Tuesday, March 13, 2012

September 2010 Flickr Upload Part 2

Entire stream is here…     http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154606@N00/

Not a whole lot going on here, got back from our stay-cation….need to talk more about that… and getting ready to head south again, plans keep changing, but that makes for part of the fun!  Can’t wait, I so need it!

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Going to my nephew’s football game.  Only one we got to… He’s 62…

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Bear’s Mill outside Greenville OH, beautiful building!

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On the 4th floor…

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I love scales & measurements!

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The hoppers – Just loved the color & how it was all lined up..

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It made asiren sound when it was spun fast

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015 could really get it going!

Tossing walnuts in the stream

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Being silly

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Tossing rocks in the river

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Holey socks!

Playing basketball

I loved seeing this!

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Yikes that hurt! Gym class accident!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Straight & Narrow

So does anyone else see a problem with this?  Could this be part of the reason why we’ve lost our competitive edge?

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Yes, this is an actual ruler I purchased for my kids’ school supplies. No, it did not go to school.  Maybe another reason why cheaper isn’t always better.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

August 2010 Upload

Wow, I’ve really been able to move fast through my backlog of older pictures.  Maybe I’m getting less picky with how they look.  Maybe that is an OK thing…  As always, you can check out the whole stream here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154606@N00/

And here are my faves:

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Going to Camp, he loves it!

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Doing what he does best, running & having fun!

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Why are boys so lucky when it comes to needing to use the bathroom while traveling?

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Picking out new Nintendo DS

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Where I used to work

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My old dorm at University of Indianapolis

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Fort Wayne Firefighter’s Museum

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Fort Wayne Firefighter’s Museum

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He loved the Flatop Grill, the other one, not so much

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Getting ready for first day of school

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My brother – wondering if this place is going to be OK – “are you sure?!?”

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His lovely wife

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These 2 need no explinations!

Camping in the backyard because we didn’t really get a chance to do much that summer

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S’mores are still good no matter where you are

Saturday, February 4, 2012

July 2010 Flickr Upload

You can see the full stream here…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154606@N00/

My faves…

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My poor porch flag….time to retire it…

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I don’t like spiders, but the web was cool…

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Playing cornhole at Steve Kaduk’s July 4th party.  He really knew how to throw one, great fireworks too!  It was a blast!

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I like ‘em sweet, the other likes ‘em spicy!

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Aunt Michelle, why do you take so many pictures?

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Midway rides, the slide was fun!

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Gotta have an elephant ear….

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VBS Zoo trip

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He’s very afraid normally of strange animals so I was really surprised he did this. I think the goat just wanted to eat his shirt or what was in his snack bag

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The beginning of a very long friendship with Snakey…

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Not my granpa’s tractor, but one just like it.  My cousin’s son’s first birthday party.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Have a drink on me...

