Lory's birthday!

So today is my best friend Lory's birthday and she spent part of the day in jewelry class with us (Colleen Mc, Jerry, Regina, and me).  Colleen Mc. was nice enough to make some thin mint cupcakes for her.....yum, yum! Thanks Colleen!!

And the class we took was soldering a glass bottle......it was a fun piece to make.  You could put whatever you wanted in the tiny glass container.  Lory put a heart in hers and she did a great job considering it was her 2nd class ever.  Look how wonderful it looks.....

Lory's soldering piece

Ronna's soldering piece

I put a skull piece in mine.....with a few black crystals.

Regina made hers with lots of beachy things and Jerry put pearls in hers.  (Sorry, I don't have pics of them, but they came out really good too.)  We all had a fun class!  I'm glad to have spend it with Lory.  Thanks Colleen for another great class!  Happy, happy birthday Lory!!!

No more invisalign!

I'm so happy!!!!......(jumping up and down right now).....today is my official day that I am done with wearing invisalign.  It's been 15 months and I am so done with having to keep up with monitoring everything about wearing them.....the discipline, the keeping time, the constant teeth brushing, etc.  My teeth look really nice......(smile).

My nephew turns 16 today!

Happy, happy 16th birthday to you Brendan!  A special birthday indeed.  I remember the day you were born......every where you looked whether in stores, on TV,  in magazines, there were hearts and colors of red and pink.......signs of love everywhere.  I was there when you were born with your dad........you were precious......and have grown into a fine young man.  Wishing you the best birthday ever and may all your dreams come true!  Xoxoxo, your Aunt Ronna.

Happy 2013! And Happy Chinese New Year!

Hi all......Happy 2013!  It was some kind of year last year with good and bad experiences.....with laughter and sadness.......with hope and struggles......one thing I know for sure, life comes at you and you have to deal with whatever comes your way.  There is no such thing as a "normal life."  So with that said, hope we all enjoy life......don't procrastinate.....laugh a lot......be healthy......enrich friendships.....and take of each other.


                                                                  Gong Xi Fa Ca

And Happy Chinese New Year....the year of the snake! Over 1.3 billion people in China and millions of Chinese around the world celebrate the first day of the Chinese New Year today.  It's the most important of Chinese holidays, kicking off a celebration that lasts for 15 days and culminates with the Lantern Festival.  So I wish you "Gong Xi Fa Ca"....the traditional Chinese New Year greeting that means "wishing you prosperity" in Mandarin.