Spring Has Sprung

Sam's New Toy

Tag You're It.....Thanks Jessica

A-attached or single: Very Attached.
B-best friends: Bridget and Linda
C-cake or pie: Pumpkin Pie
D-day of choice: Monday- right after the last school bus pulls away!
E-essential item(s): Camera and cell phone(with camera)
F-favorite color: Orange
G-gummy worms or bears: Bears, but only the clear ones.
H-hometown: Mannington, West Virginia
I-indulgence: Egg nog
J-January or July: January if I could have a couple of feet of snow. I'd love for my kids to know the joys of REAL Snow.
K-kids: Kayla, Shay, Andrew, Alexander, Melissa, Jacob and Abigail
L-life is incomplete without: My family.
M-marriage date: June 3, 1989
N- number of siblings: 1
O-oranges or apples: Granny Smith Apples
P-phobias or fears: Snakes
Q-quotes: "No success can compensate for failure in the home" David O. McKay
R-reasons to smile: My wonderful husband and 7 kids and how could I forget our 2 four-legged babies, Dirk and Maggie
S-season: Fall
T-tag friends: Bridget, Linda, Shiloah and Angel
U-unknown fact about me: Then it wouldn't be unknown anymore......HELLO.........(although Linda and Opal know because they've "caught" me) Heee.Heee.
V-very favorite store: Target
W-worst habit: ABC Order in the Pantry
X-x-ray, ultrasound, or mammogram: Ultrasound
Y-your favorite food: Olive Garden Fetuccine Alfredo + Dunkin Donuts Maple= PERFECT.
Z-Zodiac: Pisces

1SG CULOTTA

Primary Easter Activity

Abby, Lindsay and Melissa
Jacob

I have a white egg! (If you had a white egg you got a special suprise!)

Surprise Birthday Party

Thank You: Sherrie (who made the cake), Bobby, Derrick ("no thank you guys, just Derrick"), Brandon, Brad, Ninette, Colette, Angela, Rob and Mark!

Vincent Francis Culotta Sr.

Vincent Francis Culotta Sr., 69, of Seven Pines and formerly of Baltimore, Md., went home to be with the Lord and his family on Monday (March 17, 2008) following an extended illness.
He was born May 1, 1938, at Baltimore, a son of the late Salvatore S. and Margaret K. Culotta. He served his country in the U.S. Army. He was Catholic by faith.
Vince was a loving and caring dad and “Pop” and was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He enjoyed working crossword puzzles, shooting pool, and watching all sports, especially watching his grandson play football. He was a life long Baltimore Orioles Fan and a proud veteran. Mr. Culotta is survived by an extensive family, three sons and a daughter, Vincent F. Culotta Jr. and wife Angel, Joshua William Culotta, Theresa “Teri” Ann Culotta-Hayes and husband David, all of Mannington, and Salvatore Samuel Culotta II and wife Lorie of Lawton, Oklahoma ; 11 grandchildren, Timothy W. “Timmy” Coberly Jr., Kristofer Joseph Hayes, Brandi Sierra, Victoria Rose “Vicki” Culotta, all of Mannington, Kayla Faith Culotta-Gibert, and her husband Albert of Fayetteville, North Carolina and Samuel Shay, Andrew Clay, Alexander Cordell, Melissa Beth, Abigail Bridget, and Jacob Stewart Culotta, all of Lawton, Oklahoma; his former wife of 20 years and mother of his children, Shirley Culotta Johnston; his brother by choice, Emory R. Johnston Jr., Seven Pines; and a niece, Diane “Di” Paugh, Maryland. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Lena Rose Culotta; and a brother, Joseph Salvatore Culotta. The family would like to extend a sincere and special thanks to the nurses and staff on the 200 Hallway at Wishing Well Health Center. Friends may call at the Hutson Funeral Home, 500 E. Main St. Mannington, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Thursday where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday with Elder Bill Foley officiating. Interment will be in the West Virginia National Cemetery at Pruntytown with full military graveside honors. Online condolences can be sent to Hutsonfunerals @aol.com.

