Aunt Lorraine

Our family lost a great lady on August 3, 2011. John's Aunt Lorraine Backey went to her final resting place and to be with her beloved husband Wade.  For the past 10 years John went down to Florida to spend time with her, help with some small chores around the house and have fun enjoying her pool, flea markets and the wonders that Florida has to offer. They had a special bond and truly enjoyed spending time together. We will all miss her, but know she is at peace with no more suffering. She will always be with us in our hearts. Aloha Lorrie.

Aunt Lorraine's move

John has a very special aunt who lives in FLorida and every year for about the past 10 years he has gone down to visit her for 2 weeks. Fun in the pool, flea markets, dinner out and just Florida relaxing. This year he went down earlier than usual as we suspected she was not really feeling well and didn't want to tell us exactly how difficult things were. The week before he was to leave she ended up in ER so he left right away and within 72 hours she made the decision to move into a Senior Residence, clean out the house, sell the house and sell, give away, donate or throw out what she no longer could use or wanted. John worked his butt off but got her moved. As luck would have it, a neighbor down the street came past the house and asked it it was for sale. Without a moments hesitation they bought the house! John's brother Bob went down to help with the final stages of cleaning out the house, they rented a truck and hauled quite alot of things back for 4 different families. Somethings replacing old worn out work horses like mixers, vaccuums, etc. some treasures to keep in the family and 3 much needed major appliances for Traci and Tim. Quite an undertaking all within a months time, and very emotional for Lorrie. She is settleing in and trying to get accusomted to her new apartment. Here are some photos of the wonderful new apartment Aunt Lorraine moved to. They handle all the cleaning, meals are served in style and lots of activities if she wants to be sociable. Glad she is settled into a place where she can get medical help if needed, have other people around and no work to wear her out. She holds a very special place in our hearts and while we wish she would come back north to be near us, she seems happy in sunny Florida. Love you Aunt Lorraine!

June cards

Here are a couple cards that I made this month for various occasions.

Marty's birthday

Karen's birthday

Johns Fahers's day

Son in law Fathers day

Aunt Lorries

Breezy birthday

May cards

Made a couple more cards recently. I keep promising myself that one of these days I will actually get ahead of myself and have a stock of cards to chose from when I need one. But then again, its like making a new years resolution...always meant to be broken. LOL

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May Northwest Karate tournament - Hayden

Hayden took part in the National Karate Studio spring tournament today. He placed 3rd in both sparring and form and 2nd in self-defense. He did a great job and we are very proud of him. He is a brown belt now and will be practicing to acheive his next belt, brown with black stripe, striving for the ultimate black belt.

90th birthday celbration

A few friends from my grammer school days and I met in Galena, IL at Chianti's restaurant. A very quaint and charming Italian restaurant across from the Kane County courthouse. We were celebrating our favorite 6th grade teacher's  90th birthday. There is always that one special teacher that we remember all our lives and Mrs. Mary Jane Polka is just that teacher. For me she was not only my teacher but an adult friend that I needed at that time of my life. She only lived about 5 blocks from me and I would ride my bike over to her house after school and we would sit and talk. When she had her 1st baby, I was thrilled to go over and help her with the baby so she would cook or clean the house. I had not seen her until 2 years ago when our class had our 50th class reunion from grammer school. What fun to see old friends and share our lives now.





Carolyn, Mrs. Polka, Kathy
Me, Diane and Marge



This was at the reunin in June 2009
Class of 1959 Thomas A. Edison Elementry School.

Cards etc.

Easter Card for hubby

Moms day card for a friend using a cut and emboss
Cuddlebug folder and the MS punch for the butterflys

Moms day card for our daughter
This was done using flower soft for the grass and flowers
on the well and Cuddlbug embossing folder for the swiss dots