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the year of the rabbit
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June 2004
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gah. my stomach is all upset & feels really icky. i really want to lay down. but i go get zoe in 15 minutes & from there, to a client meeting. ugh. i hope i don't throw up at the client meeting. Current Mood: |
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zoe's dance recital ![]() zoe, in costume, in the car, on the way to her dance recital her recital was last night. it was about 90 minutes long. there were 28-30 dances total, with all dancers brought up on stage at the end. her ballet/tap class did "Put on a happy face," which was very cute. she did a really good job. this is the only picture [of any quality, if you want to call it that] that i have because recording & flash photography were prohibited at the show. it was recorded & you can buy the VHS or DVD for $35. which, of course, we did. that's what you do when you have relatives who live far away. |
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it seems insignifcant, but it's a big thing for me. today, i did something i don't normally do in business. i have been lucky in that my two clients came to me at a time when i was leaving full-time employment. it just made sense to keep them as clients & become a freelancer/contractor. self-employed. you know the bit. even now, i don't really need any new business. between the two, i have been kept busy for almost three years now. sure, there are down times, but there are down times in offices too. today, i approached my main client, the one i have a contract with, about taking on more work. about redesigning their web site. wow, what an understatement, right? i must have, like no self-confidence, right? you would be partially right. i don't have a lot of self-confidence, but that is really besides the point. they have approached me in the past about redesigining their site - twice, in fact - & both times i have said no. because i do not know how to do the things they need. & i still don't. but, after a self-esteem withering business call on memorial day, i really want to learn new things & go new places because of those new things. so i offered & they accepted. the site will be complete by the beginning of august. i will be working on it while on the road, but that's cool. it also means a whole lot of money. yaay me! on a related note, since i am redesigning a site that needs good, solid usability, can anyone recommend a site that has any of the following? - easy to use/good navigation - clear directions [as in, it is easy to go somewhere on the site *&* find your way back again] - nice to look at thanks. Current Mood: boosted |
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i want to make sure that everyone is getting their art. so if you have signed up for a mail art call in the past from me, please fill out this poll. in the past a few pieces have been returned to me by the post office, so i just want to make sure that everything is getting where it is supposed to go. Poll #302315 mail art Open to: All, results viewable to: None if you have signed up in the past for my calls, did you receive the art? if you didn't, can you remember which month you didn't receive anything? View Answers january: tri-fold cards february: mini artist books march: trading cards april: postcards |
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may mail art call: tag accordian books Current Mood: |
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june mail art call: envelope cards even though i haven't finished the may mail art call, i want to at least hold to my "tradition" of posting the new poll at the beginning of the month. this month: envelope cards! ( WTF is an envelope card? ) the three prototypes are my templates. they will be in different colors & probably include a piece of vellum for presentation. if you want to reciprocate, go here to see what you can send back to me. Poll #301606 june mail art call: envelope cards Open to: All, results viewable to: None who wants an envelope card? which size would you like? View Answers business size - black medium square - green small square - white if you haven't participated in one of my calls before, please leave your address. the field should also be long enough for any comments you wish to make. also, i will post the tag books soon - probably no later than friday. edited to add: international post doesn't bother me a bit! Current Mood: |
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... in case anyone was wondering, Gateway is fucking pathetic excuse of a company. Current Mood: |
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no baby! for 24 hours! i have no idea what to do with myself! i have no baby for 24 hours! she is sleeping over at the in-laws, as a practice run for when we are in vegas! ok, i'll stop using the exclamation mark now! but seriously, we went to Nordstrom Rack [no luck finding shoes for me] & wandered around for 90 minutes. *90* minutes, i tell you. granted, zoe was being silly, but there was no baby yelling out of boredom. this is the first time i have been away from the small emergency back-up child for more than six hours. wow, i had forgotten what indepedent children were like. ;) on another note, i am slogging away with the tag books; i just got bogged down with work. i have five left to make, but i am not going to get them out by the end of the month. at least, they won't be going to the post office before tuesday. i also have two swaps, one RAK, & another package to send out at the same time, so the tag books might not go out until later in the week. but i will put up a new poll soon. i just have to get a prototype. Current Mood: you mean i get to sleep in? |
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w00t! check me out! i actually managed to embed my journal in my site. i can't believe i made heads or tails of LJ's style system. but i think i should fall over now. & i really want some coconut & white chocolate. Current Mood: |
