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A very cool thing

Found via LawDog : The Gratitude Campaign

MMMMMM!! Glorious sunshine and warmth!

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Pity it isn't sticking around, but it has been nice. Saturday was the Moscow CommUNITY Walk and it was a wonderful day for it (tho there was enough of a breeze that in the shade I kept getting chilled). There were lots of folk there and Ms Ella of course attended: I was able to borrow a small wagon from friends and I decked it out with some scarves and even rigged up a seat belt for her so she could ride in comfort. She brought a lot of smiles to a lot of people (and I think confusion to a few who couldn't figure out what an elephant was doing out and about LOL). One at the park we sat and watched and listened to the musical entertainment and I chatted with a few people about Ms Ella and what she does. Quite a few of the CommUNITY Walk people recognized her, Dr Ghazanfar had found her blog last year when googling the Walk and was thrilled to see it and told everyone he knew. He made sure to let me know Ms Ella was specially invited to join the walk again. We didn't stay a

Oy! Thank the Goddess it's Friday!

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Week is finally almost over. Been puttering a bit, got several more designs up in my shop and tweaking a website for someone (their previous website manager has neither the time nor means to do so and they are looking to put it elsewhere as is). I have a paper due in class on Monday, so will work on it this weekend. Speaking of weekend, tomorrow is the Moscow CommUNITY Walk and I am taking Ms Ella (she was specially invited). I've borrowed a small kids wagon from a friend, so Ms Ella will not be subjected to the folding luggage rack for transportation. I'm going to drape it in something colorful and hubby has suggested one of the mag antennas from on top of the car, which would be good for tying bright ribbons on. I'm just hoping my knee behaves itself. Spent half the night awake because of it (and I'd taken a sleeping pill!!!), darn thing feels like it is locked up. I've the cane today to help give it support (and I hate using the darned thing) and have decided n

Kitty cat yoga anyone?

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It's just not fair, they can stretch and twist like then and if I tried it, I'd wind up in the hospital.

Way serious kewl!

Found via fat fu , Stacy Bias, of Fat Girl Speaks has a new project, Bellies are Beautiful and is looking for photo submissions. I'll send one in as soon as I get a good pic of my belly. She is organizing an event in Portland, where they will have photographers on hand to take pictures and everyone can have some fun dancing, enjoying music and refreshments.

Meet Clyde da Bunny

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A friend gave him to me last night and I had to bring him to work, he's going to be our enforcer bunny LOL

My new logo

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For Purple Ducky Designs: Not quite the final design, but it will do for now. I still need to tweak it a bit, but this is pretty much how it will look. Having lots of fun figuring out Inkscape.

It's almost Friday, it's almost Friday, it's almost Friday!!!!, hmmm I think I have an idea for another design

LOL Have to see what I can come up with. So the cold is slowly receding, not coughing as much and my sinuses have been better behaved. Appetite is slowly coming back. Didn't feel like much for dinner, but did make up some tacos for me, hubby got burgers and fries. I really needed something spicy, crunchy and cheesy, so the taco fit the bill quite nicely. Made the filling with some of the precooked ground beef I had stashed in the freezer, a bit of frozen tomato paste and some powdered tomato paste. Add taco spices, some minced garlic and a bit of water and it came out perfectly. Tummy was very happy. Had some blood drawn Monday morning and then saw my doc yesterday. Everything looks good, including the girly hormones. They show I am midrange for perimenopause, so poor hubby has to suffer for quite a while yet LOL. My overall cholesterol is down a bit, from 140 to 126. Bad cholesterol is in the good range, the good cholesterol is low, just gotta get more active and that should come

Busy, busy, busy at Purple Ducky Designs

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I've several more designs up, mostly political text items. Finally got out with Ms Ella on Sunday and got some photos, one of which was nice enough I've got a number of items with her on them at my shop . Planning on many more photos of Ms Ella to make designs out of as the weather gets nicer. I need some really good photos of her out fishing.

Blech..

Out sick for the 2nd day with a cold. Not as miserable as when I had the flu, but I hate being sick at all. Been doing zinc tabs with vitamin C, humidifier with eucalyptus oil and lots of hot tea. Been getting lots of sleep and rest. Hubby picked up more kleenex with aloe yesterday, so my nose is feeling lots better. Sun is out and I have the front door open and the north window unsealed and opened. So nice to be getting fresh air. It is supposed to get nicer this weekend and I hope I am up for it. Had to turn down a chance to see Elton John tomorrow night, a friend of a friend had a ticket and wasn't going to charge who ever took it, but I am not recouping from colds like I used to and there is no way I will be up for enjoying a concert as yet. Bummer. Oh well. I don't do well is large crowds anymore. Downloaded Inkscape to my Windoze machine as my Linux machine is off line. So I've been working on more designs for my shop . Currently working on some generic political ones

I dink I cot a colb

AUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!! Bad enough I've been coughing for several days, my sinuses have kicked in and I am going thru kleenex like crazy and the sinus pressure is getting painful. Thankfully I carry a small pharmacy in my bag, but I don't have any thing for sinuses so acetaminophen will have to do for now. Stifled some coughs during class, that was a big mistake. Thought I was going to explode. Managed to cough quietly and that took some of the pressure off, but it is times like this that I wish I sat in the back of the room. I sit up front, so making a mad dash for the door to cough is a bit noticeable. Prof isn't done grading the tests, so still have no clue on how badly I screwed it up. Sun is out and the snow is all gone. I was not a happy camper to discover I hadn't mis-heard the DJs on the radio this morning. I am so hoping the weather people are right about this weekend, I so want to get the house open and fresh air coming in. Supposed to be close to 60F and I so want

Newest designs

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What's new at Purple Ducky under pagan firearm owner: Body acceptance: Been having lots of fun with Inkscape, newest trick I've learned is tracing photos to make the rifle picture in the first design.

GAK! I think I flubbed my test

Not all of it, but several really simple questions. I think I got backwards on a couple of them, which immediately affected the answers to the questions following. There were only two questions I completely blanked on and I don't think I answered the short essay the way she wanted. ARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well, as long as I keep a B in the class I will be happy (tho I really wanted to do well enough to bring it up to an A). SIGH!!!! I've been coughing all weekend, it is getting very, very annoying.It is one of those coughs that makes you dizzy by the time you are done and while I don't feel like my lungs are completely full of fluid, I gurgle when I breath and I don't like that. Been sipping on cough syrup every chance I get and a co-worker gave me a cough drop for class so I was able to get thru that with the minimum of noise. Am tired since I wake up half the night coughing. Weekend went too fast, we spent most of the day in Lewiston/Clarksto

Phew!!!! Friday

At last and it isn't raining, so that is nice. Haven't seen the near 54F temps they were predicting so am rather bummed. Not looking too good this weekend for weather. Well, Purple Ducky Designs is now official. I am out of my 15 day free trial and have a paid premium account. I've been working on new designs and as soon as hubby upgrades my home computer to Fedora 8 I can get the newest version of Inkscape and get more done and up on my shop. I will be doing a newsletter for my shop soon, I've only a couple subscribers as yet, but it is a start. Have to do some serious studying this weekend, I've my 2nd test in my class. This section I am more comfortable with, so should do pretty well on it. Hubby finally got the utility trailer tagged, so we'll be hauling a serious load of recycling on Sunday, we are headed down to Lewiston/Clarkston tomorrow for some shopping. I'd hoped to get some yard work done this weekend, but with the weather being iffy, probably n