Getting Crafty with a Mirror

I'm not typically a crafty person. This is primarily due to my lack of time for such endeavors and not a lack of interest. However I am currently on break from both work and school for the Holidays and find myself with extra time and feeling a bit stir crazy. So I’ve kept myself busy with a few projects. Here is the first I did this week. It was my good friend Dr. Erin’s birthday earlier this month. She also is in the process of buying a new home so I thought I’d make her something to put in her new home. Here is what I came up with.


Taking a picture of a mirror is tricky business and these were the two pictures that turned out the best. It began as a regular square mirror. I then designed the border around the edge and etched it into the mirror.


The symbol you see at the top is a Bowl of Hygieia which is often used to represent pharmacy (as Dr. Erin is a doctor of pharmacy). I enjoyed reading up on the pharmacy symbol, Hygieia was the Greek goddess of health, daughter of Asclepius, the god of medicine and healing.

Anticipating a phone call

There are lots of things to look forward to on Christmas Day. Family, presents, food, presents, friends, presents, and even giving some presents.

This year what I'm looking forward to the most is a phone call from my li'l brudder who is serving a mission for our Church in Argentina. I hear from him on a weekly basis via email, but this is one of the few days I actually get to talk to him on the phone.

Here is why I miss Tommy so much:



We wreak a little havoc where ever we go.

What are you looking forward to this Christmas Day? I hope it's full of family, friends, and Christ. Merry Christmas!

Red Red Wine

The new flavor of the month is Red.

An Early Christmas Present

Christmas is around the corner.

Sometimes I need to state the obvious to remind myself of the fact. Every year I tell myself I will plan early to get ready for Christmas. Every year I fail. You see, every year Christmas continues to happen at the same time: right after I have a slew of birthdays right in a row I must take care of (3 family members and 2 good friends) and right after final exams. What’s a girl to do?


My older and wiser sister Merry (Dragon Tamer and Mother Extraordinaire) has her life a little more put together than I do. I received my Christmas present from her almost 2 weeks ago. Yes, she is amazing. Not only is Merry amazing, but what she did is also so incredible I must share it with all of you. Merry made each member of my family an advent calendar to count down the days until Christmas. This is not just any advent calendar, no! It’s a personalized one that has every member of my family dressed up and posed as a member of the nativity scene. It works out quite nicely as there are (currently) 22 members of the family. Merry also included 1 manger and 1 star to total the 24 days prior to Christmas.



I’m an angel. A barefooted angel. To make things even better, in each little pocket is also a Dove chocolate.

Cool? So cool.

People are a Problem

The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.

To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

D. Adams

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If You're Wondering If I Want You To

There is something about Rivers Cuomo. I've had a crush on that man for 15 years.

That aside, I love the style of the new video. The classic 1950's feel, the barbershop quartet, the cars, population: Weezer, I love it all.