Looked out this morning and there were 2 bunnies on the stone steps eating grass. David slowly threw out a piece of whole wheat bread and one of them came over and ate some of it! Yesterday he threw out some old, stale tortillas and a bunny ate almost a half one! The birds finished off the rest. I'm hoping by Easter there will be a bunny on every single step!
This is the machine David and I work on almost every night together. There are 206 bins and I sweep the mail into the trays as they fill up. It's a little more complicated than that, but too boring to put down in words. David is at the far end loading the machine with mail, but you can't see him in this picture. The machine is actually called a DBCS (which he says are his initials = David Brian Coker'S) but it really stands for Delivery Bar Code Sorter.
Stopped by the grocery store in the morning after work to pick up canned cat food and $46 later, we came home with cat food, groceries and these flowers. They just kinda winked at me and said "take me home". They were only $5, so I thought that was a lot of pretty for a little amount!
As usual, we cooked our corned beef, cabbage, potatoes & carrots. Sometimes we just make reubens, but we didn't want that this time. Cooked it in the crockpot and turned out great. We only have this once a year, but LOVE it!
She LOVES the sunshine. Stretches out as far as she can to soak up every ray and feels like she is on fire. Love how she squints her eyes!
These are the ingredients that I use to make homemade pasta sauce. Ever since I found this recipe online last year and made this, we cannot stand eating pasta sauce from a jar. It's like eating ketchup! So about every month or two, I spend a Sunday making several batches of this. It is soooo awesome and we really enjoy it. It's not one of those sweet sauces with sugar in it, but more like real pasta sauce. Doing this along with all my laundry and ironing today, that should keep me pretty busy.
This is my album pages for February. I got my pictures several days ago, but had not had a chance to scrapbook them. There were only 13 pictures this past month, so it was easy to fit it all on the pages. Sometimes there is much more going on and I have to "stack" the pictures (like a book) to get them all on the pages. Anyway, it's done.
Okay, my dining room table is finally clear of all photos! I got my mom's photos and mine mixed together and labeled. The years 1967-1998 are in this chest. The years of 1999-2009 are already in my scrapbook room and in albums just waiting to be scrapbooked, if I choose. But it's a big load getting these older pictures done. 
My "friend"!!! When I went to bed Wednesday afternoon, my shoulder hurt a little...and I mean a LITTLE. When I woke up around 3 in the afternoon, it hurt BAD. My neck hurt, my upper back and my arm. Finally called in sick at work around 6pm because I knew I wouldn't be able to lift all that mail the way I felt. Hopefully it will feel better tomorrow. (and besides I haven't called in for over a year!)
The colored picture is of my daughter, Kendra, at age 6 1/2. The black & white picture is of me at 6 1/2. The thing is I've been working on getting my older photos in order and intermingling them with the pictures my mother left me. We both have (had) pictures from the same years so they needed to be all put together. My mom was good about putting pictures in chronological order...except these 2 pictures. She had them side by side. And the thing is in the online class I'm taking about organizing photos, we were supposed to find some "connections" between photos, old and new. 
Okay after 2 months of this being ordered, it finally arrived! I ended up on the back-order list, so I knew it would be awhile before it arrived. Then they sent me a message stating that it was coming UPS, so I was expecting a phone call because I had only given my Post Office Box # and not my address. This is what usually happens....UPS just calls me and asks where to deliver it. I kept checking the UPS website with the tracking number I received but there was nothing. 
This is another layout that came as a kit. I ordered a whole set (18 in all) layouts from QVC that were "Hall of Fame" layouts. It's great because everything is there and they even give you directions for putting it all together. You just pick out the pictures you want to use. I've made 2 so far....
After spending the night, the girls and I went shopping at the mall. Trina got her hair cut at Penney's. Then it was off to Old Navy to exchange some flip-flops that were the wrong size. Then I dropped them off at Plato's Closet while I went to Target for some household supplies. She called just as I was checking out, so it worked out perfect. I asked them where they wanted to go for lunch and was up for anything. Their choice: TACO BELL! I guess I got off cheap! Kendra would never have gone for that if I'd have asked her. Guess us grownups have better taste than teenagers (or more expensive).
This is Trina and Rachel playing games on the computer. They are both here to stay all night so we can go mall shopping tomorrow. Trina is going to get her hair cut and exchange some shoes at Old Navy. They also want to just "shop". They both picked out outfits and painted their nails to match so they'll look good for walking the mall. Oh, the life of 16 year olds!!!!!
This morning when we got off work we went to Schnucks and did our BIG grocery shopping. Haven't been in awhile, as we like to empty the pantry and refrig to make sure we eat everything. Okay, so $291.58 later, we filled the pantry, refrig and the freezer in the garage. Should have plenty to eat for sometime. Although we will be back a few times in the next few weeks for perishables, like lettuce, fruits and bread.
I saw that CarolB on ShutterCal had taken a picture of her water bottle. I decided that since this bottle is such a HUGE part of my every day life it needed to be photographed in my Project 365. I bought this a few years back with a gift card I had received from someone. I needed a good, strong bottle for work. We have an ice machine and filtered water in our break room. Because the machines we work on produce sooooo much heat, it is pretty warm at work all the time, even in the dead of winter. I try to drink 2 of these bottles full every night, but sometimes only make 1 and a half. I'm also susceptible to kidney stones, so we keep them at bay by drinking water!!!
Made these 3 cards at "Stamp Camp" on February 28th (the one with the chocolate fountain). I gave the middle one to Al & Mindy for their anniversary. Just stamped some hearts on the pink scallop and a sentiment inside. The one on the right does not have a "saying"...Carrie had her sample card made as a "thank you" card, but I like to keep mine blank so I can use them for whatever I need. LOVE the coffee stamps she used. I'll scrapbook the layout we made later and post it.
I was in my scrapbook room and David was in the kitchen. He yelled "hon, come here quick" so I grabbed my camera (because usually when he says that there's a picture taking moment) and this is what we saw on our deck. He had thrown out corn for the squirrel we get and the bunny decided to help himself. Susie was going absolutely NUTS running from one patio door to the other. I crouched down real low and tried to get his photo without him seeing me and running off. I managed to get 2, but the other one is a little blurry. Soon he saw Susie and in one hop was off the deck and out to the garden.
This is an online class of a sort. We get prompts on the 24th of each month of pictures to take on the 25th and then are sent a layout idea to make. We take pictures of specific things and then scrapbook them once a month in this album. I have chosen to take pictures of:
My QVC order came today. It's a Tignanello Glove Leather Hobo purse. The colored is called "peridot" and I LOVE it. I have another Tignanello purse that is dark green that I got for Christmas over a year ago from my Aunt Georgia. Love their construction, the way they hold up and the styling. They always have a lot of compartments without being too big. This won't be my last one!
