Bits&Pieces

Greetings, Earthlings, from Bluffdale, Utah, land of the giant coffee and non-manicured nails

Ah yes… I come to you in peace, from the earthling domicile known as The Cubicle, with large coffees, and bigger pants.

Getting ready to go into the Hand Off Meeting for the September/October issue of Simple, and archiving a few back issues of the magazine as I type onto a new portable external drive that I'm taking home with me to have greater access to all files Simple. (Isn't the orange kind of sexy?)

So a long day of meetings ahead. I'm very happy to see my sweet friend Emily today, who's in town and will be HERE at the office while I'm here. So cool. Also going to see Tara tonight because she's in town for a session. And, the icing on the cake? Margie RA will be there, too. What are the chances?

Have a lovely thursday, y'all.

well, hey…Draper!

Ah…early morning. Giant mugs of coffee. It must be Draper, Utah, U.S.A.

Here in the beautiful Salt Lake Basin (is that technically correct, that this whole area is the basin?) getting ready for Day 2 of meetings galore.

Yesterday was good. I only cried once, and not even during the meeting. (Actually, i'm not usually the one who cries at meetings, but…seeing my good friend and colleague Stacy made me feel all weepy and sentimental because I truly don't get to see her that often, and if it weren't for her, I would likely not be doing any of this, and sometimes, I'm not sure if that's the best thing ever or...well, the opposite of the best thing ever...) But i am way digressing...

Want to know something cool though? Walking through the offices of CK Media, and seeing some of the projects from Ali's forthcoming new book, which I don't even know if it has a name (Ali, does it?) but holy mother of PEARL are the projects cool. That, and glancing over by the CK Media color printer, I peeked at some of the actual pages in progress from her book, just laying there on the recycling pile.... TOTALLY cool design for this book. So excited to see this when it's done. Go, Ali E.

Wanted to say thanks for everyone who shares all your Neil linkage and love with me. I check them ALL out. I may go out on a musical tangent every now and then, but I don't forget that it's neil who butters my bread... (huh?)

Oh... couple of questions to answer: 1. The Chipina Slideshow was created using iPhoto, on the mac. It has a slideshow option. You pick music, you pick photos, and you click on the "Add Ken Burns Effect" button. Just like that. 2. Right now, I use HP premium photo papers because I use an HP Photosmart printer. Um…i think that's it.

Off to take a shower. Onto another day of meetings.