Category Archives: miscellany

Giveaway #4: Paper Goods Assortment

Hello! This week’s giveaway is a little this; a little that. The winner will get a set of unused Martha Stewart Crafts stickers, three sheets as pictured. (I bought it for the adorable snail.) Second gift is a green x-ingdesign notebook complete with pin. So cute! (If you visit her site, be sure to check […]

Bits of electronic/technologic gratitude

Where would I be without my gadgetry, and my internet? So much to be thankful for. The gratitude starts with my iPod: Seriously, it could be the best invention ever. I love that I can change just one song on a playlist, and it livens up my three-times-a-week running habit. (I’m getting a little faster, […]

Staying warm on my bday

Hello! Today is my birthday, and true to form, it’s the coldest weather of the year. (Can’t you just feel the cold in the photo above? No, I’m not bitter.) I’m hoping that we’ll bust out of the house today in search of some fruit salad (and lunch, too) from a new source, Chow to […]

Over achieving? Must be January

New Year’s Resolutions bring out the over-achiever in me. It’s like a second blast of self-improvement (the first is back-to-school time, by the way). Over the weekend, I turned in our kitchen remodel plans for approval, placed a CSA subscription for this summer,  and wrote my first Modern Letter Project letter. That one was hard, […]

Giveaway #1: Don’t Jump!

I go in cycles of accumulation and purge. Right now, I’m fighting off the accumulation itch (new lipstick!) and trying to stick to the New Year’s task of getting rid of the stuff that is taking over. Which is where you, dear reader, come in. Most of my “overstock” items are headed to Goodwill or […]