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Love the jewelry Emily made!!! She could sell those on Etsy.
And bummer on the shirts! Hope they worked today. Glad the store refunded your $$.
I'm going to attempt to dye sweats for Dylan's Halloween costume (he's going to be Pluto) and I think I better try it soon in case it doesn't work out.
Well, the shirts are a no go . After a second set and new tie dye we now have added yellow and gray to our collection.....they did look orange and black when started.......oh well.......guess we will be looking for shirts when we get there.
In the meantime - most of the packing is done, just need to throw in last minute stuff.
Em even packed Duffy!
He even has a sleeping bag!
And I forgot to post other hand made items......
I made Emily an autograph book:
Emily made herself a wallet:
And she even made one for Dad (this was his Father's Day gift):
And yes - they are made of duct tape!!!!
So off to work in the am - then last minute stuff tomorrow - get ready for arrival of my brother who will care for house and fur babies while we Are gone!
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So annoying about the shirts - glad they gave you a refund though.
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Yay!! 2 more sleeps!! Sorry about the shirts hopefully the new ones turn out better
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Love the bracelet very talented young lady you have there Sorry about Saddlecrap with shirts hope new batch turns out better BTW large pink girl doesn't like rain wrecks havoc on her hair
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What a shame to have spent all that time on the shirts. Hope he'll have time (just 2 sleeps!) to try again.
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Oh dear, hope the second try on the shirts works out better! Regardless, you'll be here soon!!
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and that the shirts turn out the right color this time!
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Love the jewelry Emily made!!! She could sell those on Etsy.
And bummer on the shirts! Hope they worked today. Glad the store refunded your $$.
I'm going to attempt to dye sweats for Dylan's Halloween costume (he's going to be Pluto) and I think I better try it soon in case it doesn't work out.
Thanks - not sure why they didn't work
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Em did great on the earrings and bracelet! I hope all went well with the t-shirt re-do!
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So we are down to 1 SLEEP!!! Will I be able to sleep??? Probably NOT............this morning, I woke up - WIDE awake at 5 am, thinking of the things that still needed to be done!!! So I got out of bed and found my photopass voucher ~ almost forgot that ~ Thank Goodness for lists! managed to do another load of laundry (hate coming home to dirty laundry sitting around); scrub the pet food bowls; made Emily's lunch for the day; photocopied Em's homework from her texts (can't believe that ALL of her teachers have actually given her work for the week!! So happy about that!! It is up to the individual teacher if they allow kids to make up work or not!) - all before coming to work!!! Now I am sitting here, got all my work done, checked to make sure no bills were due while we are gone, paid the ones that needed to be paid, crossed things off my to-do list...................and am now sitting here, watching the clock go tick, tick, tick.................
I am mostly packed - just have to throw in those last minute toilitries - how many of you feel that you overpack???? Wear the same Disney shirts every trip???? Pray that your suitcase doesn't go over the weight limit!!
Bummer: I was planning to use Garden Grocer to have beer, soda, water, snacks, etc delivered, however, they do not have Scott's diet mountain dew, and he could easily become very competitive with Grumpy if he does not have a diet mountain dew each day ..........but I totally understand, as I am.............."Hello, My name is Lisa and I am a Diet Coke Addict......"!!!!! Oh well, guess I have to run to my favorite Wal-mart for a quick shopping trip - oh darn!
Yep..............waiting to be done, get Em to dance and back, and hit the sack to wake at 3am to head to the airport for our 6:05 am flight!!!
I am going to try to add some live updates when I can, seeing as though I am quite intrigued that I was able to upload to photobucket from my iphone!
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Catching up on the last few updates! Emily did a great job with the charms and the earrings. I agree with Kelly, she should sell those on Etsy! Sorry the T-shirts didn't work out. getting all the last minute stuff done and I hope you have a Magical trip
Duffy's so cute all ready to travel. Love the wallets. I'm a big fan of making things with duct tape. Give me duct tape and oilcloth and I can make anything!
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I hope all went well with the t-shirt re-do! 
. After a second set and new tie dye we now have added yellow and gray to our collection.....they did look orange and black when started.......oh well.......guess we will be looking for shirts when we get there.
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~ almost forgot that ~ Thank Goodness for lists! managed to do another load of laundry (hate coming home to dirty laundry sitting around); scrub the pet food bowls; made Emily's lunch for the day; photocopied Em's homework from her texts (can't believe that ALL of her teachers have actually given her work for the week!! So happy about that!! It is up to the individual teacher if they allow kids to make up work or not!) - all before coming to work!!! Now I am sitting here, got all my work done, checked to make sure no bills were due while we are gone, paid the ones that needed to be paid, crossed things off my to-do list...................and am now sitting here, watching the clock go tick, tick, tick.................
..........but I totally understand, as I am.............."Hello, My name is Lisa and I am a Diet Coke Addict......"!!!!! Oh well, guess I have to run to my favorite Wal-mart for a quick shopping trip - oh darn! 
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