Well it's May 1st.

I can't believe that it is May 1st. It has been a year we lost Dad. I can't believe it and I still miss him like it was yesterday. The pain is still there it has just dulled a little. How do you get over such a loss? We alway know that no one is here on this earth forever, but when it comes time for a loved one to leave are we really ever ready to let go, even if it is best for them. I can't help but feel selfish in wishing that he was here. I know that if he was here he would be so angry because there would not be anything that he could do for mom. So instead he is our gardian angel. Do me a favor today, when you are just sitting for a minet pick up the phone and call someone that you care for and tell them how much they mean to you. It can be a friend, a husband, daughter or son, your mom or your dad, anyone and when you do this send a little hello up to dad too.
Today mom and I go back to the oncologist to have a herseptin treatment and to see what the outcome of her surgery is. Keep your fingers crossed that we will get some good news. If we don't have hope what else do we have.
Hello to all my crafty girls!!!! Sorry that this post is such a downer. Hopefully the next one will be alittle happier. I miss you all. When is the next dinner out?
I am going to leave you with a picture that hopefully will make you smile. Did it?

Hey anyone out there???

Hi everyone. I am not sure if anyone even reads this, I have not been to exciting up until now. I still can't get over the classes that I took on Friday with Tim Holtz. If you ever get a chance to take one of his classes they are well worth it.
I think that the stress is finally getting to me..I was going to go to crafty girls tonight but I did'nt :( And I really miss my girlfriends. I have a very sore neck and sholders hopefully it will be better by thur. I can't see sitting in the hospital waiting area for however many hours with such a stiff neck. Oh well it could be worse right?
This is the photo of Stacey, Tim and myself last Fri.

Friday the 13th

This Friday the 13th was one of the best days I have had in a very long time!!!
Stacey and I took 3 of the greatest classes with one of the greatest teachers.
Tim Holtz was awesome!! He has to be one of the most down to earth and one of the most creative guys around. I really stepped out of the box and learned some things that I have never tried before. One class was on distressed inks I loved it!! the second class was on alcohol inks this to was awsome!! The third class was a mystery class where we worked on canvas with inks and beeswax I really enjoyed that one too!
I also won the last prize of the night, a canvas bag which he autographed for me at the end of the night. I had such a great time!!! And I loved taking the classes with a friend, I don't think that I would have enjoyed it as much if I had gone alone, Thanks Stacey!!!! TIM YOU ROCK!!! It was something I really needed=*)!!!!!!
On to other things..
On Thursday mom is going into the hospital for her surgery, If everyone could just take a min. to just think about her on Thursday maybe God with hear our thoughts and help her thru this. Thanks!!!
How do you like these pictures?
Everyone have a great weekend!!!

What do you think?

What do you think of my Easter bunny? Isn't he the cutest? At first he was not to happy with me, until I broke out the treats(hahaha) What a great dog, opp's I mean easter bunny.

Welcome Spring

Well can you believe that another month has passed? It passed so quickly it is almost a blurr. I hope that this month of April will bring much happiness to all of you. Easter is just a few days ahead, I remember as a little girl how I would get all dressed up in a special dress and white gloves (only on easter) a quarter my dad would give me for my purse(white pattenleather) for the collection at church and my brothers in dress clothes and ties. How nice we all looked for church, I can remember during the sermon my mother would tell who ever was sitting next to dad to wake him up before he starts snoring so loud that everyone could hear him. I still laugh everytime I think of it (heeeheee).
I am very excited about the 13th of april. My friend(Stacey) and I are taking classes with Tim Holtz. I hope that Stacey and I don't giggle to much during class and get into to much trouble(heehee)
Tomorrow 4/3/07 is moms last chemo treatment. Unless the doctors feel that she is not up to it, we shall see. Today we had an appointment with the surgeon She is going to have surgery on the 19th. hopefully when they remove the breast they will get all the cancer. They are also going to remove some of her lymophnodes(?spelling) then the radiation is next. This has been such along road but we take 1 day at a time!!!
Then there is the 3 day weekend coming up. I always enjoy that weekend because then I can start working on my flower garden. I can't wait till the warm weather is here and the sun is always shining and everything is so green and you just feel good. It has been such a long winter!!!!!!

We have a new member of the family!!!

