Yes I Did

change the title of my blog. I thought my new title describes my blog better than my business name. My life no longer evolves around a business and thought I would make this a tribute to that change in my life. I am loving my life now that I dont have deadlines to make and no longer have the stress of owning a business. Most of all, I am loving being able to spend time with my family,something I havent been able to do for years. I feel like I have missed out on alot.I guess the important thing is the new memories being made and not thinking about the times I missed out cuz I was busy or tired from running my business.Of course there were advantages to owning my own business but the disadvantages really out weigh the advantages.In the beginning I was so excited.In the end,not so much.I am very proud of myself for doing it for nine years. When businesses were coming and going all the time,I hung in there.I can honestly say I am glad I proved I could run a business. If I ever had the chance to do it again,I probably wouldn't but if I did I would definately do alot of things differently.

Just had to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXm696UbKY
I just had to post this. It is just the cutest thing.It will definately put a smile on your face.

As if I didnt-

have enough to do,I took up another hobby,beading. My 10 year old niece has been making jewelry. So when we went shopping over the weekend she helped me pick out beads, wire and tools to get started.By the time I bought everything I could have bought 2 bracelets that were already made.I guess that would be defeating the purpose,the thrill of seeing what you can make and watching it come together.I have to admit,it is pretty fun.So fun,that when I went to WalMart yesterday,I had to check out the bead section. UhOh, this is going to be addicting. We had a beading party Sunday night.My niece Allyson made the bracelet with the red beads and I made the bracelet with the blue beads. The trickiest part is getting the bracelet at the right length to fit your wrist.I think I will try making earrings next. Of course I will have to go on a all new shopping trip to buy the things I need to make those.Any excuse to shop!

Fish Pond

Here are pictures of one of the fish ponds that's at the house we are renting. The two ponds are at the front entry to the house. My DH laughs at me about these fish. He says he's going to put in a fish pond for me at the new house.We have a frog in there too. I tried to get pic's but couldnt get very good ones.Every time I go out to feed the fish,it jumps and scares the bajeebers out of me.There is a fountain that comes down the rocks too. It's set on a timer.I will have to try and get pictures when it comes on. I also put a picture of the beautiful purple clematis that sits right beside the pond.

New baby for brother and sister inlaw

Just thought I would post a picture of the newest member of the family.His name is Teddy.He is a cocker spaniol and so adorable. They just picked him up yesterday. He is such a cuddler.When you pick him up he lays his head on your shoulder and wants to cuddle. Cant wait to find out how he did on his first night home.Hope he didn't keep mom and dad up all night.

We had a major house fire

It's been awhile since I posted anything new. There has been alot going on in our lives lately.
On June 20th our home burnt. We lost pretty much everything. We did save some items in the basement and our closet. The firemen were also able to get my photo albums out before they were destroyed. We are blessed that no one was hurt.This has been the most difficult time of our lives. It's definitely a grieving process. I do have pictures that my relatives have taken but cant bare to show them now.Still too hard to look at. So it may be a while before I can post pictures but someday I will. I will look back and tell myself that it definitely made our family stronger and that family and friends are all that really matters. I also want to post a THANK YOU to all our family and friends that were supporting us during this difficult time.

tornado Cornell, IL June 7,2008

Ok this was one of the scariest moments in my life. The news said there was a tornado in the Flanagan area moving in our direction,we of course,being the curious people we are,went directly to our back door and looked out and low and behold there it was. A cloud the size of Texas rotating and we new what was going to happen.We stood there about 5 minutes maybe longer and could start seeing the funnel cloud at the bottom of the cloud.I kept saying it's going to come down it's going to come down.Needless to say I was freaking!Grabbed my camera,and of course hubby was yelling at me to get the ground and I was shaking so bad I could hardly get the pics.I was also crying cuz i didnt know where it came down and I was praying that noone got hurt.It did land in a field and nothing was damaged and there were no injuries but it did come back down about 20 miles from our home in the Dwight,IL area. There was one farm that was hit but no one was injured. They did lose there home,barn and one cow.