Fav. Foto Friday

Happy Merry Rama-Chanu-KwanzMasTice
OR
ChristmaSolKwanziHanukAdan
whichever you observe!!

Fav. Foto Friday

or...
How to Start a Winter Break Off the Right Way!By passing out on the couch after your third episode of "How It's Made" and avoiding folding laundry (again!)

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Couldn't decide between this
and this
Both from a conference in SC last Dec.

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This is Elle riding her water horse (Uncle Eddie) this summer in Texas.
Please keep him in your prayers today - he's undergoing surgery this morning.

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My Girl Scout troop is not only fun to camp with,
they're absolutely ADORABLE too!!

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There's nothing quite like the fun you have when
extended family gets together to celebrate!

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Being a long-time politico, I can't tell you how amazing it felt to go vote yesterday and find out that I was the 3,428th voter in just one week of early voting at one of the five early voting locations in my county. Best feeling EVER in the mere 24 years I've been voting.

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Even when I wake up in kind of a fog, there's always that bright beacon of hope calling me out of it.

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Came across this one yesterday while searching for some college stuff:

That's me (hello 80's perm in the 90's!!) in a "previous life" with a group of fellow "community organizers" - yikes! they're everywhere!!

p.s. square photo?! Polaroid - yes way!!

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O. M. frickin' Gosh!!

Meet-the-teacher-night can mean only one thing...
school starts Monday!
Where did the summer disappear to so quickly?!

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See that adorable young girl on the bottom left?!Tomorrow, we're going to her wedding. How do 13 years fly by so quickly?!!

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When I arrived home from visiting my sister in Texas, my kitchen looked like this:
Which was pretty thrilling considering I left it looking something like this:
Much love to my incredibly wonderful stepkids, Vahid and Leyla, and my loving husband for the best gift EVER!!

Fav. Foto Friday - belated

Having so much fun here in Texas... went to Sea World!!

Extra! Extra!

Guess who I'm visiting right now?!!!

Haven't changed much... have we?!! (Well, except for position)

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I'm working on a little collage project that I can't WAIT to tell you about (but I'm gonna HAVE to)!

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Silly chin faces are always good for a laugh!

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July 4, 1984I hate running. Why in the world would this be a "fav foto"?!!!
Stay tuned - I'll explain on Tues., 'cause Friday is all about the fotos!!

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Happy 4th of July!!Where in the world do you wear sweaters on the 4th, you may ask?!

ALASKA!! of course
(recognize the glasses, Mrs. G?!!)

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YEAH!! Someone got a bang-ectomy yesterday. And can someone tell me why it is so difficult to cut a simple straight line across a forehead?

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Three years ago, Pouran and her best friend transformed themselves into their favorite animals, with a little help from some downloaded mask patterns and a HUGE love for their respective critters.