a bit of peer pressure

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fall in the city

I brought my camera while Phaedra and I walked home from school today.

Her school reminds me of my elementary school on Long Island.





These are just some cool trees and sights along the way...





Home!

almost done with the house

Here is the living room...
One wall is painted orange, the rest will be light gray and the trim will be black. Dramatic.








You can see we have more work to do...

Here is the studio. It's just basically a room to work in, but interesting, of course.




It has more work too. we still have 2 walls with nothing on them yet :)

Bottle Cap Pins... A Fun Teen Craft

These were so easy and so much fun!

My very first Thanksgiving

The menu
Turkey Breast with Turkey Gravy
Pear, Cranberry and Walnut Stuffing
Acorn Squash
Baked Corn Casserole
Garlic Mashed Potato with Parsnips
Baby Portobello Gravy
Shelley's Pumpkin Cake

The Punk Rock Faerie

My daughter wanted to be a punk rock faerie this year for halloween. I think the costume turned out to be wonderful! She even won most creative in our neighborhood costume contest!

Teen Read Week Fun

Lindsey and I created a really fun display:






Secret Book Recomendation Cards:

The Move

Check out our new house!

YA furniture arrives in time for Teen Read Week