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I have always loved interior design, and adore looking at people's houses. During high school I had a thing for designing houses. I would sit at the kitchen table with my ruler and a trusty HB pencil and create floorplans of my 'dream home'. Mum kindly built a house when I was about 17, which thrust my designing activities into super-turbo-charged-overdrive.
So you can imagine how giddy with excitement I was when in 2010 I began writing for real estate. My passion for houses is now indulged every single week. Yes, nowadays my working week is dominated by real estate projects. And. I. Love. It!
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Of course I still write for an array of other industries, and I love a creative challenge.
It's all good, people!
Jen x
Okay, so it is fair to say that blogging was not my top priority in 2011. There - I've said it. To many people, my lack of blogging is criminal, unthinkable, and inexcusable. But for me it was, well... inevitable. Why? Because my humble little business, The Letterbug, took off! Yes, I was tip-tapping away on my computer keys like a crazy woman throughout 2011. It was fabulous!Whilst I probably should have found time for blogging, I just didn't. And I blame paragraph breaks. And I blame Blogger. Something happened to Blogger which made it almost impossible for me to publish anything. I would compose a post, add images, and have everything looking pretty. With glee I would then go ahead and click 'Publish', only to find that ALL formatting had vanished, and all I was left with was one solid, nasty, block of text. I would then, of course, curse and swifly remove the post and return it to 'draft' status.Anyone who has a blog will know just how time consuming blogging can be. And anyone who has a computer knows just how frustrating computers can be. There was a good chance that I would have launched my laptop into outer space if I wasted yet another evening trying to iron out this formatting issue. So instead I just stopped blogging. For almost a whole year. Wow!Recently I have found so many inspiring blogs, and have really enjoyed rediscovering the blogisphere. So here I am. I'm still bewildered by how to get the paragraph breaks how I want them in Blogger, but a bit of Googling and a few html codes seem to have me up and running again.Please be patient with my weirdo spacing, if and when it occurs. Just know that I am doing my darnedest to get it right!Here's to issue-free blogging in 2012 - hooray!Jen x
It sounds so much more serious than forgetfulness, and I have chosen 'Amnesia' as Word of the Day #2 for a good reason. 
A little while ago, I met somebody who said they'd been looking at The Letterbug's blog. When I say "a little while ago", what I actually mean is AGES ago - Lordy have I been neglecting the Letterbug's blog!
Anyway, this valued client of mine said he had enjoyed reading about Word of the Day #1 - Ubiquitous.
"Really?" said his companion, who turned to me and said,
"What does ubiquitous mean?"
Long silence, crickets chirping, a dog barks somewhere in the distance...
I couldn't remember! Gah!!!!
There's nothing like being put on the spot to make me go completely, tragically, and gut-wrenchingly blank. Let's just say it was one of the lower points of my day - and for now I choose to blame amnesia, hahaha!
Word of the Day #2:
Amnesia [am·ne·sia] n. Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness.
Note: In my case, the shock and psychological disturbance came after the amnesia.
Let's never mention this incident again, okay?
Another note: Candidate for Word of the Day #3– hypochondria!
Jen x
PS: Happy New Year - let's hope I can manage to squeeze in a WHOLE LOT more blogging this year :)
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