Tricky Furnace

Well - my furnace was acting funny again today. Ugg. . . Like it TRIES to kick on - but it can't. (this has happened once before - a few Sundays ago) I did the trouble shooting stuff that sorta worked last time (I actually have no idea what made it work again last time). . that didn't work. Called Dad for advice. He suggested calling Cousin Matt for advice/name of good HVAC guy. Matt ended up coming OVER!! He found more knobs and switches I hadn't seen before - and with a bunch of reading and tugging and dinkin' around - it finally kicked on! Again - still not sure exactly what caused the dang thing to start working again - but the Big Picture - I have heat tonight - and the name of the place Matt uses (Northern Heating and Air Conditioning). I'm calling them tomorrow - and they have this "membership" - pretty much you pay every month a fee - but then they come out for yearly tune ups and offer discounts on service. Anyhoo. . I'm calling them. :)

Ughh - not ready for this FULL FIVE DAY week coming up!

CRAFT FAIR this weekend! Come check Lon/Jaime out! (and YES - Lonny did the poster for this year's show!)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Greg and Mary with grandkids (minus Jim's Zach)

A great time was had by all! I hung out with my Nordin cousins all day. We had a wonderful meal, a rowdy game of Outburst, and lots and lots of laughing! Without further ado - here's who else made the trek to Heidi's place:

Travis, Zach, Don, Julie


Kelsey, Adam, Abby, Jim, Michele


Jon, Genevieve, & Baby Nordin :)


Me and Heidi


Carl and Ellie stopped by later - after having dinner at Ellie's daughter's house.


Heidi and I snapped the wishbone - SMACK down the middle!


The Little Red Hens - Julie and I hung out to finish our movie (Batman Begins) before we took off for Julie's house - ahem - after a stop at Michaels. :)

I hope you all enjoyed your day with yummy food and lots of loved ones!

Found My Battery Charger!

Ok - So not really a good excuse for being behind in blogging - but I'm sticking with it for now.


Halloween was fun - I only had 6 kids - and then this cutie pie from next door (Alice was Abby Cadabby). After I turned off my lights - I headed up to Osseo to relax with some grownups at Ann's house! :)


Cousin Heidi brought me to see the Rockettes at the Target Center. It was a blast - My favorite part was all the Santas. Julie and Mary Joy went too - fun night.


I had my Pampered Chef party here last Friday. I love having people over - and it was a blast! Cousin-in-law Heather was our PC host - and she did a great job (once she figured out that teachers SUCK at being quiet and being good students!) :) Terry spent the night, and Heidi and Julie joined us for Lipstick Jungle after the guests left - another fun night.


Finally - this past weekend was nice and relaxing. Headed to The Container Store with Lon/Jaime/Alice - and then to IKEA (for shopping AND ice cream). I think the Container Store is my new favorite place! Holy Moly! There were organizer type things there I didn't even know I needed! :)


And then on Sunday, Alice and I headed up to Auntie Sue's where she and her daughters-in-law were making lefse. We missed Kyla - and the lefse making - but enjoyed pizza and playing with Paige, Caleb, and Hannah! (and Alice loved the "bread" - lefse!)


School's out for Thanksgiving break. I'm hanging out with my Nordin cousins for Turkey Day - and then plan to hang out at home - cleaning and scrapbooking and reading. Ahhh I love vacation!

Happy Thanksgiving!

**Side note - Not really totally satisfied with my new expensive digital camera purchase. My $250 camera worked great - great pics - and was nice and small (but the screen broke - which is why I needed a new camera). My new $400 camera gives kinda grainy photos - and is big enough to require a huge purse with which to carry it. Anyhoo. . maybe I'll take a community ed class - and learn how to really use this sucker. . but right now - I'm feeling foolish for spending the extra money on a "nice" camera.

Tagged From Tendrils

The rules…

Find the 6th folder in your pictures directory and post the 6th photo in it.

So here are the instructions:

* Go to your sixth picture folder then pick your sixth picture.
* Pray that you remember the details.
* Post it on your blog.
* Tag 5 others, leave a comment to let them know they’ve been tagged.

So, my 6th picture in my 6th folder is: (Drumroll, please……..)



So really this is the 6th picture of the 6th folder of the 6th folder of the 6th folder (yes - iPhoto is THAT organized!)

I believe this was the first time that all (at the time) four 2nd Cousins were together with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. Chris and Katie had a BBQ - and we all just hung out. I know it was June (6th folder) of 2007. And as far as I know - this pic has not been recreated since Hannah Sophia came along. Hmm. . sounds like a Christmastime assignment for my sis-in-law and my cousins-in-law!

Ok - and now to TAG you people! I'll be checking your blogs this week - so get your "blogging" homework done: Katie, Sarah, Heidi, Katey, Jaymie, JB!

Mr. President

I am so tired, but also so proud to be an American, and to be able to watch this exciting night in our history (from my couch in my jammies)!