The 10 mistakes in your portfolio
Every designer should use this as a checklist to improve his or her portfolio: Your design portfolio has 10 mistakes
I’ve been admitted
…to Keller Graduate School. Hubby decided awhile back that he was going to get a masters degree there, so I’ve been poking around looking at their classes. They have an I.S. management degree with a concentration in e-commerce, which will give me the credentials to teach as well as some extra knowledge to help me [...]
Overhydrogenation
I’ve had it with trans fat. There is simply no reason we should be bombarding fat with extra hydrogen atoms in order to turn it into oil. It’s just not smart. I had accepted the fact that people were willing to eat unhealthy foods in order to save some money. I had even accepted the [...]
Hooray for long weekends!
Long weekends are always good. But this one is particularly enticing — it’s the first weekend Hubby has had off from school in months! We’re going to the Renaissance Festival (what woman doesn’t adore going to a Renaissance Festival?) tomorrow, then a steak cookout with family. And in case that wasn’t enough to look forward [...]
Things I Miss about Texas
I never plan to live in the Whole Other Country again, but there are certain things you just don’t have up north. Here is a countdown to what I miss: 10. Sweet tea with lemon and lime 9. Dinner-and-a-movie theaters 8. Fried okra 7. Fresh fruit from Mexico 6. Whataburger 5. Cheap avocados 4. Chicken [...]
Cures for Morning Sickness
Besides job hunting, searching for morning sickness cures has been my primary use of the internet for at least a week. I’ve also sifted through a lot of books, and here is what I’ve found so far: Nausea Cures, and how well they work for me on a scale of 0 (not at all) to [...]
Working from Home
There has to be a legitimate way to work from home. Without paying somebody hundreds of dollars up front to learn the “secret.” Without having to peddle some kind of weird products or make cold calls. Maybe without sitting on the phone at all. After all, a lot of things are possible with the internet. [...]
Life’s Full of Surprises
So, no sooner do we get boxes moved into our own apartment, than I find out a one-bedroom apartment isn’t going to be enough for long. I’m pregnant! I guess it’s a good thing we went with a six-month lease… The first clue was a light weeklong backache that should have been a two-day painfest. [...]
A New Goal
After wrestling for a long time with what I want to do, I discovered a goal I didn’t know I had. I want to teach. Actually, it’s something Hubby has been suggesting for some time now, but it’s taken a long time for me to realize (1) that I’d be good at it and (2) [...]
Girl’s-Eye View
I decided to declare today Reading Day. There are, after all, certain benefits to that time of limbo when you don’t have a job and you’re waiting to hear back from your most promising prospects. So, after having spent several days in a row more or less indoors, I decided it would be appropriate to [...]