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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: Adulting
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. July 3, 2015. I've been trying to figure out why my blog has petered out over the last year. It's not that I don't have time. After all, post-graduation I spent months at home with only a part time job to occupy me. Even now, with a full-time job, I have plenty of time to read and watch TV. Who knows. All I know is that I rarely write here anymore. Maybe I should finish up my last 30 Day Challenge. You know, the one I started over a year ago. hahaha. I began hardcore bud...
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: February 2015
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. February 25, 2015. Once upon a time (meaning today), in a land not-so far away, I went to work. Lion House, Salt Lake City, Utah" by Ken Lund. Available via Creative Commons License. Https:/ www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/144442933/. Once all the meals were covered and ready to go, I put them on a tray and carried them to the Social Room. One by one, I set each plate in front of the guest and removed the cover to reveal a pan-seared chicken breast with a tomato herb p...
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: December 2014
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. December 2, 2014. State of the Lydia (In the form of jumbled, 3:00 AM thoughts). I'd be lying if I said that things were perfect, and there are some things I need to get better at* , but all in all things are better. I'm closer to being happy than I have been in a long time. I'm much less anxious than I have been in years. It's progress and I like progress. So far 60% of my applications result in an interview. That's pretty good in my field! Of course, this being YA Fict...
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: About the Polka-Spots
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. Polka-Spots and Stripeys is a personal blog in nearly every way. I write this blog for me and posterity(? Not monetary gain, fame, or even to keep in touch with people (although this is a nice bonus). It's not a "look at what I'm doing" blog, it's a "this is what I'm thinking" blog. Over 4 years later. If you notice something that really annoys you, let me know and I'll probably fix it. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If you have good taste you will click this button. The Gl...
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: My Favorite Man
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. June 21, 2015. This is my daddy, Randall Edward Howes. He's one of the very smartest, kindest, most accepting people I know. I hope that I can live up to his example. He's sacrificed a lot and has worked very, very hard to take care of and raise his weird bunch of kids. Even though we're weird, and most of us are kind of socially awkward, and we aren't always as grateful as we should be, I know that my Dad is proud of us and that he loves being our father. Daddy taught m...
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: January 2015
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. January 24, 2015. State of the Lydia #2. The past 6 months I've really been bad with blogging. It's not even like I have an excuse. I can't say, "Oh my gosh, it's just been so busy! I don't have time to blog! Cause that would be a total lie. I have tons of time to blog. One of the perks of being underemployed, I guess. Goals for this week:. Apply for at least 3 jobs. Send in my last receipt so that I can be reimbursed for my trip to Illinois. (MONDAY! DO THIS ON MONDAY!
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: May 2015
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. May 15, 2015. It's been way too long. Sorry. (Has anyone even missed me? I figured that blogging would be a better way to spend my Friday night than feeling sorry for my lonely, friendless self. Still, it's a Friday night and I'm alone, and not by choice, which is kind of sad. Anyway, I thought I'd blog instead of laying on the couch in the dark. Moving on from my self-pity and Mom-reassurance. Look at me being a grown-up! If so, which of the multiple options do I choose?
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: March 2015
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. March 14, 2015. Recently I decided to accept a job in Springfield, IL and will be moving sometime in April. I'm excited for the opportunity, but making the decision was hard. There were a lot of reasons for the difficulty I had, but one of my major concerns was that I'd have a hard time making friends and slip back into a deep depression. I have no desire to ever. Feel as hopeless and worthless as I did in the fall/winter of 2013 and 2014. I took some time to pray about ...
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: Choice
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. July 21, 2015. Recently, during a conversation with a friend I heard a fairly juicy piece of news* concerning a mutual acquaintance. This news was very surprising to me, almost to the point of my not believing it. It's very uncharacteristic of the acquaintance. After the conversation where I first heard the news, I was talking to another common friend, who was a little more judgmental about my acquaintance's decision. Or they choose not to follow our advice,. We should r...
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Polka-Spots & Stripeys: Depression
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Best of Polka-Spots and Stripeys. July 7, 2015. Believe it or not, I have been writing blog posts. There are, however, several reasons I haven't been finishing and posting them:. I have not had the energy to complete even the minimal proofreading I usually do before putting them up. The times of day when I usually feel like blogging (early afternoon) and/or have things to write about are also times when I should be at work, working. Sometimes, though, I realize that it's still hard to distinguish between...
