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Hosted Bunco at my house last night and as always it was the highlight of my month. I've been blessed to be a part of this group for more than 8 years now and although the members have changed many times, the fun never ends. This is not the full group as 4 were absent and replaced by subs. Hopefully we'll get a picture of the whole group the next time we are all together. Truly some of the very best women I've ever met and I am incredibly blessed to have each one of them in my life.

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Happy Birthday, Bethany!!

Happy Birthday, my beautiful girl! You are such an absolute joy and the funniest person I know. God knew without a doubt that I needed you in my life and I am so thankful that He blessed me and allowed me to be your mom. I cant even find the words to tell you how incredible you are, how much better my life is with you in it and how much joy you bring to everyone who's life you touch. I love you sweet, funny girl! Today, tomorrow and always!

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Homecoming 2009!

Go Panthers!

Tonight was our homecoming and this is the t-shirt Artha made to wear to school today. Of course at the game she was in her band uniform. After months with no rain it has actually been a rainy week for us. Although rain did not cause the game to be cancelled it did reak havoc for the band who marched without any woodwinds and wearing panchos. According to Artha they all looked like giant blueberries. I'm actually really sorry I missed seeing that. I had to work.

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After a stormy afternoon we had a transformer blow in our neighborhood and were without power for almost 4 hours. Once the girls came home we had fun trying to find things to entertain ourselves including a game of Yahtzee in the dark. The hands are Artha's and this was the only picture I could get of either of them. The other is blurry because, well, its dark. Tried it with the flash and it looked like a bright sunny day so went without for this one so you could get the full impact. We did notice how quiet it is without anything running in the house. We never realized how loud something like the dog chewing and swallowing his food was without all that other noise going on in the house.

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Finally getting the last of my ATART cards mailed out. The last to go are my international ones. Amazing to think that pieces of my art will be traveling the world. In this pile alone I have cards going to Singapore, Cyprus, Scotland, Belgium, Finland and the UK. I think thats so cool!

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I think these are the last of them but there may be one or two strays that show up. It was a fun weekend with lots of creating and trading with people all over the world doing the same thing. Pretty cool!

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and still more ATART returns.

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Its been a long time since I worked as hard as I do in my new job at HEB. Thank you, God for Advil! It has become my new best friend.

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and more ATART returns.

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Still more ATART returns.

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Tonight was the annual Band Spaghetti Dinner. Always a fun night as the bands from 2 middle schools and our own PHS Panther Band perform for parents and raise money for the band programs with a spaghetti dinner. Always such a joy to watch my kids play and so thrilling to hear the marching band play their show music. Never fails to give me chills or make me cry.

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Here are some of the cards that I got in return for my ATART trades.

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Couldnt resist another picture of my beautiful, sweet Zoe!

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First day of work at HEB! Its been a long time since I've worked retail and had to be on my feet for hours. Figured I needed all the help I could get!

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Here are some more cards that I created for the ATART. I made a total of 21 cards over the weekend and traded cards with 15 people from all over the world!

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Here are some more of the cards that I created for the ATART.

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This weekend I participated in an Art-a-thon. The site where I trade all my cards hosts these and they are usually specific about the type of art. There are Collage-a-thons, Stamp-a-thons, Draw-a-thons, etc. and everything made and traded needs to be done in that type of art. This one is the only one I like because its an All-Types-of-art-a-thon or ATART for short. From noon on Friday your time to midnight on Sunday your time you create as much as you can, of whatever you want and trade and swap with others who are also participating. The trading gets crazy but its so much fun! These are some of the cards that I created during the weekend.

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Bethany just walked around taking pictures for me the other day and I think she did a pretty awesome job. Problem is, now I have to come up with interesting things to say about the images. Hmmmm...

What is the life span of a ceiling fan? This one has been spinning away for us for...WOW...about 20 years! Phil and my dad installed it in the rental house we lived in in Austin (the city) before Austin (our son) was born! We moved it with us to this house and its been spinning along here ever since. Wow! Talk about getting your money's worth!

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This has to be one of my all time favorite and most used tools in my arts and crafts work. Its called a Xyron. It basically turns anything that you can run through it into a sticker. I use it all the time with my art cards and I'm in a real panic if I run out of refills for it. I know I can get along without it. I mean I can use a glue stick or something if I have to. But this little baby just makes it so much easier, so much neater and so much faster and as long as I can get the refills at Michaels with a 40% coupon, I'm gonna keep right on using it.

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Poor, long-suffering Zoe! She has put up with more than her fair share of indignities over the years (being dressed in doll clothes, riding in a doll stroller, wearing a baby hat, etc.) She is always so patient though and lets us have our fun knowing that if she just sits there and looks bored we'll eventually lose interest and let her go back to her nap.

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Bethany and I both just think these look cool. Just two old reels of copper wire. I hope to find ways to incorporate the wire into my art work but in the meantime, I just love the way they look!