Archive for June, 2009
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Jun 30, 2009
No CommentsBlueberry!
Our blueberry bush has produced just one blueberry so far, and until Sunday afternoon, that one berry had remained a pale green. Then, voilà! Somehow between my morning watering and my evening walk in the garden with Chris, it transformed into an amazing blueberry blue. I finally picked it this afternoon, and it was perfectly...
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Jun 30, 2009
4 CommentsHome Office Makeover "Before" Photos
I’ve been working on a mini-makeover project for my home office/studio. I’m 85% finished, and it feels great. Less clutter, more room to work… more air. Let me preface the photos with this statement: I am usually a very organized person. I don’t let paperwork pile up, I deal with the mail when it comes...
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Jun 28, 2009
No CommentsWriting is Saving My ***
Today is the end of Week 7, beginning of Week 8 of my summer classes, and I have to say, my writing is saving my rear. Since I was sick at some point or another all spring, I have been late and catching up on nearly all of my assignments. As we speak, I am...
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Jun 24, 2009
No CommentsI ♡ Polaroid
Polapremium (the company born out of The Impossible Project, whose goal it is to start production on new Polaroid film in 2010) is running a very special promotion on 779 film (works like 600 film). Regular price is now just $14 ($2 less than the Walmart price for 600 film)! But here’s the even better...
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Jun 23, 2009
No CommentsI Like Tying Knots
Today has been a day of meetings. What to do with your hands when you’re on a long techy conference call? I like tying knots. My mom taught my brothers and sisters and me the art of macrame when we were kids, but I haven’t created any macrame pieces in something like ten or twelve years....
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Jun 23, 2009
No CommentsPolaroids of Madison's 3rd Birthday Party
I uploaded these Polaroids from Madison’s 3rd birthday party to my Flickr photostream over the weekend. I loved seeing my family and had so much fun spending time with...
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Jun 22, 2009
1 CommentOn Procrastination
Last week I read a fantastic piece on ChangeOrder called “Do or Die? Six Secrets for Managing Deadlines” that I’ve been mulling over ever since. Let me just be up front. I’m a procrastinator. I think this is the first time I’ve ever admitted it, because I’m a very proactive person (always busy), but I...
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Jun 18, 2009
4 CommentsGreen Potatoes
Last week during an early walk in the garden, I was bummed to discover that I could see the tops of a few new gold potatoes, and they were green! Having been warned of the dangers of eating green potatoes but not sure what to do, I pulled the whole bunch. My first impulse was...
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Jun 09, 2009
No CommentsRediscovering Polaroid
The first thing I bought with my own money from my first “real” job as a sixteen-year-old was a Polaroid 600 OneStep camera, and I still have it. Film was $10 for 10 exposures back then, which was expensive for me, so I retired my camera after about the first 30 exposures. After I discovered...
