driftwood horses. beautiful.

a while back a friend of mine (thanks jane!) emailed this to me. this artist, Heather Jansch, creates these life size horses out of collected driftwood. amazing! more pics here.

i miss you mom.

i miss you mom, today would have been your birthday and it has been a long lonely year without you. i was not ready for a world without you in it. i can still hear you laugh and that brings a smile to my face. i love you and cannot wait to feel your hugs again someday...

m'biz

save the date(s)...

okay so here i am shamelessly promoting my daughter's ballet school's 2008 NUTCRACKER performance! Please NOTE: the above postcard highlights the dates for the Petite Sweets (what Gabrielle is in) and the below is press release lists dates for the pre-professional Nutcracker performance (and let me tell you it is TOP notch), hope you can join us! (Gabrielle's fall class set to be Chinese fortune cookies in treats from around the world scene!) tickets go on sale online at www.classicalballet.net
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CLASSICAL BALLET ACADEMY brings the Nutcracker to life for family audiences in a full-scale production. Holiday Tradition Continues with Aspiring Ballet Professionals:

With Sugar Plum Fairy, Candy Canes and Arabian Princesses, the highly acclaimed Classical Ballet Academy's 2008 production of The Nutcracker is back for the forth consecutive year to delight family audiences. Danced by pre-professional CBA students from throughout the greater Portland metro area, the sell-out production includes professional costumes, exravagant sets, fresh choreography and a few surprises.

FRIDAY, DEC 5
6pm Petite Sweets (Gabrielle)

SATURDAY, DEC 6
11am Petite Sweets (Gabrielle)
2:30pm Pre-Professionals matinee & 7pm evening performance
SUNDAY, DEC 7th
2:30 pm Pre-Professional matinee

St. Mary's Academy Theatre
1615 SW 5th Avenue
Portland, OR (downtown, near PSU)

Tickets are available online at www.classicalballet.net Prices are $10 for seniors 65+ and children under 9; and $15 for youth & adults. Tickets will also be available at Classical Ballet Academy, 7970 SE Milwaukie Ave, located in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, OR. See website for times. Remaining tickets will be available at the theater the day of the performance, but may be (and usually is) sold out before-hand.

Unlike other Nutcracker productions, CBA's performance showcases over 175 student dancers and is a training ground for aspiring ballet professionals. For more information about The Nutcracker and ballet classes (age 3-adult) at Classical Ballet Academy, visit www.classicalballet.net , email Sarah Rigles director@classicalballet.net or call (503)890.6101

Christian Vote

two shall become one...

i am loving this new line of T's from "From Me Tees". the front simply says "two shall become one" with a graphic orchid. on the back is the appropriate scripture: Mark 10:6-9 From the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

they also sell a t-shirt that reads "my wife rocks" but that's a whole different story, ba ha ha!