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What I am working on today...

Not much time to blog this week... Too busy! Here are a couple of images I was working on this afternoon...

One from a project for Autumn's school:




And one from this weekend's wedding:

Conversations with Mom

Jamie, your Mother's Day card was more perfect than you even realized! : ) Copied from a Messenger conversation I had with my Mom this morning:

Mom: I don't twitter, so tell me if you ever put anything on there I need to see. Do you have the same friends on there?
Kori: No, it's not really friends exactly, it's people following us. It's just a lot like Facebook, but with only status updates, and you make them every couple of hours.
Kori: I don't really like it, but everyone else is doing it, so we are too.
Mom: If they all jumped off a bridge, would you?
Mom: I'm supposed to say that, by the way. It's a mother's job.
Kori: If it meant booking more weddings, then odds are good. Besides, it kind of sounds like fun to jump off a bridge.
Kori: Is there a bungee cord involved? Or at least some deep water underneath?
Mom: Big rocks and no bungee cord. Just a big splat.
Kori: Who made up that rule?
Mom: Otherwise, it wouldn't make any sense in the saying.
Mom: "If all your friends went bungee jumping and had a great time, would you do it too?"
Mom: It's just not the same.
Kori: I think it makes great sense. We're all jumping off bridges, and having a blast. Way better than your version.
Mom: We must really be wanting to put off our work to have this conversation.
Kori: Hmmm...
Mom: I guess I could at least go and put some clothes in the dryer.
Kori: I guess I could go Photoshop some wedding pictures.
Kori: *sigh
Mom: *sigh
Kori: Well have fun with the laundry!
Mom: Thanks! And I'm sure you'll have a dandy time photoshopping.
Kori: Love you! Bye!
Mom: Love you too!

Bathing Beauty

This Morning

It's just as I suspected.

I am officially the Queen of All Things Awesome, courtesy of being nominated by my lovely little sister, Jamie. : )

It appears that these are my duties as Queen:

List 7 things that make me Awe-Summm
Pass the award onto 7 bloggers that I love
Tag those bloggers to let them know they are now Queens too (and link back to the Queen who tagged you)


First up, the 7 Things that Make Me Awe-Summm (even though it is driving me bananas that Awesome is spelled all wonky)
1. I can name all 23 helping verbs. Thank you, Mrs. Murphy.
2. I can stand on my head.
3. My fried rice rivals Shogun's. Seriously. It's awesome. Man, I kind of want some right now!
4. I have an ongoing project involving random acts of strangeness that puzzles and amuses all who discover it. Also I know the words to an impressive array of obscure rap songs. I guess this is two things. Oh well.
5. I have the coolest family ever. I really do.
6. I have seen every single episode of Seinfeld. Twice. And I've been to the mythical apartment building where Jerry allegedly lived, plus I have eaten at their official diner. If only I could go on Kramer's reality tour...
7. My two goals in life are to become a surgeon and to win an Oscar. Winning an Oscar for playing a surgeon in a critically acclaimed film that grosses millions worldwide would be an acceptable satisfaction of both.

So there you go! 7 Things That Make Me Awesome. (I just couldn't stand to spell it that other way again!!!) Now onto my next task as Queen, to list my 7 sub-queens who are also Awesome. Here goes!

1. My mama, who doesn't have a blog, but is awesome nonetheless.
2. My lovely sister JamieGray, the one who suckered me into this queen business in the first place.
3. My cousin Lisa, who is awesome even though she deserted us and moved to Connecticut.
4. My incredible, selfless, beautiful friend Jennifer, who is an inspiration to all of those she comes into contact with.
5. My also-inspirational gym buddy and fellow power mommy/wedding warrior Brooke.
6. My still long-lost (as we have yet to actually schedule a lunch date, but should in the nearest possible future) friend Jessica, who is a wonderful wife, mommy and nurse with an incredibly positive attitude that makes me smile. She also has a new cute puppy!
7. My prego friend Kara, who puts up with me no matter how crazy I am, and who is willing to sing Karaoke or dance like a maniac at every opportunity. She also doesn't have a blog, but is way cool anyway!
8. I know there is not supposed to be a number 8, but just for good measure, I decided to throw in my dad. He can be the King of ALLL Things Awe-Summm!





Now, don't fret, my 7 Queenly friends. I know you are all busy, and I don't expect you to feel compelled to re-post this unless you just really want to, but know that I think you are the best nonetheless! Dad, on the other hand, shall be required to repost this, complete with his custom badge (see above) as soon as possible.

Please note: I have many other lovely ladies who I consider worthy of this honor, some of whom were listed on my sister's page, so I tried not to duplicate them, and others who did not happen to randomly pop into my head as I typed this, but who I think are amazing as well.

Maybe it would do us all good to think about 7 or so reasons why we're awesome, pat ourselves on the back, and then go about the rest of our day with a little extra smile with a fresh reminder that we can, in fact, name all 23 helping verbs.

Hope everyone has an Awesome day! : )

Here Comes the Sun!

After the recent deluge of rain, we have finally had a few afternoons of sun, and we are making the most of every minute of it!