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NaBloPoMo: A retrospective
Whew! Okay, so I took a couple of days off from blogging after the NaBloPoMo extravaganza and now that I have some distance, I've had a chance to think about the experience. While I thought that blogging every day for 30 days was going to be an enormous ... |
Dec 3, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: My uniform
There are days when I feel like I wear a uniform. Depending on the season, you'll either find me in shorts and a t-shirt or jeans and a long-sleeved shirt. Add a sweater if it's really cold. I think that this is due to a number of things: my clothing ... |
Nov 30, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Weird personality quirk #547
I can't stand being told to relax. It really (and ironically) frustrates me. Somehow the insinuation that I'm not already relaxed totally aggravates me. So much so, in fact, that recently when John told me to relax, I bellowed "I'M NOT UNRELAXED!" Which, ... |
Nov 29, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Could someone tell Florida it's NOVEMBER?
I refuse to pick out a Christmas tree wearing a t-shirt and shorts this year. I absolutely refuse. Except-- here's the thing-- it's still ridiculously warm here for this time of year. Even though it's Florida, we live in north central Florida, so the ... |
Nov 28, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Baby steps
For those who think that dogs are markedly different than small children, I give you Luke. Luke is sort of needy. And understand that when I say "Luke is sort of needy," it's comparable to saying "the ocean is kinda wet." Over the weekend, while we ... |
Nov 27, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Now the "great room" is truly great!
After two pretty solid days of laying bamboo flooring, the main room of our house is finally done! I'm really pleased with how it turned out. It was a huge undertaking and lots of arduous work, but SO worth it. Have a look! (And no, the TV is not ... |
Nov 26, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: The first photos!
Phew! So we got a late start yesterday, but we finished installing the bamboo flooring in the first half of the great room. We have to do that room in halves because the furniture is too heavy to move completely out of the house. We'll finish up the ... |
Nov 25, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: I could not, would not make this up
Trolling the vast internets last night, I came across this: Know what it is? No? It's a condom dispenser. A condom dispenser. At the risk of offending any number of people, I'm going to go ahead and say that if you're having so much sex that you need ... |
Nov 24, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Thanksgiving baking
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because it falls at a time in the semester when I really need a bit of a break! I was glad to be able to get some baking in for the big day, and thought I'd share some photos: |
Nov 23, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Thanksgiving Wishes
Wherever you are, I hope all of you are relaxing with family and friends today and enjoying their company. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! |
Nov 22, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: The bamboo floors, they are arriving.
So after much anticipation and delay, the bamboo floors are slated to arrive at our humble doorstep sometime today. We need to let them "relax" in their new environment for a couple days (Amy wondered if that meant we needed to offer them a beer and a ... |
Nov 21, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: I would not make a good Australian
Why, you ask? Because of their current drought, Australia's government mandates that its citizens take four-minute showers. Four minutes. That's damn near impossible for me. They might as well say, "Emily, we're giving you four minutes to lay a golden ... |
Nov 20, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Not a fortune, but nonetheless wise
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Nov 19, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: What will they think of next?
I don't know how I came across this while searching the vast internets, but clearly I need one of these: Seriously! I work from home, we'll soon have bamboo floors throughout the house... c'mon! How cool would that be? If I had a sudden attack of ... |
Nov 18, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Outnumbered
That's the trouble with having four animals (three cats and a dog): we're outnumbered. And since we both work from home, our work days are punctuated every so often with "Edgar! Stop opening closets!" "Amos! Leave Lydia alone." "Luke! Go lay down!" ... |
Nov 17, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Sometimes I get confused
John: Have you heard of that movie [Amazing Grace]? Me: No. John: Oh. Me: What I meant was, yes. John: ... ... Did you not understand the question originally? |
Nov 16, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Birthday baking
For John's birthday this year, I baked a Chocolate Guinness caked from Nigella Lawson's Feast. It was stunningly... breathtakingly... nay, divinely good. |
Nov 15, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: No, the *other* Rush
Listening to our backyard neighbor blast talk radio yesterday afternoon, I was reminded of an email conversation I had with my friend Amy when John and I first bought this house: Me: Our backyard neighbors are these two little old married people and the ... |
Nov 14, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: TomTom, where should we go today?
For John's birthday, I bought him a TomTom ONE gps. It's just about the coolest thing EVER. Sunday afternoon, we went for a drive with TomTom. If we missed our turn, TomTom very quickly recalculated our route and told us where to go. If we decided we ... |
Nov 13, 2007 |
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NaBloPoMo: Easter Eggs
When John and I first started dating, I invited him up to my parents' house to color Easter eggs with my family. Before I moved away, my family always got together the night before Easter for a huge egg-coloring shindig. Little did John know what he was ... |
Nov 12, 2007 |