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Alex got 4th Place in the STATE for his German poetry reading! One of the judges came up and said he could have easily gotten 2nd. The competition was VERY tight. Alex thinks he spoke a little too fast during the recitation. He’ll do better next year!! Hahaha

We saw Hannah as “Mrs. Thatcher” in the school’s performance of Tom Sawyer. She was, of course, BRILLIANT. She is a natural on stage. She has two more performances to go.

10am Snow

Woke up this morning to sleet coming down. We weren’t too worried about the roads as a 70°F day just a few days ago meant the ground was still warm.

But an hour after we got up, it turned to SNOW! It’s 10:30am as I type this and it is still coming down in fluffy chunks. Just beautiful!  Roads are wet, but no accumulation there.. just on cars and grassy areas.

Video of our snowfall below the break on Doodlebot for any interested parties.

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Students taking German as a second language in school competed in Sprachfest this weekend in San Antonio. Alex came in 2nd place having recited a poem in German before judges. He said he missed the accent by THAT much!

In two weeks, he will be competing in the State competition here in Austin. Will let you know how that goes!

Midwest Click Posted 3 of the songs that the Forbes Middle School Band played.

Legends of the Yucutan

Silent Night in Gotham

and

Rivers.

You can see Hannah clearly in all three. She is 2nd chair French Horn. Don’t they sound great?

Click the thumbnails below for GIANT, un-resized pics.

Rain, Deer Video

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• Check out my version of John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X” among other comic-ized artworks in the feature article “Webcomics Imitating Art” on the Dallas Art News website.  What a fun way to bring together comics and fine art!
• I co-Hosted the TGT Webcomic podcast interviewing Irma Erikkson of Imy to kick off their month of “Influential Women of Webcomics” series. This is the 2nd time I’ve been asked to co-Host and it’s such a fun experience. I do need to work on getting my mic to sound properly, though, darn it.

We had a very nice and quiet Thanksgiving. So quiet that, for the 2nd year in a row, I didn’t take any pictures. To make up for it, here are the latest school pics of the dynamic duo (click for close ups):

We enjoyed chatting with you all over the telephone, text and email over the weekend. You all are among the many many things we are thankful for each year.

As we reported, the weather here was glorious for the holiday weekend. I would have loved to have taken all our goodies to the park and had an outdoor feast!

The weather turned cloudy and chilly on Sunday, though… which was perfect for me!  Hannah and I decided to take a stroll in downtown Georgetown. We did not get any of our Christmas shopping done, but came back with lots of ideas. Sunday strolls downtown should be a more regular thing. We had a great time.

Temperatures are dropping this week, though! Just saw a weather report that there is a very very slim chance of *snow* on Tuesday night! Whoo hoo!

That’s all for now!  For those that asked about the “Mystery Recipe” this year, it’s called “Zucchini with Green Chilies.” You can see the entire recipe by “reading more” (or viewing original post if you’re seeing this on facebook).

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KHAN! ...er... CON!!

Oh, the fun we had at the cons.  Millennium Con was on the 7th and Dallas Webcomic Expo was the 14th.

Mike ran games at MilleniumCon this year.  Here is an album with the pictures! If you choose “slideshow” view, you can see my comments under each one which may give you an idea of what is depicted. If you’re a hardcore wargamer who just wants to see the games/pieces/set up, go check out Mike’s wargaming blog, The Redoubt.

All the gory details of Dallas Webcomic Expo are here on the comic’s site!  Mike was such wonderful support staff, I don’t know how people who don’t bring their spouses do these things.  I know most of you are unfamiliar with webcomics in general, but a couple of newspaper strippers came by whose work you WILL recognize (especially those of you who read the comics in the Orlando Sentinel).

For me, I’ve got my eye on the Staple Independent Publisher’s Expo in March (here in Austin). I’m not sure when the next gaming convention is, but you know we’ll keep everyone posted.

Hannah will be playing Mrs. Thatcher !! Now we must work play rehearsals into our schedules! Hooray!