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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At a weekend getaway with some friends and still getting my miles in. The hills were a bit of a surprise. I still have to be ready for my race in 3-ish weeks. 🏃‍♀️ #rundisney #running

A selfie of a sweat soaked woman in a light purple tank top.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is there a reason to use lemon with honey rather than lime? I’ve been using lime juice instead of lemon and it tastes so much better to me.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am somehow 2 seasons behind on Great British Baking Show!

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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Time for new paper mache projects! @chieflotsahair.bsky.social is running three races at the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend again this year, and her costumes require two hats. These are going to be somewhat smaller than things I’ve made previously, so I bought a wig head to build them on.

A cluttered workbench with a tan colored wig head attached to it. The head is covered in plastic wrap, on which is drawn a crude face to use as reference. Two boxes of shredded paper sit nearby, along with two black nitrile gloves and a gallon of Roman Pro-543 wallpaper paste.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Since @crumblsucks.wyattswickedgoods.com and @feistywaters.com are sharing their amazing foods today, I’ll share brunch. French toast covered in peach jam and fresh raspberries and blueberries. I also have a side of scramble eggs and bacon.

A photo of a yellow plate holding French toast covered in blueberries and raspberries. On the left is a pile of scrambled eggs and a slice of thick cut bacon.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Seven miles for this morning! I’m so glad the morning temps have finally dropped into the 60s. It certainly made the run more comfortable. Gonna eat all the things now!

A selfie of a sweaty, smiling woman in a coral tank top. She has pushed her sunglasses on top of her head. There is a palm tree in the background

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s been a hot minute, or like 9 months, since I’ve done any creating in my sewing room. Today I’m back in here sewing! These strips are for race costume number 1! 🧵

A photo of 3 inch strips of fabric draped across an ironing board. From top to bottom, the colors are purple, hot pink, bright orange, cyan, and bright yellow

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a week of walking, it felt good to get out and run. I even managed to PR on a Strava segment! Just a little faster and I’ll make the top ten!

A selfie of a smiling sweaty woman in a grey tank top in front of a palm tree trunk.

A screenshot from the Strava app showing a map segment of the Lake Summit Sprint route. My effort for the day was 5:25!

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ya’ll, I’m teaching first grade about sugar skulls and today’s class started asking me how to spell names that weren’t theirs. They wanted to make their drawing for someone that had passed away so they were writing that person’s name on their paper.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today my second grade class made bats to add to their art project. Less than an hour later I get a message that a rabid bat was captured near my neighborhood!

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Up and running! Started with a goal of three miles and ended up going 5. 🏃‍♀️

A selfie of a sweat soaked smiling woman in a bright coral tank top in front of a palm tree

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

At Magic Kingdom for my birthday! I’m riding this for the first time! Yay! Flying elephants!

A selfie of a blonde woman in a white shirt and Minnie ears standing in front of the Dumbo ride at Disney World

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Kicking off my birthday weekend with a 4.6 mile run. The highlight was missing getting shat on by a bird by millimeters! 🏃‍♀️

A selfie of a flushed, sweaty woman with pink sunglasses on her head and a black tank top.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I discovered I was missing a stretcher for one of the photos. @mictlan.bsky.social was able to 3D print one for me so I could finish my framing project!

A photo of a pile of miniature masterpieces prints with two orange plastic rectangles laying in front of the pile.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Assemblage is going on! I have a few mini masterpieces to frame.

A photo of miniature copies of famous paintings scattered on a brown table. Some are framed and some are waiting to be framed.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So Dogman The Musical exists and my child knows about it, so I have to listen to it.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s been a stressful weekend, so running didn’t quite go as planned. But I still got out there today for 2 miles! And now it’s pouring rain so I’m glad I didn’t do more! 🏃‍♀️

A selfie of a sweaty smiling woman in a coral tank top in front of a blue garage door.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

First long run of the weekend done! Five miles of sweat soak running is a great way to start a day! 🏃‍♀️

A selfie of a smiling sweat soaked woman in front of a palm tree. She is wearing a maroon tank top.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

No internet on campus this morning! Glad I don’t teach digital art! Though my slides are only online!

A photo of a laptop screen showing a pink background and a sketch of a rainbow with an alligator sitting in front of it. In the background is a large screen replicating the image.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A student left me a gift today! Their bottom is also green. #artteachet

A photo of the seat on a stool with a green and blue child sized painted handprint on it

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’ve been enjoying watching this get built.

A photo of a medium sized wasps’ nest taken through a window. The nest is anchored to the outside frame of the window. There are about 8 wasps on the nest

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Bake number one is biscuits. I’ve been wanting biscuits for the peach jam I made this summer. I decided today was the day for making those biscuits.

A photo of buttermilk biscuits on a gold baking sheet

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s become a baking day! The house may not get cleaned.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’ve started training for a Disney race weekend. I was inspired to whip up some Mickey Waffles for brunch today!

A photo of a red platter piled high with small Mickey waffles. In the background is a yellow player with fried eggs and bacon

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

First, a sunrise rocket launch and then a cloud covered 10k run! And now that I’ve passed the 5 mile mark in running, my brain is willing to to longer miles. 🏃‍♀️

A photo of the train of a rocket launch in the sky. In the foreground is a field of cows.

A selfie of a sweat drenched smiling woman in a coral tank top and pink headband. Somehow, she is still smiling.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Finally checked out the new B&N in the area. I, of course, found a few books to add to the TBR pile!