This week actually went by pretty fast.  I was surprised.  Wednesday we got a freak snowstorm (yea, I know, it’s January, shouldn’t use the word freak, exactly!) and EE met me over at Whiskey Creek for supper while the boys were with their dad.  Is that not so incredibly sweet that he will drive 45 minutes just to see me for an hour & a half & then drive back another 45 minutes before going to work?  He is amazing!  And I saw him Monday & Tuesday too.  So it was hard to wait all the way until Friday night.  We met at The Mill, in Marion. No trouble finding it this time!  Sheesh, we still laugh at that, it was so funny him trying to guide me in via phone & me having no idea where I was.  Just kept driving around the YMCA a lot.  “Hey, kids, there’s Big Ben!”.  If you don’t get the reference, google European Vacation.  We had the appetizer sampler for dinner, and listened to someone playing piano.  He would not have been my first choice to listen to.  I know it takes a lot of courage to get up in front of people to sing & play, but still…  and he said over dinner that he loved me.  Maybe it’s starting to happen just a little bit more frequently.  As we both get used to it.  That can’t be a bad thing. Then we went back home, both got in his car, and headed down to Charley Creek so we could listen to Sam play.  That was so much better.  And Jill was there and we got to talk & catch up.  It was so much fun & I had so too much to drink!  We got home & I just did not feel well.  He had to help me to bed & stuff.  I think I slept in the exact same spot for 5 hours.  Then got up, went to the bathroom & took some ibuprofen.  Then slept some more.  Don’t worry, when we got up, I made sure he was taken care of since the night before was a total no-show!  He made me breakfast – a wonderful omelet & coffee.  I had a hair appointment at noon, so I took off for that & got my hair all done up nice.  Took a nap when I got back, as he was napping too.  Then got up to check out movies & places to eat.  We ended up choosing Haywire in Huntington, weird, but good.  It needed more dialog.  Not sure if they thought she wouldn’t be able to remember her lines, or what.  Then we went up to Fort Wayne to eat at Naked Tchopstix and it was really yummy!  We got the spicy tuna makki rolls to share, then we each got a bento box.  It was way too much food.  I will have lunch forever now!  We stayed at my house (that is getting cooler every time) and then I went to church. And I only had 1 beer that night, so I was able to participate in the adult activities, I really don’t like missing out on those!  My furnace has been acting up again, so he came by after I went to the grocery to see if he could figure out what was going on.  No dice. I made a corn chowder, he forgot the steaks, so since it was now 57 in my house, we decided to go over to his.  He grilled, I finished the soup, made a salad & we ate big.  It was super yummy.  He grills some of the best steaks ever.  Then we had a little bit more fun.  Hopefully he feels well taken care of this weekend, I know I do.  I can’t believe sometimes how wonderfully he treats me.  We were just lying there together, kind of dozing before I had to go pick up the boys.  And it is indescribable the feeling of both his arms around me, holding me close, feeling his chest hairs tickle me, and the scratchiness of his beard under my hand, the smooth skin of his neck & shoulders.  At that moment, I feel so completely loved, overjoyed, blessed.  I never want it to end.  There is nothing that compares to this.  I want to feel it (and him) every day.  And I usually do feel it around him.   I don’t think I ever have not.  And no, it still didn’t happen this weekend.  I know I should stop thinking about it and wondering when it’s going to.  I know it will not ever.  At least I don’t think so.  But he is thinking of buying a new bike, one with a saddle on it that would be comfy for me too. So we can do longer rides together. And it looks like George Baker is going to pan out.  And we’re going to be doing a show up in Traverse City in June.  And he said he loved me, so I guess that at least means he won’t be going anywhere soon, right?

So now I’m trying to get ready for the week ahead.  I need to take my CWTS practice test at least once so I can get the real test done & out of the way.  I need to somehow fix the bathtub caulk.  Thursday did not go so well.  I told him I was this close (hair-width) from just replacing the whole unit with something that does NOT need to be caulked,  and then if I did that, I should get a real vanity top so I have a place to put my makeup & blow dryer & curling iron on.  Right now it is just a sink & stuff falls off &  it’s annoying.  And it is the master (well only!) bath so you think they would have thought this through a bit better.  And I need to file my nails because typing is hard.

And I’m tired, so I’m gonna go to bed…

Sunday, January 22, 2012

June 2010 Flickr Upload

OK, so June I had a lot of faves!  As always, you can cut to the chase & see the whole upload here…. http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154606@N00/

I had a training conference to go to, so Bob met me at the airport so I could see the boys & have supper. 

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Love this face!  He loved the food, this is what he was eating…

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Gotta love Maki rolls.  006 does not…

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View from the hotel in Dallas.  It was beautiful!

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Goofy faces from 006.  Love him so much!

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Yum Yum!  So serious…

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You gotta have it all over your face or you are simply not enjoying it, right?

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Don’t know if you can read it, but it says “GROSS!” Love the little notes they leave me…

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They sell these at The Works Ice Cream shoppe.  I think the face says it all…

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Love the fact that my nephew has such a great relationship with both my boys.  He is a wonderful young man.  Very caring, sensitive, and smart.  I am proud to be his aunt.