ALWAYS REMEMBER, NEVER FORGET.

CAN YOU HEAR THE ECHOES??????????

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010. A NEW ERA BEGINS. THE PAST IS OVER. THE TIME IS NOW. WE ARE N. D. GO IRISH!!!!

Nice, Relaxing Weekend!

Whoah, long time no post, huh? It's been about 2 weeks since my last post. Bad blogger!:)

I had a pretty relaxing weekend. For the last several weekends, I have been going back to Chicago for various things. This was my first weekend at home in a long time, and boy did I need it! :) It didn't start out the greatest, though! :( We had a storm on Friday as we were getting out of work. It was pretty nasty. No power when I got home, and my little apartment started to get pretty warm! So, I packed up my trusty laptop and headed to Starbucks! Vanilla Bean Frappucino, air-conditioning and free wi-fi! (Too bad there wasn't a Sonic nearby....). Hung out there for a while, and then went and got a bunch of ice for the coolers for the meat that I had in my fridge....Read by candlelight & flashlight and went to bed, with windows open! Around 12:15 at night, I heard people yelling in the street that the power was back on! YEAH! :)

Saturday I took my car in for an oil change and check up,did some shopping for the wedding I'm going to next weekend (will blog about that for sure!! :), had dinner with friends, came home and fell asleep!! :)

Sunday was church and then a major cleaning of my apartment. I'm almost done and should be able to finish my bedroom this week. Not sure if someone is gonna spend the night at my apartment Friday nite before the wedding. One of the guys I work with (it's a work wedding) has an obligation on Friday in Bettendorf, Iowa. His girlfriend and I are going to go and get our nails done on Friday nite and probably out for dinner, and then she might sleep over. She and 2 of the other guys I work with and I are going to drive to the wedding -it's 2 hours away and then all the "Barton" people are staying in a hotel and are going out after the wedding! Should be a blast! :)

Hope you all have a GREAT week...and then...LABOR DAY weekend is the day the Echoes will be forever awoken. Mark my words. Saturday, September 4, 2010. 2:30 p.m. Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame vs. the Boilermakers of Purdue University. HERE COME THE IRISH!

God Bless,

Love,
Cindy

Happy Birthday Reese

Today is the 1st Birthday of Sweet Reese Catherine Rowe. She was born to Jason and Katie one year ago today. She went to Heaven to be with Jesus shortly after she was born. Please keep the Rowe family in your thoughts and prayers today.


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Thankful Thursdays....

I am thankful for....

*my family

*my friends

*my faith

*my life

*my home

*my country

*our armed forces

*my education

*the opportunities I have been given

*to be an Auntie to the 4 most amazing, beautiful nieces and nephew in the world

*to be a Godmother 2 times. How amazing is that gift I have been given?

And....I'm thankful that this

starts in less tha 30 days!

And that he

we be leading our team on the field...

Here come the Irish!!! :)

(almost) Wordless Wednesday

The Luau @ Franciscan Court 2009

The Luau @ Franciscan Court 2010

Can you spot the difference?

A Hawaiian Luau in Chicago! :)

This past Saturday, July 24, 2010, I went to a Hawaiian Luau at the Assisted Living Facilty that my grandmother lives at. My grandma, who I call Nanny, is 91 years young! She is fit as a fiddle, healthy as a horse, and the only problem she has is her memory. She has dementia, but is enjoying life. She lives in the moment and we are so blessed to have her still with us! Last year at the luau, my Mom, Nanny and I all wore the same shirt- we were a hit! This year, we did the same. BUT, it was not the same shirt we had last year. I tried my shirt on for my mom Saturday morning, at it WAS HUGE!!!! :) The diet is going incredibly well....So it was off to Kohl's to get new ones! :) The owners of the facility hire this entertainer who is like the Hawaiian Elvis. He works for Norwegian cruise lines and does the entertaining at different Senior Living Complexes. He is really awesome and we had a blast. It was like we (my mom & I -and My dad-that's him in the black hat and sunglasses) were the entertainment! I have never danced and had so much fun in my life. Enjoy the pictures!!!

The triplets return to the Luau

My Dad and I

Nanny, Me, & Dorothy



And it ended with a trip to Baskin Robbin's and Butter Pecan! :)