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First Private Violin Lesson

Posted on February 12, 2014 by perlgurl

First private violin lesson tonight Twinkle, Twinkle little Star sounds nearly as bad as I remembered from last summer. At least my grip on both the violin and the bow was correct, although my hand tired very quickly. And I … Continue reading →

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Pick me!

Posted on February 4, 2014 by perlgurl

Instead of getting stuck working with narcissistic, uptight demoralizing jerks, I wish I was playing dodge ball and could pick my team.

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DEV NULL

Posted on January 28, 2014 by perlgurl

Started with 1,051 emails being deleted during the holiday break. Since then I’ve cleared out almost two thousand more! Dec 22 another 516 Jan 14 another 1027 Jan 22 another 456

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Feeding your Snake Safely, or how to switch over to F/T

Posted on January 19, 2014 by perlgurl

If you are reading this you are most likely in the position of wanting to switch over from live feeding to frozen / thawed (F/T).  Or maybe you are already trying the F/T method and finding that you are having … Continue reading →

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Vegan Mexican meal: Butternut Squash and Black Bean Quesadilla

Posted on January 15, 2014 by perlgurl

Or what I call “Adventures in Cooking” Last week I tried a recipe with butternut squash for the first time. Although I followed the directions, cubing the squash and pan frying it on high for over 10 minutes I’m sure … Continue reading →

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Om for a change

Posted on January 11, 2014 by perlgurl

I took a lovely workshop at Heart Stream Yoga – not only did I get to delve further in the mythology of Siva & Sakti, but I got to totally get my linguistic “geek-on” with learning to chant the Sanskrit … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thanks

Posted on January 9, 2014 by perlgurl

Amazing classes tonight! It’s awesome to feel the weight lifted and my energy lifted when I can focus on just being a teacher 🙂

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Wednesday Graditude

Posted on January 8, 2014 by perlgurl

Home tonight. Made dinner. Then made banana bread muffins (both vegan even!). Had time to let the ferrets out, but only Julio wanted to get out of bed, so here is Julio just being a silly ferret. I can get … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Gratitude

Posted on January 7, 2014 by perlgurl

Frolicking ferrets in the morning.  Dance classes are starting backup today!

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Monday Gratitude

Posted on January 6, 2014 by perlgurl

New warm hat to cover wet hair when it is single digit temps. Positive outlook from my daughter even when things aren’t going perfectly! Controlling the snack attacks after dinner.  

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