Kayla's Invites

I've been working hard this holiday weekend on Graduation Invitations. Our oldest niece is graduating soon, and I was honored & touched that her & her Mom asked if I could make the invites for them:)

I ended up with three designs, mostly out of necessity. The first one had way too many gems and the red bow in the diploma was not making it look right in my opinion. So I removed it! lol I use the purple rhinestones until I ran out, then I switched to black, (easily found in my stash!) I was trying to keep the costs low. All in all, I feel good about making 53 invites for $32.00.

If the invites look funny....its because I'm trying to figure out the scanner without the husband home...lol. I'm sooo proud of the fact I figured out how to "white out" all the personal info so I could post them here! lol

I used Core’dinations Pearl Black Cardstock, And Core’dinations Purple cardstock.

  In real life its so shimmery!

Kayla's Invites:

Second Set: (using Black Rhinestones)

First set of Invites:

Family Day & Helena's Birthday!

Can you believe its Family day? Time Flew so fast this weekend! Its the first weekend in eons that M & I are home together for 3 days straight! Its been sooo nice! So today we went and celebrated Family Day by going to the movies. We were suppose to go to the DIA, to see the Fakes, Forgeries & Mysteries exhibit, but who knew the museum would be closed on a Monday? Not Us! I'm glad hubby checked before we went:) So we went and saw "Unknown" . It was very good. Keeps you guessing, that's for sure!



So on the way home Hubby and I had a serious discussion about starting our own family. All I can say is that its good stuff, and I'm sooo glad we talked:)

And I wanted to take a moment to wish my BFF a very happy birthday!!! You go Girl! Love ya!!

Till next time!

Over & Out!

Dad Wins Molson Masters Bowling Tournament in Windsor:)

Dad's Article in the Windsor Star

Dad is the one in the picture, but skip down to about halfway to get to Dad's part!

I'm so proud of Him. He's very passionate about his bowling, and he's worked so hard for this. We heard all last week how excited his was to qualify for the tournament, and how nervous he was to be on TV. He was so worried his was going to "choke", and in the end he exceeded his expectations. You Go Daddio! This is so my Dad:

In the senior men's final, Essex's Richard McCloskey fired a sizzling 237 to comfortably win his first Molson's title.

The 63-year-old McCloskey beat his old friend Sid Scott, who tossed a solid 215.
"I told him before we even started the day that I wanted to face him in the final," McCloskey said.
"I wanted to win, but if I wasn't going to win, I'd be happy losing to a good friend.
"He taught me a lot about how to bowl."
The turning point in the match came midway through the contest when Scott got stung with a dreaded seven-10 split.
With McCloskey heating up with a string of strikes, he was able to exploit the open frame to seize control of the match.
"I just had to control my nerves," McCloskey said.
"I was nervous all week. I've never been on TV before."
McCloskey said if he could control his nerves, he was in fine form the past week.
On Wednesday at Ruthven's Empire Lanes, he'd rolled a 300 game. McCloskey had also tossed two 700-plus series this week.
"I'm really proud to win this," McCloskey said.
"Every bowler here is very good. Every bowler here I felt was actually better than I was.
"I was fortunate to come out on top and I'm feeling pretty good having never been in this position before."

So Dad is going to donate part of his winning to the Junior Bowlers that are going to BC from Ruthven. What a guy! That's a total Dad thing to do:) xoxo

What a Smile!

 

Holy Trophy!

I wonder what he's thinking right now:)

Close Up:)

What a night!

Well, I know its safe to go to work tommorrow - Spitfires Won 2-1 over Kelowna tonight! Now as I type - The Wings are tied 2-2 with Obama's team..... they better kick ass tonight. Or a couple of certain co-workers will make my life a living hell at work. Moping......etc...and lets not forgot about DH - Oh Boy! He goes crazy over Detroit Play Off Hockey. Its Insane!

So I managed to watch the AI Finals Tonight. I totally think Adam rocked over Kris. This post has a great read on the show if you missed it. Never mind that it's titled 03/19/09 - its a big fat typo. BTW Kara's song SUCKED. Just felt the need to get that out there! Kris looked like he was in shock all night for being up on stage as one of the finals. Too bad it wasn't Danny!!

(((From all the shouting going on in my living room - I believe The Red Wings just scored! Go Wings!)

Back to AI:

And yes I voted! The little recording told me, "Thank you for voting for Contestant One!" Thank you very much. I do walk the talk ya know:)

Other News:

What a day! I have officially lost my glasses. They are somewhere in this house. Very Scary. DH & I have checked everywhere - and no luck. Even the custom officer searching my truck this morning didn't see them. Darn!! lol
After work We bought ten, I repeat TEN tennis balls for the pups. They were in heaven! It was like watching the Easter egg hunt for dogs. Max had 7 in his pile, poor Maggie only had 3. But at least she brings the ball back for you to throw it again *giggles*

I've been officially informed that the Wings Won! Whoohoo!!

