I am taking on this challenge.
Welcoming suggestions for restaurants, not too local but not too far- it is a school night!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Guilt!
I loved the video Anthology magazine posted on its site that showed a bedroom wall covered in vintage book pages. I decided to do something similar in my guest room. I figured I'd put painter's tape in stripes along the wall and then on top of that put double sided tape so that I wouldn't ruin the walls. Then stick the pages to the tape.
I found a book at our local antique shop, didn't know anything about the author or book but I loved that it had photographs and renderings throughout the pages. It legit took me a few days to start the project because I felt really guilty about tearing up a book, nevermind one almost 100 years old.
Enter today's snow day and I figured I had no more excuses. I started tearing it up and stuck it up to the wall. I love how it came out. We'll see how the tape/pages fare in time, but then I thought about the book. Pictures to come soon.
Then I don't know why but I google searched the author and the book. Enter more guilt. He was a well known photographer and his books are fairly well know as well. I paid $30 for the book, so I knew it wasn't just any old book, but it was one of the only one I like the pages inside for the room. Eek.
I just ordered another copy of the book off of amazon.com because I feel so guilty about tearing up a book published originally in 1938 and it will be prominently displayed in the room once I finish all the other decorating. Who said interior decorating was easy!?
I found a book at our local antique shop, didn't know anything about the author or book but I loved that it had photographs and renderings throughout the pages. It legit took me a few days to start the project because I felt really guilty about tearing up a book, nevermind one almost 100 years old.
Enter today's snow day and I figured I had no more excuses. I started tearing it up and stuck it up to the wall. I love how it came out. We'll see how the tape/pages fare in time, but then I thought about the book. Pictures to come soon.
Then I don't know why but I google searched the author and the book. Enter more guilt. He was a well known photographer and his books are fairly well know as well. I paid $30 for the book, so I knew it wasn't just any old book, but it was one of the only one I like the pages inside for the room. Eek.
I just ordered another copy of the book off of amazon.com because I feel so guilty about tearing up a book published originally in 1938 and it will be prominently displayed in the room once I finish all the other decorating. Who said interior decorating was easy!?
Monday, January 10, 2011
In more important news
than whether I accomplished the goals I set for myself to accomplish before my 29th birthday, I finally won the last issue of Domino magazine that I needed to have the complete set!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Nothing like starting 2011 off with a bang!
Goodness gracious. Sometimes I wonder about myself, like really, am I sane? Does a normal person react the same way I do to certain things?
For example.
This morning my cell phone rang, my parent's house was calling. Well, someone from their house was calling. I answer my new iPhone (thanks Mom and Dad for the early bday present) and put it on speaker because I'm still in bed and it's just easier. It's my Mom, except she sounds weird.
You know those voice changer things that people speak into and it changes their voice to sound like something else? Well. My Mother sounded like she was sick, losing her voice and speaking through a voice changer. She sounded like she was whispering. I couldn't understand a word that she said.
I asked if she was sick? Was she alright? And then panic mode set in- what was going on? For some reason my mind automatically jumped to the sane (doubtful) conclusion that my Mother was hiding under her bed, whispering into her cell phone because she/my family is being attacked. I keep asking her if she's alright but I can't understand what she's saying to me.
Then she hangs up on me.
I now go into uber-panic mode. Jump out of bed. Throw on a sweatshirt. Grab my car keys, impatiently wait for my newly installed garage door opener (thanks Dad, last year's bday present, installed about a month ago, no worries, better late than never) to open and then I drive like a maniac to my parents house.
On the way I called my parents house and my Mom answered. In a normal voice that was not all Darth Vadery. I yell out, are you alright????? She's like, yes, I'm fine! Something was wrong with one of our phones, I was just about to text you.
I pull over and immediately start laughing and crying hysterically. She's fine. My Father is fine. My brother is fine. Everybody's fine [well, maybe except me] and no one is under attack. I couldn't stop laughing, or crying for that matter, because I had worked myself up so much. Jeesh.
Am I going out on a limb here to say that I may have a problem? This isn't normal, right?
The plot thickens: [actually, you could argue it becomes crystal clear]
When I did return to my parents house later in the afternoon under normal circumstances to tell my Dad about a new house project for us to build (a C table for my living room) and ask to see my Mom's laptop so I could show him the plans. He promptly proceeds to pull my Mother's laptop out from underneath the couch.
That's where they're keeping their computers from now on.
If someone breaks into the house, the thieves won't look there but if it's sitting on the kitchen counter where she normally keeps it, she's shit out of luck.
Somehow to me, this seems insane, while my reaction earlier in the day seems utterly normal under the circumstances....Thoughts? Advice? Phone numbers of therapists for me to begin seeing?
For example.
This morning my cell phone rang, my parent's house was calling. Well, someone from their house was calling. I answer my new iPhone (thanks Mom and Dad for the early bday present) and put it on speaker because I'm still in bed and it's just easier. It's my Mom, except she sounds weird.
You know those voice changer things that people speak into and it changes their voice to sound like something else? Well. My Mother sounded like she was sick, losing her voice and speaking through a voice changer. She sounded like she was whispering. I couldn't understand a word that she said.
I asked if she was sick? Was she alright? And then panic mode set in- what was going on? For some reason my mind automatically jumped to the sane (doubtful) conclusion that my Mother was hiding under her bed, whispering into her cell phone because she/my family is being attacked. I keep asking her if she's alright but I can't understand what she's saying to me.
Then she hangs up on me.
