Ooops! I Did It Again!

As some of you know I am a professional tutor. Often throughout my travels around town to see students and help them with their studies, I meet kids who bust their booty to get their work done and they take their school work seriously. Other times, I have students who feel the need to avoid their work for a myriad of reasons.

Last night I was over at the home of one of my favorite students. He is an amazing guy who just happens to have difficulties with language and organization. For the most part, he is a good student.

On his list of 'stuff to do' is a pile of make up work from being sick. We've all had that flu... being sick is no fun. But 2 weeks later he still has a pile of work to do. While I was leaving, I was talking to his mom and it occurred to me... hmmmmm. ...... he was in such a hurry to get done tutoring that he didn't want to finish anything else, he just wanted to go to bed and he had a headache.

SO!! Upon further digging into the situation I discovered that the priority of the evening was the X BOX and large screen TV that was waiting for him in the basement.

Well, guess who has the power cord to the X BOX!!!! Oh, could that be MOI???? LOL! Let's hope he gets his act together and finishes all his work so he can have it back for the weekend! Sometimes tough love need to come from someone else besides a parent. And you should have seen the LOOK on his face of amazement as I walked away with it!!!

As Mastercard says: "Tutoring $40/ hour"
"X Box with all the cool stuff: $400.00"
"Inspiring a student to get their work done........ PRICELESS"

Everything is Just Ducky!

A dear friend of mine is having her first baby (boy) in early March. Her baby shower is next Saturday and I was asked to do an altered paint can for the center piece! I got the empty paint can at Home Depot. They provide you with free paint can openers, so I grabbed a couple of those too to add to the foof on the handle. I cut the ducky freehand and inked the edges. I have a template for cutting and covering the can if anyone wants it... let me know and I'll email you instructions. Since the handle does not come off, I had to do it in 2 pieces and punch holes with my 1 inch hole punch to make a nice round place for the thingy that sicks out of the can.

I was smart enough to make a template to do this again sometime.

Next, I assembled the can cover layer by layer using basic grey papers. I tied yard after yard of ribbon to the handle and attached rubber duckies to it and baby diaper pins from K and Company.

Right above the thin baby blue ric rac, I printed with dashes and dots and wrote the words... Rubber Duckie, You're the One. around the whole can.

I think they plan on making something to stick out of the can that people can write messages on. Those messages are supposed to go in Karin's baby scrapbook. I didn't have time to make a complete scrapbook for her, so I went to Target and bought a STACK o' Diapers! and wipes and stuff like that. I always buy people like 3 or more large packs of diapers... very impressive pile at the shower ;).

I hope everyone is feeling well. The flu has been flying around here. But everyone will live!

Cheers! Katie Lyn

BTW: if anyone wants me to make a can for a special occasion, I can do that! The cost will be around $45.00 because of the large quantity of materials in this project. That also does not include postage to get it to you.

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