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Three new web design projects to work on – that will involve illustration and a new CMS that I’ve not fully explored yet, so I’m excited to learn something new in that respect.

Clean House! by Allison Haynes Some people have been saying that the recent downturn in the economy has given them an opportunity to live a more authentic life by forcing them to be more creative about things they previously took for granted. This book is a brilliant resource for everything in your home and how to clean it naturally while reducing your carbon footprint.






It only took me 25 minutes to put together two IKEA Poang chairs that my dad gave to me. This is a new record for me, but then again – it wasn’t really that hard to beat. The last thing I put together from IKEA took me over a month because it was so tedious and awful. Also, whenever I buy anything from IKEA, I just get irrationally angry at the ‘helpful little IKEA guy’ that accompanies all assembly instructions. He’s so smug! It is NOT that easy to put stuff together. PLUS HE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE FINGERS. HOW CAN HE ASSEMBLE ANYTHING?

Hanging out with my little niece was awesome, she’s so great. It’s wonderful to see how excited a little girl can get over something as simple as a balloon. Olivia would hold on to the balloon we’d tied to her stroller and then let it go and erupt into giggles. Then she tried batting it around like a baby boxing champ and finally tried to give it a hug and a kiss but I think it might’ve shocked her, because she didn’t try that again.

Butternut Squash soup from Trader Joe’s + sour cream, chives, and a hint of cinnamon and ginger? Heaven.

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My dad didn’t give me the ottomans that come with each chair. How am I supposed to put my feet up?

The ‘Young Hollywood’ crowd seems disappointingly young, thin, beautiful, and white with coy, doe eyes. Where is Zoe Saldana? Where is Gabourey Sidibe? Where is Alice Braga? I can think of a number of unconventional young women who deserve to be up on that list as much as Amanda Seyfried and Carey Mulligan.

A pimple above my lip that looks like a Monroe and people keep asking when I got a piercing before they look again.