Never at Ease
So I'm still working full time these last two weeks of my job, but at the same time I'm training...23 JUL
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Weekend in Reverse
Approximately 57 loads of laundryFreecycled everything that wasn't bolted downBoth of the above done while Steve was nappingSpot-cleaned the carpetAte...20 JUL
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The Longer You Don't Say Anything
Yes! I am still alive, despite this whole non-blogging thing. I don't think I can write about them properly or...14 JUL
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Scents of Campbell Creek Trail
Pushki Freshly mowed grass Wet dog Wind Hot french fries Summer...25 JUN
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Internet, Meet Olive
21 JUN
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It's Probably Too Soon
She needs a name. Suggestions?...18 JUN
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Today Was a Good Day
Thank you, everyone, for your support. It's been a very difficult week for me. I've been tired and depressed and...16 JUN
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Doesn't Feel Like Home
Our flight got in at 8 last night. We had a half hour to change planes in Cincinnati, to grab...10 JUN
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Beaches + Alaskans Don't Mix
I have the worst sun rash on my back. The. Worst. And I can't convince anyone to scratch it for...05 JUN
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I Won't Be Eating Scrapple
I'm not sure how or when I agreed to flying to the east coast. All I do know is that...30 MAY
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Good Morning!
Last night I was lying in bed reading when I glanced at the clock. "Oh my God, it's 12.30 already....29 MAY
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Dogs, People, and Music
At the Downtown Market....17 MAY
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Music For the People
I hate forgetting to bring my iPod to work. Then my only other music options are to listen to some...15 MAY
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Road Trip
I went to Homer this weekend, and the only thing better than this: was getting to call John, still on...11 MAY
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Excitement for a Sunday
Heidi gave me some sourdough starter a month or so ago, and I've been dutifully ignoring it ever since. I...04 MAY
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Text Messages Saved in My Phone
Mmm. Sounds fishy to me.No drama. No no no drama, drama.what are you wearing?That's so funny cuz I was just...02 MAY
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100 Things Worth Doing
Inspired by Mighty Girl, I've been thinking about the moments in my life that have been so fantastic that I...23 APR
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Unphotographable
This is a photo I did not take of a Native Alaskan man with bright silver hair and bushy mustache,...15 APR
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The Beat Is On
Kottke listed his most-played songs this afternoon, and it got me thinking about mine. I do most of my music-listening...11 APR
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Heaven in a Matzo
Last night I made Spring Orzo Salad for today's potluck, despite (or maybe because of?) the city being an April...10 APR
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Lookin' For A Good Time
Last night's First Friday went awesomely. I was concerned that I would be standing there bored for three hours feeling...05 APR
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First Friday at Kinley's
I'm about to leave the house to go help set up for the show tomorrow. I'll be at Kinley's Friday...03 APR
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Dry Heaves and Bendy Straws
My least favorite kind of illness symptom is the dry heaves. They make every molecule in my body ache and...01 APR
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Sopapias
Sopapias became a favorite when a Mexican restaurant opened in Homer and started serving them. My mom discovered just how...23 MAR
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Pools and Miles, Miles and Pools
We had a little pool going on in the office to guess when 50% of Alaska's population (335,000 people) have...21 MAR
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Taking it Seriously
One of the goals that I set for myself at the beginning of the year was to start taking my...15 MAR
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Overreacting?
I'd like to go take my mid-morning break by sitting in the break room with today's crossword puzzle and see...12 MAR
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Woke Up and Hated Everything
I refuse to tell you how long this design has been 80% completed and waiting to be implemented. Just know...09 MAR
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Melting Snow Reveals More Than Just Secrets
Were I to come into a large sum of money, the amount of money where I would start hiring People...08 MAR
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Reasons I Love Reading My Hometown's Newspaper
Feb. 25A woman at 11 a.m. turned in a pair of prescription glasses found at Bishop's Beach the previous day....04 MAR
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Day in the Life
In honor of Leap Day, I took a photo every hour yesterday. You can look at all 19 shots...01 MAR
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New Video Conferencing System Training Session
"I feel like I'm just thiiiis much closer to world domination." "What are you talking about?" "The video conferencing! I...27 FEB
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Rondezvous, Come On!
Fur Rondy started this weekend. Steve and I headed downtown into the madness Saturday night to watch the fireworks that...24 FEB
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Time Capsule
I just signed up for Photojojo's photo time capsule - they automagically email me photos that I took last year....22 FEB
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Last Weekend's Blizzard In Numbers
3: Different snow machines I rode in my brother's futile attempt to "find something easier for [me] to handle."2: Rides...21 FEB
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The Things I Love About My Mother's House
I know where everything is, because everything is in the same place it has been for the last 30 years.I...15 FEB
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Not Knowing These Things Bothers Me
Let's say that you were addressing a formal-ish business letter to a woman and her mother. Or a woman and...13 FEB
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The Patient Really Wouldn't Be Complaining, Now Would He?
Looking at medical chart after sobering medical chart for work, certain EMS reports will never cease to give me the...06 FEB
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Don't Make Me Choose
If someone handed me $300 and told me I had to buy three pairs of shoes from Zappos right this...02 FEB
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The Trick Is To Sit Down A Lot
Heidi finally got some footage online of me learning to snowboard. Watching this video, you may be compelled to thing,...29 JAN
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Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt
I can't tell, or it won't come true....28 JAN
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One of the Better Days
Saturday was a really, really great day. It started last night on my way home from the gym. I watched...27 JAN
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Adventurous At A Price
Whenever we go to the Asian market, Steve likes to play a game called "Buy Something Unpronounceable." Sometimes this Something...21 JAN
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No-Time Bread
I found this recipe for no-time bread this week and linked it in my fragments section and had to try...19 JAN
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Just To Make One Thing Clear
I would never, ever spend the night in a haunted house. Even if I had a flashlight and a sleeping...18 JAN
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Too Little, Too Late
I woke this morning with the best comeback to my dream. Am very sad that I couldn't slip right back...17 JAN
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Sledding Party
My prescription of sunlight, minimum of ten minutes taken once daily, has been working out very well to combat my...14 JAN
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Sunlight Deprivation
I've been experienced some Seasonal Affective Disorder the last few weeks. I didn't really know why I was feeling down...07 JAN
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Good Morning, 2008
We welcomed 2008 with a big midnight sledding party that involved running into trees and getting snow all up in...01 JAN
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