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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: January 2008

scrapbooking with jennifer

my new crop-a-dile from hsn

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more drops

There is a photographer on one of the online forums I frequent who does these macro shots and posted a how-to thread. Today, Nathan and I bought some flowers and an eye dropper and gave it a whirl. Whatever is behind the water drop is blurred in the background but is in perfect...

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raindrops on roses

and raindrops on sage…

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rainy day mall fun

It is pouring again today. Went to the mall with B&K and then to lunch. There is a tile display there so we played around in the pretend showers, using them as backdrops.
Then we played in the photo booth.

And of course, took a spin on the carousel...

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i see you..

So, 400 unique readers came to this blog in the past week. I know of about 5 or 10 people who keep up with the madness around here. But 400? You know all about me…now I want to know who you are. So if you are reading this today, leave a...

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insert clever title here…

I can’t think of a title today. It’s POURING outside and the studio was set up so….there are more on the studio blog!

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cookie time – you know you want them!

Unlike all the other fund raisers this year, Girl Scout Cookies come at a time when I have no other fund raisers to deal with. So, I give you my GIRL SCOUT PROMISE that if you buy a box or boxes from Miss Megan, I will turn your order in before the deadline, you...

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a few funnies

We got the movie “Game Plan” starring the Rock. The kids saw it with Tony and Dorie so I hadn’t seen in yet. I watched it with Megan and Nathan tonight. During a scene where the Rock’s daughter is taken from him and he’s sad and missing her, tears fill Nathan’s eyes...

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pismo

On our way home today, we stopped in Pismo. We had told Megan about the sand dollar shells we found there when Rob and I got away one weekend last year. We found lots of broken shells but that was good enough for her.I took Megan and Logan on a walk to find...

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another day

Today we went to the aquarium in the morning (we bought passes) and then went on a glass bottom boat ride around the harbor. We thought about going whale watching but a three hour trip isn’t something we can do yet. And it was FREEZING and starting to rain.We saw lots of sea...

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