Winter Wonderland

These pictures don't show it very well but this morning everything was white, frosty and frozen! It looked so pretty like all the trees were crystal! It was COLD, but it was pretty.

Just ONE little ole chocolate!

I swear, just one little chocolate! That's all she had....then I hear her come up to me and say, "Gramma...oh oh, lookey dat!" When I turn around this is what I find!
(And there is the chocolate on the counter...she didn't even consume half of it!)

Best Part of My Job

I love my job running the book store. I get to meet many different kinds of people and have some great conversations with them! People are so friendly shopping in this type of store. But my favorite part of my job is being able to help take care of my youngest grandaughter, Ellie. She turned two years old this last week and all of a sudden it seems like the baby has been left behind and we have a little girl who speaks full sentences and can actually communicate with us! She is wonderful but I sure will miss the little baby Ellie too.

The beginning of The Book Shack's website was turned on today! It has a ways to go but it is a start! Check it out and let me know what you think. (I didn't build it...Valley Journals did, it's part of the advertising package I have with them) Let me know any suggestions you have for what I could add to it. I will be putting on the Author of the Month information and adding pictures (and deleting some)...anyways take a look, K? http://bookshackmidvale.com/

My Weekend!

Allison, Kaitlyn, Teresa, Ellie & Reanna (left to right)
Saturday night we had a scrapbook sleepover with all 5 of my grandaughters! We had so much fun, scrapped, made cards, glued our hands up, had pizza...slept some then got up and started scrappin' all over again!

Happy Birthday Michael! I love you...

Today is my sweet hubby's birthday! He is 65 today and I am having a hard time realizing that we have reached this point together! In my minds eye we are both still in our 30's with our young family and all of life still ahead of us. The years have totally flown by.

So, I just want to say that the years we have had together have been, without a doubt, the absolute best in my life. I hope you have a great birthday Michael and many, many more to come.

Just as a side note you know how people always say that life can change in just a second...yesterday Michael's boss had an accident in the truck that Michael drives fairly often. It just makes you stop and think how quick something could happen...luckily Lane wasn't hurt badly, some burns and glass in his face. I am thankful that Michael did not have that truck yesterday, and I am thankful that Lane will be OK...he and his wife just had a brand new baby!

Here is the link to the news story.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=7500124

Not Hot Pink, but pink just the same...

Here is the finished paint job...still don't know what my landlord was thinking but it has grown on me! It is unique like soooooo many other things about this building! And, the paint job does look better than how it was before! So pink paint (landlord calls it Blush), dark red trim and then my dark green shutters! Almost cartoonish! Ha ha!