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tygerlily — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:55:31 +0000

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Is This Recipe ME?

tygerlily — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:51:00 +0000

Thanks to a blogging buddy, Marsha, I had to try to see what my recipe ended up being. I think it’s pretty right on, what do you think?

The Recipe For Karen

3 parts Craftiness

2 parts Daring

1 part Laughter

Splash of Desire

Finish off with a squeeze of lime juice

What’s the Recipe for Your Personality?

Calls for Celebration – Yes, MORE!

tygerlily — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:43:00 +0000

Here’s in celebration of…

……making marvelous headway on the baby shower gift for my DN this coming weekend. It is absolutely the cooooooshiest blankie ever. And again I’m so glad I didn’t eBay this yarn away. Made of double stranded Red Heart Baby Teri in Lemon Ice (I think).
And THEN………….

…… celebrating a milestone coming in DD#1′s life this week, I couldn’t resist putting up one of my favorite pictures of her when she was a toddler. Little does she know that this puts a milestone in my own life.

And look at the little clone who is HER DD#1. This is a photo at about the same age as her mom’s photo above. Did I mention, C L O N E???? DGD is now in 1st grade and not only looks like her mother, but acts like her, too. Good stuff.

Saturday Hyjinx

tygerlily — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:46:00 +0000

We were so blessed to have daughter #1 and her two kids come to the new shop on Saturday to help out a little bit and maybe even snag a little fun in here and there. Obviously Grandpa found time to give some rides on one of the carts…… Is that Abby getting ready to become a parade float queen? I think so! Hunter is waving, too, but I think he was more interested in not falling off the front of the cart.

A & H ham it up for me as grandpa gives them a ride on the forklife. Then Hunter got interested when they started to lift all the grocery store sign paper………. Abby is still smiling for the camera. What a gal!
When they got done riding, all we could hear up front was Hunter shouting at the top of his voice, “Grandpa!!! That was AWESOME!!!!!” Oh, to be four years old again. Made our day. It was a fabulous day and through all the fun, we got a lot of work done, too.

Nasty Weather & Feeling Guilty

tygerlily — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:24:00 +0000

First off, the weather is just plain crummy outside. It’s cold, rainy and windy. Ugh

Second, feeling guilty because Bill told me to stay home today and get caught up on laundry and get a little more caught up in the knitting department. So he was off to work at 7 this morning. Two grandkids spent the night, but ‘big fat fwampa’ was gone before they rolled out of bed. I would have kept them longer had I known he wanted me to stay home. But plans do change, don’t they.

My camera is at work. Bill is at work. I shall enjoy my coffee, yarn, and the smell of fabric softener today. Maybe even some L&O-CI????? I’m sure USA has some type of marathon going on.

Still Alive, Working & Kicking AND Knitting!

tygerlily — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:01:00 +0000

Yep, it’s Saturday morning and we’re still working………. Not all bad, we are making great progress on the unpacking of the biz, but real production needs to get done, too. So here is a view from my desk as I’m working (ok, as I’m taking pictures and NOT working)………. You can’t see him, but there is a pressman back there working in that bright lit area.

Some of you may recognize the double-sided tape gun sitting there, on top of a portion of the pocket folders that need to be assembled for Monday morning foiling on Big Heidi. Regular business got way too busy yesterday for me to finish the assembly of these, hence the Saturday work. Not a big deal, tho. You may ask yourself, “Why doesn’t she have her staff do these?” Well, I don’t because I do them faster than anyone on staff. Not bragging, just truthful, I’ve done the math.
Here sits my computer, tuned into Yahoo! Music Jukebox – ahhhhhh, smooth jazzzzzzzzzz……
Here sits my phone, my list of what I would like to accomplish today, and my most favorite license plate I ever got to have. To be honest, a BMW is not the best winter vehicle, but it was sure fun to own that old girl for awhile! And of course my photo of Tyler in Bill’s robe when he was 3 years old and cuter than a bugs ear. Precious.
And here you see my stash of knock-off Jelly Bellies……….. shhhhhhh

