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This Day in Zielske History

May 13, 2010

This Day in Zielske History

5.13.05

May 13, 2005. A particularly poorly lit, high noise shot taken—where else?—in my bathroom mirror with my first digital SLR, my old Nikon D70. A few things come to mind when I look at this shot:

1. I was still employed with Simple Scrapbooks magazine (RIP).

2. I didn't need to wear glasses all the time to function.

3. I still was knocking back a pack of smokes daily, in secret.

4. We still had our beloved foil bamboo patterned wall paper, and the reason I was taking this shot was because this was the day the wall paper was coming down.

5. I got really sick of the wallpaper removal project and it stalled for about three years until we finally broke down and hired a dude for real cheap-like to remove it for us.

This has been another riveting installment of "This Day in Zielske History."

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  1. Shelley Laming says

    May 13, 2010 at 9:39 am

    Before I read about the wallpaper removal I was actually kind of digging it in the photo! 🙂

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  2. Madeline St Onge says

    May 13, 2010 at 9:49 am

    Big changes for you in 5 years Cathy

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  3. Penny Grimsley says

    May 13, 2010 at 10:06 am

    You are such a hoot! I thought you were going to tell us you weighed the same as that day – or less than that day! =)

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  4. Barb says

    May 13, 2010 at 10:07 am

    So much has changed. I miss Simple (RIP), but the rest of it is all good. Even the glasses because I think you look awesome in yours. In fact, I clearly remember shopping for the last pair I bought, thinking “I need a pair like Cathy Zielske’s.” Stalkerish? Sorry. lol

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  5. cathy says

    May 13, 2010 at 10:07 am

    Shell, it’s totally vintage, in a sense…70s vintage baby!

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  6. Denise Coulter says

    May 13, 2010 at 10:33 am

    Love the look back at your life! GFY on kicking the habit 🙂

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  7. Ria says

    May 13, 2010 at 10:44 am

    Cathy!

    I had to stop reading when you got to the part about ‘knocking back the pack in secret’!!! I am not diminishing the entire weight thing BUT the not smoking thing is so HUGE! Way to go and keep going!

    🙂

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  8. Kristin says

    May 13, 2010 at 11:09 am

    Silver foil? Other colors? This is one time where b/w doesn’t do that vintage paper justice. I’m pretty sure I would have been diggin’ it though.

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  9. Amy says

    May 13, 2010 at 11:17 am

    my former house had silver/purple foil in the bathroom….with naked maidens cavorting (!).It actually took me over a YEAR to notice the naughtiness going on while I was drying my hair 😉 Subtle but seedy…..

    Of course, it paired up quite nicely with the purple commode and purple tub.

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  10. Maureen says

    May 13, 2010 at 11:34 am

    Ah the changes that 5 years bring. btw, how secret can a pack-a-day smoker smell??? I know, I know..we think no one knows. btdt. That paper??? I bet Cole could really use that in a video these days…

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  11. Jane Toft says

    May 13, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    Weight can come and go but giving up the fags is for life! I think you look younger now than you did then. Maybe there is a connection 🙂

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  12. Alison says

    May 13, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    OMG! Our bathroom had very similar wallpaper (if not the same) when we moved in five years ago. That paper came down asap. However, we have moved on to finish all the other rooms in the house and have left the bare, pocked bathroom walls alone. Someday…

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  13. Christine H says

    May 13, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    Wallpaper….ugh….never again. And then the kid wanted a red wall….do you know how many coats of paint it takes to make a red wall look right? Too many!

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  14. stacyj says

    May 13, 2010 at 7:16 pm

    Just think how happy your lungs are now. Wow girl. Time flies. I missing you at Donna’s event, although I’m totally sick and going to bed early.

    love you.

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  15. Barb says

    May 14, 2010 at 8:15 am

    And that was my 40th birthday! I didn’t need the glasses then either.

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  16. Kay Gregory-Clark says

    May 14, 2010 at 9:04 am

    Cathy, I applaud you for kicking the habit. But to think you THOUGHT you were doing it secretly–that much!–ha! I’m married to a sometimes-smoker (he quits, starts, quits, starts) who thinks I don’t know he’s smoking out behind the barn! You can’t “hide” that yucky smell! Not with all the gum and mints in the world. But to have quit smoking and lost all that weight…you are an inspiration.

    AND, I am waiting for the cookbook templates!!! Any ETA?

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  17. Judy Webb says

    May 14, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    I loved your comments and honesty. I loved Simple Scrapbook magazine but have developed more confidence and now mostly do my own thing, simply. We’ve never met, but I enjoy your blog. Happy Spring.

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  18. anna says

    May 14, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    riveting indeed! we love you cathy! 🙂
    a

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  19. Mary says

    May 14, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    Cathy, from one former secret smoker to another who has also gained 30
    + pounds and is currently working at getting rid of it…rah to us!!!
    We didn’t smell, did we?;)

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  20. Lara Jane says

    May 15, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    Lord, but I love that wallpaper!

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  21. susan says

    May 15, 2010 at 1:06 pm

    following your tremendous progress over these past few months + a pinched nerve in my back = joined a gym this morning so I can try to follow in your fitness footsteps…maybe my master bathroom and I will see the same level of improvement 🙂

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  22. Kelster Jean says

    May 15, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    It’s funny that you mentioned Simple Scrapbooks because I just so happened to pick up your book Clean & Simple, Scrapbooking-The Sequeal at a garage sale today and am now writing on your blog. Nice to meet you!

    🙂 Kelly

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  23. Gina says

    May 16, 2010 at 5:02 pm

    Glad you quit smoking!! It’s nice to reflect back. 🙂

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  24. cathy says

    May 16, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    I know. I love to pretend I smelled like roses.

    It’s so bad now, i cannot stand the smell on anyone.

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  25. Kathleen Noriega says

    May 16, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    Which digital SLR do you use now?

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