Hi everyone!

[Brandi]

Ok it has been way to long and I am sorry if anyone was worried. Thanks Nina for slapping me awake!
I have just been busy with a lot of sculpture's and my niece being in and out of the hospital again. My husband blew his acl (which u can still bike by the way if it's not to bad) when we were playing doubles in Volleyball. Ummm all my kitties are good. I miss them something awful right now. I have been on the road since June 29th and don't get home till Aug 4th. But we are keeping busy with work and that is a blessing in it self! Hope I can do some catch up here.
Hugs to all

[tulip]

Hi Brandi! I'd love to see some photos of your latest sculptures of the summer! Glad to have you back.

[Zen]

We haven't forgotten about you Brandi :)
Yes, photos please. And a travelogue.

[sundial]

I was just thinking of you yesterday, Brandi. Please share photos of your beautiful work. Pretty please. :)

[Running Mommy]

++++1 for photos! I love to brag and show off your work to my friends and family.

[Trekhawk]

Glad to see you back on the board. I agree we need to see some pics of your wonderful art.:)

[Brandi]

I am so glad I still have friends here! I have missed you all. and your support! Work has been slower this year but still ok. Lucky for us people still need to be entertained! We are at the orange county fair for 34 days. I am on day hmmmm? What day is it anyway? I know I have 21 days left. There are tons of womnderful concerts here too. We saw Heart last friday and Duran Duran on sat. My hubby is a fan of Heart (he is 10 years older then me) and me DD. We were so tired after the weekend! We take no time off and my hubby has been going since June 9th with work. We have only gotten into one spat since this whirl wind started! We did leave work early the last two days. Mon and Tues are dark days at the fair. We shouldn't come in at all but it is so nice and quite! Anyway as soon as I ihave something to share photo wise I will. In the mean time I will post a link to my FB page so you cansee what we have going so far. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=27131&id=1043495270&l=1bbe9af81f
This is for Ninabike http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=531096&l=ce3eacdc52&id=1043495270 That is at the OC fair too. we are doing 7 seperate sculpture's here.
Here is alink to just a bunch of photo's from the past month or so. Oh I like to cook! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15003&id=1043495270&l=b28277d034

[Ninabike]

Oh, I love that Brandi. Thanks. I'll try to get down there; will let you know.

[sundial]

Your sculptures are AMAZING!! I can't wait to see more. :)

[Mr. Bloom]

Welcome Back!

[Brandi]

Thanks everyone!

[sundial]

So do you use different sands to create the different hues in your sculpture?

[bmccasland]

Hey Brandi!
I thought about you as your former blue day pack joined me on field trips this past month - it's been out on a barrier island, and in various marshes, gaining some new lovely smells according to my kitties. Fortunately complete water resistance wasn't tested - that's what the dry bag is for!

[OakLeaf]

Hi Brandi! Nice to see you back.

Update us about Lorelei when you get a chance - sorry to hear she's been back in the hospital. :(

[Duck on Wheels]

Hi Brandi! I've been seeing news items about sand sculpture festivals here and there, wondering if you've been to any of them. Any pictures of your latest works?

Hugs and butterflies to Lorelei! Even with a clear and treatable diagnosis, it can still take time to work out the wrinkles on a treatment, and then that too may need to be adjusted as she grows. I hope they get it working well for her and manage to keep it like that over time.

[Brandi]

So do you use different sands to create the different hues in your sculpture?
What you are seeing in that one picture is drying. And it has been so dry here the sand has been drying at a strange pace. But sometimes there are variations in the sand while we are pounding it up that will naturally make that happen too.

[Brandi]

Thank you for asking about our little Lore. She as you know was in the hospital at Christmas time. And then last month. Her liver started to fail. Thank god they got that under control. And my poor sister had been at my house for a visit with no kids for the first time ever. She just wanted a break from it all. And she had not been at my house longer then 24 hours and she had to drive home 4 hours. She made it home around 11 pm and went to the emergency room and didn't leave till 15 days later.
She has a whole new team of Doc's from ucla right now as well. They for some reason and not sure why they can't figure out if she has fatty liver desease or auto immune hep. She has lipodystrophy we know that for a fact. But for some reason it effects your liver. She is on a chemo drug right now since her last hospital stay. It seems to really improve her. she is also on a lot of vitamins and on a 22 grams of fat a day only diet. I am glad our job is so close to them. Even though I have only visited them in the hospital so far. Hoping they are going to come to the fair next week. It is hard for them to get out cause one of the meds she is taking makes her go to the bathroom like every 10 minutes. We are hoping she is back on her way to getting better at this point.
Oh and do you all remember the black kitty I was taking care of cause the owner's weren't? He went missing a couple months back! I was very sad and searched for him for weeks it seemed. Put up flyer's and walked the streets looking for him. Even checked with the local shelter's. sigh.......I miss him. But it's funny his little brother is now coming over to our house. We snuck him to the vet and got him fixed and got his shots too. Off to work now! Friday is a big day here at the fair. I will post picture's at the end of the weekend if I can or at least link to my facebook page.everyone have a wonderful summer weekend!