Happy 2011: a few resolutions

1. Do really good design.

Do more work outside of work. Be creative in everyday life. No excuses. And make what's ugly nice.

2. Go to the gym in the winter. Go to the pavement when it's warm.

I like running. Really. Repeating this in my head…

3. Take more classes just for fun.

(Currently lined up for a cake decorating class and a hypnotherapy class)

4. Go somewhere really spectacular.

So that everytime I go by the airport I don't feel like I'm chained to a pine tree. 

5. Don't allow any clutter in my life. 

Gorgeous.

I love the succulent in the back. Ah.

Tell 'em, gram.

Douchey account guy

Amazingly funny, disturbingly true.
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More adorable kid photos from Christmas

My little sister and I seeing the Maine Mall Santa. 

Matching plaid dresses? Thanks mom.

Halloween is over. But these kids win.

These kids obviously win at coolest costume of the year.

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Rich Girl always reminds me of this girl in college who wore pearls and said words like "Plantation" and "my daddy."

Anthro love: Beads and Bars Necklace

Why yes anthro, I will wear that to the Bar!
Anthro's Beads and Bars Necklace

Holiday drawing.

Better late than never I guess.

Some of my earliest work. Medium: tempera paint, cardboard, macaroni, paper clip, adorable school photo

BEST HOLIDAY CARD

Jackie's card this year was a gem.

A tribute to the greatest internet memes of the year.

Bring it on, 2012

Cocktail creation: Rosemary's Baby

Conflict: It's 10:00am and you want a nice, celebratory Holiday drink. But, it's 10:00am and you are limited on your appropriate choices. You don't want to look like a lush in front of your Auntie Martha and frankly, her judging eye is already on high alert from the "hooker" heals you wore last night at dinner.

Introducing: Rosemary's Baby. There's orange juice in it so it's morning appropriate and it tastes delicious- so much so that Auntie Martha can't complain. My dear friend, Janet, and I created this drink Thanksgiving morning while waiting for a bird to cook. We made a pitcher.

Rosemary's Baby:
2 part orange juice
1 part rum
1/2 part triple sec
splash of simple syrup
Rosemary sprig
Orange slice to garnish

The 1928 women's Basketball team from University of New Hampshire

How amazing are these ladies?

The super depressing Hanukkah section at a super Wal-Mart in Maine

Not a dreidel in sight, nor a menorah to be found.

Also, there were about 5 massive aisles for Christmas things...

Turkey! How to brine a big bird:

Lola's Brining recipe:
Mix in a bowl the following:
1 cup salt (Kosher is better)
1 cup brown sugar
3-4 sprigs of rosemary
1 orange peel shaved
1 tablespoon of pepper

Fill a large cooler with cold water and mix in the brine. Then place in your turkey and let it set over night. The next morning, take your bird out of the brine and set in a roasting pan. I like to give it a little coat of melted butter, which gives it that crispy, gold skin.

The 22lb turkey bird

Our adorable Friendsgiving

Just something to think about.

The president says: "We're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share," he thunders to a crowd in Georgia. Such tax loopholes, he adds, "sometimes made it possible for millionaires to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying 10 percent of his salary – and that's crazy."

Preacherlike, the president draws the crowd into a call-and-response. "Do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the bus driver," he demands, "or less?"

The crowd, sounding every bit like the protesters from Occupy Wall Street, roars back: "MORE!"

The year was 1985. The president was Ronald Wilson Reagan.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-the-gop-became-the-party-of-the-rich-20111109#ixzz1dEhOJP00

It doesn't matter who you are, republican, democrat or aristocrat, this is just something to think about.

Inanimate objects personified: UPDATE 2

Manamana.

Best. Candy. Ever.

Lost, found and high school shenanigans...

This was obtained 11 years ago with _______ and _______ and a car named Bubbles. Much like the best kind of stories, some are never revealed.

That's all.

Inanimate objects personified: UPDATE

My great Women Rulers of Art ruler. Awesome and useful. And there's quite a list of wonderful ladies who have influenced art, headlined by my all time favorite, Frida Kahlo. So here it is: A ruler about people personified. It's the Inception of Inanimate Objects Personified.