A Clock

Now that Mom has her gift I can post some pics of the clock that I made for her for Christmas of McKade. This was a fun project, I would like to do one for Corey's mom of Aaniya. I thought that it would be harder then it was, I had Corey take the clock apart for me then I just scraped the face and painted the second hand blue to match the clock layout.

Our Christmas...

was memorable in good and bad ways. Christmas Eve is spent at our home with Corey's family but his dad and grandma where both under the weather and not feeling very good so we ended up not having our family gathering. Still made my dinner that I had planned and Corey and I opened a gift (since we would normally open all of our gifts). We then spent Christmas morning with my parents and had a wonderful Christmas breakfast and slowly opened up all our gifts. We then spent the afternoon at Corey's parents house and had Christmas Dinner with them, and opened the rest of our gifts. I was spoiled and usual, Corey got me jewelry and I also got a new washer ( am so loving it). All and all 2006's Christmas was wonderful.

Merry Christmas!!

Just wanted to say MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

A New Toy

So why is it when you get a new toy you spend all your time figuring it out and playing with it. Corey and I both got new Razor phones for Christmas. I got a shiny Red one and Corey got a silver one and we are still playing with them today. There is just some much to learn and play with, it's amazing what you can do on a cell phone now.

O' Christmas Tree O' Chirstmas Tree

Wanted to share some more pixs of my Christmas tree.

Cards... More Cards...

I love getting Christmas cards. Love seeing all the photos and the little letters that tell you what is happening in there lives. But it is a little sad that some of the cards are the only contact that you may have the whole year with this person/family. Makes me reflect that I should make more of an effort to send something in the middle of the year or make an effort to call. I was so happy to get a card from a friend of mine that I have not talked to in over a year, the bad thing is there is no return address on the card so I am not sure where she is. So Merry Christmas to the Michael Family.

WOW

I am so so so so HAPPY I lost 5.6 pounds in my first week of Weight Watchers can you believe it. I am so excited!!! All I need to do is keep up the good work to get to my goal weight. I know I have a long way to go but with so hard work I will get there. Corey has been so encouraging to me that's really helping me, Thank You! I just had to tell someone the exciting news.

So will this really happen???

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Thanks to Carrie I just had to go find out what would happen to me!! I got a good laugh out of it.

Frost

Cookie Crop

I had a great time at the crop and was able to get some great pages done. I even did good with all the cookies around with me just starting Weight Watcher the day before.

I did it...

I signed up and attended my first Weight Watchers meeting last night. I am excited about it, but also have some reservations that I will not do so go at this. I just have to keep telling myself that I have made the first step and the rest will coming even if it comes slowly. I got my books last night and I have been reading them ever since. Thanks to Amy and Cassarda for sharing the excitement of there weight loss that has encouraged me to start.

Friday Night Crop!

Here are the two pages I got done while cropping that the {BUCKET}.

Dory Cove Will Be Missed

This was our favorite Resturant in Lincoln City, Oregon. We hopw that they will rebuild so we can still call this our favorite place to go.

Here is a copy of what printed in the local newspaper.

By News Guard staff
A Wednesday night blaze gutted the landmark Dory Cove Restaurant by Roads End State Recreation Site just north of Lincoln City. The 9-1-1 call came in at 9:47 p.m. from Veta Shelby of Roads End.
Fire crews arrived on the scene about 9:54 p.m. Nov. 29 to find flames coming through the roof. They had the fire contained by 10:40 p.m. The restaurant had been closed since Nov. 27 for an annual winter break. No one was in hurt in the blaze. Although the fire is believed to have started quietly, neighbors report that an explosion rocked the area between 9:45 and 10 p.m. "I live a block away," said Lu Neal, one of the original owners of the 33-year-old restaurant. "I didn't hear a thing. A couple of neighbors said they heard the explosion but not the fire sirens." Neal says she didn't actually learn of the fire until early Thursday morning, when a friend called with the news from Vancouver, Wash. The friend had been called by another friend in Roads End.
As firefighters fought the blaze Wednesday night, Logan Road was closed in both directions. Firefighters had the fire out at 1:47 a.m. and left at 2:15 a.m., but the fire rekindled at 3:30 a.m. A truck and crew returned to the site and had the flare-up out within 10 minutes. At that point, the truck and crew were posted at the site for the rest of the night, and so when the fire erupted again — where the kitchen used to be — about 8 Thursday morning, they were quickly back on the ground to douse the smoldering debris.The last people in the restaurant were six members of a cleaning crew, who left work at 4 p.m. Wednesday.Closed for winter cleaning, the restaurant would normally have reopened Dec. 27. "It has always been a tradition to close between Thanksgiving and Christmas to give everybody a vacation and time to redo what needed to be done at the restaurant," explained Neal. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Neal and her late husband, Bill Neal, opened the restaurant with Roy and Mary Johnson June 23, 1973. From the beginning, says Neal, Roy Johnson was the heart and operator of the business, tinkering with the menu of chowder and fresh fish, hosting a morning coffee klatch for locals and in the early years offering the place to Road Enders for holiday parties during the restaurant's winter hiatus. "Roy made the business," said Neal. "We were just investors. He is the guy who had the energy and the sweat and the tears, and it has really hit him hard." Five years ago, after her husband died, Neal says she eased pretty much out of the business, and the Johnsons' son, Dave Johnson, and nephew-in-law Ron Smith joined the ownership team. It was Dave Johnson who hiked in last night and stood vigil as the restaurant burned, according to Neal.He waited until this morning to break the news to his father, so his dad could get one more good night's sleep before having to deal with all that was to come.