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What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was getting ready to start 8th grade, which means I was probably helping with the construction of the new building for my hippy dippy middle school, doing crafts and making messes in the house, and likely obsessing over the onset of puberty. A year later, I was recuperating from my cliff accident.
What are 5 things on my list for today?
make passion fruit bars (done!), make brownies, skype with my family in Oregon (didn't work out, we talked on the phone instead), figure out lunch, and work at the shop.
What are 5 snacks I enjoy?
cream cheese with marmalade and crackers, hummus, apples with peanut butter, olives and cheese with wine, and chips & salsa. oh man, writing this made me hungry.
Things I would do if I were a billionaire?
buy a large piece of land somewhere, probably in the countryside or beach in peru. i'd expand our coffee business here, setting up different locations around peru and maybe in the states too. i'd go to europe and learn to make chocolate and cheese. oh hell, maybe i'd just fly back home to visit more often, and fly friends and family here to visit.
Places I have lived?
Albany, Poughkeepsie, Queens (NY), Cusco and Lima (Peru), Adak Island (Alaska).
Jobs I have had?
babysitter, fabric store attendant, art model (just for two days -- i didn't mind the nudity in front of my fellow students, but it was weird to model for the other classes taught by my own drawing teachers), archaeologist, research assistant, baker/waitress/entrepreneur.
3 habits?
biting my nails, twirling my hair, surfing knitting blogs on the internet
What's the latest news/goals for your business or efforts nearest and dearest to you?
well, as for business, we have a big hole in the roof of the back room that we are having repaired, the water supply keeps getting cut due to nearby construction, but we are the little coffeeshop that could, chuggachugging away! I'm becoming more creative in the kitchen, utilizing the passion fruit for the first time, and things are going pretty well all in all. as for those nearest and dearest, my parents are out visiting my nana in oregon who is coming to the end of her struggle with emphysema, lung cancer, and heart failure. she's keeping in admirably good spirits, sounds just like her same old self on the phone, and really has aged with more grace than anyone else i've ever known. The family's all there now to keep her company in the meantime, and it sounds like they are having a sweet visit. I wish I could be there, but instead I'm keeping in touch through phone and computer. She is my last living grandparent.
I was getting ready to start 8th grade, which means I was probably helping with the construction of the new building for my hippy dippy middle school, doing crafts and making messes in the house, and likely obsessing over the onset of puberty. A year later, I was recuperating from my cliff accident.
What are 5 things on my list for today?
make passion fruit bars (done!), make brownies, skype with my family in Oregon (didn't work out, we talked on the phone instead), figure out lunch, and work at the shop.
What are 5 snacks I enjoy?
cream cheese with marmalade and crackers, hummus, apples with peanut butter, olives and cheese with wine, and chips & salsa. oh man, writing this made me hungry.
Things I would do if I were a billionaire?
buy a large piece of land somewhere, probably in the countryside or beach in peru. i'd expand our coffee business here, setting up different locations around peru and maybe in the states too. i'd go to europe and learn to make chocolate and cheese. oh hell, maybe i'd just fly back home to visit more often, and fly friends and family here to visit.
Places I have lived?
Albany, Poughkeepsie, Queens (NY), Cusco and Lima (Peru), Adak Island (Alaska).
Jobs I have had?
babysitter, fabric store attendant, art model (just for two days -- i didn't mind the nudity in front of my fellow students, but it was weird to model for the other classes taught by my own drawing teachers), archaeologist, research assistant, baker/waitress/entrepreneur.
3 habits?
biting my nails, twirling my hair, surfing knitting blogs on the internet
What's the latest news/goals for your business or efforts nearest and dearest to you?
well, as for business, we have a big hole in the roof of the back room that we are having repaired, the water supply keeps getting cut due to nearby construction, but we are the little coffeeshop that could, chuggachugging away! I'm becoming more creative in the kitchen, utilizing the passion fruit for the first time, and things are going pretty well all in all. as for those nearest and dearest, my parents are out visiting my nana in oregon who is coming to the end of her struggle with emphysema, lung cancer, and heart failure. she's keeping in admirably good spirits, sounds just like her same old self on the phone, and really has aged with more grace than anyone else i've ever known. The family's all there now to keep her company in the meantime, and it sounds like they are having a sweet visit. I wish I could be there, but instead I'm keeping in touch through phone and computer. She is my last living grandparent.