Monthly Archives: January 2013

It’s electric!


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The Boston Museum of Science‘s greatest display of static electricity wasn’t in the Theater of Electricity today. This show of electromagnetic forces was put on in stall two of the Lower Level Ladies Restroom, to the amusement of an audience of one. And now you can join in the fun!

{I do normally try to refrain from photography in the bathroom, but sometimes there are extenuating circumstances!}

Overwhelming


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It is often said that missionaries and other Americans who have lived overseas often come back to the States and find the selection at stores overwhelming. I have lived here my whole life and I am always overwhelmed and sometimes saddened by the number and variety of items to choose from.

Tonight I faced a wall of shampoo, most promising to do the same things for my hair. Having options is a good thing, but the overproduction of chemicals and products just can’t be good. (see: The Story of Stuff)

I do my best to reduce, reuse and recycle- I tend to buy shampoo/conditioner combos to save the extra bottle. This is just part of an aisle and the rest of the store is the same. I love my avocados in January, but gripe about the over-variety of hair care products. Where is the happy medium?

Swatch


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I don’t always swatch my knitting projects, but today I felt like doing it. Isn’t the yarn color nice? It’s a dark purple with flecks of pinky red and blue.

The project is a mystery. In fact, it is the Downton Abby Mystery Knit-a-Long. A portion of the pattern will be revealed each of the 8 coming Downton Sundays. This will be my first mystery knit and I’m excited to get started tomorrow night!

A Photo a Day: 365 project

I’m a bit late to the game as far as 365 Photo projects are concerned. I thought it would be a good challenge for 2013 to capture glimpses into our everyday life, and to serve as prompts for interesting topics of conversation. I’m not going to impose any rules, some photos may come with stories, others may remain wordless. There will be tons of kid photos and probably other things as well. I don’t really instagram, but who knows, we might see a filter here and there. That’s the fun of it all.

I aim to ‘keep things real” and the first two photos seem to prove my point. There’s no candy coating around here! Just our real, everyday lives.


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We begin our challenge as the year began- with the crud. All four us us have had it since Christmas, but it seems Esme and I have been hit hardest.


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See above ^^


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New bowling shoes + Catherine = tons of awesome!