Launching of "It's Our Little Love Nest" Blog!

So much has happened in the past year....I felt it was time to move on to a new blogging space too. Meeting my soulmate, falling in love, getting engaged and planning our wedding.
We have A LOT to catch up on....
Pop over to my new blog
"It's Our Little Love Nest"
and become a follower!

http://itsourlittlelovenest.blogspot.com/

I have missed ya'all so much,
Can't wait to find out what everyone has been up to!

New Orleans benefit @ Sisters Coffee

My friend Kim Barry

gathered a group of friends & family

to put on a real

New Orleans style dinner

to help finance a mission trip there.

It was held at a favorite spot for locals,

Sisters Coffee Company!

Here is Holly enjoying her bisque.

Olivia Faludi lays out the bennetts
(French donuts, yum)


The crew ready to serve
Authentic New Orleans style eats
by our own wonderful local Chef, Vinnie Faludi.


Good thing everybody liked crawfish!

The line starts here!

It was a little overcast, but not cold.

Joy, one of the owners of

Sisters Coffee

rings the dinner bell....

Come & get it!!

This is what living in

SISTERS

is all about!
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Blessings~LillySue

Happy Pink Saturday Birthday!

The Birthday Faerie

has popped in to say

Happy Birthday to

Beverly's

Pink Saturday!

My new camera and I had

a little fun out in the yard with

Holly this week.

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Today is also the launch day

for my new

Wellness/Health/Fitness

Blog

Please stop and visit me at

Prime Vitality

I sure could use any advise or input

you would like to share there.

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Make sure you visit

Beverly's Pink Saturday

For all the Birthday festivities

&

Have a wonderful holiday weekend

Blessings~LillySue

My Guy

This is my favorite guy...

A good Son is such a blessing,

although a teenage Son can be a challenge.

We have been spending more

quality time together.

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I pulled him out of school at lunch time one day
last month. We went to see famous local naturalist,
Jim Anderson speak at the library.
Jesse made a new owl friend there.
Then we went crawdad hunting.


One weekend, just He and I hiked to
Alder Springs. He brought his
packable pole and caught
a couple little trout.



Earlier this week, He and I went to a benefit
carnival for his schools Sparrow Club.
He talked me into Halo Jumping.
A handsome, young National Guardsmen
hooked me up in the harness and then....


Up I went...


And down....



And Wayyy up.....
It was a lot of fun. Jesse was doing back flips too!

Then my almost 6' 125lb baby and I

decided to head to the Jousting Pit.

We put the helmets on, climbed in and

I proceeded to kick his arse!

Look out!!

Take that!!

And Mom is the winner!

It was actually a lot harder than it looks.

Jesse was a strong opponent.

My Guy.....

I am loving having this time before

he is off on his own.

Remember~

Hug em if you got em!!

Blessings~LillySue

Happy Pink Mother's Day!

Happy Pink

Mother's Day!

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This is my Mom on her way to my Dad's prom.

I guess she was about 16 here.

1961

I came along 2 years later.

Now I am a Mom

It is the most wonderful thing in my life!

My two are about grown and I am

looking forward to being a Grammy someday.

Today is my fur Son, Lucky's birthday.

He is turning 9

He is a snuggler!

This is what Holly made me for

Mother's Day.

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

to my 3 Mom's

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Elizabeth Jane

Ann Carol

&

Joella

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And to all you Moms too!

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Visit Beverly

For lots more Pink Saturday!

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Blessings~LillySue

Where Bloggers Create: Blog Party!

Karen at "My Desert Cottage"

Is having her 2nd Annual Where Bloggers Create party

June 19th, 2010

It’s time again to share your creative spaces!!!

Is your space at the dining room table?

Do you have a room of your own?

Have you converted a closet?

And what do you do in there?

What kind of things do you create?

This year is special because Jo Packham and

Where Women Create magazine

are offering some fabulous prizes!

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I have been needing some motivation to give my studio

a little make-over for 2010.

(Click on the "Studio" link over left to see how it is now)

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Shine up your studio space, take some photos and

JOIN THE PARTY!

Visit Karen and register to participate.

I'll see you there!

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Blessings~LillySue

Portland Pinks

Holly and I got to visit Portland this week!

We were on a school field trip.

We all ate lunch in a mall and hit some shops.

