Category Archives: Working

GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS GOOD NEWS

By Julie | Published: November 17, 2012
THE GOOD NEWS IS: I found this amazing funky 70s floor lamp at Goodwill a few months ago. Yes. Yes, I did. THE BAD NEWS IS: it was marked a whopping $25, which in Goodwill dollars is about $400. So I guess they knew what they had. THE GOOD NEWS IS: I knew what they [...]
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COOL

By Julie | Published: June 20, 2012
The heat index is rising up here in the loft office. Which I much, much prefer to the winter alternative, when I’m forced to wear fingerless gloves and scarves and hats and four layers of sweaters for months on end. Except that… I’ve got this somewhat-confused heat-handling system in this crazy self of mine and, [...]
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HAPPY FRIDAY AFTERNOON

By Julie | Published: May 18, 2012
Here’s to sending off a 41-page writing project…and hearing the word “beautiful” in return. Here’s to pulling off two impossible deadlines…two hours ahead of schedule. Here’s to seeing the inside of my shower curtain for the first time in…way too many days (thanks to those two impossible deadlines). Also here’s to ignoring the mildewishness. Here’s [...]
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WHEN POSSIBLE

By Julie | Published: May 14, 2012
I know this quote might make me sound like an old lady, but ever since I came across it, I’ve been loving it more and more. A few times this past week some crabby old voices were screaming in my ear, “You should this…you should that…you should now!” while my own body clearly was saying, [...]
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HI HO, HI HO

By Julie | Published: January 2, 2012
Well, I don’t know about you, but I am back to work full-force tomorrow morning. No more holiday break for me. I know, I know. Some of you have already been back. But R-kids? They still have six more days before Christmas break is over. (?!) Yep, that’s odd. And yep, I’m a little bit [...]
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THE BEST KIND OF TENSE

By Julie | Published: November 21, 2011
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. I’m a word girl. Words move me. Intrigue me. Inspire me. Speak to me. And sometimes I can get a little nerdy about it. Take that phrase, for example, from a song I’ve heard a few times recently. What grabs me is that I happen to know [...]
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NO PRESSURE

By Julie | Published: November 9, 2011
It’s been a little busy around here lately. Nearing overload at times, for some of us at R-house. So this weekend I bought a little reminder of approximately where I’d like the needle to stay on the “pressure to be perfect” gauge. R-boy noted: But it’s at about a two. If we were perfectionists, that would [...]
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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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POTUS IN MY CLOSET

By Julie | Published: October 23, 2011
This weekend I did the kind of cleaning that left me with more of mess than when I started. Yes, I can finally walk to the back of our 15′ x 3′ walk-in storage closet without wading through a knee-deep pile of mess. Yes, my bedroom closet is now outfitted with season-appropriate clothes and the [...]
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UPDATE: WHERE DID THAT END UP?

By Julie | Published: October 19, 2011
So…remember the sweet metal treats I recently picked up for almost nothing at a church yard sale? Slowly but surely, they have been finding their homes. Wanna see? The filmstrip case fits perfectly into the IKEA EXPEDIT bookshelf up here in the loft office, right next to my desk. For now, it’s organizing all those loose crinkly papers [...]
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