Yeah!!! It's your Birthday!!!!  Love you, Lisa 

Okay, where to start?  Um, burning man was amazing.  Indescribable.  From start to finish could not have been better.  Work is okay.  I hate doing womens hair, it takes 21/2 hours per woman.  Thankfully I only have six female clients. The rest are dudes, and they are pretty cool.  I'm also finally earning a liveable wage which is unique in my life.  Dare I hope that finances are turning a corner for the Wylies? 
Chris is doing very well.  He's busy working on his student projects, I get to see them in progress,  he is so damn clever.  When you guys see him next, ask him to bring something for you to see, even if it's just story board cards.  He is hilarious in his new medium.  He kills me.  He wrote a movie about a cowboy for his class, and it was all done on 3x5 cards with stick figures, but I'll be damned if it wasn't fantastic.  He makes me proud. 
Gabe  is turning into an actual teenager before my eyes.  He would gladly watch Rob and Bam on Mtv all day if I would let him.  I don't though, so he has to find other things to do and gets upset with me and fusses.  Teenagers.....Yuk.  He is mostly still my awesome guy still and has taken to surfing like the pacific islander he is.  
Eli is enjoying the GATE program.  It is challenging and he has to actually think at school.  His teacher is fantastic and makes him really investigate his ideas.  It's so cool to watch her with her students.  She is really engaging and always encourages them to think deeper and indulges their curiosity.  He has a lot of homework though, which so far he is handling like a champ.
As for me, I'm painting still, although I lost some of my acrylic pant in the burning man melee and now have to replace it.  I was running around like some kind of nut yesterday looking for my tube of white and never did find it so I couldn't paint.  (this canvas is done in black and white)  I considered using gesso, but didn't think it would work and wasn't motivated enough to actually drive to the art store.  So I took it out on my piano.  God, do I suck at playing the piano.  I know I just started, but I realized that I don't want to learn how to play, I just want to know.  I would love to be able to download some sort of program into my brain and just be able to play like Thelonius Monk. But alas, all I can do is plunk out Danny Boy slowly,  I may need a few years to reach Monk status.  
I'm also making a wig for a friend who, due to illness is losing her hair.  I don't get to do any actual wig building at hair club so it's nice to be able to use that skill to benefit someone.  So, I'll be on my sofa tying hair for a while if anyone has any DVD recommendations.  

Love to all my homegirls!!!!
Peace in the middle east!!!!
Brad Pitt needs to call me, I could kick Angelina's ass and raise his babies!!!!

Lisa

 Got back from burning man had a great time,  Miss you women a whole lot.  gonna read your posts to feel like I'm with ya.

Love Lisa

Okay, so my guys have been gone for 13 days and I feel like freaking out.  I seriously don't know what to do with myself.  It's been cool so far, I liked the peace and quiet.  Now though, I feel a little lost without having to help them find thier shoes and laugh at their jokes.  I don't miss the fighting though, never that.

Work is fine, I guess.  Still learning.  We went to see Avenue Q on Sunday.  It was so great!!! I laughed, I cried, it was soooooo better than CATS.  Hilarious.  Laughed so hard my stomach hurt.  

Chris is doing well.  Cooking dinner. (How can you not love that?) Also, I agreed to play Alice in his production of Alice in Wonderland. Actually, I suggested it.  You can take the girl out of the theatre........ It's just a project for one of the decompression camping events, but it should be fun.  That means rehearsals for me after a long hiatis from acting.  Pretty exciting. Love to you all!!!!

Doing great.  Putting the house back together.  Miss my kids so much. Hurricaine King blew through these parts and left as quickly as it came.  Chris and I are sort of looking at each other like, Now what?
I have had enough alcohol in the last month for the entire summer.  Yuck.  Just thinking about vodka makes me nauseous.  Love to you all Lisa