Hi, we celebrated this past Saturday with family and friends. The weather couldn’t have been any better. There was a short bout of wind that cooled the evening down and made watching the light show very nice and comfortable. Below was one such firework that was beautiful. The guys were down at the pond dam shooting the fireworks while the girls were on the other side of pond watching the display. The fireworks in air and the reflections in the pond were absolutely stunning.
Hi, Happy Father’s Day to all dad’s, step-dad’s and grand dad’s!
I spent Father’s Day with my dad yesterday. It was a wonderful day. He requested Kentucky Fried Chicken for lunch. My son, daughter and her family joined us at my folks house.
A. There are 1.5 billion fathers worldwide. 66.3 million of those father’s are in the United States.
B. Father’s Day is the fifth-largest card-sending occasion in America with almost 100 million Father’s Day cards sent each year.
C. Only 50% of all Father’s Day cards are purchased for dads
Today’s inspiration began with lunch at Subway. One of my favorite places for a BLT wrap. Then off to the library to work on my blog!
Sitting here reflecting on the events of this weekend, not only am I a middle-aged person or senior as some may say, but I am actually doing some of the very things other folks my age does.
What did Kevin and I do Saturday evening you might ask. Well we went grocery shopping. We went to Price Chopper first. As we were strolling the isles, I passed several couples and individuals. A few moments later after going to a different isle, we passed by a couple we ran into several times throughput the store. I mentioned to them, ‘you know when you are old when, when you go shopping on a Saturday night.’ Most of my fellow shoppers were senior citizen’s.
We then went to Wal-Mart for the items not available at the grocery store. Again I made the same observation, most of the shoppers were middle-aged senior citizens. Two stores, same scenario!
Okay, you may wonder when I will get to the description of the post, love is in the air. Saturday evening there was love in the air. I felt it with my husband as I am sure the other couples felt it with their partners. Especially when my husband helped me carry the groceries into the house. Love is shown in the smallest gestures.
While eating my Subway BLT wrap, it occurred to me, tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. My mind drifted to my grand girls, wondering what they will be taking to school. Wondering if their Valentine’s Day was like I had in my school days. Thinking of all the Valentine cards I got and how I read and re-read them.
A bright idea came to me. I would make my own Valentine’s Day cards for my loved ones! This was a bunch of fun. My daughter had used Wal-Mart for Christmas cards and they turned out nice. I had to check out Wal-Mart Photos for Valentine’s. Knowing my daughter already planned for the grand girls school party, I wasn’t sure she knew how cute the Wal-Mart templates were. I created one for each granddaughter. Here they are.
These were fun to make. I also wanted to try and make my own without using the desktop computer and photoshop. The below 6X4 was designed on my iPhone using ProjectLife for the collage then imported into GoodNotes to add the ‘stickers’. If you would like more details on how I did this, leave a comment below!
The first three were printed on card stock paper. My 6X4 was printed as a matte picture. I was very pleased with the turnout. Of course I bought some chocolate candy and cute containers. Will add the candy and card to the containers, tie some cute ribbon and share with my family!
