enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: life
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I've had a good week of workdays. Books were made (they'll be listed online on Monday after the pop-up shop). Inventory was sorted & counted. Bread was baked. Blog posts were written. Signs were made. Holiday decorations were hung. Holiday cards were ordered. Envelopes were addressed. Calendar pages were flipped. And during all that, I…
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It was crazy : I dropped my parents off at the airport on Saturday morning and when I got home was completely over the yellow and orange and general Thanksgiving-ness that has dominated our apartment for the last month. I was surprised at how quickly I went from loving it to needing a change. I…
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On Thursday, our families flew and drove into town and we hosted thanksgiving dinner for eight. Other than a minor turkey de-boning issue and the fact that my apple pie was seriously undercooked, it went so well. We have awesome families. And we're so thankful that they get along and are willing to spend holidays…
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We are lucky enough to have a great farmer's market with three flower stands just down the street from us. (It was a huge selling point when we picked our apartment.) Since the first time we went, I have been excited about buying flowers in November for Thankgiving. Usually, I just get a $3 premade…
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Better right? Here's what I realized : Before our "office" was a home office. Like the kind of place were you keep your computer and all your books. The place that you work in after you come home from your real job. Totally great. Except that this is my real job. Our home office needed…
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Whew. Paul had the car all week and I kept myself inside wrapping up a big custom project, finishing off the BIG mini workshop, and punching paper and more paper. I'm so glad you like the goodness books. I dropped P off at work today so I could have the car. Post office first then…
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fun documentation excercise via : Amy Tan (you can click to enlarge.)
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Like most people, I am motivated by money. For sure. But, also like most people, I have learned that that can't be all there is. I have quit jobs that paid more money than I am making now because they wore me down instead of built me up. I stopped hosting advertisers on this blog…
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I always love the start of a new month. October was insanely busy. Paul was on a crazy rotation schedule and I matched it with work hours. Add to that not nearly enough sleep and some pretty intense conversations and things around here felt crazy. I am excited to move forward and hopefully get more…
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