Photos of Importance - Easter - Bibs - DBA

Hi everyone,

Here are some recent pics:
- Me getting my "Doing Business As 'The Awesome Librarian'" at the courthouse.
- Easter dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's house
- Democratic bibs I made
Enjoy.

Mom/Patti

Spring Break and more...

Hi there,

I want to wish all of you a very Happy Easter! Over my vacation, I just stayed home, but I was awfully busy. I made a couple of bibs for mom and dad, started the process to start a little online business, and babied dad who was home sick for most of the past week. I also went to Rice Village for the first time since living in Houston. Weird! I can't believe I had never been there. I also went to a cafeteria called "Cleburne's Cafeteria" for the first time. It was so good. I eyed these huge pieces of cakes, but I didn't have one. Over spring break, Jennifer and Coby went to Padre Island; Jimmy went to Baltimore, Orlando, and Greenwich; and John and Danielle stayed in Dallas where Danielle's dad and stepmother came to visit them.

I had some pics to put on this post, but I left my camera at mom and dad's house when we were there for our delicious Easter dinner that included Grandmother's superb cooking of ham, turkey, potatoes, vegetable casserole, asparagus, cranberry sauce, rolls, salad, gravy, cake, and ice-cream! Hmm, it was so good. We celebrated Madeleine and Michael's birthdays. I will include some pics in the next post.

I decided to fill my empty nest syndrome with CafePress! I have an account with them where I will be designing shirts, cups, etc. and hopefully selling them. My company name is "The Awesome Librarian." I have a DBA - 'DOING BUSINESS AS"! My site won't be up for a few months. I have to decide what image program to use. Jimmy will be helping me with the technical things, but I think I will be able to learn how to do it all myself with a little practice. I think I will be going with Adobe Photoshop. I have two domain names http://www.theawesomelibrarian.com/ and http://www.awesomelibrarian.com/. I won't be working on that until I get the store front up and going though. If you want to see the start of my new store, you can go to www.cafepress.com/libraryitems. Nothing is there yet, but my start! We will see how it goes. It's not my retirement fund. It is just for fun, but I am hoping to make some money. And, I am not competing with Coby! I think we have a totally different market.

Now that TAKS is over at school, the library is SO busy with research. Everyone wanted to wait until TAKS is over. I start the 10th grade research tomorrow and it will last for 3-4 weeks on folklore. I guess I ought to read some of the folklores myself.

Pray for dad to feel better.

Love you guys.

Mom / Patti

Spring Break-Sons of the AR-Bibs

Hi Everyone,

Well, I haven't written in a while because John has been in England, and I want to include pictures in my blog. But, since John has had the digital camera, I couldn't take any pictures.

Yeah, next week is spring break. I wish I had somewhere to go or at least have one of the kids coming home for Easter, but no such luck. I guess I will just go and hang out with grandmother and grandfather. But, maybe I will find someplace to go or something to do.

Jennifer is going to Padre Island with the college group for spring break. Jimmy is driving to Baltimore to meet up with Neal on Saturday, then Neal is driving with some friends (and Jimmy) to Orlando for Spring Break. Then, on Easter Sunday, Jimmy will be driving back to Boston. Ashley is going to Orlando with her family, so he will see her there a few days. So, please pray that Jen and Jimmy have safe trips to their destinations and back. I don't think John is doing anything. I wish he and Danielle would come home for Easter, but I don't think it is in the plans.

I want to share my newest award with you. Last night, I was invited to the Sons of the American Revolution's annual meeting. I was honored, along with Julie, Mrs. Rosas, and Mrs. Luther for being instrumental in helping the MCHS students win essay contests. We had a nice meal at Carrabba's, and see what I got below! Bunch of different kind of people at this event - I think these older guys like being a part of this group for the friendship. Some of their wives are Daughters of the American Revolution! I know you guys are so proud of me. Ha.

Not much else here, except I am still making bibs. If you know of anyone who could sew a hundred or so bibs for me, please let me know. I have the patterns, and I will provide the materials, etc.



Love all.



Special Congratulations to Ben who is now a Texas Real Estate Agent.



Mom/Patti