Today is my birthday! I'm the big 2-9 (for real, not the fake 2-9 I'll be next year). And that means it's time to check-in on how I did with my big list of goals of 29 things I wanted to do before I turned 29. Take a vacation with just Ian, no other friends or family....
1. I attended a pickling workshop at Treehouse this past week. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was still not what I had expected (if that makes sense). The speaker walked us through making pickles by fermentation, rather than the vinegar brine method I was...
Right now, I am... procrastinating on finishing my laundry, and still trying to figure out what to pack for NY. trying to determine what ink color I should print with on this one shirt. still somewhat sleepy, even though it's noon and I've had caffeine. really hoping...
This month, I am (sporadically) participating in Blogtember with Jenni. The prompt for today was a "life lately" post. 1. This weekend was a good weekend. Friday was just hanging out with the boy. Saturday we had people over for brunch in the morning (recipe coming...
This month, I will be (sporadically) participating in Blogtember with Jenni. The prompt for today was a self portrait. This is a poem I wrote back in 2005, and recently reworked/updated. I hope you enjoy. A Self Portrait in Sound I am a symphony, a harmonic cacophony...
This month, I will be (sporadically) participating in Blogtember with Jenni. The prompt for today was to take this personality test, and respond to the results. Every other time I've taken a personality test based on Myers-Briggs types, I've come up INFJ. But with...
This month, I will be (sporadically) participating in Blogtember with Jenni. The first prompt (technically for tomorrow, but Tuesdays are reserved here) is to describe the things that have made me who I am. If you want to be literal about it, I was born in Mississippi...
I saw this survey over on Katie's Book Blog, and thought it sounded fun, so here we go with the bookish things: Author You've Read The Most Books From Hmm, tricky. Probably Jim Butcher, but also maybe Steven Brust or Robin Hobb. Best Sequel Ever This is hard one. I'm...
1. We head to Port Aransas and the beach tomorrow! And I'm super excited. Except... I made the mistake of checking the weather forecast: Boo!! I'm hoping those chance of rain percentages go down or are wrong and really mean 0. Because a beach vacation where it rains...
Right now, I am... drinking my morning French vanilla cappuccino. looking forward to date lunch since Ian has a half day and we missed date night on Wednesday because of his work. trying to move up the weekly leaderboard in Words with Friends (username is ajcobby23 if...
Hi, I’m Amanda!
I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.
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