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May 25, 2012 By

DECIDE YOUR FAVORITES

READ ENCYCLOPEDIAS

MAKE A PYRAMID

NO ELECTRONICS (WATCHES, MUSIC, SCALES INCLUDED)

BECOME AMIDEXTRIOUS

MAKE CONFETTI

LOOK UP

WALK WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED

DON’T USE YOUR THUMBS

PUT ON ALL YOUR JEWELRY

COLLECT EVERYTHING AND ARRANGE IT

DOCUMENT THE CORNERS OF YOUR HOUSE

CARD HOUSE

RESEARCH SOMETHING RANDOM (the 57 on the heinz ketchup bottle stands for the number of varieties of pickles they once had) (I also know a lot about pogs and staples)

TEMPORARY TATTOOS

SLIDE DOWN THE STAIRS IN A SLEEPING BAG INTO A PILE OF BEDDING

PHOTOSHOOT

DECONSTRUCT AND RECONSTRUCT SOMETHING

EXPERIENCE THE WEATHER

PLAY CATCH WITH ANYTHING

START A COLLECTION

ORGANIZE SOMETHING BY COLOR

TALK IN AN ACCENT

READ A BOOK WITH A FRIEND, ALTERNATE EVERY WORD

CHANGE RADIO STATIONS

OBSTACLE COURSE

MAKE UP SONGS ON THE FLY

MOP

WALK HOME BACKWARDS

LIVE OFF THE LAND

SCAVENGER HUNT

TEST EVERY MARKER IN YOUR HOUSE

CUT YOUR HAIR

FOLD THE LAUNDRY

WATCH INFOMERCIALS

EAT A MEAL WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED

REARRANGE YOUR ROOM

SING

LEARN PIG LATIN

RECORD THE DOINGS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

FORT

READ A BOOK UPSIDE DOWN

MAKE A PILE

MAKE HOUSES OUT OF PUZZLE PIECES

CLIMB ON THE ROOF

ROLL DOWN A HILL

WRITE ON YOURSELF

CREATE A MADLIB

EXPLORE A CLOSET

SCOPE OUT GOOD HIDE AND THE SEEK SPOTS

DUST

LOOK FOR OLD HALLOWEEN CANDY

SEARCH FOR SPARE CHANGE

READ POETRY

MAKE BUSINESS CARDS

WRITE A THANK YOU CARD

MAKE A PAPERCLIP CHAIN

MAKE POPSICLES

MAKE A TREE SWING

MAKE A MAP OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

LEMONAID STAND

GO PRINCESS IN THE PEA STYLE

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A Fresh Start

February 20, 2012 By

Sometimes a fresh start is all you need.

You could chop off all your locks 1920’s style.

Or use 1 million clips to pin up your hair because of a director request for me to figure out how to pin long hair to short.

Success!

And who needs a haircut when there’s a fresh layer of rain covering the ground?

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Thoroughly Modern Millie

December 2, 2011 By

I could fill this entire page with exclamation marks!

I went and talked to our drama teachers.

I told them I was thinking about going into the field of costume design.

And I asked them if they wanted any help with costumes in the musical.

They squealed.

And gave me the script.

We talked about 20’s fashion.

We talked about perusing Goodwill for hats and shoes.

And about the room full of costume in our schools basement.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Pull Tabs

November 19, 2011 By

It’s Thanksgiving Break. I am so happy.

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Just a little note. I got this mug at goodwill last weekend for a dollar. I love it. It’s a lovely chocolate brown. Perfect.

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Do you know of pull tab posters? They’re those posters tacked up on grocery store bulletin boards advertising dog walking or lawn mowing.

I made two posters and taped one up at school Wednesday. The idea came from the internet, I don’t remember where, it was a long time ago. But I taped one of the two up Wednesday morning. I watched people walk past it and not even look up until the bell rung. After 4th period it was gone, the whole thing. The only carnage was the tape left on the wall.

I was so mad. Why would one angry person end the whole poster? I was so excited to see the empty tabs, but I didn’t get to. Was everyone in a really bad mood? Did no one like this? I realize that my classmates could’ve taken the tabs before it was pulled off the wall. And what I finally came to believe was that all the tabs went quickly, and once the only thing left was the “Take a Smile” poster, a student just took whole poster.

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Even though I was a little disappointed in the last poster, Thursday night I made another set.

Thanksgiving!

These were a success. One was taken down, but the other had all it’s tabs pulled of by the end of the day. This is what I wanted to happen.

Just a little poster to put a little shine in the day.

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Homecoming 2011

October 29, 2011 By

Ashley asked me to make the crowns for the homecoming queen and king. They had to look silver and they couldn’t look cheap, and I had to get them to her by Thursday. She asked me Friday night and the next Saturday, Dad got an urge to purge, but instead of cleaning the house, he pruned the wisteria. Yardwork (2)

I wish I had a before picture, this tree was overgrown, it was gorgeous though, the wall of leaves was thick, green and soft.

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If I remember right, the trunk of the tree has initials carved into it. Whoever carved them in carved them in a long time ago because it would have to be before we moved here 16 years ago.

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The pile is mostly made up of ivy, which was covering our chimney and windows. And we had another pile as big as this in front of the house too!

 

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Planning.

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Horseshoe.

 

Fast forward 4 days after they sat on the kitchen table and dried, and after that, I spray painted them silver.

 

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King and Queen wore them during the assembly, both were wearing hats so they didn’t stay on very well, and they got taken off during the pumpkin relay. But I didn’t care, I had originally thought they were for the junior prince and princess, I had misread the text, and I was so excited that the king and queen wore them! And we won our homecoming game yesterday night! It was wet, cold, and fun!

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