It's getting late - I think I'm overtired with all this rambling here,,,,rofl.

Good Night!

Vote for Adam!

Relay for Life Bake Sale

Did pretty good I think! We raised almost $300 for our team:)

Like Cupcakes?

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Stella helped us out as well:) Yummy cupcakes!

And she makes great Cakes too:)

Interesting...

Received in an email:

At a meeting of the AARP (American Association of Retired People) they showed a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20 year old. The contest was Titled 'u @ 50'.

This video won second place. When they showed it , everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause.

So simple and yet so brilliant. Take a minute and watch it.






Enjoy!

My thoughts:)

If I Didn't Have Pets......

I could walk around the yard barefoot in safety.

My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated.
All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, and cars would be free of hair.

When the doorbell rings, it wouldn't sound like a kennel.

When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door without wading through fuzzy bodies who beat me there.
I could sit on the couch and my bed the way I wanted, without taking into consideration how much space
several fur bodies would need to get comfortable.

I would have money...and no guilt to go on a real vacation.
I would not be on a first-name basis with 6 veterinarians,as I put their yet unborn grand kids through college.
The most used words in my vocabulary would not be: out, sit, down, come, no, stay, and leave him/her/it ALONE.

My house would not be cordoned off into zones with baby gates or barriers.
My house would not look like a day care center, toys everywhere.

My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats and an extra leash.
I would no longer have to Spell the words B-A-L-L, F-R-I-S-B-E- E, W-A-L-K, T-R-E-A-T, B-I-K-E, G-O,
R-I-D-E

I would not have as many leaves INSIDE my house as outside.
I would not look strangely at people who think having ONE dog/cat ties them down too much.

I'd look forward to spring and the rainy season instead of dreading 'mud' season.

I would not have to answer the question 'Why do you have so many
animals?' from people who will never have the joy in their lives of knowing they are loved unconditionally by someone as close to an angel as they will ever get.

How EMPTY my life would be!

Thanks Jill for posting this to Windsor Loving Homes....

Baby It's Cold Outside:)

Mike took this picture Yesterday Morning Around 9AM or so. (-16F = -31C) It had actually warmed up from -25F (-31C) when I went to work..... Oh and this is Fahrenheit btw...

So here's some new Snow Pictures from early on this week, before the -25 degree weather, and the dumping of snow we received today. The snow is officially higher than my front porch AGAIN. *Sigh* So grab a cup of java and enjoy the pictures:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

No - These are not my animals - but the photo sures cracks me up! Just got back from DH's side, my belly is full, and there's a piece of apple pie calling my name from the refrigerator!! Man I seriously need to update my blog, there is SOOOOOOOOOOO much going on lately!  I believe I'll take care of that tommorrow!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Happy Remembrance/Veteran's Day!

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
— John McCrae

"A woman places a poppy at a makeshift memorial to Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier following Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa, Nov. 11, 2006. (Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press)" CBS News.com

Max & Maggie

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Some of my Favorites:

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They look so furious in that last one, and they play so great together! Maggie fits right in, Max is ecstatic that someone plays just like him, and Life Is Good!!

Now we really are Ten Legs Walkin' Again!! Yeah!!

very sad day....

Old Photos:

Saw Mrs G on Friday & Little Marie let me take a few photos home to scan:

This one above cracks me up - Dad with sideburns!! lolololololol

Boy was I a cutie eh??? LOL I believe most of these photos were taken in 1978/1979.

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Yeah!!! Woohoo!!! and as this is posting all by itself, it somehow knew to post at exactly my birthday!! ROFL.

All I can say is I was spoiled rotten for my Birthday! I was actually scared to cross the border on Friday, I had soooooo much stuff to bring home. My co-workers spoil me!!



Can you believe it! It fills up a couch!!

That's not all I got last Friday either! Rhea surprised me with goodies inside my box!!





Holy Crap Girl!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo

and THEN: (can you believe it???)

Ann's RAK from the Trash your Stash Challenge came!! Holy!! Like I'm talking Super Fast!! I had her send to the house cuz I figured that Canada Post would take forever to go across country - well apparently they are on steroids this week!

Thank you Ann for a Lovely RAK!!
xoxoxox



OMG - Guess what Mike Got me!!!!!!!!!!! And I'm using it now as he gave it to me early!!!!!!!!! Are you ready?????????



Oh boy does my man give good prezzies!!! xoxoxoxoxox

Love, an older but never wiser...................................