tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35206222015104239572024-03-13T16:32:20.046-06:00Pat's Photo A DayA scrapbooking grandmother's pictorial journey through life, one day at a time.Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-27119318422120299392010-06-22T20:51:00.012-06:002010-06-25T07:50:48.094-06:00New BlogI've finally managed to get my new blog up and running. You can find me here:http://lloydsgirl.blogspot.com/Sorry. I couldn't get the 'insert link' thingy to work so you'll have to copy my new URL and paste it into your navigation bar to get to the new site.Please visit me there. Thanks.Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-90598159415810101292010-06-19T15:35:00.002-06:002010-06-19T15:36:25.778-06:00Not Gone YetI'm planning on closing down this blog and am in the process of creating a new one. Having a few problems with the format and look of the new one. As soon as it's up and running I'll put a link here to it so you won't get lost. Thanks for the vote of confidence.Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-77820471504248215762010-06-15T19:05:00.009-06:002010-06-15T22:00:24.876-06:00Favorite PicturesI love taking pictures and with the advent of digital photography I find I take way, way more than I need. I don't let an occasion, event, baby, grandchild, bird, flower, etc. go by without taking a picture of it. The biggest reason I carry a purse is so that I have someplace to keep my small camera. I've taken a lot of pictures so far this year that haven't made it into print for scrapbooking Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-9788628201837576402010-06-07T19:51:00.004-06:002010-06-07T20:17:30.817-06:00Baby Tate UpdateAmy and Curtis's son Tate was born prematurely on May 14.Now, three weeks later, he's home and doing fine. He doesn't do much yet other than eat and sleep but he's gaining weight and growing and is just as sweet as can be. I had him with me for a sleep-over on Friday night (his parents needed a night of uninterrupted sleep) and during his stay we had a brief photo shoot. Yesterday Emily and I Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-74124880051506731272010-05-26T19:10:00.004-06:002010-05-26T19:33:21.134-06:00Lloyd's WheelsNow normally I wouldn't bother blogging about something as mundane as a car but Lloyd asked me so nicely to blog about his latest acquisition what choice did I have??? He's so cute when he begs!When he was down here a month or so ago he found a car deal he couldn't resist. He had been wanting a cool car for us to drive while we're down here in the sunny south - the van just wasn't cool enough!Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-33094601289619709822010-05-24T23:26:00.005-06:002010-05-24T23:58:20.573-06:00There's Always Something New...As usual when we come to Surprise, AZ, I take pictures of plant life. I was particularly excited to come in May because that's when the Saguaro and a few other cacti blossom. Lloyd and I drove out to the nearby saguaro forest to take some pictures of them.And here's the cholla (I think) that Q. planted in our yard.Quincey did an amazing job with the landscaping on his last trip down. He hiredPat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-53644466312141554522010-05-23T22:26:00.003-06:002010-05-23T22:45:54.798-06:00Nachos a la CoryLloyd has this friend who, whenever they're together with the 'guys' on a golf trip or business trip or whatever, makes a nacho platter that according to Lloyd is a work of art...a gastronomic delight of unheard of proportions...a must-have for every nacho lover in the world. Sometimes in his enthusiasm to share this culinary event with me, he'll call me from hundreds of miles away to tell me Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-25725209160597817222010-05-20T23:39:00.004-06:002010-05-20T23:55:35.504-06:00The Generations Connect!I had a brief, but interesting and uplifting conversation with 5-year old grandson Max today. Here it is, pretty well word for word. I'll set the stage for you first. It was 12:10 pm and Max and I were heading out to get him to Kindergarten. It was a drizzly, misty day. Max looked down the street and said:Max: It looks fuzzy down there.Me: Yes, it's foggy today.Max: What's fog?Me: It's aPat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-56304147859302817142010-05-16T17:51:00.004-06:002010-05-16T18:29:27.819-06:00Introducing - Tate Curtis WoolfOn Friday, May 14, just before 8 am, we welcomed our 19th grandchild to the family. Tate Curtis Woolf arrived 4 weeks ahead of schedule, weighing a whopping 5 lb 10 oz. Such a tiny little guy, not without a few respiratory problems to make life interesting, if a bit unsettling, for a couple of days.Amy had a chance for a quick cuddle before baby Tate was whisked off to the NICU for some Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-74856923873266214072010-05-12T17:51:00.004-06:002010-05-12T18:19:48.044-06:00Scraplifting, Cousins, Geese, Etc.Scraplifting - a wonderful tool for those of us who have a hard time coming up with our own ideas for scrapbook layouts. You look through scrapbook magazines, online galleries, websites, blogs,etc. until you find a layout that you would like to model one of your own after. I scraplift - a lot. When Mickey and I were out the other day we visited a couple of scrapbook stores. My eye was caught by aPat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-36389431016695528032010-05-09T10:34:00.003-06:002010-05-09T10:58:17.044-06:00Happy Mother's DayMum - May 28,2009We just got home from a visit to my sister, BIL, and mother in Winnipeg. It's always fun to see Wendy and Randy, but is getting sadder and sadder to see Mum. She's in late stages of Alzheimer's now, living on a secure unit in an extended care facility where she's safe and is treated very well. Our visits with her only last 15 minutes or so. She has no recollection of us nor of Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-90586139683028052832010-05-04T20:20:00.003-06:002010-05-04T20:31:21.312-06:00Global Warming???It's hard to imagine global warming when we're hit with a series of spring storms here in Alberta. Don't you just hate these depressing storms?! I'm just glad I haven't taken my snow tires off yet. It's been nice and warm and sunny here - the trees are budding out, tulips are blossoming, grass is green, and then...wham...this morning we awoke to piles of snow and fierce howling winds. It was Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-13657289566584829222010-05-03T19:15:00.004-06:002010-05-03T20:25:37.206-06:00You're Never Too Old...to swing at a pinata for the first time. My 62nd birthday party was as good a time as any to try my hand at batting the super strong saguaro cactus pinata.Since