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christmas shopping woes

November 17, 2008
I give up. I thought my Christmas shopping was covered but I was fooling myself. My family members are SO hard to shop for. I GIVE UP! (only not really)

Do you know what I hate? When I ask someone what they want for Christmas and they say “nothing.” That is not an option nor is it helpful.

In an effort to do something different this year I’ve been looking at sites like Etsy.com and Supermarket HQ. They are both sites for designers/artists to sell their creations. Sort of like ebay but way more awesome.

Hopefully this will put an end to my Christmas shopping woes.

I just bought these cute handmade gift tags at Etsy…
… now I just need to buy some gifts to put them on!

christmas shopping woes

November 17, 2008
I give up. I thought my Christmas shopping was covered but I was fooling myself. My family members are SO hard to shop for. I GIVE UP! (only not really)

Do you know what I hate? When I ask someone what they want for Christmas and they say “nothing.” That is not an option nor is it helpful.

In an effort to do something different this year I’ve been looking at sites like Etsy.com and Supermarket HQ. They are both sites for designers/artists to sell their creations. Sort of like ebay but way more awesome.

Hopefully this will put an end to my Christmas shopping woes.

I just bought these cute handmade gift tags at Etsy…
… now I just need to buy some gifts to put them on!

we’ll call this one the Tea Fire

November 14, 2008



I was driving home last night and there was this crazy light and smoke off the top of the hills near Montecito. My first thought was that it looked really cool and I should pull over to take a picture, but once I got around the trees I realized that we were in for another fire.

It started just before 6 pm last night and so far more than 100 homes have been destroyed and more than 2,500 acres have burned. The air is so bad here right now because of all the ash that people are already walking around wearing face masks.

Let’s hope this one gets put out quickly.

we’ll call this one the Tea Fire

November 14, 2008



I was driving home last night and there was this crazy light and smoke off the top of the hills near Montecito. My first thought was that it looked really cool and I should pull over to take a picture, but once I got around the trees I realized that we were in for another fire.

It started just before 6 pm last night and so far more than 100 homes have been destroyed and more than 2,500 acres have burned. The air is so bad here right now because of all the ash that people are already walking around wearing face masks.

Let’s hope this one gets put out quickly.

you see THIS is why I like London…

November 11, 2008
They have this thing called “Poetry on the Underground.”  It’s pretty cool.  I think it was started in the late 80’s as a way of bringing poetry to people who might now be exposed to it other wise. I think this is pretty neat.  I’ve even jotted down one or two that I wanted to read later.  And the other bonus is that while you are sitting there jammed between Creepy Mc Stares-a-lot and Stinky Von Sits-too-Close you can read some lovely poems.  (I know not everyone who uses public transportation is stinky/creepy but let’s be honest… those are the ones you remember.)  

If you can click on the picture and read it is really is a beautiful poem. I’m just too lazy to type it out for you.

But the other (real) reason I loved riding the tube is because you get ads like this:

See? Public transportation can be both classy and funny. Don’t worry, I didn’t post a dirty picture, it’s a MAN! A man with moobs or moobies. Call them what you will … I died laughing when I saw it. Since you can’t really read what is says underneath I’ll share. The copy underneath says ”leave the cleavage to the ladies.”

Sometimes I think the British are just funnier than us.

you see THIS is why I like London…

November 11, 2008
They have this thing called “Poetry on the Underground.”  It’s pretty cool.  I think it was started in the late 80’s as a way of bringing poetry to people who might now be exposed to it other wise. I think this is pretty neat.  I’ve even jotted down one or two that I wanted to read later.  And the other bonus is that while you are sitting there jammed between Creepy Mc Stares-a-lot and Stinky Von Sits-too-Close you can read some lovely poems.  (I know not everyone who uses public transportation is stinky/creepy but let’s be honest… those are the ones you remember.)  

If you can click on the picture and read it is really is a beautiful poem. I’m just too lazy to type it out for you.

But the other (real) reason I loved riding the tube is because you get ads like this:

See? Public transportation can be both classy and funny. Don’t worry, I didn’t post a dirty picture, it’s a MAN! A man with moobs or moobies. Call them what you will … I died laughing when I saw it. Since you can’t really read what is says underneath I’ll share. The copy underneath says ”leave the cleavage to the ladies.”

Sometimes I think the British are just funnier than us.

you see THIS is why I like London…

November 11, 2008
They have this thing called “Poetry on the Underground.”  It’s pretty cool.  I think it was started in the late 80’s as a way of bringing poetry to people who might now be exposed to it other wise. I think this is pretty neat.  I’ve even jotted down one or two that I wanted to read later.  And the other bonus is that while you are sitting there jammed between Creepy Mc Stares-a-lot and Stinky Von Sits-too-Close you can read some lovely poems.  (I know not everyone who uses public transportation is stinky/creepy but let’s be honest… those are the ones you remember.)  

If you can click on the picture and read it is really is a beautiful poem. I’m just too lazy to type it out for you.

But the other (real) reason I loved riding the tube is because you get ads like this:

See? Public transportation can be both classy and funny. Don’t worry, I didn’t post a dirty picture, it’s a MAN! A man with moobs or moobies. Call them what you will … I died laughing when I saw it. Since you can’t really read what is says underneath I’ll share. The copy underneath says ”leave the cleavage to the ladies.”

Sometimes I think the British are just funnier than us.