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working on the weekend

January 3rd, 2009

I am have a new hobby, Twitter backgrounds. I started by making one for myself and had so much fun I offered free ones on Christmas. I love PhotoShop. This gives me pseudo-legitimate reason to spend hours goofing around with images and pretty colors.

Adrienne is hosting a giveaway-a-day this month. Go check her out. My Twitter backgrounds project was the first giveaway she offered. It’s the first time I’ve been a vendor for a giveaway. It was exciting. Hello new subscribers! Please don’t bail because you didn’t win. There will be more opportunities!

Do you think $20 is a reasonable price for something like this one I made for Ann? I am still in the development stages. No hurry. I am beginning winter quarter this week and have a crazy course load. I have a Dreamweaver/CSS course and an accounting course plus a few little office classes. I am looking forward to the CSS class, but the accounting class scares me spitless.

Plus, Mike is leaving on Monday for a month.

AND, I was just promoted to Chief Managing Editor at Type-A Mom. Wheee! I am thrilled that Kelby thinks I am compentent. I have been empowered. I thought I liked be a writer best, but it’s editing and html that intrigues me. It is inspriring to find something that interests me and I ma good at. I still have a ton to learn and I am looking forward to it.

P.S. We’re hiring editors.

Time to get back to PhotoShop. I have 36 hours to work with another adult in the house. I am capitalizing on it.

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you would expect me to get sentimental about 2008

December 31st, 2008

I’m feeling sappy as 2008 come to an end. My girls have grown so much :sniff: I have learned so many new things this year. Mostly, about myself and my kids. My circle of trust is very small. I need to work on that.

I have been reviewing milestones in my head. For some reason I can only think of a few. I am not sure if it’s because there are too many to remember or really only a few remarkable things for us this year. I’m hoping for the former.

I say that because I couldn’t even remember whether is was former or latter to use/ Seriously, I have to think of the Latter-Day Saints to clarify which is which. I rely heavily on mnemonics. And I’m becoming more ADD by the moment. Typing “mnemonics” made me think of that Keanu Reeves movie Johnny Mnemonic so I had to pull it up on IMDb. Then I was like “I haven’t seen Speed in a really long time. I watched that movie at least 40 times in high school.”

Just when I should be waxing poetic about Bear’s emerging speech, or about this year’s historic election, I have Keanu Reeves on my brain. And Speed. I have been wondering if I should ask my doctor for some speed, er, ritalin when I go in for my check-up. There are more people in my family on amphetamines in my family than not. I am the black sheep for not .

I am always complaining to myself about how I can’t focus. I have unfinished projects everywhere. As I sit here in the kitchen, I can see PTA posters I haven’t finished filling in so I can post them at school I see Fluffy’s December reading log I stopped writing on weeks ago. Yet, all I can think about is getting another cup of coffee.

My sister gave me a Senseo coffee pot that she isn’t using. I was all like “yeah! no more reheating cups of coffee all day! I can make a fresh cup each time I desire one.” I went to make the first cup and it dribbled down the machine and all over the counter. I was all “WTF? Am I being punked? Because I llok like sh*t and I don’t have a bra on. I would look terrible on camera.” She forgot to include the spout thing in the paper sack she threw all of the parts into. Sweet. I called her to ask about this piece and she had no idea waht I was talking about. I had to speak slowly. The. Part. That. Gets. The. Coffee. Into. The. Cup.

So, I’m trying to finish this post, I get up to find my coffee cup. It’s not where I left it. Bear is pushing the buttons on her Fisher-Price Wonder Pets Portable Playsets and it sounds like WPWA, the newest Nick Jr rap duo. “chuck, chuck, we’re on our way, oh no!, baby beaver, will save you!”

My coffee cup isn’t in the living room, Mike has stolen it. He had the audacity to wash it and put it away. as if I were done. Pshaw. Never take the mama’s coffee cup. When she is done, it will appear in the sink for you to wash.

Wow, I am all about the quotation marks today. Now I need to shower and get out the door. Bear has therapy at 1 and I need to get to the bank before they close early.

Happy New Year!

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Wiping the Slate Clean- which means my blogroll

December 30th, 2008

I want to start the new year with a new blogroll. At the stroke of midnight tomorrow, this blogroll will be no more. I don’t know what put this bee in my bonnet but I am rolling with it. I made a short questionnaire to help me organize it better. Get a head start and fill out the form here.

As my dear friend, Nenge Mboko would say “Merry NewYear!“

Time to go watch Trading Places.

trading spaces new year train scene

“Looking good, Billy Ray

“Feeling good, Louis!”

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Ridiculous redux- Winter Break Christmas movie review

December 30th, 2008

I wrote this last year after being subjected to constant viewing of Fluffy’s favorite movies during Winter Break. That time of year is upon us again. She has dragged out the DVDs. Thankfully, this time I have cable and Hulu to save me.

When watching children’s movies, it’s best not to think too hard. This concept is much easier said than done. It is safe to say that the movies we have been watching this past week are not tailored for the 12 and over demographic. Despite this glaringly obvious fact, I feel compelled to write reviews on the masterpieces of modern entertainment to which I have been subjected. It’s the only way to justify the time I have lost to repeated viewings. I will use a standard 5 star rating system.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town, 2 stars- alternate title: Ronald McDonald, the early years.

Frosty the Snowman, 3 stars- It would have garnered more if the would have cut out the pathetic attempts at comedy from the title character.

Frosty Returns, ½ star- barf’o'rama with a cherry on top: John Goodman sings.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 5 stars- a true Christmas classic. Herbie the gay dentist elf should have his own show.

Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, 0 stars- What a mockery of Mr. Magoo’s talent. I can’t believe he signed on to such crap.

The Wizard of Oz, 4½ stars- I still hold fast to the claim that Glinda, is not a good witch. She is a manipulative goody two shoes with a sparkly dress. Why in the name of Thor did she not tell Dorothy to click her heels back in Munchkinland? Dorothy is a political puppet.

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, 2 stars- I bet Lori Petty is glad she got out when she did. This one was more predictable and shallow than the first.

Free Willy 3: The Rescue, 2½ stars- Orca poaching? Are we that stupid? At least there is a crisis of conscience and good versus evil to pull this one up.

The Black Cauldron, 4 stars- love it, a blast from the past. Much more depth than its goofy counterpart, The Sword In The Stone.

The Great Mouse Detective, 3½ stars- a charming rendition of Sherlock Holmes as a rodent named Basil of Baker Street.

Filed under: Fluffy is a Supahstah, easily amused

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