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Meeting!

The meeting was just too much fun.  We had a great time, and I got to try on one of Shane’s hand-sewn barrettes.  It looks way cool, and I asked her to make one for me.  If you want one too, you can find Shane on Facebook.

March 6, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Tree Planting

We planted 2 new trees this past weekend, pawpaw trees!  You don’t see them around much any more, but for years they were a diet staple over a lot of the US.  They produce edible fruit, and their seeds used to be made into a shampoo that killed lice.  In fact, the active ingredient in [...]

January 26, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

I wonder…

I used to have very short straight hair.  Then I started growing it out for locks of love, which is a great group that makes wigs out of regular people hair for kids going through chemo, or having other issues that deprive them of hair.
Locks of Love Mission Statement:
Our mission is to return a sense [...]

January 14, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Rise, my army!

This was just too funny.  I wish I could say I was responsible for it, but it was on LOLcats.  Today I am on my way to a math conference in San Fransisco.  It sounds really cool, but I fly in late Wednesday, talk on Thursday, and fly out on Friday.  No time for sight [...]

January 13, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Hair!

Over Christmas break I got a perm.  It is all fluffy like a dandelion.  I keep telling people I have “Hair Bear” hair, but I’m finding out most people don’t remember the Hair Bear Bunch.  So just as a little reminder, here they are!

January 9, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

First Bracelet Attempt

This was my first attempt at a bracelet using Sarah’s wonderful button that I won a while back.  Along the edge is a new color of Swarovski crystal, something-or-other opal.  But when I got it done I realized that the purple of the bracelet totally overwhelmed Sarah’s bead. oops!
So I did something I almost [...]

November 13, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized, button, jewelry  One Comment

Severe Blog Neglect

That’s right, I’m guilty of severe blog neglect.  On the other hand, I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to do many fun things to report back to you about.  Here is some of what has happened:
1.  I decided to get a masters in bioinformatics online from John Hopkins.  This is in addition to [...]

November 12, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

The facebook connected to the Artfire…

I’ve been spending some time getting things connected together.  So now this blog is connected to my facebook page.  And my facebook page is connected to my artfire kiosk.  And the artfire kiosk is connected to my artfire shop.  And my artfire shop is connected to my blog.  And from my blog you can find [...]

September 7, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Health Care Scare

We have been hearing about death panels for old people, socialized medicine, and all sorts of other scary things about the new Health Care bill HR3200.  Are they true?  Well, I personally didn’t want to read the whole darn thing, so I went to my fave place, Fact Check.  If you want to know if [...]

August 28, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Baby Wednesday

August 12, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  11 Comments