Monthly Archives: April 2008

PhD freakout

By rachel | Published: April 28, 2008
I had a disaster last night: I accidentally deleted 30 pages of writing I completed for a major research project. We attempted to recover it, but it was a clean cut-n-paste save-over mistake. I spent most of the night too upset to do school work and too upset to sleep. Today I’m trying to rewrite [...]
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can’t stop eating tabouleh…

By rachel | Published: April 22, 2008
Not much is happening around here but paper writing. So far, two papers down, three to go. It’s hard to concentrate when it’s so beautiful outside, but I’m happy there’s finally sun. In other news, I’m eating lots of tabouleh lately. I can’t stop. I made a massive batch on Sunday with bulgar, cilantro, cherry [...]
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bangle me

By rachel | Published: April 16, 2008
Last summer, I really got into wearing bangles. Unfortunately, winter lasts so long here that bare arms with pretty bracelets rarely come out again till late spring. I was looking through the rachel mara spring collection and noticed how many bangles the models are wearing. So I decided to check out what was available for [...]
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something finished

By rachel | Published: April 15, 2008
It occurred to me last week that I have posted close to 12 projects on my blog that I’ve been “in the process of making” and have yet to complete any of them. I don’t like to think of myself as someone who never finishes my sewing/knitting projects, so I’m going to chalk this latest [...]
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seed stitch mini

By rachel | Published: April 13, 2008
I knit this dress in 5 days over my holiday break but never got around to taking any pictures or even wearing it. I think that might be a personal knitting record: a mini dress in 5 days. I can get pretty knitting obsessed during school breaks, so it’s a good thing I’m starting a [...]
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photoblog

By rachel | Published: April 11, 2008
my husband started a photoblog. i love the design of it.
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bowl this!

By rachel | Published: April 8, 2008
Not much going on here other than school work, so I decided to post a few pictures of my fun weekend. My friend Nate turned 28 and had a bowling party. I surprised myself by being half-decent at bowling—I think we should all do this more often than once a year. Bowling pose: Serious bowling [...]
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the quest continues despite illness

By rachel | Published: April 5, 2008
It’s 1:20 a.m. and I’m wired. I slept so much in the last 24 hours that there’s no sleep left in me. I keep going back to bed thinking I’ll finally drift off, but so far, nothing. So, here’s another bag I’m loving from etsy: ninu. She doesn’t have a lot in her shop, but [...]
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dinner

By rachel | Published: April 3, 2008
After hearing I was on my fourth cold since the holidays, a close friend of mine emailed me the following suggestion/cure for a cold that her friend swears by: a combination of butter, garlic, and lemon wedges. You butter a piece of toast and put fresh garlic on it. Then you take a bite of [...]
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more bags to love

By rachel | Published: April 3, 2008
It’s another beautiful day today and I’m…in bed. Sick. Again. Yup! Headcold # 3 this semester. I guess this is what I get for going to a graduate school that is filled with professionals and teachers who come directly from their germ-infested classrooms/schools and spread the love around to the rest of us. I’ve decided [...]
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