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A List

Of things that have made my life better/more easy this week: Spray paint Padded envelopes Epoxy Pliers A creative brain A cat who is so thrilled when you get home that all she does is purr and purr A flexible and indulgent husband Ground turkey Text messaging Exercise [and better sleep because of it!]

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WIP Wednesday: Trophy Overhaul

The before photo isn’t great, but today’s project is a total overhaul of this trophy. I’ve dismantled it, cleaned it, pulled off the craptastic faux-wood contact paper and now it’s curing, so that I can put it back together tomorrow.

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Tired on Tuesday

So I present you with evidence as to why I love this town: A bus, with a boat on top. Photo taken last May at the Willamette Valley MusicFest. Fun Fact: I did the design for the MusicFest site (coded by someone else). I’m not sure how much it may change for WVMF 2009, but read more

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Monday Musings: On Holiday Knitting

I hate deadline knitting. Hate it. I like to just kind of plunk along, putting the knitting down for days if something else strikes my fancy. And yet it seems like I keep getting sucked into work on deadline. Knitting for babies, knitting to have something to wear at a wedding and knitting for the read more

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Snapshot Sunday: Elk

I finally finished editing all of the photos from our trip to California. I haven’t gotten them all uploaded yet, but I found this one, and thought it would be prefect for sharing. On our way home up Highway 101, just north of Eureka we came on a herd of elk strung across the road. read more

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