Archive for December, 2009

Friday Favorites

I’ve been busy this week working on a website redesign project. I finally got to the point where all the components are working with each other, and now I’m importing the content from the old site. It’s very exciting.
I love code. There are times when I am so stressed because something is [...]

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Best of 2009: Part III

I am participating in The Best of 2009 Blog Challenge. For my responses to previous prompts, please see Part I (#1-7) & Part II (#8-10).
11. The Best Place
The best place I’ve been to this year was Pirates’ Lair on Tom Sawyer’s Island. I might have been on Tom Sawyer’s island when I was [...]

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Best of 2009: Part II

I am participating in The Best of 2009 Blog Challenge. For my responses to prompts 1-7, please see Part I.
8. Moment of Peace
What’s that? Just kidding, I actually had quite a bit cherished moments of peace, be it walking around on my lunch break at work (downtown, the Pike, the beach) or quietly [...]

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Best of 2009: Part I

I am participating in The Best of 2009 Blog Challenge.
1. Trip
I haven’t taken any trip-trips per se, but grocery shopping is called a trip to the store, right? So my favorite time of leaving the house this year was Independence Day. In the morning I was at the Brea Country fair, helping at [...]

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Friday Favorites

I ran across a lot of good blogs this week, and know I read some really good posts, but now that I look for them, I can’t seem to find them. Had I known I wanted to make this post, I would’ve starred them in my reader or added them to Delicious. I [...]

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Human Rights Day

According to the UN, non-discrimination is focus of Human Rights Day, 10 December. So today I want to talk about a group that is discriminated against in India: the Dalits. I first learned about them from reading Revolution in World Missions.
Dalits are on the lowest rung in the Hindu caste system, which was [...]

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Wordless Wednesday: Nativity

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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Heads or Tails: Health Revolution

The theme at Heads or Tails this week is “one” or “won.” I want to make ONE change to my lifestyle this week.
I occasionally dabble in eating healthy. I got a free book on eating fiber and I have made a few green smoothies in my lifetime. It’s hard, because one, [...]

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

The Homemakers Haven: Christmas Decorating Edition

I thoguht I’ve participated in the following themed blog day at least once in the past, but I can only find a similarly-named theme post. Maybe I participated in comments only or my posts never made it past draft stage. I’m going to try to participate in this regularly, as it is always edifying [...]

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Me Encanta…

Me Encanta is a sporadic series where we are thankful for the simple things in life. A small post about what brings a smile to my face.
It’s been over a year since my last Me Encanta post. I thought this would be a simple enough thing to keep up with, but alas, I [...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009