Monday, January 2, 2012

Blue Monday - Graduation Day!

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It's hard to believe that 2011 is GONE. Happy New Year to you!

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December was such a busy month that I didn't have time to tell you that our first-born grandchild, Lauren, graduated with honors from the University of South Florida (USF). Johnny and I are so proud. The picture below shows the three of us. Note that I have on a Blue shirt.





My daughter came to see the graduation and celebrate with two of her children--Caeli and Zachary. Here's a picture of them with Brittany, Lauren's sister. They're outside the St. Pete Times Forum where the graduation took place. Each one is showing off their Blue! Parts of the building is our color Blue.


Lauren's degree is in elementary education, and she already has a teaching position with some fortunate first graders. She's so excited!

The color for education is Blue, as you can see from Lauren's tassel. (She's holding Odi, her mini dachshund.)



Happy New Year!

Happy Blue Monday!


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3. Dias Spot
4. ClickSensation
5. Lainy's Musings
6. L M
7. J.Rye
8. Snowman
9. Rajesh, India
10. Morning Dew
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12. LaVoice
13. Travels and Wandering
14. The Certified Fashionable Chic
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17. Cookie Cakes
18. A Sojourner's Saga
19. Dixie
20. Pie
21. Mary@OnePerfectBite
22. Jeanne, backyard neighbor
23. Life Wonderfully Made
24. Luna Miranda
25. Everyday is a New Day!
26. Terry
27. Lesley
28. Dinah's Memories
29. Leovi - After the party. Happy 2012.
30. Mountain Mermaid
31. Lina, Indonesia
32. JennyHansson
33. Marit ,Norway
34. Eden,Australia
35. Grace-flood victim
36. Blue Boots
37. Leovi - Caught with tweezers
38. New Blue Ornaments!
39. Jouko
40. Sweet Nothings
41. First Day Hike
42. Clavel
43. hapzydeco
44. Auntie E
45. Vintage Southern
46. Magical Mystical Teacher
47. Karen, Pixel Posts
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62. FABBY
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70. The Father and Son Chronicles
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58 comments:

Marice said...

Same here, thats the color for Educ as well. Congratulations to her! and happy new year Sally :)

Chubskulit Rose said...

You have a beautiful family Sally. Happy new year!

Dhemz said...

awwwww...congratulations to her Sally! You must be a proud grandma....happy new year!

Barbara F. said...

Happy New Year to you, Sally, and a healthy one. All the best for 2012. xo

Dixie said...

It must be Blue Monday Grandchildren's day! I posted about little Romeo.

Congratulations to your Granddaughter and of course to the wonderful & supportative Grandparents!

Happy New Year Sally. I'm wishing you a healthy and happy 2012!

blessings. Dixie

Fashion Momma said...

Congratulations are in order. She is so bright and beautiful. Happy New Year Sally.

My Blue and Mellow Yellow Monday.

Mary Bergfeld said...

Happy New Year, Sally. You must be so proud of your graduate. It's wonderful that she has a job waiting for her. That is a real accomplishment these days. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that the new year has only good things in store for you. Hugs and blessings...Mary

Cathy said...

Lauren is so pretty. Thanks for sharing those great pictures. Wishing you a blessed, Happy New Year!

Jeanne said...

Hi Sally, What a proud moment for all of you I love the photo of you and Johnny with Lauren. You look lovely and your granddaughter is very pretty too. Johnny is looking proud and happy. Congratulations to Lauren for achieving her graduation with honors. I am proud of her too. Love the photo of your grands as well. A very good looking bunch.

Happy New Year to you and yours dear Sally.
Blessings and love, Jeanne

Unknown said...

great photos! happy new year :)

Terry said...

Howdy Sally
Oh my gosh you must be so excited to see another Teacher in the family tree ! What a gorgeous young woman she is ! Blessings to you and and a great big congratulations to her :)
Happy 2012 sweet Sally and a very blessed Blue Monday you have provided for us once again .
Thank you for being you :)
Until next time
Happy Trails

Dinah said...

Congratulations on this happy news!!!

Loui♥ said...

Happy New Year Dear friend!!
Congrats to Lauren on her graduation!
she is such a pretty girl!!
warmest hugs..
Loui♥

Lina Gustina said...

Congrats to Lauren. Happy new year to all...

http://www.1sthappyfamily.com/2012/01/last-week-in-2011.html

Gin Hansson said...

congratulation to her. You have a very lovely family Sally..

Happy new year

Eden said...

Congratulations, Lauren!

Happy New Year!

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

Sally,
Congrats to your new grad!! And Congrats that she has a job!!
You are looking well and I hope feeling well?
Wishing you and yours a Happy and Healthy New Year!!
Thanks so much for hosting Blue Monday!!

Hugs,
Debbie

bj said...

Hello, dear friend,
I can understand why you are so thrilled with your g'girl. Congratulations to her. We have 4 teachers in our family.....:)
xo bj

LivingSoAbundantly said...

Congratulations to her! :)

Clavel said...

Happy new year Aunt Sally, how are you? BTW, my link is up!
clavs

Auntie E said...

Oh they grow up so fast. She looks happy and I wish for her a great Life.
Happy New Year to you and your family. Glad you are still here for this New Year. Life is great for you.

Vintagesouthernlife said...

I know you are a proud G'mama. Congratulations!
She is going to have such fun.I retired from teaching and still miss my babies.

black eyed susans kitchen said...

