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It's been quite awhile since I posted here on my blog. I miss it, I really do, but recently I have been using Facebook. Each day of the week I post something different.

#Handmade on Mondays
#Tunesday on Tuesdays
#WordsofWisdom on Wednesdays
#30Words on Thursdays
#FascinatingFinds on Fridays

If you are interested, please come over and join me here:

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Enjoy the day!
Erin

30 Words :: Circle of Sisters

 This circle of sisters

...delightful...

Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors of DEC The Company

...each unique,

yet an integral part of the whole...

 ...beautiful inside and out...

...ready to take on the world with a leap and a smile!

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I had the good fortune to accompany this group of 14 dancers from the DEC The Company dance troupe last weekend to UW-Madison for the Pre-Collegiate Dance Invitational. They spent three full days on this  most beautiful college campus taking full days of classes from world-renowned professors and guest choreographers from around the world. A small group performed an amazing piece titled 'Awash' that proves that our studio, and our Director Tori Rogoski (who is a distinguished alum of UW-Madison), are doing college-level choreography. They worked in technique with master teachers, and choreolabs where they learned dances and created original choreography for a performance on Sunday. It was a marvelous weekend and I am proud to call each and every one of them my dancing daughters!

Twirl on, girls!

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The premise of 30 Words Thursdays is simple...
Take an image (preferably one you shot, or have permission to use).
Write 30 Words about it. No more. No less.
Post it each Thursday.
Add your link to the InLinkz on my 30 Words Thursday post. 
(InLinkz code will be open for one week.) 
Enjoy seeing the verse and vision others have captured by visiting them and leaving a comment. 

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30 Words :: Run, Sausage, Run!

Sprinting down the left field line,

rounding home base

the traditional 7^th inning

Brewers Sausage Run

takes a fun turn

with the hand-off to a ‘mini-me.’

Run, hot dog, run!

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The premise of 30 Words Thursdays is simple...
Take an image (preferably one you shot, or have permission to use).
Write 30 Words about it. No more. No less.
Post it each Thursday.
Add your link to the InLinkz on my 30 Words Thursday post. 
(InLinkz code will be open for one week.) 
Enjoy seeing the verse and vision others have captured by visiting them and leaving a comment. 

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30 Words :: Jumping Off Days

Olivia's 8th Grade Graduation by Slidely Photo Gallery

To watch it full screen with music, click the picture!

Today is one of those 

jumping off days,

Signaling an end, 

but also a beginning.

New horizons are in your sights. 

Go forth and 

share your glow 

with the world!

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The premise of 30 Words Thursdays is simple...
Take an image (preferably one you shot, or have permission to use).
Write 30 Words about it. No more. No less.
Post it each Thursday.
Add your link to the InLinkz on my 30 Words Thursday post. 
(InLinkz code will be open for one week.) 
Enjoy seeing the verse and vision others have captured by visiting them and leaving a comment. 

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30 Words :: Velvet Faces

Velvety smooth and full of expression, 
these pansies turn their
frilly faces toward
the bright sun
eagerly
seeking
the warming light
and ready to catch the
gentle rain, blooming proud

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The premise of 30 Words Thursdays is simple...
Take an image (preferably one you shot, or have permission to use).
Write 30 Words about it. No more. No less.
Post it each Thursday.
Add your link to the InLinkz on my 30 Words Thursday post. 
(InLinkz code will be open for one week.) 
Enjoy seeing the verse and vision others have captured by visiting them and leaving a comment. 

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30 Words :: Honored

Character

Scholarship

Leadership

Service

means far more

knowing

you were recommended,

you applied,

you sought this honor

you achieved this yourself

So proud of the incredible young man

you are 

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My son, Calvin was inducted into the National Honor Society at the year end awards ceremony this morning. I had no idea that he was even considered for this honor until I received the invitation on my dashboard on Monday morning (so sad his dad had to miss it...on business in Prague!). With the reading of the NHS pledge, he is starting to lay the foundation for his next big leap, and I couldn't be more proud of the young man that was standing before me. Congratulations to Calvin and all of his Junior and Senior classmates on this great honor!

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY PLEDGE

I pledge to maintain my high scholastic standing,
To hold as fundamental and worthy
An untarnished character,
To endeavor intelligently and courageously
To be a leader,
And to give of myself freely in service to others.
In so doing, I shall prove myself worthy
Of a place in the National Honor Society.

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The premise of 30 Words Thursdays is simple...
Take an image (preferably one you shot, or have permission to use).
Write 30 Words about it. No more. No less.
Post it each Thursday.
Add your link to the InLinkz on my 30 Words Thursday post. 
(InLinkz code will be open for one week.) 
Enjoy seeing the verse and vision others have captured by visiting them and leaving a comment. 

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An InLinkz Link-up

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