enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: ejbc
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Some days I am so high on this little self-employed job of mine. Other days, when the ideas are gone, my email inbox is empty and I've just finished my sixth episode of Friday Night Lights, it's a different story. But this current period, this past week, has been really great. As mentioned a million…
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You were my empty month. You were my clear calendar page. You were the month that I didn't know how I was going to get through. Because all the other months? They have plans. Their calendar boxes have text in them. Those other months have plane tickets bought and road trips scheduled. They have holidays…
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pinned from tumblr & sadly no original source / pinned & original source. Today is official the first day of fall. I've got big dreams for fall including two projects I would love to tackle. no. 1 : I want to make that photo of a brick wall into a quilt. Exactly like that. This…
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I have found that both a blessing and a curse of having a blog is that I am always thinking ahead. I am always thinking about next week's posts. Or next month's posts. What will I be doing? What can I be doing? For me, it's much more a positive than a negative. It's important…
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On September 11, 2001, I woke up early and got ready to go to school. I was a junior in high school. My friend Erin, who I carpooled with, called and told me to turn on the TV. I started watching just as the second plane hit. I remember thinking it had to be an…
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On Thursday, while I was visiting Kal, we played with paint. Prior to this trip, I signed up for her Script School online workshop (which starts September 12) but was lucky enough to get an “in real life” preview of what to expect. It was awesome. The number one thing I learned is the importance…
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I am currently on a layover in Denver and almost home. I had a really great trip to Winnipeg. It could have been awkward and it could have been amazing and happily it landed on the good side. I learned a lot of different things about art, type, my damn camera lens, motherhood, marriage, painting,…
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I am safe in Winnipeg and soaking up life with Kal. The house is rad, the kids are adorable (example a : storytime / example b : at least one of these two are coming home in my suitcase), Dan is funny and the whole situation is far from awkward. (Although the Canadian customs folks…
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I mentioned awhile back that I had read Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism (on the recommendation of Cathy Zielske) and it had influenced my diet quite a bit. It has been on my list to write a post about it, especially after sharing so much of my food choices during Week in the Life. To…
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loving this short haircut. best decision ever. flattered by your sweet comments! thank you. so glad that after five days of travel, Paul is safe and sound in Afghanistan. wishing we were able to talk more often. surprised that when we did talk he sounded so much older! (in a hot way.) realizing that all…
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