For now, here's a guerilla-style in-store shot of my new lovelies. The color is a little off in this photo. The red notebook is much less orange in person.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
they're here! they're here! they're here!
They're in! Well, sort of. The Flex Notebinder from my new Everyday line for Target is on the shelves (at least at the Dayton Mall location). It was a very pleasant surprise, as I wasn't expecting to see it until mid March. The full line includes an Expanding folder, Advance Notebook, Flex Notebinder, and 9 1/2" x 6" Notebook. Once I get pretty samples of everything, I'll take a nice family shot, and share it.
For now, here's a guerilla-style in-store shot of my new lovelies. The color is a little off in this photo. The red notebook is much less orange in person.
For now, here's a guerilla-style in-store shot of my new lovelies. The color is a little off in this photo. The red notebook is much less orange in person.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
mom turns 50!
My mom celebrated her half century this week. We had a family party for her tonight at my Aunt & Uncle's house. She got two cakes this year, since it was a big birthday and all.
Here she is text messaging while we all try to sing Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Here she is text messaging while we all try to sing Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
getting ready
I just wanted to show off that, after 25 years, I finally figured out how to put an outfit together.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
hairiness.
My hair is getting really long, and I actually like it. What I don't like is spending 10 precious minutes in front of the mirror every morning, with one blood-drained arm precariously angled over my head holding a blow dryer, as I will it to just please dry so I can go eat my Cheerios and check my email.
I'm also a little saddened by my stance on adventure that I've taken about my hair in the past year. I use to cut and color it every 3 months or so. Once you'd get use to me looking one way, BAM, I'd change it up. Red and shoulder length one week, pixie-length and black with blonde streaks the next. It was great.
But unfortunately my hairdresser, who is much more free spirited than I, up and moved to Seattle to be awesome. So as she hob-nobs with Indie Celebrity-dom, I have become just another Ohioan with boring hair. It's my natural color for Christ's sake! And that's mousy-brown!
It's time for a change, my friends, and it comes in this form (the cut not the color):
Hells yeah.
I'm also a little saddened by my stance on adventure that I've taken about my hair in the past year. I use to cut and color it every 3 months or so. Once you'd get use to me looking one way, BAM, I'd change it up. Red and shoulder length one week, pixie-length and black with blonde streaks the next. It was great.
But unfortunately my hairdresser, who is much more free spirited than I, up and moved to Seattle to be awesome. So as she hob-nobs with Indie Celebrity-dom, I have become just another Ohioan with boring hair. It's my natural color for Christ's sake! And that's mousy-brown!
It's time for a change, my friends, and it comes in this form (the cut not the color):
Hells yeah.
Monday, February 09, 2009
i'm it
I was tagged. Like 10 times. So I guess I'll do the 25 random things (with pictures!). Here goes:
1. Let's just get this one out of the way. My husband is the single most amazing, generous, and wonderful person I know.
2. I hate my toes. That's probably the reason I have over 50 pairs of shoes—so I can cover them up.
3. That face can bring me out of the absolute deepest funk.
4. I love Rock 'n Roll (and so does Rachael).
5. The day I first saw my product on shelf, was the most proud day I've experienced as an artist.
6. I am an unapologetic passenger. I HATE to drive!
7. I was raised Catholic, but have failed to find religion as an adult.
8. That being said, if you have found God. Good for you. I'm very tolerant. Unless you want to talk about Creationism. Then seriously, just go away. We were once flinging our own poo and eating lice off of one another. Get over it.
9. I have a really hard time striking up conversation with strangers.
10. I think my mom is a pretty rockin' lady.
11. My friends are super awesome. All of them.
12. I'm 5 feet tall, and honestly, I really like it. People do things for you when you're small. I get doors held open for me wherever I go!
13. Sometimes I feel very much alone.
14. aquariums both intrigue and repulse me. I can't explain it.
15. I love to travel, and have a huge list of places I'd like to visit before we start a family. It all kind of originates from when we went to Florence, Italy for our honeymoon.
16. I view most foods as a delivery vessel for hot sauce. 
17. I admit it. I have been known to dress up my dogs on special occasions. Don't judge me.
18. Gerbera Daisies are my fave.
19. I am terrified of heights.
20. I firmly believe that Disney is the most magical place on Earth.
21. Cupcakes are my Krytonite.
22. Gymnastics is the one sport that I was always awesome at. 
23. I really enjoy a couple of drinks from time to time. Unfortunately the feelings are unrequited. I usually suffer the world's worst hangovers if I so much as look at alcohol.
