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November has started off pretty good so far. I feel like I waited for October to end and didn't appreciate it as much as I could of but that's okay. There's always next year.

This past weekend I went to Vegas with Tim and a couple of friends. We shared a 100oz Pina Colada. It was fun. 

Our room was nice but it took us like 20 minutes just to walk out of the building onto the strip. They purposely make you walk through a maze of slot machines and shops before you reach the exit.lol

Overall the trip was a great escape from reality. For 4 days it was like everything was perfect. It was a great 4 year anniversary trip. 

View from the room at night..

Now to mail,

All incoming from last week and this week..

Outgoing mail (not a lot but it's something..)

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October is trucking a long and I am trying really hard to enjoy everything about it.

The weather is finally changing! It just started raining about an hour ago and we have some thunder too!

I have been doing a lot of thinking about life and I know things are changing. Last night in my meditation/ Dharma education class we learned that everything is impermanent and every second of the day is an opportunity to start a new beginning. Today Tim's mother shared the exact same quote with me. I am taking it as a sign. I feel really positive and optimistic today.

These last couple months have been really hard on Tim and I. I honestly don't think we'll make it to our 4 year anniversary on the 31st. I've been trying really hard to fix things but nothing is working and he's no longer putting any effort. We've been here before but I don't think we can recover from this one. I don't see us getting back together again if we do break up.

Anyways, keeping it positive here are some of my Halloween themed incoming and outgoing mail.
I am finally sitting down and replying to everyone. I have mail from late August that I still have not responded to >.<

outgoing:

The sky earlier today, right before the rain...

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Some mail from the last few weeks,

Incoming-

Outgoing-

I think it's going to take me a little while longer to reply to everyone's mail since I am back in school.

So my boyfriend's mother introduced me to this group on facebook called Art Abandonment (http://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtAbandonment/) and we're both working on little things to leave around. It's actually really fun. I am hoping to start abandoning this week.

Here's a couple of random photos off my camera..

Chester-Boy claiming the Martha Stewart Holiday Craft book his.

$10 funnel cake from the LA County Fair.

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Officially one week left until summer is over. This summer was definitely more laid back and I didn't really accomplish a lot but it still felt nice. no regrets.

I really did a lot of snail mail activities though and that was on my summer-to-do-list....wherever that may be.

There's been a lot of mail coming and going this past week though,

Incoming

box of buttons and postcard from Mary. I still haven't gotten over how awesome this was!

Thanks Miki for the package, I love the "Keep Calm and Draw On" card!

I wish I could hug every cat! :( lol

 (yes that is a cat ear near the top of the photo)

close up description of the worry doll..

Outgoing mail,

These next two are #49 and #50 of Mail Art 365. I'll try posting more of them as I go making/sending them.

Can you guess why this is my favorite shirt??? 

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I can't believe July is over. Summer is almost over! NO!

I don't think I accomplished a lot on my summer to-do list. The whole idea of having a summer to-do list is enough to discourage me to do it.

Anyways, currently I am working on an embroidery and maybe i'll have it done by tonight. As for mail, I think I need to do some organization to get back into the swing of things. I look at my desk and think "ugh, maybe later.."

Here is the only outgoing mail I have made within the last two weeks..

 all the postcards are for a swap-bot swap...

Incoming mail...

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Incoming mail,

Outgoing mail,

Outgoing mail..

Some of the envelopes are the ones I made a while ago.

“Feel Good” was actually a fabric card my mother made but she decided she didn’t like so I glued “Feel Good” …I don’t know how I feel about mod podge on fabric though. You can buy her cards here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/85506570/floral-fabric-blank-cards

The flower drawing is a collagraph I made earlier this year, I didn’t let the paper soak for long enough so I decided to go over it with color pencil so the image would show. I am sending it as a postcard (it’s addressed and stamped on the back).

Some of my screen prints, linocuts and collagraphs are for sale here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ManitasDeGato

So I have aquired a lot of new penpals after starting my snail mail blog on tumblr. I don't know how I am keeping track of everything seeing I am so disorganized. My life goal is to be organized but that will never happened. This is how my desk has looked for the past week...

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This week sure went by fast compared to last weeks. I have been busy working on our businesses this week since I finally got motivation to do stuff.

I haven't worked on my mail this week but here is some of the incoming mail I received since my last post...

Last week I went to the thrift store and found this book..

what a great book! i have never been such a to-do list making person because I have found it only gives me more anxiety when I see everything I have to do written down on paper. But the book also gives you a lot of DIY List Ideas too! 

I think I am going to get more into the list making mode.