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The older I get the more I believe that money can, in fact, buy happiness. Not literally, of course, but having money provides you with the opportunity to do more of the things that make you happy (traveling) and fewer of the things that don’t (cleaning). If I had unlimited funds, I’d travel the globe… Continue reading can money buy happiness? | SIMA

Happy birthday to the Brooklyn Bridge! It opened on this day in 1883 and was 50% longer than any previously built suspension bridge in the world. A year later, P.T. Barnum publicized his circus–and helped to disprove a rumor that the bridge was going to collapse–by parading 21 elephants over it. (image source, history source)

Disclosure: I am extremely lazy. It only takes me 15-20 minutes to straighten my hair, but I like to prolong the life of my at home blow outs for as long as possible. I can easily get away with two days, but I’d like to be able to go three without blow drying my hair… Continue reading prolonging the life of a blowout | SIMA

Two years ago today I married my best friend. I still can’t believe how lucky I am to have found my perfect match. Not that we are exactly the same. Of course we share many of the same interests and values, but our differences compliment each other as well. For example, I’m more introverted whereas… Continue reading happy 2nd anniversary to us! | SIMA

After reading several reviews like this and this in February praising The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, I quickly requested it from the Omaha Public Library. It was a popular pick; a copy didn’t become available for me until early May. Eagerly I dove inside the pages expecting to fall in love with it as I… Continue reading the postmistress | SIMA

In an effort to reduce the clutter in my home, I recently decided to toss every magazine I’d been saving… except for issues of the now-defunct Domino. Before they hit the recycling bin, however, I flipped through EVERY SINGLE ONE — about 50 mags — tearing out articles I wanted to re-read or save for… Continue reading reducing magazine clutter | SIMA

Goal: Open a Store When I quit my cubicle job two years ago, my immediate goal was to open a stationery store. Unfortunately, that ambition was a bit premature, as I had no idea what was involved in owning a business or managing a store. I decided to put the dream on a shelf and… Continue reading 15 to 30: brick and mortar | SIMA

J worked on Sunday, so he had today off, which allowed us to get some work done for the business. We signed some important papers at the bank and had a long conversation over the phone with one of our vendors. We even had time to check out the new Blackberry Tour for Verizon, which… Continue reading let’s talk business | SIMA

I want to hang some of 3 Fish Studio’s modern furniture linocuts in my home. (via My Coney) This collage would look terrific in a child’s room. (via Modish) This should fill your quota of adorableness for the next week or so. Can I pull off this hair color? More prints for me, “the bird… Continue reading link up | SIMA

How We Blog is an ongoing series that reveals the blogging habits of some of my favorite bloggers. Next up: Lisa from my coney. 1. Please describe your blog and your reason for creating it. my coney began as a catalog of everything design or arts related that I find inspiring and interesting.  I have… Continue reading at work | SIMA