More 4th of July Pictures

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

We went to Zionsville's Fireworks tonight.

Here are a few pictures:

Took this picture of Mars with my camera the other night............NOT!!!!

Found it online and thought it was awesome...so I'm sharing it with you. It had a black background around it (you know, that thing they call "space") but I Photoshopped that out so it just left the beautiful planet there for you to see.

The Hubble Telescope took the picture in October of 2005.

Enjoy!

Congratulations to Rosie!

She passed her Para Pro test

with flying colors!!!!!!!

HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY,
MANDA REE!!!

The Big FOUR OH!

Happy 40th Birthday to Rosie!!!! She turns the big FOUR OH today!!!!

Hope you had a good day Rosa Maria!!

Soul Patrol!!!!

Soul Patrol!!!!

Soul Patrol!!!!

Happy 8th Grade Graduation Olivia!!!

Look out High School Here She Comes!!!

Is this the cutest little file tote you've ever seen or what?

Here we go, yet another entry in my never ending quest to find cool, sometimes useful (sometimes not), desktop-clutter reducing stuff on the internet - check out my latest find!!!!! A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD that really works (and makes a clicking noise!!)

This thing uses Bluetooth technology to cast a laser image of a keyboard onto your desktop (or any other flat surface). To make it even cooler, the geniuses gave the "keys" an actual clicking sound when you touch them! It's $179.99 at ThinkGeek.com - maybe worth the bucks if you have a really cluttered desktop or if you use your cell phone and PDA for typing out messages to your friends.

The WOW factor among other geeks may be worth the dough too. Be the first in your Star Trek Support Group to get one!!

Mother's Day is around the corner. What's everyone getting for their mothers?

I think I'm going to give mom a Stainless Steel Stock pot and some flowers to plant around her house. She needs something to do in her newly retired stage of life, planting flowers sounds like fun!

Should we do another "get Grammy Kroger gift certificates" cousin combo? I'll probably get her some, plus Rosie and I will do the traditional planting of her flowers in the front planter on Sunday......Rosie - get your gardenin' gloves out - we got diggin to do! Here's a shout out to all cousins....Hey anyone's welcome to come dig in the dirt with us! :-)

Hope to see you all on Sunday.

Andrea

I must have found this image, gosh it must have been 10 years ago, on the web. I loved the image and added the words myself. I recently found it while roaming through the files on my computer. Thought I'd share it with you.

My love of everything gaudy may have hit an all time high
(or low depending how you look at it).

I had a muted, dull colored Martha Stewart shower curtain.
See below.

It's never really been my style.

I usually like things bright and cheery. So I took down the dull Martha Stewart and replaced it with this $15.99 Walmart "so bright it's blinding" shower curtain.

When you walk by this bathroom now, it's almost startling. But...hey it wasn't expensive and I can change it in a heartbeat if I decide I don't like it.

What do you guys think, has my love for gaud gone too far?

So, what do you think of my new blog colors?

I love spring and all the beautiful flowers and blooming trees. Here are some examples from Bo's yard.

Spring has sprung and I have proof! Check it out!

Got some cool pictures of Bo's barn today. Stopped in to say hey and see how the guys have been. Just happened to have my camera with me so I snapped a few shots.

Here they are!

Who doesn't love to relax in the bathtub? Wouldn't it be great if each of us had a spa tub with some soothing lights to soak in from time to time.....

WELL NOW Y OU TOO CAN HAVE SPA LIGHTS IN YOUR VERY OWN BATHTUB.

Check them out! I found them at:
http://www.prezzybox.com/products/index.aspx?pid=3780



















Here's what the website says about them:

Mood lighting can turn a relaxing soak in the tub into a indulgent, decadent treat. With handy suction cups and a waterproof body, these beautiful Spa Lights will transform bath time from lush to mega-lush.

Use the suction cup to attach Spa Lights to the sides of the bath or against the tiles in your shower and enjoy their warm yellow glow... alternatively let them float freely onto of the water for a more organic, oriental feel. Spa Lights come as a pack of two, and one set of batteries will give you a healthy 120 hours of relaxing, fun and beautiful lighting.

Hey everyone, Kellie is the newest blogger in the family!!! Check out her blog at:

http://kiwis-korner.blogspot.com/

Talk to you later!
Andrea

Has everyone heard of MENSA - the organization for the "exceptionally gifted" and so called "smart people"? Well I found the most hysterical thing on the net today.

It's called NotMensa - the Interplanetary Society for the Stupid! Some of their "slogans" are priceless.

Like:

• NotMensa - Are you stupid enough to join?
• NotMensa - The Place where it's ok to talk without thought

So I share this with a few of my most sarcastic co-workers. We decide we should take the IQ test to see if we are dumb enough to qualify for membership. http://www.mockery.org/notmensa/test.htm

I don't think I've laughed so hard in a LONG time! Maybe it was just the company I was with that made it exceptionally funny to me. Some of the questions were just ridiculously funny! Question number 10 caught me completely off guard!