You look wonderful Sally! Congratulations to your granddaughter!! Wishes for a very happy and healthy New Year to you and your family.
♥, Susan

Admin said...

such a lovely family..congrautlations to her!

happy new year and all the best for 2012!

i have a little blue in my San Remo entry

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, Lauren!
Sally.... what a lovely family and photo. You are looking well, and I am glad to have you back posting/hosting our Blue Monday. Happy New Year...

Annesphamily said...

Happy New Year Sally! Wow! You must be so proud! Lauren and all the other "grands" are beautiful! What a proud moment. I get teary about it because my first born son will be our first college grad this Spring 2012!
I love the pose in front of the graduation building! What sweet kids they are to help you out on a Blue Monday.
May this new year be filled with good health and more beautiful family celebrations! Hugs Anne

Czjai said...

Happy New Year!
And a huge congratulations to the graduate and to your entire family!

Sarah said...

Sally, what great news! Tell Lauren that I graduated in January, went straight into a classroom, and truly loved my career in elementary education. I taught 30 years, the last 10 teaching first graders. She is starting out working with my favorite age. Lauren is going to have such fun working with these little ones. I wish her much success. Congratulations to the new teacher!
And Happy 2012 to you and your family. All the best ~ Sarah

Cildemer said...

Congrats to her!
And thanks for sharing;o)
I wish you all the best for the new year!

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Ann said...

Sally, so glad you are feeling well this year and can attend this wonderful occassion. She looks so proud of her accomplishment. Always proud of new teachers, my daughter is one also,
Happy New Year
Ann

LV said...

Your grand girl is a very pretty and doing well. It is nice to learn things going on with your family. So proud to see you looking and feeling better. This is going to be a much better year for you health wise.

Dorincard said...

Bravo for a lovely, numerous and merituos family! :)

FABBY'S LIVING said...

The best of blessings for you and your beautiful family dear Sally. May God give you lots of good health and everything your heart desires! Thank you for hosting last year 2011 and having me and thank you for today. Love you,
FABBY

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to Lauren! Love all the grad-related blues!

Mika said...

Happy New Year and Congratulations! :)

cassandrasminicorner said...

Congratulation to your grandchild:) She really made her grandparents so proud of her!

Her's my share for BM! Hope you can visit too:)

http://www.loveablecassandra.com/2011/12/little-artist-in-the-making.html

Blondie's Journal said...

Congratulations to Lauren! What a great milestone. She looks like a lovely girl and you, my friend, took a wonderful picture!

XO,
Jane

Beverly said...

Happy Blue Monday and Happy New Year, Sally. And, big congratulations to your Lauren. You are all blessed to have your loving family.

Unknown said...

Happy New Year! Happy Blue Monday!

Salmagundi said...

You're looking good in the picture with your granddaughter - hope your health is improving every day! I've always loved Sally in Dick and Jane, too. Did you have blond curls? I always wanted to be blond, but I did have auburn curls. Now, they are just gray waves. Guess I can never be our favorite Sally!! Sally

Leovi said...

Delicious blue, congratulations to Lauren, beautiful photos.

Rovie said...

Congratulations to your family sally especially to your grand daughter...

Judi said...

Happy New Year Sally!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season. Congratulations to your grand daughter. I know you would so very proud of her! Yay for having a great job waiting for her also.

Your pictures are wonderful and you look so lovely. It looks like you are getting better and better.

have great week.
Judi

Unknown said...

Congratulations! My hubs just graduated, so I feel your excitement. :)

Maria's Space said...

Congratulations over there. I was so happy to see you looking better than ever Sally. Happy New Year.

Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...

Congratulations to your beautiful grand daughter, Lauren!

I came by to wish you a very happy and healthy 2012, Sally!

Best wishes, Pat

Bargain Decorating with Laurie said...

Congratulations to Lauren and to that first grade class of children who will have the pleasure of starting school with a well-educated, apparently brilliant, teacher. laurie

LadyD Piano said...

What a beautiful family! Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!

Yellow Rose Arbor said...

Hi Sally,
Good to hear from you, it's been a long time! Thanks for your visit! Looks like we here in FL are in for some cold weather, Brrrr! I was loving the warm temps!

Happy New Year!

Katherine

JLS Hall said...

Love the family photos! And congratulations to Lauren for getting that degree -- and for having such an adorable doggie!

Happy New Year!

Carol Ann said...

So happy I found your blog. Blue Monday is so much fun. Thanks for hosting the party and sharing your pictures!

Admin said...

happy blue monday and happy new year too!

Ruby

Anonymous said...

Congratualtions to your granddaughter Sally! I can see she takes after her grandmother :>) It sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas with many things to celebrate. I hope you and your family have a very blessed and joyful New Year. That little dog is so cute! You have a very nice looking family.

Lainy said...

Congrats to your lovely grand daughter, Sally.

Hugs!

Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) said...

Congratulations to that lovely daughter of yours. Those first graders will be blessed to have Lauren in their very young lives.

You my girl, are blessed with a beautiful family.

God bless and I hope you have a marvelous 2012 sweet Sally!!! :o)

RobertN said...

Happy New Year and and congratulations for your blog! I have a post: http://acrilice-pointpen.blogspot.com/2012/01/pasiune.html Is good for Blue Monday? I am first time here, thank you for understanding!

Anonymous said...

hi, sally i just grabbed your button and will link up as soon as i'll have something blue in my closet.. thanks

Nicola said...

"Lauren's degree is in elementary education, and she already has a teaching position with some fortunate first graders. She's so excited!"

Congratulations to Lauren, you must be so proud of her. :) That's fantastic that she already has a position lined up and it just goes to show that all the doom and gloom about the graduate jobs market that we're getting from the media needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.

(On another note, Odi is adorable. I have a soft spot for Dachshunds. :))