What a Weekend!!!!!!!

Hi everyone!!!!

I have to take care of a few shout outs before I get down to the weekend recap!!

First...thank you to Julie for motivating me to get back to the gym!!!! She is going with her son and I am officially back to getting my butt to the gym and eating healthy so THANK YOU JULIE for motivating me with your insta-posts!!!!

I also found out that Songbird is co-hosting a Music Monday!! I love this idea so I am going to pop in and share a little song that inspires me daily to live my best life!!!



Okay guys...onto my weekend! I went to Columbus Ohio for the weekend to celebrate my sister in laws birthday and my mother's birthday!

YAY!

Also - while I was there I got to watch a few great games...

My nephew Brody - #88 in the photos below had a terrific game of Flag football on Sunday!!!

What a cutie!!!

Halftime huddle meeting...

Action shot!! love that little man!!!

Another one...almost got this flag!!!

And then my other nephew Ryan had a soccer game after lunch on Sunday!!! Another cutie!!! That's him in the light blue!!!

Go Ryannnnnnnnnn!!

Look at that look of determination of this cute little man's face!!!

That was a summed up version of my weekend along with a lot of family chats and laughter!!!

I love these final quotes!!!!! They are so fitting for my struggle to get myself back into shape right now!!!!

Have a fantastic day everyone! I am heading over to start catching up on some serious blogger posts!! HUGS TO YOU ALL!!!

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday! I hope you all enjoyed your weekends!

What a wonderful and relaxing weekend it was for me ya'll!!!

I went nowhere outside of my little town! I live in PA and right now we have flooding everywhere! The rain is never ending! UGH! I actually enjoyed a low key weekend of watching rain and staying in town!!

Friday night I met up with a group of friends at my home group. It is always nice seeing everyone and catching up! Then I stopped by another friends house (the one that had the stroke) to say hello (he lives 5 minutes from me) and then home and off to bed EARLY!

Saturday was my Mommy's birthday!!!! She will probably kill me for saying this but she turned 75!! I only hope and pray that I look half as young and healthy as she does at 75!!! We celebrated last weekend when I was with her at the lake but I made sure to call and sing!! She is the world's best mother!!! I love you Mom and can not wait for our trip together next week!!!

Saturday morning I picked up my friend that had the stroke and we went to breakfast and hung out half the day. I then went home for a while to work on Beach Glass Art (I sold my Christmas Tree already) and wanted to make another for a replacement on my Etsy site. I like the second one just as much!! The listing for the one below is HERE.

Saturday night I went back to pick up my friend (he is unable to drive due to his stroke) and he took me to dinner and a movie. We ate a TGIFridays and then went to see Crazy Rich Asians. It was good but I have to say, I enjoyed the book a lot more than the movie!

That happens every time for me though. When something was a book first then a movie; the book is always way better. Again, the movie was funny and good but not nearly as good as I expected. The comedy almost seemed too forced at times.  But, all in all, it was a great night and just nice to spend time together before I leave for vacation next week!

Sunday was a chill morning and again I went over to pick up my friend and he bought breakfast again and we watched some of the Steelers game together.  We tied the Browns (What?!?!?!? UGH!!! DISAPPOINTING). I spent a chill Sunday night in the condo snuggling my kitties and preparing to go to work in the morning (I have to psych myself up - lol!!! Just kidding!!!).

So, all in all, it was a nice chill weekend!!! I hope everyone enjoyed theirs as well!!!! HAPPY MONDAY guys!! I can not wait to go read about everyone else's weekends now!!!

Do you enjoy time at home or traveling? Any crafts you do in your spare time? How is your weather...is PA the only state getting drenched??

Late Labor Day 2016 Recap

Labor Day recap a little late! Labor Day was spent at my parents house on Lake Mohawk! It was Mom's Birthday and Sara's birthday (my sis in law) and of course lots of boating to close out the season this year...sadly summer has to end :-(

Here is a collage that sums up a lot of the holiday weekend - cornhole games, water fun, and birthdays.

Matt taking some of the kids for a jet ski ride...Check out those little posers - they crack me up!

A little kayak play! The kids play in these things for HOURS!

Cousins just hanging out...

Happy birthday to the worlds best Mom...

Kids playing on the tube!!! They are getting so brave! This is the first year they tried to stand up or not hold on - HA!

Another action shot of the acrobatics...

 

Kyleigh Showing her MAD skills...

