Cake, Oranges, and Art. Don't Ask.

Last Frame!

(because I have just been too lazy to put my last two prints in their home.)

I have also been working on this lovely U.S. Map. It's flat on the final copy, I just hung a not-so-important print of it up in the room just in case something happened to it. But they are $20 + $5 shipping if you want one! It was a for-fun thing for a print sale coming up! Naturally I hung it up on the wall and did some shameless advertising. Check out my artist FB page for a pic of the nice and final copy .:Here:.

Family is in town, and they even got to come to the student art show! I won an Honorable Mention and a Merit Award (cash!) It was super neat. Austin is always fun to take to art shows too because he always gets way involved in my pieces and all my friends' too. He's biased to everyone he loves haha!

It was also my mom and George's birthday, so I sent my mom her favorite cadbury creme eggs. I made George his favorite cake and got him his favorite candy bars!

Lastly, I've been making these orange puddings like crazy! I put the recipe already on our Recipe page, but I am so glad I'm not so sick anymore and have gotten to eat our ginormous box of oranges!

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