happy birthday helvetica!

happy birthday helvetica!

Joanna sent me this BBC article today that said that the Helvetica font is celebrating its 50th birthday! Helvetica, for those of you who don’t know, is very similar to Arial font and is used everywhere as a basic, generic font. It’s the default font of Quark and Macs in general (I think). I’m a big fan – there are lots of variations of Helvetica (bold, black, thin, condensed, extended) that give it variety but yet keep the piece looking…

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$1100 is definitely not in the budget either

$1100 is definitely not in the budget either

At the end of a previous post, I mentioned that our car was in the shop. This is Paul’s car – the ’97 Intrepid that I bought a few years ago and gave to Paul when we got the Corolla (I’m so nice). :-) When our office moves to a new building in July, I will be close enough to walk and that has been my plan. We realized that after I’m able to do that, we really don’t NEED…

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called to be encouragers

called to be encouragers

Originally published on August 8th, 2006 at Onward & Upward “But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” Hebrews 3:13 This past week, my husband and I did a lot of walking through cute shops in little tourist towns. At one point, we were tired so we perched on a bench right across from a place that was selling bumper stickers. As I have the…

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how cute

how cute

Little Katherine is just the cutest thing. :-) Some pictures, for your enjoyment. Susan and Katherine. Look! She’s smiling! (Katherine, that is. Though Susan is smiling too. I think it’s because she has a baby on her lap.) Katherine, Susan, me, and Becky… ah the faithful bloggers reunited.

friends, real estate, and the pleasures of walking

friends, real estate, and the pleasures of walking

This weekend was absolutely lovely, as it seems most weekends are. :-) On Saturday Susan picked me up and we drove about an hour to meet up with Becky, Katherine, and Becky’s mom. This was Susan’s first time meeting them, and my second time. Katherine was only 2 weeks old when I last saw her; now she is 7 months and the cutest little thing! I got to hold her for a long time and I’m proud to say I…

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