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Friday night dining in Seattle

Posted in design, food, lap band, weight, work, tagged , , , , , , on April 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Last night Erik & I went to Lark – a restaurant in a neighborhood called Capitol Hill in Seattle. The food was fantastic – but the service was very slow. The menu featured a range of small plates, allowing you to savor courses of cheese, charcuterie, vegetables, grains, fish, and meats. Of the cheeses we [...]

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Things that make me smile!

Posted in design, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As I was making my coffee this morning, I decided to take some photos of things around my house that make me smile. Since I’m the Chief Design Officer of our family, I can take 100% credit for the designs in our house – except for the “man-room” which I take absolutely NO credit for. [...]

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Your Guide to Good Health…Vintage Style

Posted in design, health, weight, tagged , , , , , on April 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Another vintage ad – your guide to good health. With some fun commentary by yours truly! Eat air with a spoon. 0 calories. Fish without a hook. Wear tiny shorts. Use a child size shopping cart. Take pictures of  miniature mountains. Sit 1 foot away from the eye chart. Go to a doctor who is [...]

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Tomorrow is fill #4…and some underwear

Posted in design, health, lap band, weight, work, tagged , , , , , on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Moving right along…fill number 4 is tomorrow! I can’t believe it’s come up so quickly! Last night I had prawns for dinner and I definitely felt a little something because of the denseness of the prawns – but I would still like “more”. Weight loss has slowed down – but I’m not gaining and it’s [...]

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My Whimsical Dinnerware…for a great price!

Posted in design, food, recipes, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

JourneyToAThinMe commented on my dinnerware – so I wanted to let you know where I found them…because they were quite a deal! They are the Batik Floral Design from Cost Plus/World Market. I adore them!!! My husband has only broken a couple and they do beautifully in the dishwasher. A lovely off-white batik floral pattern [...]

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What does everyone do for a living?

Posted in business, design, technology, work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on April 12, 2008 | 24 Comments »

Just thought it would be interesting to find out what my readers do for a living…student, nurse, sales, mom, etc? I am the director of marketing & analytics at an amazing 80 person, 15 year old advertising/design agency in Seattle called HL2. Basically, I work with our clients to help them to establish customer insights, [...]

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Get my Excel weight loss tracker…for FREE!

Posted in design, food, health, lap band, technology, weight, tagged , , , , , , , on April 6, 2008 | 231 Comments »

Just another reminder that if anyone wants my weight loss tracking excel sheet, just reply to this thread and I’ll email it to you. Here is what mine looks like. Things have been slowing down but still losing which is all I care about! Yippeee!

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Down another pound!

Posted in design, weight, tagged , , , on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Yeahhh – the scale moved. Down another pound to a total of 14.8 lbs since March 4th. Here’s my chart showing my weight loss (and if you would like a copy of the excel tracker, just let me know)! (note the big jump in weight after surgery from water, etc…but it does come off pretty [...]

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My day – photos and all

Posted in design, food, recipes, work, tagged , , , , , , on March 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Today was a typical…not too eventful Saturday. Started out by a quick stop at the office to pickup some work and my office laptop. But – wouldn’t you know that when I entered the building I set off the alarm…again. Finally got it turned off after calling one of the agency partners and putting in [...]

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Peeps: need ideas!!!

Posted in design, desserts, food, work, tagged , , , , , on March 20, 2008 | 19 Comments »

Every year, about this time, my company has their annual Peeps Creation Contest (yes, I swear, we do actually get work done sometimes and if anyone is looking for an absolutely amazing integrated marketing, design, advertising agency…you know who to call!) If you don’t know what a Peeps creation contest is, I’ll tell you. It’s [...]

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I’m as light at a gelatine salad!

Posted in design, weight, tagged , , , on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Continuing with my vintage ads…here’s a fun one. Isn’t it everyones goal to weigh as much as a gelatine sald? I know that’s what I aim for!

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The blog header

Posted in design, tagged , , , , , , on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A lot of folks are asking about the lovely picture in the header of my blog. Well, I wish I could take credit for it, but nope – it’s a picture by my favorite artist, Emily Martin…aka…the Black Apple. You can find her art on Etsy by clicking on this link. She is amazing. I [...]

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