Monthly Archives: January 2006

18
Jan, 2006

your turn!

ok. you may have noticed lately that my entries have been spread farther apart. mostly, that’s because starting a new job sucks up all of my free time and brain energy and i don’t have the downtime at work that … Continue reading →

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18
Jan, 2006

new scarf!

a friend of mine was going to be traveling to spain, so i asked her (partially in jest) if she would keep her eye out for an orange fake pashmina for me. i love the blue/gray one that i bought … Continue reading →

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16
Jan, 2006

a new addition to my list of blogs

thanks to galetea at blogapotamus rex, i have found a new blog that cracks me up. you have to click on the “touch my belly link” to the left to see what i mean. i spent about a half hour … Continue reading →

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16
Jan, 2006

WWJF?

ok, i just have to blog about this. the other night, i was at a meeting to plan my church’s upcoming annual retreat and this year, we’ve chosen a “retro” theme all about the 70’s. while we were talking about … Continue reading →

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15
Jan, 2006

the spring line!

this week, i started creating the pidoodle “spring line.” here are two bags of the bags i’ve made so far. here is another photo. aren’t they cute?! i finished the first one (the orange one) in a hurry because i … Continue reading →

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11
Jan, 2006

80% rocks!

today was my first day-off-in-the-middle-of-the-week-and-still-get-saturday-off-day! woo hoo! i made my second attempt at “aunt bes’ bread recipe.” one of my new year’s resolutions is to conquer my fear of baking with yeast. i’ve never been very good at it and … Continue reading →

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11
Jan, 2006

“bluebird”

yesterday, i mailed off my very first internet order for pidoodle! a woman from canada found my website by googling around and actually followed up on a pair of earrings that she wanted to purchase. when i mentioned this to … Continue reading →

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09
Jan, 2006

alignment of the stars

i just love it when stuff works out. so… we recently gave our full-size bed (mattress and box spring) to a friend who had a frame but no mattresses in their guest room. the bed had been in our guest … Continue reading →

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09
Jan, 2006

pencil shavings

here’s another silly one to add to the “amelie list” of quirky likes: emptying the pencil shavings out of the pencil sharpener. not sure what i like about it–i think it’s the texture of all those tiny little curly shavings. … Continue reading →

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08
Jan, 2006

cranky monkey

wearing this t-shirt makes me feel (paradoxically) quite happy. i found it at the local thrift store outlet (all clothing is $1 a pound) and bought it because the material is so thin and soft and the word and picture … Continue reading →

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