Mother's Day gift....

While I do indeed love my new iPad2 that my husband gifted me with, I also got a TRUE treasure from my son and daughter in law in the mail for Mother's Day.......a canvas that Heather purchased from Shutterfly, after having a photo shoot with the most gorgeous baby ever!!! Well, I am perhaps a tad bit biased!!  Heather and Russell got a new camera recently and we are all benefitting from it's wonders!!  Then Heather went to Shutterfly and had this canvas made for both the grammies.....and I thought I'd share it with you.  GREAT job Heather, and thanks so, so much.  I love it...how can I not smile every day when I walk past this???

It was indeed a Happy Mother's Day in 2011!!!!

Mother's Day gift....

While I do indeed love my new iPad2 that my husband gifted me with, I also got a TRUE treasure from my son and daughter in law in the mail for Mother's Day.......a canvas that Heather purchased from Shutterfly, after having a photo shoot with the most gorgeous baby ever!!! Well, I am perhaps a tad bit biased!!  Heather and Russell got a new camera recently and we are all benefitting from it's wonders!!  Then Heather went to Shutterfly and had this canvas made for both the grammies.....and I thought I'd share it with you.  GREAT job Heather, and thanks so, so much.  I love it...how can I not smile every day when I walk past this???

It was indeed a Happy Mother's Day in 2011!!!!

Well.....about that shopping trip!!

Well, my sweet husband told me he wanted to take me shopping to let me get something that I may have  wanted for awhile.  So sweet, right??

  We were just talking the other day after I got rid of every phone book in my house.  I don't know about where you live, but here, we had phone books that were about two feet tall!! I was sick of them taking up valuable space!  When we need to look up a number, we can just go to the computer!  And I use some recipes that I have stored on the computer, so we were thinking how nice it would be to have a small laptop or such for just that.   I love to take my laptop when I am traveling, too, but it tends to be a little bulky since I have a longer one with the numbers on the right......(there's a name for that, isn't there???)
So to make a long story short, I decided that an IPad or small laptop would be good.  Talk about a splurge!  I've  had an iPhone for some time...(got a refurbished one some time ago) and I love how easy it is to use...so it was an easy transition to think about getting an IPad2.  So guess what he bought for me??? Wow, I never expected to own one of these!!! And I knew he would get a lot of use from it as well....so that's the big secret! We've used it already and I even took a one hour workshop for orientation.....however, I would have benefitted more from a more advanced class, since I have my history of using the iPhone.

So, I will be working on adding apps and deciding what exactly I can use my iPad for .  If you have one, tell me what apps you like!! We 'd all benefit from that.....oh, and one of the cutest ones is called Cuptakes....an app that gives you cute, girly, girl backgrounds for your wallpapers on your iPhone or iPad.  Check it out, they are adorable!!
So what are YOUR favorite apps???

And then Sunday night, as my hubby and I were watching television, in walks my daughter to surprise me for an overnight visit!! She had to go back to finish up finals, but she will be home for the summer this Wednesday night.....Isn't that a nice surprise????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well.....about that shopping trip!!

Well, my sweet husband told me he wanted to take me shopping to let me get something that I may have  wanted for awhile.  So sweet, right??

  We were just talking the other day after I got rid of every phone book in my house.  I don't know about where you live, but here, we had phone books that were about two feet tall!! I was sick of them taking up valuable space!  When we need to look up a number, we can just go to the computer!  And I use some recipes that I have stored on the computer, so we were thinking how nice it would be to have a small laptop or such for just that.   I love to take my laptop when I am traveling, too, but it tends to be a little bulky since I have a longer one with the numbers on the right......(there's a name for that, isn't there???)
So to make a long story short, I decided that an IPad or small laptop would be good.  Talk about a splurge!  I've  had an iPhone for some time...(got a refurbished one some time ago) and I love how easy it is to use...so it was an easy transition to think about getting an IPad2.  So guess what he bought for me??? Wow, I never expected to own one of these!!! And I knew he would get a lot of use from it as well....so that's the big secret! We've used it already and I even took a one hour workshop for orientation.....however, I would have benefitted more from a more advanced class, since I have my history of using the iPhone.

