Bundles of Blundells

Wow, are things going fast around here.  Haley's on her last few months of school, so we're preparing the house and the grounds for a graduation party.  There are lots of things we'd like to have done before then, and even more than what we know we can have time and resources to complete.  Scrapbooking, cleaning, organizing, planning, rearranging, and more for me, but Jason has even bigger shoes to fill.  He wants to get the basement room concrete poured, and get the new stairs in.  He wants to have lots of things in the backyard done, and the new main bathroom finished.  (And that's the short list...)  I hope to pots pictures of progress soon.  We haven't updated folks on construction progress for a while. Having some snow fun On another note, Jason has been out of town all day for a managers' meeting, and I just wish he'd hurry up and get home!!!  I can't wait to see him!  I think it's funny how some people are like, "Gosh...

I've been super busy with getting my schooling done, and lots of other things, too.  So I figured I could share something that has been a lot of fun.  I've really dug into my scrapbooking (which I am UNBELIEVEABLY far behind on), so I'll share some of my layouts.  I  don't put any claim to being a professional, but I have fun with it.  Here's a few of them: Shelby loves to scrapbook! A quick THANK YOU to Mr. Spencer for helping me out with my scrapbook organization.  He overheard Jason and I speaking about needing some shelving or something to ease the madness.  Jason and I were working on reorganization, and Spence shows up with a shelf out of his room, and says, "Momma, you can use this!"  And literally, it works SO well to keep my accessories handy and things in order.  Love it, buddy!  Thanks again!   This is the shelf Spence gave up.  Notice the maid service sign above.....

My, oh my, has it been that long?  As you can see from the post below this, it has been almost a year to the day since my last post.  I know many folks are not updating their blogs any more, but I've had several people ask me about mine lately, so we'll see how it goes.   Ahhhh.  Where to start on what's new...  It would likely take me hundreds of blog posts to catch everyone up on all of the things that have been going on, so I'll just go with a few bits and pieces.  You'll have to meet me for coffee if you want more, I guess.  :)  :)   Haley is now a senior in high school.  Shelby is a 7th grader, and Spencer, a 5th grader.  I have been at now for about a year and a half again, after leaving the law office.  Jason is the manager of the concrete plant that sold a year ago to Croell, Inc., and my parents have moved to Mitchell.  We're getting used to the drive to go see them -- it has definitely taken some adjustm...

Well, we survived the holidays.  We've been really busy with home improvement projects over the past few months, and for some reason, we just keep starting more...  Eeeeek!  I will be so glad to have these projects done that we are currently working on, and enjoy some non-construction time for a month or two. We hope you had a great Christmas.  We certainly did.  We were able to enjoy the company of most of our family (minus the family in the southwestern part of the state, as we weren't able to make it), and lots of our friends.  Seems like you can never get enough time with friends.  The kids must've been remarkable this past year, as Santa and Mom and Dad teamed up to bring the kids an XBox 360 and about 9 games for it.  I guess, just another day in the life of spoiled parents (and Santa), spoiling their kids!  :) Mom and Dad Leibbrandt got me a digital camera similar to Haley's, so I will be taking lots more pictures at sporting eve...

I found this story online, and I was touched by it. I remembered how, even when times are tough, the simplest thing, a wink, a gesture, a card in the mail, and more, can mean the world to those around us. I hope you take the time to "pay it forward" as much as you can this Christmas. “Good afternoon, Miss Bumpers,” I greeted with a wave as the elderly lady made her way to the curb with an air of happy anticipation. “Hello,” she replied, opening the creaking rusty door of an empty mailbox. “Oh my,” Miss Bumpers said with sudden disappointment. “Expecting something?” I asked. “I was hoping a letter would come today. Oh well, it looks like it won’t be here for Christmas,” she sighed as she walked dejectedly back to her front door and disappeared into her small well-kept house. “Wonder what that’s all about?” I thought, noticing another neighbor approaching on the sidewalk. “Hi, Sandy, Merry Christmas,” I acknowledged. “Merry ...

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