The rush is on...

Getting decorations down from the attic....

Trying to find the Christmas lights....

Shopping.........

Having too much fun!

Priceless!

I'm getting ready.............

Are you?

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

Birthday Book for Mom........

My Mom's birthday is coming up on the 29th of this month. She will be celebrating her 87th birthday. She is the best mother in the world. She raised 11 of us kids and always showed each of us love and understanding. I made her a birthday book and I wanted to share it with you. I saw one of these books here in blogland some time ago. I made one for my daughter's 45th and she really liked it. I'm not sure who made the book that I saw, so if you did, please come forward so that I may give credit to the originator!

So here are the pictures of the book~~~~~

OOps!..............I made a giant mistake!!! This should say Happy 87th Birthday, Mum! I hope I can peel that off and correct it!

I will be on vacation from July 3 through July 8, so I probably won't be posting until I get back. We are attending our annual family reunion at my Mom's in PA. It will be great to see my aunts & uncles, cousins, brothers & sisters, brother-in-laws & sister-in-laws, nieces & nephews and so on....There is always lots to do during the reunion; games, good food and great company! It's always so much fun!

This book was so much fun to make and I hope that she likes it! I will give it to her while we are there for vacation.

P.S. I made a new banner and pasted it over the old one. It says "Happy 87th Birthday, Mum!"

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

Wish I was there........

Mardi gras.............

A celebration..........

The last day before Lent (Fat Tuesday)......

A feasting before fasting.............

Held in New Orleans, LA.........

Parades...........

Lots of fun.............

Costumes...............

And BEADS, lots of BEADS...........

Here is my meager collection of such beads................

A Close up of the beads............

I wish I had more and yes, ~~

I wish I was there!

Here's to Mardi gras..........

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

A Great Give-Away!

I found another great give-away over at Amy's blog, Four Sisters in a Cottage. She is giving away these beautiful sheets of ephemeras. One is of children and the other is roses postcards. Here is a picture of the pieces you would get:

There are actually two sets in this picture--the top part is the children's set and the bottom part is the roses set. You would win one set! Aren't they beautiful!

The drawing will be on Friday night, Feb 6, 2009. Go on over to Amy's blog and leave a comment on the post about the ephemera sets. If you post about her give-away on your blog, you get ten extra entries! How can you beat that! So much fun!!!

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

A Teacup Give-Away!

I was just visiting over at Jan & Tom's place, Rose Haven, and they are having a fabulous give-away, beautiful tea cup and saucer sets!! The give-away runs for 13 weeks, so you have a great chance to win. Click on the button on the right side of my blog to go over there and find out the details.

Here is the teacup and saucer that they are giving away this week!

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Is this a beautiful tea cup and saucer set or what!!!!!

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HAVE FUN...AND ENJOY!!!

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

On Vacation!

It is time for some relaxation and fun! My family and I will be on vacation for the next week. 28 of us will be storming DisneyWorld. Look out, here we come! We will be returning on Wed., the 21st. I will be back then and I will be visiting all my friends and getting caught up on my blogging. Thanks to all of you who come by to visit and leave comments. See you soon!

A Trip to Disney

I just got back from Disney! It is the most wonderful place on the planet! It was my first time there. I was there for 5 days and I was with my Mom, 5 sisters, 3 nephews and a friend of one of them, and my niece who works at Disney. What a great time we had. My favorite ride is Soarin' at Epcot. It is so much fun and I went on it 3 times.

This is a shot of the fireworks at the "Magic Kingdom" our first night there.

Another shot of the fireworks. It truly is "Magic". I loved it and I plan to go back real soon.