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Archive for March, 2009

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The Magic is Gone

I got rid of my physical address book today, deciding instead to store all of that information in both my Gmail account and my phone (Blackberry FTW). While I was making sure I had all the stuff I needed, I kept swinging by Facebook to make sure I had everyone’s information up to date.

This led to me going to the pages of a couple of people I hadn’t really seen or heard from in a while… and being kind of stalkerish and looking through their pictures. One of those people was Molly (HI MOLLY! I MISS YOU!), my old cohort from Hitherston. I wandered through a folder of her old digital art and was (re)blown away.

I remember when our web designs had sparkle and glitter and LIFE. Molly’s work was always especially magical… blue and green and otherwordly… but I remember my own designs having the same amount of LIFE to them. And look at my site now. It’s boring. It’s boxy. It’s GREY. Why??

I’m working on a website layout now for a site dealing with an Israel tour (more details on that later). I’m in Photoshop… playing with  boxes. Corporate, boring, lifeless BOXES. Why? I have the power to make this a really interesting site. What’s stopping me? What’s holding me back?

Day 5: Grace in Small Things

• Trampolines. Not for jumping around on, per se. What I love best is lying on one late at night just totally chilling out. They’re so comfortable! Even if it is thirty five degrees!
• Kuler. Seriously, how did I miss this site before? http://kuler.adobe.com
• Cats. Always huggable, even when they don’t want to be.
• When jeans are suddenly way too big to wear. Oh yes, this is a good thing no matter how you look at it.
• Tomorrow is a new day.

To be honest, this “Grace in Small Things” challenge has really been… well, challenging so far! I tend to be a complainer when it comes to blogging, so some days it’s kind of a stretch. But it really makes you think about the day that you had and really look for all of those little things that made the day worth it… even on a day like today. You should try it.

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in 365 days of Grace in Small Things.

Day 4: Grace in Small Things

• Cold Fronts. Yeah, I’m a weather nut. Anyhow, it’s only March and it was pushing 85 degrees already… so when it dropped back down to 39 earlier, it was a welcome change.
• Waking up and being able to go back to sleep. I’m turning into a morning person (EGAD!), but today I said forget it… rolled over and snoozed some more.
• Music. Seriously. I don’t know what I would do without it.
• Joshua Jackson. Watching an episode of Fringe today… seriously? I should thank the good Lord for him every day.
• Little brothers that love to do dishes. Let it be known that Stephen is made of awesome.

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in 365 days of Grace in Small Things.

Day 3: Grace in Small Things

• Strawberry popsicles. I may be spoiled by Braum’s ice cream, but I can’t resist those cheap-y little popsicles. I’m not even sure what they’re called… but they’re about 50 cents a box and they’re almost sinful.
• Impending thunderstorms. I love the feeling the world gets when a storm is coming. It’s kind of blustery and there’s a sense of anxiety and anticipation. I would have said thunderstorms… but ours never hit!
• Shakespeare. Okay, shut up. I’m one of those people who reads Shakespeare here and there just for the fun of it. I’m currently in the middle of Much Ado About Nothing which is the best Shakespeare play FTW.
• Infectious good moods. I’m one of those people who ALWAYS draws their mood from the people around me… and everyone was in such a gosh-darn good mood today. It just picks me right up!
• Acoustic guitar music. Enough said. ♥

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in 365 days of Grace in Small Things.

Day 2: Grace in Small Things

• Brand new books. Seriously, I love the way they smell! I like that almost as much as the smell of old (non-moldy, of course) books. Okay… I like books in general.
• Getting out of town. To be honest, I don’t make it out of Shawnee too awful much any more. I went in to Norman last night with some of the crazy people I work with, and had a surprisingly good time.
• Pepper Jack cheese. Om nom nom!
• Brilliant ideas. I can’t say much about this one… but that feeling you get when you’ve hatched the perfect solution or the perfect plan, seemingly out of thin air. I think it will be lovely.
• Moonsets. It’s five-fifteen a.m. and the moon (almost full) is setting right in front of our store. It’s huge and golden and beautiful.

Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in 365 days of Grace in Small Things.