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Welcome to the Mandel 5!

Thanks for stopping by our little world.  There is never a dull moment in this house with Rob's teaching jobs, my part-time teaching and part-time photography, three busy kids, and more pets than we need.  Check out the links above to read my friends' blogs, find old posts, or get in touch with me.

Monthly Archives: August 2007

tagged

I’ve been tagged by Jennifer Wilson, fellow photographer and friend. I am supposed to list 8 fascinating things about myself and then tag 8 people. While I have more than 8 friends who would love to be tagged, I don’t have 8 friends with blogs who would love to be tagged. So,...

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legoland and a ticket update

Logan played hookie from preschool today so we could go with Colleen and Alex on our annual Legoland adventure. We were on our way, happily chatting in the car and before we even got on the freeway, we saw a sheriff’s car without a front license plate. It gets me all irritated again...

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dirty little secret

So….it was time for a new couch. The old one used to be my parents’ and even though it was cool to have two twin beds inside of it, the cushion covers were gross. There were no other ways to flip them or wash them. So we picked out a new couch...

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need your votes again

Hey Guys, I need unbiased votes again over on my studio blog. This time you are voting for your favorite photo display!Click here: photo contest
Thank you!

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happy birthday, kylie!

Some snaps from Kylie’s 4th birthday party yesterday. Swimming, a jumpie, and the very same Jasmine from Meg’s party (Kylie loves her).

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tough day at work

soooo…..I had beach sessions this morning and the machine that prints the parking permits in the lot where I park wouldn’t take my money. I tried and tried. It wouldn’t take my money. And there was a red light on it flashing. So I figured it was broken and went on...

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buzz cut

So I mentioned that I took the boys to get haircuts on Wednesday. I took them to Supercuts. Yes, we have the clippers here and have cut their hair before but it takes more time and more tears to do it ourselves. And their hair was SO long that I couldn’t risk...

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critters

These were taken at Valencia Pet. Those people let you hold anything that can survive in a kid’s hands (which isn’t much for my kids because if they are afraid, they drop the animal). It’s a pretty exotic little store – no puppies or kittens. Lots of fish and reptiles. Out...

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water park

On Wednesdays, Megan has a short day. Every Wednesday. And Rob will start teaching a night class on Wednesdays soon. Tonight he had a meeting for it. So I better find something fun to do each Wednesday with all that extra mom and me time I will have with the kids....

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if you ever need a good laugh….

come back to this post. And click the image to enlarge it. I have actually been debating whether or not to share this image. Because come ON guys, look at me there on the far left. The photographer said “jump” so I jumped. I’ve mentioned before that other than Kris,...

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