Summer!!!

I can finally say I've seen the sun 3 days in a row! Unbelievable! I have been gardening my fool head off and loving it! I'm currently painting a secretary desk and washing bedding. Windows are washed and the house has been cleaned. I have truly slid into the housewife role quite easily. I haven't had time to be bored yet. Megan is currently in Chicago visiting friends and going to the play "Wicked". I can't wait to hear of her adventure! She drove down with a friend and informed me that she is driving home since her friend drove there. We'll all say a prayer she makes it home safely. Rick and I leave for New York in 16 days! We'll be staying right downtown Manhatten! Should be loads of fun! I bought tickets for us to go see the play "Spamalot" which has been nominated for 14 Tony Awards! For those of you who aren't "in the know", it's a spoof of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie. It's gotten great reviews. Rick was delighted. We have dinner reservations at the Tavern on the Green too! I love that place! Well....I'll fill you in more later but for now...have a great week and enjoy our sunshine. Ya neva know what tomorah will bring!
Oh Happy Day!

Even Big Kids Love the Lion King! 

Let Me Hear Ya Rooooar!

Yeah for LION KING!! BEST THEATRICAL PRODUCTION I've ever seen!! AMAZING!! We got goosebumps and Megan said she had tears in her eyes it was sooooo overwhelming! If you ever get a chance to see the play....JUST DO IT!! No matter what the cost...you won't ever regret it! I'll go see it again...maybe New York!!

Rainy Days and Mondays...

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays!!

What is going on??!! God...shall I remind you that this is not supposed to be MONSOON WEATHER?!?! Give us a break ok?? Weatherman says next week a chance for showers every FREAKIN' day!! Today (Saturday) was supposed to be a day of yard work. Kinda impossible with nothing but rain and mud. Sooooo.....we'll go up to Randy and Michelle's for dinner and then check out Jamey's Design Studio Grand Opening! You can check out his official invitation at this web address: http://sevnthsin.com/foursCompany/
Ya gotta check it out! It's hilarious! For those of you who aren't "in the know", Jamey has his business set up in the wharehouse district of Minneapolis along with 3 other people who have their own design business. 2 of them do design full time while Jamey and one of his other buddies work part time there and full time at Target.com. We'll go congratulate them on their new enterprise and then let the young people have their fun after we leave. That's the way it works now, I guess, old people are invited to come and go promptly so the kids can party. It's just nice to see them be successful.
So let's all put our hands together and pray for a week of sunshine! You are my Sunshine...My only Sunshine (you know who you are)!

Refrigerator Blues

How can anyone have this much trouble with one STUPID refrigerator?! Remember back a few weeks ago when within one weeks time I managed to crash my car and my refrigerator stopped working? Welllll.....we've had nothing but refrigerator blues since then! Let's re-visit the past for just a bit shall we? It all started one Sunday afternoon. I just returned from a trip to the grocery store only to find that my refrigerator of 15 years finally "kicked the bucket". Sooooo....off we went to find a new one! Since most of the appliance stores aren't open on Sundays we ended up begrudgingly purchasing a floor model from Best Buy (I say this because it is NOT my favorite store). Since they didn't offer to transport it for me we hauled it home -with me in the back of the pick-up holding on for dear life! 2 days later I'm noticing a "WEIRD NOISE" . Best Buy tells me to have a mechanic come look at it to decipher what the heck it is. That said...a very nice servicemen (they are apparently the only ones interested in customer service) advised me to have it replaced (something to do with the compressor). So I go back to the beloved Best Buy (yeah, right) and order another one only to be told that model is discontinued
...pick another! I pick another and pay $100 more with delivery and pick up scheduled for 2 weeks later (no matter...I get to keep the old one until the new one comes-just wanna keep my food cold, folks). 4 days before the scheduled delivery I get a phone call declaring the refrigerator I ordered is unavailable and I need to pick another one that day in order to receive it on my scheduled delivery day!! Unbelievable!! It's now 4:45 pm and I have to make a decision in 10 minutes! I go online and pick one out with specific details and instructions. Now skip forward to Wednesday. I have arranged my schedule to accomodate a delivery for Wednesday morning. Ok...once again...very nice servicemen come to my house in the pouring rain (the sun was shining one hour before they got there-how predictable!). They have a HUGE brand new truck they won't drive down my driveway because they don't want the tree branches to scratch it...Awwwww! The 2 servicemen come into the house to scope out the delivery process. Upon seeing my "white" refrigerator one of the very kind servicemen says to me "By the way...You do realize the refrigerator we're delivering has stainless front with black sides?" OH MY GOD!! Cindy slumps to the chair and shakes her head. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!! No one is around Best Buy to fix my dilemma so I send back both refrigerators! Now I have groceries stuffed in my daughter's very small college refrigerator and no place to put my Veggies! What's a woman to do? I travel into Rochester on business errands and stop in to clean up my account with Best Buy only to find that I have forgotten the paperwork on the counter at home! I am assuming that fate is at work here and everything will work out in due time. I should have a REAL Refrigerator being delivered from "Geyer's" Appliance Store today! Only problem is that I won't be here to make sure it's right. Megan has to get her butt outta bed to accomodate the delivery. I could write a book about these experiences! Oh wait...I do believe I just did! Ha! I think I could use a prayer or 2 right about now. What do you think?

