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Five minutes to a new look

May 16, 2008 – 11:31 am

Take your shiny silver glasses frames, one brown sharpie, and be sure to color inside the lines.
Alcohol wipes do a SPIFFY job of taking the sharpie off the lenses, but it also takes the sharpie off the metal - so wipe caaarefully.
Before:

After:

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Last day of class muttering

May 13, 2008 – 11:37 am

Week 276

Track :: fast
Snake :: in the grass
Assignment :: completed
Blockbuster :: party
Bombastic :: simpleton
Adventure :: explore
First time :: for everything
Aged :: cheese
Grip :: and rip
Shortcut :: taken

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Dressing Room Madness

May 13, 2008 – 9:07 am

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Dressing Room Madness, originally uploaded by MamasBloggin’.

It was time to buy new pants for work and shorts for the summer. I can’t wear anything from last summer, and my work pants are officially too [...]

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A network of Encouragement

May 9, 2008 – 11:09 am

She gave me a kick in the pants, and now you can join in the fun. Jackie Stanley has created A Network of Encouraging People and the first ten people to join will get a free (FREE, PEOPLE!!!) copy of her Dictionary of Encouragement.
Her Dictionary is a collection of quotations (both her own and [...]

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Still here (in case you were worried)

May 9, 2008 – 9:26 am

Although I live in the tornado’s designated target (*ahem* it’s a manufactured home), we escaped last nights high winds with nothing more than some blown leaves and tree damage in our “natural areas”.
Wait, let me guess. You want pictures, right? Of COURSE you do!
But I don’t have any yet. I’m going to [...]

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Cute and sweet, but smart?

May 8, 2008 – 1:12 am

He asked me what time I got off work.
He was in the parking lot waiting when we locked up.
We talked, we held hands, we hugged.
We kissed.
He walked me to my car.
He gave me a last hug goodnight.
Sounds great, right? Y’know what he DIDN’T do?
Ask for my phone number. Or give me his.

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I do SO hope this works!

May 6, 2008 – 6:39 pm

The LJXP project has been taken over. Find the plugin here and it has a spiffy new webpage about the project here.

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This is not the story I wanted to tell.

May 4, 2008 – 12:51 pm

I saw this contest on Steamy Kitchen and my head exploded just a little bit. Leave a comment, any comment, and maybe win something that I have absolutely no chance of affording. And, like a Good Universe, it sent the prize my way.
One fresh, filleted and ready-to-experiment with Kona Kampachi. [...]

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Muttering Week 275

May 4, 2008 – 11:43 am

Unconscious Mutterings | Archives

State :: of mind
Lively :: debate
Valet :: car
Traction :: tires
Official :: notice
Red hot :: candy
Powder :: baby
Replies :: not many
Flagrant :: misuse
Tweet :: bird

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I’d laugh, but I might lose my balance.

May 2, 2008 – 11:57 am

Lorelle’s Blogging Challenge today was on Symbols
Because I’m just that kind of a girl, I decided to hit the “random” button and see what symbol I was dealt. The result?
Symbol 27:10

An alchemical sign for warm or hot water, made up by for the element of water and an eightpointed star sign for [...]

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