Incoming!

Been awhile since I had any incoming to post! :)

My "Anne of Green Gables" Dvds came today! The bottom two pics are of a booklet that I didn't know was in the set. I love how each DVD has a picture of a different character in the movies. The first DVD is Anne, but I had to use my cell phone to take the pics so it cut it off.

From Abbye in Northern Ireland. Love the notecard she used, and she included pictures of her recent holidays!

I also had a package today from Bath and Body Works, but my niece was here when it arrived and I barely got my body wash bottles out of the box before she took over the packing and the box. She sat and played with it for a good hour, so I never got a chance for pictures since she was right there the whole time I was opening it, lol.

Here's a couple more pictures from the last week that I wanted to share.

The view from our backyard. The picture doesn't do it justice, the mountains were actually orange from the sun setting, but it's still a cool picture with the clouds.

My dog passed out last Saturday after we had visitor's all day.

We have a busy few days coming up, so I probably won't be around much this weekend. My Father-in-law gets to town tomorrow for the weekend, and we're spending Tuesday afternoon at the beach with my parents (they're camping), and tomorrow evening is my oldest nephew's 11th birthday party. So lots and lots to do!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

<3

Outgoing (from Tuesday)

So. . . I'm a few days late, whoopsie! I'm sure this letter has probably already made it to its destination :)

I used some of my new tissue tape, and I really like it :)

Ugh, it's been one of those weeks. . . 100*F & up all week, and just plain busy. Today I have had a really hard time just getting up and getting things done. . . the laundry sits untouched, I have a first letter I still need to write and honestly I can't remember what else right now, I think my brain took a vacation.

Last night was the first night of bowling for the new Fall/Winter season! It was a long night because of course we had to bowl on of the slowest teams in the league and we were the last ones done out of 13 teams. But we had fun bowling with the hubby's step-sis and her hubby, yay for family! :)

Hhhmmm, I think that's all for now. My father-in-law (hubby's step-dad) will be here this weekend, so that will be great, although it's a quick visit and hubs is bummed that his Mama won't be here too :( 

Anyway, hope everyone is having a great week and has a wonderful weekend!

<3

Where Did August Go?

Forget August. . . where did the last year go?? We just realized this last week that next month will already be our one year wedding anniversary. . . I don't know where the last year went to.

Today was a good day, it was pay day a day early because of the Labor Day holiday! The hubby has been working a ton of overtime, for the last pay period it almost equaled an extra week of work (his pay periods are 2 weeks, 40 hrs a week). So, needless to say, we have a little extra money.

So, as a thank you for me understanding and putting up with all the nights of him at work, he bought me something that I have had on my Amazon wishlist for close to 4 years now.

As a child, I spent countless hours reading these books and of course watching the two movies, saw the 3rd movie on PBS when I was an adult (I think, lol). I have them on VHS, and no VCR anymore. So, knowing my love of these films, my wonderful hubby bought them for me. Especially since I had a gift card balance and we got free shipping. But anyway, I'm so excited about this, I'm such a kid, I can't wait to sit and watch them :)

Hope everyone has had a great week and has a wonderful weekend! 

<3

I Love that my Nephews are playing (American) Football!

First football games of the season today! I'm a proud Auntie, my nephews played hard! 

I was so excited that their games were at my old High School, Santana. It was kind of surreal for me after not being back there in 12 years (I feel old, lol). They redid the football field and it is amazing! It used to be dead grass surrounded by dirt back in my day!

My nephew Reese. I am so proud of him! He has always been stocky and a little bigger than most of friends. He had to work extra hard the last three weeks and lose 11 pounds to be able to play tackle football, and he did it! At his weigh in this morning the weight limit is 97 pounds with all his gear on, he weighed in at 96.2! 

My little Joey. We have always had a very close relationship, I'm so proud of him too, he's a great football player!!

During Joey's game, he's the kid sitting right at the 40 yard line.

I love his facial expressions!

Me and my boy (he says I'm his favorite Auntie, awwww).

My oldest nephew Wyatt! Can't believe he's turning 11 in a couple weeks and starting 6th grade, he's playing Soccer this year, so here soon I'll have soccer pictures!

And the Princess, Jillian. The youngest with three older brothers :)

So, that's all I have for you this time. Just me being a proud Auntie. . . it really is one of my biggest joys in my life, I love these kids so so so so much!

