It's been a long time . . .

Wow! It's been a while since I blogged! I hardly remember how to go into my account. Senior moment!! I wrote it down this time so I wouldn't forget.

Nothing much happening lately. The weather has been great. Spring must actually be here. We had a lot of thunder boomers last night. Lots of rain. We got over 2 inches, according to the radio this morning. I just said the weather's been great and now I hear it's going to get cold again. Thought I could give up having a jacket with me, but guess not.

Easter is fast approaching. I'm planning on spending the weekend with my daughter Barb in Ankeny. We're having Easter dinner with Jim and Mandy at Barb's place. Barb is on-call for the weekend so we're hoping that the phone doesn't ring on Sunday morning.

I have Good Friday off as a holiday so will have plenty of time to get to Ankeny. Plans are to leave sometime on Friday. Barb has to work so . . . I might as well get my laundry done here for once and take care of a couple of other things -- like some cleaning.

I've been doing my usual scrapbooking. I finished my Colorado project for myself. I did books for my daughter and a friend for Christmas but never quite got around to one for myself. Got that finished in early February. From there I went onto a different format. One that I have never used before. I found that I really liked the 8x8 format but at one time or another bought a 6x6 book for Christmas. I did it! I made a book out of it. It's so cute! It was a real challenge to get more than one picture on a 6x6 sheet, especially since the majority of our pictures nowadays are 6x4. I re-did some of the pictures and used my templates for others to make them fit. It turned out real well. I'm very happy with it. The real test will be this weekend. I made the book for Barbie. It's Christmas 2005, which was the first Christmas in Barb's new townhouse. We'll see what she thinks this weekend!

I'm looking forward to spending some time with Jim and Mandy too. I want to hear all about the wedding plans. I have a couple of projects in mind for their wedding too. I can probably keep myself busy for the next few months.

I have plans to spend a week in Colorado again. I'm looking forward to that and it's not until August. We have a couple other weddings in the family this summer too. My cousin's daughter was married in January but will be having a formal reception in July in New York City. I'm not sure that I'll be able to get to that one or not. I don't know if I have the vacation time I'll need, but we shall see. My nephew is also getting married sometime this summer with a reception being planned for the Labor Day weekend. My son is getting married in September so looks like a busy summer for weddings.

I am also going to be a Great Aunt (whee that makes me feel old)! Beth is expecting in September. Actually her due date is the same date as Jim and Mandy's wedding. We'll certainly miss Karsten and Bets at the wedding but hope to do some celebrating with them after their baby is here. Congratulations Beth & Karsetn!

I'm assuming there will be showers for weddings and babies this summer too. And I have to find time to go to work in there also!!

Couldn't resist the picture of the children! And they really were little on that one, weren't they. That's Barb, Beth, Mike & Jim on an Easter Sunday way back when. It was taken at my parents' home. Wow! Time sure does fly when you're having fun!!

Take care all and have a great holiday.