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The last few nights I had a chance to play some more with both my kit and with the first lesson in the Got Sketch class.
Here are more layouts from my TAKE NOTE mini I made with my Work in Progress June kit
 
 
 
When the going gets tough, the tough get chocolate milk

Hold onto your dreams

A kiss is not just a kiss
Then I also did a couple of 12 X 12 pages from Chel's...

started at 5:30 am as I Joel woke me to get ready to leave.  Chelsea and I were on the road by 6:30 to get ourselves to Kent State for the PASS day. (Placement, Advising, and Scheduling system). 
I thought it would be an easy day for me and a busy day for Chelsea taking tests and picking her course schedule.  Well I was wrong... it was a busy day for both of us.  There were presentations on...

I took Shaggy today for his grooming and when we came home he kept doing this and cracking me up... he only stopped for a second between the first and 2nd video and did this for quite some time until I decided to grab the flip.

 

Phew... when I first seen the word of the day I thought it was describing my behind... :)
June 9
morass        \muh-RASS\   noun
Meaning
1 : marsh, swamp
2 a : a situation that traps, confuses, or impedes  *b : an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture
Example Sentence
     For Diane and Oscar, trying to adopt a baby meant getting lost in a morass of paperwork, but they...

Today we were all up and going early.  Zach's over a friends, Chelsea had to work at Panera and I was cleaning the clubhouse for Lisa and Joel... he always has a list a mile long of things to do.  He first drove out to the rental property to take them a lawn mower since the one there wasn't working.  Only to find after driving there something must have loosened on the one he was taking and it wouldn't...

nimiety      \nih-MYE-uh-tee\     noun
Meaning  : excess, redundancy
Example Sentence
     "To avoid receiving a nimiety of kitchenware," advised the bridal guide, "be sure to register for a wide range of gifts for your guests to choose from."

That's what the weather here is!  We went from wearing sweat shirts and jackets to T-shirts and tank tops and your STILL hot!  But we wanted some warm weather and summer to get her already, so it's here!
Yesterday we went to Tony's play at Akron University for Founder's day weekend.  As I figured the play was wonderful and a great story about alcoholic anonymous and the troubles and denials they...

and I can't believe it!  It's like when Christmas comes and yet it doesn't feel like Christmas... that's what I feel like now.  Maybe its because its so different when they are older, because you are not always up at the school for different activities and you can't see the year going by.  And even though Chelsea just graduated... it still does not seem like summer.
I know what it is... denial?
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Okay it was asked when I would post the pocket card instructions, so finally I'm posting the instructions.  Its very easy to make and would be a perfect last minute teacher gift or any gift for that matter.  It was originally made with stampin up papers and I believe I found it on the splitcoast stampers site (which is a very cool site for ideas!)
First get a double sided sheet of paper and cut...

of school for Zach!  Actually its his last day in Jr High too.  Next year he will be moving over to the high school!
Today my mom, Deb, Stacey, Barb, Chelsea and myself went out for breakfast and then headed out to Audrey's Attic in Orrville.  Neither Stacey or Barb had ever been there, so we had to share our secret.  During our ride out we also made plans for another Michigan trip in the coming...