Blue Moon ...

We were down on the Chesapeake Bay with

Tommy and Joanne for the Labor Day weekend

On the night of the blue moon, I was able to capture

the following pics

not the best, didn't have my tripod with me

but I love them....

It was so bright and it cast an orange shadow across

the water ... so haunting

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Art ....

Where I work, we get to go on fun days every quarter

But the assistants, we hardly ever find the time to go on these

But a few weeks ago, we made a point to do it!

After working in the office during the morning, we headed

out to lunch at Hondo's...yum!!

Then we went to Spirited Art, where they teach you to paint

something on canvas. Everyone paints the same thing and they

walk you through each step

oh, and they serve you wine while you paint...FUN!!

and below is mine!

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Humming birds ....

I don't usually see many hummingbirds

in my backyard

but the other day as I was washing up some dishes

I saw 2 of them

I grabbed my camera and from the window started

snapping pics....I had one of my fixed lens on my camera

so I couldn't zoom in on them

but I did get a pic of one of them

can you see him?

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Pinterest ...

I am so addicted to Pinterest

and I need about 2 months off of work to try all of the things

I have pinned...

But I did find the time to do one simple thing I saw on there

folding up those plastic bags for easier storage

yes, I know, pretty weak....but I'm starting with

the easiest...haha

lay your bag out flat

then fold 1/3 over

then the other side over

and I'm not sure why my countertop looks brown

it's actually white, black and gray.....guess it was the lights and

it was night time.

then start folding up like you used to make those paper

footballs when you goofed off in class at school....

just keep folding your triangles up

when you get to the end, tuck in the top between one of the layers

dang...my hands sure looks old!

and you end up with a plastic triangle

and these are much easier to store than just balled all up

and so, hours and hours of Pinterest and look what I learned to do!

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Worry ....

I worry about my kids

yes, they are adults but they are still my kids

and I will always worry about them

and poor Jake, he's the last one still at home so he

gets a double dose of worry from me all of the time

and now he's going out of the country for the first time

and you know, I'm just worried

because that's what us momma's do!

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Working from home ....

I work for a wonderful company that lets us telecommute

So about once a week, I work from home

and it's wonderful

except for these 3....

I work sitting at the kitchen table

and this is what I look at...haha

at least they are cute!

But they also spend a lot of time doing this .... fighting!!

but not really "real" fighting, just playing but sometimes one of

them will get mad and it gets out of hand

So the I have to go break them up

and they spend all day long going in and out.....just like kids!

But goodness knows I just love em to pieces!!

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Storms ...

Johnny and I went down to the Outer Banks

in August

A couple of days we had some quick moving

storms come through

and some scary looking clouds

the weather report kept talking about the water spouts

all along the ocean....

I kept my eye out but never saw any

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Great news ...

I have been so bad about posting

but we've been busy

and we have some fantastic news to share

Our daughter Jacquelyn and our son-in-law Bucky

are expecting their first baby

March 6th!!

Saying our family is excited does not even begin to explain how

we all feel...we are just so thrilled!!

They will find out in October if they are having

a boy or a girl

I JUST CAN'T WAIT!!

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It's fall....

Even though the calendar doesn't say fall

it's fall at my house

and here's why...

we had our fall small town parade

the one that lines up in our neighborhood leaving us

all trapped until it's over....haha

but it's fun

I didn't go this year though but here they are starting

to line up!

and look, I've put up my fall decoratons!

and Maddox had his bithday....

AND.....the leaves are changing!!

also, our weather is changing with the upcoming season

little bit of crispness in the air in the morning

very low humidity

and wonderful temps in the upper 70's, low 80's

I love the fall of the year!!

later....