Hark! Back! Issue #3

Hark! Back! Is a look back at blogs that appeared in a now defunct blogging site before I started with blogger in September of 2008.  They are in no particular order.  

Blog post from January 10, 2008

12 X 12 Paper

Well I am a scrapbooker...12 x 12  inch paper is one thing I collect...I have a special plastic box with a cover that I keep in the car...just incase I happen to run across a scrapbooking shop.  Years ago when I first started scrapbooking there were lots of scrapbook stores...I should have opened one then...come to think of it I probably have enough paper to open one now.

I shop for paper seriously and with wild abandon...there was one store that I spent three hours in...just in the paper aisle...luckily after three hours my daughter Jen said "Mother it is time to go home." Lord only knows how long I would have stayed in that store if she had not been with me....maybe I would still be there...how many days would have passed before Far Guy would have reported me missing? 

Other than normal solid colors in every shade and hue you can think of...I shop for paper that evokes a feeling...and at my age I have had a lot of feelings over the years...so I have a lot of paper.

Far Guy finally designed and built me a custom scrapbooking desk.  The desk is accessible from both sides, it has twenty drawers believe it or not it does hold all my 12 x 12 in paper...for now:)

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Update 

I still look at paper in Hobby Lobby that is about the only store that has paper anymore.  My desk still has a fair share of scrapbook papers.  I have one scrapbook that I need to finish but mostly I use the paper to make cards. 

That is what is happening on my desk now...card making...yes it is a controlled for now mess. 

Believe it or not Chance used to lay down under that desk.  It became a great place to store other "craft stuff."  So no space for a dog to rest anymore.

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All grown up! Aubrey!

Our Great Niece Aubrey graduated from High School this past weekend!  Sadly we were not able to travel to her party on Saturday.  My sister Julie and Jen and Andy were able to go.  It is about a 6 1/2 hour drive for us and I am not able to travel that far at the moment. 

August of 2010 when she was just a couple of months over two tears old. 

AND now she has graduated from High School!   Photo used with permission from Katie.

We will be seeing her this next week.  She is having another big surgery in the Cities on Thursday...when she was born in 2008 she had a bilateral cleft lip and palate and has had many surgeries since then.  I am not sure what # this surgery is ...12th maybe... one of these times we hope she can put all the surgeries behind her!    

Prayers are always appreciated  for this lovely young lady and her team of Doctors. 

You got this Aubrey!!

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Memorial Day

On Saturday we visited the cemeteries where our parents are buried.

 

Flags lined the road to the cemetery where my parents are buried. 

Sunday I mowed  our lawn at least part of it for the first time this year. 

We went out for lunch at our usual Sunday Summer Patio place and late in the afternoon we had a good visit with cousins Leann, Jim, Clark and Mary Jo.

Sunday weather; High 80F or 27C  Low was 53F or 12C.  The high fluffy Summer clouds are back.

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It rained!

 It rained a bit, not sure how much but there was a puddle or two.  We could still use more! 

The woods are finally coming alive...it is a wonder what a little rain will do.

We are headed into a warm spell...I don't like being thrust into Summer so soon in May.  I like lots of 70 degree days! Picky picky.

I did some laundry and cleaned a bathroom, we visited two cemeteries and Far Guy planted some wildflowers seeds in the wildgardens.

What's cooking?  Far Guy made Spaghetti...it was delicious with homemade bread. 

Minnesota Weather on Saturday:  High 61F or 16C  Low was 44F or 7C. 

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Hark! Back! Issue #2

Hark! Back! Is a look back at blogs that appeared in a now defunct blogging site before I started with blogger in September of 2008.  They are in no particular order. 

April 05, 2008

Conversation with a three year old

Last evening I spent some time with one of my Great Nephews...he was three on April first.  I asked him what he wanted for his birthday...the party is on Sunday...he replied "Cake."  I asked him what kind of presents he wanted..."Balloons."  I made the mistake of calling him "Honey"...he replied "My name is not Honey it is Mason."  I asked him if I couldn't call him Honey anyway...he replied "No, I am Mason" then he would scrunch up his face, roll his eyes and extend his lower lip.  I explained that Honey was a nice name...and he changed the subject.

During my conversation with my new Honey/Mason...I discovered he had a haircut by Pam, had a good day at Barbs, Barb has two dogs with no names, his sister was asleep and so was his Mother, he wants to be an Excavator driver when he gets big, his Grandpa is not my brother, his Grandpa was never ever a little boy, his Dad was never ever little either, his Dad is big and Grandpa is his Dad's favorite.

I have an old jar that I keep on the counter in the kitchen...filled with Tootsie Pop Suckers.  Most small children leave the house with a sucker in hand.  Mason always chooses one for himself and one for his sister...he wanted a green one again.  I have never tried the new green ones...but they have passed the Mason test...he said they are yummy.

Well while I was enjoying my conversation with Mason his Grandmother was out walking and saw six Robins behind our house.  She always seems to be really lucky seeing the first Robins of Spring:) 

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Mason and Chance in April of 2015

Mason is all grown up...he was 21 on his last birthday and yes he is an Excavator driver.  He has a beautiful gal who is Miss Minnesota this past year.

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