Joe blowing out his candles
Joe with his family
Joe with Lori's parents
About Me
- Stampin Chick
- Minneapolis, MN, United States
- I am 45 years old, and engaged to a wonderful man. I love traveling, taking pictures, reading, making cards and scrapbooking!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Photo's from Joe's big 4-0
Here are a few photos from Joe's 40th.
Joe blowing out his candles
Joe with his family
Joe with Lori's parents
Joe blowing out his candles
Joe with his family
Joe with Lori's parents
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Is it Friday yet??
Well, well. Mark this down....2 days in a row!! Wow, miracles DO happen :)
Well I just thought stop by and say Hi again. I also wanted to check out my new signautre too.
TTFN!
Well I just thought stop by and say Hi again. I also wanted to check out my new signautre too.
TTFN!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Long time, no blog!
Hello!
Well as you can see, it has been a while since my last post. My apologies! As things in life go, there just never is enough time to do all you want to do. Also, things with life in general have been kind of sucky since January.
To catch you up to date:
January, there were massive lay offs at my work. Some were done that day, others in my area had until May, some had until June. Well, as things went, everyone that was to go in June were bumped up to the end of May, so last Friday was everyone's last day. Many of my friends lost their jobs, and I am sad.
April brought Joe's 40th birthday. We had a family dinner at Famous Dave's with both sets of our parents, his sister and her family, his Aunt Becky, and an old friend Dan. It was not really a surprise as his schedule is so screwy, but I did have a few surprises up my sleeve. I did bring in a wad of balloons, as well as a birthday cake, and a lovely hat for him to wear. He was a great sport!
May brought my birthday. As I stated above, my day fell within the week everyone was done at work. Aside from that, I received news on my birthday that an old friend I used to work with many years ago was in the hospital and on life support. Last Friday, she passed away. She was a great lady, and a wonderful friend. She will be greatly missed.
So....here we are in June. Weather is great, the pool is open, and summer is just about here...Woooooohoooooo!! Joe and I are trying to figure out when and where to go on vacation. He has never been to Texas or Massachuettes, or even Maine. Yet we would love to go back to Vegas again, and go spend more time at the Grand Canyon. Who knows, but whatever we do, it will be great as we will be enjoying it together.
Well, I should go for now. I will post some pictures soon from Joe's birthday, as well as some other photos I have.
Until next time....
TTFN :)
Well as you can see, it has been a while since my last post. My apologies! As things in life go, there just never is enough time to do all you want to do. Also, things with life in general have been kind of sucky since January.
To catch you up to date:
January, there were massive lay offs at my work. Some were done that day, others in my area had until May, some had until June. Well, as things went, everyone that was to go in June were bumped up to the end of May, so last Friday was everyone's last day. Many of my friends lost their jobs, and I am sad.
April brought Joe's 40th birthday. We had a family dinner at Famous Dave's with both sets of our parents, his sister and her family, his Aunt Becky, and an old friend Dan. It was not really a surprise as his schedule is so screwy, but I did have a few surprises up my sleeve. I did bring in a wad of balloons, as well as a birthday cake, and a lovely hat for him to wear. He was a great sport!
May brought my birthday. As I stated above, my day fell within the week everyone was done at work. Aside from that, I received news on my birthday that an old friend I used to work with many years ago was in the hospital and on life support. Last Friday, she passed away. She was a great lady, and a wonderful friend. She will be greatly missed.
So....here we are in June. Weather is great, the pool is open, and summer is just about here...Woooooohoooooo!! Joe and I are trying to figure out when and where to go on vacation. He has never been to Texas or Massachuettes, or even Maine. Yet we would love to go back to Vegas again, and go spend more time at the Grand Canyon. Who knows, but whatever we do, it will be great as we will be enjoying it together.
Well, I should go for now. I will post some pictures soon from Joe's birthday, as well as some other photos I have.
Until next time....
TTFN :)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Merry Season's Greetings, etc.
Merry Christmas, Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays! Oh...and almost Happy New Year! There I think I covered them all :).
Well, as ususal, I have been slacking on my posts again. A friend got me into Facebook, and I find I am on there more then anything. So, I will try to catch this and get up to date again...
For an early Christmas gift, I took Joe up North to Hinckley to see Terry Fator on Dec. 20th. Of course, the morning we left, we got a good snow storm. The driving up was not bad, and it was really pretty to look at.
View from our hotel room
Terry was AMAZING! He was the winner of the second season of America's Got Talent, and he starts his 5 year run in Las Vegas in February at the Mirage. We are planning to see him again! For those who don't know who he is, he is a Ventriloquist/Impersonator. Check out his website at www.terryfator.com to learn more.
Christmas with my family is alway a treat! With 16 people just in my family, it is a crowd. My youngest nephew Bradley is 5 ½, and just too funny. His stack of gifts was as tall as he was, and when it was his turn to open, he would take his gift to the middle of the room so ALL could watch him open.
Dad with his new hat
My friend Denise was able to join us this year. She was in Iraw for 18 months, and was there for Christmas last year. She has been in the Army since we graduated high school back in 1986. SHe figures 2 to 3 more years and she will be done, but would not turn down a chance to go back to duty again if needed.
