The last time I visited the Oregon coast was more than two decades ago, but I still remember it because the scenery was that pretty. This past few days, that’s where I’ve been. Elliott had to stay home, because there is just way too much going on right now. He’s a sort of multi-talented guy [...]

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So someone a little while ago asked what my hair looked like down, and I was messing around with some Photoshop actions I’d bought today, so I did this picture. This particular action is designed to make photos have an old 70’s snapshot feel, and I think it does a pretty awesome job of that. [...]

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hey there… so I’m still around, just catching my breath after a busy week. The girls are off to school (yay!), the last major sailing event until November is now over, and life is hopefully going to start to get back to normal.
After the previous post, would you believe that my neighbor is already out [...]

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Last night I went bowling with my sister and a pile of kids. It was fun, I forgot I liked bowling - I think it’s been about 2 or 3 years since I last went. I discovered to my surprise that I’m actually stronger now, so I bowled a little bit better, at least [...]

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it’s hair appointment day, and I can’t decide! I’ve had lots of styles and colors over the years, but right now it’s just called “boring”.
I miss my pink streaks that I had when I was 34. And the red, black and white from when I got it done in Minneapolis, with Heather. And I’d [...]

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So someone (hi Dave!) commented yesterday that I should link to an image, not Amazon, when I mentioned that first-ever photoshoot. Thing is, I didn’t have the image, it’d been WAY too long. I do still have, somewhere in storage, a huge Iris print of it from an art show at a long-defunct S/M cafe [...]

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It’s shaping up to be a beautiful weekend, so my negativity of yesterday is quickly dissipating. Elliott and I have one of those very rare kid-free weekends, to just play. We had a late night dinner with friends, so sleeping in was an extra treat. I was going to get up, but I found myself [...]

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This weekend, Heather and her boyfriend came up to see us and go for a boat day. One of the things that gets me through every kind of stress is sailing, and it’s that way for most everyone I know who does it. Something about just being out there, hearing the water, especially that moment [...]

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I was going to just post a photo, but I realized there’d be no blurb on the frontpage where it grabs the most recent entry snippet. So… iLove my new iPhone. Lookie! It’s the coolest thing ever. For the first time, I’m actually going to set up and use a PDA. Pictures! Internet! (as shown.. [...]

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Ok, so the new tshirts are here! I will show you the rest of them later, but what I got was a ladies capsleeve in white, a ladies longsleeve inside-out seamed tissue-weight shirt (shown below) and a men’s P.E. gray (but not heathered gray). I also had a total of 5 ladies capsleeves done in [...]

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