Bulb of the Month Continues........

As you can see, the "bulb of the month" packages keep coming, and we are waiting for some blooms. I just love bulbs, so I love the anticipation of what will bloom. One of them bloomed a week or two ago, and these were the results. As you can see, I still have four awaiting bloom. Fun anticipation!
Beautiful blooms, they are wilting a little now, but were so beautiful when they first bloomed.


Awaiting the results..........

Another Flashback

Brandon, me, and my cousin Amy at a Family Reunion. BACK in the day. Do you just love our matching Family Reunion t-shirts? (Great to recycle for bowling. Cause can you really go bowling without a shirt with your name on it and have success? I dare say no.)



I am loving Facebook. Almost daily, friends and family are posting pictures from the past! This picture was taken by my cousin Amy at a Bartholomew Family Reunion. We all had matching shirts with our names on them. How come everything always comes back to bowling? It made me want to use my bowling name "Stella" instead of Laura, but that is another story. Stella is just the best bowling name----and best name for lots of other things too. Hey Beyonce has another name too---Sasha Fierce. She must've stolen the idea from me. I have had my bowling name Stella for at least a decade or two. If you have not thought of a great second name for yourself, it's time. Trust me, it will have SOOO many uses.

What is frightening is Brandon and I look so young. Wow. We were so young once. I don't think we were old enough to be married. (Are you listening kids?) But hey, he is the best thing that ever happened to me. And like I have been known to say, when you see the most beautiful purse or outfit you have ever seen and there is only one of them, are you going to leave it at the store or are you going to make your purchase? Well, let's just say when I met Brandon and he was the best thing ever, I was all about closing that purchase! So what if we had only been dating 5 weeks. So what if we got married 3 months later. And hey, Stella wanted to get married. It has been the best decision of my life. Thank goodness for Stella and her influence in my life. And to think back then, within a week of our getting married, I started my Master's Degree in Social Work. He was earning minimum wage at Tri-Connections. Isn't it amazing that even though there is not much "going" for you at the time you have everything going for you 'cause you are young and in love? Wow. Memories, memories. And all because of a picture on facebook today.

When you were young and your heart was an open book
You used to say life and let life
(you know you did, you know you did you know you did)

OK, the rest of the lyrics don't match the rest of my entry, so I won't print them.
From the song----Live and let die. Paul McCartney. A fabulous song, but hey, any song that involves Paul McCartney is just that. FABULOUS!

Here are all the song lyrics; you also may remember it from Guns 'n Roses (OK, I changed my mind, here are all the lyrics to this song.):

Live And Let Die lyrics

When you were young
and your heart was an open book
You used to say live and let live
you know you did
you know you did
you know you did
But if this ever changin world
in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die

What does it matter to ya
When ya got a job to do
Ya got to do it well
You got to give the other fella hell

You used to say live and let live
you know you did
you know you did
you know you did
But if this ever changin world
in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die

The lyrics may sound depressing, but I love the energy of the song. Not to mention the voice of Paul or Axl. You know we are on a first name basis. They call me Stella.

Valentine's Day

My man Brandon knows how to warm my heart. Time alone with him. Shopping. Beautiful scenery---I just love Park City. And a great restaurant. I just love sitting across from my man in a restaurant. Knowing we can talk without interruption. Good food. Laughter. No screaming kids. Hours. Dreamy.

Best Christmas Gift Ever

Warning: This is a super-sappy blog entry which is highly personal. I am recording this so it will be in my "scrapbook" of a blog. So, feel free to skip it if you don't enjoy the sap!

My favorite Christmas gift of all time was a gift my husband gave me for Christmas 1998. It is precious to my heart! My husband wrote me a little book filled with his sentiments for me. There is not a better gift. I cherish this book. It just shows that the best gifts are gifts from the heart! To give a little history, this was our 3rd Christmas together. A month after our marriage, my husband was in a car accident and he had to have back surgery 6 months later. His recovery took about a year. At the time he gave me this gift he was in school at BYU and working full time. I had just graduated with my Masters in Social Work and was working full time. We had no children at that time. What a beautiful time! My husband was quite the romantic back then. He still is!

This is the book he gave me:












I really wish I had this disk today. Brandon wrote a multiple choice game about me and also did a slideshow with music of us together. So cute.

Bulb of the Month Club---Continued

These are my bulbs (of the month) from last month. Aren't they beautiful?

Just kidding, I got these fake flowers at D.I. for $1.00. Yeah, I did have some fun at the D.I.

I have found a fun, new internet friend, Deanna who also loves thrift shops! Check out her blog for a wonderful, nostalgic walk through memory lane!

These are my bulbs from last month. I think after all the poking and prodding from my children, they decided they didn't want to bloom. So sad. Guess I will have to plant them and hope they come up next Fall in my yard.


We are in better luck this month. I received these bulbs about a week ago, and I have six buds coming up. I can't wait to see them bloom.