tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71033253365990791872024-03-06T22:59:47.084-06:00rough new prizehezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-38477835770731665672011-08-12T22:34:00.002-05:002011-08-12T23:06:42.126-05:00Almost One Year......since I embarked on being self-employed. And in the process, I have completely re-imagined who I am, how I do it, and why. I thought I was just going to be doing the same work but with an inconsistent flow of money and no benefits. The flow of money is inconsistent, that's certain. Some larger companies have Net 90 payment terms and it is no fun waiting that long to get paid. But it has forcedhezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-14928133676950295452011-02-16T22:22:00.004-06:002011-02-16T22:54:24.958-06:00On Sewing and Being Self-EmployedNext week marks six months to the day since I lost my job, had a minor panic attack and embarked into a new world of self-employment. I had fantasized about taking the leap and discussed it with friends who had already made the jump; but to be perfectly honest, if I hadn't been shoved out of the nest, I may have never done it. It became very clear within a week of looking for work that I would hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-77861976019131699922010-06-02T11:45:00.006-05:002010-06-02T13:01:51.954-05:00The New Third DoorI love Jane Lynch. Her role in Best in Show as a lesbian dog trainer is on my all time favorites list. My love for her has moved me to try and watch Glee a few times. I made it through one full episode, and even though I was on the computer for most of the show, I found it difficult to watch. This is a show about high school and it feels like a show about high school. Enough said.So I had a mild,hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-25022593831185760292010-05-21T11:46:00.005-05:002010-05-21T12:10:51.281-05:00Your Tax Dollars At WorkFinding ovarian cancer early means a survival rate of 60-90%, except that we don't know how to find it early…yet. My mom participated in some early research that didn't contribute to her survival, but hopefully moved us closer to an effective screening tool and more survivors. The news in this article is just a blip on today’s newsfeed, but this is huge, my friends, huge. Survival hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-44171226990117421172010-05-11T13:07:00.014-05:002010-05-11T14:20:29.098-05:00Love your NeighborIn case you haven't heard, we had a flood.If you weren't here it's a challenge to explain what it was like. Friends and family from all over have asked me to describe it and it's hard to explain.I have one snapshot: Sitting in my dry, relatively unaffected house, on the sunshiny day after the rains, I am watching continuous flood coverage on the the news. While providing an aerial view of hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-21611453156671119782010-01-24T00:21:00.007-06:002010-01-24T01:02:02.661-06:00City House, Country HouseI met up with Rebekah at City House, where she is the pastry chef extraordinaire. City House is an amazing restaurant in historic Germantown (which always makes me want to call it City Haus). The interior is a beautifully renovated house and former art studio of Alan LeQuire. The exposed brick walls, wooden beams and two rustic wood fired-ovens warm the modern clean lines and stainless-steel hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-91952998433958012232010-01-18T20:48:00.003-06:002010-01-18T20:56:47.330-06:00crafty chicks gone wildA few girls came over Saturday to make fascinators. Nobody was convinced that it would be easy, yet everyone left with a finished product. It was so fun, my only complaint is that we didn't have enough time. We also got scoop on Rebekah's wedding plans and Maggie's pregnancy (well, we know how that happened).hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-27413573919959669052010-01-14T12:31:00.004-06:002010-01-14T18:34:07.144-06:00Give to Haiti, Not the Red CrossThe kind of poverty that Haitians live in is difficult for me to imagine. Struggling under the weight of so much suffering already, I feel helpless when looking at the damage and suffering of the recent earthquake.Americans respond to these tragedies by giving, because we can give. It's a good thing. When these disasters occur, we are encouraged to give to the Red Cross, and many do. Sadly, the hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-45864760750374238302009-12-31T11:11:00.005-06:002009-12-31T11:16:31.416-06:00Awkward Family PhotosI don't think we are awkward enough.Awkward Family Photos .com is hard to top.hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-37202227967659430092009-12-22T20:57:00.003-06:002009-12-22T21:14:03.784-06:00at the rock show, part 2On Sunday night I attempted to stay up after 10:30 for the second consecutive evening. There are really only two reasons I would do this: 1) for the Old School Skate at Rivergate, or 2) to support the little rock star.This time, it was the little rock star. He was selected to be in the Battle of the Bands at the Muse. We didn't know when he would go on, so I arrived at 8:30 and sat through many, hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-86774285175710473792009-12-21T19:51:00.007-06:002009-12-21T20:38:05.922-06:00at the rock show, part 1After a sweet and lovely Christmas/Anniversary party with family and friends, I ventured to stay out past 10:30pm. Scott and I went to the Cannery to see the big rock show. I was excited to see the Ettes and Scott was looking forward to Silversun Pickups. It was a great night for cool rock chicks from the Chrysse Hynde School of Rockstar Cool: Coco and Poni of the Ettes, Nikki from SSPU and hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-72344694147788078892009-12-17T20:30:00.004-06:002009-12-17T20:50:59.322-06:00I'm Back BitchesSo many times in the last few weeks I have thought about resuming my blog. Save a few posts, I have contributed nothing to it this year. I would like to see myself be here more in 2010. I also have some goals to achieve in the next year and I think making a connection to blogging again might help