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So, I did it! I made homemade play dough today!

Joseph has been LOVING playing with play dough at school and I had found a recipe. All for making things cheaper at home, and know exactly what the ingredients are! I had one ingredient that I didn't have and after a little research, found a substitute and it came out great!. It was so easy, I ended up making 2 more colors. Joseph's favorite colors are

"pupou" (purple), "ohange" (orange) and "GEEN" (green).

For his birthday, I'm going to suggest some good play dough "tools"...must find a good kid sized rolling pin!

State & Main

....in hollywood. Look it up on IMDB. It's a funny movie, with some language, but the reason why I re-watched it was because of the real life implications.

...in real life.......It's School & Union. The same intersection. Jon and I lived on Union Street, then moved around the corner onto South Street.

.....oh the irony......

State and Main: "A movie crew invades a small town..."

Manchester by the sea: A small town that is invaded by a movie crew...

When I first moved to Manchester-by-the-sea, someone told us to watch this movie, because a lot of it was filmed downtown, and we would recognize a lot in it. We did and, low and behold, the corner we lived on was the prominent corner in the movie that the film was named after. Our apartment was in lots of shots.

It was, and still is, odd to see where we lived, every day every night. Where we first had a home together, in a movie. It did explain why the "front" of our apartment building (two old homes that were joined by a central staircase then chopped up into small apartments) is a different color than the back. We lived in the front one, painted olive green for the movie, and the back one is still yellow.

So, rent it...and laugh. Because, not only was it about a film crew that invades a small town, while living there, a movie crew invaded our small town. That resulted in the movie "The Proposal". Another movie to watch, laugh.

....Oh the greater irony....in the film, the town is in VT, where Jon grew up.

Back to "normal"

Today is Wednesday. Joseph now attends Medfield Children's Center (aka, school) every Wednesday and Friday now. They were just closed for their 2 week break in the summer and now we are back to normal schedules. He was glad to go and I'm grateful for these days. The plan is that this will give me a chance to get the big shopping trip we do twice a month done, by myself (not only without a 2 year old, but also not taking away from the limited time all three of us have to spend with each other). The alternative weeks, I'm trying to use it to make headway in the house, keep up with housework better and advance my photography skills.

It's 9:51 am and I dropped off Joseph at 9 and talked with the director of the school for a while. Since then, I've gotten a much better handle on the remaining mess from being away on vacation that had landed on the office floor. Not 100%, but at least you can walk through it a bit better now.

We're having company this Friday and I was scheduled for an extra shift at the library (YEAH!) so, I'm trying to be diligent and plan ahead and NOT just let the housework go.

In other news, my goal is to also spend a minimum of time that I give myself to write, sort/edit photos, practice taking pictures and learning how to use my camera better every time I use it. I'd also like to read some, but may have to settle for a compromise of listening to a book (which I love to do) while I do something else.

In my love for double uses and "why buy something when you can get it for free" motto for life, I have started a new website. If I started a "share site" through shutterfly, I got 30 free prints. So, I started the website (also free). The "double use" is that I'd like to use it as an essential "digital portfolio". On which, I would love any feedback!

Here's the site. http://thewillofarightbrainedwife.shutterfly.com/

I THINK I got the settings so any visitor can view it, but please let me know if you can't see it...or need a login, etc.

Here's my favorite latest picture I took. Like?

Technological Break (sort of)

In this day in age, it feels so hard to do "anything" without some form of technology (as we think of it modernly, remember at one point the egg beater was "technology"). Of course, when it comes down to it, it is not a "basic" need or necessity. However, it is a wonderful tool and I am grateful for it.

Where am I coming from? My computer basically died. I couldn't do anything on it without it freezing. After trying everything to get it working, patience, and lots of consideration--not to mention the frustration of sharing a laptop--we have since resolved the problem. And I am very grateful for it.

It was a nice "break". I can't say that without the quotes, because I did use Jon's laptop when there was something I couldn't do on my phone...another thing I was VERY grateful for in this interim.

I am so excited to learn how to use this to it's full potential (I have crossed to the other side) and also learn to use my other new tool and present to IT'S fullest potential. End goal being to make some money off of them.

Stay tuned for more postings! I have a big project I'm going to be doing this weekend and I'm sure you'll be excited to see. I'm making a drafting table...