Sara and her family were going to be away on Mother's Day and my birthday, she and Charlie decided to have a small birthday party for me this past weekend. Charlie (6 years old) loves birthday parties and insisted they go to the Party Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-22800373931903654402010-04-28T21:43:00.000-06:002010-04-28T22:01:25.495-06:00Trying to Stay AheadI thought I should work on layouts of baby Hannah before Tate is born in June and Quinn in July. It's so hard to stay ahead, or even caught up, in my scrapbooking. When we were in Lethbridge a couple weeks ago to see Hannah and her family, I was unable to get on the internet. So to fill in time while Mickey was on the internet (could never figure out how she could get on and I couldn't), I used aPat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-71035491917937881402010-04-24T08:04:00.000-06:002010-04-24T08:42:59.061-06:00Birthday CardsI love birthday cards. I love getting them. I love sending them. I love making them (although once made, I hate sending them away). I love searching for them.A number of years ago (who's counting...I've had many birthdays, after all), while looking for a birthday card to send my sister I couldn't decide between a funny one or a sentimental one...so I sent her both. That started a new tradition. IPat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-33668925555434523292010-04-16T17:48:00.001-06:002010-04-16T17:56:48.356-06:00The Story WriterI love this picture of 6-year old Charlie that Sara took at Easter. She looks so serious sitting on a rock by the lake at her Grandma's place writing in her new notebook. She is excited to be learning to read and write and loves to practice her reading and writing. In case you can't make it out, the story she wrote goes like this: "Charlie is the most specialist girl in the whole wide world. Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-44567147080899491902010-04-14T21:51:00.000-06:002010-04-14T22:22:02.079-06:00Visit With HannahThe highlight of the trip Mickey and I made last weekend was visiting my new granddaughter, Hannah Rose MacKenzie. She was 12 days old when she finally met her Grammie and she was on her best behaviour. Her mom, Avril, was doing well and the whole family seemed to have adjusted well to the arrival of their daughter/sister. Alex, Mike, Kenny kissing Hannah, Avril Snuggling with Grammie Hannah Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-20788716081545764992010-04-11T19:18:00.000-06:002010-04-11T19:52:49.190-06:00Mickey and I travelled to Lethbridge on Friday via Vulcan – home of the legendary Mr. Spock. It was an exciting trek through the back roads of the universe, which is Alberta when it can’t make up it’s mind what the weather in April is supposed to be like. We heard dire tales of 34-car pile-ups on the intergalactic nightmare called the Queen Elizabeth II highway so like the clever space Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-23965072374654473892010-04-04T20:19:00.000-06:002010-04-04T20:48:49.445-06:00Happy EasterFor the first time in several years Lloyd and I stayed home at Easter and were able to share it with some of the kids and grands. It was a beautiful day - sunny and dry and the snow melted just in time to make egg hunts workable.Sara hosted the Easter dinner and it was a huge success - so much fun. The kids played on their own on the trampoline, in the back yard, and on the Wii, leaving just Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-48201364507119386362010-04-02T14:50:00.000-06:002010-04-02T16:26:49.948-06:00Lloyd's Lucky DayMy husband is a golfer. He loves all things golf - except international scandals involving some of the game's very best players. Over the years (he's been golfing since 1998) he has shared his passion with anyone who would listen to him. He wanted to create his own private group of golfers who would almost always be available to play with him. To that end he made sure his sons and sons-in-law allPat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-66755999239928557052010-03-28T17:31:00.000-06:002010-03-28T21:18:57.598-06:00WeekendYesterday Lloyd and I celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary in the peace and quiet of our home, enjoying a good dinner and just spending time reminescing about the events of the past 39 years. Here are some of the highlights:- 1971 - moved to High Level, AB, to start married life together- 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1986 family steadily increased until there were 9 of us. - we made a Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-25064086176559430352010-03-26T19:14:00.000-06:002010-03-26T19:47:00.876-06:00'Eye's' Fine!I wasn't going to blog about my laser eye surgery but a couple of people have asked why I haven't done so yet, so here it is. No pictures though.On Wednesday my good friend Mickey drove me to the hospital to have the surgery. I had no idea what to expect except that the opthamologist told me beforehand that the most painful part of the whole process was paying for the parking!I've always been Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-37936679225589682502010-03-21T20:56:00.000-06:002010-03-21T22:02:48.136-06:00It's been more than a week since my last entry. Guess that happens when my life flows along without any appreciable bumps or turns to write about. Not that I want bumps or misdirections, and I sure enjoy life on an even keel, but it makes for boring blogs. I couldn't even get motivated enough to put together one about past history or general stuff. However, I guess I should start the week right Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-9900594061337760002010-03-14T16:07:00.000-06:002010-03-14T16:25:48.466-06:00All Day CropYesterday Mickey, Emily and I did something we haven't done in well over a year - we attended an all-day crop at our local scrapbooking store. We used to go to these marathon events once a month but gradually got out of the habit. They're great fun - about twenty scrappers set up on large tables in the back of the store and visit, chat, shop, and work on our projects. It was scheduled to run Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520622201510423957.post-46720832469601378262010-03-09T20:13:00.000-07:002010-03-09T20:35:05.531-07:00Babies With BabiesI love little girls playing with baby dolls - not the Barbies that they all have - but real baby dolls. Our Elly is just such a little girl - she loves her baby dolls and has lots of them. At nap time she chooses the lucky ones to take to bed with her. Today she found an empty laundry basket and decided it would make a good bed for her baby-of-the-day. She also found four of her 'gings' (Pat MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.com4