Matt's first school dance!

Friday night we attended Matt's first dance and, since he's a 5th grader, it was even more special. Please enloy these party pics of dudes dancin'...

Here's Matt with his tightest buds. "Our" Alec is next to him. You can see they are serious artists.

Here's an example of one of Matt's groove moves...

...and Alec on the left, Apollo in the middle, and Matt on the right.

Group overview picture, there was a nice crowd but just enough so there was room for them to cut loose.

Good thing this kid has his back turned so I don't have to pix elate his face. It was too funny to watch. This little guy got fixated on Matt near the end of the dance and followed him EVERY WHERE. When Matt stopped, so did he; when Matt danced, he did the exact moves. This went on for almost 30 minutes. Matt was irritated but just tried to ignore him and didn't say anything encouraging or rude. Except maybe "the look". He was the Ever Ready bunny, he just kept going and going. It was such a fun outing; Paul and I enjoyed watching the kids have a great time and loved that Matt wasn't shy like we were at that age. He's definitely his own man.

The Pink Cabbage Strawberry Days a Huge Success!!!!

With sisters Jody and Marcie tirelessly working at the helm, we raised $1500!!! for The American Cancer Society last Sunday during the Great American Yard Sale weekend. The stream of customers was constant, actually starting on Saturday, as some thought it was then.

We had the cutest folks renting spaces for the cause like Patrice (The Patron Saint of Doojies and fabulous person in her own right!), below. It was too fun to turn the tide and buy from her; I got many goodies from her as did a lot of other lucky customers.

Below, Karen and Tammy are yucking it up; the atmosphere was casual and festive and full of life.

Marcie's giving Bruce a full interview; we are hoping to announce soon when and where it will be aired.

We had a couple of acres covered just like this...

...with happy friends and patrons...

...a line cued all day...

...with cars lined up on both sides of the highway...

...Jody even had to bat those beautiful eyelashes at the police who were going to ticket all these cars for illegal parking, it worked! No tickets!

We had the C.R.A.B.S. come by for a visit; Couples Riding A Bicycle Simultaneously.

Then there was the food. I didn't pull out my camera until late, as usual, and then was awfully busy with other duties to remember to take a lot but the lemonade and plethora of strawberry dishes plus bagels with strawberry cream cheese enough for an army.

And I made a new friend, Bruce Littlefield. What fun was he! He's written several books, two of which I ran home and purchased on Amazon. He's been on The Today Show talking about his Airstream book...I got that one and Garage Sale America...they are both so great and entertaining, as is he.

And set him up for shameless advertising and here's a close up of a great book...

All in all it was a great, amazing weekend. So many customers stepped up to, yes buy fab things, but for a wonderful cause. Thanks to all of them and all the Pink Cabbage workers and customers that made this a successful endeavor for the second year in a row.

Two graduations, two funerals, and Great American Yard Sale weekend...

Whew, I'm still here but have had too many things all at one time as you can tell by the title of this post. I took pictures of the fun parts and as soon as I download, edit, and upload, I'll share with you. Until then...I've been playing with my Flickr account and I think I know a little about what I'm doing. If you just click on the Flickr icon on the right it should take you directly to my photos and I hope you enjoy seeing what I've got on there so far. I still have a lot to add, but one thing at a time.

Look Away Miz Tina...

Don't want any spoilers here, so if you're Tina and this is your swap, go away for a few days!!!! I just sent these off in the mail today. These are my pieces for Tina for the Cowgirl Swap that she is doing. I've been into "doing" the hats lately, had this Annie Oakleyesk piece for a while (obviously just for this reason), and the bird I got recently now has a cowgirl hat.

I was just reading on Tina's blog today how she doesn't like pink. "Well sheeeeet", I said, but then read on that she doesn't like pink in her wardrobe. Thank goodness a cowgirl hat is not wardrobe, it's an accessory to the wardrobe-whole 'nother thing. Whew! The collage below is housed in an 8" rusty metal clock case with ribbon "clouds and grass" and the antique figurines.

Here's the tag line for the collage. It says, "Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowgirls. Let 'em be doctors and crack hoes and such.". As usual, I crack myself up.

And the cowgirl hat. The toile ribbon could be pushed to red if need be, the berries are reddish, and the velvet leaves...well...they are pink, damn it.

Here's a close up of the badge I put on it. My friend, Karen, gave it to me in a box of goodies she didn't want. It says, "Special Police". I'll say.

And here's the velvety birdie with her cowgirl hat on. She's pretty stinkin' pink with lots of green though. I just love pink and an artist has to do what an artist does. I hope she likes it...

Be There or Be So Square

Everybody is so totally going to be there, so you'd better go! See ya' then.