Day 61 Sam 365 Project

Day 61
My daughter said we had to take a picture of our legs together. 'Nuf said.

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xo,
Suz

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Day 60 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 60

Sam was given a beautiful pink wig by the kids for Christmas. She holds paper flowers  Carm
made. 

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xo
Suz



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Day 59 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 59

Sam dons the Fanciacorta cork from our tour of this Italian Winery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvs7pxKGuVw.
It rivals French Champagne with it's tiny bubbles, and brut taste.  Finding a bottle in Albuquerque proved impossible.  But if you can get some for New Years Eve, oh will you be delighted!

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xo,
Suz


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Day 58 Sam 363 Project

Day 58

A new years eve lolly from an Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/designerlollipop

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xo,
Suz





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Day 57

Day 57

Once again Miss Sammy Sam scores!  She gets a Day of the Dead shot glass from our 13 year old neighbor...yeah, 13!!!  Thanks L!  And she stole my new skull Mardi Gras Beads I got from Charlie Z. 

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xo,
Suz


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Day 56 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 56

Sam watched as I dipped the gingerbread people into melted dark chocolate, and iced them.

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xo
Suz

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Day 55 Sam Skeleton 365 Project

Day 55

Sam shows off her Christmas Card she sent out.  They are from an Etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/desTroy?ref=pr_shop_more
Happy Boxing Day.


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xo,
Suz



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Day 54 Christmas Eve

Day 54

Sam wears her paper crown from her English Christmas Cracker.  She thought what was inside was
a cracker to eat.  :-) 
Happy Christmas Eve!

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xo,
Suz



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Day 53 Sam Skeleton 365 Project

Day 53

Cooper and Sam.  I had planned another photo for today, but this one just happened.  Cooper is on the blog for a second time.  He was wearing that cool t-shirt and I said I liked it, and would love a photo of Sam with him in it.  He offered that he had a hat like the one on the shirt and Sam could wear that.
Great idea Cooper, and I love the photo.  

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xo,
Suz



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Day 52 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 52

Silly Skeleton Sam!!!



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Suz



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Day 51 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 51

Sam holds a Christmas tree slice that we cut off our tree every year before we put it in the stand.  Bob started this tradition in 1998.  He writes a one sentence blurbs about family history that year.  Sam is holding the year Bob and I met. She will be really excited to see her name on the 2012 piece.

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xo,
Suz


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Day 50 Sam 365 Project

Day 50

Sam is really in the Christmas Spirit.  She has 2 crocheted Tree hats. Both from Etsy.  This one is from--
 http://www.etsy.com/shop/JKCrochet.   She's just getting warmed up.  I snapped a quick pic with my phone.  She's planning on trimming her trees.

Each day is a gift, open now!

xo,
Suz



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Day 49 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 49

From a New Hampshire resident, this t-shirt with "Frost Heaves" seems to suit her.  Here is their
Facebook page.  :-)  https://www.facebook.com/FrostHeaves?fref=ts
 
Thanks VL!

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xo,
Suz

PS. I posted this to their FB page and they promptly removed it!!  Skeleton haters. 

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Day 48 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 48

Sam just loves her hats.  This one was given to her by Tom Krein a knife maker from Arkansas.  Thanks Tom!  If you'd like to see some of Tom's work: http://kreinknives.net/


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xo,
Suz




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Day 47 Sam 365 Project

Day 47

Sam is coveting my gift from an Etsy seller: http://www.etsy.com/shop/sometimesiswirl.
Sarah created it for  me through our Team Project Treasury exchange.   We are Etsy sellers who make the home pages (sometimes) on Etsy.   Sam has decided it's hers, and well, we'll have to have a "sit down."  :-)  Thanks Sarah of Sometimes I Swirl, I looooove it!

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xo,
Suz



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Day 46 Sam 365 Project

Day 46

As you can see Sam is really in her element. Our neighbor Clay let Sam sit in the drivers seat when
he was doing a major landscaping project in November.  She was thrilled! Thank you Clay.

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xo,
Suz



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Day 45 Sam 365 Project

Day 45

Happy last night of Hanukkah!

