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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Wednesday
Sep242008

A few quick plugs...

DateWednesday, September 24, 2008 at 08:44PM

1. First and foremost, happy, happy birthday to my awesome friend, Melissa! We've known each other since the first days of undergrad 15 years ago...we've shared a room and bathroom and closet...we announced our pregnancies within a week of each other, twice. Melissa teaches kindergarten and is simply a hero in my eyes. Yay, for you, Melissa!! Here's a picture of another mutual friend, Sarah, and Melissa (in blue) back in February:

2. September is almost over but don't forget to check out this Kit of the Month! I did some sample layouts using pieces from this kit and have to tell you that the complete kit has SOOOOO much more...I'm definitely looking forward to playing with it all, as soon as I find a spare minute or two. ;) Lookie here for some other samples of the kit in use!

3. If you don't have one already, get yourself a copy of Ali Edwards' latest book about mini albums! I finally had a few minutes to look at my copy recently and am simply so inspired. 

That was it for now. ;) Happy Thursday to all!

Oh, and thanks so much for your input about layout sizes!!

AuthorAmanda | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

Was college really 15 years ago???? YIKES!

September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHos

Thanks for birthday wishes. I can't believe it has been that long either. Aaron says hi (to your picture:))

September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMelissa

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