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We’re Home!

July 1, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 9 Comments

Note: the raffle for my painting, Two Cows for Oklahoma, is being extended to July 8 due to my recent move and having no internet. You still have time to enter! We finally made it. We’re in the new-to-us house. There were a few times when I didn’t think we actually would make it. It’s […]

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Why You Shouldn’t Paint Furniture . . . if you have OCD Tendencies

July 19, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson 1 Comment

I’m gonna let you in on a little known fact – when you paint wood furniture, there are evil forces out there. Evil, I tell you. Flies, fuzzies, pet hair, gnats, latex paint goobers. It’s enough to drive a sane person crazy. But if you already have OCD tendencies? Forget about it. So here’s the […]

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Brother and Sister Painting

June 30, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

I finished this brother/sister painting today and I was trying to figure out what to call this post other than “I’m Finished!” I thought about breaking into a riveting tutorial on how to paint folds in fabric. But I really can’t offer any tips on painting folds in fabric. I just keep painting until I’m […]

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A Day in The Life

May 25, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

I thought I’d try something a little different today. An actual journal post. When I first heard about blogs I thought they were journals. Online diaries. I guess they started out that way in the beginning.I dunno about you, but I wouldn’t have much of a following if I wrote an online diary. When I […]

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Happy Birthday, Mom!

March 27, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson 1 Comment

Today my mother turned 83. Eighty-three! I recognize that might sound ‘old’ to a lot of people, but old does not describe my mother. Okay, so she does have grey hair (and hates it!), but that’s about the only clue you’d have that she’s a senior citizen. You see, my mother teaches step aerobics three […]

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My Flower Shop – Part 4

March 8, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

This is the 4th installment of my trip down memory lane when I owned a flower shop in Sacramento, CA. Here are the links to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. NO WHITE FLOWERS?!??? Wait a minute. . .  you mean to tell me that I can’t get ANY white flowers at all?!? The voice […]

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My Flower Shop – Part 3

March 7, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

This is the 3rd installment of my trip down memory lane when I owned a flower shop in Sacramento, CA. Part 1is here, Part 2 is here. The story continues as my wholesaler graciously becomes my floral tutor. His name was Al. He had owned his own florist shop for years, retired, then came out […]

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My Flower Shop – Part 2

March 6, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

This is the 2nd installment of my trip down memory lane when I owned a flower shop in Sacramento, CA. Read Part 1 here. The story continues as I had just received my very first order for funeral flowers. What were you doing when you were 19? Do you remember? I bet you do! One […]

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