Friday, May 26, 2006

Time passes by...


My goodness how time slips by. A whole year has passed. Yes, I have been busy. Hubby got my scraproom done in the basement. It is 12x12 with a built in desk and double-door closet. It is awesome. I have been waiting a long time for this. He had the room next to it done in time for August lessons. I have about 10 regular customers that come for card/scrapping/craft classes. The basement is still a little rough, though the ladies don't mind. Here is what it looks like. I have shelves of supplies along the north wall, and that is my scraproom door to the right. I have a nice ceramic tile floor in there.
This spring we are currently working on pouring a cement patio off the back door. We had one, but when we had to put in a new well, and waterlines, it was partially torn up. So we are replacing the whole thing.

We went out to PA to see our daughter Beth last fall. She took an awesome photo of hubby and I. It was a beautiful spot, Linn Run State Park. The water was crystal clear. We are very relaxed and enjoying the time to be with Beth.

We still have lots of birdies at the feeder. I was happy to see my favorite hummingbird back. I have him named FatBoy and he is fun to watch. The orioles are back also. I watched a mama robin teaching her young how to find bugs in the grass. She would hop forward a few steps and 3 youngsters followed her every move. I enjoyed that. We have watched the blackbirds fighting over the dog food in our black labs dish. Too bad we have to go back to our jobs come Tuesday. This week off has been very enjoyable.

Monday, May 23, 2005

05-23-05

Beautiful day yesterday. Quite windy, but we had hummingbirds, purple finches, wild canaries and baltimore orioles at our feeder and they were awesome to watch. We are pretty sure we saw 2 eagles also---not at the feeder silly, but in the sky above the field next door. This is only the second time we have seen orioles so we want to get some oranges and such out there to keep them coming back.

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Gramma's Place

The computer has long been a facinating place to be creative or to meet creative people. My love for family, photography, scrapbooking, stamping and alteration-art has been enhanced by this format.
I am a Grandmother of 12 and each one of those darlings is a gem all by itself and I love to be with them. I had my time with their parents and it was fun too. I work full-time and do freelance photography on the side. I do lots of weddings and just got a digital camera for my BD last year. What fun having a new toy to play with.
I hope to share artwork and ideas. I am beginning to start work again on my great sci-fi novel. (yeah well, great might be a stretch)
I love the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evonavich....anyone else read them? I have my own ideas of the casting call if they were ever made into a movie.
I think Sandra Bullock for Stephanie. She is pretty, clutsy and sassy enough to pull it off. Here are the rest of my picks:
Joe Morelli = Viggo Mortensen
Ranger = Dwayne Johnson/The Rock
Lula = Queen Latifa
Connie = Rikki Lake
Vinnie = Steven Buceme
Grandma Mazur - Estelle Getty or Betty White
Mooner = David Spade