merry christmas monica

http://lifeonthehilltop got her start as a crafter at age 8 when she recieved her first sewing machine many a barbie doll outfits were created on this little guy along with outfits for elizebeth and trudy.

june.15th 2009

WOW we are half way through and the summer activities are heating up this week end stated with fridayloo, and evansdales "good-ol days" the parade was a wet one but that doesn't stop a bunch of kids looking for the tossed candy teats so with our umbrellas in toe off we trecked to the end of the bock to join the fun.

sat was the worlds largest mudd volleyball tournement. congrats to mindy and ryan and team members good showing you beat out a lot of teams "bumpen ugly." And a big yahoo to "smoken aces" senada,becky and all the team you did a great job of putting last years 1st place team down in 5th.

It's to bad the street dace was canceled,someting about electrcuting the guitar player due to the rain. i hope rodney and the rest of the band "wildcard" got paid anyways.

sunday was the car show and of course we all knew john would walk off with the biggest trophy:)

sat night it was chill time with a fabulas bar-b-que at dan & mels new digs guys everything was awsome.

sunaday was a lazy day i went with mom (grandma to most of you) on one of her YWCA bus trips. along with 52 little old widow ladies, to a lunch and play in dubuque. it was nice hangen with her and she was having a good day (health wise:))

KATELINS BIG NIGHT

theres nothing quite so charming and yet boring at the same time then watch a 6 years old dance recital

wow it's double post day i have never done that before. majda's last day as a 3rd grader

tues. june 9, 2009

once i plated up daves dinner last night it looked so goo i had to photograph it. as you can see food is touching a instant clue that it's not mine:)

june 6 2009

there's a new computer nut in town and she's taken over my space

june 5 2009

wow can you believe it's been 29 years since this pic was snapped on our way to the beach in sunny san diego. nik,janet, john holding david, brandy, monica. I LOVE SUMMER:) my goodness someone really has all her groceries showing here :0

june 1 2009

i t's time to stop and smell the flowers. they are so pretty and smell lovely so lilacs out phoneys in have a nice day all:)

May 29th 2009

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aahhhhh the lilacs are in bloom i love lilacs.and remembering how lovingly my children offered me bunches of them that they would pick on the way home from school. these i picked for my mom for mothers day along the bike trail :)

April 8 "o9

HAPPY EASTER to all our loved ones and thanks for the Ester goodies from our jersey kids. i have had to hide them in the basement (shhhhhh don't tell Dave)till Sunday when Dave is allowed to have chocolate again it is the one thing he gave up for lent, being the good Catholic boy he is LOL.

when the box arrived in the mail it made me forget how upset i was that a bird had pooped on the freshly washed sheets i had hanging on the line:( not complaining though bird poop has got to be a sure sign of spring:)

we will be having friends and family over for dinner at 12 noon followed by an egg hunt for all the little ones and will miss all of you who can't be with us.

It's a slow news day. so thaought i would just post this pic i snapped of the new floor in the computer room. have a good day all:)

welcome spring

finally i thought it wold never get here but alas spring has arrived and i diana lynn matson watson bluml have survived my 26th winter in a row in iowa next year i will be accepting any all all invitations to avoid the 27th

equal time

another beautiful grand kid. enjoying a quite monent on aunt monica's bed. and wondering where aunt monica and dominic went to.since they were here when she went to bed the night before :(

and the winner is Dave bluml for his weekend performance in the water runs new. a before and after project directed by his wife Diana and staring peerless in a stunning chrome wrap from Menard's.

Big Eyes

anything grampa can do i can do better. in april i will challange him to an egg hunt. with baka as the judge the odds are on my side.

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

after working our tails off for a week and a half replacing the 33 year old green carpets in the bedrooms it was nice to chill with friends and family and enjoy the super bowl. i made two pots of soup, one 15 bean and ham and one bacon and potatoe. also a big batch of chicken wings a veggie tray banana bread, philly chili and chips. linnie brought meat and cheese tray and choclate peanut clusters (made them herself ) and mike supplyed a 4lb jumbo shrimp tray from red lobster. it was fun.

jan 22,2009

I can't say I'm sorry to see that Jan. is well into it's second half. this week i am keeping busy with the first stages of preparation getting ready for Easter and a visit from two of my favorite people in the whole world. I have been clearing out all the bed rooms and preparing them for new floors. next week i will be putting the house somewhat back together. and redoing the walls in the computer room they need a lot of work. i will be disabling my Internet for a few days ( part of clearing the room. SO hope to have lots of great pics when i return. Hope thechurchinthegrass was a success last night

JAN 18,2009

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY MAJDA

once again the lord has worked a miracle. thank you lord for all you do if they weren't already believers, i think new york has at least 155 converts.
THE THINGS THAT MAKE US HAPPY
AREN'T THINGS.

JAN 15, 2009

I snapped this photo of the neighbor and her special needs daughter waiting for the school bus last week before it got really-really cold out this is the third NO SCHOOL. day in a row. last night when i went to bed we were up to 17 inches of snow and 39 yes you heard me right 39 below. lucky for me i have plenty to do right here in my cozy abode.

Here in Iowa we are in the middle of winter and what a winter it is turning out to be. There is absolutely no where left to put the snow. i would love to make my escape. but in all fairness to my honey lamb, i will stay home and make cookies.

This is a snapshot of the Fairbanks clan taken around the mid fifty's. i confiscated it from my moms photo album for many reasons the biggest one being it wasn't an acid free album. so now i have decided to identify each and every Fairbanks present in the photo. how that for a new years challenge? my resources are becoming more limited by the day so am making it a priority wish me luck. if any one recognizes yourself that would be helpful:)

jan. 9 2009

I am accepting hilltoppers tag so here go.... 7 things you may not know about me

1) i hate it on wheel of fortune when they ask a contestant if they are married and they respond with "yes pat, i'm married to my wonderful husband/wife fill in name" we of course your married to your husband/wife we didn't think you were married to the family dog.

2) I starting drawing social security benefits this month.

3) I'm addicted to computer solitaire, once i start playing i can't quite till i win.

4) I'm really not that into betty boop anymore, i got rid of most of my collection in a garage sell last year.

5) I remember one "past life"

6) I scan the real estate web site everyday looking for a home closer to my youngens

7) i once wore daves underwear