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Re: writing chapter three | life + times of a family.: The Hand-Painted Backsplash

lauriebreaker — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:58:21 -0000

ahhh that's so fun! love seeing the progress :)

Re: writing chapter three | life + times of a family.: Well, This is Embarrassing

lauriebreaker — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:39:21 -0000

Ha! I’ve been intermittently digging up some old LJ stuff and selectively re-sharing/living it through my high-school self alterego twitter... ( https://twitter.com/LauraLHS02 )...I think that’s due for another update now... :)

Also... I kinda love how I can tell exactly where a lot of your collage components were from...like the Delia*s text at the top :)

Re: {never} homemaker: Cookie Dough Stuffed Cupcakes

lauriebreaker — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:18:28 -0000

Does a Sake Bomb count as a treat? I had one of those for my birthday this year :)
[and the bento box full of other goodies too that went along nicely]

Re: writing chapter three | life + times of a family.: Monday

lauriebreaker — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:42:33 -0000

Wegmans cafe sounds like an excellent plan! Sending good vibes your way, I know how frustrating closings can be.
(& I totally love Ada's 90s dress! yesss!)

Re: {never} homemaker: Freezer Drawer // Love or Hate It?

lauriebreaker — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:23:31 -0000

I'm often battling my freezer, too. For awhile last year I was scouring craigslist for a separate freezer to throw... in the basement? somewhere else? I don't really know where I thought I'd put it. After visiting one on a listing and realizing it wouldn't fit into my hatchback... I figured maybe I didn't need THAT much freezer space (I too had been trying to pre-plan freezer meals for at least a few weeks ahead and such, which a larger separate freezer seemed ideal for).
My freezer is on the bottom, and has a drawer, and a shelf above. I feel like the main problem with freezers is that things like to tumble out of them, so at least this set up works pretty okay and if things tumble, they don't have far to go. On the shelf, I've got 3 plastic bins from the dollar store to help corral all of the smaller items that wouldn't stack well, and I try to keep the bins categorized to some degree (like meats/proteins, veggies/purees, ready-to-go meals or leftovers, etc.). Like some of the other comments, getting things to freeze flat is awesome! after doing so, i can then put them between the bins on the shelf upright, kinda like books. this could work in your drawer too I think.

I try to do a fridge/freezer/pantry inventory/purge every 2 weeks or month to get a good grasp on what I've got in there, as I know some of my pre-planning gets forgotten (like frozen individual pieces of lasagna or bread pudding, which make excellent lunches or dinners when I remember that they're there). If I realize I've got more than just a few of those, I'll plan them in to at least 2 meal slots for the week.

I normally cook about 2 big-ish meals per week (since cooking for one person, much more than that and I end up with lots of leftovers that end up going to waste) and after an inventory, I'll try to make one of those two meals utilize items from the freezer or fridge things that won't be good for too much longer.

I'm still definitely struggling with labeling, I try to sharpie directly onto bags, but it doesn't seem to happen so often. I use freezer bags like crazy, too, but probably the quart sized most often, I even found some pint-sized ones! And sometimes an initial freezing into a portion size helps too, like if it can be frozen into a muffin tin, and then later transferred to a freezer bag, so suddenly food pucks.

It's great knowing I'm not the only one with some freezer chaos though, and I'm interested to see how your new strategies work out there! Standing by.

Re: this is alisha — OK FINE GOOD THINGS FRIDAY, CANTERA

lauriebreaker — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:31:56 -0000

all of this. get it, girl!

Re: {never} homemaker: Catching Up

lauriebreaker — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:41:14 -0000

Yes totally! Seems I have stockpiled some vacation days too, so with a little heads up I could even do a weekday. Let me know if there's any specific events/workshops/demos/festivals coming up that look super awesome?!

Re: {never} homemaker: Catching Up

lauriebreaker — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:37:49 -0000

Yes, I need to plan and write it and stick. Hard part is that it's getting dark early and most of my daylight weekday hours are at a desk, so if it's not planned ahead, by the time I get home and ready it's dark and cold and I'm hungry, haha! Another thing that helps is making plans with others for runs—I met up with two others on Sunday for a 7 mile run! Even though the pace they were shooting for was ~2 min slower than I'd have done myself, it was great to just get the miles in regardless. Need to do more of this!

