etc. January 2011

snow at midnight in the backyard

not fun driving in,

but definitely a winter wonderland!

okay, check this out very closely ... another example of a backyard miracle (you remember the Rog falling out of the tree miracle). Put Bella out on her lead and went to check on her a short time later and found THIS! The little puppy had climbed the stairs to the loft over the garage and fallen through the back of the stairs (see her green lead). Very lucky that little puppy did not hang herself! What was she thinking??? Thank you angels for watching over her!

on the brighter side ... so sexy!

(pistols and stamens)

Thanks again BLU!

that's all for now ... nap time ... I WISH!

Happy New Year!

xoxo,

Christmas 2010

It's the most wonderful

time of the year! Kevin and Bryan are home from San Diego,

Las Vegas and Salt Lake!

(Kevin turned 28 in Las Vegas and his birthday
lasted 25 hours - Happy Birthday Kevin)

picked up my boys Christmas Eve at BDL

Having a wicked merry Christmas!

Bry's press passes decorate the tree!

BEST Christmas cards from my Boys!

digging for Christmas treasures buried by Aunti Shell
(Bry is a Yankee fan)

Kev is a Red Sox fan

awwwwwwwwwww

no shortage of yummy food at Aunt Kathy's

the only creature that was stirring ...

Amaryllis from blu!

a long winter's nap

Bella and her hyena from Santa

Good will to men and women!

from beneath Shell and Bruce's tree

the pre-holiday feast in NH

the reason for the season!

xoxo,

What I DO and DO NOT Know!

I knew Bryan was covering the Utah and San Diego game in San Diego on Saturday, Nov. 20th. I knew he'd be driving along with 5 friends from school and the Chrony in 2 cars. I knew Bryan would be one of the drivers. The trip out, went as planned and took approximately 10 hours (I knew that). Utah beat San Diego on Saturday night (YAY!) and the plan was to drive the 10 hours back on Sunday. I woke up Sunday and heard the weather report, didn't care what was happening here in CT, but the National Weather Service reported problems for travelers in the West. Heavy snow falling in the southern cascades and Sierra Nevada, white out conditions thru the Rockies, especially Interstate-15. I knew he was traveling that way, sent a little text message "travel safe - will you hit snow? xoxo", he writes back, "hope not, might, we'll see". Called him a bit later and he said he was in St. George, UT and I never heard from him again until today. I knew he had to pick up a friend at the airport in SLC at approximately 8:30 p.m. last night. He would get into SLC, head into work for a couple hours and then rush off to pick up Wendy. I knew he was busy. What I didn't know was the ride home took 16 hours. I-15 was closed due to numerous accidents, Bryan and his friends chose an alternate route. They were separated from the 2nd car which ended up turning back. Bryan never made it back to SLC until after midnight (made arrangements for a friend to pick up Wendy) and today he filled me in on all the other details that I did not know ... the accident they narrowly escaped and the impact it had even on Bryan! I was at work when most of this was happening, all wrapped up in my work stuff. Getting to bed at 1:30 this a.m. I imagined Bryan and Wendy grabbing something to eat after her flight and hoping that Bryan remembered to put clean sheets on her bed. I had NO idea! Bryan said today that he wanted to get through it and tell me about it when it was over and not make me go through it with him. I can't imagine how I would have dealt with knowing what was going on. I'm sure, like Bryan, I would have coped, but so much is totally out of my control. I know he is safe now and I know I prayed yesterday that God would keep him and his friends safe and free from harm during their travels.
I KNOW my prayers were answered!

A photo Bryan shared with me today

(after it was all over)!

... can you imagine ALL the other stuff I don't know ??? :)

xoxo

sprinkled blessings studios: Carved the Thanksgiving pumpkin today ...

sprinkled blessings studios: Carved the Thanksgiving pumpkin today ...: "Carved the Thanksgiving pumpkin today ... with a Dremel that Rog bought me. I bought this hardy pumpkin the 2nd week of October and never g..."

Happy 55th Birthday Husband!

Rog blowing out his birthday candles a few years back ...

xoxo,

sprinkled blessings studios: Home Sweet SUMMER Home

sprinkled blessings studios: Home Sweet SUMMER Home: "rescued this way old cutting board from Roger's Dad's workshop a few years back (I save everything within reason, and so did Dad) ... Check it out!

Bryan's TV Debut with The Mtn.

Check out a clip of Bryan's television debut with The Mountain West Sports Network! Go to themtn.tv and view ATM: The Crew Talks Utah. The show will televise last night at 7:30 p.m. out West. It's only the beginning! Well done Bryan!

Happy Anniversary Husband!

Happy 12 Years Rog!

xoxo