Fall Fun With Papa

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Getting ready for the frost

Well I hate to see the frost come but they say it might frost tonight or tomorrow night. The temp outside right now is 45 degree's. I thought I would work out in the yard for a while this afternoon. My mom sent Joe and I a ROSE earlier this week in HONOR & MEMORY of Grandpa George. A Veteran Rose, I think you call it, so I planted it, then I thought I would takes some pictures of my white and purple daisies that still have blooms... I put the hoses away, the lawn furniture, some of the decorative pots and thought I would post some of the pictures of Kaya playing in the leaves... I know everything must die, but the summer is way to short for me... I really do enjoy being outside and looking at my flowers... Hopefully the rose will make it through the winter and though the years to remember a man that was very Dear to us... Mom sent a ROSE to each of my sister's also in Memory of Lindsey's Grandpa and Gabe & Katie's PAPA... Next spring we should all be able to enjoy the blooms and remember our loved ones..... THANKS MOM

Happy Birthday Mia

Yesterday was my neice Mia's 34th Birthday, she was born the year Joe & I got married. I want to wish her a very Happy Birthday... These pictures were taken in June of 93. Mom & Dad had a little Dinner party for Mia when she graduated from High School.. Uncle Kevin , Aunt Connie, Lindsey.. Uncle Dennie, Grandma DeGuise, Joe, Troy, Tera , Teresa..Ryan, Tyler, Shawn & Nena, some of her school friends and of course myself... Always a good dinner when Mom cooks... love the balloons hanging off the light, but it was fun and a beautiful day for a beautiful girl. I wish I could spend more time with her and know her better, I'm ashamed that I don't, because we live so far apart. She always sends the nicest Christmas card to me at Christmas and I love HER... She is very ambitious... starting a school for children that are troubled and maybe would not finish school if it was'nt for her and her love for them....I'm very proud of her... I try to keep up with what's she doing with the help from her mom and dad when they can fill me in... She's got a good heart... HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!!!!!!!
SWEET Mia Love you

End to a good day

This day was good, I talked to Troy & Levi on the phone just as we were leaving for dinner... always love hearing from him...Tera got off work early because they had too many empty beds, so she joined us after all. WE went to Olive Garden and had a really good meal.
Lots of good presents to open, flowers delievered from my kids in Michigan... plenty
of Birthday wishes from my friends on Face book... e-cards sent from friends...phone calls from my daughter in law and Mattie this morning.... I really do have some wonderful kids, family and friends...End to a good Day

Today is my Birthday!!!!

Today is my Birthday, a little quite around here, we had Kevin last night, Paul picked him up this morning... Tera told me Happy Birthday as she left for work this morning because she had spent the night, but she has to work 12 hours today. Joe wished me a Happy Birthday as he was leaving, and Kim called to wish me a Happy Birthday. We are going out tonight with Paul, Kevin ,Teresa, Kaya, & Joe.. not sure where. Lots of my facebook Friends have wished me a Happy Birthday already. My co-workers from Kmart surprised me with a Cake yesterday, they gave me some gift certificates to some good restaurants. A little sad that I won't be getting my favorite phone call from my DAD this year... he always called me on my Birthday... and the last couple of years I got one two weeks earlier on Connie's birthday, because he would dial the wrong number... then say oh sorry I'll call you back in two weeks. I do miss that man!!!!!!!! the picture I posted is old, but I like this picture of Joe & I. 52 that's a BIG number seems old , but I don't feel old.... We will make it GOOD day... When Mattie called she whispered I love you and Happy Birthday... Tera asked Kevin last night if he new what Tommorrow was... he thought a minute and she said granny's Birthday... he said CAKE....just got a knock on my door... and these flowers arrived from ...Troy, Kim, Levi Bailie and Mattie.... and Kaya made me a cute Birthday wish on video!!!! Love this family of mine!!!!!!!!!!!

She inspired me!!!

Earlier this summer I had planned to put some color in my home. Even though we had painted every room when we moved in, Joe wanted more color... so I bought paint and planned to paint for the few days that I was off. Then Bailie decided she wanted to come home with me. She went to Tera's the first two days she was here so I thought I could still get the painting done then spend the rest of the week with her. It's always more work than I think. Needless to say I was not done when she got to our house. I asked her if she would mind if I finished up the paint then we could spend the last part of the week doing something. I started and she ask if she could help, so I covered the basement floor with plastic, put one of papa's old T-shirts on her and asked her if her would like to paint my picture frames from my room. She was so happy to do it. After sometime of painting she was done and wanted to do more. I was still painting in the dining room, so I asked her if her wanted to start in my room. I had saw in one of my decorating shows, how they had taped off patterns then painted the pattern to make a design on the wall. I thought it would be cool to try it. Bailie and I decided to make a pattern that would frame color around some of my picture frames in our room. I taped them off and she was going to paint it NAVY, SAGE & BURGUNDY. I put plastic on my carpet and told her we had to be very careful not to spill the paint, so I gave her a small roller and told her I was only going to put a small amount of paint in her paint pan .. then she could tell me when she needed more. I checked on her often, then I it got very quite in there , so I thought I would go check on her. When I walked in she was wiping the wall off, and I said what's up Bailie... she started crying and said she spilled it on the wall and was afraid she would be in trouble. Because she was trying to get it off for such a long time it had dryed on and would not come off. I told her it was okay and could fixed it later. We took the tape off the designs we had made, but the smear was under the square we had made. Well anyway we never got to finish everything with all the trips we made to Michigan this summer so yesterday I fixed the wall. I decided to fix the smear and paint the whole wall NAVY... I really like it thanks to Bailie, if she had not made that smear on the wall, I would not have painted the whole wall.
I really like it