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Updates:

Well I have been working hard at Macy's, but I know that wouldn't take up most of my time. So here is what I have been doing. After Christmas, my family writes thank you notes for the gifts that were given and tell people how gratefully appreciated they are, which they are. Well I wrote my Christmas letter of what happen this year, which wasn't much, but there were a few big things. The Christmas letter is printed on a 8.5 X 11 (letter size), well the only thank you card size I have is a 4 X 6 and I didn't want to fold up my letter more than I have to. So my mom and I walked to Walgreens to see if they have individual cards(like index cards) the size of the card you put checks into. Unfortunately, they didn't have any. Then my mom and I drove over to Hallmark and again it was a dead end. As I was walking around Hallmark I got this idea that I had a lot of art supplies at home ***idea*** why don't I make them. Of Course! When I got back home I started on them. As I was going along, I tried to make them different and really got into making them. I haven't yet written a thank you note on them, but that is my next step. My dad's advice was to show all of you them because they are all different and that you wouldn't know.

Here is a picture:

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Hopefully by the end of this week I will send out my thank you notes and Christmas letter.

NEXT UPDATE:

As people may know I am living at home pretty comfortably and very lucky that I have that. Well as everyone is facing a difficult year, my family also has been close to it. Luckily we haven't been severely affected by it. As my parents were talking about what they would have to do if my dad or mom lost their jobs they brought up the idea about me taking on my own cell phone bill. I thought that it was a possibility that I could take on that responsibility I started to research different plans out there: Sprint, Altell, Verizon, Cingular/Att, Cricket(cheap Texas brand), and maybe one more. Though I like the Cingular rollover plan, my family is all on the sprint plan. I did the math and figured out that I could afford a certain plan at a price. I also figure the smart choice would be to be on sprint because sprint to sprint is free, so all my close family members would be free to talk to and the only people I would have to pay for if I go over my minutes are my friends Kim and Kendra. So today I went over to the sprint store and talk to a nice man name Robert who was very friendly and answered all my question. When I walked out of the store I had my own plan and a new phone. WOOO! My first official bill that I will be paying for. Hol-eee Mac-a-roll. I might be almost 24, but this was a big first step towards my independence. Yeah me. So when you talk to me it is the same number, but it is my phone and my plan.

Here is a picture:

My old phone, my new phone box, and the new phone.

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My new phone on top of the sprint box it came in.

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ANOTHER UPDATE:

I am taking classes at ACC (Austin Community College) for fun not for a credit. As of right now I am taking Photoshop. Photoshop is where you can alter photos. For example, you can eliminate a person from a photo without anyone knowing that a person was in the photo to begin with. Another one I like was writing text then inserting a photo in the text.

Here is an image with the word EARTH and grass is inserted into the text.

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Hopefully on Monday I can sign up for Dreamweaver and Flash. Dreamweaver is the basics of a webpage. For example, the links I put on photoshop, dreamweaver, and flash. The basic structure of the blog post here with the text and colors. Flash on the other hand is anything on a webpage that moves or has action.

Here is a idea of flash.
Mercury Graphics - my teacher works for this company, look for anything that moves on the page and that is flash.

I am assuming because I haven't taken the classes it is what I received as a rough idea of what it was. When I take the class I will inform more about what it is like.

I like this photoshop class I am taking and hopefully I will like the other two. I am taking only the Continuing education classes because I didn't know if I would like it. If I do like it, I might head back to school at least part time to pursue some more classes in a particular field. I am trying to keep myself busy and to figure out my life and give it some purpose then to say adrift to no-wheres-ville.

Well heading off to bed I have an early morning with work tomorrow...6AM yeah. not. bye.