A photo of a stack of three books on a brown table. From top to bottom: Emily Wildes Encyclopedia of Faeries, Kiki and the New Magic, and Mona’s Eyes.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Rainbows at twilight feel special!

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’ve spent most of the afternoon sorting, tossing, and organizing sewing room supplies. I’m excited about how the room is coming along. The best news is that my gramma’s sewing machine is back in the room. It is inside the cabinet. The machine on top is my old Necchi. It mostly works. 🧵

A photo of a wall in a room. You can just see the edge of the open door hiding the printed patterns. In the bottom center of the photo is an old sewing machine desk with a white sewing machine on top. There is a red box between the legs of the desk. There is a painting above the desk. The painting is of a bird and white flowers.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

After slacking all week, my Saturday run felt great. Once I finally managed to drag myself out of bed! 🏃‍♀️

A selfie of a sweaty, smiling woman in a pale purple tank.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Somehow my efforts to make cleanup easier today resulted in me being covered in more paint! This was after I washed myself to the elbows! #artteacher

A selfie of a grimacing woman holding her arm up for the camera, she has small marks of paint down her arm

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Much like me, my third grade students were devastated to learn the Yayoi Kusama passed away the same week we learned about her.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Guess what we’ve been doing all day! I have so many things to wash! #artteacher

A photo of a stainless steel classroom sink. The counter is covered in trays holding paintbrushes and rubber fish. The sink is full of random paint covered circular objects

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My morning is not off to a great start! The little pull handle popped off the lid to our kettle.

A photo of a red and white electric kettle next to a cutting block. On the block is the kettle lid with the loop handle lying next to the lid. There is a small obround hole in the top of the lid

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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@chieflotsahair.bsky.social and I are members at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, FL and this year they defended their title in the 4th International Waterlily Weigh-Off. This year they blew away last year's record, managing to put 285 pounds of weights in a giant lily pad before it sunk.

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Waterlily Weigh-off 2026

YouTube video by Bok Tower Gardens

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I’ve been checking cookbooks out from the library since April. Today, I actually made a recipe from one of them! They are called Riccoarelli. They were described as being an easier version of a macaron. They are similar but more dense.

A photo of the cover of a cookbook called The Great British Baking Show Love to Bake. The cover has a photo of a chocolate cake covered in ganache and topped with raspberries

A photo of what looks to be smashed potatoes but is in fact, smashed cookie dough in somewhat round form. They are coated in powdered sugar

A photo of the baked version of the cookies from the previous photo. They are slightly darker brown with cracks.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today’s brunch was brought to you by @smittenkitchen.bsky.social and her amazing recipe for Austrian Torn Pancakes. Yum! They are similar to a soufflé pancake with an extra step of cutting it into bite sized pieces and giving them a quick fry.

A photo of a large skillet on a stovetop filled with a large pancake.

A photo of pieces of chopped and fried pancake pieces on a purple plate.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It’s been very slow progress but at least there is progress. I bought 3 plastic bag holders from IKEA ages ago with the plan to use them to hold PDF patterns. I finally put them to use! They are behind the door so it was undecorated space anyway. 🧵

A photo of a wall with three plastic bag holders mounted on it. Instead of plastic bags, the holders have large format paper rolled up and pushed through the holes

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

First long run for my half marathon in October. Got in an easy 5 miles. It felt better than yesterday’s run. Now to rehydrate! 🏃‍♀️

A selfie of a sweat soaked woman in a maroon tank top standing in front of a palm tree. She is very flushed but still smiling.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Artist: The cup is full of paint water.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

8 weeks until race weekend! It’s time to start building up those miles. My 4 miles today felt great even though I also added what counts as hills. 🏃‍♀️

A selfie of a sweat soaked smiling woman in a pink tank top, pink headband, and pink sunglasses

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I was explaining how long ago an artist lived to 7 year olds today. I said he lived so long ago he did not have a house phone. Half of the students looked at me and said what’s a house phone? I’ve never felt older in my life.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Cooling towel ✔️ Sunglasses ✔️ Boob ice ✔️ Only the thought of a cooling swim got me to 2 miles!

A selfie of a smiling sweaty woman with pink reflecting sunglasses on and an orange cooling towel around her head.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It seems Tuesdays are my tired days this year.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The art challenge for the first week was to use two colors to create something on a 3 inch square of white paper. These kids have not disappointed. #artteacher

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Had a dental cleaning last week and was told to come back due to a cavity (dentist was already gone for the day). It seems I had an overzealous hygienist. The dentist didn’t find anything worth drilling today.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Nothing like a 5 am run with a heat advisory already in effect for the day. Two miles for the week done. 🏃‍♀️

A selfie of a smiling woman sweat drenched from running.

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Today I asked admin about some students missing from my roster and inadvertently got an entire grade level in trouble. 🤦‍♀️ It’s only been two days!

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chieflotsahair @chieflotsahair.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Back to school art class challenge this week is to take two squares of colorful paper and create something on a third white square of paper. I did also say they could share with neighbor to get more color options. This kid made a beach with a palm tree, umbrella, and beach chairs. #artteacher

A photo of a stack of 3 in square papers in multiple colors stacked on a paper cutter.

A photo of a student’s project. They took light blue paper and glued a strip of yellow paper on one side. They used green paper to make two lounge chairs. They use green and yellow papers to create a palm tree and an umbrella.

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