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Pre-Vacation Squee

vacation

Don’t worry. I will still be posting daily as usual!

We have a (very busy) staycation planned for next week. Even though our week will be filled with meetings and appointments and a fairly robust to do list, it’s been a long year, and I’m still thrilled to get a week away from the office.

How excited am I? I’m drunk-girl-confronted-with-puppies excited!


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Remembering

Reuters (I think)

Reuters (I think)

I have nothing clever to say today. I’m just thinking about all those who were lost and those who were left. Wishing us all better days.

Much love,

Donna

In case you want more, here are my previous 9/11-related posts.

A small collection of beautiful, sweet, painful stories told by those who lost family members, It Never Gets Easier.

A 9/11 story you’ve probably never heard, All Hands On Deck.

And my personal 9/11 story, It Was a Beautiful Day.

 


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Etsomnia™ 106: Derpocalypse Now

The twins looked at each other in horror. She wanted to put her feet WHERE?!?

Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.)

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Etsy Wins:

etsy

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Here are some (estimated) statistics:

  • Year I first started obsessing about Etsy: 2010
  • Hours per week I spend browsing Etsy: 20
  • Hours per week I spend writing Etsomnia: 7
  • Average number of Etsy-related posts I write per month: 10

In other words, I’ve spent approximately 7,000 hours on Etsy. Personally, I think that number looks a little low, but I digress.

In all my thousands of hours on Etsy, and in spite of all the stellar Etsy sellers I’ve profiled, I’ve never, ever come across something this fantastic. Are you ready? Continue reading →