At 7:00 yesterday morning I awoke to the sound of the phone ringing,"Hello" I said "Hi Lynne how's it going?"It was Big Mike on the phone, "OK, what's up?" Mike responded by saying" I am bringing home a new member of the family" surprised I said"what are you talking about?" "I am bringing home Dasiy a really cute kitty cat" (this from someone who just the night before said NO MORE #@#@#$ ANIMALS!!!) So last night Mike brought home Dasiy and I came home from mom's today and met her. She is very cute and very small the owners had to find a new home because they just found out that their youngest is alergic to cats. The husband told mike that she is 5 years old but then his wife told him today she is 9 years old. WHAT THE HECK!!!! 5 or 9 which one? Oh well hopefully she will get used to the dog and the other 2 cats, keep your fingers crossed.
Have a great Friday!!!!!
Tell me what you think of her!

In like a lion out like a lamb.......

Hi there everyone!!!!
Can you believe that next week is Spring!! I can't believe that it is going to snow tomorrow (up to 6"-10") I thought that we were done with all that, but who am I kidding. Remember a few years back when we had the April fools storm? I do because I got the day off from school and I was so happy, just like a kid. Well since it is going to snow guess where I am going? If you guessed mom's you are right, give yourself 10 points(haha). I will be leaving early so that I don't get caught in the heavy stuff. Keep your fingers crossed that this storm goes out to sea, because I really want to go to a card making class tomorrow night, so keep them crossedXXXX
If it is as bad as they say I will have to stay with mom over night because I do not want her to walk the dog in the snow. Her legs are very week and she has fallen in the past so here I am to the rescue (just call me super lynnie!!!!) Last storm the older brother who does plowing did not come out to plow mom out till 9:30pm NO COMMENT except *&^% @%% &!#$
Now for an update on mom. They stopped her chemo a couple of weeks ago because it was really doing a job on her, well it wasn't going as well as it should because they wanted to do the surgery and right now they can't so she will have chemo for the next 3 weeks and next week we will meet with the radiolagest to plan out her radiolagy treatments. She has been very down about it lately so if you can please just say a little prayer for her. THANKS!!!
I have been staying home a few nights a have been able to do a little scrapping lately I hope that you like the layouts. Let me know what you think. THANKS!!!!

DO YOU LIKE THIS?

This is a clock that I altered for my in-laws a late anniversary gift. What do you give a couple that have been married for 53 years.... The john deer stickers are for my father-inlaw because he has one and loves it almost as much as he loves my mother-in-law. hahaha What do you think?

When is Spring?

Well here it is March 6 and it is so cold out, oh yeah I know that it is still winter but really should it be 2 degrees and -40 with the windchill, brrrrrrr. I can't wait till Spring is here and the green grass and the flowers are growing and the sun stays out longer. It is even to cold for poor Cooper, when I let him out he goes and does his thing and then runs back in the house as fast as he can to get back where it is warm.

I haven't gotten much scraping done lately I did a page on my moms dog, it was a pretty simple but at least I got something done, right? I am excited to go to crafty girls next week, I do enjoy going to do that with my friends and I always end up laughing with them and we all need to laugh.

I am going to stay with mom tomorrow night she has to go to the hospital for a pet scan and thats a 3:30 and it last 45 min. and if they take her late why bother coming home if I am just going to turn around and go back in the morning (sometimes it is the drive that kills me!)

I hope that everyone has a great Wens. and maybe one of us will wake up to winning 300,000,000.00 dollars.

The weekend is already over....

Once again the weekend is over and tomorrow is Monday. I hope everyone had a great weekend. I spent Sat. over mom's and I came home early and just hung out, it has been a long time since I have done that. On Sunday I went to mom's in the morning and then I went to work where for the first time I did scrapbooking with some of the residents at Harrington House. I really enjoyed it. Tomorrow mom and I go to the hospital where she will have a MRI done and on Tues. she has blood work and a procrate shot and on Wens. she will have a pet scan done. What a busy week.

I went to Scrapbook Cupboard on fri. I know Stacey but I needed my scrap therapy(hahaha) and I got some great new goodies. I just love doing my scrapbooking!!!! I did buy the family history book because with everything that has gone on this year I would really like to look into my family history. I am hoping this book can help me. I also have geneology for dummies.

Ok I am going to try to post a picture of mom's dog, other than cooper he is the cutiest thing, and he makes mom smile so he is worth all the work.

Boy, has it been a long time...

I can't believe that I have not posted in such a long time but as you know my life has been a living you know what. I have been spending my time between staying with mom and at home. I have been at moms more these past few weeks because she has been having a very hard time with her treatments so I have been with her. Today we went for her last taxol chemo treatment now she has to go for a MRI, pet scan and a ultra sound of her heart to see when she is able to have her surgery.

