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I'm in the process of revising my personal website. Now, as a designer, I've created a lot of web pages, but I've never been the person to actually set them up online. This lack of experience has been a bit of an obstacle as I've been applying for work--employers want to know that you can personally jump onto their website and wrangle around ( Read more... ) -
Renovation Realities
Aka: Please link me to this post if I start gushing that I'm going to redo a room by myself when D is out of town... I ended up doing a lot of the stuff on this list, but there were a number of jobs that Dean had to do because I was not strong enough or did not have the ability to do them precisely enough for them to look decent.
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Taking account
Last night was my first accounting class. I really like the teacher already, but I can tell it's going to be a challenging class. Part of the problem is that there are at least 5-6 accountants in the class (from undergrad studies). We are going back to the beginning and starting from scratch, which must be really irritating to people who are ( Read more... ) -
Couch Shopping
In the spirit of 2012 being a happier year, here's a light and fluffy post about shopping for couches. :)
We live in a 1948 ranch house. The best description is that it's like living in a NYC apartment, but with a deck and a yard. We live on one floor, and we have a basement that can never be finished off. The garage "floor" is dirt. Now, the ( Read more... ) -
Starting fresh
So, it's officially New Year's Eve. Unlike many people, I've never put a whole lot of stock into NYE as a reflection for the year to come. I'm also not much of a partier, so the thought of staying up late and getting trashed has never particularly appealed to me. Perhaps this is because I spent most of my formative partying years in NYC, where ( Read more... ) -
An Unemployed Life
I've been officially unemployed for a little over two weeks now, yet I've had less free time than I had working regularly. The first week I spent finishing up a ginormous midterm project, then taking care of some freelance work that popped up. The second week was spent sadly saying goodbye to D's dad, who finally succumbed to the liver failure he ( Read more... ) -
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I happen to live near a very flood prone river. If you as much as look at the river the wrong way, it overflows its banks and ends up blocking a bunch of roads. Naturally, the roads it likes to block the most happen to be very important roads in our area--they are the main routes for getting to and from the highway. If all the roads close, you have ( Read more... ) -
Hurricane Edition
It's the quiet before the storm, so I've been taking care of all sorts of things that definitely require power. I've paid my tuition for the fall semester, downloaded materials for one class, paid other bills, and took care of some other odds and ends. Now I have to do my regular chores (vacuums don't work so well without power) and then ( Read more... ) -
Weekend 3 update
It's been a while since I chatted about my Weekend 3 doings. I fell out of the habit in the chaos of travel and returning home from the cruise, but I've quietly been trying to get back on top of them lately. This past weekend was a good example of what I've encountered.
Our driveway has been taken over by firewood, so I decided I would spend some ( Read more... )