Happy St. Urho’s Day!!

Today is St. Urho’s Day…are you wearing your purple? I’m not, I forgot! David’s been home with the flu so I am completely lost as to what day it is. But, my dear friend Cheryl, was kind enough to email and remind me!
By now you are probably asking, “Who the HELL is St. Urho?”…I asked [...]

Reconnecting (or “Why I Love Facebook”)

Since moving to North Dakota, it’s been fun using Facebook.  It’s been a way to stay in touch with friends from Vegas…BUT…More importantly, it’s been a means to reconnect with childhood friends.
I’d written, on this blog, about how much I would really love to reconnect with my friends that grew up on Murietta Avenue with.  [...]

Espresso in the Land of *WEAK* Coffee

I don’t know what it is about Scandanavians/Lutherans that they like weak coffee.  I’m half Norwegian and a quarter Swedish and I was raised in the Lutheran church but I don’t drink weak coffee…maybe it’s the other quarter of me that is a combination of Scottish, English, and Irish (although I’m not much of [...]

Demolition Derby

Welcome to the Mott Demolition Derby!!
This weekend was the Hettinger County, where Mott is the County Seat, Fair.  The much anticipated part of the fair would have to be the Demolition Derby.  There were about 7 or 8 locals in the Demo Derby and another dozen from surrounding states and counties.
I was looking forward to [...]

Got a very pleasant surprise today

Cox internet has been pretty spotty of late.  Today I got an email notification that there was an Angela W. requesting to be my friend on Facebook.
I’m not very active on Facebook.  Most of the friends I have on facebook are scrapbooking friends and family.  When I saw this Angela W request come in I [...]

Been a bit down

The only reason I am admitting this is that my poor husband doesn’t read my blog…LOL!  Mom, Kenny, and Michele – if you are reading this, don’t tell Brian I don’t want him to worry needlessly.
It’s harder being a single Mom than I thought it would be.  David is having a rough time.  He misses [...]

Gratitude

I really try to remember to be grateful for all that I have on a daily basis…but somedays it’s harder than others.  Today is a special day, set aside, to do just that.  With that in mind, I post what I am grateful for:

My Dear Friends: Susan, Bec, Ann, Eileen, Kristy, Erin, Lynette, Debbie, and [...]

Road Trip, Scrapbook USA Expo, and LONGGG weekend

I’m writing from my newly organized scrapbook room.  I haven’t spent much time in my scrapbook room lately because, a) it was a DISASTER, and b) I haven’t been in the mood to deal with it.  Well, that all changed recently.
Due to the economic crisis the family is having a “homemade” Christmas.  So I needed [...]

It was a Crop for a Cure weekend

This is the weekend for the Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure to fight breast cancer.  There are many other SGK fundraisers going on this weekend throughout the valley.  The one I got to participate in was “Scrap for a Cure” to benefit SGK Foundation.  I hadn’t initially planned to go to the crop [...]

Memorial Day and the Springs Preserve

David and I finally got the opportunity to see the Springs Preserve today. We went with friends…Draven, Debbie, and Debbie’s Mom (whose name escapes me at the moment). The nice thing about Mondays is that Debbie is off work on Mondays. Sundays, for her, are generally family days, so when we [...]