Ho Ho Ho....off to Tomah we go!

Hello!  Lady Di and I took a road trip to Tomah today.  She had a doctor's appointment there.  On the way over, I asked her if she had read the blog last night.  I asked her what she thought of it.  She said "I thought you have been in the house too long!" and she started laughing.  She then told me she had laughed the whole time while reading it.  This is not the first time she has told me this.  She knows me so well that she KNOWS when I need to get out of the house!  LOL   Any whoo....we had a great day.  Lots of fun and laughter.  We went to Walmart and I bought some groceries.  I am happy to report that I got my grocery bill down from $82.00 to $65.00 and saved $17.00 with coupon's.  I am finding out that certain places will not take internet coupon's, Pamida, Dollar General, and IGA won't accept them.  But Walgreen's and Walmart do.  So I am a happy camper.  Di treated me to Chinese which was very good, and then we went to Good Will before heading home.  We had a great time....thanks for getting me out of the house Di!

Tough Economic Times.....

Taffy Wilson reports that due to tough economic times....she has returned to school to get her master's degree in computers.  She also notes that Miss Elaine's friends on the IM think that her and Molly shop at night while Miss Elaine is sleeping.  This is simply not true noted Taffy Wilson (well..just a tiny bit.....we love fabric and we keep hauling that in at night while she is sleeping.  During the day we pretend to hate the UPS man.  But we really do hate his truck.)  Miss Elaine refuses to watch the news so that is the only time we can really find out what is going on out in the world is when she is sleeping (and with her weird sleep patterns, it is WORK for us just to find a time to get on the computer.)   Miss Elaine says she finds out enough news from her new's junkie friends.  Taffy says it was hard to find out that the world was in a recession as they eat really well but her first clue was when Miss Elaine started looking for coupon's on the internet for cat food and kitty litter.  I try to stay slim and trim Taffy notes.  But climbing the curtains at night really puts Miss Elaine in a bad mood.  They say on the computer that exercise is good for you, well when I exercise, the spray bottle seems to appear.  I don't think they know what they are talking about.  Studying seems to be a better solution.  It is a quiet activity and I don't get into trouble, in fact, she seems to think it is kind of cute.  You know the ole' saying....if Mama ain't happy....nobody's happy!  Time for a cat nap!......Stay tuned for more adventures of Molly and Taffy!

Let it snow!

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!  Well, those of us in Wisconisin are getting snowed in at the moment.  And that is just fine with me.  If we are going to have bad, weather, get sick, or what ever...it needs to happen now so everything is perfect for the 27th!  Today I finished the cutting of the snowflakes.  I am guessing that I have over 125 of them.  My friend Carol will pick them up and spray them with spray glitter, and then they will be all set to hang up for the wedding reception.  I am allergic to paint so Carol said that she would do them for me.  Little Miss Taffy is sitting up here on the computer desk.  She has decided this week that her new favorite place to be while I am working on the computer is to lay between the keyboard and the monitor.  Silly girl...but it is cute that she wishes to be by me.  I ventured out about 5:30 tonight  and went over to check my Tastefully Simple display at Curves.  Then I made a trip over to Pamida as last night 2 out of 5 of my flood lights in the kitchen burnt out so I went and bought a couple of bulbs for them.  Now that I think about it, I should have bought 3 more as they all tend to go out at once.  They last for years and then all of a sudden, they all start to go out.  Maybe I will get lucky and the other ones will last awhile longer.  I have the last of the wedding stuff done (I think) until the weekend of the wedding so now I can start working on Christmas stuff.  I think I will work up in the sewing room tomorrow.  I was going to head up there tonight but didn't make it up there.  Stay safe, and warm!  Elaine

Happy 90th Birthday Uncle Bob!

I had a really fun night last night.  I went to a 90th birthday party for my Uncle Bob Herriot.  It was held at Jimmy's Dell Bar in Wisconsin Dells.  I have to say, of all the supper clubs that I have eaten at, this is my very favorite.  It has probably been about 15 years since the last time I was there.  They had piano music and the lighting is low, yet you can see good, it is very beautiful place, romantic, and very nice for special occasions.  Last night the dinner was held in a special room that I had never been in before and it was a beautiful room too.  It was so good to see all my cousins and relatives.  Every one was so happy to see one another and were in a festive mood!  All 13 of my cousin's made it home for this special party for Uncle Bob.  What an amazing mile stone to achieve....90 years....I can't imagine living that long.  And he travels all over the place which is pretty cool that he is able to do that.

I happy to say that I have all the treat boxes made for the wedding now.  Yahoo....another project crossed off of my list!  I have busy cutting snowflakes today with Angela's Cricut Expression and that has been fun.  It is a really cool toy!  Tick, Tick, Tick....only 3 weeks till the big day!