Ewan spent his Sunday on the Aluminum Overcast – a refurbished B-17 bomber from WWII.  He had a fantastic time, and we posted pictures on our photo site for you all to see.  Happy 30th Birthday Ewan!

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Now that I’ve been sufficiently pestered, I’m posting links to my segment on The Martha Stewart Show and my interview with Madison NBC 15.  I promise to be good and update you all more fequently.  Pinky Swear.

You can watch a high quality version of my segment (me teaching Martha how to make Muskox and Polar Bear shadow puppets) on Martha’s website HERE.

*Note: If you close the video box you can see step by step instructions for the project.

And my interview with NBC 15:

Robin and I had a ton of fun in NY with Ewan as our tour guide.  Jeremy and Lissa were our gracious hosts, practice audience  and social coordinators – thank you so much!  Up next on Meredith’s blog: How to get blisters on every inch of your feet in only three days!

That frost on the kitchen window really threw me for a loop this morning.  Frost?  Really?  Already?  But Christmas season is in full swing, even if I haven’t caught up to the rest of the world.  I have so much to do, but somehow I know it will all get done.  I’m looking forward to the candy cutting party we’re having with friends (and Grandma!) this weekend.  Cutting candy always gets me in the mood for Christmas.

There have been big things happening in puppet land, which is why I haven’t had time to keep up with things like, ahem, updating my blog.  Take a look at the Orange Moon Toys blog or store if you’re curious.  There’s even a giveaway going on until next week!

Alex is running an art contest for the best picture of himeself (to be used on his facebook profile).  This is my entry.  If I win, I get to have coffee with Alex – wish me luck!

Wow! I can’t believe the summer’s gone already.  Here are a couple of things I could have been writing about.

There were several trips to the zoo – both the Henry Vilas and the Milwaukee County – during which I spent hours taking photos.  Always a good time.

In July I practiced my henna skills on both hands.  The lighter one has just had the paste peeled off, and the darker hand is a day old.

We spent a week up at Moon Beach Camp with my parents and grandma.  We got to share a cabin with Rachel’s family – it was a blast!  I’d forgotten how much I miss camp.

And the obligatory Dez shot.  He’s been perfect, of course.

Welcome to my new blog!  I know it’s been a long time since I last posted, but I’ve been busy setting up Orange Moon Toys with my sister, Robin.  Right now we are only selling shadow puppets, but we plan to make mobiles and other things in the future, too.

Life has been a bit crazy at home lately, and we are very grateful that Dez is feeling better after some pretty scary vet hospital visits.  Thanks to everyone who called to check up on him.  He’s finally back to his old self again.

Most important of all is Robin & Kyle’s news:  they just got word yesterday that they will be able to go to Thailand to pick up their son in June!  Their hearing is scheduled for June 11th, and we are all super excited to meet him!

My dear sister, who can NEVER keep a secret, managed to keep a really big one for two whole weeks until Christmas. She and her husband surprised us with pictures of their new son! He is about eight months old and is living with his foster family in northern Thailand. I can’t wait to spoil him.

Dez finally got outfitted for the snow (which has been falling in buckets for a while now). I broke down and bought him a sweater and boots, because his coat that I’m sewing for him won’t be done for at least another week. I’m not crazy about dressing up pets, but as a desert dog he was having a hard time coping with our chilly house. He spent most of the past couple of weeks either snoozing under a pile of blankets on his bed or quivering and looking at me pathetically. I’m sure he’ll be gratefull to stay behind today while we tromp around looking for the perfect Christmas tree.

We got our first snowfall just in time for December, and the good stuff fell late last night. That meant a lot of communal shoveling in our neighborhood. It also meant that our neighbor across the street started his traditional building project. From the sound of things, he has been building anything and everything from snow for many years, and his projects are so substantial that they usually last till April. This year he’s rebuilding last year’s fort, with some improvements. He accomplished most of this amazing castle on his own with just a wheel barrow, a trash can and a milk crate. I did manage to finish our shoveling in time to help out with the last few windows while Ewan and Leanne were studying in the lab. I can’t wait to see how it grows over the winter. I’m praying for lots of snow.

I tried for days to get a picture of Dez to post here, and instead I got images of what appears to be a ghost dog haunting our house. Just about the only way to tell that he’s real is the nose print on the window. He did settle down for about five seconds once – to keep an eye on the neighbors shoveling out from our first snow.