Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Moses

Today we acquired a new member of the family. His name is Moses. He is a cute little beagle.


I found him today at the office. He was milling around the parking lot and almost went on the interstate. When I found out that they were going to call Animal control, I decided to take him home. The kids are in love.

Of course, if we find out that someone is looking for him we will have to return him... But until then we are happy to keep an eye on him.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Etsy Goodness

I was searching for local merchants on Etsy and found this wonderful shop: GeoBubStudios.


From their shop profile:

Everything here is handmade by us, Deb and George. Our glazes are also all our own formulations. We use only the highest quality porcelain clay, imported from England. Porcelain is the hardest and most durable of all clays after it's been fired, while at the same time it has a delicate, fine-grained appearance. All of our porcelain pieces are completely safe for food and will go in the dishwasher and microwave.

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Living for the weekend

Lately, I have felt that I am literally, living for the weekend. Meaning I postpone anything of personal importance till the weekend. This has got to stop. I must reclaim my Monday-Friday.

I thought of a few things that might help me in my goal...

1. Reclaim my lunch hour. No more spending my lunch hour in front of my computer, working...
2. Make more lists. Lists are my own personal compass. They help me get things done. Nothing feels better than crossing something off a list...
3. Making dinner. Take out are two words that need to eliminated from my vocabulary.
4. Exercise. I am going to commit to waking every morning and doing Yoga. It makes me feel so much better. Why do I skip this?

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Sunday, July 12, 2009

SteamPunk

My husband and I were watching the new Sci Fi show, Warehouse 13 and he explained the whole genre of SteamPunk. I love this stuff. It evokes feelings of Victorian drawing rooms and Hellboy.




So, I took to the intraweb to see what I could find... Take a look at these great Steampunk gadgets posted by Toxel.




Apparently, there are tons of other cool things you can make like A Victorian RV:

The RV used to be a school bus. Check it out at Steampunk Workshop

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Food Inc.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Robert Kenner
thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes
Political HumorJason Jones in Iran

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Lap Harp


We made a trip to the Asheville Farmer's Market and Oliver found this wonderful lap harp. I think I might have to buy him one.

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Camping


Hannah climbing the rocks

Looking Glass Falls


Looking Glass Falls

We had a wonderful time camping even if we were asked to leave. Well, maybe I should rephrase that... the 2 teenagers we foolishly invited to join us, were asked to leave. It seems they helped themselves to the contents of the lost and found. Hmm. maybe I should have thought more about what inviting children that aren't biologically ours would mean. Next time, I promise myself, I will adhere to the 2 moves ahead rule--life is like a chess game... Each time we go camping we learn a few things that make the next trip easier.

Some things we learned from this camping trip:

Don't bring teenagers
Bring fire wood
Bring metal grate for fire
Easier snacks...
Bring floaties
More bug spray
More folding chairs

We went tubing, which was great fun. Who knew there was a great place no too far from our house. We plan to buy our own tubes and go more often. Oliver loved it.

We are deciding whether or not we are going to the beach this weekend. I still haven't decided. I think it might turn out to be a last minute decision...

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