Well that is all for now. Please have a safe and Happy New Year. Joe and I will be celebrating our 6 year anniversary on New Year's Day. We like to recreate our first date every year, so it is nice to know I always have something fun planned.
Until next time!
Lori
Well, as ususal, I have been slacking on my posts again. A friend got me into Facebook, and I find I am on there more then anything. So, I will try to catch this and get up to date again...
For an early Christmas gift, I took Joe up North to Hinckley to see Terry Fator on Dec. 20th. Of course, the morning we left, we got a good snow storm. The driving up was not bad, and it was really pretty to look at.
View from our hotel room
Terry was AMAZING! He was the winner of the second season of America's Got Talent, and he starts his 5 year run in Las Vegas in February at the Mirage. We are planning to see him again! For those who don't know who he is, he is a Ventriloquist/Impersonator. Check out his website at www.terryfator.com to learn more.
Christmas with my family is alway a treat! With 16 people just in my family, it is a crowd. My youngest nephew Bradley is 5 ½, and just too funny. His stack of gifts was as tall as he was, and when it was his turn to open, he would take his gift to the middle of the room so ALL could watch him open.
Dad with his new hat
My friend Denise was able to join us this year. She was in Iraw for 18 months, and was there for Christmas last year. She has been in the Army since we graduated high school back in 1986. SHe figures 2 to 3 more years and she will be done, but would not turn down a chance to go back to duty again if needed.
Well that is all for now. Please have a safe and Happy New Year. Joe and I will be celebrating our 6 year anniversary on New Year's Day. We like to recreate our first date every year, so it is nice to know I always have something fun planned.
Until next time!
Lori
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Brrrrrrrrrrr.......
Welcome to a typical Minnesota winter day! This whole past week has been in the 20's, and we finally got a break today with temps in the low to mid 30's. Woooohooooo!
Well as you can see, I have been slacking again on my posts (nothing new- but it is the holiday and I work retail- enough said ;)). Joe had the flu earlier this week, so we have been working on getting though that. This past Thursday we went to a concert that I had won tickets to. Ks95 radio station sponsered the live 95 concert with 5 music acts- Ryan Star, Matt White, Eric Hutchinson, Missy Higgins and O.A.R. Man, what a show! The theatre it was at sucked as there was no seating, so we stood for over 4 hours, but it was worth it. The music was great, and we even got to meet a few of the acts.
One other thing we have done recently was attend the Hollidazzle parade. What is that, you may ask??? It is where we "true" Minnesotan's go and freeze our butts off by standing outside in the winter to see a parade. And of course, we had to pick one of the coldest nights to go see it. It was all good, until a float stalled in front of us for about 20 minutes. I wasn't so worried about me, but there were maybe 15 little kids on this float dressed as animals probably on the verge of freezing. Once they got the float moving, we say about 3 more floats before we gave up and went inside to shop. I have pics I will have to post of us all bundled up....too funny!
That is all I have for now. I have more shopping to do, and not a lot of time to do it.
Until next time!
TTFN
Lori
Friday, November 28, 2008
And the good times begin.....
Happy day after Thanksgiving! Well here I am again, late in posting. Hope all had a great time with family and friends. The busy time of year is OFFICIALLY here....yikes!!! Being in retail, I start to dread this time of year.
We spent the holiday with my brother and his family (15 people total when you add in sis-in-law family). We were missing my oldest brother and his family as they went to his in-laws house. It was a nice day, spent with fun people.
Well since the last post, the movie that I have been waiting for FINALLY came out- Twilight! Joe and I went to the midnight screening and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Some things were out of place from the book, but overall I would go see it again. My 13 year old niece finally got into readint the books, and now we are planning to see the movie together soon. I can't wait!
This weekend will be pretty low key. joe works all weekend, leaving me to fend for myself. I may head off to Archiver's to work on my Christmas cards so I can get them out soon.
TTFN!
Lori
We spent the holiday with my brother and his family (15 people total when you add in sis-in-law family). We were missing my oldest brother and his family as they went to his in-laws house. It was a nice day, spent with fun people.
Well since the last post, the movie that I have been waiting for FINALLY came out- Twilight! Joe and I went to the midnight screening and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Some things were out of place from the book, but overall I would go see it again. My 13 year old niece finally got into readint the books, and now we are planning to see the movie together soon. I can't wait!
This weekend will be pretty low key. joe works all weekend, leaving me to fend for myself. I may head off to Archiver's to work on my Christmas cards so I can get them out soon.
TTFN!
Lori
Monday, November 10, 2008
What a week!
Well, as usual I am behind again on my posts- but with good reason.
Let me start with the weekend of Nov. 1st. Joe and I took a road trip again, this time we went to Rochester & Winona, and back up through Red Wing again. We really lucked out and had another perfect day for a drive. Weather could not have been any better!!
Let me start with the weekend of Nov. 1st. Joe and I took a road trip again, this time we went to Rochester & Winona, and back up through Red Wing again. We really lucked out and had another perfect day for a drive. Weather could not have been any better!!
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