It was going great. The day actually moved pretty quickly, even with the hours of orientation, paperwork, videos, and 401k nitty-gritty.  They took me out to lunch and the rest of the afternoon was spent finishing up insurance applications, emergency contact info, and having my photo taken for my ID badge. I had almost made […]

You probably remember it.  The first day of school.  For a whole week leading up to that first day, you rustled through your closet picking out the best outfit that said yep-I’m-still-me-and-I-still-have-style-welcome-back-to-school, but that also didn’t look too much like a pick-me-pick-me-pick-me!-please kind of outfit.  There’s a fine balance of bold and subdued in the […]

I was getting my hair cut only two days after moving back to Iowa and mentioned to my cosmetologist (a long time hair-friend of mine) that I was going to fax my resume in to a local dermatology office.  She said, “No, you walk right in their with your cute little face and they’ll hire […]

My sister and her family were in town for Thanksgiving.  As previously mentioned in the post about my parents, Meg and I had arranged a photo swap since we are both photographers.  We chose Sunday just from the sheer chance that it worked best in all of our schedules, but it turned out that it […]

They are the new hot rage and I’m loving them: accordion albums.  They fit inside your purse or wallet and are a perfect little substitute for Grandma’s brag book (or Mom’s brag book; face it, you love your kids!).  I wanted to try them out first, design-wise, before offering them to clients and so I […]

When I got to the grocery store today and pulled my list out of my pocket, I laughed out loud right there in Aisle 1.  Need I say more?