Oh Sammy Sam...she always wants what I have.  Those are my new leather steel studded boots I bought in Roma this fall.  My Grandson was with me when I bought them.  I asked him what he thought.  " I guess they are fine if you are a 12 year old Goth chick."   Imagine his surprise when I said: "Perfect, I'll take 'em!" 

Each day is a gift. Open now!


xo,
Suz



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Day 44 Sam

Day 44

Sam feels hot pink sparkles is her best look. 


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Suz



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Day 43 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 43

Sam admires the porcelain bone necklace I received from our friends in Milano.  I LOVE this
necklace.  I love our friends who gave to me!  Bellisimo!   Sam, it's mine.
I used my fish eye lens that snaps onto my iPhone.  Such a cool toy!

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xo,
Suz


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Day 42

Day 42

Another Hanukkah night.

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xo
Suz





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Day 41 Sam 365 Project

Day 41

Sam and I enjoy the magazine section of the New York Times. 

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xo,
Suz

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Day 40 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 40
Night 3 of Hanukkah

Sam enjoys her first Matzoh.  She loved them!

 

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xo,
Suz



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Day 39 Hanukkah Sam

Day 39

Hanukkah, night 2.  Sam really seems to be enjoying this holiday.  Chocolate Gelt, Matzohs.
Happy Hanukkah!

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xo,
Suz

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Day 38 Hanukkah Night 1: Sam

Day 38

Sam and Bob, Hanukkah night one.  She just wanted to eat her Gelt.  Bob happy to have matzoh ball soup and matzohs.  We had a great evening!  Happy Hanukkah!

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Suz




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Day 37 Happy Hanukkah

Day 37

Happy Hanukkah!


xo
Suz and Sam

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Sam is being repaired.

I will double post today. Sam is being repaired on the dinning room table.  The 2 part epoxy is curing.
:-( 

Day 36 Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 36

Sam is lying on the dinning room table at the moment.  We are fixing her broken arm and collar bone from her flight home.  So I thought I'd show you the button I give out when one meets her.  AND the new skull money clips in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/117252052/men-dad-boss-brother-husband-boyfriend
They come in white bronze, gold bronze on a bead blasted nickel silver clip. 

We hope to have her up and ready for more photos soon.  

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xo,
Suz



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Day 35 Sam at Etsy Headquarters

Day 35

Sam sits in the waiting room at Etsy's Headquarters in Brooklyn.  We went to "Eatsy" in November. 

Right now Sam is being repaired.  She has a broken collar bone, rib, and arm from the short trip from Denver to Albuquerque.  I filed a claim with Southwest airlines.

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Suz




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Day 34 Sam 365 Project

Day 34

I know it's a bit blurry, but I just love this photo of Sam.  She had so much fun with her faux Gladiators! 

Each day is a gift, open now.

xo,
Suz

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Day 33 Sam 365 Project

Day 33

With Aldo who is the Night Manager at the Residence in Rome.  When I told him I was carrying a life size skeleton around the world for a year he said: "I'm a very happy for you." :-)  He really wasn't so thrilled with the idea.  We love Aldo, and Sam loved it when he held her hand.

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xo
Suz


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Day 32 Sam 365 Project

Day 32

Silly Sam!



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Suz





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Day 31 Sam 365 Project

Day 31

A very special Italian friend Matthew came to our hotel just to meet Sam.  In the lobby lots of kids had gathered around her.  They have no preconceived notions about skeletons that adults do.  They love to see how her bones go together, and touch her.  She really liked Matthew and his family.



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xo,
Suz





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Day 30 Sam in Milan

Day 30

Sam took a "siesta" on Bob's table at the Milan Show. 


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xo,
Suz



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Day 29 Sam 365 project

Day 29

Sam gets a NY hat from a vendor who was a bit spooked at first.  Her laundry bag/back pack was a temporary solution for  city travel. 


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xo,
Suz

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Day 28 Sam 365 Project

Day 28

Sam checks in at the Marriot Milano.


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Suz

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Day 27 Sam Is Back

Day 27

Sam is back!!  She flew in last night from Denver to Albuquerque.  No explanation from Southwest Airlines. They delivered her today.  When I opened her box, the styrofoam clam shell had big chunks missing.  I think TSA thought there was something in there and stabbed at it.  She is more or less okay.  Both her arms were removed, but can be put back.  All pieces are there. She looked a bit like the Scarecrow in a heap. It must have been traumatic.  However, she never stopped smiling. 