You Da Man! 

Oooohhh...Happy Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY goes out to my beloved Hubby of 25 years!! Let's go for another 25 ok?

Just Another Day? I Think Not!

What a Great Day! Even though the sun didn't shine (again!) the smiles we shared were all bright enough to warm our day! We celebrated Rick's 25 years of dedication to the "Blue Zoo" (IBM) with friends and family. It was fun to hear all the stories of past work experiences from business trips to jokes that were played on each other. Times go by so fast and it's fun to take the time to reflect on your experiences and achievements. Oh...and speaking of achievements I would like to congratulate my Meggie for successfully completing her 3rd year of college!! Woo Hoo! What a great accomplishment! And look out London cause here she comes!! Another Congrats goes to Jamey for his very successful completion of a huge project for Target.com that has received great reviews from many people at the executive level! Not to mention that during this huge project he was also teaching design classes at the College of Visual Arts AaaaaND working on many projects for the MN Timberwolves and the MN Linx websites thru his VERY OWN Sevnthsin.com business! You can go to this link to see his most recent work at Target...http://www.freestylelivin.com/index_main.html

I think that our children's future's look pretty bright...don't you?

Oh Let the Sun Shine!

I can't think of many other places except maybe Seattle that would have so many gloomy days! It is physically and emotionally depressing. I want to get out in the yard and plant some flowers but the sun will not come out to dry things up. I refuse to dig in the mud. I'm not that desperate...really! A friend of mine is moving to Witchita, Kansas. I think I'll go with her. Other than the fact that it is literally in the middle of tornado valley it's got to be sunnier and warmer than here. I think I'll go find something to do. There's got to be a cobweb somewhere I can chase. Apparently Rick thinks I'm his own personal maid now that I'm home. He leaves his stuff everywhere!! Is there a rule out there that says men shouldn't have to put their dishes in the dishwasher (the counter or coffee table is perfectly fine...the cats can lick them clean there), or have so many clothes laying about for weeks that you forget which ones are clean and which ones are dirty?(the top of the dresser or floor is an acceptable place to store your clean or dirty clothes for weeks at a time while the dresser is almost completely empty). Maybe I'm being too petty because I have time on my hands or maybe I'm just finally realizing that I don't get paid enough to pick up after anyone but myself. And that's pushing it too! Hee hee!
I hope you all see the sun shine today and that it will help to change my mood from grumpy to grateful. I am grateful of course...for the many things I have. Remind me of that OK?

I can now see...my future is as bright as can be. Two cousins sharing a moment. 

So much has happened in such a short time in my life. There has been so much good and there is so much more to come, and I wanted you to know that all of this is nothing without you. 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! 

A Day In The Sun!

What a nice day...it could have been a little less windy. I'm glad I didn't have to worry about my hair - Ha! Guess what I did today?! Give up? I ran some inventory into one of my stores in Roch. and realized halfway there that I left the inventory in a box at home! DUH!! I was so focused on all my errands today and hauled a box of extra crystals to my car and forgot the REAL ORDER at home!! What a DITZ! So I had to turn around and go back! A one hour errand turned into about 2 1/2. Jeez! You'd think I was 80 years old! Can't even imagine what it will be like when I'm really that old!
So Sunday is Mother's Day. I prefer to think that every day is mother's day. We work every day to make sure our family is ok. That never stops...even when they leave the nest! To set aside one day to honor the Mom and Dad seems a little silly to me. The family should honor them each and every day! This is something I don't think anyone can truly understand until they've raised a family. Oh well...I guess it IS an excuse for my kids to actually come home to see me! I can deal with that! Yeha!! Come on home...roast and potatoes for supper. Yeah...I'll work on Mother's day...afterall...that's what Mom's do. And for the most part...what we WANT to do! So enjoy the day everyone. Maybe I can get a few pics to post like Brianna! Ha ha!

Oh for Heaven's Sake!!

Happy May Day?? Can I just PLEASE say that this weather "Sucks the Big One"! How we are teased with warm temps for 2 weeks only to be sucked back into the winter war! UUUUUuuuuuuggggghhh! I mean REALLY!! Let's have summer already, ok??? Today was a fun day. I got to announce and play the music for the Just For Kix Spring Show! It was so much fun! Brings back soooo many memories. Good ones. Little kids smiling, dancing, and having fun. I don't miss all the work, however. It was nice to just waltz in and let everyone else worry about everything. Kinda weird though, since I'm so used to running the show...hee hee. Well...I'm sick of freezin' my butt off so I'm gonna go sit in the hot tub to warm up. I think I'm Spoiled, huh? Stay warm everyone and pray for summer!!