jewelry
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August 27
I’m getting a little better with the beadwork, though I still have a ways to go. The beads I have are not uniform in size, so making a pattern work well is pretty much impossible. But I learned about the difference between threads and the kinds of tools to use, and these earrings hold up…
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August 20
I ran 31 minutes today, which is the longest I’ve run since starting to run again. I didn’t want to. I even came all the way home before deciding to go back to the gym. I wanted to give up at least four times, including with two minutes left. But I did it. Could I…
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August 16
I had a productive day. Made the bed, cleaned the kitchen, went for a run, got coffee, picked up prescriptions, went to the library, went food shopping, made meatball subs for dinner, and taught myself bead threading. It’s tedious and time consuming, so right up my alley.
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April 3
It was nice to be home for a family dinner tonight. We got to hear how the girls saw a duck get hit by a car on the way home from school and learned the entire history of pizza, which Christina learned from her writing test today. You can never go wrong with dead ducks…
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October 28
For the first time in forever, I have a Halloween costume. I bought a flapper outfit and I’m totally excited to wear it every day. I’ve been obsessed with figuring out how to do my hair and makeup. I may wear it to meetings at work.
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November 17
I took the day off from work today and did some writing, a little shopping, and performed with the symphony. It needs to stop raining already.
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