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granny goose
I think this was my most resourceful weekend ever. Seriously! Poor Mr. Husband came down with that Bad Cold and has been ill for days. Plus it’s a holiday weekend, and no one is around, or very busy with holiday fun. Our weekend? Getting tax papers together (ARGH). This was Mr. Husband’s job, and he did it for an hour on Saturday then collapsed into bed. Sunday, he asked me for help, and I sat with him and filled out paperwork and sorted and filed for like 4 hours. May I just say that it SUCKED — and yet, did not, in a way, because this particular albatross is finally…
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the end of Lent as we know it
Checking in on the progress /completion of posited Lenten activities: I had planned/vowed for 40 days to: * do a soup supper once a week, to donate our savings in dinner money to the Food Bank.* find a way to feed the hungry — directly, once a week — bring cookies, etc.* give up any personal spending.* do spiritual reading to improve my poor soul. I would say that this 40-day challenge turned out differently than expected (note: this is a “different” way of saying “I flubbed it”). We did the soup supper every Monday but I didn’t really track any savings. I think we will just make a donation…
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mrs greenjeans
I had Compacty weekend, but I had it all on Sunday since I spent Saturday with my dear funny friend Lisa M and my parents. We shoveled mulch and wheelbarrowed it around, and got through about half the giant pile. This was free mulch from when our neighbors shredded all their trees a few weeks ago. Free, delivered to our side yard, and it smells good. My favorite things! We definitely miss the trees, as it’s much brighter, louder and exposed than it used to be here, facing the Estuary. Free mulch = very good. We weeded a lot and added dirt from recently delivered batch, and got a number…
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ta-da!
It drives me crazy how I can’t get these to line up, but what do I expect from a free blog program? Grrr. But anyway — ta-da, here is Ana in the satin sheath from wedding dress number 1 and the cummerbund from dress number 2. (Click on each photo for a larger view.) Note the pretty red satin roses on the back of the cummerbund, and she chose flowered accessories for necklace and rings. She was going for glamour and drama, hence the red lipstick. She also has full length white opera gloves to wear, but she planned to wear them later. Or maybe not. It’s junior prom. Like,…
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vintage me
Daughter #4 is going to the junior prom Saturday night. She has been earning her own money and has paid for the limo (yay, they’re commuting in a carpool! No drunk driving, either.) She bought her own ticket. She has an appt for nails at my trade salon and is doing her own hairdo. I’m paying for the boutonniere ($10). But the dress…she wanted something vintage and wanted to go to Berkeley, which is fun and fabu but I just did not want to get on the freeway and drive there and deal with impossible parking, shopping, etc. I am a recovering consumer and it gives me the jeebies. And…
