October 2014 Massac

this year I was dumb enough to not get any photos of Massac. was too busy hanging out with my best friend who was able to come down for the event from Springfield Mo. its been so long since we last saw each other and since she and her family were able to do an event.

they came down for our wedding in may of last year but since then its just been Jessica and her boyfriend josh that have come down to events.

I'm so happy that she's able to come to events again. its been too long.

Miss Eileen the wonderful Massac photographer was able to get some amazing photos and add them to Facebook for the world to see.

Massac album 1
Massac album 2
Massac album 3
Massac album 4

this year, since I started reading and watching the series outlander I wanted to get more Scottish with my persona since we are a Scottish unit. and also have Scottish royal background. I wore a historical piece called an Arisaid. would like to find a piece of our clan Duncan tartan somewhere so that I can accurately portray a Scottish lass.

Summer Vacation 2014

Utah Vacation photos

the week before and of July 4th if that makes sense we took a family vacation to Utah to visit the Utah schmids. doesn’t that sound like a mouth full. it was a fun filled week. full of a bunch of ups and downs.

We all piled into the truck looking like the Beverly hillbillies. complete with Bobbi Jean in her dog house in the back of the truck in her own little cubby hole.

we drove straight through, taking turns sleeping and driving. drove through Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and down into Utah.

Once we arrived our schedule consisted of :
saturday - relaxing and sleeping
Sunday - Hill air force base air show
Monday - Cemetery Point beach
Tuesday - ATVing in Farmington canyon
wednesday - memory grove/ temple square/ dinner at "the pie" underground pizza place
Thursday - relaxing with the family
Friday - colonial days
Saturday - colonial days
Sunday - trip home

like I said seriously PACKED full of activities. all of us kids spent most of the free time at home playing endless games of farkle. some games we totally just kept going instead of stopping at 10,000.

and ofcourse theres no real vacation unless someone ends up at the hospital. poor grandpa the first day he was there he was in the hospital and on pain killers the rest of vacation.

friday and saturday, since it was Utah and no one does anything on sundays unless its church, the Dulaneys participated in a Colonial Days put on by a few close friends and families. it was wonderful and very well put on. very family oriented and hands on. more events need to be that way.

a lot of site seeing and family days. was a nice vacation.

Utah Family Vacation 2014 photos

a quest to fill life

Every month so far this year has really flown by, and every month has been filled…Whether it be fun or filled with numerous hospital visits, every bit has been filled. February started us off in the hospital for my father in law. Lasted from February into April at least and then off and on all throughout the summer with follow ups and new appointments for numerous complications.

June and July were a bit of a vacation outside of the hospitals and playing house. Got to spend a week in saint Charles. and then a couple weeks later got to spend a week in Utah with all the Schmids.

August I don’t really remember. September Cole set up a date for his own surgery, his very first. Spent the whole month worrying about how we were going to make it through while he was out of work for 3 months. He spent time battling the H.R. rep at work, who hates him because he's mean and doesn’t swoon over all the girls at work.

All of October was a count down month for the both of us.Making sure that the house was clean and sterile. I had a closing of the shop because its been a horrible year. Nothing sold all year but the small few very scattered earring sales. Its been hard to please people with the things that I liked making. It wasn’t until I put everything at 1/2 off that one person bought something.

My favorite returning customer. After the shop closed it was kind of a blessing. Its been 4 long, struggling years of making beautiful jewelry. Sure some have been ugly or poorly made, but I have truly come a long way, and I'm happy I'm working with my best friend.

Now that the shop has closed, we are able to work on many new and wonderful pieces. we both have come a long way and our creations are looking better and better each time.

November rolled around, Coles day for surgery came. Headed to the hospital at 630 am. He was in surgery at 8 am.They cut his Achilles tendon, sanded down the built up calcium on his heel, and then screwed his tendon to his heel to heal. He is loving the vacation away from work.

First week after the surgery he had a follow up. Everything looked wonderful, he could feel the healing happening.At week 2 he was fitted for a boot. Was painful to put that on and start to walk slightly. At week 3 he got his stitches out. He says it feels wonderful because there is nothing pulling on the scabs. So stretching and walking in a boot and just relaxing. He is healing wonderfully. Adores the fact that he can catch up on sleep, sleep as late as he wants, and plays games all day in his recliner with his new gaming set up.

Its been hard honestly the first week that he was home. wasn’t used to him being so needy. but its really been wonderful. I love him being home. its nice to wake up and him still be in bed next to me. ill be sad when he goes back to work in January.

I really do need to keep up on this whole blogging thing. its becoming harder to remember some things and when they happened.