Crafty

29 Jul 2011
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I have an upcoming need for a bag that would carry both my super hand dandy iPad AND my ginormous DSLR camera with the zoom lens. I did a search online, and it turns out I’m not the first person to have this need. However, there aren’t many good solutions unless you’re willing to carry [...]

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No Kids

26 Jul 2011
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Oh, no! I’ve become one of those people! Yesterday my kids acted like hyenas in the midst of me spending quite a lot of money on them to give them a nice treat. I was a little annoyed. I made them a quick dinner and said to husband: “let’s go out, just you and me”. [...]

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Warshin

23 Jul 2011
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The title of this post is in honor of my grandmother. I have spelled “washing” the way she would pronounce it. God bless west Texas. Above is a picture of my dishwasher. How boring. The exciting part is next. Below I am standing at my dishwasher, looking back at the sink. Okay, you’re right. That isn’t [...]

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Baking

21 Jul 2011
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When we lived in Houston, my mother-in-law and I had the exact same oven, which I think was manufactured the same year my father was. I remember complaining about that oven in my own mind, wishing I had the money to throw away on a new fancy one. Darn stubborn thing that it was, it [...]

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Taxi

19 Jul 2011
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The single-fare taxis around here all look like this one, above. People stand on the side of the highway, near busy intersections, anywhere at all, and make the tiniest of hand gestures to flag them down. You have to be constantly watchful for taxis pulling in and out of fast-moving traffic with no warning at [...]

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