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I got a brand new iMac from my wonderful parents for my birthday (talk about turning it around huh) and it has a "photobooth" application on it with a built in web/still camera... so cool. Needless to say I've been having a blast with it and usually I hate pictures but I've been working out and eating better and feeling better about me... so um... I just might be changing my mind about pictures. Besides, I love the colored pencil and black and white effects!

miss you most

Life has been so busy. And while that's no excuse to be ignoring my blog, it was the one thing that wasn't paying me in some form. So, I let it go. And while I am posting now, I have no idea how often I will be posting... so...

Mariah Carey - Miss You Most (At Christmas Time) + Lyrics

I was in the car this morning listening to Christmas music and one of my all time favorite songs came on, Miss You Most by Mariah (I know there are many eyes rolling now). But the song is about the melancholy part of the holidays that is a bit more difficult to talk about.

The two people I think about most at Christmas are my grandparents. My grandfather was such a jokester. He loved having the family around him every holiday, wearing funny hats and making everyone laugh. I truly think it was his heaven on earth.

My grams was a tough lady. One time when the family was sitting down to play a board game she peered over her glasses and stated very plainly that she "didn't play games." I adored her though. I liked her cut and dry, black and white mentality. You always knew what she was thinking and where you stood and how far back you needed to be! I think through having my mother and my uncle, she learned a lot and was the most amazing grandparent for it. She was strong yet nurturing, a bit hard from life but soft in the middle.

And they were both pure love. It's what I miss the most this time of year. The simple expectation to see me. Parents have expectations of you -- to be a good person, be contributing to society in a positive way, to treat others well blah blah blah. But grandparents, well mine anyway, never expected anything other than love.

They were the only grandparents I ever had and I never knew I was supposed to have two more. They loved me enough for 10 sets of grandparents and expected nothing from me. And though there are many days I have thought of them and missed them through the year, the moment I see the Christmas lights I want nothing more than to crawl into my gramps' big lap, rest my head on his shoulders and sit next to my grams and chat.

Miss you Grams & Gramps... Hope your Christmas is just as good looking down as it was looking up.

Wonderful Wilda!

Tina
5 days ago
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Lyn sent me this gorgeous little girl for Christmas! Her name is Wilda Barbara and she is a 1980 U baby.

Wilda Barbara

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Wilda's Face

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Wilda wanted to add a little Christmas spirit to her outfit...

Christmas Wilda

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Tina :)

Let it Snow...

We've gotten some snow the past few days. The first day that we really had a good covering was Monday, and Matt came home form work and was ready to get to shoveling right away. I knew Hayden would want to join him so I wasted no time getting him bundled up. I stayed inside where it was warm but Hayden seemed to have a good time.

I'm ready to go outside now!

I hope dad doesn't expect me to do any shoveling.

Scoot, scoot. He gets a kick out of doing this!

Keep up the good work there, dad.

After they came inside Hayden was still busy at work. He lined all of his trucks up across the living room floor, and was very proud of himself.

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This afternoon they headed out right after nap time again, only this time I put Hayden's ski bibs on under his ski jacket. He had on jeans, a long-sleeved shirt and and hoodie on under all that so he could barely move! He looked like a little marshmallow.

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Happy New 'Ears, Partners!

Tina
Dec 11, 2009
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I finally found a New 'Ears baby that melts my heart! This is Lawrence Casimir, a 1981 New 'Ears baby boy. He fancies himself a cowboy... ;)

Lawrence Casimir

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Lawrence's Face

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Tina :)

More Birthday Presents and Housecleaning

This week Hayden another box of birthday presents- he is really making out well this year! Grandpa Bert and Grandma Joyce sent him some new toys and he had lots of fun opening them and playing. He was all over the place when he and Matt were opening them so I had a hard time capturing the smiles, but he was excited!

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Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!

Today Matt was vacuuming the carpet and Hayden grabbed his dirt devil jr. to help out. This is actually a regular occurrence around the house but they were having so much fun today I decided to snap some pictures.

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back to being serious

matt kept coming after him with the big vacuum

Eeek! The cuteness is overwhelming!

Tina
Dec 6, 2009
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Holy cow, this guy's face absolutely murders me... Here is Jefferey Arnold, he is a 1980 E baby.

Jefferey Arnold

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Jefferey's Face

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Tina :)

bubbles

I know I've been mum for some time and a few of you were awesome enough to go leave comments on my article over at Flaimahmy, so THANK YOU!!!

New article up and this one is much easier to read! It's a product review... Enjoy!

http://www.flaimahmy.com/2009/12/03/product-review-california-baby-aromatherapy-bubble-bath/

Remember to leave a comment or 20!

Thanks!

festive cheer

Emma
Dec 2, 2009
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Oh dear

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Festive caution

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These are my entries for this Christmas e-card competition. If you like my drawings please, please vote for me. Thank you!

judging books by their covers

Emma
Dec 1, 2009
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My last project at uni was to create book covers for Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll) and Perfume (Patrick Suskind) for the 2009 Penguin Design Award. Two book covers in two weeks is a lot of work but I got it done, albeit with some blood (got to watch those craft knives) and tears.

Here's my final cover for Alice, which my second and third year tutor selected as one of their two favourites out of the year (who knows why).