A new family member...

Introducing Thomas Jefferson (TJ for short) my new kitten. He was supposed to be the "quiet, timid one", but since he's gotten comfortable in his new home, it seems he has quite a set of lungs on him...wonder where he gets THAT from...haha! Anyway...hope you enjoy the pics of my new little baby!!!

Update on Jeff

I talked to my mom earlier today & they got the results of my brother's ct scan he had on Tuesday. Apparently the mass has shrunk to 5.3 x 3.6 (it started at 11.1 x 9.8) & the Dr. is thrilled. Unfortunately Jeff still has to do one more cycle (4 treatments) of chemo before he goes on to the radiation therapy, but we are really happy & thankful that he's made it this far & that the mass has shrunk so significantly -- what an answer to prayer! So that's the scoop on that.
Anyway, I'm starting to get excited, because Jeff is flying out here to see me on July 1st & then Mom & Dad will be here on the 3rd (they're driving). We haven't gotten to spend the 4th of July together in a long time, so I'm REALLY looking forward to it! Plus I'm taking a whole week off work ~ YAY! :-D
So, that's my update...I will try to find time sometime soon to post more pictures! Thanks for all your thoughts & prayers! Love ya!!!!

busy girl

I thought it might be easier to just do a slide show to catch you up on everything that's been keeping me busy...of course this isn't everything, so I'll try to do another one soon! Enjoy! :-)

Tagged!

Rules: Answer the following questions, then tag 5 other people on their blogs.

What was I doing 10 years ago?
This makes me feel old...I was a sophmore in college at GBS

5 things to do today:
Work
Grocery shopping
Laundry
Download pictures from vacation
SLEEP!!!!!

Snacks I enjoy:
Chocolate
Chips/Crackers
Chocolate
Fruit
Chocolate
Cheese
Chocolate

If I were a Billionaire:
Make life easier for my family & friends (that aren't already billionaires LOL)
Buy a lot of stuff (house, cars, etc.)
Quit work & start my family. :-)

Bad Habits I Have:
Eating too much
Not exercising
Watching too much tv...
oh...& I'm the Queen of Procrastination! haha

Places I've Lived:
Winchester, IN
Terre Haute, IN
Cincinnati, OH
Achilles, VA
Overland Park, KS
Shawnee, KS
Olathe, KS

Jobs I've Had:
Librarian
Cleaned houses (maybe THAT's why I hate cleaning my own so much! lol)
Nanny
Taught music & preschool
Drove School bus (yes, I really did!)
Worked at a hospital & then a cancer center...
Currently I'm a Clinical Data Coordinator for a clinical research organization.

5 people I'd like to know more about:
Keri C.
Tawnya S.
Carrie C.
Erin E.
Margaret G.

Easter Sunday

Darric & me Easter 2008

Just me :-)
Darric looking good all dressed up!
With the nieces...the boy didn't want his picture taken at the time!
But he was happy to smile now...he was about to get his Easter basket! :-)

Good Friday!

"Ladies who lunch" - Tawn, Tish & me after lunch...we missed our 4th "muskateer" Oleta, but still had fun! :-) (just ask Tish about the "tuckey sandwich! LOL)












Here's a picture of the outside Webster House where Darric works & where we had lunch












Tawn & me after Curtis worked his magic on our hair! :-D

time for a new post...

So, I don't know about any of you, but I am past being sick of this winter weather. I have decided that I'm ready to MOVE!!!!! LOL I was pretty irrate with the snow that fell on friday, but I had to be grateful that I don't live in Ohio! ;-)

The beginning of last week was quite interesting for me starting at about noon on Sunday. I was in the middle of making Sunday dinner when I stepped in a big puddle of water. I then discovered that something I had just taken out of the freezer wasn't quite as frozen as it should've been...needless to say, our refrigerator had apparently bitten the dust at some point during the night. After we frantically unloaded EVERYTHING into our deep freezer & coolers, I ran to the gas station to pick up ice. Then, we proceeded to go shopping for a new fridge...Lowe's, Sear's, Home Depot...here we come! I found & fell in love with a REALLY nice Samsung at Lowe's, loved that they could deliver on Monday, but didn't like the price. So on to Sear's. They had "my" fridge (but a step down), but couldn't deliver until SATURDAY! NO WAY JOSE!!!!!! LOL! Home Depot had nothing interesting, so back to Lowe's we went to see if we could get a "deal". Well, get a "deal" we did -- AND I got exactly what I wanted -- YAY!!!!!!! :-) Here's a pic of my beautiful NEW "BABY"! ;-) Thankfully it got delivered on Monday (which was another andventure in & of itself, that I'm NOT going to go into! LOL) Anyway, I'm very happy to have my new fridge & glad I didn't have to wait a whole week to get it! :-)

I also wanted to post this pic of my wonderful, sweet friend Anna & her new baby boy Kyler Lee. He is SO adorable! He joins 15 mo old Killian, so pray for Anna...Killian wasn't too sure about baby brother when he met him for the first time! :-) (there you go, Mom!) ;-)

Well, I think I'm going to go for now...here's hoping that Spring arrives soon & that we don't get any more snow!!!!!!! :-D