Re: {never} homemaker: Catching Up

lauriebreaker — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:56:48 -0000

Oh and, YAY for your training and getting back to a schedule. I need to do this better too, I've been slacking off since I started mentoring, and now I have a cold which doesn't seem to help much either. I have a mileage goal for the year I want to hit, so as long as I can do 13-15 miles/week average for the rest of the calendar year, I'll get there! (I say that now, but we all know how the holidays and weather can impact these things, so hopefully I can front-load some of those miles too)

Re: {never} homemaker: Catching Up

lauriebreaker — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:54:07 -0000

That omelet. You're killing me.

Strangely, I've yet to go to/spend time in Corning! (I've probably driven through/near [390?] Once again, the perils of these random pockets of upstate that are all scattered about.) I definitely want to check out the glass museum at some point. And this Beer Trail... sounds right up my alley. I'm totally down for wine, but given the choice, beer will most always win out. Hmmmm... time to scheme.

Re: writing chapter three | life & times of a family.: Where Home Is

lauriebreaker — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:25:51 -0000

SO MUCH REPLY! This is kind of ridiculous though, the parallels. And, whoa, that's some family history right there. I feel like I'm suddenly living a detective story of my life.

So anyway, I asked my parents for the address of said house I was supposed to grow up in, and was going to streetview it, and submit to streetviewnostalgia.tumblr.com BUT of course, all the residential streets in my previous corner of the world are not yet captured by streetview, so I guess I'm out of luck on that for now. Maybe I'll be creepy and drive by for a photo next time I'm back...

Re: writing chapter three | life & times of a family.: Where Home Is

lauriebreaker — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:11:06 -0000

Oh, and side note: finding out something like that (several opportunities to move, and didn't , in your case) way after the fact is so odd feeling as an adult. The decisions families make, and the reasoning and intentions. Fairly recently I just found out/figured out something else that I was totally in the dark about, but the potential had crossed my family's mind before, but it had been left alone because all was "fine". I can drive myself crazy wondering what would be different had a different choice been made though I can't change it; but more useful is knowing it was made with best intentions, and using my current knowledge as a lens to make better sense of past occurrences can still be pretty enlightening.

Another weird "what if" thing, that I've known about for a really long time? The house I grew up in wasn't the one that my parents were going to buy initially. The one they had an offer in on actually got broken in to and flooded while vacant, so that didn't end up going through. It was two towns away (city!) , and had I grown up there, I wouldn't have gone to public high school, and I can't even begin to imagine how differently things may have been.
/rambling

Re: writing chapter three | life & times of a family.: Where Home Is

lauriebreaker — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:54:56 -0000

1) You're making me want to read your thesis!

2) I had a similar experience, initially, but haven't come back to the same place you are... Couldn't wait to flee, go elsewhere (or, multiple elsewheres even), went away for college, was back some of the summers (but the last two were more about San Diego, and Nashville), and then to the Galapagos right after graduation, then... landed back at home. 6 months afterward, found a job the town over from where I grew up, worked there for 14 months, and never rooted during that, I put so many miles on my car, and probably spent an average of 2 weeknights an hour away, and weekends further.Though the apartment I had there was arguably the best I've had, just an awesome space.
Then made my flight to Philly. Existed there for another 14ish months (patterns, yes?) surviving on various work (but not career jobs :/ ) & loving that city so much. I left for Rochester for a "good job", and kinda stuck here. I've yet to long for my hometown (it's ok to visit, but, I still just can't...), and I guess I've rooted a little bit in Rochester (buying a house?), but you ask me a desert-island scenario question of where I'd move tomorrow given infinite resources & lack of headaches, and it'd be Philly. I don't know if that's day dreaming, a feeling of unfinished business, a true feel of home, or what. And I know places and people change, and it could be so different at this point, so I don't even know if going back would feel anything like I am recalling it felt the time I was there. Life is weird, and home is a feeling.

Re: writing chapter three | life & times of a family.: Short Hike + Change

lauriebreaker — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:52:40 -0000

This is good to hear about her surgeon! As, surgeons aren't exactly usually known for their warm manner, never mind being quite a rockstar at the actual surgeon portion too!