Oh, my Aunt came home from the hospital today, yay!  She's still having to go through a long road of healing, but at least she's home. 

No incoming/outgoing to share. Hoping next week to reply to the one letter I have waiting. . . which brings me to this, if anyone is looking for more penpals, I am too, so drop me an email! :)

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

<3

Hubby's Birthday Golf 8-15-12

So, last year we started a tradition, golf for birthdays! The first time we went was for the hubby's, then they went for his two brother-in-laws' birthdays as well. This year the hubby had to work on his birthday, so we went on his day off a few days early. And we got lucky, it was the one some-what cool day in the middle of our heat wave. So, here a few pictures from the day :)

Warming up at the range.

The view down from the first tee. Hard to tell, but it was a pretty steep little hill down, there are a ton of elevation changes on this course.

Teeing off at the first hole.

Our brother-in-law Jeff joined us for the day.

The first green.

I was teasing the hubby that our golfcart number was the same as his age (he really only turned 37, lol)

I drove most of the day, his driving with all the elevation changes kept freaking me out. 

Jeff looking to see if the group in front of us was on the green yet.

Yay, tunnel! It goes under the main road that goes through the middle of the course.

Ever since I was little, I have loved tunnels, so this was really the highlight of my day, lol.

This squirrel came up to say hi :)

The back nine (holes 9-18) run along this local lake, Lake Murray.  Made for a beautiful view :)

Putting for 2 under par (an Eagle). He ended up 1 under par (a Birdie) after just missing the first putt. 

Stupid blogger, this was supposed to be before the last one, lining up his putt, lol.

The lake.

Us again! :)

So, there they are, only took me 9 days, lol. Have a busy weekend ahead. My two youngest nephews, Reese and Joey are both playing (American) Football this year, and games start tomorrow, yay! And then we're going to the theater on Sunday afternoon to see the musical my Aunt is directing, even though she has to miss opening weekend because she's still in the hospital :( (she's hopefully going home either tomorrow or Sunday).

Anyway, hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

<3

Quick Update on my Aunt

As I mentioned in my earlier post, my Aunt LuLu is in the hospital battling an infection in her foot. She is diabetic, so an infection in this area is not a good thing as diabetics typically have poor circulation in their legs and feet. 

Anyway, yesterday they did an MRI and found an abcess. She had surgery this afternoon to clean the infection out. They were able to get it all out and the best news is that there was no infection or damage to the bones of her feet, which is what everyone was worried about. She currently has a wound vac in. If everything looks good she will have surgery again on Friday to take out the wound vac and close up the wound. I'm going to visit her tomorrow after the hubby wakes up from his nap :)

Good night everyone!

<3

Incoming and Birthday Cake!

The hubby's birthday was good! He says he had a good day, even though he slept through most of it, lol. Anyway, my redvelvet cake turned out great! Although I know a few things for next time:

1. Use a little more food coloring (lol).
2. Put more frosting in between the layers.
3. Pay attention so that I don't buy fat free cream cheese for the frosting.

The cream cheese frosting recipe I got from my cousin, because I mess up frosting recipes every time. Her's is simple, for every 8 oz of cream cheese, use 1 cup of powdered sugar. Simple, just have to let the cream cheese soften for awhile. The first time I used it, the frosting came out amazing. This time, my frosting was runny, I added an extra cup of sugar, and it was still pretty runny. Couldn't figure out why. . . my cousin asked if I used light. . . oops, I accidentally bought fat free, for some reason, light and fat free make your frosting runny. . .so anyway, it didn't look the best, but it tasted great! :)

We don't have round pans, so I had to use square, lol.

I dusted the top with coacoa powder to try and make it look a little prettier, lol.

It was yummy! :)

Here soon I'll have golf pictures posted from last week, I plan on getting that posted at some point today.

And now for my incoming!

From Melissa.

I love the notcard! The puppy reminds me of Rusty when he was a puppy :)

So, that's all for me. Had a busy day yesterday with my youngest nephew and my niece, they were here all day. So we had lots of fun.

Oh, if everyone could please take a moment and say a little prayer for my Aunt. She was in the hospital for 4 days, then came home for one night, and is now back in the hospital. She has an infection in her foot and yesterday they found that it was an abcess. So she is supposed to have surgery today. Hopefully everything turns out okay. So, if you could say a prayer for her, it will be very much appreciated.

Hope everyone is having a good week so far.

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