The day has finally come, my girls first day of Kindergarten. There are a few pics from this morning in the gallery. More later after I talk to them and see how their day went. 
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Aug
05
2008
An update on my friend mentioned in the January post.
Posted by: littletechgirl in UncategorizedSince I have not posted in so long, i never updated. Well, I am very sad to say that Maleikka Williams passed away on April 14, 2008. She was only 36 years old. I flew to Atlanta and met up with my friends for her funeral. It was extremely sad. She leaves behind her husband Steve, and her 2 very young daughters Syndi, and Makayla.
She fought so hard. Just seeing her in January it was amazing to learn about how fast her demise was after that. I miss her terribly. (She’s in the middle of this pic).
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My girls start Kindergarten on August 25. i cannot believe it!! They are going to big girl school. I don’t think they will have any adjustment issues. They have been in a school environment (daycare) since they were 2.5. Their grandmother asked me to list the school supplies that they need on my site so all the grandparents can look them up and contribute, so here they are. If you purchase something, just let me know and i will cross if off the list. This is all x2 since both girls need it, so I am putting the quantity needed in ( ) next to the item.
- (2) Book bag (Without rollers) - yes, they need new one. I saw some great, cheap ones at Walmart.
- (4 total) 2 two-pocket folders (plastic)
- (4 total) 2 packs of Jumbo crayons (8-color pack)
- (2 packs) Jumbo markers (8-color pack)
- (2 packs) Jumbo pencils
- (2 packs) 1 pack of Expo Markers (these are the ones for writing on white boards)
- (4 total) 2 pink erasers
- (2 total) Blunt Metal scissors
- (4 total) bottles of white school glue
- (4 total) 2 pencil boxes
- (8 total) 4 boxes of facial tissue
- (4 total) 2 rolls of paper towels
- (4 total) 2 boxes of baby wipes
- (4 total) 2 large bottles of hand sanitizer gel
- (2 total) 1 bottle of liquid hand soap
- (2 total) 1 container of clorox wipes
- (2 total) bath towels - for rest time
- (2 each) Ziploc bags - snack size, quart size, 1 gallon size, 2 gallon size
- (2 each) - pack of paper plates and cups
- (2 total) - 2 composition notebooks
Now that is the list of supplies that they have to take to school! Yes, that is a lot of stuff! They have a seperate list for stuff that should be at home, but we have that covered.
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I know i have not posted since January. Yes, I’ve been busy, but trying to fix that and actually keep up the site. Like I posted on my other site I think I can manage 2 posts a week.
I have just finished upgrading the Wordpress version on this site to 2.6 up from 2.2. I had a couple of issues that I am working through, but for the most part, all should be ok!
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I think I have mentioned on here before that I have a group of close friends that I met on the internet on a message board for miscarriage support. So many real friendships have sprouted from that. So, in November of 2006 we lost one member tragically. I blogged about it here. Well in November 2007 we lost another member to cancer. 2 lives taken so young with very, very young children left behind. These events were devastating for us all, but somehow brought us closer together. We have another member who is currently battling breast cancer. She wanted those of us that she has become close to, to come and spend some quality time with her. We did that this past weekend.
It was soooo awesome! I really had a great time. I have known most of those girls for around 8 years, and have gotten together with a few of them before. A couple of them it was my first time meeting in person.
The first night we stayed up until after 4:00 talking, dancing and drinking wine. One of us in getting married in Miami in June, so we showed all the white chicks the dances that they will have to do at the wedding (Cupid Shuffle, and Cha Cha slide. LOL!!) Then on Saturday morning we went shopping in Atlantic Station and had lunch. We went back to the townhouse and we all took naps. Then a few of us piled in bed together and told silly stories about penises! LOL.
Saturday night we had reservations at a Moroccan restaurant. We sat on the floor, ate with our hands and watched belly dancing! One of our ladies even participated because she used to belly dance. We stayed too long, ate too much and had too much “Happy Juice”! Then we were off to the Grand Hyatt to listen to a Jazz band for a bit. We went back to the townhouse, snacked and stayed up talking for a bit, but nowhere near as late as the first night!
Sunday morning one of the girls had to catch a flight, so we said goodbye to her, then the rest of us had breakfast together. Then 2 more ladies headed home for their drive to Memphis. The rest of us headed over to my friends BEAUTIFUL huge house in the ATL burbs. A couple of the ladies scooped up their kids that were in the area, and we spent all day playing with them, eating, watching football, nodding on the couch, and talking. And made Laka (my friend with breast cancer) take a nap.
She seems to be doing ok and says that just having all of us there with her actually made her physically feel better. Before we split up on Sunday morning, we all prayed together and cried together and hugged, and hugged! We talked about her, the members that we have lost, and our miracle baby. We have one baby on our board that has a rare disease which name escapes me right now, but she had a transplant last year. She is now 2 and she is doing soooo well when most other kids with her condition have not made it. 
We shared clothes, we made up each others faces and shared jewelry. It was sooo wonderful! It was just like getting together with my sisters that I have not seen in a while or something. 
It was hysterical to me though. We got 1″ of snow there on Saturday and they shut down everything! canceled the MLK parade, canceled all church services. They were even canceling school and school was not until Tuesday!! That was sooo funny.
There are pictures at: http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/cammers_2008/
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We had the pleasure of going to Wisconsin Dells a couple of months ago for a bit. It was fun, but the weekend was too short! The kids did have fun though. We stayed at the Kalahari Resort which was REALLY nice. The rooms were great. Nice and spacious and comfy. One funny thing is that the kitchenette had the exact counter tops and cabinets that we have in our home!
The girls had bun at the water park. Alexis is my little daredevil taking on a huge water slide all by herself. Kayla is like me, she is scared to do most things.
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I know, I know, I haven’t written anything in forever. So sorry! We have just been really busy. As some know, besides working full-time, my husband and I run our own side biz, photography, DVD slideshows, invitations, etc. Well, things have been pretty busy lately! We have had quite a few jobs. Between that, editing and printing pictures, and creating DVDs, etc. I have been had much time to just “play” on the computer.
Recently I did some senior portraits for a friend. They turned out great! She was a really good subject. We also did a play, a 90th birthday celebration, a 30th birthday celebration, and some family portraits. The next few weekends all have something planned as well!
If you want to keep up with us and what we have been up too, check out our business site at http://caincreative.biz.
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This time, it’s in Chicago Parents Magazine. It’s not on the website, so here is a scanned version:
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I just got word today that a friend from high school died in a car crash Monday night. Here in the story in the Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-web_1_57crashaug22,0,5126856.story
I knew her well in high school, but had not spoken to her since. We just had a class reunion on July 28th and she was supposed to come, but did not make it. This is so sad.
My prayers go out to all her family and friends.
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