HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY TO ME

Happy Birthday to me! I'm 50 and loving it. Thanks to all my wonderful friends who just made this the best birthday ever. Lots of Red Hat gifts all wrapped up in red and purple. Just wanted to share a few pictures with you today. I'm exhausted! Worked all day then came home and opened gifts took a few pics then it was off shopping and out to dinner with the kids. I need to take a shower and get to bed soon. Hmmmm guess my age is catching up with me. More to share tomorrow!

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Karen 205.....and 50!

More Birthday Cards

Just wanted to share some more birthday cards with you. These are from Kat. She really showed me the love this year. Lots of wonderful cards from her. Big Hugs Kat!!!

The butterfly card is from a very old friend Marianne. We met years ago when Sarah wasn't even one year old. We were living in SC in a trailer park. Both our guys were stationed in Navy. It was very hard for me being away from home for the first time with a new baby. Marianne made the time fun and not so scary for me. Over the last few years we have lost touch and not spoken. I was very surprised and happy to receive this beautiful card made by her. I plan to write her a very long letter this weekend and see if we can get our friendship going again. During all these years I never stopped thinking about you Kym (Marianne's nickname). Hope we can talk soon.

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Karen 205

PS......signing off for the last time in my 40's. In a few hours I'll be 50! Looking forward to opening up all these gifts from friends that are all over my living room floor.

Sharing More Pictures

So I didn't have 50 candles on the tie dyed cake Sarah got for me. I got sparklers! A number 5 and a star for the zero. Pretty cool. Loved the cake.
Two little girls are Lillian and Sarah. Both wanted bows on there heads. They are just too cute! Sarah got me the traditional Birthday Barbie. Tony always got me a Barbie for my birthday so Sarah has picked up that tradition since he has been gone. This is a designer Barbie by Kate Spade. And speaking of Barbie....it's her 50th birthday also. The guitar books are another gift from Cheryl and my nephews. These were books that me and Tony use to take to music lessons back in the day.

That's it for today. More tomorrow!

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Karen 205

Birthday Party!

I'll write more later as I'm still choked up. The family had a 50 birthday party for me today. Cheryl, Corbet and Neil gave me a very special gift. A guitar that belonged to my brother Tony. Tony had told Cheryl that he wanted me to have this guitar when I turned 50. Crying as I'm writing this. So I'll share more pictures and stories about today later.

Hot

It is so hot!!!! Been in the upper 80's for the past two days....I'm melting!!!!! I was hoping the weather would stay warm for my birthday party hubby is throwing for me this Sunday. According to the weather forecast at this point its suppose to be 67 on Sunday. That isn't to bad but 70's would be better.

I'm off to work. Running a bit late this morning. Hoping the day goes by fast. I'll be working on Saturday but only for 4 hours. Then I have to make bean bags for the corn hole game. They have one at the school that Skip is borrowing for the party but he can't find the bean bags so I'll be whipping some up after work.

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Karen 205

Homemade Cinnamon Apple Sauce

I made applesauce for the first time. I love cinnamon and I love it even more with applesauce. This recipe is easy and is made in a crock pot. I got it all ready and made it while I was sleeping. The house smelled so good!!!! Was wonderful warm. Mixed some in my oatmeal. GOOD STUFF!!!! Here's how you can make your own batch:

6 cups peeled, cored, and chopped apples. (I used homegrown red Ohio apples)
1/2 cup water
3 Teaspoons ground cinnamon

Mix together in crock pot, set on low for 8 hours. That's it! Easy as....should I dare say it? Yes I will.......Easy as PIE!!!!!

What Lies Beneath

So the roof is finished! Happy about that. They will be putting on the new siding next. Will take a week to get that job finished. On one of the pictures you'll see why I titled this blog entry "What Lies Beneath" It's because of the wasp nest that were under the eves of the house. YUCK!!!!!! I'll have to get Skip to get them down before the siding goes on. We are also going to have dome skylights in the upstairs bathroom and in the garage. I think this will be great! Skip has to do the inside work on the lights. The roofers just put the domes up.

Well off to another day of work. I'm still counting down the days. Seems like they are getting longer.

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Karen 206