24. I love baseball. I love football. I bet you wouldn't have guessed that about me.
25. Despite all the healthy food I eat, and all the bad foods I avoid, I LOVE candy. Yeah, I said it.
1. Let's just get this one out of the way. My husband is the single most amazing, generous, and wonderful person I know.
2. I hate my toes. That's probably the reason I have over 50 pairs of shoes—so I can cover them up.
3. That face can bring me out of the absolute deepest funk.
4. I love Rock 'n Roll (and so does Rachael).
5. The day I first saw my product on shelf, was the most proud day I've experienced as an artist.
6. I am an unapologetic passenger. I HATE to drive!
7. I was raised Catholic, but have failed to find religion as an adult.
8. That being said, if you have found God. Good for you. I'm very tolerant. Unless you want to talk about Creationism. Then seriously, just go away. We were once flinging our own poo and eating lice off of one another. Get over it.
9. I have a really hard time striking up conversation with strangers.
10. I think my mom is a pretty rockin' lady.
11. My friends are super awesome. All of them.
12. I'm 5 feet tall, and honestly, I really like it. People do things for you when you're small. I get doors held open for me wherever I go!
13. Sometimes I feel very much alone.
14. aquariums both intrigue and repulse me. I can't explain it.
15. I love to travel, and have a huge list of places I'd like to visit before we start a family. It all kind of originates from when we went to Florence, Italy for our honeymoon.
16. I view most foods as a delivery vessel for hot sauce. 
17. I admit it. I have been known to dress up my dogs on special occasions. Don't judge me.
18. Gerbera Daisies are my fave.
19. I am terrified of heights.
20. I firmly believe that Disney is the most magical place on Earth.
21. Cupcakes are my Krytonite.
22. Gymnastics is the one sport that I was always awesome at. 
23. I really enjoy a couple of drinks from time to time. Unfortunately the feelings are unrequited. I usually suffer the world's worst hangovers if I so much as look at alcohol.
24. I love baseball. I love football. I bet you wouldn't have guessed that about me.
25. Despite all the healthy food I eat, and all the bad foods I avoid, I LOVE candy. Yeah, I said it.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Sunday, February 01, 2009
the promise of melt
This is my self-proclaimed snow day (as my work didn't let us stay home off the roads, I used a personal day). It's so pretty, but I find myself looking past the milky white, blanketed outside to the inevitability of spring, and the promise of melt.
Monday, January 26, 2009
cutting back
So we did the math, and it turns out we're gonna owe the IRS $1,800 this year. Combine that with the $1,500 we spent at the Doggie Emergency Room over the weekend because our dogs got into a pack of dog-toxic chewing gum, and you get a bucketful of budget. Budgets equal a whole lotta ramen noodle dinners. But hey, in times like these you can exercise your creativity. Like, what can I add to my 25 cent noodles tonight to make them taste different than they did yesterday? 98 cent frozen veggies, that's what.yay me!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
happy thoughts
I've got to have a break from all the dreariness that is Ohio winter. Or at least, I need something to plan that hints at an escape, no matter how brief, from the cloudiness. So I'm preparing my annual best-friend-escape-to-Austin-vacation. April is what we aim for. I'm already suppressing inaudible squeals of delight every time I think about it. Here are some shots from my last two trips to the live music capitol of the U.S.A. (maybe I'll actually see some live music this time around).
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
the BIG day
Take away all the outlandish expectations. Take away the parades, the tacky decorations, the oversized Constitution float. Ignore Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers and U2 and Mary J. Blige. Forget about the whole circus that does nothing but cheapen it. Wash all that crap away, and you have one man who did a very profound thing today.
I sat in a crowded lunch room and watched as history was made. Some people cried. Some people made snarky comments about George W. Bush. But mostly we all sat there, frozen in the enormity of it all. It doesn't matter who you wanted to be standing there, in front of all those people, making that speech. Barack Obama is standing there, in front of all those people, making his speech. You can't ignore the significance.
This is an important day for America, and I'm proud to be around to witness it.
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