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One of the activities I have enjoyed in the past was making my own Valentine's Day cards, so today I decided to explore the options for making a few cards.  I got out my Valentine's Day basket with all kinds of things related to Valentine's Day:  stickers, ribbons, hearts, flowers, doilies and began to craft my cards. I have made http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/ZOq8Y7EylEA/february-already.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/ZOq8Y7EylEA" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-already.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-1497968550576696626Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +00002012-01-28T11:49:23.829-06:00This past weekend our family gathered to meet Son #3’s Emily AND to have a surprise celebration of hubby’s birthday.  He knew about meeting Miss Emily but the birthday celebration was a complete surprise. The weather was beautiful, although a bit cool, and we had wonderful outdoor activities.  Volleyball was popular until the dog grabbed the ball and punctured it.  The band aid that young http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/T_Z3OBjc3yE/family-gathering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/T_Z3OBjc3yE" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/01/family-gathering.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-6430490071951697493Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:54:00 +00002012-01-19T21:54:24.263-06:00This weekend we will have all our boys here to meet Son #3's Emily and to celebrate hubby's belated birthday! Shhh! That last part is a secret. The emails, phone calls and text messages have been flying the last couple of days with planning, menus, questions, and suggestions. I am so excited I can hardly stand it!! I hope to post next week with pictures of all the excitement--once I have http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/e_ipxixbQjA/gearing-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/e_ipxixbQjA" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/01/gearing-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-2816191703060411052Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:29:00 +00002012-01-17T19:29:13.127-06:00Today is my sweet husband's birthday.  I hope it has been a good one for him.  I had a little party for him at lunch and he has received lots of birthday wishes by phone and e-mail and from the neighbors.  Unfortunately he had a meeting tonight so we could not have a party for him, but the week is not over yet!  ;) Heh! Heh! This picture was taken on Christmas day.  The dog, Nero, belongs to Sonhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/GXKmtiqtrC8/happy-birthday-dear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/GXKmtiqtrC8" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-birthday-dear.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-1975458668785273308Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:46:00 +00002012-01-14T09:54:57.434-06:00I have been away from my blog so long that I totally forgot how to post a new entry to the blog.  Shame on me!  Looking back, I am not sure what I have done in those months, but here is a thumbnail sketch of events and happenings: 1) We settled into our newly remodeled house nicely and have frequent visitors--friends, family, grandchildren.  It is wonderful to have room for everyone without http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/b2wzbIXjCf8/im-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/b2wzbIXjCf8" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/01/im-back.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-8021883332583049486Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:21:00 +00002011-04-30T15:21:39.608-05:00Our 4-year-old granddaughter is very proud of her art.  She likes to visit Art USA and 'study' their modern art.  When she finished a particular painting, she wanted to take it down to Art USA and show it to the nice lady, Melissa, who works there.  Melissa really made over her painting and then asked Arrie if she wanted to exhibit at their place.  Arrie agreed, so Melissa put her art work on an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/3gGtrbpVpM0/budding-new-artist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/3gGtrbpVpM0" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/04/budding-new-artist.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-6287263408265507238Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +00002011-03-20T12:00:04.259-05:00 SON #3 NEXT TO NEPHEW Yesterday was our oldest grandson’s 16th birthday (white shirt in the picture).  One of his uncles (Son #3 in orange shirt next to him in picture) posted the following advice for him: Happy bday Nephew!! Advice from your wise and worldly Uncle Ross: Live life by these 3 simple rules: 1. Duty: Always remember your moral, family and employment obligations 2. Honor: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/n4hP1GjW8cE/good-advice-at-any-age.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/n4hP1GjW8cE" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-advice-at-any-age.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-1530712817141654377Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:35:00 +00002011-02-16T20:35:41.596-06:00I took the following picture of our full moon peeking out from behind the clouds this evening.  I would love to paint this picture! I saw a painting in pastels at an art show last weekend that was similar to this.  Wonder what I could do with oils?? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/GjUB-z-UnTI/lovely-moon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/GjUB-z-UnTI" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/lovely-moon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-5631872862649133941Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:27:00 +00002011-02-15T20:27:21.872-06:00Today I stopped in Michaels to buy a new canvas for a painting that I am planning and an older gentleman, with a felt hat on his wispy white hair and clothes a bit large for his slight frame, was standing in the aisle with two large canvases.  He said to me, “Are you going to compete with me?”  I grinned and said, “Probably not,” because my canvas was half the size of his.  