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we ordered invitations. wow.

and my aunts are planning a shower. wow.

and I have a nasty head cold. no wow for that one.

and, just because having zero dollars is no fun at all, I must continue to whore myself out:
I am selling wine bottle chillers for $25.

click = ♥

(those ones are already sold, but it will give you an idea...
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I quoted my Aunt Mary Jo $300, and her response, via email, was Okay thanks but guess not ! I wrote an email up explaining WHY I would charge that amount, and received the advice that she would not understand a word of it.

so. okay.

okay.

yesterday's front-page above-the-fold story, complete with 4"x6" picture: She says he was already married! oh, I'm sorry. in...
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Dear Aunt Mary Jo,

No, I cannot just "whip up" the piece you are asking for.

clay (wet) costs about 50 a pound. it shrinks 12% in firing and loses a respective amount of water. glazes are between 50 to $1 per ounce. underglaze pencils are ridiculously expensive, generally running around $10 per pencil-- and it lasts about a third as long as a regular...
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this thought makes me feel evil. I'm scared to think it, even more scared to type it and post it.

I'm starting to think that everything so good in my life is meant to counteract this silly body of mine. my life is so good in pretty much every way. I even made a graph about it one time.

the other day I was trying...
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things I did today:

blue tape around the edges of the wall I am painting (even though the paint hasn't come in yet)
wound a boatload of yarn
clean walls, light switches, door handles
clean the bathroom, including the floor which has probably not been cleaned in years
cleaned the stove
played boom blox
talked to the hospital about my upcoming lumbar puncture
washed dishes...
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hey you guys!

buy things!

because you lurb me. also, because I would like to keep my job as domestic artist.

the wood in my handyman's handyman special is pretty much all solid oak. when I discovered this, I immediately set to stripping it.

now, because I am in the process of stripping the paint, I want to get that paint off before I lay down new stuff. AND! I am going to make one wall of the kitchen a chalkboard (score!). today, I started...
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tomorrow is my grandmother's birthday. my parents, my beau, and I had breakfast with her this morning. he and I gave her a birthday card and a thank you card for some money she gave us as an engagement gift.

in the birthday card, I wrote a note I felt quite sincerely about how wonderful it is that she is in our lives to...
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things:
1. I am getting married on ninja day.
2 no need to pretend you are not jealous.
3. I am now a detroiter.
4. no need to pretend you are jealous.
5. we got a wii instead of a baby.
6. I believe my recipe for pinwheels is misprinted to indicate either half the butter or double the flour.
7. I learned how to...
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I'm moving to redford starting today-ish!

then I'm getting married in a few months!

but first I'm going to eat chocolate!

(because my underwear say so)