So, I will be working on adding apps and deciding what exactly I can use my iPad for .  If you have one, tell me what apps you like!! We 'd all benefit from that.....oh, and one of the cutest ones is called Cuptakes....an app that gives you cute, girly, girl backgrounds for your wallpapers on your iPhone or iPad.  Check it out, they are adorable!!
So what are YOUR favorite apps???

And then Sunday night, as my hubby and I were watching television, in walks my daughter to surprise me for an overnight visit!! She had to go back to finish up finals, but she will be home for the summer this Wednesday night.....Isn't that a nice surprise????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother's Day weekend....

It's the day before Mother's Day and the kids can't come home as they are preparing for the last few days of finals.  I am ok with that, as I really do want them to be able to concentrate, study and do well.  My daughter will be home Wednesday night, but not sure when my son will come home as he's gotten a job there in College town!  We are indeed glad for that, to give him more experience while he waits to apply to Vet School again.
So two days ago, my hubby tells me to plan four hours into my Saturday to go shopping........??? He WANTS to go shopping???  And he won't tell me any more of the details until we leave to go shopping.....in about an hour and a half?? My mind has been spinning, wondering what in the world he wants to take me shopping for!! I have a tiny idea, but who knows what he's got up his sleeve???  I guess I'll be able to report back and let you know if it's as I suspected!! Or if it's something totally NOT what I expected!!!

So, do YOU like surprises?????
What will you do for your Mother's Day weekend???

Happy Mother's Day to all you lovely ladies!!

Mother's Day weekend....

It's the day before Mother's Day and the kids can't come home as they are preparing for the last few days of finals.  I am ok with that, as I really do want them to be able to concentrate, study and do well.  My daughter will be home Wednesday night, but not sure when my son will come home as he's gotten a job there in College town!  We are indeed glad for that, to give him more experience while he waits to apply to Vet School again.
So two days ago, my hubby tells me to plan four hours into my Saturday to go shopping........??? He WANTS to go shopping???  And he won't tell me any more of the details until we leave to go shopping.....in about an hour and a half?? My mind has been spinning, wondering what in the world he wants to take me shopping for!! I have a tiny idea, but who knows what he's got up his sleeve???  I guess I'll be able to report back and let you know if it's as I suspected!! Or if it's something totally NOT what I expected!!!

So, do YOU like surprises?????
What will you do for your Mother's Day weekend???

Happy Mother's Day to all you lovely ladies!!

Friday Fives!!!!!

It's Mother's Day weekend!!! What do you have in store???  My younger kids are at college preparing for Finals....so no visit from them this weekend.  I am praying that they do well on their finals!!
It will be a quiet weekend....but that's okay.  After having my friend, Sidney the three year old toddler, visit this week, a quiet weekend will be great.  She is precious, adorable and some kind of chatty!!!  Loved so much having her here.  What fun!
She is one of the quints that I helped take care of for two years....when I had to have my shoulder surgery, I stopped going once a week to their house, and I sure have missed them. Thankfully, I get to see them at church most Sundays!

I am working on trying to get my yard in shape after a few years of not doing so...it's incredible how just one season of  missing yardwork can turn everything toward chaos!! After getting a bid of about $6000, I decided I'd get out there and see what I "could" do since I'm recovering from my shoulder surgery.  Who knew it would take THIS long???  Anyway, I am able to do quite a bit, with a few limitations.   So I've been cleaning out flower beds, and have a guy coming today to bid on what's left.  I have rediscovered how I love to be outside on cool spring mornings, as our weather here has been phenomenal!  Hot, humid, not so much, but these past few days, I have LOVED!

So onto our Friday Fives.......Mother's Day theme, of course!!!

1.Is your mamma still living?  Are  you close? (Mammas and daughters can be a challenge, yes??)

2.Do you have children?

3. Do you get along well with your mother in law? (mine's a GEM!!)

4. What are your plans for Mother's Day?

5. What smells remind you of your Mamma?

Have fun and have a WONDERFUL Mother's day!!!!