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Sleepless in Vancouver

Remember when I was learning Illustrator? From this post it looks like it was in 2006. I haven’t improved a bit. That’s one of the things on my list every weekend, to do a few tutorials and refresh my skills. … Continue reading

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Quick Update

View from the office window Busy week. Parts of it extremely not fun. Insomnia! I haven’t had sleeping issues since Clarion West last summer. Last night was night 4. woo! Office is finally decorated. Photos to come. Mom and Dad … Continue reading

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There’s A Party in My Paella

I’ve never made paella before so my strategy was to read as many recipes as I could find and then distill them into the easiest possible procedure. I ended up printing out 4 recipes that looked promising. I worked on … Continue reading

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Nothing Bad to Say

I woke up at about 1:30a this morning and never really got back to sleep. I’m so wonky that I actually described the above photo as “Sunset this morning.” By the skin of my teeth I managed to leave the … Continue reading

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Attack of the Monster Cereal

I didn’t mention it earlier but I made rice crispy treats on Saturday morning. I had leftover crispy cereal (not Rice Krispies, I bought the generic version) from the white bark balls I made last month. Crispy rice cereal only … Continue reading

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Bicycle Races Are Coming Your Way

Last week on Wednesday night, when we were on our trip, there was an Indian taco feed. We gave our orders to BG and she and a crew picked them up and everyone came over to Mom and Dad’s house … Continue reading

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The Awfulizer

Last night I woke up at around 1:30am with what Bob would call “a flippy stomach.” I got up and drank some bubble water and read for a half hour and everything settled down and I turned the light out. … Continue reading

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How To Clean Your Baking Stone

First I took it outside to chip off all the baked on bread crust. I had to get pretty rough. I took it outside so I wouldn’t spend the rest of the day vacuuming bread crumbs from every crevice in … Continue reading

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The Darkness of Night

I know I said I wasn’t going to talk about this anymore and I had such a great night on Tuesday night. Something like 7 solid hours of zzzs. Then I got cocky. This morning I woke up at 3:30am. … Continue reading

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Sleepless in Vancouver (WA)

This is ridiculous. I crawled in bed at 8:50pm and fell right to sleep. Then I woke up at 12:30a. I was so thirsty I drank two tankards of water. Then I tossed and turned for a couple hours. I … Continue reading

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