Monthly Archives: February 2006

oh heavenly day!

last night i fell asleep while reading a book somewhere around 9:00. this is extremely unusual for me and i was pretty sure i was going to wake up around 11:00 and not be able to sleep again until 2:00. … Continue reading

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sticky buns!

the bread of the month for march is cinnamon rolls and i just couldn’t wait so i tried my hand at a “sticky bun” recipe from cooking light. no big problems the first time through! (i think i’m finally getting … Continue reading

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look up!

yesterday, i had to work three hours to make up for last week’s snow day. on my (slightly grumbly) way in, i looked up at the pillars of the wall that “hides” the dumpsters behind the chinese restaurant down the … Continue reading

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packaging

so, when i started making the pidoodle line, it was only jewelry and i was way more excited about making the packaging than about making the jewelry. pidoodle has expanded to new product lines in the last year or so … Continue reading

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dead fred

tonight in class, we had someone come and talk to us about genealogy research. she gave us a lot of information (most of which i’ll likely forget, except for the overarching theme of “look beyond just your family name!”), but … Continue reading

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an interview

today, i went to a local after school club for kids in a low-income apartment complex. their teacher had approached me awhile back telling me about how they like to bring the kids to the library with their reading buddies. … Continue reading

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tile patterns

so, maybe this is a little obsessive of me, but i’ve noticed that whenever i’m sitting in a bathroom where the floor tiles have a pattern of some kind, my eyes rove over the tiles, figuring out the pattern, following … Continue reading

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new artist

i discovered a new artist today. here is some of her stuff. she’s like the andy goldsworthy of consumeristic disposables. very interesting…

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the other fun thing i did on friday

so i think i wrote about a few fun, happy things i did last friday, but i forgot to mention the nice lunch and photo shoot i had with one of my good friends. we enjoyed lunch together and then … Continue reading

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correction.

a while back, i made a post about the “i want the truth, ruth” sketch and after watching the third electric company episode on the dvd, i think i have to change my assertion that the cartoon originally aired on … Continue reading

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