My Dandelion Wishes

This has been one hot and humid week with a few dust and wind storms and a little rain thrown in. I'm so ready for the humidity to leave us. My poor pool gets cleaned one day and fills up with dirt and debris by the evening. Yeap got to love monsoons!!!!!! Work is the same ole stuff nothing new. We all just keep plugging along doing our jobs with little hitches here and there. Took classes the last 2 Saturdays. and our altered book club was last Sunday. Actually last week end was a busy one thankfully it is quieter this weekend. so without further comments pics of classes follow. Not much to say today. Sneek peek of Altered Book I'm working on. This is our last round and August will be our last meeting. Not finished yet but you can get the gist of it. Yesterdays class with a new instructor at Devine Memories, Renee. Friends album. Fun class and I even managed to almost finish the book. Could be less gabbing as Colleen wasn't there. Just kidding Colleen! Wednesday's cla...

Well it is supposed to be monsoon season and even though it feels like it with the humidity the weather forcasters tell us we are not there yet??? Monday nite I thought for sure we were headed for a big nasty storm but alas nothing no rain a little wind. The sky sure looked threatening. Took a great fun class with Michelle at Devine Memories last Saturday. "Wild Boyz" This was fun as usually the albums are not boy related so I now have a fun little album for Anthony. Have pics in it but no journaling. Sneek peek of a project I have been working on for Altered Book Club More to be revealed in August. Have the day off and I need to get ambitious and head to the bank. Grandkids coming over while Jenn & John attend a social function. We have projects, swimming and maybe dinner with Colleen if she makes it home in time. A busy weekend ahead as I have class "Christmas in July" at Devine Memories tomorrow from 10-7 and Altered Book Club on Sunday. So yeap I need to g...

It is hard to believe that a week ago I was in Iowa where it was cool, green and humid. Now I'm back in Az and it is HOT HOT HOT . Got to love Az!!! Work was busy with the usual end of the month reports and payroll. Pool was not working when I got back but have it fixed and it is filtering and it is crystal clear today well if you don't look at the bottom. Plan to get out and get it cleaned shortly. Colleen left for her 2 week trip to Washington so I imagine it will be fairly quiet here. Her new cat of 2 weeks is going with her. Just imagine that! 7/7/07 came and went. Other than a big turmoil with my daughter's ex over not bringing the kids back from a court ordered overnite visit, involving the Tempe police it was pretty quiet. Kids are home safe and sound and the $#@$%^&^$ ## thinks he has won. what a low life dead beat dad. enough said as those that know him know he is worthless Had lunch with friends at Crackers. Lets just say free dessert didn't make up for cr...

Well finally I was able to upload some pictures of our trip to Iowa. TJ and I flew back on the 23rd to celebrate Mom and Dad's 60th Wedding Anniversary. We then spent a week relaxing and enjoying family. So this is a very long post with lots of pics of our week and the celebration so brace yourselves. Mom and Dad Note see Dad's beard. Early's 125th birthday is coming up so Dad is growing a beard Almost didn't recognize him when I got out of the car TJ and I behind the serving table. Jo and I spent about a month making and buying decorations, frames and etc to decorate with Top of the piano Another pic of the serving table The sign in table Friday the 29th their actual anniversary we hosted a family dinner with a whole new set of decorations and a trivia game designed around Mom and Dad TJ playing!! He had a ball riding the mower BBQ at my brother Steve's home see the green houses behind us?? BBQ at my brother Scott's home. Needless to say we a...

Happy Father's Day Dad! Can't be there in person today but soon like in a week I will be home. Hope you are celebrating and doing what you want today! Love ya lots! Another week has zoomed by. Not a crazy busy week, just a week that quickly flew by. Seems they are all that way lately. Class at Devine Memories on Thursday with Michelle . Colleen was back from Germany so we all had a great evening catching up and working on the album. Below are a couple of pics of the album. Front cover of mini albulm Inside peek I waited till the last minute, well not really last minute, to work in my next Altered Book. This has been a difficult book to work in due to the bulk of the book. Finally had to do most of the layouts outside the book and glue in. 2 layouts are done and the 3rd is in my head waiting to be put on paper. We will see how close to my idea in my brain the actual layout turns out This 1st layout I used fabric and images from a novel and just machine stitched to the fabric ...

