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Is anyone out there?

Where is everyone? I hope you are all out there in your gardens! I know I have been. Right now I am buried under tomatoes. We had a great crop from our raised beds, and a friend had planted at least 20 or 25 plants and every three days she calls for pickers. I have frozen chopped Romas, made tomato-basil soup for the freezer, and today I am doing tomato sauce in the oven. We eat sliced and wedged tomatoes every night for dinner with cukes and have made sauces and salsas by the tubful. I am cooki… Continue

Added by Marilynne on September 10, 2009 at 8:33pm — 5 Comments

Best "Stink Eye" photo contest!

Submit your photo of the best stink-eye, glare, "you're in trouble" look you can find and win a free photo poster or photo collage from Costco! Upload your photo to you favorite photo-sharing site and post the link in your comment here or you can email your pic to me at zaellen@gmail.com. By commenting and/or sending you'll be giving your permission for me to post your pic here at… Continue

Added by Ellen on July 30, 2009 at 6:17am — No Comments

Covered in Quilts!

Wow! Saturday was spent in Quilt Heaven! My friend Maxine (the most fabulous quilter I know) and I and another quilting friend made the 3 hour trip to Sisters, Oregon for the annual Outdoor Quilt Show. The drive is beautiful into the Cascade Mountains, the Three Sisters and Three Fingered Jack mountains shining in the sun, still covered in snow. The town of Sisters is a small town near Bend, Oregon and has been kept in the rustic tradition of an old time settlement. All new building must look "w… Continue

Added by Marilynne on July 13, 2009 at 9:41am — 2 Comments

Old McDonald had a farm.....

We So should move to the country! We are such animal lovers! My friend and neighbor has a litter of super cute 8 week old kittens and my daughter (daddy's little girl) talked us into getting one of them. He is SO cute (I know all kittens are.) But, this one has the cutest little bobbed tail! Anyways, here is my latest smilebox album and it's featuring Grace's new kitty... Sam-Sam :o)

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Added by Ashley Housing on June 30, 2009 at 6:23pm — 5 Comments

My New Techie Toy ~ Eye-Fi Card

SERIOUSLY! This is the coolest...just pop your Eye-Fi card in your camera and check out what you can do...

You can get an Eye-Fi card at… Continue

Added by Ellen on June 26, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

My focus of the day ~ Be Yourself!

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Added by Ellen on June 24, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Backyard Buffet

Ok...I'm probably not going to explain this very well, but roll with me--

This picture is a postcard/invite I got in the mail yesterday. Is this not the coolest thing? At first I thought I'd have Dan make me one to use as a potting bench, but then my wheels started turning...

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Added by Jennifer Grant on June 23, 2009 at 9:34am — 3 Comments

In trying to organize my life...

My brother is a whiz at financial and office organization AND he loves doing it. Thank goodness for me because I need all the help I can get right now! My new system includes ideas from Steven Covey and David Allen...Watch the video and check it out!

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Added by Ellen on June 22, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Chicks Who Click 2009 ~ Vancouver

Chicks Who Click is in Vancouver on June 26-27th. It's going to be AMAZING! Check it out...

Here is my flickr stream from Chicks Who Click in Boulder in January 2009...SO MUCH FUN and great helpful information and networking.… Continue

Added by Ellen on June 22, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments

Discovering relaxation through BEING instead of DOING...

My goal lately in taking care of myself is to work on BEING rather than DOING all of the time. Check out one of the places where I'm going to work on this... Here's what I've