Today is the day!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's retirement day for Kay.

(Catch the rhyming?)

A sweet little send-off card.

Hoping she enjoys being able to sleep in

and have lazy days every day.

Come Fly With Me

My cousin retired and celebrated
his 65th birthday on Monday!

Here is the mini album I created for him.

Thanks, Frank Sinatra,

this title was quite fitting.

Many moons ago, in 1992,

Mike was working toward his 737 Type Rating

so that he could fly commercial

after his retirement from the Air Force.

It just so happened that I was in Tucson

at that time and he took me up in this

itty-bitty little plane.

(Of course, this was before I became deathly afraid to fly!)

Here is Mike on the step ladder fueling.

What you can't see is me also standing

on a step ladder.

(I'm under the red arrow - and you can see one leg.)

Since this album is all about him

and not all about me, I covered me up.

You can see his hand at the controls

and in the driver's seat.

The pull-out tag is one of his quotes.

Touch and Go.

WOW - what an experience that was! 

Here is his business card

as well as a copy of his badge.

I'm sure every minute up in the sky

was A Day to Remember! 

If you read closely,

he certainly has something to be proud of.

He was named Pilot of the Quarter in 2009.

What an accomplishment! 

Congratulations, Mike!

In this picture, he is pointing at his name.

And he most definitely is a well-traveled guy. 

I'm not sure of the exact date,

but it has to be 20+ years ago.

Looks like his granddaughter got to fly

on the Buddy Pass. 

Aren't these planes great

all lined up?

Love this picture. 

And a copy of his Medical Certificate.

The plane was a pin

with the pin part trimmed off. 

I'm sure Mike has many, many moments

he will remember for a lifetime.

Like I said, his retirement date

and his birthday fell on the same day.

Happy birthday! 

I'm not sure why his wife asked for two extra pages

in the album, but here they are.

I am hoping he will use them

to add some comments of his own.

One thing for sure,

Southwest Airlines has some beautiful planes.

And he was mighty lucky to fly them.

Happy retirement.

Happy birthday, Mike.

Come Fly With Me

Navy Retirement

My daughter's friend just retired.

I'm not positive,

but I think they met while being on the

USS Ronald Reagan.

Of course, that's why I chose the image

for his card.

I must tell you,

she's one beautiful ship!

We were fortunate enough

to have a personal tour in 2006

when my daughter retired.

I cannot even begin to tell you

how honored and fortunate we were

to be able to see everything there was to see.

Happy retirement, Joe!

He retires but she gets the card

My cousin's friend retired

but she wanted the wife to get the card.

I guess you have to be an airline pilot's wife

to "get it."

Happy retirement to Steve and Denise!

Retirement. Or????????????

Butterflies always land on my sympathy cards.

And I like to put clocks on my retirement cards.

These two are no exception.

To me, a clock means this:

No more alarms you have to set to go to work.

No more 'clock-watching' when you want to go home.

For a woman.

Perhaps she's leaving her office job

and typewriter behind.

And for a man.

Perhaps he no longer needs to wear a suit every day.

Certainly, no more alarm clocks for him.

But let's go in an entirely different direction.

Birthday?

Thinking of You?

Missing You?

I'm behind ...

I was on time - even early
on getting the cards finished.
Just not on time for posting them here.
Shame on me!

Going to start out with two sympathy cards.
Don't like making these
but I know how important it is to receive.
A few weeks ago, my mother's best friend
joined her husband and my parents in heaven.
I'm sure they are having a grand time
playing cards!

Diane retired and got this lovely card.

Art had another birthday.

Mark and Julie celebrated another year together.

What I love about the not-necessarily newlyweds

is that they are still in love

and aren't afraid to show it.

Just look at these two love birds.

Aren't they endearing?

My grandson, Andy, turned 29 the other day.
HOW can that be?
I couldn't resist using this picture.
Wish I could remember how old he was then.

Our good friend, Dave,
recently celebrated.
We always sit with them at the outdoor concerts
so I thought this image was perfect.

Brian the chemist celebrated.
How apropos that I found this image.

Tiffany recently added another year.

I wrote in the card to Beverly
"you'll be my friend 'til the cows come home."


I told you I'm late in my postings.
My good friend, Pat, celebrated in May.
Yes, I am that far behind.

I hope to do better in the future!

It's official

Anniece won't have to set an alarm clock

from now on.

As of 5pm today, her working days are over.

She's worked for the City of Euless

for 30+ years.

That's setting a lot of alarm clocks, I'd say.

Enjoy your retirement!

She retires

Andrea was in The United States Navy

for 24 years.

She retired.
Her last day, actually, was November 30.
The same day her friend and my daughter retired.
Cool coincidence, isn't it?

Thank you for your service!

Wedding, Baby Girl Shower, Birthday and Retirement

I'm too tired to post

but wanted to share,

so here you go.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

I'm not a slacker.  I've been creating cards left and right.

If you've been following me on Facebook,

then you've already read about our computer horror stories.

It's been bad.

Really bad.

Fortunately, I scheduled a few posts

so you did get to see some cards.

I've been making cards - truly.

One for just about every occasion.

How bout we start off with two retirement cards?

This one is for Pete.

Thank you for your service in the US Navy!

Vicki won't have to set any alarm clocks

unless she wants to.

She retired a few weeks ago.

Several birthdays in February and March.

 

And, of course, we cannot forget about St. Patrick's Day.

And two of my favorite people

celebrated their anniversary.

That just about wraps it up for now.
There's several more that I can't share just yet.
Please come back!!!