Horses Butt

I don't know why I found this horses' tail hanging out of the trailer so funny. We had just had lunch in Jarrell sitting next to 3 real life cowboys, complete with bhats, boots, spurs, and chaps, then this, just so fitting down I35 in Texas. Doesn't take much to entertain me riding down the interstate, but it was a very shiny, well groomed tail.

Christmas Album

Spent the weekend finishing up some projects. This Christmas Album was at the top of the list. I used Bo Bunny Noel paper, deco snow, glitter, the beautiful ribbon that goes with the paper, die cut icicles, and MR envelope.

Baby Powder and Other Fun Stuff

We drove to A&M land this weekend to spend some fun time with T and do a little(lot) of shopping. We hadn't seen her apartment since she had it all decorated and the dogs need a challenge of climbing 3 flights of stairs several times a day.
We were walking up the stairs to her apartment and saw this:

and promptly had to do this:

Baby powder gone, we did some serious Aggie clothing shopping for everyone including Tiki and Shenzi. We ate some good fun, visited with some great people and the Aggies won....great weekend!

Zoolicious

A few pictures of our Zoolicious 9x10 album, designed by my friend, Karen Lambert. I was also lucky enough to use her awesome zoo pictures. I used lots of Tattered Angels, Maya Mist,some TH dies, and wooden beads.

Jack-O-Lantern Album

I love the colors of Halloween, so much fun to play with.

When we were in Florida, Linda and I took a class from Cheryl Mezzetti and made this cute album. Love all the CI papers and painting we did! Jack-O-Lanterns don't last very long around here once they are carved, but this one will last a long time. We have the die cut and can't wait to make some fall pumpkin albums out of them.

Please, VOTE

Please, VOTE.
Girl Power.
This is the story of our Mothers and Grandmothers who lived only 90 years ago.

Remember, it was not until 1920 that
women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.

The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote.

And by the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of 'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'

(Lucy Burns)
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air.
(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.

Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right
to vote. For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their
food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.

When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.


So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because--why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work? Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining?

(Miss Edith Ainge, of Jamestown , New York )
All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote. Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege. Sometimes it was inconvenient.


HBO released the movie on video and DVD . I wish all history, social studies and government teachers would include the movie in their curriculum I want it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of socializing, but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in order.

(Conferring over ratification [of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution] at [National Woman's Party] headquarters, Jackson Pl [ace] [ Washington , D.C. ]. L-R Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Anita Pollitzer, Alice Paul, Florence Boeckel, Mabel Vernon (standing, right))

It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.

The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.'

Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know.

We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so hard for by these very courageous women. Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote.

(Helena Hill Weed, Norwalk , Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. prison for carrying banner, 'Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.')
History is being made. Honor these women and VOTE.

Luminaries

Halloween is so much fun. I love the colors, the pumpkins, and the costumes. We don't have a trick or treater here to pilfer through her sack of candy, and we do miss that....er her:)
These sacks are just as good, if not better, no calories. I hinted and whined enough that my sweet friend Linda made 4 using TH Dies. They look so spookily cute sitting on our mantle. Happy Halloween!!

Dropped cell phone calls

This is the sight we see around sunset everyday. Is is any wonder, we have "dropped" calls. Turkey Buzzards love this tower!

Baseball Saturday

Brandan had his first official road trip Friday. He drove from Red Oak to Georgetown all alone and made it just fine. He played in a baseball tournament today and we had fun watching him play.

As any normal 16 year old he is forever hungry so we ate at PeiWei last night. He had he first Edamame and decided they were great. T was also home for the week end and she had crab wontons and loved those. We also had burgers at Mighty Fine and BBQ at the Salt Lick to keep him from starving today.

The first game was in Round Rock and they lost, but think it was due to a lack of attendance. For some strange reason they had this sign posted, but we ignored it and became a spectator:)

The last game was in Manor, in the middle of no where, with no concession stands, just across the road from Hogs Eye Road. This game was a winner 5-2, and that entitled us to be there at 8 am tomorrow for more spectatoring:)

Orlando, Florida

Here we come! Linda and I are leaving Thursday for hopefully sunny Florida. I am teaching these 2 classes at the Collins Show. It should be a lot of fun and work!

Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble

Our fun 91/2 x 11 Halloween album. Tons of room for spooky Halloween pictures! I used Grapic 45 papers!!

Beach Babies album

Since I have a big black boot on my foot, I have been hobbling around this week.

Janet and Linda were so nice to show up at the studio door and pack 50 kits for me. This allowed me to sit with my foot elevated and work on this album. Love the Graphic 45 paper for this album!!

Somebody to Lean On...post-script to Note to Self

My Note to Self to check out the stairs vs. elevator needs to have a post-script. Yesterday I was coming down the stairs at our house and either missed a step or slipped but went tumbling down the stairs.That is a scary, no control over the situation feeling. Checked my body out and it seemed in one piece, with some massive bruises showing. An hour later, my 4th toe was turning black and blue and hurting. I went to the doctor and I now have a crushed joint on my toe and have an appointment to see a specialist in a few days. Meanwhile I need somebody to lean on!! Post-Script to Note to self...pay attention when you go downstairs!

Note to Self

Always, always, check when you child moves to an apartment complex, even the same one she lived in last year, that if she lives above ground level there is a way to get to necessary floor other than STAIRS! She moved to a studio this year in a different building, same complex. Last year was 4th floor, complete with elevator. This year 3rd floor, minus elevator. Climbing 3 stories in 100 degree heat, lugging "stuff" is a near death experience! We survived, the end result for her was worth it, and the Aleve company is prospering!

Compliments of the Season

Where has the summer gone? T is moving to College Station tomorrow, starting her sophomore year.

I have been working on the Compliments of the Season class at the Collins Show, in September. This is a sneek of the fun Holiday tree using Graphic 45 paper, canvas and acrylic.

Sand Castle chipboard album

Fun mini album using Bo Bunny Papers and pictures from Mike Lambert. Love using the Mudd Puddles sand and shells!!