school's out!!

I had my last class day today at Preschool!!..it was a good year, but I am ready for a break!!..I have one class of 3 yr olds and one class of 4yr olds- handfuls, both of them, but in general good kids!

I was blessed with loads of gifts, cards and gift cards this week!!..one of the perks of being a teacher!

cats!

We adopted 2 kitties about a year and a half ago, they are sisters and are now close to 2 yrs old. One of them has always been more social, will occasionally grace us with getting on our laps etc...but generally they are not interested in us. The whole saying that cats dont have owners, they have staff, certainly applied here!!..we were considering finding them a new home since we sure didnt get any benefits out of having them, and they leave hair everywhere and have scratched holes in our window screens and on our new-ish sofa!!

Well this past month when we had the hardwoods refinished, they were boarded at our vet for a week. They were together in a "condo" and did just fine. When we brought them home they are completely different!!...we have a hard time sitting down without one of them jumping into our laps!!..wow, what a change!!!...it has been a couple of weeks and they are still wanting to be with us..so, old cat..new tricks?...now we are so happy to have them!!

the beauty of our state

Roger and I drove to Yakima on Sunday...we love road trips and even with the price of gas so high- it was a great way to enjoy the day.We shopped and had a nice lunch before heading back home.

The scenery was incredible, from the green piney mountains to the snow covered ones, and then the fabulous desert looking mountains- our state has it all!!..we never tire of the wonderful views while crossing the passes..

We feel so blessed to be residents of this beautiful state!..we have lived here longer that we did our "home" state of WV...time flies...

Garage Sale??

After all this remodeling going on here, we have been purging alot!!..our style has changed from somewhat country to more of a Pottery Barn style..so almost all of our decor needs to go...

I am needing to have a rather large Garage Sale, never having done one on my own before, does anyone have any tips?..do's or dont's???

Anyone want to join me?...a group effort would be fun!!

It's been awhile!

Roger and I spent 4 days at a motel this past week, while our hardwood floors were refinished...our cats have been boarded at the vet. We love how the floors turned out, but being out of our home and now unable to put furniture down for a week is wearing on us- but we feel it is worth it in the long run!!..(not sure what the orbs are in the first picture,I may need to clean my lens)

On another note, I get to cross off an item from my LIFE LIST...I have always wanted to go for a long motorcycle ride with a group..this past Saturday Roger and I met up with 3 other people he works with that all ride Harleys. We rode over 300 miles and it was so fun!!..Lynette, we were down your way and it was blazing HOT!! we didnt have time to stop, but I waved to you as we went thru Kalama!..we were so tired and a little sunburned, but oh so fun times (and darn I forgot my camera!!)

Mother's Day 08

It was a good day, I was appropriately spoiled!...tulips and a card, coffee at Starbucks, then a chilly motorcycle ride..followed by a yummy BBQ'ed dinner with both boys here...they went in together and got me a gorgeous hanging basket for our deck...a nice way to end a very good weekend!!

and as an added plus I won an amazingly cool perpetual birthday calendar/spinner from my friend Lynette's blog!!..woohoo!!!

busy, but fun weekend so far!

Last night Roger and I went to some friends house to a get-together with alot of his work friends. This is where Roger goes most Friday nights to play music with some of his co-workers...it was alot of fun, but a late night!!

Tonight we went with another couple to Jazzbones on 6th ave in Tacoma to hear a band called "Nearly Dan" a tribute band to Steely Dan. They were absolutely amazing, there were 11 members in the band!!...great music!

We will see what tomorrow brings as far as my Mother's Day celebration goes...my guys have been talking alot on the phone trying to coordinate schedules, it will be a good day if we can all be together for awhile!!..Happy Mother's Day to all my friends who are Mothers!!