I asked him if he was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/cjzscJf41-k/amazing-adventure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/cjzscJf41-k" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/amazing-adventure.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-8808371249167233543Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:59:00 +00002011-02-05T14:59:24.943-06:00Snow was predicted for Friday but we did not see one snowflake by the time we went to bed.  The weatherman said that we probably did not have enough moisture for snow and it might miss us.  Great was our surprise when we got up early Friday morning to find our yard covered with a beautiful blanket of white snow!  To make things a bit more interesting, the weatherman said we had rain and sleet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/PtrtdEv3UFs/we-had-snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/PtrtdEv3UFs" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/we-had-snow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3071817980520342173Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:27:00 +00002011-02-03T14:27:43.552-06:00The past month and a half have flown by and I have been so busy that I have been meeting myself coming and going.  The middle of December we moved into our house with more boxes than I ever dreamed possible.  Then Christmas sneaked up on me and we celebrated with our boys who came and went the weeks before and after Christmas.  In between visits I unpacked and STILL have boxes to unpack! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/1NczYE5sm6c/ive-been-busy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/1NczYE5sm6c" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/ive-been-busy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3199279756068155204Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:49:00 +00002011-01-22T22:49:44.696-06:00Well, it seems that we have a little blogging competition going on in the family.  My daughter-in-law, Kara, was the first to start a blog and encouraged me to start my blog.  I must admit that I have neglected my blog lately but intend to update everyone soon.  Now, Son #2 has decided to begin a blog featuring his wonderful photographs.  I hope you will visit his blog and view his pictures http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/Z5-JH6GYz04/blog-competition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/Z5-JH6GYz04" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-competition.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-931955948316206352Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:48:00 +00002010-12-29T12:48:30.601-06:00We moved into our house on December 10th.  I had broken my little toe about ten days before our move and I came down with a horrible cough the day we moved—either from all the dust, the beginning of the dreaded cedar pollen, or a virus.  All of that slowed me down a bit.  Prior to our move I had done very little Christmas shopping and, thus, felt very overwhelmed.  Almost everyone in our http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/tUGZr12XQ80/interesting-christmas-this-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/tUGZr12XQ80" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/12/interesting-christmas-this-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-7142746200691794269Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:14:00 +00002010-12-13T20:14:11.535-06:00We moved over the weekend.  We spent Friday night in our very empty house and ate breakfast on our lawn chairs and table.  Then the movers came with our furniture and mountains of boxes!  How did we ever accumulate so much stuff?? My sweet sister and lots of neighbors came to help!  Thanks so much to each one of you! Sunday a.m. my sister, my husband and I had breakfast by the fireplace.  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/4zMAaViq49M/boxes-boxes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/4zMAaViq49M" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/12/boxes-boxes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-9132528594528095734Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:30:00 +00002010-12-06T17:30:57.603-06:00Last Thursday our builder told us we could move in on Friday, the 10th.  I am SO EXCITED!  Preliminary inspections begin tomorrow.  Please keep your fingers crossed for us!  Meanwhile great progress has been made and the movers will bring our things from storage on Saturday!  I plan to spend Friday night in my house!! The kitchen has been repainted after the tile and sheet rock repair.  Our ovenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/HWpX_d990JA/moving-moving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/HWpX_d990JA" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/12/moving-moving.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-6230400597271004923Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:07:00 +00002010-11-19T20:07:35.885-06:00ThanksgivingRemodelingThey are making great progress with our house and we are ALMOST there, but not quite.  A few snags have caused delays, but things are moving along in a most exciting way.  The floors are done and they finished the fireplace today--quite a change from our old red brick one.  And the floors look just lovely! The kitchen now has a microwave and I could boil water because the sink also now has http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/UB1PHekW_i4/two-steps-forward-three-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/UB1PHekW_i4" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/11/two-steps-forward-three-back.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-1636297394864898081Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:09:00 +00002010-11-01T16:09:45.483-05:00In the month of October we saw all of our children and grandchildren and met our first great-grandchild.  What a whirlwind month!! First, I went to Dallas to keep Son #2’s children while they went to Kara’s high school reunion.  We had fun at the Magnolia Hotel and at the Dallas Arboretum Pumpkin Festival!! When I returned home, Son #4 and family were waiting for me at the airport and we http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/3YLJbnU1pQU/what-happened-to-october.