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My hometown high school participates in this thing called “senior project”.  Well, I shouldn’t say “participates”; rather, they force their students to complete a senior project in order to graduate high school.  When I first caught wind of this “senior project” business, I was SO against it.  I mean, how do you determine whether someone should or should not graduate by evaluating how well (or not so well), they complete this “senior project”.  I mean, this is 13 years of school we’re talking about, all riding on this one project, that might I had, SUCKED ASS!   However, I lived with an English teacher, who taught seniors, so, I was screwed.

You may know what I am talking about, many schools across the nation are participating in the senior project; and the bandwagon is growing with each passing year.  If you are not familiar with this, I will attempt to give a brief overview of the project, at least from my experience.

The beginning: You begin the project your junior year in high school.  The main objective is to either make something, learn to do something, organize a charity drive, do some type of community service… you get the picture.  But wait.  It is not that easy.  You’re thinking, oh, well I will just pretend like I did this charity drive and forge the signatures and stage fake pictures to turn in with my display board. Oh no. Not that easy, baby.

First: you write a letter of intent.  This states what you wish to do for your project, and who you have chosen for your mentor.  Your letter then goes before a board of “senior project analysts” and they decide whether your project is suitable or not.  If your project is denied, you have to think of something else, submit another letter, so on and so forth.  If your letter is accepted, you go on to step two.

Step two: you pick your mentor. They must write a letter, stating that you will be working with them throughout the entire project, and they must sign the letter and mail it to the school.

Step three: You will be given a log sheet. This is where you are to write the amount of time you spend preparing and actually “doing” your project. Your mentor must sign off on each of your log in dates.  You must also include the amount of money you spent (if any).

Mental note: each of these steps is due by a very strict deadline date.

Next: After doing ALL OF THAT, you must write a detailed “how to” research paper. This includes 3 rough drafts that are all required, and counted as test grades. Your paper must be written in a manner where your directions can be followed step by step, in order to obtain the exact results as you achieved.

Lastly: you create a display board, which includes pictures of your project, including the steps you went through when creating/doing it.  Also, you must bring your actual project,mac makeup wholesale, and display it with your board.  Example: if you built a bird house, bring the bird house.  If you conducted a clothing drive, bring a box of clothes.  The board will be on display for an entire weekend, while panels of judges walk around, grading and critiquing them.

The REAL last step: After having your work critiqued, you must go before ANOTHER panel of judges and present your project and display board in speech format.

Okay, I lied- I promise this is the last part:  you graduate (hopefully)

So, assuming that you are all DIEING to know what I did for my project, I am going to tell you.  And by tell you, I mean,wholesale mac makeup, I am going to give you a detailed step by step description of the process, just in case any of you want to try doing this one day.

Okay, are you ready?  I learned how………………….. To make beads.

What?! Beads? What the hell are you talking about?

It is referred to as: Lampwork and it is amazing.  Yeah, I did things the right way. I wasn’t going to suffer for two years doing some lame project like build a shooting house, or teach a kid to play football.  I decided to go for something I really wanted to do and that was exactly what I did.

If you are not familiar with Lampwork,cheap mac makeup, I am sure you are familiar with those glass beads that people wear on hemp necklaces?  If so, those are what I learned how to make.  My final project consisted of 9 beads, which were all different shapes, colors and sizes, and although 9 does not seem like very many, let me tell you, I was the proudest senior walking across that stage graduation day.  Lampwork is not a very easy task to conquer, but it is so much fun, and I encourage you all to try it someday.

Stay tuned, and I will begin teaching you how to make your very own beads out of melted glass! This is going to be so much more fun than senior year…

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2. Zlush Johnny Cash t-shirt in size small: I HEART Johnny Cash and so I had to grab this baby up. This shirt RUNS SUPER SMALL and I would recommend going up a size or two. Very soft and has a sturdy feel to it.

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6. Linq purple skirt in small: I have not seen any pictures up of this skirt so I wanted to show off how beautiful this skirt is on a woman. The color is gorgeous and is super soft. Do not worry about this skirt being true to size or not because really it is stretchy and form fitting to the body. I also have this in the red. Every woman should have at least one of the Linq skirts being offered here at RTC.

These are a few of my wonderful goodies from RTC.

