Here you go, my Sweet Violets! Another new home for our daily musings....

"Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship."

- Cicero

YAY michelle!! You're going to have a blast, and make some great memories :thumbup:)

I'm on count-down till Carson can enjoy Disney World.

This week flew by, surprising since I haven't slept in a few nights. We're back to letting him cry it out, he hasn't slept past 2am in days. I think we figured it out, he's been sick for weeks and in that time he's been sleeping in our arms or in our bed with us. Now he's adjusted to that, and so around 2am every night he wakes up and won't go back to sleep unless we hold him. It's slowly but surely getting better.

And the sickness flared back up in Russ & I.. He has been feelign stomach-bugish.. and my cough came back with avengence yesterday morning, that deep loud cough.. ugh. My snot is back to green too, and I'm all congesty (yum right).

Edited April 2, 201016 yr by FairyFacade

Good morning, Violets..

Longgggggggg day yesterday, but it sure felt like Good Friday. I was at the church from 11-3:30. Bob's sermon portion was great and I did well on my song. It was so good to have the "team" back together.. pastor, soloist and accompianist.

I babysat for Ethan and Grady when I got home and I gotta say. 1 is great.. 2 not so much! Especially when Ethan doesn't like Grady because he has to share Gramma time. The guys went golfing and Kris went to Zumba. Luckily I could take the kids out to the backyard, because the inside of the house was trashed!

After the kids left, Bob and I went to an Unveiling of the Cross service which really made me feel like Good Friday and then we went out to dinner.

Today is all about MULCH! We're going to start the flower beds before things strart to grow too much and we can't get in and around plants as easily.

Everyone have a great day!!

Quick check-in... hmmm, everyone must be outside, away from their computers, enjoying the BEautiful weather! I know I have been!

Time to come in & clean & decorate for Easter... cook, bake, wrap, etc...

Everyone enjoy the day and tomorrow, too!!

xoxo!

Hey girls~

We made $854 dollars at the garage sale...then Sus found a dollar in her pocket. So, YEAH!! $855 for the morning, all the crap gone, and we were driving away by noon!

Came home inhaled cold thin crust pizza and a diet coke, and PB'd, then showered and am checking the puter...YEAH!

ok, tired!

Good evening, Violets..

Wonderful day today. Bob and I hauled 12 bags of mulch and I spread 11 of them. I have 1/4 of the flower beds done in the back. I figure about 15 more bags and the back yard will be done. Then on to about 15 more bags for the front yard. Things are starting to get green. We FINALLY got some rain today. It was much needed.

Kris, Nathan, Grady, Bob and I just finished watching the Michigan State/Butler game. Sad to say MSU lost, but the other team certainly deserved to win.

Tomorrow will be a busy, family day. Unfortunately the family is all going to different churches. I'll be at the Alpena church, Bob will be at his church and Kris and Nathan will be at the Presbyterian church in town. They will not go to our church as long as the minister is still there. In the afternoon we will go to Kris's for the Easter dinner. I fixed butternut squash and will take some rolls too. Kris is having ham and cheesy potatoes and pecan pie. Another test for me!

I'm off to bed pretty soon. I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed Easter. Soon we'll be seeing each other again and I for one can't wait!!!

Everyone have a good evening. Sleep well.

A very Blessed Easter to all my Violet Sistahs!!

Morning Girls~

Happy Easter! We are going to the cemetery then hanging around the house today. We've got a Honey Baked ham and will make some "extras" plus German noodles. We have company from Germany all week...pretty funny...what the hell are they saying? Needless to say, I've read a lot of my book. The Open, by Andre Agassi. IT IS FANTASTIC but I don't suggest it unless you are a tennis fan...tons of tennis lingo. I am enjoying it because it is like a conversation w/ him. Sadly, I've got 30 papers to grade today...so no reading for me :bored:

Have a great day...enjoy your Easter treats and festivities. I am skipping mass...the priest said last week that the church fills to capacity (1600) and the fire marshal kicks ppl out. I need to find a new church!

Have a great day!

xooxox

Good morning and happy Easter!

Don't know why I haven't posted, no excuse!! Really!!

Good for you Michelle for going to WDW!!

Haydee yesterday at work I made a couple of appointments for 6 weeks, and I am like oops won't be here!! IT'S HAYDEE'S WEDDING!!!!!!! I was amazed!!