Doing a dead crab imitation we think - HA

Corn hole games - Brody loves this game and will beg people to play ALL DAY!

What a great Holiday weekend filled with family and fun! Such a shame the this holiday means summer is over :-(

          

Long Time...No Update

I cannot believe how fast time has flow this year already! I just realized that I have not posted in over a month!

WOWSA!

I have been keeping up with all of your blogs just not my own - LOL!!! I am getting older and time is spinning ahead so fast!

Last month (September) was a whirlwind of activities and it was crazy both in my personal life and my business life! I am going to give you a high level overview of the past few weeks in pictures to very quickly catch you up.  I am also promising that I will not go MIA like that anytime soon.

It really just got crazy busy and I could not keep up! I am not complaining believe me...I enjoy being busy but September was just CRAZZZZZYYYYYY!

Here we go!!!.....

First part of September...I had to put one of my older cats to sleep and her brother was getting lonely being home alone so I got him some friends!  Meet Nermal and Trouble. As you can see, they are already great friends and Kidrock likes them too! I am head over heals in love with them both!

Sept 5th weekend was my adorable boyfriends birthday! It was his 60th so I planned a party with his sisters family, his brother and his kids at his favorite place...the bowling alley. We rented a few lanes and had cake and pizza! The owners at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes were terrific with helping me plan and I highly recommend them if you are looking to plan a bowling party for adults or kids in the South Hills of PA!  I think he had a great time?! This is him blowing out his candles...

And the obligatory picture of the cake...

Then after the party I spent the rest of the weekend and Monday (Labor Day) at my parents house at Lake Mohawk. We all enjoyed a final weekend of boating, skiing, tubing and relaxing before fall and winter set in here in PA! This is two of my nephews tubing together...

And two of my nieces...

My Mom's birthday is the September 8th and my sister-in-laws is the 7th so we also celebrated their birthdays over the holiday weekend! Mommy is on the left and Sara on the right below...

The next weekend, the boyfriend and I left for New Smyrna Beach, FL. It is his favorite vacation spot and he wanted to take me there to enjoy it so we planned about ten days together for a trip! We came close to killing each other a few times but we made it through (just kidding...well, kind of). It is a long time to spend with someone...LOL! This is a view from our patio in the condo we rented.

And a view down the beach...what a great place to run!! Flat flat flat flat flat!!! I am used to hills in PA so this was heavenly!!!

I had a girls night out planned for the week we got home and spent the evening with these lovely ladies at Painting with a Twist.  It also allowed me to add to my Fall artwork collection :-)  HA!

The next weekend in September was the Great Race in Pittsburgh. My sisters, mother and I run this together every year. We LOVE it! Here is the starting line...

Every year the Eat N Park cookie is at the top of the longest hill (about a mile before the end of the race) and I stop to get a picture every year!!! YEA! My sister on the right was also happy to oblige me when I requested stopping! Thanks Susie!

That same weekend every member of my direct family came into town. All my siblings, their spouses and kids and my parents. My parents celebrated 50 years of marriage on Sept 18th and we wanted to make sure we had pictures and a family party to mark the occasion. We had a family dinner at Benihana! Here they are with all of their grand kids!!

And the whole family!!!!!!!! I love this picture! No one is missing!! We also celebrated my Dad's birthday this weekend and I did not get a picture of the cake prior to consumption!

The final weekend of September I had Jackson's Mill weekend! I go three times a year and meet up with all my Friends of Bill and it is truly my refresh weekend!!! I love these two people below with all my heart!!! They are two of my very best buddies on the planet!

And the theme for the weekend...says it all!!

And finally, last weekend was the Halloween work charity party! We do this ever year for Variety Charity and it gets better each year!

Here is the pumpkin I carved...it was Lego themed and I got the idea from Pinterest!!!

Here is a shot of one section of the decorations...

Another area of the building we decorated...

And finally, our costumes! I made these from ideas from Pinterest and they turned out perfect! On the left was Gail the Construction Worker (Kathy from work) and on the right was me in my Swamp Thing lego costume.

What a great month!!! As you can see, I had JUST a little activity going on but I promise to keep you posted along the way from this point forward and not save it up a month at a time! LOL!

I hope you all had as much fun as me. Hopefully there will be much more to come with the whirlwind of the holidays around the corner! 

Happy Fall yinz all!!!

How was your September? Ever get too busy to blog, I would live to hear about what you did to budget you time?!