me work toward them.So, since October I have...won a Halloween costume contestturned 40 (and had a hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-32825095443327382472009-10-27T23:31:00.002-05:002009-10-27T23:36:51.992-05:00Productive WaitingHave to wait for copies? Take over the passport photo area (don't forget masks).hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-44588197761268612742009-10-17T22:55:00.005-05:002009-10-17T23:09:15.520-05:00Amazing VacationI fell in love with this island, its rainforest, its beaches, its people, its history and I can't wait to go back. Next time, I will wear a mask on the plane ride home and avoid the nasty cold I brought back. And there will be a next time.hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-41365607936881295522009-06-29T13:11:00.005-05:002009-06-29T14:05:33.511-05:00Death and Media FrenzyUntil I faced the death of someone who was a part of the fabric of my life,I thought I understood the impact of a death. I had lost my great-grandmother and my granpa, a childhood friend died from a drug overdose when we were 21. I knew what death and grief looked like, it was just a part of life. I did not understand the impact of a death. I didn't understand it until I did.Everytime someone hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-55460237843425831122009-06-16T23:11:00.010-05:002009-06-17T00:06:53.320-05:00The Bonnaroo EffectI am not a festival girl. I don't like hippie scenes. I like to sleep in a bed. Even the word Bonnaroo bugs me a little. These are just a few of the reasons I would not be a likely bonnarooer. The Beastie Boys and a promise of bathrooms & showers in VIP camping made me a wary attendee. I had the best possible guide, my friend Scott, who is a Bonnaroo veteran. He told me scary stories about hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-46151474642986114622009-06-01T22:13:00.008-05:002009-06-17T17:22:09.986-05:00A Little Bit CountryI have had a few breaks in the saga of too much work. My sweet friend Keme came from San Francisco to Tennessee for her Daddy's birthday. We had a little city-fun with friends in Nashville before heading out to Charlotte on Saturday. Keme's daddy, Charlie Bonnett (who I wrote about here), has a little junk store in Van Leer, TN and he likes to say "well...I'm just country". He's one of my hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-63419571080845001182009-05-11T20:16:00.003-05:002009-05-11T20:32:53.688-05:00There's A Reason I Haven't Posted......and the main one is that this has been my view for many hours,most days. I always expect a little ramp-up time when I have a new job and this one is no different. Just when I felt like I was getting to a plateau, I got sick last week. So, just a little bit longer and I think I will find a good work/life balance. I have had a few good adventures lately: namely the ecochic swap, were I scored hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-72337088919883360072009-03-28T23:52:00.006-05:002009-03-29T00:05:54.883-05:00The Lemonade is DeliciousI never would have wished to lose my job in November, or find out my boyfriend was engaged in some interesting extracurriculars. But in that brutal cleaning out (and it was brutal) new things came come in. Things better than I imagined, more than I would have bargained for, and much more than I feel I deserve. I am waking up excited about what I'm doing and grateful for a paycheck I still can't hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-11850788809638753012009-02-11T16:37:00.007-06:002009-02-11T17:15:31.922-06:00When Life Gives You LemonsLife has been tough lately. I was laid off from my state job in November. I ended my relationship in early December only to find out later that month he'd had another girlfriend for five months. These outside events have triggered some inside events that are shall I say... less than fun.The job and the boy needed to go. I am clear on that. Knowing that hasn't made the transition smooth or less hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-14132154398465069792009-01-06T02:10:00.005-06:002009-01-06T02:17:44.378-06:00Ready, Set, Hoop!I miss my hooping friends.I miss my hooping classes.It's too cold most days to hoop outside.So I signed up for the next round of classes AND I signed up to hoop the half marathon in April. I wonder if I will have time to learn new tricks with all of this endurance hooping?hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-9698489051950054302008-10-24T13:57:00.004-05:002008-10-24T14:17:31.546-05:00On Being Grown Up and Assisted LivingI thought that perhaps because I lost my mom when I was 29 that I would not be dealing with anymore death and sickness for a very long time. But you never really know when it's coming. I know that it is just another part of life, but I choose to pretend it's not most of the time.One of the collateral events of losing my uncle was that my Granma's care had to be re-arranged. She is not in the hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-17591334331093784142008-09-08T13:46:00.002-05:002008-09-08T13:59:53.068-05:00Sad NewsMany of you have heard me speak about my wonderful Uncle Lew. I wrote about him in this blog last year. Sadly, he died last week; at a rather young age, and way too soon for me. He was fantastic with a capital "F" in more ways than I could ever adequately express. I'd like to think that it is from him that I get my extreme silly streak, biting sarcasm, and penchant for placing things on my hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-22620012693150492202008-06-17T13:49:00.002-05:002008-06-17T13:53:03.591-05:00In Support of NappingI have been known to enjoy a nap from time to time (OK, almost daily), so I was tickled to see this in the Boston Globe. For all the info, click here.hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103325336599079187.post-90004282573886180702008-02-20T13:28:00.005-06:002008-02-20T13:36:49.578-06:00Turn Around...for more info about the eclipse, go here.to listen to a bad 80's song about total eclipses of the heart, go here.hezzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889382062918857141noreply@blogger.com0