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Staying Positive

Published by Sula H.

Holidays. Winter break.

That means 1 1/2 month of solitary confinement on a campus that is nearly completely deserted. Sounds dull? Well … but there are some positive things about that, if you just look hard enough.

Like the internet.

I can finally do stuff online now after 4 pm in the afternoon without getting stuck on a website that takes like an hour to open.

Why?

Because the students are gone.
Because no one is watching online soap operas and plays computer games anymore as soon as class is over.
Because there simply aren’t enough people on campus to slow down the internet so much that no one can do anything online at all anymore!

So, that’s great, right? After all, it is “yay” for winter holidays that give me a break!

Last Day of School

Published by Sula H.

I can’t believe another semester of school is officially over – as of today. Most of my foreign colleagues have deserted the campus already, and the vast majority has left as well. For the next couple of weeks, I’ll have to be content with quiet solitude! Or maybe not? We’ll see …

Freebie Friday: Life

Published by Sula H.

 

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Freebie Friday always is a happy Friday for me, since I get to share another one of my templates with you. This one’s featuring my layout “Life Happens,” and I love how it’s the 44th freebie template that I’ve created for you!

Anyways, I hope you can find some use for this template, and as always I’d like to see what you do with it.

Happy Friday, scrappers!

Note:
Please do not re-distribute this template in any way (you may share the link to this post), and when you use this template, please make sure to credit it to Misty Hilltops Designs.

We Are Moving …

Published by Sula H.

Just thought I’d let you know that MistyHilltops.com is moving.

No, not to a new address.

We’re just switching servers, since we’ve reached the limit of our traffic allowance with our current webhosting service – in other words, you guys are giving me too much traffic, lol! But that’s a good thing, I guess. So, I’m not complaining at all that there’s actually enough people out there who think to stop by MistyHilltops every once in a while.

But, we have to move. And I’m only glad that I don’t have to pack up a lot of things, and carry lots of boxes and what not. But then, our last move with MistyHilltops was a nightmare just the same, as it took a couple of days to figure out what was wrong. Anyways, all I’m saying is that, if things get a bit wonky with MistyHilltops in the next couple of days, just beware that there’s stuff going on behind the scenes here, and that we’ll try to get everything worked out as quickly as possible!

Wish me luck!

Inspire Me: Kelly Purkey

Published by Sula H.

Wow! It’s been a while since I did my last real “Inspire Me” post. Looks like Christmas and the December Daily project just had me distracted quite some. But today, Inspire Me is back. And today … I’d like to introduce you to Kelly Purkey. Kelly is a gal from New York who’s real big into traditional scrapbooking, but she gives each of her pages her own hip twist. She is a member of the design team over at Studio Calico, and that seriously means something, right?

You’ll find tons of inspiration simply by visiting her blog, and then there’s her gallery at Studio Calico, too.

Food Corner: Potatoes & Meat

Published by Sula H.

Potatoes are very common in China. Except that the way they are prepared in China is quite different from what I knew about cooking potatoes when I grew up. While (at least in Germany) potatoes usually are boiled in water and salt, like most everything here they’re fried in the wok (without ever boiling them beforehand). This specific potato dish comes diced and mixed with meat, onion and spices. And it’s quite delicious, too!