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If I only had time to make everything I wanted…well, I’d be a happy girl, but I’m sure I’d find more things I wanted to make and I’d bemoan not having time to make those…so I should be happy with what I have, eh?This morning I am going to make my date book (and document...
9 months, 26 days without a fall down the stairs! My new practicum student is a practising nurse. Is this a subtle sign from the universe that I have to not fall down stairs before the wedding (yes, we have a date: Saturday, May 16th! Yay!) I was looking at the tag on my pyjama...
Note: This post has been approved by a recent study showing that looking at cute things can reduce your stress level, decrease your blood pressure, and make you go “squee”. Look at the picture to your left. It is a small, blonde dog opening her Christmas present. Now that’s cute. Do you feel calmer? I...
Week 2 update! Organization: I had two people this week tell me I was organized. Is it National Have a Beer with Breakfast Week? I forgot to make a new 2009 date book — so that’s the weekend project! Not brushing my teeth so hard: Going well!Continuing to work on my blood sugar: I bought...
I’m trying to come up with tutorials on a regular basis now, so I thought I’d share some thoughts I’ve been mulling over recently…Tutorials aren’t an easy thing to do, and making an illustrated one is a lot of work. I think we are really fortunate to have people out there who are working hard...