Happy Easter

Coloring eggs, family time, mimosas, and life on the Creek. I learn everyday I need less and less "stuff".

CBB

Sleeping in the Rain...

...MUST CATCH UP ON BLOG...LOL

Scrapbook Room

The whole reason that we have a 5 bedroom house is for everyone to have their own bedroom and for mr. chad and I to have our own "hobby" rooms.

He is a gamer. so all he needs is a desk, chair and the computer. I, on the other hand, am a scrapbooker...therefore, I need lots of room!

We have been in the house for about 8 months now and I have not scrapbooked ONCE! Well, not in the scrapbook room, anyway. It is remotely organized, but I just need everything in order before I can do anything...and right now it's not in the order that I need it to be.

I have chosen the color and design scheme, but I really need a partner to help me pull it off. Mr. chad is great at so many things, but painting and room design is probably at the bottom of his resume'. I guess, I will have to wait until my best friend, C2, can pencil me in...she is the makeover queen...LOL...when she decides she's going to do something...she doesn't talk about it...she does it.

I need that...my scrapbook room needs that...LOL.
CBB

Miranda and Riki...2 of my favorite people!

I was so lucky to be able to meet Riki and Miranda for the weekend in the Cincy area. (Thanks, Mike. The view form the room at night was beautiful.) It was soooo much fun.

Miranda had a dance competition and it was "kind of a big deal". These were Bring It On-esque teams and it was on. Ok, so not that bad, but it was serious and yet still, a lot of fun. I, on the other hand, really like that stuff! I was ready to come home and open a dance school...LOL.

Miranda is 13 going on 30...if she only realized when you get to be 30...you want to be 13--again. (Even if it means you can no longer buy/have cocktails) However, she did her own thing and Riki and I got to spend some time together shopping and hanging out. I miss being able to do that with her. So often, I take for granted the time I spend with Karen, V, or any of my cousins that live around me. So, not only did I appreciate my time with Riki it made me thankful for my time with the others, too.

We talked about trying to get together over the summer, but with kids, everyone is so busy that it rarely happens. I think we will try harder this year, but who knows. The important lesson was that no matter how far away someone is, or how little you may get to see them...love, friendship, and family always prevails in the end.

It was a good weekend.

Thanks girls!

CBB

My Grandmother's Home...sadly no more.

No words can express the sadness that has encompassed my family and I today.

Not only did the house where we all grew up and continued to gather yearly burn down, it was no doubt arson and burned by one of our own.

Greed is a horrible attribute!

May God have mercy on their soul because I will never...and I will see it to the end that the person responsible is prosecuted!

Expedia...the best AFD site!

Me and the WOZ

Dear Friends and Readers,

It pains me to inform you that Mr. Chad and I are no longer together. After being voted off of Dancing With The Stars last night, and with the heartbreak and utter humiliation that he felt, Steve Wozniak and I have decided to R-U-N-N-O-F-T. Now, we have thought long and hard about this and decided nothing could, or would, change our minds. Don't be concerned with Mr. Chad either, he now has Karina. Aren't we typical?...I took the money, Mr. Chad took the looks.

HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!!!!

According to Wiki:

The origin of April Fools' Day is obscure. One likely theory is that the modern holiday was first celebrated soon after the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar; the term referred to someone still adhering to the Julian Calendar, which it replaced.[2] In many pre-Christian cultures May Day (May 1) was celebrated as the first day of summer, and signalled the start of the spring planting season. An April Fool was someone who did this prematurely. Another origin is that April 1 was counted the first day of the year in France. When King Charles IX changed that to January 1, some people stayed with April 1. Those who did were called "April Fools" and were taunted by their neighbors.[citation needed] In the eighteenth century the festival was often posited as going back to the times of Noah. An English newspaper article published on April 13th, 1789 said that the day had its origins when he sent the raven off too early, before the waters had receded. He did this on the first day of the Hebrew month that corresponds with April.[3] A possible reference to April Fools' Day can be seen in the Canterbury Tales (ca 1400) in the Nun's Priest's tale, a tale of two fools: Chanticleer and the fox, which took place on March 32nd.[4]