Saturday!!

Alexi's coming over today to work on some Christmas presents. She has some jewelry she wanted to make for her friends. I am working on my pumpkin rolls and finishing a Baptism project for Tayber & Lea. It should be a great day. I hope the winds stop soon. My sinuses are going crazy.

Happy Birthday!!

Birthday week has come and gone and I didn't even Blog. My Little Sister Wendy's Birthday was on Sunday. Her present is still sitting here. The time just got away from me.  We went up North all weekend and I didn't get much done. I am just a mess. Hopefully I will get it all together today.

This is a picture of Wendy and her daughter Samantha.  I hope you had a great day little sister.  I love you and miss you lots.
Today is my Nephew Mark's birthday.  He is 16 years old today.  What I wouldn't give to me 16 years old again.  Your card is in the mail. Have a great day Mark!!!

Home!!

We just got home yesterday from Northern California. I took lots of pictures and will be posting soon. Lord knows I have lots to post about just not enough time to do so. Hopefully I can get caught up on Thursday or Friday.

I will be back on soon.

Newcastle!!

We are in Newcastle California visitng my Nephew Gavin and his family. I will be taking lots of pictures and posting some later. It is beautiful up her this time of the year.

I will be back on the computer full time on Tuesday.

Happy Weekend.

My Dad!

My Dad still is not feeling well. I don't really understand Cancer but I sure am learning a lot. His biggest problem is he is still having lots of pain daily. He is on all kinds of medication and nothing seems to help. His spirits are not very good at all. He has lost lots of weight and doesn't seem to be able to eat very much. I am so far away that it is hard for me to be able to help. Any suggestions come off as criticism and I have to be careful not to step on any toes. I am reminded that I am the outsider in this situation. I want peace so I stay out of it as much as I can. It is very frustrating. He has been battling this Lung Cancer for 5 years now. He has had surgery and Radiation and Chemo. He has tried some new drugs just for Lung Cancer. That did not go well. Now he is trying to battle the pain. Still doing Radiation.

I think the hardest thing for me is the attitude. I think he is giving up. He is tired of the pain and not feeling well. He is tired of fighting.

My only peace is that I have given this one up to God. I have so many people on my worry list. I need God's help. I can't do this one on my own. It is so hard to know what to do. I am hoping he will lead the way.

Thanks for listening. I feel like I need to vent these days. Any time the day gets tough I think of the people on my worry list and say to myself "I am glad I am me today". So remember that. Anytime you are feeling sorry for yourself. Remember there are people out there with worst problems. You are allowed a pity party for one day only. Then you must get over it.

Sergie!!

I don't understand this cat. He loves to get up on this ledge. It is quite a jump for him to get up there. This is the first time I saw him hang over the ledge like this. His butt was up in the air. He was just laying there happy as can be.

You can see he is above the ceiling line.
There are my can lights  in the ceiling.  I just looked up and he was hanging like that.  What a funny site.

Birthdays!

Happy Birthday to my friend Jeanine. I can't believe we are getting so old. I am looking forward to seeing everyone while we are up North this next weekend.

It was also my Brother-In-Law Eric's birthday this last weekend.

Christmas Projects

These are a few of my card boxes I have made as christmas gifts. They have blank cards in them and items to embellish. I made these for the girls who are from 10 - 13 years old. They love crafts and love to send letters. I will include glue sticks and some stamps. They can make their own cards.

I am hoping they will like them. I am trying to make my gifts this year and be more creative. Not sure how that will go.

This is what will go inside the boxes.
The actual box itself has been decorated.  They turned out very cute!


On to the next project.  

Baptism

The Garcia Baptism was last night. We are Godparents for Tayber Garcia. Ken has started going to the Catholic church again in Laguna Beach. We were honored to be asked to be Godparents. The mass was beautifully done. The kids were great and it was a very moving ceremony.

Here is Lea in her dress.  She was so tired at this point I am surprised she was even standing.
This is Me, Pete & Tayber.  He is the sweetest boy.  And he loves his Uncle Pete. Not such a great picture of us.

This children are extra special they are both adopted.  Ken & Jodie had to go through a lot to get them.  They are well adjusted and very well loved.  They are two very lucky little kids.

November 1st

I can't believe it is November 1st already. Where does the time go. We have our Baptism tonight. I can't wait to see the kids. We are going to the Garcia's at 4:00p.m. Mass starts at 5:30 p.m. so there will be plenty of time to visit. After Mass we are going to Javier's for dinner. It should be a great time.

Happy November 1st!!!!