San Diego

February 28, 2014

San Diego

We spent a long weekend in San Diego.  It was warm!  It was sunny!  We were outside wearing sleeves that exposed our white withering arms to sunlight!    Before booking the trip, we looked online to see some destinations to check out and found a place called the Gaslamp Quarter which has a lot of great restaurants and

A Letter to the Masterminds behind the Rainbow Loom

February 19, 2014

A Letter to the Masterminds behind the Rainbow Loom

Yes, this letter is to the designers and fabricators of the ever popular Rainbow Loom.   Thanks for taking a break from rolling around in the piles of money that you made during this past year to read this letter.   You successfully marketed a product under a seemingly benign campaign of "inspiring a child's creativity" in such

Small Things

February 17, 2014

Small Things

I am a task-oriented person.  I like to check things off a mental list at the end of the day so that I can "prove" to myself that I spent my time well that day.   You can see the problem with this list.  First, it is impossible to check off laundry.  There is simply no end, no

Pondering

February 13, 2014

Pondering

I think what I enjoy most about decorating is pondering where things should go and how they should look.  Lately, I've been pondering the family room.  We will be using the back bedroom on the first floor as a tv room/family room.  I ordered the sectional for that space a couple of weeks ago and it should be