Author: Dori

  • Weathered wood for everyday living

    Weathered wood for everyday living

    I’ve been trying to fill my obsession with wood recently.  It seems I’ve overwhelming drawn to the rustic qualities, textures and multifunctionality. Is that a word?  It could be that I’m a little more rustic and weathered myself and I hope to remember the importance of reclamation. Look past the splinters and enjoy the beauty lies beneath…..and…

  • 5 Resolutions you can keep

    5 Resolutions you can keep

    HAPPY NEW YEAR! yes I’m yelling    It’s that time of year that we hold ourselves accountable for new goals and set expectations of the coming year.  However, how often do we resolve to do the same things year after year.  Do we even stop to write them down  or do we have the list…

  • Hear mama bear roar!

    Hear mama bear roar!

    Fact:  I’m divorced Fact:  I’m a single mother Fact:  I am no less valuable as a human being because of the two previous statements. ……and neither is my son.  Now how to teach a five year old that he isn’t defined by the actions of his parents is a whole new awareness I have. The…

  • Dare Dream Do

    Dare Dream Do

    Two words you need to know. Disruptive Innovation ….and if you want to sound smart you should use them in a sentence together.  Because it’s a theory, a business model, or even an approach to life.  Confused?  So was I, however I’m really excited about what I now know, and am learning, and am thinking…

  • My kind of Craft

    My kind of Craft

    Years ago I gave up crafting. There were multiple reasons involved. I now thoroughly enjoy my craft less life. However, every so often my desire to replicate creativeness slowly rises.  It’s usually when I see something easy…or disposable.  Because perfectionism can’t seep back into my life and ruin my project. Hence…the advent Calendar. And because…

  • Oh Boy!  Girls are sure opinionated…..

    Oh Boy! Girls are sure opinionated…..

    n the past few months I read this article.  It’s thought provoking to say the least. It’s about woman and if they truly can have it all by ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020/ Today I read this article.  My eyebrows raised a little as I noticed I had an opinion too.   Was I referenced in this article?…

  • TGIF………Need I Say More

    t’s Friday! Let the Hallelujah chorus begin. No work, No homework for Zoom and I can actually sleep past 5:30 tomorrow morning. After a long and stressful week I am ecstatic for the weekend.  I’m headed to San Diego to discuss a future project in the making.  But it will not be work…….especially when it’s…

  • 3 Tips for Mass Texting

    3 Tips for Mass Texting

    I am single therefore I am forced to sext I mean text.  However I admit to being the worst communicator via my phones text messaging system.  I’m lazy or am just too busy/uninterested to bother.  It also could be my life long problem of not being a flirt or the fact that it takes me minutes…

  • One fine day

    My dream car is a 1943 Jeep Willy Wagon. The thought of restoring one and driving it to the supermarket everyday makes me giddy.  Imagine my excitement and inspiration when I came across this post off Remodelista‘s web site of which is one of my favorite surfing spots for ideas and inspiration.  A restoration of an old…

  • Are bloomers really appropriate to put out to dry?

    Are bloomers really appropriate to put out to dry?

    Truthfully I’m not sure what bloomers are…whether they are fashion or underwear, if they are modest or not and if they really are apropos to air out in the open for others to see.  The fact is when they are, it leaves you vulnerable and very much aware that you are exposed, naked even, with…