Weekly Update: Back online, mostly

No work, fitness, branding, etc. goal progress to report. However, this has definitely been a week to work on some of my character goals, like patience and communication! There have been a few frustrating situations this week related with moving and miscommunication that I still need to process. Just as a quick example, I drove [...]

Old-fashioned samlet

I’m long overdue for another food post, considering how much I enjoy to cook and eat. Today, I’ll introduce you to an invention by one of Steve’s former roommates: The Samlet. I think that’s a mix between “sandwich” and “omelet.” Similar to a sandwich and an omelet, the samlet can take many various forms, but [...]

Rocket, the satellite-head kitten

One of the stressful things that happened last week was Rocket’s surgery. Rocket had always had a bit of a lumpy, bulgy tummy, which we thought was at first due to his huge umbilical cord scab but which never seemed to get better. I took him to the vet last Monday and they said that [...]

Theoretical Moving Tips

Today is the day of our move, and since I’m pre-posting this, I won’t be able to tell you how it really went until we settle in. However, here are some things that we’ve tried to do to make moving a little easier for ourselves — but most importantly, for the people who are helping [...]

Weekly Update: Add chaos. Stir. Repeat.

Just in case I happened to pick up some new readers from the flurry of lifehacker and digg traffic, every Friday is my “weekly update” post, mostly for the purpose of keeping track of my goals. Today, however, I’ll deviate slightly to share some more personal things about my crazy week to give you some [...]

Gear Desk Logo Design

A project I’ve wrapped up recently also has the distinction of being the first job I’ve gotten from a blog reader, P.K. I was asked to design a logo for Gear Desk, a (beta) directory for high-end build-it-yourself audio gear (updated 8/24 – sorry, P.K.!). P.K. had some specific ideas initially and asked for some [...]

Creativity tools

Two creativity tools have come across my way recently that I’m excited to start using. Wreck This Journal – This book – journal – grown-up coloring book – creative tool by Keri Smith recently arrived at my home after I read about it at DIYPlanner.com. Each page has instructions that you can interpret and follow, [...]

My favorite web sites

Marcia (a.k.a Organising Queen) tagged me to share my five favorite web sites. Here they are, for today, at least (they may change tomorrow), but not in any particular order: Davis Wiki – A community wiki for my town. Anytime I want to look up hours for a restaurant or store, read some restaurant reviews, [...]

Weight Training Workout Sheet

Steve and I have been consistently going to the gym three times a week to work out, which consists of biking to the gym (nice warmup), lifting weights, playing basketball (Steve) or shooting around/watching (me), and biking home (nice cooldown, and sometimes we stop off somewhere to go out to dinner). Last time, we played [...]

Another slowish reading week

Finished reading: Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George – My sister and her kids read this book and loved it, and I did, too! This “young adult” book is definitely a great read for anyone who has previously enjoyed Patricia C. Wrede’s Dragon Chronicles or Shannon Hale’s Princess Academy. With dragons who have shoe, dog, [...]