Flashback Friday - 2000

(December 2000)

This photo was from Christmas 2000.  That holiday was very special, we told my parent's I was pregnant and due in August with Ian.  :) 

I purchased myself a new scanner the other day.  I was really excited when it arrived on Monday.  I played around scanning photos and scanning some negatives.  For the price I am pretty happy.  :)

15 Years

Today is our 15th anniversary!  LOVE you Mr. Adey!

Happy Father's Day!!

Jeff & I would like to wish our father's a Happy Father's day.  Love you guys!

I would like to also wish my husband a Happy Father's day!!  We LOVE you!

Hope everyone has a Happy Father's Day!!

Looking Up and Looking Ahead.

As of last Friday afternoon, I am no longer working for the company that hired me this past Feb.  Shortly after being hired they went through some internal changes and it has been a bumpy ride.  I was let go because of circumstances beyond my control.  Sadly I, along with a few other IT employees, were laid off.  I am grateful for the last 4 months and the importunity they gave me.  I am also VERY grateful my husband still works for the company. 


While I wish I were still working there, the glass is definitely still half full.  :)

Dear So & So Friday

Dear Mother Nature,
This snow has got to stop!!  Time for the warm weather and for it to stay!!
Buffalonian waiting for spring flowers

Dear Jeff,
Soooo how do you feel about moving to Florida?
Your wife looking forward to warm weather

Dear Lily,
These questions you know the answers to are driving me insane!
Love, your mommy pulling her hair out.

Dear Ian,
Stop making dumb noises in my ear.  Grrrr!
Mom

Dear school,
Is it Monday yet?
Mom of 2 kids that need to go back to school.  ;)

Dear Melanie,
Lighten up. Life is good.
Your voice of reason :D

It has been a long week....ahhhh these put me back in my happy place....

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Wordful Wednesday - Birthday Dinner

Jeff's favorite place for Beef on Weck (other than his mom's) is a place called Bar Bill...

So for his birthday yesterday we went there for dinner.  We went early because they get busy during normal lunch and dinner time.

It's in a suburb of Buffalo called East Aurora.

The food is yummy.  I personally am not fond of their service, but the beef on weck totally makes up for it. 

DELICIOUS!!

(For those of you who do not know what Beef on Weck is....it is a hot roast beef sandwich on a Kimmelweck bun.  A Kimmelweck bun is a bun with caraway seeds and kosher salt.  It is a Western New York thing.)

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Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!!

Hope you have a fantastic day!

PS- our favorite movie of 2012 (Wreck it Ralph) is coming out on video today.  My son thought it was cool that it was released in theaters a couple days before my birthday and it came out on video on his dad's birthday.

Welcome March!

Today is my one month anniversary at my new job.  LOVE it!

Today starts my husband's birthday month!  He likes to celebrate all month long.    :)

He is such a party animal.  ;)

Sunday Citar - New Paths

"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." ~ Walt Disney


Last year I wrote about my husband's new adventure when he completely changed career paths and became a Jr. Developer.  The last year has been fantastic.  He absolutely LOVES his job.  The company and the people he works with are wonderful  Happy daddy = Happy family.

Well, I have been given the opportunity to change my own professional career path.  The opportunity arose for me to work for the same company as a Jr Developer (the same job as my husband) and I had to take it.  Computer coding isn't completely foreign to me.  You see before my husband even thought of coding, I already knew a bunch.  I had to take a few coding classes in college (I have a AAS in Engineering) and have learned even more while writing this blog.  I still have a ton to learn, too.  I am so excited for this opportunity for me and our family.  Over the last month, I have been training with my husband and this past Friday I officially started. 

"So what is going to happen to the little old clay shop?" you ask.

If you follow me over on my facebook page, you already know I changed how I am taking orders.  Last month I was only open for about a week taking Valentine orders.  Then I closed up, made all of the orders and mailed everyone's packages at once.  Part of the reason I did that was because we took a ''surprise vacation'' and I was training with my husband.  I loved how it worked out so I will probably be doing the same type of thing every month.  I will be creating a few new new items each month and then posting them along with a few old favorites in my shop.  I will also be holding Ready To Ship days over on my facebook fan page.

Here is to new opportunities and paths!  :)

Wordful Wednesday

What an awesome BUSY week it was! 
We are now home.

Missing the sun.
Missing the palm trees.
Missing the warmth.

Happy to be sleeping in my own bed tonight.  ;)

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Recouping....

We have had one LONG fun weekend!

It started on Friday with this...

And ended Sunday with this...

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Sunday Citar

"I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids."  ~Bo Jackson

Photo(s) from the winery/brewery we went to one year ago this weekend.

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Dear So & So

Dear Strange Man who approached me in the grocery store,
You FREAKED me out.  I try not to be rude to people, and would normally help people out, but you were WEIRD and really creeped me out.  Next time you need advice on what to purchase for your 'friends 5th anniversary' call your mom.
Woman all alone at the store trying to pick a few things up.

Dear Amy,
I had a great time yesterday.  Thanks for inviting me.
=) Melon

Dear Mom & Dad,
THANK YOU sooooo much for having the kids this week.  We truly appreciate it!
Love, your grateful daughter!

Dear Jeff,
I had a wonderful time at Disney World.  It was so much fun getting our silly on.  Those Epcot Margaritas are so yummy.  I can not wait to do it again. 
=)

Dear Ian,
I have truly LOVED looking through the photos from our trip.  You crack me up!
Love Mom

Dear Lily,
I am sorry you hurt yourself so many times at Disney.  Not my favorite moments either.  I am glad you are such a trooper and bounced back so fast.  :D
Love Mommy.

{On the day we arrived at Disney World, Lily had scraped up her leg pretty bad when she was trying to get onto the Disney Transportation Bus on the way to our first park.  We definitely held her hand getting on all buses after that.}


Dear Stitch,
You ROCK!
Huge Huge Huge FAN.

{all of the photos on this post were taken at Epcot on our first day at Disney}






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Happy Anniversary!

14yrs ago today I married my better half.  :)

Today we are celebrating our anniversary at Disney World, were we went on our honeymoon 14 years ago.

This trip was the 1st time I had ever been on a plane.  I was terrified! 

It was also the 1st time my husband & I had been to FL or Disney World.  We had so much fun.


Happy Anniversary!!

LOVE you to bits!!

Grandchildren

For Christmas we gave my husband's mom a frame.  A frame that had a saying about grandmas.  I typically would give a frame with a photo in it.  This time I put a post it note where the picture would be.  I wrote, "This space is where a picture of all your grandchildren go."  While I have LOTS of photos of my kids that I could put in the frame, there are no photos of all of the grandkids together.  I decided to rectify that this year.

Here is one of their silly takes.

Thank you guys for sitting for the photo.  (I know how much you LOVE, hate, tolerate my camera.) Your grandmother will love it.