My Dandelion Wishes

Today is officially Jennifer's Birthday. Yesterday was girl time today was a lunch celebration with all of us. TJ drove down from Casa Grande and we had a late lunch at Firebird. Enjoyed visiting. It is unbelievable how quickly time flies by. I can still vividly remember Jennifer as a baby, toddler and oh yes a teenager. She has grown into a wonderful responsible young woman. She is a great Mom. So Happy Happy Birthday Jen and enjoy your 8 mile run this evening. Yuck can't imagine after all we ate to run. The Birthday Girl Anthony and Sadera with their beloved TJ John and Jen So the weekend has been officially declared a success and now it is time to get ready for another work week.

It is amazing that a week ago my world was a mess with multiple problems with the house. One week later my world is calm and oh so positive. While this is a very busy weekend it has been filled to the brim so far with all good things. Today was girls day out in celebration of Jen's BD tomorrow. Us girls Sadera, Jenn and I started our day with a pedi at Rose Nails. This is our favorite place as they do a wonderful pedi and massage while the big comfy massage chair relaxes you and the warm swirling water your feet are soaking in totally gives you peace. As usual our big decision was what nail color or design we wanted. I am a bit more adventurous than Jen and Sadera is way way more gun ho than either of us. Sadera picked her design immediately and then I had mine and oops Jen picked the same one as me. They turned out great. I also had my French manicure so was pampered with a hand and arm massage too.:) Yes Jamie I was thinking about you. After the pampering we headed out for a bit...

So the saga continues. I woke up Saturday positive thinking everything is fixed and life is good. No Internet however and another phone call to India was nonproductive. I talked with TJ and he ran me through many trials to see if we could get it to work to no avail. So we came up with 2 options: switch Internet providers or get an air card. Neither could be accomplished till Monday. Well in the meantime my Island crops are withering, my farm is being neglected , I have no clue what is going on in Internet land. I decided to forget the Internet and spend my time on putting the house together. Had to wash all the throw rugs, vac, and mop all the dirt and basically just clean. Did tons of laundry. Next on the agenda was a shower and head to Anthony's BD party/Halloween party. Anthony's BD is in Dec and it is difficult to get a BD celebration in as most of the kids he invites are swamped with school, church and family gatherings. So he and Jenn cooked up the idea of an early party....

Another long stretch and no blogging. I guess I must be getting lazy! Really not much new going on these days. Work has been going smoothly. Vaccinating staff and patients with the regular flu vaccine. We are not considered high priority so no H1N1 vaccine is available as of yet. I am in queue whatever that means for a shipment sometime in October thru December. Oh yeah!!!! I brought in Mexican Thursday for the administrative staff and we all had lunch together. It was good to sit and visit with everyone. Now lets discuss Friday. A day from HELL. I awakened to my alarm and sleepily stumbled out to get a cup of coffee. Oh and what greeted me was a flooded kitchen, laundry room and part way into the living room. I knew exactly where the leak was. The culprit was the laundry room. So out I go in my PJ’s in 50-degree weather to see the water running down my driveway. Tried to shut off the main water to the house unsuccessfully and then waded through water to the area where ...

My goodness it has been a long dry spell since I last blogged. No real reason just not a whole lot to say these days. Life remains busy and nothing too exciting just the work, laundry, clean house and play a bit routine. I am still looking forward to cooler temperatures. We had a week of 80's and that was such a tease as it is now back in the 100's this weekend. My daughter Jenn is doing a major renovation in her bathroom and has kept all of us thoroughly entertained with her Dear Diary posts. Jenn and kids stopped by Wednesday for showers as they were in desperate need of them. Anthony had the best line when he got out of the shower "my feet feel so clean!" He was quite the happy camper to have clean feet! Other than that excitement it was a boring week here. I am finally maybe over whatever bug I picked up and am able to do a bit more. It sucked not having any energy at all. I basically laid or sat for 2 weeks. Glad to have it hopefully gone. Yesterday w...

FOR TODAY...September 28th Outside my window... It is dark way too early but it is a sign cooler weather is coming I am thinking... fall has to be coming soon doesn't it??? I am thankful for... good friends I am wearing... capris, blouse I am remembering... What a wonderful weekend it was in Cali I am going... to clean house this week!!! I am reading... CMS rules yuck!!!! I am hoping... to finish up a card I am working on On my mind... many things all jumbled in a rats nest in my brain From the learning rooms... New CMS rules Noticing that... My staff is getting along today Yes and thank you Pondering these words... From the kitchen... left overs crock pot swiss steak mashed potatoes Around the house... very messy One of my favorite things cool mornings From my picture journal... Artistic Affaire L'Automne Sept 19,2009

This has been a pretty quiet weekend. I guess I was more tired from my Cali trip than I had thought. I also think I have picked up a "bug" as I am just not feeling the best. Can't decide if it is these darn allergies or what. Saturday I made a quick trip to Mystic Paper and picked up some Halloween Stamps. That was pretty much it for me as I was hot and tired so home I came. Fixed chicken Marsala in the crock pot for my dinner and it was beyond yummy. Today I decided that I needed to do something besides being a slug on the couch. I made Margie's pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. Oh my goodness it make a bazillion of them. I will definitely be bringing some to my kids and to work. I made little muffin holders with a die for the Big Shot that I continue to hold for ransom. Colleen will have a large ransom by the time she gets home Have swiss steak in my crock pot for my dinner and have laundry about done. Played with new Halloween stamps loving them. So not much...

The 3rd and final post of my past weekend. Warning lots of photos :) I was the hostess of the Thankful fabric book swap. I made each of the swap members a fabric book and then they were to make a fabric square to be adhered inside the book. I had so much fun making their books and gathering laces and trims and buttons for them to embellish the inside pages as the wanted. The fabric squares each person did were beautiful and each one unique. A pic of all the goodies I gave each one This was Anette's first swap and she was so nervous. She did great Maija's beautiful square. I so love little vintage girls and a hand stitched piece from her! Colleen's sweet baby Ella. Colleen's thumb was so sore from the quilting. She had a guaze cover over her square tied with a ribbon Earleen's felted square. Again another first time swapper. Loved her choices of colors and my first felted piece to have in my book Loved Marsi's tree. I am so partial to trees so this one is special...

Saturday we were up early and to the studio to begin our wonderful day. Lots of visiting and laughter as we got ready for our classes. The studio was beautifully decked out in my favorite "fall theme" Everything was to perfection. Unfortunately I walked out of my hotel room without my camera so no pics from me. I purchased one of Kim's new totes and an apron that matches it. They are simply beautiful. The table settings were all decked out in fall colors. Kim had made each of us a covered journal, name tags, goodie bags. It was all over the top. Friday nite at the vendor soiree Laura hosted the cutest make n take. It was one of Kim's cake wood cut outs that we decorated. So cute! Lisa Kettell began the day with a fairy and shadow box class.Our table was full of laughter as Earleen was so funny making her "angel". All of our little creations turned out so cute. Julie had an upbeat vintage ceiling tile class for our second class of the day. I learned lots ...