Category: General

It’s been 10 years and I’m finally getting new frames and lens for my face.

I get them on Tuesday after an eye exam because my last eye exam 3 years ago is to long ago (it’s the law).

This pair is thicker and blue to make my blue eyes POP!

This pair is similar to what I have now but the lens area is wider and this frame is black.

We purchased some new backyard solar lights this weekend and they look awesome! Last night I went outside, around 10:30 p.m. to get some photos of our “new” area.

Looking west along the south side of the yard.

We have a total of 16 lights in the yard and they light up nicely during cloudy conditions. The lights have been up for only 2 nights, so we need some sun to get the batteries fully charged.

Looking northwest toward the patio and shed.
BTW, it’s a lot darker then the pictures appear to make it.

Gino placed one light in the planter(far left) along the paved pathway to help see where your going. Otherwise the lights are placed along the patio edge and curbing.

One of my flowers in the light of new solar lights.

After Isabel assembled all her circles from her A.G. craft dangler, we made a batch of chocolate chip cookies. While the cookies were in the oven, I assembled the circles for her.

She was a huge helper and added all the dry ingredients. She tried cracking an egg but almost ended up adding the whole egg (shell included) into the batter. She didn’t like the feel of the yolk. All that slime was to much! (go figure; she can handle frogs and worms and such)

The finished product tastes great, she didn’t want to add nuts (which I prefer in homemade chocolate chip cookies) but this was her baking lesson and we did them her way.

When we went to the craft store on Friday after school to get a birthday gift, I also got a few crafts for Isabel to do over the summer. Both craft projects came as kits but she could easily continue doing the projects long after the kits are finished.

Today she wanted to do one of her projects in the first kit; danglers. She choose to do an owl.

She did all the circle assembly, circle shaping and I finished with assembly of the circles into the owl. We ended up sitting at the table for over 2 hours working on this together. She loved doing this project and I really enjoyed doing it with her.

The kit has 4 projects that she can assemble and make; diamond, butterfly, flower and owl.
The kit comes with all the paper pre-cut, all you do is add double sided tape (provided)
and follow the directions.

Here is my before and after (my after is blurry).

I got 6 inches cut off and there is still a lot but it’s shorter and weighs less.

Tonight before going to bed, Isabel and I spent some time chatting with family online.

She was a bit of a stinker at first and didn’t talk with anyone but after about an hour she warmed up to them. She talked with cousins, aunts, an uncle, Nana, Pompo and Daddy.

They took a photo of us, I should have taken one of them.

We have finally had an agreement on Isabel’s hairdo.

She finally decided to get it cut!

So this afternoon we headed to the beautician and got a cut.
So far, she’s glad she did it… we’ll, see how she feels about in a few days.

Today was our niece Brienna’s high school graduation. Unfortunately we had to miss it because of it’s time and placement in the week  and the fact that we are still in school until June!

It’s a total bummer and I was sad all day, thinking of her and thinking of one more special moment that we are missing out on. Grumble grumble…

Today though… we got to SEE her moment.

She’s been in choir for years and they opened the ceremony with a song.

The choir also sang another song just before the graduates got their diploma’s.

She’s walking through the school letter!
Way to go, Peanut! So proud of you!

Special note: Thankful for technology – and the live images I was able to get – and my tech savvy husband who helped me!