My Great-Aunt Marion died Monday. She was my grandmother's younger sister. They were the youngest out of 9 kids and were very close. Because of that our families were very close. My Aunt JoEllen was like a sister to my dad and his brothers and Aunt Jo's kids were like first cousins to me and my sister. I wish I could have flown to PA for the funeral and to be there for them. I really wish I could have.

I've been pretty busy lately, finding lots of things to do and keep me busy. I had a Pampered Chef party a couple weeks ago so there was a lot of pre-party planing and post-party stuff to take care of with the orders that were placed. It was fun and I enjoyed entertaining and playing hostess. I'd like to throw more parties, have people over for dinner and drinks. Plus I earned enough points to get the Pampered Chef items I've been wanting free. Go me!

My birthday was fun. I didn't do much in the way of celebrating but I had a good day, went to some garage sales and did a little shopping. You don't celebrate birthdays the same way you did when you were younger. In fact, someone asked me how old I was going to be and I had to actually count back to figure it out.