So this morning, as I was sleeping in, snuggled in a cozy cocoon of wrath, I heard a knock at the door, followed by the ringing of the door bell. Who would be bothering me on my day off? Then I remembered that the FedEx guy always knocks and rings.

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So, it’s been awhile since I blogged anything.  Not that any of us are surprised; without a blog-a-day goal, I haven’t kept up with this at all.  Mostly, I just haven’t had much interesting to say.

Two weeks ago, I suffered catastrophic computer failure.  It was pretty traumatic, as you might guess.  Fortunately, my laptop was still under warranty ( Read more... )

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Last night, Josh took me to go see Mary Poppins the musical for my birthday.  We went last night instead of tonight, on my actual birthday, because we had a discount coupon.  Frugality and birthdays CAN work together!
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Today, I decided to take advantage of the sunshine and visit the Butterfly Pavilion.  It had been awhile since my last visit, and I was itching to get out and take some pictures today.  I decided to add another element to my photography today and make a mini-project.  I took pictures of numbers of things.

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Last year’s goal of posting a new picture every week was a little more of a project than I had originally anticipated.  So I knew starting this year that I really didn’t want to get into that again.  At the same time, I knew I wanted to try a photography project.

Dave Vernon came to my rescue!

He recently posted some great ideas & links for ( Read more... )

In the lackadaisical moments of the afternoon, I had wandered over to the music side of the store to chat with Adria & Jacob for a few moments.  Our conversation had turned to roleplaying games and related works of fiction, and I commented that our rep had sent a few books.  Adria thought I was referring to the rep for Black & Read; when I told her ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I played bells at church.  And while I was half-listening to the pastor, one phrase she shared sunk into my brain and stuck there.

“A respect for the mystery is the beginning of wisdom.”

I wanted to share this because it really spoke to me.  Recognizing that you do not know something -that it is, in fact, a mystery to you - starts you on ( Read more... )