I received so many kind words from you about my little accident on Monday.  Thank you. I’m shaping up well, although today has been probably the worst since the swelling has now morphed down into my eye sockets.  This means that I’m both physically tired trying to keep them open and exhausted from the pressure […]

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 […]