I live in New York state. Here we are allowed to vote in school elections. The only districts exempt from these laws are those known as The Big 5 – those districts in the five largest cities in the state. I believe the Big 5 still vote for board of education members but not on… Continue reading Do you vote?
Many years ago I went through a stage where I stopped all magazine subscriptions. I would occasionally buy an art magazine – stamping, beading, creating – but decided that the magazines themselves would not be coming to my house. The environmentalist in me won out until I started qualifying for free magazines of different types. … Continue reading I am a Tear File Junky
Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there! I know that sounds like a crock but today is your, our day. My mother is 3200 miles away and preparing for a cruise. She will, undoubtedly, go to brunch today with my stepdad and my younger sister who happens to be in California on business… Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day!
I am a bit of a freak about sunscreen. I haven’t always been. I can remember sitting in the sun with baby oil on as a teenager. I can remember sitting in the sun with Hawaiian Tropic SPF 4 oil on as a college student. As I got older, I started using sunscreen more and… Continue reading Sun Protection
I have to admit that I am a huge “Sex and the City” fan. I never watched it when it was on HBO as I didn’t have HBO but my daughter would watch it at friends’ homes. We would rent the season’s DVDs and watch an entire season at a time. I still watch the… Continue reading Summer Movie Time
Okay – I know I don’t want to be the person I was in high school, but I miss my high school friends. We had so much fun when we were in high school. With few exceptions, since college, I have not seen very many of them. I went to my ten year reunion but… Continue reading High School Friends
In my area, volleyball is a school sport that is now in the fall and is female only. My sons have all loved to play volleyball and are very athletic. Consequently, when the Catholic Youth Organization started a volleyball league that goes for about eight weeks in the spring, my kids jumped at the chance… Continue reading CYO Volleyball
In the workshop I am doing this year that is working the way through Mary Todd Beam’s Celebrate Your Creative Self, we are working on a seascape this month. I have been behind due to some unforeseen and some foreseen life circumstances. I just started mine today. This post will be a continuing one with… Continue reading Celebrate Your Creative Self – Seascape
I finally managed to be one of the first ten people to sign up for the Art Partner Challenge, sponsored by Inka Stamps on The Latest Trends in Mixed Media Yahoo! Group. I was so excited when I saw the stamp that was enclosed as I do not normally work with photo stamps. I was driving… Continue reading April Art Partner Challenge
While I normally post in advance of my trips, the one last weekend was too hectic due to life and prep by the Science Olympiad team to get to my computer and type. Last weekend, I went to New Paltz, New York for the New York State Science Olympiad competition. I always help the team… Continue reading Road Trip Report
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