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confessions of a housewife. i must be the worst housewife in all history. well, that is a bit of an overstatement. i just have issues with motivation. i have no motivation to clean house. none. that, in and of itself, is nothing new. perhaps what is is the fact that i do pratically nothing to overcome that lack of motivation. however, today, i have gotten a few things done. - i threw those towels in the laundry. you know, our entire collection of towels that needed washing. - i emptied the dishwasher & refilled it. - i downed an iced coffee & then cleared the desk in the kitchen. [that *sounds* like an easy job, but trust me, it's not.] - i used my Stern Voice with olive & had her clean up the dominoes she dumped on the floor. [usually, i just pick up after her.] it's a start. i think i need to go throw the towels in the dryer now. ________________________________________ this weekend was good. very slow & relaxing, which is kinda rare around here. we usually have at least one or two trips to manassas to make each weekend. this weekend, we had none. we have two or three this coming weekend though. we took both kids to see Shrek 2. this brings olive's movie total to 2. she wouldn't sit for Finding Nemo last summer, but she handled most of Shrek 2 pretty well. as i told ![]() i had a client meeting on saturday, just like last saturday. i have another one scheduled for memorial day monday. there is nothing like working on your "day off", but then, my days off are completely different from everyone else's, as well as completely unscheduled. money is money is money is money is. i've been working on redesigning my site, playing around with CSS & HTML again. having done a lot of web work for my main client this week, i am enjoying the simplicity of hand-coding, rather than working with a large code butcher like Dreamweaver. i am considering offering some redesign services to my main client, as they have approached me in the past, but i don't think i can do what they want done. i need more l33t skillz. i've had a small surge of creativity lately, which has meant art call work & other stuff. but then i hurt my wrist on thursday [i think]. i don't think it's carpel tunnel, but a repetitive strain injury, as i have hurt i before in the last month or so. i took my make-shift brace off this morning, determined to work around the gimpy thing, & it seems to be slowly getting better. but about the creative surge: i have some pictures to post later. i need to scan a few things too. edit: in case you are interested, here is my redesign so far. Current Mood: caffienated |
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how to operate with a blown mind [or something like that] observations from the freelancer in the corner: 1. i really would love to rid the world of the following fonts, esp the last: - Goudy - Palatino - New York - Comic Sans 2. i just downloaded the entire collection of Screen Beans(tm) from the Microsoft clip art gallery. ew. 3. i should have my desktop publisher's license revoked, as i am converting an entire PowerPoint presentation using Comic Sans. i feel so dirty. Current Mood: bad designer, no cookie |
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where did the week go? not that i'm complaining, mind you. but these last few weeks before school is over are jam packed with activities - all of them zoe's. how exactly did that happen again? thanks for all of the shoe advice! i am going out with my MIL next tuesday to DSW & at some point later to Nordstrom. i have found two pairs of Unlisted shoes that i like: red pu & on hold. the second are the only ones i can see wearing multiple times, as i am a wimp & can't really handle even a 2 inch heel on a regular basis. but the price is still good for what i want. work has started up this week, but it's taking a lot less time than i hoped. yes, work is always a drag, but money is nice. well, maybe not nice, but necessary. 14 days til the 3rd Harry Potter movie, about three weeks til school is out, & 30 days til vegas. w00t. today, i have lunch with my friend connie. i have a ton of web work to do [there is nothing i hate more about web layout than tables. esp someone else's tables. someone else's really nasty nested tables. in frames. please shoot me now.]. then i have a powerpoint file to convert to the 21st century in preparation for a saturday meeting. ain't my life exciting? ;p Current Mood: sneezy |
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no comment necessary. the last six hours have kind of sucked. - i dropped ![]() - after getting the kids to bed, i sat down to watch Dancer in the Dark & proceeded to sob my little heart out. [as my best friend put it, it tore the ass out of me.] - something was said to me that put me in a bad mood. - now i am watching something on the Discovery Times channel about nuclear weapons maintenance. they are tracing the history of the atomic bomb & the attacks on japan in WWII, & i'm getting really angry about just plain being human. hmph. edited to add: oh & zoe just threw up. Current Mood: tired. |
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shoe help! for those who are more fashionably inclined than i am - which is just about everyone - i need help finding some shoes! ![]() i have wide feet & don't like heels. more the point, i don't *own* any heels. or pointy toed shoes. what can i say - i have a bad back & bad feet. but now i want some funky heels for vegas. i've even bought a strapless dress for the occasion. i have been drooling over the Fluevog Minis & QTees, but i am not really in the mood to fork over $175 for shoes i may only wear once. so. where is a good place to shop for shoes that will be funky *&* reasonable? reasonable being under, oh say, $90. Current Mood: need shoes! |
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color me unimpressed. there is a story at cnn.com titled "Gasoline to hit $2.03 a gallon: U.S": WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. motorists face several more weeks of soaring prices at the pump, with gasoline expected to hit a record $2.03 a gallon in June, on average, 21 cents higher than previously expected, the government said Tuesday. apparently the AP doesn't make it into my neighborhood, where gas tops out at a whopping $2.18. Current Mood: |
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![]() *hugs* thanks so much! wow! Current Mood: |
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precious metal clay is anyone into PMC? or worked with it before? Current Mood: |
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