Thursday, April 8, 2010

Welcome to My Party


Hi! Come on in and grab a cocktail and some snackies. Welcome to my blog party. This my second blog party. I had so much fun last year, I had to throw another party this year. I'm so glad you could stop by.

My name is Nancy and I am a 55 year old wife and mother. I'm also a daughter, aunt, sister, mother-in-law, friend and employee. But, the very best thing I am is a grandma! I have two granddaughters who are the lights of my life and any day now, they will be welcoming a little brother to their family. My grandson will be the first boy in our family in 25 years. Nothing but girls for 25 years. Is that crazy or what? The oldest girl is a month shy of being four and the youngest is 18 months. My daughter is going to have her hands full.

I've been married for 37 years to a wonderful man. He retired at age 55 and loves it. We have four daughters. Our oldest is 35 and is a school teacher. She has been married for four years and is a marathon runner. She is also a fellow blogger. Next, we have twin daughters who will be 27 in a few weeks. One is a nanny and married for a year and a half. Two grand dogs with that daughter. The other twin is a stay at home mom to my two granddaughters and my soon to be grandson. She has been married for five and a half years. My youngest is a senior at Purdue majoring in elementary education. She has a very steady boyfriend. They have been together for five years.
I work full time at a preschool and love every minute of it. I don't think there is a better job for me. I've been blogging for just over a year now. I had no idea when I started how much I would grow to love it. I have made some wonderful friends. I am losing weight because of my girls at the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans and I've become a much better photographer because of You Capture. I also enjoy reading, walking, sewing and playing with my grandkids. The grandkids take up a lot of my time and I wouldn't have it any other way. Feel free to look around. I have a giveaway going on that ends on Monday and new one starting next week.
So....I'm anxious to go and meet all of you. I'm guessing that I already know some of you. Thank you to Five Minutes for Mom for hosting this event.

16 comments:

  1. Great getting to know you... I will follow your blog. I love your colorful blog background and your music !!

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  2. Hello again B. Mama! I've missed seeing you lately. Was just in your neck of the woods last week and thought of you. :)

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  3. I love your Party post. It's so concise and tells so much about you. And, I'm thinking, maybe I'll join the party!

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  4. Hello - I am a fellow IN blogger and love this party! I like your song too! I am a follower!

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  5. It's nice to meet you :) I am also a teacher and gave my mom her only grandson (so far). She is also a teacher and had 3 girls (I am the oldest). Your family is beautiful. Enjoy your little guy when he gets here :)

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  6. What fun! So glad we became friends through blogging.

    Hugs!
    Kat

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  7. I have to admit, I clicked on your blog because of the name of your blog! My parents have 15 grandsons and only 1 granddaughter. She's quite the princess! :D
    Nice to meet you!

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  8. Yay, snackies! Love your site design. Hope you're enjoying the party!

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  9. Hi there! Your family is beautiful in the slideshow on your sidebar! Looks like y'all just had a wedding!

    Just stopping by from the UBP!

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  10. Hi Nancy, nice to 'meet' you. Looks like we have a lot in common :) My oldest daughter is also a teacher. The 2nd is a nurse; youngest a techie. Im a WAHM ~ marketing and advertising. Most of all, I'm a Grammie ~ blessed with two beautiful ones whom I've had the pleasure of babysitting this weekend (thus have been unable to blog hop till now while the 7mo naps).
    Hope to get to know you better. Happy partying!

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  11. Hi, I'm a reader of a blog you read too and often see you pop up in her comments section.

    I am Irish but live in Australia with my husband and three kids.

    I love the glimpse into other peoples lives that blogging gives us, and the new people we meet who would not neccesarily be the people we would go to the trouble of getting to know if we were all in a room together.

    The beauty of getting to know someone through their words and thoughts before age, skin colour or street address colours our judgement.

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  12. I am doing this too:) Happy Party!!

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  13. Just stopping by from the UBP at Five Minutes for Mom. You have a great site. I would love it if you visited my blog and left me a comment! I'm looking forward to reading more and getting to know you better.

    Cascia
    The Healthy Moms
    http://www.thehealthymoms.net/2010/04/welcome-to-healthy-moms-blog-party.htmlJust stopping by from the UBP at Five Minutes for Mom. You have a great site. I would love it if you visited my blog and left me a comment! I'm looking forward to reading more and getting to know you better.

    Cascia
    The Healthy Moms
    http://www.thehealthymoms.net/2010/04/welcome-to-healthy-moms-blog-party.html

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  14. Hi, I'm Annie and I'm popping by from chicagoscookbook.blogspot.com and chi-annie.blogspot.com via UBP. You have such a lovely blog - I can't wait to read more!

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