Check it out if you need a good laugh!

So the other night, I'm stumbling into our dark bedroom...oh 'round 2:30 am when CRACK - my little toenail and the heel of Rich's "in the middle of my path - where they are not supposed to be" dress shoe meet in a quite untimely fashion.

"OW!!!" (and other un-named curse words) cross my lips in the darkened room.

Laying in bed, with what I think is a cracked toenail and feeling my heart beating in my toe, I think to myself...."I wish I had a toe light." Then my brain really kicked into 2:30 am insanity and came up with these ideas:

• A light toe ring. I don't know, not really into toe rings and how could I keep it on top of my toe, shining in the right direction?
• "An ankle strap flashlight?" Might cause me to exercize one calf more than the other..and who wants to lug that thing around? "This won't work", I think to myself.
• A robe with rope light in the hem. I don't wear robes and I don't plan to just so I can see at night on my way to bed. Plus rope lighting might weigh the robe down and the material from the robe will dull the lights. This isn't the answer.

Well, I found it. I found exactly what I need!

Houseslippers with headlights!!!!!!!

Check out this video to see them in action. These are for REAL!

http://www.brightfeetslippers.com/video/brightfeet.wmv

I can't tell you how many times I've been sitting here at my computer, cravin' up some good fondue but completely unwilling to tear myself away from the internet. Do I eat, do I surf...that is the question!!!

Well ask no more, people!!! Finally someone has come up with a USB powered Fondue pot! Goodbye hunger....hello Fondue!!

P.S. I don't think this is real...but I couldn't resist getting you all excited about computer-heated fondue!

THE GIFT OF THE YEAR!!!

CHEETOS FLAVORED LIP BALM

(I admit, I'm completely addicted to lipstick, lip balm etc...
I think I'll take a pass on this one however!)

Here are some pictures of the hail that hit our house just before 11pm tonight. It hailed so hard I thought out windows and skylights were going to crack!

Luckily I put my car and the truck in the garage so they didn't get damaged. That was some crazy hail storm!!

The storms tonight gave off quite a show. Wish I could have captured some of the sky to ground lightning but I was driving so....I decided not to take pictures and drive at the same time. I did stop long enough to get a couple of great shots at sunset. I'm calling these:

Two Storms that Pass in the Night:

Happy 14th Birthday Olivia!!

Hope you have so much fun you turn upside down!!

Party til you put your shoes on the wrong feet!!!!!

I get up for work at 6:30. Before Saturday night's time change, I always awoke to the beautiful sunrise and birdies singing. Now...thanks to Eastern Standard time, I get up in the dark. It looks like winter when I get up. I don't like it, people!

I wany my hour back!

Ever wonder which horrible affliction you are? I have...so I took this quick and easy online test to find out. http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/affliction/

Turns out, I'm rickets.

Whoda thunk?

Winter......It could have been worse!

In this photo provided by Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp., Michelle Baxter tackles some of the more than 400 inches of snow that have piled up during the season on the roof of Patrol HQ, at the Steamboat Ski Area in Colorado, Thursday, March 16, 2006. This is the fifth time the resort has reached the 400-inch cumulative snowfall milestone in the past 27 years and the first time since the 1997/98 ski season, according to the resort. (AP Photo/Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp., Larry Pierce)

A Bag Full

Here's the scoop....I think the pilot on the way to Vegas was either drunk or got some kind of sick pleasure out of hitting every air "pothole" in the sky. It was super windy so the ride to Vegas was freakin awful. Sounds like everyone who went out on Thursday had the same experience. I actually got sick 5 times - but never had to use the bag....just got sick, fought off as much as I could and what did come up I put it back down. I won't get much more graphic than that. That is unless y'all want me to.

The trip home was smoooooooth as silk! For some reason though Sunday, I had a head splitting headache - just one o' them things I guess!!

Hey folks, it's been a crAAAAAzy week for me. We got back from Vegas and Kellie's wedding, so here are some pics of the event! Also, finishing up work at RLS and preparing to move on to my new job!!! SCARY but exciting too.

Nothing says Vegas like WAYNE NEWTON




I took this picture of Kellie and thought it turned out great!



Got Kellie this cute little Flamingo ring in one of the gift shops at the Flamingo where we all stayed and where they got married


Put Kellie's shawl on Brian and Brian's jacket on Kellie on the walk back from dinner after the wedding.



I call this one Glow Worm Kellie - she's standing on one of the lights that shines up the trees outside one of the hotels.

Here are a few sunset pictures I took on the way to Bo's house tonight.

Hope you enjoy!