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building miniature models.
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In 1998, we
built a 1" scale dollhouse cottage. This is the "Buttercup
Cottage". We got it from Hobby Builders Supply. They're great!
Visit them at http://www.miniatures.com for ordering all sorts of miniature dollhouse and furniture
kits, supplies, everything you need to build, decorate and furnish the project of your
dreams!
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Mike just
finished a scale model of H.M.S. Bounty. Our next projects have been handmade
birdhouses. Some of our friends collect them, and it looked like a fun project! |
As soon as
we are tired of birhouses, we will start the next dollhouse project: a 1" scale
two-room town-house (a double roombox, also from Hobby Builders Supply!) We have
plans in mind for a grand, three-story Victorian mansion (modified from a kit available at
Hobby Builders!) I've been collecting furniture for it over the years, and I've got
nearly every room furnished. Now all I need is a house to put all the furniture in!
| In my spare
time, I enjoy reading science fiction novels (mostly Star Wars and Star Trek), and doing
needlework of all kinds. Lately I have learned how to crochet. I even made
three baby afghans for one of Mike's college buddies, whose wife had triplets (!) in
1999. But my favorite "hobby" is singing. In addition to singing
tenor in the church choir, I sing bass in a local chapter of Sweet Adelines
International, an international non-profit
organization dedicated to acapella vocal music education for women, using barbershop-style
four-part harmony. My 20-voice chorus competes every spring in the Region 25
Competition in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Region 25 includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, southwest
Missouri, northwest Louisiana, and the North Central and Panhandle areas of Texas.
For the fourth time in its five year history, my chorus won 2nd Place among Small Choruses
(those under 35 members).
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Here is
theDallasCompany in 1996, |
and in new costumes in 1998! |
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For more
photos from the 1999 Region 25 Competition, click here.
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