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May 1st - It's Friday and it's payday... I ask, what could be better?

Tonight I had the opportunity to go see a speaker at Kent State who talked about depression and suicide.  His name, Eric Hipple a quarterback for the Detroit Lions, who wrote a book called Real men do cry.   He shared a story of sadness and grief.  He has taken the loss of his own son to suicide and turned it into a mission to educate others and make them aware of depression and how to reach...

Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you. ~Annie Dillard

What a beautiful weekend we got to enjoy, and finally some warmer temperatures!  Everyone wanted to be outside, including these two.

Finished up working on my layouts with my Work in Progress kit.  I can upload them here on May 1st, which is already this Friday!  Where does the time go?

Had a long busy weekend and it's only Saturday...
Friday Chelsea came home and we went for a walk with the dog first thing in the morning, went to breakfast at Yours Truly and then did some shopping looking for shoes to match her dress for the wedding she's going to next weekend.  

Early in the week when we knew everyone would be home this weekend we planned a family dinner night out at Longhorn. 
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{found on Molly Irwin's blog}  With just two rehearsals, a group of 200 dancers created this wonderful surprise for passersby last month in Belgium. I love the notion that, when we allow it to be, life really is as hopeful as a musical production.

Chelsea had a wonderful time in California thanks to my cousin Stephen and his family. He took her to work out with his clients, to see the sights of LA and to many wonderful dinners, to name just a few of the things she did.
Who knew her return trip, being a red eye flight, would leave us all with red eyes!  She arrived at  LAX at 9:15, but that was 12:15 for us and then her flight didn't leave...

I have a quiet Saturday with Chelsea in California, Joel at work and Zach over a friends house.  I hope to get into some scrapping projects and work with my kit, along with the usual house cleaning that always needs to be done.
Yesterday was beautiful with the sun shinning and warm temps!  After taking Zach to his friends I took the dog to the park for a nice long walk.  It wore him out because...

Tomorrow I have the "geek squad" from Best Buy coming over to install our sound bar for our surround sound, and then I need to find my way into work for a few hours.
Today was spent getting ready for Chelsea to head to California.  We did some shopping, found her a bathing suit, and only had to try on two.  Besides for the countless ones she has tried on over the past few weeks...
We met my...

There are only two more days until Chelsea leaves for California and while I'm excited for her to go, I know I'm going to miss her like crazy!  But what an opportunity for her to check out Los Angeles with my cousin Stephen!
Easter weekend was a blast!  We had so much going on the weekend just flew by! Starting with the crop at Trish's on Good Friday, which Deb and I arrived to by 10am and were...