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/3YLJbnU1pQU" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-happened-to-october.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3261685769854574189Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:03:00 +00002010-10-14T17:03:21.154-05:00Large crowds of workers are busy, busy painting inside our house and working on our yard outside this week. No toilets in the house yet, though!  Bummer!  But maybe it is a good thing since they broke the water line this afternoon and that took a while to repair.  Seems like there is always something!  But I do believe there is forward progress being made.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/LeYO-ZmrMtw/inside-and-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/LeYO-ZmrMtw" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/10/inside-and-out.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-2767289991045812789Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:34:00 +00002010-10-07T16:03:46.223-05:00So much is happening at our house right now that I have not even had time to take pictures.  They are painting the rooms today.  And we finally have a real stair rail!  Whoopeeeee! Below is a picture of the accidental “pass through” that the sheet rock people created from the upstairs bunkroom into the bathroom.  It caused many, many questions… It has now been covered by a nice medicinehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/js0mayH6uKo/so-much-is-happening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/js0mayH6uKo" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/10/so-much-is-happening.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-5211979227283981599Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:02:00 +00002010-09-28T20:02:46.946-05:00Our house is really beginning to come together!  This afternoon we talked about the landscaping plan which should begin later on this week. Yesterday, we talked about a bench and shelf for our mud room.  I found a picture in the Pottery Barn Catalog and showed it to our builder and he said that was exactly what he had in mind.  He tacked the picture to the wall… …and about three hours later ourhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/t8MfxBzGaYs/house-progress-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/t8MfxBzGaYs" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/house-progress-report.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-4234034844046010464Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:02:00 +00002010-09-27T21:02:11.740-05:00Son #2 came with his family this past weekend and we got to keep the girls both Friday afternoon and Saturday.  My husband and I had several suggestions for activities:  movies, Imax, shopping, museum, etc.  However, they said that what they wanted to do the most was art with me.  I was so surprised and pleased, so off we went to Michaels to purchase supplies since mine are all stored away (I canhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/wt0yN_6rQ38/art-at-our-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/wt0yN_6rQ38" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/art-at-our-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3806011120725663210Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:44:00 +00002010-09-22T19:44:35.808-05:00We got up this morning at 4:30 so we could drive down south to Grandparents’ Day for Son #4’s children at their school.  We had a great time at school with Miss Ella Bella and Colty.  Miss Ella Bella is on the left with a friend. Colty is enjoying his snack while his other grandmother snapped pictures. We had a quick lunch with Son #4 and his wife before we headed home. On the way back we http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/L8kgLDFKJCQ/such-busy-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/L8kgLDFKJCQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/such-busy-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-4375644768809852313Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:57:00 +00002010-09-18T15:57:47.653-05:00Each week now we see a little more progress.  This past week we got tile in our bathrooms… And in our “mud room” by the bedroom door. They also began with our “hardscape,” that is, our patio, driveway and sidewalks.   Some of our cabinets were delivered and will be installed next week—I can hardly wait for that part of our house to take shape!! We also got lots of mushrooms http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/meUjMpEvV-k/progress-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/meUjMpEvV-k" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/progress-progress.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-737108085035817640Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:02:00 +00002010-09-10T15:02:32.108-05:00Our remodeling took on a new “air” of excitement this morning.  We have floor people, tile people, and landscape people all banging and working in and around the house.  They also delivered wood for the floors, tile for the bathrooms, doors and frames, railings for our stairs, and heating/a/c equipment which they stored in our garage. All the crews were busily working away when a landscape http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/eYF8umjZhEM/where-did-he-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/eYF8umjZhEM" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/where-did-he-go.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-449126994543858081Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:21:00 +00002010-09-09T16:21:03.806-05:00I had a wonderful surprise today.  A cousin from the Texas Panhandle was in town visiting her daughter and granddaughter.  She called me to join them for lunch and we met at a wonderful hamburger place where we had delicious organic and gluten-free hamburgers and shared some French fries cooked in olive oil.  Yum. Above is a picture of my cousin and her granddaughter, Miss Grace. Doesn’t http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~3/N-uh2DC1WI8/visiting-cousin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/hErG/~4/N-uh2DC1WI8" height="1" width="1"/>http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/visiting-cousin.html