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My birthday is not officially until June but trying to get a day where everyone can get together before our summers get busy is usually tough.  Therefore Debbie at first without my knowing planned this all early.
Trish taught the class and is always a blast to hang out with.  The theme of the class was "I WISH" and was a birthday theme so we used birthday pictures from all different years.  In...

May 30
garrulous  \GAIR-uh-lus\  adjective
Meaning
     1 : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
    *2 : wordy
don't we all know someone who fits this word :)
Example Sentence
     With a few judicious revisions, a good editor can often transform garrulous writing into elegant prose.

Its almost 1am and the last of the people left from my mini book birthday party tonight... and I still have to get up early in the morning??? 
We had a blast and I will be sure to post pictures tomorrow sometime.  Thank you to my sister for all the planning she did and Trish for a great class with lots of laughs - even though I was shorted a couple pieces of (blue) paper... I'm not holding any...

The first night camping my throat was sore and I figured it was from the campfire... but the next day it hurt even more???  By the time we came home on Monday I had a full fledged cold where every part of my body ached.

Yesterday I barely made it through work and today's not much better.  The one thing that did help for a bit was lunch at Panera Bread (Chelsea's 2nd job) where I got some chicken...

Ahh the weather today fits perfectly with the word of the day according to Webster's...
heliolatry     \hee-lee-AH-luh-tree\     noun
Meaning
: sun worship
Example Sentence
      The Egyptians, who personified the sun as the god Ra, were one of numerous ancient cultures that practiced heliolatry.

I was sad to see some these shows being canceled.  I know last year I really liked Studio 60 and that was canceled too.  This year October Road was starting to grow on me and now that's gone?  Though I have to admit, some of these shows that got cut I had never even heard of? 
I also watched Grey's finale finally on Monday, since we attended Chelsea's MCCC commencement that night.  I really...

I found this link on Ali's blog and wanted to post it for those of you that didn't see it and for myself to refer back to...
Here is the original link
This is something I’ve been wanting to write for some time — a Handbook for Life. Now, is there any handbook that can be a guide to every single person? Of course not. This is just a list of tips that I think will help many people in life —...

Spent a good part of the holiday weekend camping.  Joel and Zach went out on Friday night while Chelsea and I didn't go out until Saturday afternoon after she finished work.
It was nice having Friday night home to be able to finish up some projects and yet have Joel and Zach get down there and get things set up.  They enjoy the time they get to spend before the whole gang shows up.
It was the...

penury
\PEN-yuh-ree\  noun
Meaning
    *1 : a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money); especially : severe poverty
     2 : extreme frugality
Example Sentence
     As a young man Uncle Leonard endured great penury, and though he later became a successful business owner, he never forgot the hardships of his youth.

Today was filled with many things...
Chelsea's senior breakfast / pick up cap and gown lunch with mom, Deb and Chelsea shopping with Chelsea drop off a gift at a friends organize! One of my favorite things to do! I came across this idea of using totes in my kitchen cabinets after venturing over to the TIP Junkie site.  From there I found this site and her organized pantry.  Now mind you, even...