Ann's Blog
Aug. 14, 2008 at 1:48pm
I am Hunger
A Lime Green Yard Sale
Last year Lynn Di Nino along with James Ceccanti, Jori Adkins, Elayne Vogel, Rick Semple, Jennevieve Schlemmer, and Claudia Reidner masterminded the I AM CURIOUS yard sale which featured the color yellow, and helped raise over $600 for Habitat for Humanity.
This year Lynn and Jennevieve bring you I AM HUNGER, a yard sale being held at the Glass Roots Arts Festival on the 24th of August benefiting the Emergency Food Network, and the color lime green.
Lynn’s email began with Dear Champions of community spirit. Now how could you not want to join in the fun?
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE: Project title: I AM HUNGER.
ARTIST YARD SALE: All items are LIME GREEN
WHAT: I AM HUNGER is the artist event taking place August 24th noon- 6 pm as part of the Glass Roots Arts Festival at 11th and Market Streets in Tacoma.
This is a one-day event, a “yard sale” to raise awareness about all of the objects that come in and out of our lives. Give new life to an object that might otherwise go to a landfill! All objects will be priced at a $5 suggested donation with all proceeds to benefit the Emergency Food Network.
Each person finds three found or gently used objects with interesting shapes—they must be larger than a bowling ball, yet small enough for one person to carry. Please don’t bring junk- we want these items to sell!! Absolutely no computers nor components. Paint the objects lime green, which you can have mixed in quarts at a paint or big box store. There is no generic pre-mixed color. (Last year when we asked for off-the-shelf Sun Yellow most items that arrived were in many shades of yellow, and they still looked great collectively, so this time we’re letting you decide what lime green looks like). Home Depot carries a spray lime green. The whole object must be painted lime green. Do not add any other colors. Glass and mirrors are ok to leave unpainted as long as rest of object is lime green.
Deliver items to the site (11th & Market Street) before 11:30 the day of the event. We hope you will hang out with us but it is not required. We know this will be a fantastic photo-op and hope you help us spread the word.
This spectacle will only work graphically if we generate a lot of lime green volume. The space we have picked out is large enough for hundreds of pieces!
- I AM HUNGER….CHECKLIST:
Each item will sell for $5 and we’ll also collect donations to benefit the Emergency Food Network.
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Okay, now you don't HAVE to bring three items in order to buy an item at the yard sale, but wouldn't it be more fun? Hope to see you on the 24th!
Jul. 20, 2008 at 7:38pm
We're going to Doyles more often!
Urban Art Fest was a fun, excruciatingly hot day. Afterwards we decided to head over to Doyles (hadn't been there for a while) for a cool brew and the hummus plate -- yum! Later that day my hubby noticed his wallet was gone so we did the cancellation thing, replaced the ID's, the whole works.
Fast forward a few weeks, and our credit card company conferences a call from a lady who found the wallet. Turned out the lovely bartender from Doyles (sorry don't know her name) found the wallet and was calling in to find the owner. When my husband went to pick up the wallet, and give a little $$ something to thank her for the effort she declined, AND the wallet still had all the cards, ID, and money inside.
Such a lovely surprise. So thanks pretty, petite, blond-haired bartender for your honesty and effort to make sure my husband and wallet were reunited. We'll be seeing a lot more of you!!
Jul. 20, 2008 at 7:34pm
Summertime Yum
Oh, yeah. I feel a brain-freeze coming on for my Mudslide!
UPDATE!!!
Now that was good!
Jun. 26, 2008 at 7:24am
It's my anniversary!!
Viewer warning: this post may contain mushy sentiments
Today is my wedding anniversary -- nine years, thank you very much. We don't celebrate in any big way -- usually just a nice meal and good company, no presents or party. So I stumble out of bed, make my way to the kitchen for a nice cup of tea and this is what greets me:
I love this man. And this year, you're getting your anniversary card blogger-style:
For making sure the garbage is taken out each night, and the toilet seat is always in the down position, I'm thankful for you.
For making sure there's always gas in the car, and a bottle of water for me to drink, I'm thankful for you.
For making sure there's always my favorite treat in the cupboard, and my favorite wine to drink, I'm thankful for you.
For letting me experience the lives of your wonderful children, and giving my son the only father figure he's known, I'm thankful for you.
For falling for me because I'm an independent, opinionated, "big-boned", loud person, and then never once trying to change me, I'm thankful for you.
Thank you for marry me.
Thank you for sharing your life.
I love you very much!
Happy Anniversary Paul! Love, Ann
Jun. 17, 2008 at 3:14pm
Survived the State Democrat Convention.
Where were all the funny hat people?
I like to think of myself as politically active. You know, like I vote, plant the odd sign in my yard, and sometimes contribute money. This year (probably like many others) I became more involved in the whole process. I attended my local caucus, became a delegate, went to the congretional caucus, and attending the state convention this weekend in Spokane.
I have to say I was a bit disappointed. All my life I've pictured people in weird patriotic garb wearing funny hats tipsy-ing their way around the convention. What a let down -- most of these people seemed perfectly normal! Well except for the patriotic-pin-people. They were easy enough to avoid, you could hear them clinking from a mile away.
I met lots of interesting people.
There was a parade of giant puppets.
And the Governor made an appearance, along with other dignitaries.
I got to vote on an agenda that affected the constitution of the Washington Democratic party without really knowing what I was doing.
I perfected the two second nap -- you know, where your eyes are so heavy you just can't keep them open and your head falls to your chest only to jerk back up, and you awake feeling oddly refreshed?
And we got to leave with a prize for staying till the end of the convention.
And I spent some quality time with the hubby.
All in all, a pretty good weekend experience.
Jun. 17, 2008 at 9:00am
It's gonna be a long day.
Is it 2 o'clock yet?
We have two pugs: a black pug, Uke who is 12, and a fawn pug, Lili who is nine. I've never thought of myself as a "dog" person, but after nine years of marriage to a man who is I have to admit Uke and Lili have managed to work a little soft spot into my heart, and they really know how to work it.
We had to board our dogs last week, and we were about three hours into our trip when we got the voice mail, "now your dogs are fine, but please call back as soon as possible." Long story short: Uke has bladder stones, and she needs surgery. So today she went to the vet, and we won't know until 2:00 how the surgery went. 12 is pretty old for a pug, and we're just hoping she made it through the surgery.
I knew it would be hard this morning. Uke trembled like a leaf as I carried her out the door, and Lili frantically barked and clawed at her cage to get out so she could come too. She's never spent a moment apart from Uke since she was three months old. I just felt like the worst person in the world.
Oh, no, wait. Fleeing the vet's office with Uke's hysterical barking in my ears, now that made me feel like the worst person in the world.
Now, I’m home with Lili, trying not to notice how she just sits in front of the door whining, and watching for it to open.
It's gonna be a long day.
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