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random thoughts, ideas and chaosask the chickens, maybe they know [day 162]
Last night at dinner, I was having a conversation about not being wasteful, mostly with food, but really anything else. In efforts to not be wasteful, the conversation quickly lead to the subject of expiration dates. Expiration dates are helpful in many ways, but...
fine, dress me up like a fairy princess!! [day 161]
The challenge has been challenging this week. I get my kids clothes at thrift stores or they are hand-me-downs (or handy-downs as Cole calls them), which has worked nicely for a long time. It's still working, but here are some of the difficulties. Boys vs. girls...
trained shopping monkey… yellow [day 160]
Trained shopping monkeys. I went grocery shopping last night. After reading the statistics about how Americans throw away almost half of the food they purchase, either by the food going bad before they cook it or plate leftovers, I was trying to be more conscious...
a college degree in zombies and lady gaga? [day 159]
Zombies 101: Okay, this is for real. The University of Baltimore is offering a new class, a class on zombies. The class will study America's fascination with zombie movies and pop culture. The class will watch 16 classic zombie films, read zombie comics and their...
underwear dilemma [day 158]
I did run into a difficult no shopping dilemma. My boys needed underwear and socks. Not only are these impossible to find used, I'm not really into buying these used. This is where I draw the line... Luckily their dad bought these basic necessities. I did have...
jesus wallpaper, a rollerskate & the kitchen sink [day 157]
No, this is not random, just a collection of odd things we found yesterday...
I spy [day 156]
I'm working on a video and 2 fun photo shoots today. Creative downtime! In making the video, I'm using props I already have or borrowing from the neighbors. I'm glad they still answer the door when I'm the one ringing the bell. Today, just a little fun......
paperless. I need your junkmail. [day 155]
Let's see... A trip to the grocery store, a quick stop at the thrift store and trying to fix my temperamental grill once again, not a huge shopping day. My kids have outgrown most of their winter clothes so I needed to find some sweatshirts and long-sleeve shirts for...
I was targeted [day 154]
I had to go to Target to allow my son to exchange a birthday gift he received. I put it off for a few weeks, but I needed to get it done. I had to pick up a few groceries, and Target is a place where I could get both things done. Of all the retail stores, I probably...
together we can [day 153]
My kids are entering an art contest, the theme is "together we can". The photos here aren't their first photos, but it is their first experience with Photoshop. Cole's photos are about the food army, video and pics are on foodarmy.info. Joe's photos are about...
marketing concepts & fun at the mall
Fun? At the mall? Yep. Fun to me is processing my surroundings. This includes activities like people watching, looking at marketing trends and seeing current styles while taking photos of all these observations. If you need to know my underlying reason for poking...
yes, I went to the mall [day 152]
I know!! But I had a good reason! Three actually... #1 - Friendship My friend Susan, who is a walking miracle and an awesome woman, can't drive right now. She had major surgery and is on a no driving restriction for several months. I'm off work on Mondays so I...
use it until it falls apart [day 151]
This made me smile. A reusable express mail envelope? I don't use any type of mail system very often so I had no idea UPS was doing this. Is DHL and FedEx doing this too? The little tag line is: Use. Reuse. Then recycle. I like that, but I would change it to:...
strings attached… [day 150]
I was paging through a girly magazine as I getting my hair done last week. 'Done' meaning colored... So this isn't my normal choice of magazine, as I prefer art, life or business themes, however I thought I would look just to see what the hype is about. I'm sure...
graphic designer’s ‘get out of jail free’ card
Capital One had a commercial for their new Venture card. I didn’t hear much of the commercial, but the image I saw on TV intrigued me. The card pictured had the name Lee N. Cardholder. At least I thought it was an ‘N’. If it was an ‘N’, that would be ‘lean’ or ‘lien’,...
who is Lee M. Cardholder? [day 149]
Let me start by saying I'm not a baseball fan, but I did watch the Texas Rangers game last night and it's pretty cool that they're going to the World Series. As I typically do with any sports games, including the Superbowl, I watch for the commercials. Last night...
Thanks for coming to MinistryCOM!
Thank you to all that came to my breakout session at MinistryCOM this year. I'm also glad you made it to my blog, as my digitalfondue.org domain was not working. I'm so sorry! I had to transfer it, and in the process the forwarding got turned off. It's back on!...
time is money [day 148]
I've been too busy this week to even think about shopping, however one thing is clear. Time is money, money is time and it all flies out the window very quickly.
a new outfit [day 147]
I will be leading a breakout session today at ministryCOM, a church communications conference. I like to dress comfortable, and I usually do without a second thought. So why did I feel the need to try on everything in my closet today? The cultural norm is to buy a...