Wow the past 2 weeks have just flown by. Between working some crazy hours at the unit, getting a BBQ pulled together for Warren (leaving after 8 years with us) and helping my sister get ready for my folks 60 th anniversary time is flying. But.. surprise surprise I managed to take a class in between all this. Warren has been with WSD for 8 years and has been a steadfast, loyal employee. He will be missed by our patients and staff. BBQ we had for him was perfect as we actually got to sit and chat for a long time. I wish him good luck at his new job and with his new endevor Liberal Christian Trio . Jennifer and John and kids are doing great just so busy working and lots of activities with the kids. Class with Michelle at Devine Memories this was such a fun album to make in a picture frame. Love it Michelle Sneek peek of just a little of what I'm doing for the anniversary celebration Card class at Jan's on the 6th. Fun cards and we missed Colleen as she is in Germany at her son...

It is a hot hot Sunday afternoon here in good ole AZ. Sorry Dad, I'm sure my high 90's sound better than your 60's. I have been out cleaning the pool. all these winds have deposited many leaves and other junk in my pool. So presently I'm taking a break while I refill the pool. Must say it is cooler in here than it is out there. Rocket scientist aren't I??? Yesterday was a whirlwind shopping, junking, and antiquing day with Colleen. I think we were in Chandler, Mesa, Gilbert and Phoenix. Lots of stores lots of stuff. A news flash for all of you that know about the antique store on 7th ave that had the boom boom room. It is closed How sad. Well not for us but I'm sure someone will miss not having a place to shop for tiarras and huge sized platform shoes. Ok back to Saturday. I had some specific things in mind to shop for and 1/2 of them I found and the other 1/2 alas I did not. We were priveledged to some of the snottiest, rude staff at ETC and some...

Don't everyone faint, but yeap it is me the bad blogger actually writing today. No excuses just haven't been blogging. I seriously can't believe this is Memorial weekend already. Boy the year is just flying by. No special plans just relax and rejuvinate for the upcoming weeks. Kim tagged me to write 7 wierd facts about me hmmmm do I want to actually put it on paper so the whole world knows. If I think about it I guess those people that are close to me know most of my weirdness anyway ok so here goes 1. Dishwasher has to be loaded in a certain way (top rack first then bottom and silverware last) 2. Magazines, newspapers read from back to front 3. Laundry done in the same order whites, lights, darks, towels 4. I clean in absolutely the same order livingroom, kitchen, bathrooms 5. Alarm clock and watch and clocks in my house usually set 10-15 minutes ahead as I hate being late 6. Only use one type of dishsoap, laundry soap, bath soap no matter what is on sale 7. R...

Happy Mother's Day Mom, Jennifer, Jo, Sheryl and Kate. Hope you are all having a great day of pampering and relaxation. That is funny huh?? My day has been quiet and I have accomplished a lot today. My big project that took over the house is completed and ready to be mailed wink! wink! The yard is raked and the debris from the last wind storm is picked up, the pool received some attention and the weeds got their daily squirt of weed killer. What more can I ask for. Just waiting for Jennifer to call so I can meet her at Trader Jo's for groceries new experience. MOM Birthday and Mother's Day gifts from the Vicks aka Jenn, John Sadera and Anthony. I love my clothes and............. Yeap my new license plate cover is on too cool kids!! Bet you didn't think I would get it on so fast huh Fooled ya Pictures from our family celebration at Tsunami last night. We celebrated 3 birthdays and Mother's Day and had a blast. New chef and the food and sushi which is alr...