ITS FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY

Hi fellow bloggers, TGIF!!!! What a week!!?!?!?!?!?!? REALLY, what a Month!

Hubby's business is moving - we are finally breaking away from his brother - shocking, but it is a good move for hubby! What does that mean for me, well, I will be working again...this time I will be a part of the business. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but it is what it is.

I really hate when people say "it is what it is", what does that really mean????

Tonight is youngest' homecoming dance - so will have lots more pics tonight.

Middle child is coming home from college to celebrate 2 yr anniversary with his girlfriend, Angie - she is a SLU, so she is coming home too.

Sat night we have tickets to the Hawk (Hockey) game and Sunday we get our picture (family) taken with the Stanley Cup, WOWOW aren't you excited!!! Can you tell how much I am!?!?

The Hawks don't look to good so far this year, so we shall see, sooooo

am leaving in a little while to get youngest - Emily updo done for dance!

So total Mom duty this weekend, YEAH!!!

Cooper went for a car ride today!! Slap me I am just way too excited!

Hugs,

Mary

OH THE LIFE OF A DOG....

Yes, it is me Cooper with Mom's Mop Head!!! Didn't think she saw me, uh oh...now she is going to keep taking pics of me... enough already!!

Oh I might as well pose! You think that would make her happy, but "nooooooo" she keeps snapping away with that thing...she wins , "look i'm stopping"... really I AM STOPPING!!!

Oh Look Mom, Kate and Chris are leaving, take a pretty picture of her already...

Good, now I can go back, oh wait! She is at it again!!

Mom I love you but I think you need a LIFE!

Love,

Cooper

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS 87 DEGREES TODAY IN CHICAGOLAND?!?!?!??!?!?!?

LOVING IT! HUGS, MARY

FALL DAYS....

GOD'S BEAUTIFUL COLORS...

God paints a Beautiful picture for all of us to see...

We only need to open our eyes and to perceive....

The beauty of his artistic touch

To nature's final show...

OCTOBER NEWS...

Still working on "ANGIE'S QUILT"...

and of course, look who is under my feet while I work...yep, it's Cooper! He loves when I sit and hand quilt - he just closes his eyes and hides under the quilt...soooo cute!

Happy Fall Everyone,

Hugs,

Mary

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

REMEMBER THIS ONE....

I AM HAND QUILTING THE MISSOURI STAR QUILT ONE STAR BLOCK AT A TIME...THIS IS CALLED "ANGIE'S QUILT", AS IT IS FOR A VERY VERY SPECIAL YOUNG LADY IN MY LIFE (MY SON'S GIRLFRIEND), WHO I JUST REALLY LOVE TO ALOT!!!

This other pile is the second block of Love Letters that I have been trying to work on for about a year now, seriously, and I also am making pillow cases for my youngest daughter's room,

SO I AM STILL SEWING....

LOTS OF HUGS TO ALL AND HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY LABOR DAY, (also have you seen the OBX in North Carolina, OH NO!! that is my personal heaven on earth place that we visit every summer and our home is OCEANFRONT!!! Please say a prayer everything and everyone is safe!

THANKS AND HUGS,

MARY

August, 2010

"THE BEST WAY TO FIND YOURSELF IS TO LOSE YOURSELF IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS"-Mahatma Gandhi

AUGUST MUTTERINGS...

Hi Everyone,

Today my son went back to college - he is a Senior! Wow, this summer sure has gone fast. I will surely miss him as he is my daily dose of much needed laughter in my life! My youngest starts her senior year of high school on Friday - time just keeps marching on....A Mom's life is in constant state of change, I realized. Some changes are good, some are sad, some are needed for kids to grow, but I can tell you I don't like change! I really don't. I don't think I will ever get used to changes - makes life interesting and all that, but I really wish I could just slow down the big clock sometimes...

Sunday was a Beautiful day so I put Cooper's little pool out for him to cool off in, well, he had other plans. He just wanted to lay on the grass staring at the house with the 5 little kids across the street who play with him. They were not home, so he waited out there very patiently, I of course was taking his picture and HE was trying to ignore me...Yep, he thought if I just don't look at her maybe, just maybe she will stop taking my picture.... little did he know... oh he tried to sneek a peak at me and I got him!!

Then Mike and his girlfriend, Angie pulled up and forget the kids across the street - THEY ARE HOME!!! So Angie tries to get Cooper in his pool...then Mike, then they decided to stay in Cooper's pool for this shot - Aren't they soooo CUTE! Just had to share these pictures, Cooper did finally get in the pool with Angie and then we had dinner, so Cooper had to get out and dried off, it was such a fun day!

Now, Angie leaves for SLU on Saturday - she will be a Sophomore in the Nursing program and might study abroad in Jan in Barcelona, Spain - so proud of her, she is just as smart as she is Beautiful!!

Well, I hope your August is slowing down and you are having fun with your family, the flowers are in full bloom around here, so that is nice ,

Lot of Hugs,

Mary