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I switched to a new school my senior year.  I was never popular at either my original school or my new one, so I didn’t get invited to prom and never expected an invitation either.  A month or two before prom, I was really wanting to go just so that I could have the experience.  I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.  I finally decided to ask a guy that had gone to my old school and graduated the previous year to go to prom with me.  After asking him to go with me, we kind of ended up dating…but that’s another story.  This is about the prom — the themes, the dress, the guy…

So, with purple being my favorite color, the dress was of course a shade of purple (I believe it was listed as “lilac”).  It was two pieces, a bodice type top with straps and a bottom with some shimmery fabric.  I really don’t know much about fashion, so it’s kind of hard for me to describe it very well.  I’ll just add a picture to the blog when I’m finished writing.  If I remember right…I bought it online. (Surprise surprise!)  Oh,cheap mac makeup, and an interesting side note, I wore the dress to an office party this past January — that’s right — I can still fit into it!!!  My date brought a blue corsage…I don’t know that it really went with the dress, but I wore it anyway.

I wouldn’t call myself a prom-a-donna…I would have been satisfied to go with the basics — a date and a dress.  I never even wear make-up.  But others tried to go all out on my prom experience.  A lady from church insisted on “doing my makeup” for prom so I ended up having makeup that night.  One of only 3 times in my life I have worn make-up.  The same lady also did my hair.

My mom had to work that night, but her friend insisted that we stop at her house before going to the prom so that she could get pictures.  It turns out once we got to her house, my date’s car had a flat tire.  We borrowed mom’s friend’s truck to go to the prom so we wouldn’t be late for the pictures and James wouldn’t have to get all dirty changing the tire and whatnot.

The prom theme was “Hollywood Nights”.  I’m not sure I was that impressed with it…it had a black color scheme.  Kind of drab in my opinion.  I only danced to the slow songs — I don’t really know how to dance, but I know how to stand and sway from one side to the other

After the prom, was…you guessed it!  The “AFTERPROM”.  Yeah, it wasn’t all that great.  There were some games and stuff.  I think they may have had those blow up sumo wrestler thingies…nothing terribly memorable.  Everyone got a T-Shirt from the afterprom, but by the time I got my shirt,mac makeup wholesale, all they had was XXL…(guess what…that’s not my size!)  I still have it, but I’m thinking of donating it to goodwill or something.

Anyway, afterwards we hung out with my date’s friend some.  I wasn’t very comfortable there so we didn’t stay long.  He took me home and he helped me take down my hair.  I believe I counted like 72 bobby pins.

All-in-all, prom was okay,wholesale mac makeup, but I didn’t think it was all that it had been made out to be.  Now, let’s see if I can figure out uploading pictures on this thing

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The idea for this blog came to me earlier in the week as I was volunteering at the elementary school my children attend.  Even though I always have a million things going on in my life, but I still try to volunteer at their school.  That morning, it just seemed like one more thing to do would be impossible to manage.  But something I did that morning was such a stress-reliever, I just had to share with everyone else.

Grab some crayons!

Okay, it may sound silly, but coloring can be a fun, and inexpensive, way to de-stress.  Let me tell you why.

The volunteering I was doing at the kids’ school was the Art Masters program.  Basically, once a month or so, the students are all taught about a master of art (this month was Van Gogh), and the parents volunteer to teach the entire class how to make a piece of art similar to the artist’s style.  Even though I am *not* an artist, somehow by following the simple directions, I am able to make a decent piece of art and teach the students to do the same.

As I was learning how to make the project (actually creating my own sample to show the students), I began to feel so relaxed.  Focusing on the strokes of my oil pastel chalks, and not on my hectic schedule, was really peaceful.  Seeing the colors pop on the paper and a landscape coming to life was rewarding.  After just 20 minutes of “playing with chalk”, I walked out of there feeling not as overwhelmed about all the other things I had to do that day… and I was really happy with the little picture I made.  Check it out:

Everyone can find the same kind of benefit with coloring books for grown ups and some crayons, colored pencils, or markers.  That’s right, you don’t have to color pictures of Dora the Explorer or Spiderman.  I found out about these while browsing Amazon one time.  There are coloring books on different themes like florals, fashions of different eras (I want this one for myself), art deco (another one I want), still lifes, celtic designs, geometric patterns, and even coloring books of famous art works.  You can order these online on sites like Amazon or Barnes & Noble, or check out your local bookstore and see if you can pick one up there.  I’ve included some photos below.

The great thing about coloring (or drawing/doodling) is that it is a pretty cheap way to divert your mind for a bit.  At the end of each summer especially, when all the school supplies go on sale (a.k.a. a mom’s favorite time of year), you can grab a box of crayons,mac makeup wholesale, chalks, colored pencils, or markers for next to nothing!  The coloring books themselves are well priced too, especially when you realize that you will get multiple uses with one book.  Another benefit of coloring,cheap mac makeup, is that if you have young children, it is an activity you can do with them.  My kids love when I get down on the floor and color with them,wholesale mac makeup, but coloring teddy bears or Mickey Mouse is not my first choice.  After just a few minutes of coloring, you’ll start to really enjoy yourself and find yourself with a little less stress.

Stay tuned for more ideas on de-stressing…