Hey fellow Bloggers!! Been forever since I have done any writing here. My computer was so old-my son gave me one for Christmas. By that time I was so out of the main- stream and busy with so much other things. My Hubby works sooo many hours-we will create full time when he retires in 5 years or sooner. Retirement-we seem too young for that!!!!! Facebook seems to be the THING now-have lots of family on it. Planning a surprise party for Marshall's 60th b-day this year and a family reunion with it. So far he does not have a clue-but he figures out things pretty easy. Have redone our bedroom this year-all the furnishings-got a new sterns and foster mattress set-luxery-well worth the price. We watch too much HGTV!!! HA!! Sooo this past winter we redid the whole room-so much fun-we love to decorate. Marshall made me all kinds of great furniture in his trusty workshop. He was on a leave with a tear in his knee. It healed up without surgery-a miracle in our book. We found a new church and take our 2 grand-daughters that live near us. We still have 7-no new ones YET!!! My grandkids in Michigan will be here in July for the party. My son Chad has a new business called ASHTON-HAWK they remodel homes-still landscaping also in his business Wood and Water Designs. Nate is building Habitat Homes for people and is in the paper alot. They wll have a new home next year also. My grand-daughter goes to Kindergarten this year.Too searle!!! I have been creating alot of things for ME!! Never had time for that-so I made time. Still love to design-got sooo burned out doing this ALL the time. I had to take a break and focus on other things. Got a huge Album of the family scapbooked. It would take years to do it all -so I picked my favorite pictures. Also did an album of my childhood and kids and grandkids. Lots of money in those albums. Made some awesome journals also. I am getting a new laptop and I am going to try my hand at writing. My son really feels that I can do this and gave me the ideas he felt would be good. I wrote when I was in school. Always thought I would be a writer instead of an artist-time to switch gears. The laptop will be mobile for me-it is hard for me to keep still anymore-I would be better off at Starbucks or something. I turn 54 this year-gee wasn't my mother that age!!!! Time just goes sooo quick. Use it to the fullest. I have wasted years in a struggle to be happy. I figured out I wasn't so miserable after all-it was all the people around me that I let affect me wayyyy too much. You can only love them-pray and let them make the choice for themselves. Me and Marsh are going back to CapeCod this year hopefully in Oct. That is my favorite time of year!!! Well- have things to get done-will try to post some new pictures on here soon.