I’ve been spending most of my extra internet time reacquainting myself with people on facebook, so my blog has definitely suffered. There are some changes in the works for me that I’m very excited about and will share soon!
Happy Halloween!
I don’t know what it is about the accordion, but I’ve wanted to learn how to play it for a long time. One of those things that I put on my long list of things to do or learn.
I just found this gorgeous accordion on craigslist:
Maybe it’s time. . .
I’m not much in the post writing mood currently, dealing with some layoffs at work as many people are right now, but my online newspaper reading continues undaunted and I found two articles that I really enjoyed and thought I’d share.
The first is about kids in a juvenile detention center in Rhode Island who are learning trades and restoring [...]
I was reading around on the internet, like you do, one site leads to another and so on. I ended up on The Sartorialist website and an interview with designer, Sohiny Das out of New Delhi. She was doing the usual Q&A and was asked the question -
Guilty pleasure?
Her answer?
No guilt in pleasures.
I stopped and [...]
Another beautiful weekend in San Diego! Sorry to rub in it, for those people who are having snow right now, like my aunt up in Medford, Oregon - The high there was 39 degrees yesterday! Oy.
I found some new growth on the rosemary bushes on a walk on Saturday. I used some it to flavor [...]
It’s amazing how two months can pass since my last post! I’m still alive, just feeling quiet. I’ve noticed that a lot of people have mentioned the same sort of quiet, introspective period they’ve been experiencing since the new year.
In exciting news, I did finally finish my Masters in Holistic Nutrition! It feels fantastic to [...]
This past weekend was one of those fabulous, relaxing, yet productive weekends.
Starting out with a homemade, delicious latte. I noticed the little heart design in the foam after I took the picture.
Happy 2008! Hard to believe that I don’t have my flying car yet!
We had a fun Christmas, with Mike’s family, including two nephews, who kept us entertained for hours. New Year’s Eve was nice and mellow at home with some wine, game playing, a big green hat and a pink feather boa were involved and [...]
This weekend, while I was doing a monthly budget and wondering for the millionth time why I have so little money left over at the end of the month and almost nothing in savings, I did something I had been thinking of doing for a while.
I cut up most of my credit cards.
There I said it. God what a relief. Just to not put on the smiling face and answer the “how are you doing today” question with the normal answer of “fine”.
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