Looks like Victoria's Secret likes pink too.

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Everyone should have a sparkly pink

Hello Kitty bag.

**Holly loves ChocoCat**


Hello, Kitty!

I need this, right???



We found an

AWESOME

Chocolatier/Espresso stand.

Order the Mexican Mocha....YUMMM!!




LOVE these pinky pompoms

We tried a chocolate covered sea salt caramel

Wow was it bliss in a bite!

Saw this cute dotty dress in a store window.

LOVE IT!

Hope you all had a wonderful week!

Make sure you visit

Beverly

For lots more

Pretty in Pink!
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Blessings~LillySue

Do YOU Facebook??

Do you do Facebook?

I didn't for a long time.

My Sister kept bugging me....

You need to get on here, all the cousins are on here,

We could keep in touch better.

I seem to always be behind in the techy stuff.

Everyone had cell phones WAY before I did.

Blogs?? two years ago I had NO

idea what they were, heehe!!

SO.....

I got on Facebook.

I LOVE IT!

I hate to say it, but I tend to neglect

my blog and facebook more.

Do you want to be

Facebook

Friends?

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Look me up under

Sue Waxenfelter Thornton

Leave a note saying you are a blog friend.

I would love to see you there!!

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~Have a wonderful Saturday~

Blessings~LillySue

Can you see yourself here???

Welcome to Central Oregon

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You are looking at part of our local mountains

"Faith, Hope & Charity"

The Three Sisters

They are part of the Cascade Range

This is me hiking Alder Springs trail a few weeks ago.

I am training to climb Middle Sister in June!

I want to climb mountains!!

How about you??

Are you up for a 2 day excursion to summit "Hope"

sometime in mid June??

You hike in day one and set up base camp.

(Yes, you have to carry everything you need)

Then you get up at the crack of dawn on day two

and finish your way up to the summit!

Then you head back to base camp, pack up and hike back out.

If I can do it.....YOU can do it!!

This is Rich.

He is our guide.

Yeah, I know, he is hunky....

(His wife is the sweetest!)

He is really nice, sharp and motivating.

If you go with Rich, your butt will make it to the summit!

I am done wishing and dreaming.....

I am DOING!!

(Anyone want to come along??)
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**Blessings~LillySue**

Cha~cha~ cha~ changes.......

Sometimes you just gotta move on.

I am feeling this in my life in a

BIG WAY

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As my marriage has been coming to an end

and my main duty as Mama

is winding down...

I have been struggling with who I am

and what I want to do.

I will turn 47 this summer but

still feel like a young person on the inside.

I am finally getting used to

the older looking gal that stares

back at me in the mirror.

Over the past few years, I have fretted about

loosing my identity as a mom & wife,

being too old to start a new career,

having too many wrinkles for any man

to ever find me attractive,

and too afraid to burst

out of the shell

all this fear

locked me

in.

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Our pastor gave a message that really hit home.....

"You are not who people say you are,

you are who God says you are."

WOW!

I am his chosen, his beloved, his bride, etc..

It was like a new light was turned on

inside my heart.

I don't have to be afraid! I have worth!

I visited a wonderful counselor who helped me

put everything in perspective.

My heart and soul has been healing.

New hope has filled my mind.

When I was growing up, all I ever really

wanted to be was a wife & mom.

I wanted to live on a farm, grow most

of our food, have lots of animals

and babies.

The wife and farm part never did work out as

I had envisioned, but I am so blessed to

have two WONDERFUL children!

They will be 16 & 18 this year.

I am so proud of them!

It seems kinda funny to be trying to figure out

what to do with my life, the same time they are

figuring out what to do with theirs.

What I would love to be is a

Dr. of Holistic Medicine.

Unfortunately, it would take 6 years

and thousands of dollars to do.

I kept looking for the right thing to appear.....

Out of the blue, the PERFECT thing

materialized!

Our local community college is offering for the

first time, a new course to become a certified

Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.

It will take one full school year and a chunk of cash,

but it is exactly what I was looking for.

I was also recently introduced to

the "nutriceuticals" industry.

It is forcasted to be growing enormously

over the next 10 years.

Change is good!!

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I hope you all have had a wonderful Spring...

I have missed visiting around and plan

to do some catching up this week.

Blessings~LillySue

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Oh, yeah.....I cut my hair all off,

I'm loving it!!