I am so happy to have her back!!!!

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xo,
Suz



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SAM IS MISSING! Day 26

SAM UPDATE!!

She has been located in Denver and is flying home later today.  Phew!!

 

Sam did not make the last leg of our trip home from Milan.  She is MIA somewhere between
Denver and Albuquerque.  :-(
I hope Southwest Airlines can locate her.  Stay tuned!

I must thank a USN forum member for the milk carton art! xo

Day 25 Sam 365 Project

Day 25

We had our annual dinner with our friends in Milano: "The Ruffiani."   The place they took us was fantastic, the food and wine excellent.  It was a chicken themed place, so that made it even better. 
When we were leaving I stopped to pose Sam near a beautiful wrought iron gate and garden.  Being dark, she was cast in a greenish eerie light.  Our friend Steeeeve is holding her for me.  I rested her hand over the gate.  Bellisimo!

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xo,
Suz

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Day 24 Sam 365 Project

Day 24

Sam enjoying the beauty of Roma.



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Suz

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Day 23 Sam 365 Project

Day 23

Sam studies the map, and we leave for Milano!

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Suz




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Day 22: Sam 365 Project

Day 22

Sam loved riding the double decker bus through Roma!  She waved, people
waved back, took photos, and generally enjoyed seeing a skeleton riding a
tour bus. I just wish our German friends who were with us last year could
have been there this year.

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xo,
Suz





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Day 21 Sam 365 Project

Day 21
Happy Thanksgiving from Roma!

After being booted out of the Colosseum, we gathered with the Gladiators outside for a great time.
As you can see Sam is really enjoying her time with these dudes.  Usually people pay them to pose.  But this time they asked us to take their photo using their camera with Sam.  She does have a way with people. :-)

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xo,
Suz



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Day 20 Sam 365 Project

Day 20

Sam, Bob, Ethan, and I went to the Colosseum today.  People from all over the world stopped, looked, posed, took photos.  Everyone was having a blast. 
Then Security came in mass.  Sam was asked to leave this national monument.  I was called: a "brutta!"  So we left, and went outside to meet our Gladiator friends.  That's tomorrow's photo. :-)

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Suz






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Day 19 Sam 365 Project

Day 19

Sam likes Brian Tighe's Skull knife!



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Suz



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Day 18 Sam 365 Project

Day 18

Sam got lots of attention at the New York Custom Knife Show, and gifts!  In this photo are Virginia Lee Miller (from NH) and Cheryl (from London) who brought Sam a crystal skull of vodka.  Sam is wearing a pink hat, another gift given by Tom Krein a knife maker from Arkansas.

We are off to Rome tonight. So there may be 2 photos posted next, as I won't have internet until we are at the apartment.

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xo,
Suz





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Day 17 Sam 365 Project

Day 17

Sam had a very special lunch at Etsy last Thursday.  We were so happy to be invited to lunch at "Eatsy." at Etsy's headquarters.  We got a great tour with Nicole, and Adriane.  I sat next to Julie at lunch.  So fun to be there.  Adriane and I had talked on the phone for over an hour last summer.  She is a doll!  Nicole is from my home town.  It was really great to have the personal touch that Adriane provided.  Thanks Ladies!


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xo,
Suz



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Day 16 Sam 365 Project

Day 16

In the NYC Subway, we got a few strange looks.  But mostly the New Yorkers could have cared
less.  Sam really digs traveling. 


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Suz


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Day 15 Sam 365 Project

Day 15

We arrived in NY/NJ for Bob's knife show.  Sam relaxing after the long trip.



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xo,
Suz

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Day 14

Day 14

Sam is all boxed up, at them moment she is with our baggage in the plane. 
Delighted to have wifi on the plane: 30,000 feet in the air, going 600 miles an hour,
and I'm sitting in a chair!  NYC here we come.


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Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz

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Day 13: Sam 365 Skeleton Project

Day 13

The guys at the UPS store posing with Sam after the "box expert" made her a custom box that fit her
styrofoam clam shell.  Not all UPS stores are so wonderful.  This is the one at Academy and Wyoming in Albuquerque.
I will pack her today.


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Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz

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