I am going to my sisters house today. Should be fun. I made two pies last night, we are not a pie family at all, but I saw a recipe for a banana white chocolate pie that sounded good. I took a little piece, it is good. I only changed the crust because it had shortbread cookies and walnuts, and since I am allergic to nuts, I just bought crusts. I figured the chopped walnuts added something to the chopped cookies to make it mold into a pie shell, am I right Michelle? Plus Walker shortbread was like 4 a container and I needed 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $12 for a pie crust that might not turn out seemed really high to me to try..........

Oh I am rambling something fierce!!!!!!!!!

Have a nice Easter!!!!!!!

sneak peek from my engagement shoot today!!

Good morning, Violets..

Haydee.. you look gorgeous!! What beautiful pictures!!!

PamELa.. have you recovered from the quake???

Well, Easter is over and onward to the next exciting event!!! I can't wait!!!

Today is a backyard mulching day again. We got some much needed rain and I hope we can burn some of the brush that needs to be cleared out. The dogs go in for their grooming this afternoon and I have hospital shift this morning and rehearsal this evening. It's a beautiful day out. 50 degrees right now going up to a high of 68 today. I think we might call and get the pool opened up soon. I can't wait to get in!!!

Off to finish my breakfast of cheerios and banana.

Everyone have a great day!!!

Hey Girls~

I don't want to scare off Laura from the Violets 2011 trip to Palm Springs...but the quake was a roller!!! It was in Mex., but we rolled along w/ it. It lasted 45 seconds and my FIL puked. The water in the pool splashed and came out too. We are fine, Mex is like 2.5 hours away...but wowser.

Off to work! yuckyuckkyuck!!! But I am recharged and ready to take on the day!!! After today we only have 47 more days!!! Not counting my 3 days off in TX.

OMG HAYDEE...you look amazing. Why do we only get a sneak peak??? I WANT MORE!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day. I gotta boogey in to work cause I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM TEACHING TODAY...and that is driving me nuts!

xoxoxoxo

Sounds like everyone had a lovely Easter!

The kids were off school Friday & today, but go back tomorrow... their break was shortened to make up days from the blizzards. Today is yard work day, which none of us is real eager to get to.

Haydee, those pics are great! Where were they taken? Looks like an interesting, flowery location!

Ok... bye bye Mr. Chocolate Bunny... time to get back to being good... back on track... back in the swing of things... I'm dumping my Easter basket candy into the pantry candy bowl (read: anyone ELSE can eat it!) and hitting the pro shakes. Enough of this nonsense is enough!

Make it a great day, everyone!

Thanks ladies! It's only a sneak peek because she is editing them and it will take her two weeks.

We took them yesterday at the gardens around our zoo/museum district in Houston. It was a gorgeous day and based on the sneak I think the pictures will turn out great. We are turning the pics into a sign in book for the wedding...

Easter was nice for us. We got up, I made us breakfast and then we went to mass. Then afterwards we came back home and got ready for our photo-shoot. We were there for about 3 hours. Then went over to my mom's house for some fajitas. Pretty low key. My mom and sisters were busy getting the house ready for next weeks party. The pool had to be cleaned and the outdoor kitchen scrubbed because there has been so much pollen lately.

Today I am lounging in bed for just a few more minutes then headed over to my mom's so I can finish addressing the wedding invites. They HAVE to go out today so that I can start getting the RSVP's back soon.

Everyone have a great monday!

Good morning!!

Should be a busy day for me, I would like to get some stuff done. I have a dr.s appointment today, I think he always runs behind, I will use today to see for sure. I have eaten bad, but not horrible. Well, horrible, but not disastrous!!

GREAT PICTURES HAYDEE!!!!!!!!!!

Pamela 45 seconds is a long time for a earthquake isn't it?

Judy and Michelle don't work too hard in yard!!!!!!!!

Laura are you sick??????

You can't scare me away from PS 2011!!!!

Haydee those pics are gorgeous! I am going to try to upload our Easter pics sometime today, we took a LOT. But we have a full schedule, I just got back from a clinic, Carson goes to doc at 1 to follow-up, and at 3 we have Sears pics (doing fam pic of Me,Russ,Carson).

I AM sick!! I've been sick with whatever Carson has had for a month now (rotating germs). But I had a normal cold kind of cough for a while, then last week the cough stopped for 2 days, then came back with avengance. I can't breathe well.. Saturday night I was coughing and choking and puking from choking all night long, didn't get good sleep. So I figured I probably had pnemonia, since pnemococcyl (sp) caused his ear infections.

Sure enough! I have pnemonia in both lungs. She gave me 2 butt shots, and of course I'm dressed nice because of Sears portraits, I had a skirt and spanx on, had to modestly try to roll them down for shots.. and then antibiotic pills, they did a breathing treatment, gave me a new inhaler, and some good cough meds for night time.