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I did it, I finally purchased my E-reader and decided on the Kindle.  I considered my options for months, actually years.  I wanted a kindle when they first came out, and then over time so many other options were coming up that I decided to wait it out.
Then came the ipad and a serious debate began.  The ipad is so much more than an e-reader and can even download kindle books, but the things that...

Today is the anniversary of my brother Joe's death.  He went into the hospital on August 23rd and battled his way through all the complications from the aneurysm but then lost his life in surgery on September 17th.

I think about him constantly and a lot of times that thought takes me back to our childhood.  He and I both being middle children had an unspoken connection.  We played together as...

This week the theme for Team up Thursday is small...
When thinking of this weeks theme I was wanted to do something of a comparison and then I remembered the bracelet I just got from Etsy that has all my favorite books of 2010 attached to it and thought it would be a great way to emphasize the theme of small next to the actual books they represent.  Jill chose to represent small in a different way......

So my sister mom and I got together last week and wanted to do something scrappy.  We decided to make a mini out of a little bit of everything that I had in my basement!
Then we embellished our creations...
Here is what I've gotten done so far... In between working on Project life and Shimelle's Learn something new everyday... more pictures to come
 
 
 

This week we got a surprise as my brother in law came in town from Florida.  We decided to get the family together and do dinner on friday.  We had a great time and lots of laughs!
Tonight he got back on a plane and headed back to florida :(
 


  
 
Otherwise it was a weekend of little scrapping and I hope to change that this week!   
 

Labor Day weekend we went away for a couple of days and every time we do that it is the perfect time to have my brother in law come over and do a project on the house.  Plus its an awesome surprise to come home to something new.This project was scheduled for when we went to Disney, but the lights didn't arrive in time so we had to put it off until now.
Before we left I snapped a quick picture of...

So this month I did two, and had ideas for 3 mini albums with my work in progress kit....
  
this album was dedicated to running quotes
 
 
 You can see more of the album here
 
 

Getting caught up on my Shimelle class learn something new everyday and some other craft projects that I still need to photograph.
 
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Jill and I are back at it again for team up thursday.  As we follow along with the prompts from Mental Inventory.  
This weeks prompt was WORK
I chose to go to the place I occasionally work.  The business that my husband owns and runs and the equipment that fills the lot.  Jill chose what represents the work she has done all her life, caring for children.  I love how the same theme can be so...

and that's just what we did for the Labor day weekend.  
It seems owning your own business means that you work there every possible day available, according to my husband.  So if I want him to get away from work I have to make plans to get away from the house.  He ALWAYS thanks me later too!
We went up to Lake Chautauqua in New York, a place my girlfriend had vacationed at earlier in the summer....