From the monthly archives:

August 2008

trying to balance on a soapbox.

August 29, 2008

i have always been known as a bit of a music snob. i don’t mean to be, but i just really love sound, words and the way musicians can so often brilliantly combine them. i don’t know maybe it’s the mood i am in, or just the feeling i got but today when i turned on the [...]

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to save a wooden life.

August 25, 2008

it had to be done. those giant eyes were calling to me as i went to turn off the light each night. why us? they said. why so many hands? why are we dragged across the floor?   why are our heads bang into the ground?  our faces hurt, our heads hurt, our ears hurt [...]

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story time at the squid.

August 24, 2008

the pajama squid had its first story time on friday, the 22′nd of august. it went over really well, and 6 kids showed up, and i thought that was a good turn out. karen was a great reader, and did a fabulous job of getting the kids involved. they were sharks, then fishes and then [...]

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super cute shoes at the squid.

August 19, 2008

i am carrying these super cute mesh green shoes right now and i am crazy about them. Jinwood’s casual line is fantastic! Its as though I have stumbled upon the old school shoes of yesteryear for little ones. These shoes are retro and fabulous, and unfortunately too small for me because if I could I [...]

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no notes of happiness.

August 18, 2008

i am so bummed by the resume’s i have been getting in for the store. i posted an ad on craigslist about hiring someone just for sunday’s. i can’t afford to pay that much and knew that would limit those interested and plus it is only a couple of hours a week, but i still [...]

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drama.

August 17, 2008

there has been some pink slip drama going on by the store. i have been here for 5 months and have never ever seen a single parking police, meter police, guys that give tickets to cars that haven’t paid the meter or have allowed to expire. Whatever you want to call them. I have only [...]

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