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The Pits

Posted on October 3, 2011 by BrassyDel

Today I am in the pits. You know what I mean, right? We’ve probably all been there before, though some of us are racking up those frequent guest points faster than others. The pits are metaphorical. Duh. They’re that place you send yourself, when you’re feeling down, and then you feel bad about yourself for feeling down. Or you indulge…

Problem Solving for Lazy People

Posted on May 16, 2011 by BrassyDel

Problem solving and laziness are often at odds. If you’re going to solve your predicament and still maintain a minimal level of effort, you’re going to have to make some compromises. Namely: effectiveness. The key here is a big fuss with little or no actual action. That’s right; we’re talking about whining! Much maligned by society at large, whining…

Resolutions: Follow-Up

Posted on January 12, 2011 by BrassyDel

Shortly before the new year, I blogged about my resolutions for 2011. The two key concepts were “Get Caught Up” and “Take Better Care of Myself,” which basically breaks down to the following priorities: 1. Tasks 2. Self Do you see what I did wrong here? I had started refocusing during the last week of December, and by a few…

Resolutions

Posted on December 29, 2010 by BrassyDel

Not like on your monitor. See more Lolcats and funny pictures It’s almost New Year’s Day (previously known as Hangover Day), which means it’s time to think up some New Year’s Resolutions so we’ll all have something to quickly forget about work on in 2011. Mine are: Get Caught Up. In 2010, I made some major strides toward getting and…

Gallery Show Day

Posted on December 15, 2010 by BrassyDel

Last Saturday I had a small open studio gallery sale at my house here in lovely Colorado. The weather was quite cooperative, the barkingest dog that ever did bark was off at the vet for his semi-annual poking and prodding, and we had gourmet cookies courtesy of local baker Diane from Nibbles and Noshes. On the down side, I had…

Have a Happy Punctuation Day!

Posted on September 24, 2009 by BrassyDel

So today is National Punctuation Day, and I’m a huge nerd. Given the combination of those two things, I celebrated punctuation today in the only way I really saw fit: I baked cookies. Punctuation cookies. I started with the basic recipe for Sugar Cookie Cut Outs from my Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, but since I am not a huge…

Cupcake Fail

Posted on March 24, 2009 by BrassyDel

I’ve been craving cupcakes for quite awhile. I had a nasty sinus infection, complete with canker sores so bad I could barely eat, for about a week so that staved my cupcake fantasies for the interim. Now that I’m feeling pretty much normal, the craving came back with a vengeance. I needed cupcakes, and I needed good cupcakes. You know,…

Adventures in Dinner Crafting

Posted on March 6, 2009 by BrassyDel

So tonight I figured I’d haul my fat pregnant self off the couch and make some dinner. Since the hubby ate frozen pizza and gummy bears for dinner last night, it’s not like it was going to be difficult to follow. I went with some frozen chicken nuggets and strips (mmmm, honey barbeque), a box of Annie’s alfredo mac’n’cheese and…

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