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Originally, I thought it would be silly to have a first birthday party for Jax. He wouldn’t remember it or understand what was going on. First birthday parties are more for the parents…

I knew I wanted to do something with cake and decorations that I could take pictures of. If I was doing that, why not invite people to join us? I’m a little ( Read more... )

So, today’s fun craft was making new tags for the doggies. I used shrinky dink plastic and colored pencils to color them. Benjamin got a sea turtle, because he always lays like one. China got a lotus blossom. I based the art off of tattoos found online because the style went nice with the colored pencils.

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The weekend went fast - because I was busy! I did lots of braiding. I’ve now redone 65 of 105. Need to finish by Friday, as we leave for California on Saturday morning. We cooked out for dinner both nights. It was nice having friends join us!

On Sunday, I finally made a trip to the fabric store to get what I needed to make some summer clothes. I ( Read more... )

I love my job (Art, technology and dogs. Perfect!), But I’m always glad for Friday! Even more exciting: our long-awaited vacation is just one week away! We are going out to California, though we have no plans yet.

As usual, I am redoing my braids for the trip. But, this time, I am 1.5 months later in doing so and the itch is driving me nuts! I didn ( Read more... )

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I’m about to head to bed, but I thought I’d write a quickie post first…

The weekend went fast! Saturday Dan had a hair cut appointment at 10. I tagged along then we went to Home Depot to get 16 bags of mulch on sale. Dan spent the day working on our biggest planter bed out back, while i cleaned inside. Laura came over that night and we got some ( Read more... )