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I wouldn’t typically do this but desperate times call for desperate measures. Feel free to leave and come back another day when I will post more art. I completely understand.
I have a dear friend who is struggling. A few of us got together and with her permission started a Go Fund Me campaign to help get them get back on their feet after one thing after another has seemingly worked again them.
Thank you for your consideration and I promise next time I post it will be about art!!
Today I went on a ski trip with the 7th graders. I’m not a skier but I was there to support and encourage the kiddos. I tried skiing over 20 years ago and was pretty sure I was going to get hurt if I kept at it and I needed to drive the bus home so figured I better quit. This time I wasn’t needed to drive the bus but there was no way I was putting on skis.
I may not have skied but I became very proficient at helping with boots, bindings and picking kids up off the ground. It was so fun seeing the kids go from hardly able to stand to going down the slope.
I stood outside at the bottom of one hill or another for about 5 hours today. So happy it was hovering around the freezing point instead of way below like is typical this time of year.
A day filled with exercise and fresh air needs a hearty breakfast…
like this one. Wish this would have been from this morning. This breakfast was during winter break while planning some of the flurry of blog posts that made it to the site. It was really great to be so prolific in posting.
I’ve been working on getting caught up with my journals…not the art kind. I’m planning to do a flip through video eventually. I’ve also been thinking about doing flip through videos of some of my completed journals and altered books if there is enough interest. What do you think?
Welcome to T stands for Tuesday where we share a little about whatever the heck we want along with our beverage of choice. Pretty easy rules, right?!? Here’s my adherence to the rules…
Since I am finishing up my extended break from work….6 days off… Woohoo!…. I thought I’d share a few highlights.
Wednesday evening, Mini-me and I went to MOA (Mall of America) not to shop but to pick up J. So cool that he can take the bus right from campus to home…or relatively close.
Thursday, we enjoyed a lovely meal at my in-laws. I brought the stuffing aka: dressing as it is unstuffed. I wrapped the dutch oven in newspaper and towels just like my parents taught me when I was a kid.
Later my BIL followed us home to extend our visit a bit. We hadn’t seen any family in a couple months which is sad when we are only about 20 minutes drive from one another.
Friday, we decorated for Christmas….it’s our tradition to decorate the day after Thanksgiving. 
No Black Friday shopping for us. Only twice in my life have I braved that chaos. No thank you!
Saturday was so quiet I can’t even remember what we did…or didn’t do.
Sunday Mini me and I made the first batch of lefse of the season. So yummy. 
Of course, later In the day Mr. G and I had to deliver J back to MOA to catch the bus back to college. Just a few short weeks and we’ll be driving up north to get him for winter break.
Monday I spent going through some totes in the storage room. I was able to reorganize and purge enough stuff that I have one completely empty tote. Mini-me and I brought a pile of stuff to Goodwill to donate. They always give a 25% off coupon when you donate…so of course we went in to see what they had. Mini-me found some yarn…
she’s requesting another cowl.
I did manage to work on some creative pursuits as well during this long break. You can check out the previous two posts for my vintage linen remake and art journal page. I also continued work on my personal journal and completed my December Daily journal. It’s all ready to go! I’m thinking I’ll do a video with a flip through perhaps. It has WAY too many pages for photos. WAY more than I need but hey…I’m still learning with this process.
The current experiment is rose gold tint for Mini-me
She’s been trying little bits of it all through the break but tonight decided to go all in. I helped her spray it in damp hair…now she’s waiting to rinse.
I think it will be fun regardless. Besides…it’s temporary. When I go, I go all in with the pink hair…permanent style.
Tuesday is back to reality for everyone. All good things come to an end. I do really like my job, so its not all bad. I just miss my free time. My mini-me time. Gosh, it’s going to be really hard when she goes off to college. *sniff*
Happy Friday!
We are ready to safely view the eclipse here.
Have my homemade viewing box.
Now if the cloud cover would just roll out of here we might actually get to see some of it. Where we live about 83% will be covered. I hope we at least get a glimpse of it.
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