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I'm a barefoot Aussie bloke who loves Bush Tukker and the like. I also like snakes, especially Australia's deadly ones, we have 10 that are worse than the cobra, and the rattlesnake would barely rank in our top 20

Home Spun strip #427

Written at 9:31 AM on Dec. 24, 2009

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Home Spun strip #426

Written at 2:12 PM on Dec. 21, 2009

Murphy's Law of Christmas cards: You always receive cards from people you didn't send a card to. And they are most likely to arrive on December 24th.

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Angel Christmas Card

Written at 2:46 PM on Dec. 18, 2009

Here is the second card. I was playing with the coloring in my photo studio, so it has much more color than the cards I sent out.

This one has deeper, more personal meaning for me. It is always harder for me to draw what is in my heart, because my heart doesn't think like my head. It is more impulsive and intuitive. Sometimes I feel this disconnect from my hand when I draw this way and I surprise myself with what comes out. I don't know if that makes sense. It's hard to explain. Anyway, I hope you like it.

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Home Spun strip #425

Written at 12:47 PM on Dec. 17, 2009

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A Christmas Card for you

Written at 2:11 PM on Dec. 16, 2009

I feel so unprepared this week because I am full tilt into my Christmas preparations as well as the general middle-of-the-month busy-ness, so I don't even have a comic strip to post. Never fear! I did at least get the majority of my cards in the mail, so I will post the ecards here for my online friends. I will post one today and one on Friday, that way if I still don't get my act together, I have something to put up.

Of course, crazy artist that I am, I hand colored the cards I sent out. Marina helps me with that, which is nice. I used to send out over one hundred cards, but now the list has whittled down to around fifty. I want to thank the computer and the internet for making my card sending a little easier. I scan my designs onto the computer to do finishing touches and to print. This year I also let the computer do my lettering, which saves a lot of time and frustration, especially since my pen usually decides to drip an ink blob at the final word. My husband also saves me time by printing out address labels for me. I haven't enough patience to learn this label-printing skill, and it helps him feel like he's part of the process.

Checking through the addresses this year was difficult. We suffered several losses over the past year. I find myself hesitating over the delete button. It's hard to watch another name disappear from my address book. It feels like I'm deleting a part of myself. Maybe it's just me.

Feel free to use this card. I will make it public on my Flickr account, where the original version is somewhat bigger.

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Update!

Written at 9:00 AM on Dec. 16, 2009

Hey guys! Check out this video my GRANDpa made me. I asked him to make it, and within a few days it was done!!

Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjan2tWOkIU

Ok, Dad and Julia made it back safely! They went from Tri Cities Airport to Charlotte and from Charlotte to Phoenix and then to Sacramento. Grandma's going to spend Christmas there, and will probably be coming back pretty soon sometime in January. It was both of my cousins' birthday, and they were there for that, too.

We are going to have a guys' night here Saturday! It's going to be so fun!
We are just going to play cards and maybe PS3!

Beav

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Home Spun strip #424

Written at 2:11 PM on Dec. 14, 2009

I will hope that this one needs no explanation. Thank goodness for digital cameras. Thirty pictures later and I have something decent for this year.

So tell me, how did your family photo come out?

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Home Spun strip #423

Written at 2:18 PM on Dec. 11, 2009

True story: I thought it would be a great idea for us to paint pottery at one of those craft shops one year. I figured some of it would make nice gifts for Christmas. In particular, I wanted something unique for Sierra's godmother. I found a clay plate that I painted a simple angel onto. Just a circle head with halo and a triangle body. Then we would have Sierra (then 1 or 2 years) put hand prints on either side for wings. What kid doesn't like sticking their hands in paint?

Apparently, my kid doesn't.

After the screaming fit we decided to leave and go to a restaurant nearby, hoping she would calm down before the shop closed. After she ate, we returned to the pottery shop. The best we managed were two fist prints. And this from the child who would eventually decorate my wall when she was five (I dug the picture out of my archives for your amusement)...

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CA and school stuff

Written at 10:09 AM on Dec. 13, 2009

Ok, yesterday Mom and I went to the airport and dropped Dad, Julia and Grandma off because they are flying to CA. They will be there, and then Dad and Julia will fly back. (They will be back very soon though!) The reason why they are flying there is because my Grandma wants to spend Christmas with some family she hasn't seen in a LONNNG time.
Julia is going because she doesn't get to go on that many trips with JUST DAD! So, it's her turn now!

So far little Chloe is doing pretty good! She's growing, and Mom says that she is kicking a lot!

We were going to go to a party Saturday for our friend's graduation, but Paulie has WAY too much school so we aren't going to be able to make it. :(

We are going to a dance on New Year's Eve! It's going to be fun! Our whole church and more will be there!!

For Christmas we are going to have some fun! Not sure EXACTLY what we will do yet though. We are still planning it all out.

Beav

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