CompetoMom

Ask me any other day of the week and I’d say I don’t care if my daughter’s middle school volleyball team wins or not — it’s how they play the game, right?

But on Saturday mornings, it’s a different story. It’s game day. Throwing off my mild-mannered nice mom persona, I turn into CompetoMom.

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In loving remembrance of...

Here's another little Halloween piece I put together. I glittered up a spider and glued it to a card holder for display. The vintage funeral card features Hanna M. Johnson, a Norwegian woman born March 12, 1856 and passed away on Dec. 20, 1922. The card says "Alder 66 ar 9 manader 8 dagar."

Pink coffin

I made this pink coffin for my friend who's scrapbook store is decorated in pink and black.

More Halloween to come.

St. John's grlz

Erin, Ava and Csilla get ready for another day of school. Ava just got her hair cut in this sassy little bob.

Allie behind the wheel

Here's Allie behind the wheel of cousin Kristy's 1964 Chevy Biscayne. Isn't it cute? Notice aqua colored interior and leopard print upholstery.

A higher calling.

The pope is in our house. Well, at least his photo is.

What am I, a papal fanatic? Nope, but there he is anyway, hanging right outside our bedroom. I even paid good money to have him enclosed in archival UV protective glass with a complementary colored frame and matting.

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Not a $20!

A friend's wife put this sticky note on his fifty dollar bill.