New look, Life and Twitter...

Ok...time to embrace spring and the changing of the seasons.  Today's projects are updating the blog to something pretty (check), getting a new haircut (check), a bit of cleaning (working on that check), and switching to my pretty new green purse (that'll happen tonight while catching up on the shows I've recorded).

I am so happy to post that Dad is doing good and is the proud owner of a lovely new pig heart valve.  His surprise surgery was on Wednesday morning.  Which I didn't find out until I was already at work an hour away.  Lovely.  But thankfully there was a train I could take that would get me close the hospital and get me there before the surgery was done.  It all worked out well and I was there with plenty of time and able to see the surgeon after the procedure.  I got to see Dad right after and that was comforting even though he was still knocked out.  The past few days have been hard on him, but today he's feeling better and not sounding as depressed.  Hopefully he'll be home in the next day or two and we can get him well again soon.  This experience has more or less changed some family relationships for me and made me realize what some people are made of.  And it's all sad.  Another tough lesson learned.

Yesterday Dawn and I helped out the ladies at Sturbridge Scrapping Corner with their yard sale.  It was a fun but exhausting day!  We arrived at 7 am, moved all the supplies for sale outside to the parking area (WOW there was a lot of purging of scrap supplies by their customers...Dawn being one of the best at that) and helping keep watch over the yard sale while Julie handled the register and store.   Then later in the day we moved what was left after the morning/lunchtime rush back inside.  I am thrilled to report that I made over $300 with the things I put out for sale!!!  And if you think that's amazing, Dawn made close to $700!!!  And the sale was still going on today.  I can't wait to get my final total.  We get store credit for our sales and the money I've made so far will pay for the balance due on the October crop weekend in Vermont that I've registered for and give me plenty of spending money on account.  Goodie!!

There's a new item on my sidebar now too.  I've joined Twitter nation!  Cathy Zielske is teaching a class in May at Big Picture Scrapbooking.  It's only been a couple days, but "micro-blogging" is definitely easier than coming up with a regular blog entry for me.  Hopefully I'll find a happy medium between the two.  

I'm going to power down the time-sucking toy that is my computer and see if I can squeak in a little scrapbooking this afternoon.  John is working 2-10 (ick) today, so it's just me, the dog and a pile of goodies to play with.

Enjoy your Sunday!