#4 January 4, 2013

Worked until 12:30.

Tonight Rain went to Flick & Float at the Y, Ethan and Gavin were there also.

Mike and Penny stopped by for a little visit.

That is Sydney getting in the picture.

TV Shows & Movies watched tonight

                                                               Chopped

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The Honeymooners

The Big Bang Theory

The Saint Meets The Tiger

2013

This is my first post of 2013 and my first in over 6 months. I have not had the inkling to do any posts until now. For now I am going to try a different approach and think of this as a daily journal. I'm not exactly sure how I will go about this, or if I will even keep it up, but I am going to try. I am hoping to do a project life type of album this year, so this will help me to keep everything in order.
I hope everyone has a wonderful new year with lots of hope, love and adventure.

#1 January 1, 2013

This was my mom's 75th birthday. She looks so good for 75. We had a surprise birthday party for her on Boxing Day. She was thrilled with that.

Sadly it also the anniversary of the death of my cousins 21/2 year old son, Kiran. My cousin Brian and his wife Sejal asked his family and friends to wear Kiran's favourite colour yellow on this day in remembrance of him. And then he wanted us to send him a picture of us dressed in yellow. So all that were here that day did just that. We felt honoured that we could do this for these beautiful people. 
Mike and Penny came over for the afternoon. And Ethan and Gavin wanted to come over to play with Rain. Logan and Cathy were already here. We ordered pizza and had a nice meal together.
Cathy and mom took off the decorations on the Christmas tree.
Amberley & Perry went to Sarnia for Perry's birthday. They met up with Owen, I was buying his Samsung tablet and he gave it to them to bring home to me. My laptop broke during the holidays, so when he said he would sell it to me I jumped at the opportunity. I was thrilled to get it, but it takes time getting used to a tablet, I had to stop thinking of it as a computer and start thinking of it as a mobile device.
All in all it was a good day.

 TV Shows And Movies Watched:
The Big Bang Theory

Black Widow

Instagram Tuesday

Instagram Photos

  

Summer Fun with Rain, Sydney & Perry

 So far my highest score on Scramble Free.

 

Brittany and Me

 

A Farmer's Field

A Tree Along A Pathway

My First Post Of 2012

Its been awhile since I last entered a post. Life for me has changed a great deal, but it is all good. First off starting in Sept. my grandson Rain moved in with me and my mom. It was decided between his mom and me that this was the best thing for him right now. He adjusted very well. His school grades are great, he is reading very well and he just seems happy. So you can imagine life with an 8 year old. Life is much busier and tiring but the rewards for me are wonderful. Secondly I quit my job of 34 years in Sept. I was not getting enough hours there and I had gotten a full time job at a call centre. I was there for about 3 weeks. My mom went into the hospital and we both realized that the amount of hours I was working was to much. You see when I was working my mom would watch Rain, though he is no trouble it is still an adjustment, and I also realized that this was not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
In Oct. I started working as seasonal help for Future Shop (Best Buy). I really liked it there and the people are fantastic to work for, but I just didn't feel a 100% comfortable there. Since I knew that I would be done on Jan. 7, I sent out some resumes.
No Frills called me in Jan. for an interview later that week, I was hired on the spot and I absolutly love it there. It is what I know, I am getting lots of hours, the people are wonderful and I find it much less stressful than the Superstore. Also at this store I do overrides, price matches and returns. It works out well with Rain, because I can take him to the bus in the morning and I usually get home in time (when working evenings) to say goodnight to him. I love my life.

Ethan and Rain are now 8, Gavin turns 7 next month and Sydney is 2. Owen is 20 and is working full time in Strathroy. If he gets permanent full time he is planning on moving there next year. Brittany is 26 now and still living in London, she is looking for a new place to live. She has been diagnosed with neuropathy and is in constant pain. Amberley is 29 and she is having tests to see if she has neuropathy, it is hereditary (their dad has it), she has a daycare in her house, and I am her backup and helper. My mom is doing well, she is such a great help with Rain. So now I am caught up I can go on with other things.

Pictures and Ali Edwards

First off I received a reply  to a comment I made from Ali Edwards, that was kinda exciting.       January 18, 2011

• Terry said…
  Hi Ali
  I love your projects. I however do not have Photoshop/Elements, but would love to purchase some of you overlays and brushes. Can either one be used in another photo editing program, I have Microsoft Digital Image Suite.
  Thanks
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    January 18, 2011
    Ali said…
    Hi Terry – I’m not familiar with that program (someone who reads this might have more information). You could download a couple of my free brushes and see if they work. Here’s a couple links: http://aliedwards.com/2010/01/scrapbooking-with-your-computer-downloading-unzipping-organizing-digital-elements.html
    and
    http://aliedwards.com/2010/09/love-you-digital-scrapbook-freebie.html
    I’m pretty certain that you do I’m pretty certain that you do need Photoshop or Elements to use the layered templates.
    
    
    Now for some pictures.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    My nephew stayed here during March break. And his friend Gage came from Windsor and stayed at his grandparents. The three of them had a great time.
    
    
    Mike and Penny came over to play Settlers, Logan won. Rain was my partner, he was a big help.
    
    
    
    This collage is of some of the things we did during March break when Rain was here for the week. Of course we went to McDonalds. We also went to the Library and had a couple of games of Settlers. On the last night we went to Pizza Hut for supper.
    
    
    On Wed. night Ethan and Gavin came over for supper and a movie. The movie was  Open Season 2. It was a very cute movie. The boys had a lot of fun playing together.
    

My Cool Guys

It’s Been A Long Time

It has been such a long time since I last posted.  I kind of lost the desire to add to my blog. I haven’t even gone out much to take pictures. Although I did tonight because the sunset was so beautiful.
I have been trying my hand at designing digital embellishments and sentiments. When I have it the way I want, I will put them on my blog for testing. I will never be in Ali Edwards league, I would still like to try my hand at it. Even if I don’t make any money from it, I will save by using them on my own pictures and layouts.
I really want to try to make a December Daily. I have all of the supplies I need, I just don’t have the time. If I don’t get it done for Christmas 2010, I will have it ready for Christmas 2011.
I am still enjoying living in Chatham. My grandchildren are now 7 (Ethan & Rain) 6 (Gavin) & 1 and a bit (Sydney).
This past summer I traveled to San Diego, California. I had a wonderful time. I stayed with a good friend, Robin. I went to Sea World and swimming in the ocean.



The top picture was taken last week. It’s Ethan, Rain & Gavin.
The middle one was taken tonight.
The last one is of one of mom’s tulips that were given to her.

#125

This is the train station in Goderich. My great grandfather worked here, he was the train master, that was a long time ago. It was altered in Picnik.
This is the original picture.

Grandchildren, Postcards, Stamps and More

I bought these 3 postcards in Las Vegas in 2000.   
This postcard is from Thailand, which I received from another member of Postcrossing. And these beautiful stamps were on the card.

  
I watched these 2 movies recently. It was the first time I have seen Singapore, I liked the movie, I like intrigue movies, however I found Ava Gardner's voice kind of annoying. I am not sure if she always talked like this or if it was only for this movie. I have seen Robin Hood many times before, and it is always fun to watch. Errol Flynn is a fine swashbuckler. I recommend both movies, but the 2nd one is more family friendly.          In March I made this Swedish Meatball recipe, which was in my grandmother's recipe box. I enjoyed it very much, it was easy to make the meatball's. I am thinking that I would like to attempt to make as many of her recipes as I can.
Here are some pictures of my grandchildren. They are growing up so fast.   
And finally I was able to get a good picture of the moon, it's not the best but it is one of the best I have taken.
Have a good day.
Terry