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The Auction: Part 2

September 23, 2009

My grandma is your stereotypical grandmother. She cooked, sewed, and quilted. She LOVED to sew and was always sewing something. Usually she had several different projects going at once. One Christmas she made all thirteen grandchildren quillows. I have no idea how long she spent sewing those things but I love mine.

Isn’t it amazing how books can instantly help you relive how you felt when you read them? I loved, loved, LOVED reading The New Junior Classics set when I was on the farm. My grandparents had a huge library of books. When you were in the middle of nowhere Kansas there wasn’t much to do as a child except read, read, read and although there were a ton of books there weren’t a lot that appealed to a child except for these. I remember pouring over every page and soaking in these stories. I won this set in the auction and I was so glad to get them. I can’t wait to start reading these to my daughter soon.

I loved the Little Golden Books, they were some of my favorite stories growing up.

Turtle!

May 30, 2009

OK so it’s not a real turtle but still who doesn’t love them???

Froggies!!

November 4, 2008

Concrete Block

October 26, 2008

Clock

October 21, 2008

Street Light

October 18, 2008

Out the Window

October 17, 2008

Tag

October 14, 2008

My girlfriend Carrie tagged me

5 Joys
1. Taking pictures (duh!)
2. Playing with my dog
3. Watching a thunderstorm
4. Traveling
5. Diving

5 Fears
1. Spiders
2. Car break downs
3. Tornadoes
4. Financial worries
5. Loss of a loved one

5 Obsessions
1. Lost – don’t interrupt me in the middle of an episode if you value your head
2. I love getting a great deal
3. I LOATHE vacuuming and matching up socks
4. Reading
5. Wine and cheese

5 Surprising Facts
1. I am a huge pyro, like I could light a whole book of matches just to watch them burnhuge pyro. Not sure what I’m going to do when I have kids…
2. I am the world’s biggest klutz.
3. I try to pretend I’m not a tech geek.
4. I hate cleaning
5. My husband ‘fake proposed’ to me the first day he met me because he was impressed I played Halo and Golden Eye.

Hmmm….who should I tag?

Beth at Charlie and Beth
Michelle at Who is Like G0d
Kala at Option 2 Plan B

Didn’t think I’d post without a picture did you?

Trolley

October 10, 2008

Everywhere we walked in New Orleans had lots of these little trolleys – each one was decorated differently.

My Weekend Trip

October 8, 2008

So about my trip that I mentioned on Sunday about our trip but I didn’t go into any of the details.

That’s right we went to New Orleans and we had SO much fun. For a photo junkie like myself, a trip to a 200+ year old city is like letting a five-year old loose in a candy shop. I loved all the historic architectural elements. After editing through some pictures I realized I had a ton that I absolutely love. You’ll be enduring several posts about New Orleans – good thing we weren’t there a whole week.

If there’s one thing I loved more than taking pictures it was the easy laid back attitude and adorable accent that is so prevalent. Combine a beautiful French accent with some casual country feel and you have your typical New Orleans native. OK onto some more pictures: