Yay Me!!!!

Can I just tell you...

I LOVE my husband...

LOOK what came for me today!




I am soooo happy =D

Another Creation...I'm on a Roll!

I am so proud of the artist that my daughter is. She has a real talent for drawing. I love her bright and colourful style and the little characters that she dreams up are very unique.
She drew all of these little vignettes last summer and I have been looking forward to giving them a special home. I hope I did them justice =D.

Guess What?

I scrapbooked!!!

No...my room's not done.

But...I moved my very large stash of supplies into it anyway.

I just could not take it anymore!

I hope this will give me the "push" need to get it finished.

There's really not that much left to do...well besides cabinet doors, which we will have to wait a while for.

Anyway, I am feeling very creative...inspired by so many people:

Pink Tomato...with her very own brand new store!

Jennifer...love her stuff and I miss seeing her in person.

Tara...makes the cutest cards and her talent for scrapbooking just keeps amazing me.

The other day I made my first trip to The Scrapbook Academy since I stopped scrapping. That gave me the warm fuzzies. It was so good to see Charlene...I missed her.

And as always...Elsie Flannigan is soooo inspiring but I think my very favorite scrapbook artist is Vicky Boutin. I took a class from her once and found that she works very much like I do. I just love to look at her pages.

Here are the very first pages created by me in over nine months...hope you like them.

Our New Favorite Place

Arrowhead Provincial Park is located in Huntsville Ontario and is one of the nicest parks we've been to. We were especially impressed with the privacy and size of the campsites. We could not see any other sites from ours and had a feeling of having the place to ourselves even though the park was practically full.
I would recommend this Provincial Park to anyone who loves to camp and isn't looking for a "party park". This campground was peaceful, quiet and family oriented and I hope it stays that way.

Here are a few of the many photos that we took. Keep checking back to see more.

Happy Father"s Day...

Today is very emotional. We are going out for breakfast and then I'm going to go to the cemetery. This will be the first time that I can't hug and kiss my dad on Father's Day. I will take a flower to his grave and tell him I miss him and that I love him and I know he will hear me. I really believe that he will hear me.
Love the men in your life today...they may not always be there.

So ends his suffering...

God grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

William Harvey "Slip" Rowe
1929 - 2008

At approximately 5:30 am on May 29 2008...I lost my dad.
He was, so I am told, very much at peace at the time of his passing. I am so thankful for that. I am thankful for the days before his death that I was able to tell him that I loved him and I am thankful that he nodded his head in comprehension. I know that he understood.
All of his children were able to see him at some point in the week before his passing. We were all able to spend the time we needed to and my mom spent many hours by his side in the three weeks he was in the hospital.
My dad left behind six children and their spouses. Eight grandchildren and a wife he loved for nearly fifty-seven years. He was seventy-nine. I am going to miss him terribly.

Just a Quick Up-date...

My Dad is very ill. He has been in the hospital for 10 days now. I really don't expect him to ever go home. Besides growing old and the fact that he has smoked for around 65 years and his heart is now starting to pay for it, we're not really sure what is wrong. His mind is going and he is talking a lot about his parents (They both have been gone since before I was born). The word "Alzheimer's" is starting to be used in conversations about him. It's not fair! He's my Dad! It's just not fair.

I am still going to the gym. That alone must be some kind of record for me. What's more is that I still love it! Flabbies are starting to disappear and I can actually see muscle taking it's place. Even better Mike tells me he can see it too. Bailey was captivated by my new bicep muscle. She's so funny.
Mike is also doing well with his workouts, although he lost about a weeks worth due to a slight case of the flu. We have been going together now that my personal training sessions are over and it's great to spend that time together.

OK...OK...The art room!!! No...it is not finished. (Sorry Jodi!) I take full responsibility for that and I feel terrible because Mike worked so hard to get it to this point. I just get so overwhelmed with all my regular everyday stuff that I have to do. Then all the stuff I want to do, like take photos and blog and stuff, that the idea of sitting alone in a room painting cabinets (oh...so many cabinets!) just makes it difficult to get my ass in gear to do it. I will make time for some of that this week as long as Dad's condition doesn't worsen.

Just so everyone knows...I am still following your blogs. I pop in and check out what's going on and pop back out again. I just haven't had time to comment so...

Jodi...OMG!!!! you're opening a store! YAY! Good for you. I am so excited for you. I'm sure that The Pink Tomato with be amazing and I hope I can talk my husband into taking a road trip someday. I would just love to check out the place and it would be so nice to meet you in person. =D

Tara...you have been making the most adorable cards! The watercolour technique you use is stunning. You are such a talented person.
=D

Jennifer...beautiful new LO's and your photos from your trip are awesome. Keep 'em coming. Your photography is brilliant! Glad you had a good time at DC. Maybe next time I'll join you.
=D

Laura...Happy Mother's Day sweetie! I hope everyone is feeling better now. I also hope your getting lots of use out of that new camera.
=D