I just want to say thanks to all my crafty girls for being there for me, I had a great time with you guys the last crafty girls and I can't wait for the next one!!!!

I think that I have figured out how to put a picture on my blog check it out (thats one of my things on my list of learn to do this year)

Again thanks everyone for sticking with me these days!!!!!

SORRY!!

I MUST OF PRESSED THE PUBLISLH POST BUTTON TOO MANY TIMES (DO YOU THINK) ANYWAYS SORRY YOU HAD TO SEE THAT POST 3 TIMES.

Gloomy Sunday........

Hey there everyone!! I hope all is well with all of my friends. What a rainy cold and wet Sunday!!
I am watching the pat's play their game right now and it is so nerve rackin(sometimes I have to hide my eyes and look away).
Here's alittle update on mom..Right now she has been so sick, every muscle and joint is causing he so much pain, they have her
on pain killers but they do not help very much. It is so hard to see her like this. She has another treatment on Tues. then after
this treatment she will have 7 left. I just hope that all of this is going to be worth it for her.

This tues. night we start our crafty girls again, and I can't wait hopefully all my friends will be there and they will be as happy to see me as
I am to see them.

Everybody have a great Monday and have a great week.
keep on scrapping!!!!

YOU CAN SEARCH TREASURE MAPS,
AND OCEANS SO DEEP,
MY FRIENDS ARE MY DIAMONDS,
FOREVER I SHALL KEEP.

Gloomy Sunday........

Hey there everyone!! I hope all is well with all of my friends. What a rainy cold and wet Sunday!!
I am watching the pat's play their game right now and it is so nerve rackin(sometimes I have to hide my eyes and look away).
Here's alittle update on mom..Right now she has been so sick, every muscle and joint is causing he so much pain, they have her
on pain killers but they do not help very much. It is so hard to see her like this. She has another treatment on Tues. then after
this treatment she will have 7 left. I just hope that all of this is going to be worth it for her.

This tues. night we start our crafty girls again, and I can't wait hopefully all my friends will be there and they will be as happy to see me as
I am to see them.

Everybody have a great Monday and have a great week.
keep on scrapping!!!!

YOU CAN SEARCH TREASURE MAPS,
AND OCEANS SO DEEP,
MY FRIENDS ARE MY DIAMONDS,
FOREVER I SHALL KEEP.

Gloomy Sunday........

Hey there everyone!! I hope all is well with all of my friends. What a rainy cold and wet Sunday!!
I am watching the pat's play their game right now and it is so nerve rackin(sometimes I have to hide my eyes and look away).
Here's alittle update on mom..Right now she has been so sick, every muscle and joint is causing he so much pain, they have her
on pain killers but they do not help very much. It is so hard to see her like this. She has another treatment on Tues. then after
this treatment she will have 7 left. I just hope that all of this is going to be worth it for her.

This tues. night we start our crafty girls again, and I can't wait hopefully all my friends will be there and they will be as happy to see me as
I am to see them.

Everybody have a great Monday and have a great week.
keep on scrapping!!!!

YOU CAN SEARCH TREASURE MAPS,
AND OCEANS SO DEEP,
MY FRIENDS ARE MY DIAMONDS,
FOREVER I SHALL KEEP.

lynnie's world

I HOPE EVERY ONE HAS A GREAT WEEK!!!!
AND DON'T FORGET SUNDAY 4:30 CHANEL 4 THE PAT'S PLAY AGAIN!!
GO PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM SO GLAD THAT THEY ARE PLAYING AT 4:30 THAT MEANS THAT I WILL
NOT BE WORKING AND I WILL BEABLE TO WATCH THE GAME!! YEA!!!
WE HAD A ROUGH BEGINING OF THE SEASON BUT AS SOON AS YOU KNOW WHO
DUMPED YOU KNOW WHO, WE STARTED WINNING MORE.
EVERYONE TAKE CARE!!!

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE

CSI.........
I LOVE THE SHOW CSI. TONIGHTS WAS A GOOD ONE. I REALLY LOVE GRISOME, HE IS TAKING A BREAK FILMING CSI AND IS DOING A PLAY IN RI. I WONDER WHAT PLAY IT IS.
HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GREAT WEEK, AT LEAST IT WAS A NICE AND SHORT WEEK . CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS WEATHER 60 DEGREES IN JANUARY. I KNOW IT IS GOING TO GET COLD AT SOME POINT LET'S HOPE IT IS LATER AND NOT SOONER.
DON'T FORGET TO WATCH THE PATS ON SUNDAY. I WISH THAT THEY WERE PLAYING AT NIGHT CAUSE I HAVE TO WORK BUT I WILL HAVE THE GAME ON IN THE BACKGROUND. LETS HOPE THEY WIN.
BET YOU GUYS ARE SUPRISED THAT I HAVE POSTED ON MY BLOG TWICE IN ONE WEEK(HAHAHA)

TTYL

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!

