Category Archives: change

No ‘Poo Update—Week 2, Baby!

As I was leaving church yesterday, a tiny elderly lady approached me. “Have you done something different with your hair?” she asked.  “I see you sitting up there playing the organ and my husband and I were trying to figure … Continue reading

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I’ve Come a Long Way

Yesterday in church, I played the organ as the accompanist for the congregation.  I’ve been doing this for exactly one year.  One year ago, I sat down at the organ bench, took a deep breath, and thought, “What on Earth … Continue reading

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As Promised…

Remember that time a few weeks ago, when my sister and I decided to give our mom a kitchen/great room makeover for Mothers’ Day?  {You can read the entire saga, in order, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, … Continue reading

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No ‘Poo For You {well, me, but “you” rhymed better}

Friends, I have an announcement.  This is big.  I’m really excited. Starting this month, I will be joining a myriad/of/people/in/the/world who DON’T USE SHAMPOO! It’s the no ‘poo movement, and I’m hopping on board. It started out like this: I … Continue reading

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I’ll Be Eliza Doolittle; You Be Henry Higgins.

Normally, on an average day of evening blog reading, my Google™ Reader “inbox” will have around 30 updated posts. Last night when I went to sleep, my Google™ Reader looked like this: Eighty—bad, right? Tonight, as I lay my aching … Continue reading

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Half-Baked.

Despite the fact that I’ve been painting so much for the past three days that I haven’t even had the time to shower, and I’m really starting to smell…my sister and I haven’t seen much progress in the kitchen project.  … Continue reading

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