Jessica and Eric

Eric and Jessica crossed paths today as Jessica arrived for Thanksgiving and Eric and his family are leaving to visit Cindy's family in Missouri. And yes I did put up a tree as you can see in the mirror.

Random Pictures Fall 2013

Rosalia as the cat and Daphne as the mouse, Halloween 2013

Eric's 10 year reunion and TJ's 20 year reunion, October DeRidder High School Homecoming 2013.

Scarlett and Grammi

Kimberly's family and Eric's family 2013

Grandpa's 90th

My father's 90th birthday, Nov. 15, 2013---still going strong and as sage as ever. Thanks  Daddy for your stellar example as a parent.

Getting back on my Blog

Noah and Virginia with their new friends Raggedy Ann and Andy. My sister's friend Marta made them many years ago for Amy and Sarah, but after many adventures they have found Noah and Virginia who were very excited to see them and practically snatched them out of my arms when I brought them out.

Grandad and Virginia

I haven't been blogging because I didn't figure out how to do it from my iPad, but now that Cindy has shown me how, I will be posting current pictures. This one is just a test shot taken this Sunday.

The Wedding Dress Shadowbox

I put together a shadowbox about Rosalia's dress with the dressmaker's notes, pictures, and swatches of the materials used. Then I made this picture with the fun effects edit.

Evelyn before and after

I started my diet August 8th and weighed in at 160lbs. By my birthday November 4th I was down to 130 lbs. and then by the wedding 125lbs. After November I was in transition, but still losing weight. Now I am working to maintain and keep the weight off. Ted says that I don't look happy in the first picture because I'm not smiling. Guess what? I wasn't happy! Just took another bag of clothes to someone else. I am living in the clothes that Bethany gave me and everything is going well. It's nice to be a size 8 or maybe even smaller instead of a size 16 and maybe even bigger. Cindy helped fix this before and after picture.