Luv Always!

DD made + sent this lovely card ...

and, she sent this:

Lucky Me!!!!

Bloomington, Indiana

Graduated from Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) and home for Mother's Day : )Congrats Tori!
Nicholas said "Nick's at Purdue"

Trip to Bloomington, IN

Thursday, Alex & I went to Bloomington & picked up Tori. Oh the construction was a slow-down!Alex on Tori's bed. Check out the posters!!!
Tori was finishing up some on-line course requirements & then went to take her Final Exam. I was enjoying her desk. She has interesting reads scattered about.
My fav poster!Good Taste Tori!
Tori will be home a couple weeks. YAY : )

Happy Mother's Day

Tori sent this beautiful Iris bouquet & it continues to amaze all of us. Each day, another flower, another beautiful color!
Imagine my surprise, and a gift,Willow Tree Mother and Son, from Nicholas
Thx Tori & Nicholas : ) I love you both!

Awww ...

How Cute : )

Of all the nerve ...

My normally smart & sweet daughter sent this to Alex. Has she lost her mind? She must be angry with us!!! LOL Maybe a little bird told her Alex is sicker than a dog. Me thinks Alex needs to keep his germs to himself. Nobody else in the family want to get near him. Yeah, no comments on my grammer -- or ELSE

Want to irritate someone special??? Here is a link to the web site:

Buffalo Games

Awesome haircut!!

Now 21 : ) Doesn't seem possible ....

Tori & Eric in Chicago


Eric & Minou






Did you watch the Quill Awards? The entire list can be found HERE. I went on-line & requested a few interesting titles from the public library.

Nutty

I heard from Tori, there was a possibility of her visiting this week-end. She might be able to catch a ride home ... and back to Bloomington.

This is my latest message from Tori

LOL!!

btw, Confessions of a Shopaholic is totally funny. LOL funny.

Happy Sweetest Day to Me ...

Roses from DH .... and,

look what i received via e-mail ...

Photo from Tori

Tori is modeling her new pink hat. It is part of her Halloween costume.

While looking thru some papers, I came across my Mom's recipe for Popcorn Balls. This was a family favorite. We would make them every Halloween afternoon. The neighborhood children loved them [for those children/parents who didn't know our family, we had a selection of very boring candy]. We enjoyed them so much, we would make a batch for Thanksgiving & decorate the balls into turkeys [with construction paper & toothpicks]. Finding this slip of paper makes me smile. Now to share:

Pop seven cups of popcorn [I think yellow popcorn works the best]

In saucepan, medium heat:

1 c Sugar

1/3 c White Corn Syrup

1/4 c Butter or Marg

1/3 c Water

1 Tsp Salt

Heat until drops form in cold water. Add 1 Tsp Vanilla.

Mix into 7 cups of popcorn - roll into balls. Can make apx 80 balls from three lbs of popcorn

Happy 20th Birthday :D

Time to paint the town RED .... oh yeah, Bloomington is already red ...

Have fun celebrating the B'Day :D

Luv U Tori!

Photo from Tori

Received this in an e-mail. Miss her smiling face around home ...