I am in love with this Wee Girl made by Nicole of Making It Lovely.The colors, the little flower, the cute bangs, that face.  LOVE it all.  If you visit her blog, she shows how the doll is made.

fun with yearbook photos!!       For yearbook photos of your own – through the decades – check out yearbookyourself.  Hmmm….that third one looks too natural.  perhaps I should buy some mousse and Aqua Net this weekend to recreate the look.  That last photo….need to learn to match my eyebrows to my haircolor. Second photo…is that…

It's Friday. Before a holiday weekend.  Yippee! A friend asked what plans I have for this weekend.  I replied that they are more "hopes" than "plans" as in: I hope to celebrate my sister in law's 30th birthday with her this weekend. I hope she and I get to take a trip (2 hours) to…

Clueless Employee approaches my office stating loudly, "I DO NOT LIKE THESE THINGS. AT. ALL!!!" The items in question?  Large paper clips.  Perhaps she was offended or hurt by large paper clips in her past and they're haunting her today?? I replied that I use them for my benefit – to hold the final document…

I have been paring down items in my offices – papers, old projects, old files I inherited with the job (over 3 years ago).  Finally it's starting to feel more at home.  Here is a glimpse of the office "before" and then "after".  I have more energy and motivation in the neater office.    Hmm..it's…

Above are photos from Janet Moran's Chicago apartment.  She and her husband are moving to Munster, IN, to a modern home there that cost the same as their condo yet is only 30 minutes from The Loop in Chicago.  Sounds like the best of both worlds. While I drool over photos of her new home…

Dear Creator of the Following Ad Seen on an Online Social Networking Site: When creating an online ad to be viewed on a social site, AND you’d like the viewer to actually use your product, please refrain from using photos of “models” who have facial hair which quite distracts from the focus which should be,…

Here’s an untouched tag Intern Rachel found at the bottom of a file cabinet I inherited when I started this job. It may explain the occasional bit of missed or late mail.

See? Straight hair.  I have been talking about getting a chin-length haircut but decided tonight on a trim.  Then my stylist Julie loves straightening my wavy hair..so she does….and then it turns into The Hair.  How can I forget about this separate entity of mine?  The Hair garners glances that I become acutely aware of. …