Saturday, July 2, 2011 Party on!!

Well, the big day is here. Mardi Gras party and of course the birthday's that we are celebrating. This is Anne, Melissa and grandma just sittin' and swingin' while the party goes on around them. Mamma looks like she is not really doing anything but I think she is people watching. She likes to keep it on the down low. Of course my daughter would have a drink in her hand. The word party is synonymous with alcohol and fun. We had such a great day today that I really don't know where to start. We got some surprise guests which we always love. We set up the Karaoke outside and heard some awesome singing and saw some entertainment that money couldn't buy. Jack Gove won a prize for gathering the most necklaces. Everyone started out with three Mardi Gras necklaces and when someone said the word "I" someone could steal one. He ended up with over thirty. It was fun to hear people talk about themselves in the third person. We had numberous prizes for Karaoke and Scott took the Most Entertaining Performance. The only way our day could have been better was, if some of our guests that couldn't make it, were there. We really missed them. Later in the evening we switched from Karaoke to guitar and a sing song. What a perfect way to end ones day. Have you ever just loved everyone at a party and you're not even drunk? Well that was me today. So until tomorrow I bid you good bye and party on!!!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Getting ready for the Mardi Gras party

This was one busy day. We were all going to spend it in the States but Monica couldn't get off work until 11:00 so Melissa and I went to Aldergrove to wait for her to get off work. While we waited we found a little thrift store and as we browsed and hunted for hidden treasures, time got a way from us and then my phone rang. It was Monica and she had been home for ten minutes. We gathered up our few items, vowing to return and spend lots of time there, and headed for the door. We got lost looking for the border crossing. I don't understand it cause Susie and I ended up there on more than one occasion while looking for scrap book stores. We didn't want to be at the border but somehow we always ended up there. Now, when we wanted to be there, we couldn't find it. Finally we put the coordinates into Lissa's IPhone and ta da......we were there. We really did shop til we dropped. Stuff for Mardi Gras. Beads, masks, decorations, table cloths and all the stuff we absolutely had to have. When we got home we started making  masks and adorning the ones that were already made but needed some extra bling, While we were all sitting at the table Hank came up with these two puppets. He must have been cleaning out the store room. Melissa and Lurline made them years ago. I always loved them. They are just the neatest puppets. The stuffing has shifted but they are still cute. Monica and Jack were playing with them at the kitchen table when I snapped this picture. The girls gave the puppets to me a long time ago when I was doing day care. I still had them stuck in a box in the basement but maybe now I need to get rid. I thought maybe the Jim Henson group might be looking for understudies for Ernie and Bert. Just a suggestion. So until tomorrow I bid you good bye and I'm hoping for great weather for Saturday.