Friday, December 24, 2010

Wow! I won two Artist Choice awards for my signature tags! One 1st place and one 2nd place!! I won 5 pieces of art! YIPPEEEE!!
It's a white Christmas! And it's getting whiter and whiter...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Eeek! I've been Kindled! This is so fun! Someone wrote to tell me they uploaded one of my Estories to their Kindle! I'm so flattered! :)

Monday, December 20, 2010

I posted my 2nd story in the forums, and got a favorable response so far. :)
It snowed again, and we're supposed to get ice some time during the night, just to make it all more slippery. Drive safe, everyone.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Now FIL has to take Aunt to the doc because the caregiver won't. Anyone care if it risks HIS heath to go out in dangerously cold weather?!
Aunt's hearing aid broke, turns over to FIL to get it fixed Mon. when we're expecting -20 below wind chill & 55mph gusting winds!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

It's my FIL's 88th birthday today!
I'm writing again. Just finished my second story. They're the 1st in several years. My old writing partner wants to work together again!

Merging

Bear with me. I'm trying to merge my blogger account with my two gmail accounts. It's giving me a lot of headaches. :(
Had a cracked tooth (molar). Received a new crown. Now chewing without pain for the 1st time in 2 years!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

I'm finally getting this phone set up the way I want it. Sync'd calendar, emails, FB, Ping, and got the Office app. :D
I'm playing with my new phone, trying to see if I can figure out how to ping

Monday, November 22, 2010

Four high voltage power towers down, power lines are eyeball height across the road, many roads closed.
Bus contained 5 kids ages 10-12, one driver, all hospitalized but no life-threatening injuries
Helicopter not for the bus! It's the police using it to assess the area. (Whew!!)
40,000 without power
Feeling thankful the tornado waited to touch down until it went over the most populace portions of this area, touched down NE of city
Lifeline helicopter on the way to the site of the bus crash :*(
Tornado sirens here, sighting to the north
Six Rockford schoolchildren injured, bus thrown a long distance into a ditch
Just reported first report of injuries
Tornado touched down near where we go fishing, at least one structure leveled. A school bus flipped.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

My favorite Halloween story of all time! Close your eyes and listen... http://ping.fm/wZ4AS
Aunt not being released today
Last day of vacation. Looks like I'll spend it at the hospital again. And miss another Halloween.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

I had a three day weekend (using up vacation). But I've been at the hospital ER since 9am with an aunt.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

We got a new car! (Well. a new USED car). I'm excited! It's another Jeep. More info tomorrow...

Friday, October 22, 2010

Dh was in a bad car accident. He's banged up but ok. Other driver ok. Boat went thru back of car. St. Chris protected Dh.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

I'm so excited! One of my signature tags won 2nd place in a competition! I won a bunch of art and a scrap kit. :)

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Monday, August 23, 2010

Saturday, August 7, 2010

It's official! We've been able to make the connection back to Germany, and have records to back it up! Yippeee!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

I think we have some incredible leads on our family tree. We seem to have finally found the connection to Germany. I'm so thrilled!
YAHOO! My niece found the departure record for my great-grandfather's immigration to America!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

How exciting! I've been contacted by someone tracing their family tree. They believe my great grandfather might be someone on their tree!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

FIL's 1st surgery to remove the cancer went well. Tomorrow is the reconstructive surgery. Hoping for success #2. He's in good spirits.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Wow, I got positive feedback on my stories after all these years! How fun!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

YIPPEEEE! DS got straight A's again! He's got a 4.0 gpa! (((happy dance)))

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS BLACKHAWKS!!! WOOOHOOO!
Here come the Hawks, the mighty Blackhawks! ...You're flying how now so let's wrap it up, let's go you Hawks! http://ping.fm/aOPnU

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Go Blackhawks, go Blackhawks, go Blackhawks
I got to visit with my twin last week!! It was so great to see him and his family again. (We have GOT to get them back to Illinois...)

Friday, May 28, 2010

Monday, May 10, 2010

My BIL is in the hospital after an oak tree suddenly split and fell on him. :(

Thursday, May 6, 2010

My sister has a childrens' story on video online! Check it out! http://ping.fm/nohoh (it's a short story)

Sunday, May 2, 2010

DS and I went to the dentist yesterday, and we each got perfect report cards from the dentist! :D Yay! No cavities for either of us!

Saturday, May 1, 2010

DS had a meltdown at school this week, and received a one day suspension. :( I wish I knew how to help him control his temper.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

We had an AWESOME IEP meeting yesterday!! It was all very positive and pleasant and upbeat! They are pleased with how he's doing! WOOHOO!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

DS got straight A's again on his report card!! Three quarters in a row now!! (doing a happy dance)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Oh great. Turns out the "bullying" on the bus was not as "one-sided" as we were led to believe. It was more of a fight than an attack.

Monday, April 12, 2010

DS got beat up on the bus. He's going to have bruises. The other kid got suspended.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Yippee! I finished a project I was working on for a long time. Ahhhh, feels good!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

I've been very sick. Doing a massive delete after receiving over 6000 emails. I'll be coming back slowly. All is well now. (I think.)

Saturday, March 20, 2010

My twin called! It was great to hear from him. He's going to visit this spring!! (I hope he moves back some day soon.) What a great day!
Today is my birthday! I'm having lots of fun already. DH & DS got me a new computer! Wahooo!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I was woken up at 4am by an earthquake! (Tiny, no damage.) I thought it was a big snow plow that made all that noise 'til I saw the news.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

I've been learning all kinds of things with graphics lately. I'm really getting psyched about it. I love making tags and stats.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

DS got straight A's again! He also made the honor roll, and was just made student of the month at his school! WOOOHOOOO!!!! I'm so proud!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Omg, I'm so excited! I think I've just figured out how to make stationery for Incredimail! Yippee!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Woohoo! I got the Twilight series of books for Christmas, and I just finished it! A fun read!