Category Archives: Funny Things

BUTTON UP

By Julie | Published: February 15, 2012
I just came across this photo that R-girl (or I?) took at a flea market a while back. I have two favorites. Can you spot them? I’ll give you a hint. Left edge. Oh heck, unless you have Superman eyes, you probably can’t see them. Here you go: I would so add those to my [...]
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IN ITS PLACE

By Julie | Published: December 8, 2011
A place for everything and everything in its place hasn’t always worked for me. But today I made a little progress. And, with that, half the piles on my desk just disappeared. Nice. by julie rybarczyk
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BRING IT ON

By Julie | Published: November 13, 2011
I’ll be honest. Between all the things I haven’t gotten done around here lately, and all the freelance work I’ve got on my plate, and all the holiday hullabaloo creeping closer and closer, I can feel my heart rate rising. In fact, any hint of Christmas lately has been making me downright crabby. But it [...]
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DAY DREAM INTERRUPTION: GILBERT

By Julie | Published: October 28, 2011
Anatomy of a distraction: My vintage Gilbert fan and where it led me today.
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TIME WARP

By Julie | Published: October 2, 2011
Perhaps I should have bought this breath spray when I saw it in Portland. Maybe it actually works? On days like today – a day sandwiched between yet another high school reunion (last night) and yet another birthday (tomorrow) – it would *seriously* be helpful. I mean, the fact is. I’m not any older than [...]
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ME, UNPLUGGED

By Julie | Published: December 14, 2010
There was a day when it would have been my car parked in front of this sign—with an electric cord running out from under the hood to the nearest outlet—so I could be sure my engine would start in the morning. And it would have been today (and yesterday and this whole dang bone-chilling week)—if [...]
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IS IT JUST ME?

By Julie | Published: August 3, 2010
Nope. Definitely not just me. It’s hot in here. You’re looking at the current stats for my office, way up here in the “loft” level of R-house. But, hey, this is Minnesota. We get about two days a year like this, and I’m not complaining. Stay cool, friends. Winter will be here soon. And there’s [...]
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QUOTE OF THE DAY

By Julie | Published: July 5, 2010
lol. He might have been referring to me. Yes, R-boy… When those “really fun things” involve spending time in frigid swimming pools and/or throwing baseballs (footballs, basketballs, etc.) and/or jumping on the trampoline, and/or keeping up with a 10-year-old boy, 10 minutes might be all you get from me. You do have me thinking though… [...]
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IT WASN’T PRETTY

By Julie | Published: June 12, 2010
So, earlier this week, I posted about how R-kids and I celebrated the last day of school. It’s our own mini-tradition. Kind of a symbolic and joy-filled way to kick off summer. Someone out there might have seen the pictures and thought, “what a quaint idea.” But last night over some late-night appetizers, the girls heard [...]
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