"We've got so much time and so little to do...scratch that...reverse it"

...one of my favorite quotes from Willy Wonka {the original one, not the creepy Johnny Depp one}

"Where have you been?", you ask.  Well, let's see...

This is the first of many {i hope} buntings that i am making to spring up my studio.  I will be selling them at my next Studio Open House {date and time TBD}. 

 
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Planning my lovely daughter's Sweet 16 birthday party. 

I still can't believe we're here...

 
we were just here...

 
  

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There are just 38 days until school is out, which means i only have 38 days to finish everything i need to get done before i have them home all day, every day!  Yes, we get out very early.  And, we will unfortunately be the first to go back...on August 10th.  So...not...cool.  They're trying to change the law here to not allow us to go back until after Labor Day.  Until then...August 10th it is. 

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Anne and I spoke last week at my alma mater high school about our book.  It was scary and exciting and i'm so glad we did it.  It wasn't so bad.

 
and now we are working fast and furiously on book #2

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Catching up on some quality time with my handsome hubby.  We are participating in a marriage enrichment series at church called "Ten Great Dates"...one date every month.  We are l♥ving it!

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Happily planning a beach vacation in Gulf Shores again this summer...just found out about it this week and we are so excited!!

 

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 Planning a new solar pool heating system installation, thanks to Mark's parents.  We have a shady backyard...shade is not good when you have a pool.  Mark opened the pool 2 weeks ago.  It's crystal clear, clean and lovely.  and, it's 55 degrees.  Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  Mark and R are pretty excited about the installation project and we're all excited about the earth-friendly {and pocketbook friendly!} system that is going to use the sun to heat our shaded pool! 

{i took this pic last week as we enjoyed the bbq next to our pretty but oh-so-cold pool}

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We will be celebrating my sweet grandfather's 96th birthday this Saturday! That's right...i said 96!!!!  This is him last year on his 95th.

 

   We had a big shindig for him.  You can revisit it here.  This year, we're going a little more low-key.  Just the family at Old Country Buffet...it was always a favorite of him and my grandmother.  The people who work there still remember them.  I think most people who know them would agree that you could never forget them. 

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Comments

[Cassie]

Wow - 16th birthday is scary and 96th is truly amazing!

Lovely to see your post pop up in my reader too. Hope you have wonderful celebrations for both.

xx