Can't you just smell the fresh sea air???
Friday, December 12, 2008
Nova Scotia
I am in love with the idea of Nova Scotia these days. There is something about the maritime that just calls to me, not that I have any real idea what I'd be getting myself into but it sure would be fantastic to live there.
Can't you just smell the fresh sea air???
Can't you just smell the fresh sea air???
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Chompers
We have a new tooth! A pretty little bottom tooth that made it's grand entry Saturday afternoon. Now if someone would just pose pretty with her mouth all open so that I can get a picture of it....
In other news! Um. It snowed yesterday. A sure sign of the Apocalypse is SNOW in Atlanta. Or at least that's what Atlanta natives think. Sheesh. And I voted in the run-off election this morning. The fear-mongering Republican ad's were so horrible and so incredibly incorrect! I am afraid that most of the ignorant red-necks down here are going to buy that crap hook, line and sinker. I don't know if Martin was out of money or what, but there was NOTHING from his camp in response to those ads. It was four weeks of "we can't let Obama GET AWAY WITH IT!!" They weren't too clear on what he was going to get away with... but it's sure to be SOMETHING SCARY. Of course, there folks down here were calling him Osama, so ya know, we aren't dealing with the intelligentsia or anything.
Back to happier thoughts: kiddo should be crawling by Christmas. She can get up on all fours and rock back and forth really well; and last night she started to be able to move a leg forward a little bit. And then she lost her balance and fell over.
In other news! Um. It snowed yesterday. A sure sign of the Apocalypse is SNOW in Atlanta. Or at least that's what Atlanta natives think. Sheesh. And I voted in the run-off election this morning. The fear-mongering Republican ad's were so horrible and so incredibly incorrect! I am afraid that most of the ignorant red-necks down here are going to buy that crap hook, line and sinker. I don't know if Martin was out of money or what, but there was NOTHING from his camp in response to those ads. It was four weeks of "we can't let Obama GET AWAY WITH IT!!" They weren't too clear on what he was going to get away with... but it's sure to be SOMETHING SCARY. Of course, there folks down here were calling him Osama, so ya know, we aren't dealing with the intelligentsia or anything.
Back to happier thoughts: kiddo should be crawling by Christmas. She can get up on all fours and rock back and forth really well; and last night she started to be able to move a leg forward a little bit. And then she lost her balance and fell over.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Christmas
My God - I am overrun with Christmas already! Some stores have had their early X-mas stuff out since mid-August. Man, I remember back when I worked retail and I had people yelling at me because of a small Christmas display up in the back of the store at Halloween. Not that I didn't agree with them, I find the retailification of Christmas gross. I prefer to have Christmas be about family and the traditions that we have and not have it be about a shopping festival.
I do love the tree, lights and cozy feeling that I get this time of year. And this year I even get to have real eggnog. Sadly I am super excited about that. My good friend Evan Williams makes a splendid nog. Add a little nutmeg and enjoy.
Hm. Keeping up with the kid makes typing entries sorta tricky. She is almost crawling, she can get up on all fours and rock, and something tells me that this is the last of the quiet time we will have. Not that we are all that quiet, but things are about to go up a notch or two or ten. And in the next couple of days we will have our Christmas outfit photo shoot for the Christmas cards.
And now as I have a squiggly little monkey I think that it's time to runnoft.
I do love the tree, lights and cozy feeling that I get this time of year. And this year I even get to have real eggnog. Sadly I am super excited about that. My good friend Evan Williams makes a splendid nog. Add a little nutmeg and enjoy.
Hm. Keeping up with the kid makes typing entries sorta tricky. She is almost crawling, she can get up on all fours and rock, and something tells me that this is the last of the quiet time we will have. Not that we are all that quiet, but things are about to go up a notch or two or ten. And in the next couple of days we will have our Christmas outfit photo shoot for the Christmas cards.
And now as I have a squiggly little monkey I think that it's time to runnoft.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
WOO!
Got a new job! Suddenly everything is all sunshine and flowers! Man, life is gonna be rough for the dogs next week; they will be back in their kennels during the day. Misha, however, might throw a party. Finally!! I get to wear all my cute new work clothing! Yay!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Is there a support group for too much HGTV?
Still job hunting... the positive: going on lots of interviews (yay!!) and the negative: still no job offer yet (boo).
On to less depressing things!! Like my new found obsession with wanting to decorate the house. With all this time on my hands, and fueled by DIY network and HGTV and Ikea.com I have all these fantastic new things that I HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW AAARGH!!!! Wouldn't have anything to do with being in the house all the time, job hunting and puttering. Ya know, when we moved into this house, we doubled our square footage from our home in Richmond. The frustrating part is that the space is sorta of odd. The downstairs is a nice open floor plan, with a front room that we still don't know what we really want to do with, and the upstairs has the master suite and bedrooms (one that we use as a TV room).
