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Posted on December 22, 2006

Have you ever been in a meeting and heard someone say something and thought,”Was that a word?” You look around the table thinking maybe you can exchange a knowing look with someone. And, nothing. No one else seems to be too concerned. No sign of rolled eyes or chuckling. You begin to think you might be a little crazy or just a lot stupid. Yesterday morning I had a meeting with my boss, a co-worker and a person who uses office space in our building, and who, for reasons unknown to me has the entire world seeking new ways to do her job for her. Perhaps I exaggerate, when I say “the world”, let’s just say, a significant number of people I once considered…

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Contractors, or as I’ve come to know them: Lying sacks of shit

Posted on December 22, 2006

I work for a chamber of commerce, which is often mistaken for a Better Business Bureau. I can’t count the times I have listened as people have spun their tales of woe: thousands of dollars paid without a single nail hammered or leak fixed, renovations that never passed the demo phase. There is nothing I can do, but I hope in some way the fact that I listen and commiserate helps. Having been burned myself, I doubt it does. After our wedding we bought a drafty, leaky roofed, plumbing challenged piece of shit lovely older home with tons of potential back in 2003. We did what demo and rehab we could ourselves, which was actually a lot. We gutted, rewired, stripped wallpaper and hardwood…

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Anantomy of a photo

Posted on December 22, 2006

My maternity leave was an 8 week nursing and photo taking marathon. Needless to say maternity leave with a toddler in the house was a different story. Avery is more than seven months old now and I find myself trying to make up for lost time. Sometimes it’s a bit of a lost cause. I’m home alone, the girls are an armful and the camera is impossible to even hold with one hand, let alone take pictures one handed. Behold some recent products of my efforts…I think I accomplish funny, unflattering, slightly sentimental and totally off balance in this here display. Maybe even earning bonus points for the complete destruction of quality light in one shot. Enjoy.

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