In this self-reflective phase I’ve been going through, I’ve been thinking a ton about my blogging niche – my “brand” – and paying attention to some of the advice floating out there. So much of the blogging and social media expertise makes me roll my eyes, since we’re really all just figuring it out together, […]
[Continue reading...]2011 Year of Pleasures #31
August 2, 2011
The thing I miss the very most about my San Diego house is my lemon tree and herb garden. I keep wanting to believe that we won’t be renting long enough to put plants in, but I also don’t want to miss out on all those growing years while I’m ignoring reality. So I got […]
[Continue reading...]Grown Up Friendship Bracelets
August 2, 2011
I had the idea for these bracelets last year, but didn’t get around to doing anything about them until September. By then nobody’s thinking about something as quintessentially summer as friendship bracelets, so I put them away for today. Proving that these things are just in the air, I’ve been seeing friendship bracelets everywhere this […]
[Continue reading...]Hello world!
August 1, 2011
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
[Continue reading...]Curry Chicken Salad
July 28, 2011
Every time I go to Salt Lake, I manage to con somebody I love into eating at my favorite lunch spot, Gourmandise. Their pastries are legendary, their salad’s exquisite, and every single time I have to ask the waitress to come back a couple of times while I agonize over which of their sandwiches I’m […]
[Continue reading...]Project Put Together
July 27, 2011
Over there in my sidebar of yearly goals I had listed the very vague idea of “reclaiming my personal style.” As I wrote earlier, I was once known for how I dressed. Then a traumatic decade knocked me off my feet, and when I got back up and looked around, I was no longer a […]
[Continue reading...]2011 Year of Pleasures #30
July 26, 2011
Pete Holmes would not trust me, because I have the biggest sweet tooth ever. I went to the dollar store and they had all kinds of interesting things to try. I love these lemonhead candies, they’re like really great sour jellybeans.
[Continue reading...]Adults eating candy
July 25, 2011
Jokes.com Pete Holmes – Adults Eating Candy comedians.comedycentral.com Jokes Joke of the Day Funny Jokes This made me laugh so hard I almost spit out my starburst.
[Continue reading...]I’m going to BlogHer!
July 22, 2011
My plans for the day got blown to smithereens in the best possible way. My entry for the Knorr chicken stock challenge was selected as a finalist and now I get a trip to BlogHer! So instead of all the writing and crafting and struggling to keep cool I planned on doing, I’ve been spending […]
[Continue reading...]Weekend in San Diego
July 21, 2011
We raced down to San Diego for another work trip for Bear and I got to tag along. He’s part of a training program that takes him all over the place, and he always ends up with a free hotel room that just sits empty. So I get to play trophy wife and have another […]
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