignment store.  So I did.  Had my etsy shop up and running.  Then getting orders on the side.  Needless to say....BUSY!!!  And it's getting to be that time of year, people looking for gifts.  So, before I get lost again, I'll post some pics of Monica at our annual leaf jumping weekend.  I always have her the second weekend in Oct and get her Sat afternoon and she spends the night.  It was a nice day, cool, as I had my winter coat on.  The sun is quite deceiving in those pics!!!  And today, it was 77 degrees!!!!   Anywho...pics

OK, did you see her smile.  We're missing 2 front teeth.  I think we'll escape the school pics of no front teeth.  She had her school pic taken in Sept.  So, by next Sept, they should be in!!!!!

And back in Sept was my daughter's anniversary.  They like to party...we call them rednecks.  So, for an anniversary gift, this is what I made/gave them.

And never would I have thought my daughter would be raising chickens.  She got the peeps in the spring and now chickens are wandering around their yard.  They do not live near a highway unless they peck where they shouldn't!!!!!  Then they got a rooster!!!  Henry!!!!  I'll have to get pics sometime when I'm out there.

Everyone take care.  Enjoy this fall weather we're having.
Till next time
Lois

First day of school

Another school year has rolled around.  Where did the summer go???  I think we ask that question every year!!!  Where does time go???  Off to 1st Grade.

Nothing much happening. 

Take care

Lois

Catch-Up

Thought I better do this post before the month of July is over!!!  Where did this month go???  We went out to our daughter's the second week of July.  She lives in Allentown, PA.  Have to show off our new grandpuppy!!!!  Well, he's not the cute cuddly little puppy, but he's a puppy!!!!  Of course, we brought treats and a squeaky toy!!!!  (You know we can leave) lol  It's an outside toy!!!!   They also have a cat, so have to show a pic of Sebastian.  We brought new toys for Sebastion too!!!!

Here is Tyson!!!

And Grandpa playing with him.  Tyson didn't want to sit still to get his pic taken, so had to be held!!!!

Then one day this month we took Monica bowling.  She loves to bowl.  Her first ball was a strike!!!!  Of course, we didn't get that pic!!!

That's it for this month.  It was too hot to do much of anything.  Hope everyone is having a great summer and staying cool!!!!

Don't forget to check out my etsy store, have listed some new items and will be listing some more new ones in a day or two.

Lois

A "Shop Hop"

The Old Farmhouse Gathering is having a little contest this month.  On my sidebar click on the icon and it will take you to the blog and all the instructions.  That icon is one of the pics in the item that is the giveaway item.

http://oldfarmhousegathering.blogspot.com/2012/07/falls-splendor-etsy-shop-hop-giveaway.html


Hope you have fun searching for the 30 items/icons and you could be the winner for 10 of them.

Good Luck

Lois

P.S. any questions...just ask me!!! 

Happy 4th of July!!!

Just want to wish everyone a Happy and Safe 4th of July!!!!!

Thunder in the Valley!!

No, we didn't have thunder from the skies.  It's the thunder from motorcycles rumbling by as they get from one town to another on this weekend that has now become a national motorcycle rally.  This is what Johnstown looked like on the main streetss and anywhere they could park.

Then there were the vendors selling motorcycle things to jewelry to  food.  Those are leather jackets, vests, etc.

There was a parade on Sat and the Budweiser Clydesdales were the main attraction.

 Their harness weighs 130 lbs.

 Even the dalmation has a harness!!

 The handlers are there wiping their mouths and if that gold harness part gets slobber on it, they wipe it too!!!!  And they kept doing that, till it was time to pull out!!!

This piece of sculpture is in front the the Tribune-Democrat (local paper) accompanied with Monica.  This is where Dave and I both worked 30 some years ago!!!

Today, we went to hear a Johnny Cash impersonator. 

The lady behind is the June Carter impersonator.  She also did Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin and Alvin!!!!!

Monica was up on stage with the tambourne and had the mike and was singing Ring of Fire, but Dave didn't take just a pic, he was videoing the whole thing!!!!

All in all, it was a busy, noisy weekend!!!!

Graduation Day!!!

Well, it was yesterday, just now getting around to it!!!!  I forgot to take a pic just of her and the other pics are blurry since I zoomed in!!!

Getting the diploma

I have the first two backwards.  This is walking in.

Me and hubby.  He's in his work uniform as he left for work after the pic was taken!!

Off to first grade!!!!