Sixth Picture Challenge

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Dianna at Digicats and dogs has tagged me for the 6th picture challenge. Here are the rules of the challenge:

Go to your photo folder in your computer.
Go to the 6th folder of the photos.
Go to the sixth picture.
Put the picture on your blog with a description.
Invite six friends to join the challenge.
Link them in your blog and let them know they have been challenged.

All I can tell you is that I am so glad that I wasn't in the 6th picture! Cause I was in the 7th and it wasn't a pretty picture at all. LOL! Anyway here's my 6th picture...



These are my friends Susan (left) and Claudia (right) standing in front of the Venus de Milo on our spring break trip to Paris last year. This picture was taken on our first day in Paris after the over night flight from Miami and we were all walking zombies. Our hotel room wasn't ready and it was cold and rainy outside so we used our tickets to the Louvre to kill time and stay warm. LOL!

Claudia isn't able to make the London trip this year. For some reason her husband thinks she should be at home with him when they celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary. LOL! That means there will only be three of us running wild on the streets of London.

Now, I need to tag 6 more people so here we go...

1. April at April the Scrapaholic and Photomaniac

2. Deanna at Flower Scraps

3. Shel at Shel Belle Scraps

4. Rose at Rants 'N Random Ramblings

5. Christine at Recollections, Myths, Legends and Memories

6. Cactus Freak at What a Scrappy Blog!

Dianna also gave me the Lemonade Award a couple of days ago and I need to get that posted and shared soon.

Cauley Square

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In south Miami there is this little tourist area called Cauley Square. The main building was built by William Cauley,a millionaire tomato farmer, in 1903. There are lots of little houses that sit on the 10 acre property and they were hand built by the early settlers of south Miami. The people who built and lived in those homes farmed and helped to build the "overseas highway" to Key West.

Cauley Square is now the home of several specialty shops and restaurants. The Village Chalet is my favorite! A couple of years ago our newspaper named this restaurant the "Best Restaurant for an Anniversary". LOL! Anyway, everything is tucked away on this 10 acre property and you walk along paths and brick walkways through the banyan trees to get from place to place. I've attended one outdoor wedding there and it was just beautiful!

Throughout the property you will find some beautiful water fountains. I used graphics from April's Fluttering Dragonflies to scrap some pics I have of them.



Here's another water fountain that you'll find at Cauley Square. For this layout I used Deanna's Music of My Heart Kit. It's a freebie kit that you can pick up on her blog, so if you don't have it yet make sure you visit her!

Photohunt

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I've never done the photohunt before, but my friend, April participates, so I thought I would give it a try. Besides, this weeks theme is "nautical" and I've got lots of pictures that will work! LOL! I took this picture last summer at the marina in Coral Gables. Gotta love those sailboats!


This picture is an oldie that I think I've shared here before. This is the view I have from the pool. That's Miami you see in the background.


It's funny that I decided to try this for the first time when there's a nautical theme because this is the weekend of the Miami Beach Boat Show. Do you know what that means? It means---EVEN MORE TRAFFIC! LOL!

Friday at school we celebrated Valentine's Day and the kids had a great time. One of the things we did was use a hundreds chart to color a heart. I used some of April's graphics to scrap the pictures. Here's one layout I made...



April has got a wonderful set called Chocolate Decadence that's on sell at Scrap It Sassy. I used it for today's layout. Here's a preview of the kit for you to see...

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Happy Friday!

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It's been such a long hard week! Every weekend should have at least three days! The cold days we had have done their damage and all the kids at school have colds. I think that's added to making this week feel like it lasted for a month.

Thanks to our picket line yesterday I was on our local news last night and this morning. LOL! I didn't give an interview but my Friend and I had awesome signs so the cameras kept filming us. That was so funny because I really HATE to have my picture taken. LOL!

We're celebrating Valentine's Day at school tomorrow. Should be fun! Hopefully, I'll get some cute pictures to share with you.

If you visit Shel Belle Scraps you'll be able to pick up some adorable BB pages that Louisiana Lady made with the Celebrate Love kit. Shel is also going to give away some extra elements for the set. I'm excited about that!

Deanna has got her Music of My Heart kit up at Flower Scraps. I hope you've gone and picked it up! Here's another layout I made using the kit. I saved it as a quick page for you.

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2-12-09

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I'm sorry that some of you had trouble downloading the QP yesterday. I've fixed the link and you can download it here

What a day! I am so tired. Walking a picket line is hard work! LOL! Now, I'm sure that what we did will have very little impact on what the school board votes to do but at least we made our voices heard.

Today is the day that Deanna is releasing a wonderful music kit on her blog. Here's a quick layout I made with her kit. I think this picture was taken sometime in the 60's when we lived in Seattle. That's my dad on the sax.


Here's one with my class dancing to one of Dr. Jean's songs. She's a big hit with the Kindergarten crowd. LOL!


It's past my bedtime. Make sure you go visit Deanna at Flowerscraps and enjoy your day!

Wednesday

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Guess what I'm doing after school? I'm joining a picket line outside the school board office. This year they broke our contracts and didn't give us our raises. Now, they're telling us that they are going to take two days pay from us. That's just not right! Of course, the people who are planning to take even more money out of our pockets aren't giving up any of their pay. Isn't that always how it goes?

I feel bad because I meant to give you this quickpage last week and completely forgot. Anyway, it's from Flowerscraps portion of the Chocolate Cherry Blog Train.

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On Thursday, Deanna will be releasing another great kit on her blog. I can't wait for you to see it!

I need to get some sleep. Enjoy your day.