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

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

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!!

What a great weekend for a road trip!

Joe was off this past Saturday, so we decided to take a road trip while the weather was still nice. As we had a pretty hard frost a week ago, it took its toll on the fall colors that was left. We still took a chance, and headed to Wabasha and Red Wing to check out some fall colors.

While in Wabasha, we went to check out the new building for the National Eagle Center. Wow, what a change! So much more space, and they even gained another eagle since we were last there. From Wabasha, we went across Lake Pepin into Nelson, WI. and hit this cheese store I love to go to when I am nearby. We found some wonderful sounding cheeses, and will try later this week with my mom (who is as much of a cheese freak as Joe & I).

After the cheese trip, we stated back towards home, and made a stop in Red Wing at the Uff Da Shop (gotta love the Scandanavians, eh?). While there, they were demonstrating how to make Lefse (which I have never been a big fan of). Well, I changed my mind after trying what they made there- yummy! (shhhh....don't tell my mom...she has been trying to get me to eat it for years.)

Below are some pictures from our outing. The first 2 eagle pictures are of Angel, and the last is Harriet. Both eagles were saved and rehabilitated, but will never fly again.

Joe is off again this coming Saturday, so we are hoping to plan another road trip if the weather cooperates.

TTFN!

Lori

Rainy, gloomy day :(

Well I have missed a few days again (no surprise there)- my bad. It is so gloomy and yucky right now as the rain has been coming down most of the day. I guess I shouldn't mind when it rains while I am at work, but none the less, it still stinks.

I am off to my stamping group tonight, which should be fun as always. We are making a card with the sock monkey set- I CAN'T WAIT!! She has been promising us to do this card for a few months, so I will make sure I post tomorrow. I may also have the Halloween things I have been working on ready to post as well (keep your fingers crossed ;)).

Until tomorrow, TTFN

Lori

Wonderful fall weekend...

Well as usual, the weekend went too fast. Saturday at Archiver's with Ang and Michelle was a blast. I got a jump on cards for the exchange we do at work, as well as scoping ideas for Halloween treat bags and gift card holders for Christmas (I am keeping these a secret for now while I tweak them).

Below are pictures from the weekend. The first was the inital card I made for our card exchange, but then I changed it up some. I am still working on the updated card.



Sunday was Gabe's birthday party....so much fun. Below are pics from Gabe's birthday. The before and after of the cake, as well as pics of his sisters Olivia and Lindsey.






That is all for now.

Until next time..... :)

Lori

Happy Fall.....

Well, as you can see, it has been a month now since my last post. Yikes!! Too much going on and not enough time to keep up with everything. Plus the fact I don't have a computer at home to just make updates as I please, so I rely on computers at the library, or my parents house, or even work.

What has been going on this past month.....

~Welcomed my best friend home from her 18 month tour in Iraq :)

~I have been busy with numerous volunteer projects through work.

~My friend Michelle celebrated her 25th anniversary for work, and I got to celebrate with her.

~Spent some time with my parents

As for this weekend, it will be just as busy. Tomorrow, Michelle, Angie and I are hitting Archivers for the day again. Working on getting started on some Christmas cards, as well as finish the last 9 pages of my first scrapbook....YIPPEEE!!

On Sunday, Joe's nephew Gabriel is having his first birthday party. That should be fun- Gabe is such a cutie. I will try to get some pics to post next week.

Have a great weekend and I will catch up next week!!

Lori