Painting on the Ceiling

 The cylinder in the corner is actually a light fixture made from recycled materials.  Sadly, it doesn't photograph well....

Last year's office decorations, plus me as a Jane Austen heroine: This year:

...and I don't have my camera. Does it help if I describe it as like Prague, only more industrial and in more of a hurry? I'm at...

Lately we.... ... enjoyed my sisters Rachel's performance in her parish's annual melodrama. ... started planning the garden .....

I have been at my new job three months and I still love it! and the first seed catalog of the year (and the only one we usually use) has a...

And so we are coming at last to something I have longed for, something I've wanted for many, many years: normal .   My husband is ill a...

..... and now my husband is sick. He has a bad cold, complete with a sore throat, and plans to spend the weekend on the couch with my hear...

I'm back at work, finally!  The doctor gave me the "all clear" in the morning and I was at my desk by afternoon. My belly bu...

Lesson #1: Check the cost of benefits when applying for a job. My husband's salary didn't change much.  But because his employer p...

I got the one job I didn't apply for. I've accepted a position as a writer at an educational non-profit.   I'm very excited...

Amazon portal revenue this month = $1.18.  Thank you for your purchases through our portal! I got my last paycheck from my former teaching...

My husband's last day at his old job is today.  Good luck, my sweetheart, as you move from education into data management!

This month we're going to get income from 5 sources: my old job (one last paycheck!) my husband's old job my husband's new jo...

... I'm dealing with water in the basement, I think from an overflowing washing machine, plus I need to defend the peas from slugs and g...

I have a phone interview for a position as a Marketing Copywriter on Wednesday morning.  It is for an insurance company.  Here's hoping!...

I applied for four more jobs today, leaving off my Ph.D on three of them.  Hopefully that will help, or at least, I can see if I get differe...

.... interviewing with two temp agencies.  Hopefully I can find a temp job without too much typing, as my old wrist problem can flare up if ...

Jobs Applied For: 16 Networking lunches/coffees: 4 Job Fairs: 2 Job Interviews: 10 with three companies--(one company has had six intervi...

Normally, I don’t post pics from work, but since there aren’t any students in it, this is me, getting ready to introduce the Shakespearean ...