I saw this on the T.V. late last night.  This commercial is awesome because it’s so full of itself. But it did its job. I am now a believer.

1897 emails in my Inbox.  How did it get this bad?  I’m so sorry, guys.  I’m slowly but surely getting through them all.  They go back to mid-May.  Should I just call it toast and delete?  If you’ve got any suggestions for how to control email, please let me know, thanks.
In the meantime, please pray [...]

But crossing my fingers for tomorrow.
No Internet because my laptop battery is dead and I left my charger in the hotel room. Brilliant, Grace.
No mobile phone service because my generation one iPhone is being “serviced” in hopes of it getting traded in for the newest one that just came out today. Hmmm…
So I’m [...]

 share today. One of my layouts I created for the Garden. This one was super fun.
“War or Peace?”
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TO-DO TODAY

Verify the status of my tax refund. (Yay!)
Determine what I want to spend my tax refund on.
Come up with a better invoice/receipt system for tax filing next year.
Put any remaining tax refund money to savings [...]

Today is a good day. Today is a very good day. I got my new lens and I love it.
Here are some photos I took of my mother’s orchids. I should go back and take wide angled shots, but for now, just these.

And a blossom from our family’s Fuji Apple tree. Can’t wait for the [...]

I always enjoy getting stuff in the mail and I go nuts when that mailed item comes in a super creative envelope. The Envelope Collective describes the phenomenon as “art gone postal” and that’s so true. Check out the site and look through their gallery of re-purposed, arted envelopes. Fun.
The school-kid in me strikes again! [...]

Wall•E!! I just saw the trailer for this coming summer’s Pixar movie and am so excited about it. Seriously, I really am still a kid at heart. A curious robot who’s meant to be something more. I totally feel the dude. And can’t wait to see this one!
These Listerine still ads are smart, iconic, and [...]

A nicely purring, beautifully designed copy of Apple’s Mac OS X ‘Leopard’ is now installed in my system. It’s working like a dream for me and I’m so, so happy with it. But with the joy comes the pain, which is re-installing all my various programs and praying that they’ll work smoothly with this new [...]

I HAVE FAILED AS A PARENT, AS A COMPUTER GEEK, AS A PLANT WATER-er My Chi Pet widget, the one I affectionately started calling Earl, died this morning due to lack of attention. I TOTALLY forgot to water/feed it these last two days. I posted about it just this past Wednesday and was so proud [...]

-IN WEDDINGS Every weekend this summer, except for when I'm in Chicago next week, is taken up by weddings. My cousin Noel, my friends Hilarie and Sherille, my cousin in London. Engagement parties, bridal showers, bachelorette parties – it's a whirlwind of girly giddiness for me. Yesterday, I took a looooong lunch break and [...]