Sunday, November 22, 2015

Day 325, Saturday, November 21, 2015

It is snowing and the wind is blowing and so far the salt truck has been by our house 2 times!

Day 324, Friday, November 20, 2015

Snoopy says its almost time for pumpkin pie!

Day 323, Thursday, November 19, 2015

We have been trying to purchase mini iPad's for the students at school.  We finally got them after working to buy them for several weeks.  Apple doesn't want to sell them to a school through a retailer.  They have to be purchase directly from Apple.  I have been putting the screen savers on them, today.

Day 322, Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Today was Grandparents Day at school.  There were about 200 grandparents who ate lunch with their grandchild.  They came to the library where they could adopt a book for their grandchild and I took their picture with their grandchild.

Day 321, Tuesday, November 17, 2015

I had a 30% off coupon for Kohl's as well as some Kohl's cash, so I bought a Kitchen Aid Mixer.  Not that I bake that much, but it sure makes the best mashed potatoes!

Day 320, Monday, November 16, 2015

I worked on this Christmas layout, even though I spent the entire weekend at the Barn working on my December Daily, I just had to do another layout!

Day 319, Sunday, November 15, 2015

This is what our table looks like this morning.  There are six of us, scrap-booking for the whole weekend.  It was a fantastic weekend and I can't wait until we can all get together again!

Day 318, Saturday, November 14, 2015

I made it to the Barn last night.  We made this sign to reflect how we feel about our visit!  Priceless!

Day 317, Friday, November 13, 2015

Today we celebrated Cindy's birthday at school.  Her birthday is tomorrow, so I brought her present to her and had a hot cocoa bar and chex mix to share with our staff.  Happy Birthday to my BFF! 

Day 316, Thursday, November 12, 2015

I made chex mix to take to school for Cindy's birthday and more to take to the Barn for the weekend trip!

Day 315, Wednesday, November 11, 2015

This is one of the Veteran's Day decorations in our hallway at school.  The students went to the junior high this afternoon for a program honoring our local veteran's.

Day 314, Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Since daylight savings time has started, it gets dark before 5 p.m.

Day 313, Monday, November 9, 2015

I am going to the Barn this coming weekend.  Jenjo asked if anyone had a snowman die and stamp.  I sent her this picture.

Day 312, Sunday, November 8, 2015

I went to Kroger's today to get groceries.  The Wiener Mobile was in the parking lot.  The licence plate is BIG BUN!

Day 311, Saturday, November 7, 2015

This is a picture of Nate.  He was about 8 months old in this photo.  His 34th birthday is today!  Happy Birthday, Nate!

Day 310, Friday, November 6, 2015

The leaves are all falling as the temp has been dropping.  This is probably going to be one of our last walks outside this year.  Coco loves to walk with me.

Day 309, Thursday, November 5, 2015

Stacie, Cindy and I went to the benefit, Totes for Ta Ta's.  Tiffany invited us to go after she had gone to the first event.  We had a great time, bidding on the purses and totes to benefit breast cancer.

Day 308, Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Mary Beth, a friend of mine, posted on facebook the other day about her gas gauge.  Her husband was concerned because she always lets her gas gauge go as low as she can.  I do the same thing, except in the really cold winter.  I hate to pump gas.  I can do it, I just don't like to!

Day 307, Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Coco and I have been enjoying our walks in the afternoon.  The trees are so beautiful!

Day 306, Monday, November 2, 2015

Snoopy is my favorite character. He has been for a very long time.  This is the 50th Anniversary of Charles Schultz creating Snoopy and his gang, Peanuts.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Day 305, Sunday, November 1, 2015

The mums are beautiful at Grand Prairie.  We did some shopping and ate lunch at Smokin' Notes BBQ.

Day 304, Saturday, October 31, 2015

Happy Halloween!  It was a rainy cold day.  We went to see the movie "Truth" this morning.  We only had about 4 trick or treat kids tonight.

Day 303, Friday, October 30, 2015


We had a book fair during our parent teacher conferences.  This giraffe was looking at me, so I had to take its picture.

Day 302, Thursday, October 29, 2015

I suggested a Super Hero Halloween theme.  All of our teachers and staff dressed as super heros.  Cindy and I created a "city scape"  to use.

