Holidays

Doc Turns 9!!!

Sep 24th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Family, Holidays

It has been a long time since I posted. Alot has happened in the past several weeks. School started back, canning season has started (albeit a little late) and a very important person!!!! J2 “Doc” turned 9 a couple of weeks ago!
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Happy Birthday Carlos!

Jul 20th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Coffee Klatch, Holidays

While reading news tonight on the reference desk, I was tickled to see this:
Carlos Santana (1947)
Santana is a Mexican-American Grammy Award-winning guitarist known for his searing, emotional playing. He became famous in the late 1960s with his eponymous band that created a highly successful blend of salsa, rock, blues, and jazz. [...]



Hope You Have A Jammin’ Fourth of July!

Jul 4th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Canning, Holidays

Take a peek at Slobo’s video he made of our Jam session. Red Pot, White Linens, and Blue Black-mashed-Berries….
What could be more patriotic to start your festivities with today?
Test Pattern #49: The 2 Minute Blackberry Jam from Slobokan on Vimeo.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise [...]



My Baby Brother, Master Brandon O’Hara

May 15th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Family, Holidays

I wanted to share some pictures of my brother’s graduation. He received his Masters in Infectous Disease Control from Emory University on Monday, May 12th, 2008. We are so very proud of him! He has worked extremely hard and is so very deserving of ALL BRAGGING - BRAG - BRAG - BRAG [...]



Lil’ Entertainer Turns 7!

May 14th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Crochet, Family, Holidays, Sewing

Our youngest turned 7 about a week ago, *sniffle*. It has been a busy couple of weeks, three birthdays, graduation and Spring, complete with head colds!
Our Lil’ Entertainer wanted a ‘flag’ themed birthday. His two favorite images in life, the Cross and the American Flag. At first he wanted a [...]



Stetson Man Turns A Decade Old!

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Family, Holidays, Sewing

Hard to believe that our sweet little chubby baby has turned 10, but ohhhhh he’s such a wonderful little boy! Pardon Me, but I’ve got to brag on these beautiful, smart, funny future gentlemen! They make life soooo enjoyable that surely my world must have been awfully bland without them!
He wanted a Dr. [...]



Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Mar 17th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Holidays

As you slide down the banister of life,
May the splinters never point in the wrong direction!

Technorati Tags: Blessings



Slobo’s Pod

Feb 20th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Free Patterns, Holidays, Sewing

For Valentine’s Day, I made Slobo a bean bag for his IPOD. Since he got his new video IPOD, every night he would lay in bed, Video IPOD on belly, and comment …. “*sigh* sure wish I had a bean bag for my IPOD”….. Okay, so VDay comes along and of course, had [...]



Out With The Old….. in with 2008!

Dec 31st, 2007 | By Gidget | Category: Canning, Holidays, Projects, knitting

Another year upon us, and I thought I would blog a little about the past year. For starters, I see that it’s been almost a month since my last blog entry (rather feels like a confessional!). I’ll try to do better, but it has been a fun year spending time with kids and [...]



Thanksgiving into Christmas…..

Nov 24th, 2007 | By Gidget | Category: Family, Holidays

We had a really nice Thanksgiving day with our family. Slobo and I had prepared dinner for 11 people and it seems to have gone okay. I don’t think tho, I’ll be volunteering to host everyone together again tho. This was a weird year. Normally, Slobo and I go to my [...]