Great Times!

Last weekend I went to visit my daughter and grandchildren. We had such a wonderful time together – as always. We had dinner at Zuzda’s – one of our favorite tapas restaurants, went to church and just played and played!

Look at this picture of Kyla and “our” Barbie dolls. We dressed them up for a wedding themed fashion show. There’s no better fun!!!

Decorating Frenzy

Last week while my husband was out of town I was in a whirlwind of decorating frenzy! I painted our kitchen a lovely golden yellow and added some new accessories, in one of our guest bedrooms I made purchased valances "custom" by adding fabric trim to match the comforter and shams and also added a new coverlet and additional shams for contrast (pictured below). But the best is our other guest bedroom (pictured above). Copying a picture from Better Homes and Gardens I painted this great focal point on the wall, purchased all new bedding and hung a rod and matching valances. WHEW! And, to add stress to my schedule, I had to make a wedding cake for 100 and deliver it today (the Kewpie doll cake topper is the bride's family heirloom and is 102 years old). When I returned from dropping off the tasty creation, we hung new rods and valances in the MBR. All in all - it was a bit of a makeover. I love everything...but now I really need a rest!

Cupcake Cutie

Can my Scrap Club friends guess who I was thinking of when I found this sweet item on sale at Kirkland’s yesterday? I’ll send it with your momma, Jamie!

Blogation

I’ve been so busy at work preparing for our national sales meeting in Arizona, I haven’t had a minute to comment on the blogs I’ve quickly surfed or to post anything on my own. In the evenings I’ve been too stressed about packing or too wretchedly tired to think. When I return next week, hopefully, I’ll have something interesting to say! It’s a sunny 86 in Scottsdale - definitely something to look forward to!

PS

You can check out a close up of the ice bombs on my friend's blog-www.photome-dr.blogspot.com
Yeah, yeah, I know it's not a link - I have to learn how to do that!

War of the Worlds???

No, just a little "Georgia Snow". It was crazy when golf and tennis ball sized hail began falling from the sky last night. The pounding on our house was thunderous --- the dog and I took cover - not sure who was more frightened! I've never seen anything like it. There is a good bit of damage to our house and truck, but fortunately, nothing too major and no injuries. I would hate to be a cow in weather like that - I mean seriously - you can't run - there's no shelter - what could you do??? When it was all over it looked like we'd had a bit of a snow storm, then the "fog" started to rise for an even more eerie scene. Oh well, it was interesting!

Shake Your Pom Poms

Anyone who knows me at all is aware that I was a high school cheerleader and many years later became a college cheerleading coach. I loved it in HS, but had a much better time working with such amazing talent at the college. In my first season we began with three young ladies – a few years later, there were over 30 cheerleaders and dancers on three different teams. You can imagine my delight when my granddaughter, Kyla, decided to become a cheerleader this year. Of course, I’ve been teaching her since she was born and she spent a good bit of time at my practices (being pampered by the students) and games – maybe that had something to do with her decision. Krista says she’s the last one on the floor, last one off the floor and continually drops her megaphone. Well, she’s only 6! I’m attaching my high school cheerleading picture (notice the very long skirt – strict Baptist High School), a photo of one of my college teams and two of Kyla. Go Swordsmen, Go Bobcats, Go Jumpers! Yeah, yeah, I still have that perky enthusiasm and even now I have some cheers in my head. If I can get rid of them (and some old songs) I’d have room for important stuff.