sue’s news

As I try to dress better for my new job, there has been much closet overhauling (and discovery of a new principle: Buy your new, pretty clothes first. Then box up the stuff for Goodwill. More on this below). But one of my closet issues is definitely morning disorganization. Behold the Design-it-Yourself Week Planner! Mine [...]

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Since starting this blog for myself, I’ve been surprised by how powerful it is simply to have a place where I save pretty photos, link to things I like or pat myself on the back for projects I’ve done well.  Add the benefits of focusing on positive news to the power of actually writing something [...]

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Classical history geek that I am, I went this afternoon to the “24 Hour Roman Construction Project,” an art event in which participants build a replica of Rome in a day. Starting at midnight with the two huts of Romulus and Remus, volunteers make structures, well, more or less to scale. Events, speakers and music [...]

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My philosophy on creating a really spa-like experience:  You should feel soothed, transported — as though you have gotten an expensive treat and a real change has taken place. Keys to this: engaging all the senses; putting the skin through tactile changes; and emerging with at least one visible result. With those goals in mind, [...]

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I’ve ordered a couple of test T-shirts to check the quality, but I’m already excited in a Texas-history-geek way about the look of these shirts I’m making based on historic Texas flags. First up, clearly, are the famous “Come and Take It” or Gonzales flag and the lovely De Zavala flag.  I’m so excited I [...]

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