Monday, October 30, 2006
Politics and Voting
Locally, we aren't active at town meetings, primarily because they start the city council meetings at 7 pm, and our kids are still awake and kids aren't really "welcomed" there, but not specifically barred. We are somewhat involved, as we've worked on three political campaigns in the past year here, and are going to be working on two more at least, maybe three. One of our friends here is VERY involved, and so we're well aware of what issues are going around. We also have TV broadcastings of local government board meetings, so that helps us know what is going on.
We will definitely be voting, and we go the day of so that the kids can go with and know it is a civic duty. I'm always appalled at how FEW people are voting! Seriously, it is the thing that makes our government work, and to know that people just won't be bothered to know what is going on and make their voice heard just pisses me off.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Is it October already??
My month of October is just crazy busy -- we have one website that is about a local art show, and it happens this weekend, so there are a ton of last minute changes, etc. (and I took this over from another mom-friend who is due the first week in November and took on grad school this fall -- and got overwhelmed), we have a new textbook to design, we just finished a 16-page brochure for a national health care campaign, and we're slated to do another brochure for the same organization to promote their educational courses across the US. We were just contacted by an apparently "very prestigious" man (according to Jeff, who decided we could take on a few projects after realizing who is was) to do some new identities for organizations he oversees/controls. We're still in the process of three rebranding campaigns, and completing materials for an international association's annual meeting. Oh, and then there are the two local political campaigns .....
I haven't had a chance to update picture albums or even denote major milestones ... like Kira starting to sleep through the night, having all but her 2-year molars, starting to count (OMG ... she amazes me DAILY!!), really getting into the independence/tantrum thing full throttle. Or like Parker finally drawing a self-portrait (yes, I cried. He just busted it out like he did it every day!! I was so proud!
), reading a CALVIN & HOBBES in the van and LAUGHING at it!!, writing all the letters of his name, and finally getting into art for the sake of art (and drawing recognizable things!!). Two of Parker's local cohorts have lost their first tooth, and I'm nowhere NEAR prepared for that! I don't know what we'll give him, or have a tooth pillow, or anything. 
Labels: artwork, homeschooling, Kira, milestones, Parker, politics, reading, Union Design Photo, writing
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