yet another desk organizing idea

As my family well knows, I am into reinventing my organizing system every couple of weeks or so. Some new idea strikes me in the middle of the night and then I wake up early excited to try my new idea.
My desk has been driving me nuts due to large piles of papers accumulating. Here’s [...]

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earring recap

Well it turns out my sister had an extra Nikon 28-80 lens sitting around her house and she generously is allowing us to use it, so we don’t have to break the bank and go get a new one after all! What a blessing… we are thankful for how God provides!
So I put it to [...]

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In which a baby picks logos

I’ve been working this week on a new logo for our church. It’s been a long process of discussion with the branding team, but last week and this finally began the actual logo design phase. The branding team had a couple meetings, and called an impromptu one this one because it was too hard to [...]

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Sacramento Youth Symphony

Today was Megan’s first performance with the Classic Orchestra. There are four different levels of orchestra. Starting with Vivace, then Classic, then Academic, then Premier.
Megan has only been playing violin two years and had never been in an orchestra before, so we were very surprised she got into the Classic Orchestra. She went from being [...]

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earring creations

Well, I’ve picked up a new hobby, making jewelry. This has been highly encouraged by my husband and friends as I tend to overwork. (Just a little. ) My creative side often goes unattended, but creating things is one way I feel refreshed.
So my dear husband got me a jewelry starter kit and I [...]

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ideal working environments

One thing I have been discovering and exploring more lately is ideal working environments. People work best in different environments.
My husband is a single-track, very focused person. He needs absolute silence to focus. Any little noise can distract him. If he is focused and working on something, if I talk to him, he won’t even [...]

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from rock bottom to high production: free to-do form

After going on 3 business trips in 4 weeks, I was pretty much pooped and unmotivated last night. When I get into these kinds of modes, I end up spinning my wheels and creating new organizing systems.
Last night was an all-time low. You know it’s pretty bad when you are unmotivated to do anything else [...]

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Another geeky conversation

Lunch converation yesterday:
Daniel: Mommy, when the Bible reading says to read chapters one hyphen two, does that mean we read only chapter one up to two, or do we read chapter one AND two?
Angela: It is chapters one AND two. It means “chapter one to two,” so you read chapter two.
Albert (to Daniel): It’s left [...]

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