As for what to do during the 3 hours... were it me, I'd probably figure out something that I could work on that would require focus but not leave too much room in my mind for it to wander to thinking and overthinking about everything. (I might try to fill a few pages of a sketchbook in an open ended way, or maybe record my thoughts and feelings of the time in there. Sometimes putting thoughts down makes them less scary!), Or just work on something that I can ... almost go through the motions on (like setting type...hah, nerd, I know; other people probably knit!).

I'm glad to hear you're getting lots of attention and being walked through much of the process—knowledge is power :) I'll be thinking of you all through the week for sure!

Re: testing, testing | lauriebreaker

lauriebreaker — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:50:58 -0000

All done! Survived fine, coffee got.
Now to wait a week for all the answers, but it's already clear that I'm not a cut & dry case sooo idk idk idk.

Re: this is alisha — Stop Glossing Over The Good Stuff (How To Be Positive and Happy)

lauriebreaker — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:53:30 -0000

I see now! Awesome :) I miss some days, but try to catch up, or don't fret if I do miss something. Glad to see your positive points, keep it up!

Re: {never} homemaker: A Month of Vegetarian Freezer Dinners

lauriebreaker — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:30:34 -0000

Love to see what your freezer meals will be, I want some new ones to try!
I usually try to have individual pieces of "back up lasagna" frozen for quick lunches or dinners, and last fall I did a lot of the prepared-at-once-to-later-throw-in-the-crockpot-from-the-freezer stuff, which totally cut down on prep-time & dishes. But yeah, you're right, not many of those were vegetarian—I feel like most I found were chicken something-or-other. That all made me start pining after having a chest freezer. But instead I've been trying to just be more wary of my freezer contents...I need to do a big clean out for sure. Eek, can't wait for what yours end up being :)

Re: {never} homemaker: Yellow Polka Dot Bikini + GIVEAWAY

lauriebreaker — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:46:08 -0000

throwing my hat in ... even after going through all of the options, I pretty much love the Yellow Polka-dot bikini the best. Pinned the suit, x-ing my fingers!

http://pinterest.com/pin/21...

Re: Everybody To Safety • GPOYW Outfit Catalog Iâ€™ve been asked to write an...

lauriebreaker — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:17:29 -0000

hum. i tried to add two comments but it looks like the first one got cancelled out by the second. silly tumblr. i think i said something to the effect of that i didn't realize your hair was so long and that i totally dig it, and wish i could do more fun things but corporate healthcare industry job doesn't exactly support that.

Re: Coffee and Cardigans: Remixed: striped Forever 21 skirt

lauriebreaker — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:18:20 -0000

Love it! Both ways are so cute.
I love how in 2nd photo you've worn BROWN BOOTS. I don't think I'd ever have thought of that... for me, if I've got any black on, the black or grey boots go on. If I've got brown in there, the brown go on, _maybe_ the grey in some circumstances; but the warmth of the red cardigan works!

Re: http://missmintyfresh.tumblr.com/post/11902079787

lauriebreaker — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:08:25 -0000

An interesting spin on this that a friend did when he got married was that he and his wife took each others' last names as their middle names. So, both retained their last name, but also gained their spouse's in the middle.

(Personally, I think I would take the new last name, but not being in the situation myself quite yet, I guess I can't make that declaration for sure.)

Re: http://obifferson.tumblr.com/post/2057371757

lauriebreaker — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:44:10 -0000

bahahhaha oh iris. i SWEAR i told you this before. but hey, if now the connection is solid in your mind then, so be it!

Re: http://heathershae.tumblr.com/post/1352592864

lauriebreaker — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:52:34 -0000

ME ME ME

119 W Ivy
14445

Re: {biff here now}

lauriebreaker — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:19:10 -0000

where HAVE you been?
though honestly, Frances Bean has never seemed to get much media coverage --that was probably very deliberate.

Re: // carolinemartin

lauriebreaker — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:33:55 -0000

so. after reading, reblogging, and following this ... now he is gone? do you know what happened? i went nad tried to read more of the stuff again today and now the links are all dead. changed user name? made private group? idk. i'm just sad now. :(