On the knitting front, I started a baby afghan for my neice last night in crochet. I thought it would be a better option to crochet since I’m on a time crunch to get this done. After working on it for an hour and a half, I felt so frustrated with it that it got thrown on the floor to be frogged at a later time. So as usual, at 1 in the morning I woke up and my brain was going wild with ideas, so to the internet I go and into my stash of yarn. (This happens a lot, don’t worry) Found the perfect knitted baby blanket pattern (no time to make up my own this time) and absolutely the BEST yarn I could have imagined! Happy I didn’t sell it on eBay because it was in line to go. It was a good reminder that babies happen and I still should be prepared for these occassions by keeping my baby yarn stash. So by the time we left for work this morning I think there’s a good 5 inches done on the blanket and I’m loving it! It’s absolutely going to be perfect and exactly what I want her to have. I will post pix at some point.

Praying for Patience

tygerlily — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:45:00 +0000

Praying for Patience

Yesterday was to the extreme.

Demands were high.

Frustration level at its peak.

Praying that God will grant me the patience needed to get through just this ONE day. One day…..

Starting Day #5

tygerlily — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:40:00 +0000

The man is obsessed. He left at 6 this morning to keep working on upgrades at the new shop. As I sit here in my robe, enjoying my internet groups and news at 7:30am, it is now time to haul myself out there, spin a cookie or two in the old shop with the van (I can dream, can’t I?) and load up as much of Bill’s office as I can. He finally admitted this morning he would appreciate me moving his office and computer.

For those of you who don’t know the history of ‘us’ over the past four years, and wonder why I seem obsessed with blogging Bill’s activities…….. just know this is CELEBRATION blogging. This is singing for joy on my part that no matter what ever happens in our lives now, we have our real Bill back, better than ever, full of life and more motivated than we’ve ever seen him. Yes, more motivated than even his insurance years! “I feel healthy, I feel happy, I feel terrific!” Season will be thankful I spelled ‘terrific’ correctly and not how she said it as a 3 year old!

I am grateful for all of your prayers through these last few years. Onward and upward!

I SHALL knit tonight!!!! (Hope there’s some L&O-CI on TV)

Four Days…. And Counting

tygerlily — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:06:00 +0000

I was thinking you all need an update on finishing up the fourth day of the move. I was able to move 90% of my office in only 2 loads by myself. It was rather cool to just drive into the old shop, back up the van to the office areas, and just LOAD! LOL I could have spun some cookies in there. Now how easy is that!

Anyway, I really wanted to show off all of Bill’s hard work over the past few months. As one of our clients says, “Bill, you made a silk purse out of a sow’s ear!”

Looking from Lisa’s area to front foyer, through my office and to the shop area….
BEFORE

AFTER

(don’t look at the empty boxes)
Looking into Lisa’s area…..

BEFORE

AFTER
Here is my dismal office area…..

BEFORE

AFTER

….and a view from my regular desk to my data desk…….

And the grand finale is Billy’s office! We haven’t moved his real stuff in here yet, but look at that old map that was left IN the wall! And he poly’d up all his walls and shelves – it is absolutely gorgeous.

Bill poured a little concrete to fix an area in the shop and he put mirrors up in all the bathrooms and is starting to lay vinyl in the girl’s bathroom. We’ve been at it since 7 this morning, so it’s time to call it a day and maybe even………… KNIT???????????? Who knows! Yeeee HAAAAA

Total Three Days Under Our Moving Belt

tygerlily — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:23:00 +0000

We have been so blessed……..

1. No injuries in the move (to humans anyway)
2. Movers did an excellent job – both crews
3. Telephones only down for 3/4 of a work day
4. Hard working employees who really kicked it up a notch
5. Electricians had everything hooked up and ready by late afternoon today!!! That was a rough one, but they did great.
6. And to top it off, picked up the desktop for home that had to be repaired and they were able to retrieve all of our photos that were stored on it! Yes, I was overwhelmed and had to shed a tear of joy. Quite unexpected. Thank you to the Computer Magician! (also our new biz neighbor)

Tomorrow I will tackle my office, which hasn’t been touched. I want to move my own computers, printers and files. I want to move Bill’s computer myself also. Maybe Sunday will bring a shopping trip to Best Buy to find a good wireless internet deal so all three of the salesmen can utilize the ‘waves’. Any suggestions?

All in all, moving is exhausting, but the upgrade in surroundings has been well worth the aches and pains. Onward and upward!