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Let Your Inner Mermaid Shine! // Tips for an Everyday Mermaid Makeup Look
Adventures ► September 13, 2017

Let Your Inner Mermaid Shine! // Tips for an Everyday Mermaid Makeup Look

Can I let you in a little secret? Come a little closer, we can’t let everyone hear. … I’m a mermaid. Okay, so if you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, or kept an eye...

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Blogmas { Day 6 }: Room Redecoration
Uncategorized ► December 7, 2013

Blogmas { Day 6 }: Room Redecoration

Hello, everyone! Guess what I have for you today? That’s right! I finally pulled out my camera and took pictures for my room redecoration post! Mina wasn’t sure why I was walking around taking pictures...

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Torn Between the Ocean and Winter
Uncategorized ► February 6, 2013

Torn Between the Ocean and Winter

At the beginning of February I started a month-long online writing class and for the first assignment I wrote a scene from a story that I’ve been brainstorming recently.  The scene takes place near the...

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Mer-Palooza and Camp NaNo
Uncategorized ► August 14, 2012

Mer-Palooza and Camp NaNo

I’m sorry that I was rather absent last week.  I was preparing a short story for a contest and packing for Orlando over the weekend.  Heather and I went to Mer-Palooza to represent Minnesota Mermaids....

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Uncategorized ► August 2, 2012

RTW: Best July Read

The topic of Road Trip Wednesday over at YA Highway this week is: What was the best book you read in July? When I first saw that this week is best book week, one novel...

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Editing, Editing, Editing
Uncategorized ► April 16, 2012

Editing, Editing, Editing

This has been my week and weekend: editing. I’m a little behind in finishing this, but for awhile I’ve felt like the book was missing a little something and I finally figured out what that...

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Inspiration
Uncategorized ► March 22, 2012

Inspiration

I was originally planning to do a post on The Hunger Games today. (Well, originally I was going to do a post on THG earlier this week but I came down with the flu and...

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Scatterbrained Post
Uncategorized ► September 28, 2011

Scatterbrained Post

Autumn has arrived! The leaves are starting to change color and are falling from the trees. They aren’t falling fast enough for me, though. I cannot WAIT to jump into a leaf pile! After autumn...

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Las Vegas: Photo Shoot & The Strip
Adventures ► August 23, 2011

Las Vegas: Photo Shoot & The Strip

It’s time to finish up Vegas! Saturday was our free day in Vegas as MerCon was a one-day event, however there was one last mermaid-related stop for us to make. Heather had signed up for...

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Las Vegas: MerCon
Adventures ► August 19, 2011

Las Vegas: MerCon

Earlier this year, my good friend Heather heard about the first annual MerCon/World Mermaid Awards that was scheduled to be held at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada. Of course, due to our undying love...

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I'm Crystal, the storyteller behind Dreams, etc. I'm all about learning how to live slowly & sustainably, while also seeking adventure as we follow our dreams, etc.

May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of new growth on plants.
The other day I realized that there is no Savannah The other day I realized that there is no Savannah on my feed and…well, Savannah is beautiful and needs to be there. These were taken in Lafayette Square on my second day in Georgia.
Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I d Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I didn’t go on my weekly dam walk earlier in the week when I was excited about it. On this day I was tired after a long week and my least favorite holiday. My bed was oh so comfortable. I forced myself to roll out of bed and journey to the dam. It was filled with people and I was pokey…taking my time to get there and even journeying down one of the other paths to avoid walking across the dam. (Which isn’t long.) I finally joined the crowd and walked across. And then came back, happy to have made my weekly journey. This is when the top layer of the water started to freeze.
From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock c From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock concert, which is mostly me trying the say bagpipe rock. Some word combinations are hard! 😂 There was a sign asking us not to film, which is why there’s no concert footage.
Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic and while the walks haven’t fixed the problems, they’ve help me breathe and connect with the world and relieve stress. 💕
April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. The dam was almost overflowing. The animals are beginning to emerge. Spring is here!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee st Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee stop (of course) a friend and I checks out two indie bookstores that we have never been to before. I definitely want to go back to Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s! Did you do anything for #independentbookstoreday

#indiebookstore #indiebookshop
After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to try it.

#asmr #groceryshopping #groceryshop  #asmrvideos
I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Le I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Let’s go back to the third week in November when there was just a little snow on the ground and the footprints in the snow seemed notable.
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