Day 301, Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Our Pre-Kindergarten staff had their Halloween activities today.  There are two morning and two afternoon classes.  Lots of little Halloween costumes!

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Day 300, Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Today is my birthday!  Jim sent me flowers to say Happy Birthday!

Day 299, Monday, October 26, 2015

If you look really close at the photo on the left side of the sign, that little puppy was Coco when he was only 10 weeks old.  He is the groom dog of the month, so they put his profile picture on the sign.  He was only 3 pounds and 6 ounces in this picture.

Day 298, Sunday, October 25, 2015


Jim picked the remainder of the tomatoes from our two plants that Nate planted in May.  There were still about 50 or so green tomatoes on both plants, but it will be too cold for the plants to survive this week.

Day 297, Saturday, October 24, 2015

Happy Birthday to my parents!  My mom's bday is today and my dad's was on Wednesday.  We went to Kouri';s to eat dinner and took a cake to Morton Terrace to share with the residents who were really excited about cake!

Day 296, Friday, October 23, 2015

I drive by this tree everyday on my way to work.  It has been changing colors and it is just beautiful!

Day 295, Thursday, October 22, 2015

I am wearing my green "I Hate Cancer" tshirt and I am kicking the green monster to the curb.  Today, John found out that he is cancer free and will start the process of the donor stem cell transplant.  They will go to Chicago on November 6, to talk to the transplant doctor.

Day 294, Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Today is the day that Marty McFly and Doc, "Went Back to the Future" and the Cubs won the World Series...at least that is what Nate is hoping!

Day 293, Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Lobster Roll...not on a hot dog bun!

Day 292, Monday, October 19, 2015

I am making our costumes for the Halloween party at school.  We are having a Super Hero theme.

Day 291, Sunday, October 18, 2015

We spent the night in Bloomington and went to the 3rd Sunday Market.  Jim found a blue Fenton dish that I don't have.  We enjoy the flea market and antiques.

Day 290, Saturday, October 17, 2015

We drove to Terra Haute, Indiana last night.  This morning we are traveling through Indiana to enjoy the Covered Bridge Festival.  We went to Mansfield where there are so many vendors and then traveled around the area to see some covered bridges and the beautiful fall colors.

Day 289, Friday, October 16, 2015

Sometimes you just have to wear a silly hat!

Day 288, Thursday, October 15, 2015

We are so happy to welcome a new baby to our family.  Tyler and Christen had a baby boy today.  His name is Ryden Knox!

Day 287, Wednesday, October 14, 2015

I bought these mums to "boo" 4 of our staff.  We surprise a staff member with a gift and they have to pass the "boo" to someone else.

Day 286, Tuesday, October 13, 2015

This is not a very good picture in oh, so many ways!  Jim just put up the Cubs flag.  They won the series and are going on to play the next round.

Day 285, Monday, October 12, 2015

Today is Columbus Day.  I didn't have to work, so I spent the day working on my scrapbook pages and went to see my mom at Morton Terrace.  I had to get my haircut at 4 p.m.  I stopped in the park to take this picture of the ducks on the lagoon.

Day 284, Sunday, October 11, 2015

Christmas from 2007!  I am just about done with 2007!

Day 283, Saturday, October 10, 2015

We meet Stacie and John for lunch today.  We went to Red Lobster.  John is giving this dessert a big thumbs up!

Day 282, Friday, October 9, 2015

The St Louis Cardinals are playing the Chicago Cubs tonight.  It is the first game in the series on the road to the World Series.  It was a Card / Cub day at school.

Day 281, Thursday, October 8, 2015

John is having chemo today.  We hope it will be his last treatment before he gets a donor stem cell transplant.

Day 280, Wednesday, October 7, 2015

This black cat was sitting outside of Jennifer's window on the ledge.  She looked up and their it was!  Shortly after, Rachel called from her classroom and this cat had run inside while she was taking the students to the bus.  We called animal control to come and get it, so it would hopefully find his way home.  I later posted on facebook and the owner found him from my post and many shares.

Day 279, Tuesday, October 6, 2015

I have been working on my scrapbook pages.  I have been getting through 2007.  I finally did a page for John and Stacie's wedding.  Actually, their wedding pictures have been in a photo album since the day I brought them home from the store, but I haven't "scrapped" any until today!

Day 278, Monday, October 5, 2015

John and Stacie always make their trip to Target interesting!