Friday, November 30, 2007

New Owls!

Finally getting finished on a new batch of owls for my etsy shop, soon to be for sale.



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my new love "faux bois" on everything. book bags and owls are getting a wood grain look.



off to work now, busy weekend ahead! tomorrow night is the belmont shore parade and hoping it doesn't get rained out. today was "mom's morning muffin" day at school and just as it has the last two years in a row, it rained again for a third straight year. strange!!



Tuesday, November 27, 2007

handmade christmas

from wee wonderfuls, finally got around to using this pattern. the robot is next.



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something about the head isn't quite right, ha ha! oh well, handmade christmas right??



Sunday, November 25, 2007

thanksgiving weekend

my first thanksgiving off, probably ever.



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the 3 hour drive to thanksgiving dinner (note: the tupperware divider works great in keeping hands to oneself)



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a little thrift shop stop



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cards for our adopted gvl family



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i made this chickpea/cheese bean dip (book club recipe) and ate it for breakfast,lunch and dinner three days straight, good stuff!!!



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walking the studio tour, gvl



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meltdown (she was so loud, people came out of their houses and offered her water and candy!)



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fire coming oh so close, this studio tour stop was filled with handmade candles, ironic?



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a cool cabin with an even cooler view, loose dog chasing a squirrel up the roof.



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tree lighting party at the gvl community center



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huge turnout





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when asked what she wanted from santa, lizzy said breathlessly, "thank you"....



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emily said, "i want everyone to have a happy christmas" ahhhh...



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kareem and leslie join us

whew! don't forget to send your pix to me les! oh one more!



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free hats!



Wednesday, November 21, 2007

GVL Fire 16


GVL Fire 16, originally uploaded by guayuque.

frightening!



thankful

we head up to gvl tomorrow, never has thanksgiving meant so much to me. i am truly thankful.



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tree lighting ceremony last year. i have a feeling this year is going to be even more special. happy thanksgiving everyone!



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GVL Fire 18, originally uploaded by guayuque.



click on this to see the whole photo...scary evacuation.



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SLIDE 102007 HOUSE HEAT, originally uploaded by Garry Collins.



SLIDE 102007 HOUSE LOSS


SLIDE 102007 HOUSE LOSS, originally uploaded by Garry Collins.

victorian lost, giving thanks this thanksgiving



Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Intro to drama meeting

how lucky to have a drama teacher in your parent/grandparent mix? Lucky us!





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Monday, November 19, 2007

"abilities" meeting

while in hawaii, my girls had a fabulous meeting on living with blindness (so bummed i missed it). we were lucky enough to have seeing eye dogs visit, from the look of the pictures i would say they stole the show.



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christmas fast approaching

this has been hands down the fasted race to christmas i have ever experienced. i probably say that every year, but MAN november is just smoking by. i actually bought some christmas ornaments today because i just dont know if i will ever get another chance, who has time to shop? i saw a couple buy 300 dollars worth of toys and high five each other at the checkout stand, whew! they were done i guess. i have always liked to savor the holidays so i am trying to be calm and enjoy it. i guess when i look at my december calendar and see most every day filled with something to do, it gets a bit overwhelming. i totally missed this again, damn it!



oh and by the way, in case any freaks are reading my blog (she won't know who she is, but everyone else will) there is an awesome aisle at k-mart devoted to an entirely purple christmas, purple tree, purple ornaments, purple paper, purple everything. you can spend 1000 dollars on purpling out your house. happy holidays!



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Friday, November 16, 2007

gvl donations, gifts

working like a freak to get these bags done, one for each girl (from the family we adopted who lost their house in the slide fire), one for another special person who also lost her house and one to donate to the gvl raffle held over thanksgiving weekend. whew! i didnt think it would take most of two days to get done, but at least i finished. now i need to start on my christmas gift list...yikes!





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inside pocket and fabric



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