Saturday, May 29, 2010

GNO

Girls night out last night!  Had so much fun.  We went and painted
pottery and then went over to the Cheesecake Factory!  Yum!


























So we had a really fun time together as usual.  We had good 
conversation as well.  It's always great to be with friends and
talk about everything :) 

This morning, we took John (our friend from Fl) out to breakfast.
The kids weren't up yet so they stayed home.  After breakfast we
went out around the lake to show John the area.  I got a call from
Lisa asking what we were doing.  I told her we were out and she said,
"oh, you aren't afraid to be outside i guess."  That confused me and I 
thought maybe she meant to call someone else but then she told me
that on my facebook page it said that I was super afraid to go outside.
I told her that Rachel must have written that thinking that she was on 
her site and accidentally wrote it on mine.  Then I get another call
from my friend Tammy from high school!  She asked if I was okay.
I'm thinking what is going on!  Randy's mom called him to see if I was
okay because her sister saw something on facebook and couldn't
get in touch with me!  Well, we figured out that Rachel played a joke
on me!  She thought it would be funny to write this:

Danette Lyons Still super afraid to go out side!!!!!!! call me on my cell..


2 hours ago  ·  · 
Sharon Lanham
Sharon Lanham 
What's going on???
2 hours ago · 
Sharon Liss
Sharon Liss 
Okay, you are killing us here. Is there a bear outside or something? Thunderstorms?
2 hours ago · 
Danette Lyons
Danette Lyons 
just call me i am okay but give me a nice call on the cell
2 hours ago · 
Tammy Brock Cartiglia
Tammy Brock Cartiglia 
Hope you and your family are safe! Not sure what's going on but take care of yourself! :)
2 hours ago · 
Danette Lyons
Danette Lyons 
were fine! please call my cell though :)
2 hours ago · 
Tammy Brock Cartiglia
Tammy Brock Cartiglia 
I would call but I don't have your cell #.
2 hours ago · 
Jessica Williams Sargent
Jessica Williams Sargent 
pins and needles, i'm on pins a needles!
2 hours ago · 
Tammy Brock Cartiglia
Tammy Brock Cartiglia 
Your cell number is......????? :) LOL
about an hour ago · 
Kimberly Wilkerson Livingston
Kimberly Wilkerson Livingston 
I don;t have your cell...you OK?
about an hour ago · 
Tammy Brock Cartiglia
Tammy Brock Cartiglia 
She's alright, I just called her....
about an hour ago · 
Kimberly Wilkerson Livingston
Kimberly Wilkerson Livingston 
I called Dot, JT is going to call you
about an hour ago · 
Kimberly Wilkerson Livingston
Kimberly Wilkerson Livingston 
Racheal playing a joke on her mom
about an hour ago · 
Dorothy Lyons
Dorothy Lyons 
Rachel you had everyone worried... not so funny huh?
about an hour ago · 
Tammy Brock Cartiglia
Tammy Brock Cartiglia 
Dannette, sorry I couldn't talk to you very long, even though it's been 25 years! LOL I had to get my kids and the phone kept breaking up. Just glad you're alright! :)
about an hour ago · 
Sharon Liss
Sharon Liss 
You gotta love kids. Thought it was weird you would say "Super Afraid." Guess that should have been a clue. lol
about an hour ago · 
Jessica Williams Sargent
about an hour ago · 
Danette Lyons
Danette Lyons 
OMG! I kept getting calls from people asking why I was afraid to go outside! I had no clue what they were talking about. Finally figured it out! Thanks everyone for your concern. Gotta go ground Rachel now. Too bad it's her b'day on Monday too! lol jk kidding Rachel. You got me good girl! Thanks Tammy for the call! I couldn't hear you very well on my phone either and was shocked that you were calling me! But it was good to talk to you too. lol
42 minutes ago · 
Wendy Evans Stryker
Wendy Evans Stryker 
Now that's funny! Glad you're not afraid :)
4 minutes ago · 












Guess it’s time to ground her! lol

Sunday, May 16, 2010

mother's day, prom, and date night!


May is such a busy time of year!  We celebrated
Mother's Day with my mom.  We had a wonderful
seafood dinner....shrimp cocktail, clams casino,
ceasar salad, twice baked potatoes, king crab and 
chocolate cake with strawberries!  Yum!
AJ, Me, and Rachel









Me and my mom









Rachel is on her 8th grade trip to NYC!  She is
having such a great time.  They have gotten to
see so much.  They went to Ellis Island and went
up the Statue of Liberty.  They went to China
Town and Little Italy.  They saw West Side Story
on Broadway.  They visited the American Museum
of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.  They went to the top of the Rock!  (the
observatory at Rockefeller Center).  They saw
Blue Man Group last night.  They went to Times
Square, the UN and Grand Central Station!  
They kept them very busy.  Can't wait to see her
 and hear all about it.

Last night AJ had Prom!  He is on the Prom Committee so
yesterday morning we went to the place that they had
it and helped decorate.  It looked great and it was a 
lot of fun.  Here are a few pics from Prom.
Andy, Shane, and AJ









AJ and Lydia









The group









leaving in the limo!









So, with no kids in the house we had date night at home! :)
I love cooking good food for us.  I used tomatoes that
we canned last year for a seafood sauce.


















Then we made brushetta!




























Great weekend!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

cinco de mayo!

The days just seem to be flying by!  The weather
has been so nice lately.  Spring is definitely here!
Everything is so green and the flowers are all in 
bloom.  We had girls night out again and what a
good time we had.  We went and had pedicures 
done and then out to Chili's for dinner.









































I added more pictures from GNO on facebook
so if you want to see those then check them out
there.
Saturday we worked an auction and there were
tons of AMish people there! :)
Oh and on Sunday night, the kids came home from
youth group and RAchel went up to get a bath be-
fore bed.  She said, "mom, come up and talk to me
before I go to bed."  She likes for me to come up
each night and talk to her.  Well, I was in the middle of 
something so I told her that I would be up in a few
minutes.  Shortly after that conversation, my phone
rings and it's Rachel!  I answer it but don't give her the
opportunity to talk.  I said, "I'll be up in a few min." and I
hung up.  The phone rings again!  I hit Ignore.  The phone 
rings again!  Geesh!  So I answer it and say, "I WILL BE
UP IN A MINUTE!"  I hear this...  "Um, Danette, this is
Aiden.  Rachel left her phone at church and I just wanted
to let you know."  OMG!  This kid probably thinks that
I'm a pycsho!    So I calmly explained to him what 
was going on.  He laughed but I'm sure he thinks
I'm crazy! :)
We were at a Mexican restaurant last night so we 
celebrated Cinco de Quatro!
Several years ago, me and my friend Jolie went out
to dinner.  We went to a favorite Mexican restaurant
and it was packed!  It was so strange.  It was a week
night and we had to wait.  Finally we figured it out...
it was Cinco De Mayo!  
Well, I'm planting the garden today and I'm so excited!
So, I'm off to Lowes people!  Have a great day!
This was a very rambling kind of post....