JROTC

Ok, it was bad enough seeing him in the JROTC Air Force Uniform in North Carolina, but this Army Uniform is a little too close for comfort. Back off Recruiters.......

BEFORE

AFTER

The Supervisor

SANDING.........

And the Lucky Winner IS:

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Timestamp: 2008-03-03 23:33:48 UTC

Congrats Marisa! If you can send me your mailing address Spirograph Fun will be on it's way!
Lorie

We will be spirographing the bathroom in the near future! Pictures soon!

Birdhouse

While Sam worked on the house yesterday, the kids played in the Neighborhood with their old friends. The house that we lived in last time was vacant, so we took a look around....and look what we found. Alex's birdfeeder still hanging where we left it 5 years ago. So we took it across the street to it's new home.

To Spirograph or Not to Spirograph

At the center of the great debate..........I love spirographs, in fact, my love for them started when I was little and used to play with my Aunt Debbie's set. In my search for a vintage set, I ended up "acquiring" the motherload of spirograph pieces. Which in fact will be basis of my crafting for 2008, even my Christmas ornaments this year will revolve around spirograph. So when I found these tiles I was estatic to say the least, problem is Sam's not into the spirograph thing. So here's your chance to help me plead my case. To Spirograph or Not to Spirograph. Leave your comments, I promise not to delete the no's. To make it even more interesting I will send a spirograph set to one of the commenters, so that you can rediscover Spirograph.

~Lorie~

Just to clear up any questions, I am not using the Spirograph pieces exclusively, just randomly!

By the way, they will be in Main Bathroom.

6816 SW Fenwick

We close tomorrow! These are the before pictures. Sam and I have spent quite a few hours at Lowe's during the past few days. Many changes to come. We also have a two car garage, which will end up not housing any cars at all. The laundry room is in the garage too. We will start painting on Monday. We were actually able to get a really good deal on the house. The owner was going to replace doors and paint, etc. but we opted to do it ourselves and saved alot of money. Eventually the carpet will go bye byes and be replaced with hardwood and ceramic tile. I am very excited to get started. Sam and I have been playing a game in Lowe's, he is very good I must admit. I pick out fixtures, etc. and he has to guess which one I would pick. I must say he has been absolutely 100% right on every choice. He knows me well. Now if I can just convince him that the spirograph tiles would look great in the bathroom..........

Update

We're safe and sound in Lawton. The kids are all in school (finally). Shay is at Eisenhower High and Andrew and Alex are at the Jr. High. Melissa, Jacob and Abigail are at Almor West.

They like their teachers and are settling in pretty well.

Sam doesn't sign in until March 10th, but is working on a few remodeling jobs.

We have found a house but are waiting for the closing, which could be as late as the end of March. I will post pictures once I have a firm closing date.

More later!

Welcome to Fort Sill

When we arrived at Fort Sill this is the sign that welcomed us.

We were kind of laughing because ours was the only name on the board.

It remained there all day!

The Last Hoo-Haa

WE had one last hoo-haa with friends before we left North Carolina.

I hate saying goodbye.

We had lunch with Kayla and Albert before we left too. Usually it's the child who leaves the parent behind not the other way around. But they've decided to stay in Fayetteville. Thank goodness for cell phones and internet.

Moving Trucks a Nightmare in Disguise

I didn't think we made too many "demands", but you never know.

1. Please don't show up with a truck half full, our stuff won't fit and you'll pile it all into an overflow shipment and everything will be broken. (Been there done that don't wish to repeat).

Sure enough the truck was half full.

2. Please crate the popcorn machine, while it might seem silly, I really like my machine and don't want to spent $800 on another one.

It almost took an act of congress to get "permission" to crate it.... I'm not kidding it was that ridiculous.

3. I know, I know, there was a huge amount of Christmas trees, sorry, I like trees. But please wrap them or something. Don't just shove them into the empty spaces on the truck, and oh my heck that's exactly what they did! I'm going to cry when they come out of storage.