Brunch with Santa at the Boathouse

| December 5, 2010

WARNING – there are LOTS OF PICTURES here so if you are not family or a REALLY REALLY REALLY good friend you might want to skip this…… We just got back from Brunch with Santa at the Boathouse.  OH MY WAS IT EVER JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL….lots of fun and special memories were made.  Santa was […]

Thanksgiving and Decorating for Christmas 2010

| November 28, 2010

If  you aren’t family you might want to skip this – but I promised several members of my family that I would post a few pictures of Thanksgiving and Christmas decorating time…… Decorating for the holiday is always on my  LIST OF FAVORITE THINGS.  It is so much fun to unpack the decorations and see our “TREASURES.”  It […]

Max – and other success stories

| November 7, 2010

For those of you who do not know, my DH, Max, had a mini-stroke Tuesday.  It immediately made my LIST OF MY NOT SO FAVORITE THINGS.  It was pretty scary.  For awhile he couldn’t write or talk.  I AM SO THANKFUL AND HAPPY TO SAY THAT HE HAS RECOVERED – and we are at home!  […]

Apple Picking – Carter Mountain – 2010

| October 9, 2010

We went APPLE PICKING today – what an adventure.  If you have never been to Carter Mountain to pick apples then you just might want to hop over to Charlottesville, VA to have some fun.  I think EVERYONE in the entire state of VA was there today having fun!  The apples were nice – the […]

Tent Camping in VA BEACH Sept 24 – 26, 2010

| September 26, 2010

We spent the last three days camping in Virginia Beach  and it has been LOTS OF FUN!  Here are a few of the highlights of my birthday trip….thanks to my DD Christi – she is such a great organizer and she had fun and food planned for our camping party!   My SIL took the coffee maker […]