Weekend Plans

We are going to Nanna and Pappa Richmond's this weekend, second weekend in a row Maddie will get to have Nanna time! She will also get to see Uncle Josh, another fav! I always wish that we didn't live so far away from everyone--2 hours for mom and 3-4 hours for in-laws. Not to mention BFF Nikki. Yuck. I hate driving long trips, and even though its Johnny that does the driving it doesn't make it any easier, lol. I know, I'm complaining.

I've been a scrapping maniac the last few days, with the LOAD challenge at TSR and the fact that I just got my new kit really helps to keep me on track. I just need to keep taking more pics! I know that I am a picture fanatic but my biggest fear is that I will run out for some reason. I'm going to start scrapping pics from when I was growing up too so that might help keep me on track.

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Have a great weekend!

Good Read:

Vanishing Act--Jodi Picoult

"Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it." "In shock and confusion, Delia must sift through the truth - even when it jeopardizes her life and the lives of those she loves. What happens when you learn you are not who you thought you were? When the people you've loved and trusted suddenly change before your eyes? When getting your deepest wish means giving up what you've always taken for granted? Vanishing Acts explores how life - as we know it - might not turn out the way we imagined; how doing the right thing could mean doing the wrong thing; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat."--BOOK JACKET.

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I have been reading up a storm...Jodi Picoult has really grabbed my attention right now.

The Pact:
"From Jodi Picoult, one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction, comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish--and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence. Until the phone calls come at 3:00a.m. on a November morning, the Gold and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseperable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen year old Emily has been shot to death by her beloved and devoted Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact--leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense pre-dawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew."

This was a good read! Definetly 2 thumbs up!

I have been on vacation since yesterday, already dreading going back to work and the sad part is I have another 5 days before I have to even think of it! I'm not sure what has been going on lately but my panic attacks have been sticking around the last few days, I try to work through them before I take anything, its just a horrible feeling to go through.

Have a great day!

Happy 4th Of July!

Hope everyone had a safe holiday! Maddie's fear of firecrackers is officially over. Thursday night we watched some on TV, Friday we got to see a great show at Grammy and Pappa Bri's and tonight when we got home we watched the local ones from the front yard.

Maddie also enjoyed lake time with Grammy and Pappa Bri, fishing, playing on the beach, anything and everything she wanted! Next weekend she will be in Nanna and Pappa Richmond land!

Tonight when we got home the computer wouldn't start, after an hour of working on it, rebooting, whatever hubby could think of in between mental breakdown moments of "why us" we are up and running! Needless to say I am making sure all of my pics are on back up at this very moment! I know, why is being down a computer such a big deal? Well, if you know any of the stuff that is going on with us right now sometimes it seems as though bad luck has a snowball effect in our lives, this would have been the avalanche moment!

Have a great night everyone!