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1. I found the card! Last night, in (yes, of course) a box of other cards. And with still over a week left to go in February — truly a success story for the ages.

2. I also found a key. It is a key with a sticker on it with my apartment number, which makes me think I really should know what it’s for. Possibly an extra mail key?

3. Even more awesome than card or key, I found letters from *Andrea (I know there are a lot more tucked away in a different box, so these were a surprise). <3 It’s about 30 years late, but congratulations on your stickybear spelling accomplishment! You are amazing!

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If you ever find yourself trying to brighten up a semi-outdoor space, such as a porch or balcony, and thinking, ‘I could put something on the wall, but what?’

Might I suggest: CRAFT FOAM

[Note: suggestion comes via Mom, who is super awesome at this sort of thing.]

Craft foam comes in sheets of all sizes and colors, plus pre-cut shapes, plus you can get it in peel and stick varieties which is so easy and takes out that tedious ‘glue stuff to other stuff’ step.

And it’s just sturdy enough to be outside — it can handle sun and temperature changes and even the occasional wind-driven rain. It’s not going to last forever, but that turns out to be really good for someone like me who has trouble with the pressure of choosing ‘forever’ decorations.

[Pics to follow on crafturday, hopefully!]

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Happy birthday to starandrea, who is an amazing, wonderful, and inspiring sister and friend! May your day and year ahead be full of love and joy!

(So I went looking for an awesome rainbow shooting star picture to put here, and found the youtube smash hit Double Rainbow Song, which is an (awesome) experience in and of itself. I also found this super cool sticker on zazzle, made by scarletquill. I did not get you the stickers for your birthday. But I did use the picture for this birthday post!)

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I love you Mom!

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To post pictures of your Christmas tree!

Since I’m doing Christmas at home, this tree won’t end up having lots of presents under it. Instead the stuffed animals are hanging out having a Christmas party!

Crafty shoutout: A couple years ago I got some 3D stickers on a post-Christmas clearance sale, and never figured out what to do with them. This year I paired them up and stuck them to each other with a little loop in between, and voila! Christmas ornaments!

Huge thanks to Mom and Dad, who provided the tree, and also *Andrea, who provided the awesome Nicholas St. North ornament! (Technically it’s a keychain; but I’m repurposing it for the season.)

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Attempting to teach an old cat new tricks: status uncertain. It seems silly to move a cat 15 minutes away from home and then never take him back, right? So last night we both went home for dinner, except that when it was time to go, said cat was hiding DEEP under the bed. No way was he coming out without some serious shenanigans, so he stayed home overnight while I came back to the apartment.

This is a photo of him at home this morning:

(Thanks, *Andrea!)

He consented to being deposited into the carrier when I went home again to pick him up, and he has spent most of the day napping. The apartment has an air mattress, so he can’t go under it. He’s figured out how to get under the comforter, instead.

So, there’s that. I have my fingers crossed and some amount of optimism that this will all work out awesome, but right now we’re still at this point:

(Thanks to *Andrea again for letting me borrow GC for the week!)

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I keep meaning to post about my AWESOME LANYARD OF AWESOME, so here it is. A while back I wrote a story for NaNoWriMo that mentioned lanyards, and starandrea made me one, and now that I have to have a badge to get into the building where I work, I have the perfect excuse to bring it with me every day!

(The best part of this post is that I tried to write it at work, and I wanted to find the quote that mentioned the lanyards. But I couldn’t find my fic! Dreamwidth wouldn’t load (google kept saying ‘do you mean dreamwidth.com’ and I was all YES! I DO! and it still wouldn’t work). But there were some slow moments today, so I persevered.)

(Eventually I googled ‘nimby lanyard harold al’ Bam. First result.)

“Everyone who checked in at the house got a beacon. (And a lanyard. Harold was particularly proud of the lanyards; they said “NIMBY Center” in English, as well as a variety of non-Earth languages. He’d had to order a thousand, though, to get the rainbow color assortment, so they had cartons of them stacked in the basement.)”
-NIMBY

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Hope your birthday is AMAZING
and that the year ahead is
full of JOY!!!

<3 <3 <3

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[*brought to you by my 2013 planner]

July
*“Promotional T-Shirt Month!”
*VERY HOT THIS MONTH
*“This month has involved a lot of cranky people, including myself.” … “I got reacquainted with the cellar, and had reason to be grateful for laundry.” … “August is way more fun now that I’m not in school.”

August
*“I’m very intrigued by the ‘great green hen.’”
*2 NEW EMPLOYEES/COWORKERS — HIRING IS HARD
*“What the world really needed was more AUs of an AU.” … “Kind of like JIT manufacturing — what a way to use business knowledge.”

September
*“Did I move to a rainforest when I wasn’t looking?”
*WORK EXPO TRIP
*“It’s actually kind of great to have so many things I want to do.” … “I’ve been trying to bump up my intake of protein and good fats (so many nuts).” … “How time flies, as quarter 3 comes to an end without any significant improvement.”

October
*“Looking forward to a three day weekend.”
*HELPED PACK UP A STORE
*“I think a lot depends on the weather.” … “I base a surprising amount of my values on my childhood reading material.” … “Will we have a truncated buying season, or a super extended one?”

November
*“Just looking for a change of pace, I guess, and for one less deadline in my life for a while.”
*THE THOR MARATHON
*“What an interesting month!” … “I suppose for December I could always read a holiday romance novel.” … “Not just ‘what’s next?’ but ‘this is what I want next.’”

December
*“Wow, I really thought I’d done this already.”
*FIRST BIG STORMS; COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS
*“I’m sure I had fun and learned a lot, but I am still so glad the year is nearly over.” … “So often I felt on the periphery — impacted but not knowing how to make it better.” … “Meanwhile, retail therapy has been a trend this year.”

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Enormous hugs and kudos to *Andrea for fixing all our sites yesterday!

::hearts::

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