I now go into uber-panic mode. Jump out of bed. Throw on a sweatshirt. Grab my car keys, impatiently wait for my newly installed garage door opener (thanks Dad, last year's bday present, installed about a month ago, no worries, better late than never) to open and then I drive like a maniac to my parents house.
On the way I called my parents house and my Mom answered. In a normal voice that was not all Darth Vadery. I yell out, are you alright????? She's like, yes, I'm fine! Something was wrong with one of our phones, I was just about to text you.
I pull over and immediately start laughing and crying hysterically. She's fine. My Father is fine. My brother is fine. Everybody's fine [well, maybe except me] and no one is under attack. I couldn't stop laughing, or crying for that matter, because I had worked myself up so much. Jeesh.
Am I going out on a limb here to say that I may have a problem? This isn't normal, right?
The plot thickens: [actually, you could argue it becomes crystal clear]
When I did return to my parents house later in the afternoon under normal circumstances to tell my Dad about a new house project for us to build (a C table for my living room) and ask to see my Mom's laptop so I could show him the plans. He promptly proceeds to pull my Mother's laptop out from underneath the couch.
That's where they're keeping their computers from now on.
If someone breaks into the house, the thieves won't look there but if it's sitting on the kitchen counter where she normally keeps it, she's shit out of luck.
Somehow to me, this seems insane, while my reaction earlier in the day seems utterly normal under the circumstances....Thoughts? Advice? Phone numbers of therapists for me to begin seeing?
Friday, November 26, 2010
Countdown...
So I was thinking in the shower this morning (come to think of it I do this often- lesson plans, what I'm going to wear for the day...interesting) that there are some things I want to accomplish before I officially kiss my 20s goodbye. I remembered a series of posts by Nicole of titled "30 Before Thirty" where she created a list of 30 things she wanted to accomplish before turning 30 and it inspired me to create my own.
A list of thirty things to accomplish seems a bit ambitious, although I guess if pushed I could come up with some.
So I'm officially contemplating that list of thirty, more info to follow, but in the meantime, since year 29 is looming in about a month or so, I have a short list I'd like to accomplish before then:
1. Finish bedroom (includes decorating, a headboard, installing shelving, finding artwork.)
2. Lose 10 pounds.
3. Find something glittery to wear for my 29th bday.
4. Plan fantabulous 29th bday celebration.
And I'm off to see if Dick's has any good sales on sneakers for the gym since mine are a few years old, which is gross if you think about it, and to run a few errands.
Any suggestions for things to add to the 29 list? Or for the big 3-0? Happy Black Friday!
A list of thirty things to accomplish seems a bit ambitious, although I guess if pushed I could come up with some.
So I'm officially contemplating that list of thirty, more info to follow, but in the meantime, since year 29 is looming in about a month or so, I have a short list I'd like to accomplish before then:
1. Finish bedroom (includes decorating, a headboard, installing shelving, finding artwork.)
2. Lose 10 pounds.
3. Find something glittery to wear for my 29th bday.
4. Plan fantabulous 29th bday celebration.
And I'm off to see if Dick's has any good sales on sneakers for the gym since mine are a few years old, which is gross if you think about it, and to run a few errands.
Any suggestions for things to add to the 29 list? Or for the big 3-0? Happy Black Friday!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Um kind of amazing!
One of my favorite blogs for crafting inspiration- Twig and Thistle- is having an amazing giveaway- one of the Silhouette digital cutters!!! How crazy is that?
The possibilities of what I could do with that machine would be endless....not that I want the competition but here's the link for anyone else interested in entering and at the least checking out Kathleen's visual treats on her blog!
The possibilities of what I could do with that machine would be endless....not that I want the competition but here's the link for anyone else interested in entering and at the least checking out Kathleen's visual treats on her blog!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Score!
(Yes I know I've been M.I.A. for literally months. I apologize.)
But this is so excited that I feel the need to blog about it. I purchased a photograph off of etsy a while back. I find it very soothing and serene. It is the inspiration for my bedroom redecorating. I love the gray color of my bedroom but lately it's just been kind of blah to me. I found bedding at Anthroplogie that goes really well with my new vibe, except it was about $300 for he comforter and two shams. I found it back in May.
Well.
I just checked out the sale section of their website and the comforter is on sale for $70 and the Euro shams are $15 each- UM HI AMAZING!
So I just ordered the comforter and two shams for my new bedroom!!! Super excited for this bedroom re-do!
And just for the record I'm still doing ridiculous things that would most likely only happen to me I just haven't blogged about them. For example I have returned to my routine of going to the gym at night which I seemed to have abandoned pretty much the whole summer. I thought I remembered the combination to my lock. Turns out I didn't. And had to ask the gym to kindly cut my lock so I could get my stuff out of the locker. Way to go me.
But this is so excited that I feel the need to blog about it. I purchased a photograph off of etsy a while back. I find it very soothing and serene. It is the inspiration for my bedroom redecorating. I love the gray color of my bedroom but lately it's just been kind of blah to me. I found bedding at Anthroplogie that goes really well with my new vibe, except it was about $300 for he comforter and two shams. I found it back in May.
Well.
I just checked out the sale section of their website and the comforter is on sale for $70 and the Euro shams are $15 each- UM HI AMAZING!
So I just ordered the comforter and two shams for my new bedroom!!! Super excited for this bedroom re-do!
And just for the record I'm still doing ridiculous things that would most likely only happen to me I just haven't blogged about them. For example I have returned to my routine of going to the gym at night which I seemed to have abandoned pretty much the whole summer. I thought I remembered the combination to my lock. Turns out I didn't. And had to ask the gym to kindly cut my lock so I could get my stuff out of the locker. Way to go me.
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