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10Aug / 2011

Diva Cup Guest Review at Turby & John

A picture of Dawn & me, because my only other option was a picture of a Diva Cup, and we are probably slightly more fun to look at.

When I find a product whose performance I’m truly happy with, I tend to gush about it. I have been accused of working for Netflix on more than one occasion, and I’ve talked several of my closest friends into joining Pinterest just so I can look at all of their favorite things. Currently, I’m raving about the Diva Cup—in fact, I haven’t shut up about it since I bought mine a few months ago. Dawn graciously allowed me to take over her blog yesterday for the sole purpose of professing my love for the Diva Cup. If you’re dissatisfied with your current menstrual product, interested in alternative menstrual products, or just like to read about periods, then be sure to check out my guest review of the Diva Cup over at Turby and John. However, if you’re at all squeamish about periods, then consider yourself warned (also: grow the hell up).

Happy Wednesday!

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21Jun / 2011

More on my Hair

Remember that long, whiny post about the state of my hair? Well, around Easter I finally managed to do something about it, and, consequently, my hair and I have been on pretty good terms for the last couple of months. Here are some current pictures:

On vacation in Orange Beach, AL with just-washed hair

Drinking Cucumber Mint Lemonade at a Memorial Day Cookout, again, with just-washed hair

Shopping with my Nanna, after a few days without washing my hair

As I mentioned before, I’m very happy with what Amber of Intricid Salon was able to do with my unruly hair (and not just because it’s summertime and I live in Louisiana). You can follow the link to find out more about Amber and Intricid, a newly-opening salon in the Tupelo area. As for me, I definitely plan on calling her the next time I’m in town, and I recommend her to anyone in northeast Mississippi who’s bored with his or her hair. Thanks again, Amber!

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19Apr / 2011

There Are No Words

to describe how stressed I am right now and how badly I have needed spring break to be here for well over a month. Even if I could somehow express it, I am too sick of typing things and staring at screens to bother. However, everything isn’t terrible, and some things have been making me smile lately:

The tulips have come and gone.

And they were beautiful while they lasted.

Thanks to the previous owners and their strange ideas about flower placement, mystery plants are popping up all over the backyard.

I'm not complaining, but I might relocate them to more logical places once they've finished blooming.

While I can't manage to keep a maidenhair fern alive inside, this one seems to be doing just fine without my help.

These tiny white flowers smell a lot like wisteria and have taken over the back fence.

Loquats (what I've been calling Japanese plums) are ripe now, and they are messy and delicious.

Baby blueberries

Baby blackberries

Baby raspberries

 

(And spring break, if you happen to be reading this, please hurry the hell up.)

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22Mar / 2011

My Favorite New Way to Avoid School Work

Here's a little peek at my "craft night projects" board.

Lately I’ve been spending more time that I’m about to admit on Pinterest. Naturally, my favorite thing to do so far has been the collection of craft night ideas. I love hosting craft nights, but our biggest obstacle so far has been too much ambition and too little planning. I’m hoping the board I’ve created will help a bit with those, because if there’s one thing I need in my life right now it’s a nice, productive craft night.

Back to work! Hopefully I’ll have some awesome crafts to share with you soon.

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26Feb / 2011

Being a Grad Student is Hard Sometimes

As was probably made evident by my extended absence, all week I’ve been paying for the fun I had last weekend.  I’ve been barely treading water as far as work is concerned–I have two presentations and two essays to turn in next week, plus a stack of Comparison/Contrast essays to grade at some point (not one of my sixteen students has dropped, which is great but also means more work for me).  So this weekend will be spent in front of the computer, drinking more coffee than I probably should, and eating foldover peanut butter sandwiches.  I’m sure the upcoming week will be more relaxed, and we have Mardi Gras break coming up, so I’ll have some cool (and in no way related to school) things to share soon. Hopefully this cute picture of Chowder will make the wait a little more bearable (since I know you guys are hitting refresh every fifteen minutes and tearing your hair out in frustration over my lack of posts).

This is Chowder's favorite place to sit in the mornings. He's clearly unhappy I'm invading his personal space.

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