I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A GREAT NEW YEAR!!!! AND THAT ALL IS WELL WITH EVERYONE. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING, YOU ARE SAYING TO YOURSELF LYNNIE, NEW YEARS WAS 2 DAYS AGO!!! WELL YOU GUYS KNOW ME I AM ALWAYS A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT(HAHA) I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE SOME NEW YEARS GOALS. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE LAUGHING AT THIS BUT I AM COUNTING ON ALL OF YOU TO HELP ME TO MEET THEM. ARE YOU READY, HERE WE GO!!!

1. TO BE A KINDER DRIVER AND NOT THINK BAD THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.
2. TO MAKE AT LEAST 1 MEAL A WEEK FOR MY FAMILY(MIKES BEEN DOING ALL THE COOKING WHILE I HAVE BEEN AT MOM'S THESE PAST FEW MTHS.)
3. TO MAKE SURE I GO TO CRAFTY GIRLS EACH MONTH (NO EXCUSES)
4. TO LEARN HOW TO PUT PICTURES ON MY BLOG (STACEY IS GOOD AT THAT SO I WILL GET HER TO HELP ME, THANKS STACEY)
5. TO SUBMIT AT LEAST 2 LAYOUTS AND 2 CARDS TO A MAG. AND NOT BE DISCOURAGED IF THEY DO NOT GET PICKED.
6. TO MAKE MY BLOG AT LEAST A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING THAN IT HAS BEEN.
7. TO MAKE USE OF THE SCRAP STUFF I HAVE.
8. TO NOT SPEND MORE THAN $25TO $50 A MONTH ON STAMPING AND SCRAPBOOKING SUPPLIES (UNLESS THEY ARE ON SALE OF COURSE).
9. TO BE A BETTER WIFE, MOTHER, AND FRIEND TO ALL AND TO ALWAYS BE THERE FOR MOM AS LONG AS SHE NEEDS ME (THANKS MIKE).
10. TO GO TO THE GYM AT LEAST 1 OR 2 TIMES A WEEK.

I THINK THAT I SHOULD BEABLE TO DO THESE, DON'T YOU?
BY THE WAY I DON'T KNOW IF I TOLD EVERYONE BUT JESSICA GOT HER GRADES BACK AND HER GRADE POINT AVG. FOR HER 1ST SEMISTER IN COLLEGE IS(DRUM ROLL PLEASE RUMP A PUM PUM) A 3.54 NOT TO SHABBY HUH!!!!!!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER. WAY TO GO JESSIE.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT 2007 MAY IT BE HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND YOU HAVE LOTS OF HAPPY MOMENTS TO SCRAP!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

lynnie's world
Well out with the old and in with the new!!!! Thank goodness that we only have 1 day left of 2006. This has been one of the worst years ever!!! I know so many people who also think this way. In the year 2006 I have lost family and friends. I miss my dad so much!!! Sometimes it seems as if it was only yesterday that we lost him. We have also lost Michaels uncle, some friends at the nursing home and we also lost one of my dogs(sparky) and dads dog. This year we are also going thru alot with mom, as you know she is fighting breast cancer. This has been a very hard battle for her. As of lately she has been very discoraged and she has been so ill lately that they did not give her the chemo treatment she was supposed to get last tuesday lets hope that she will be able to tolarate a treatment this week. Please keep her in your prayers.
Now for the good stuff. I have realized what great friends I have!!! They have all stood by me when I have needed them the most and I am so thankful for them. I love my job where I get to work and hang out with some great people. I have all so realized what a great family I have, during this time they have been so good about me not being home very much they have been very understanding about the time that I have to be with mom. I love my new scrapbooking room and all my toys that are in there. I LOVE SCRAPPING!!! Cooper still makes me smile everytime I look at him. Mom has a new dog that Cheryl and I went to pickout and bring him home to her. A little scotty dog and his name ofcourse is Scotty. Go figure. Hopefully 2007 will bring much happier times for all of us. Tomorrow I will do my New Years Resolutions.