My two favorite rooms are Freya's nursery and the kitchen. I took one look at the kitchen, and decided that this was the house that I wanted. And the nursery is just so warm and comfortable, not all overrun by baby stuff, the main print in the room is the Pre-Raphaelite painting La Belle Dame Sans Merci. And those are the only rooms that are really done. Oh, I lie. The upstairs guest room is done and so is the guest suite downstairs. And so is the dining room. Yeah, so really there are only the front room, t.v. room and the master bedroom that need help, which means furniture and PAINT. Painting this house is tricky, we have two double story rooms adding to the logistic issues, and we can't figure out what colors we want. Which might be an issue, ya think?
Enter Ikea.
I love Ikea. I really love Ikea - from the meatballs and lingen berry to the crazy names of the furniture pieces. Most of our house is from Ikea, nothing like nice inexpensive furniture that manages to combine modern and cozy. Ikea also has the greatest thing ever: a cooler weight goose down puff for only $30! I am spending way too much time on their website, I have found so much that we just have to have. Like new covers for our Ektorp sofa and chair, with two dogs and a cat, it's amazing how quickly the dark purple got really ratty looking. So, plain white covers that can be bleached are the best replacement (hello cheap) because it wont be long before someone around here starts to wander around with goldfish crackers (and being able to remove and bleach will be a super bonus). Also, a new duvet for our bed, new rugs, all kinds of vases and pillows and the list goes on and on.... And the best part is that, once I get a goddamn job, it'll all come in under $500.
Now, I have to go and watch a show about updating a green bathroom, like the color green not the "I'm a super environmentalist" kinda green. Wow, that is a lot of green.
On to less depressing things!! Like my new found obsession with wanting to decorate the house. With all this time on my hands, and fueled by DIY network and HGTV and Ikea.com I have all these fantastic new things that I HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW AAARGH!!!! Wouldn't have anything to do with being in the house all the time, job hunting and puttering. Ya know, when we moved into this house, we doubled our square footage from our home in Richmond. The frustrating part is that the space is sorta of odd. The downstairs is a nice open floor plan, with a front room that we still don't know what we really want to do with, and the upstairs has the master suite and bedrooms (one that we use as a TV room).
My two favorite rooms are Freya's nursery and the kitchen. I took one look at the kitchen, and decided that this was the house that I wanted. And the nursery is just so warm and comfortable, not all overrun by baby stuff, the main print in the room is the Pre-Raphaelite painting La Belle Dame Sans Merci. And those are the only rooms that are really done. Oh, I lie. The upstairs guest room is done and so is the guest suite downstairs. And so is the dining room. Yeah, so really there are only the front room, t.v. room and the master bedroom that need help, which means furniture and PAINT. Painting this house is tricky, we have two double story rooms adding to the logistic issues, and we can't figure out what colors we want. Which might be an issue, ya think?
Enter Ikea.
I love Ikea. I really love Ikea - from the meatballs and lingen berry to the crazy names of the furniture pieces. Most of our house is from Ikea, nothing like nice inexpensive furniture that manages to combine modern and cozy. Ikea also has the greatest thing ever: a cooler weight goose down puff for only $30! I am spending way too much time on their website, I have found so much that we just have to have. Like new covers for our Ektorp sofa and chair, with two dogs and a cat, it's amazing how quickly the dark purple got really ratty looking. So, plain white covers that can be bleached are the best replacement (hello cheap) because it wont be long before someone around here starts to wander around with goldfish crackers (and being able to remove and bleach will be a super bonus). Also, a new duvet for our bed, new rugs, all kinds of vases and pillows and the list goes on and on.... And the best part is that, once I get a goddamn job, it'll all come in under $500.
Now, I have to go and watch a show about updating a green bathroom, like the color green not the "I'm a super environmentalist" kinda green. Wow, that is a lot of green.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Woe
Or the Economy can suck my big toe.
On the bright side, my favorite show is back on the air! I thought that the writers strike would be the end of Pushing Daises, because it is such an odd show. BUT!! It is back! Yay! Making my Wednesday nights rather schizophrenic as I start with Pushing Daises and then switch over to Criminal Minds. Or as I like to call it: everyone loves a serial killer.
And to celebrate the new season of my favorite show, I will post some funky pictures from last season.
Or, let me show you two pictures from "Dummy".
Maybe I should post after I get some sleep.
On the bright side, my favorite show is back on the air! I thought that the writers strike would be the end of Pushing Daises, because it is such an odd show. BUT!! It is back! Yay! Making my Wednesday nights rather schizophrenic as I start with Pushing Daises and then switch over to Criminal Minds. Or as I like to call it: everyone loves a serial killer.
And to celebrate the new season of my favorite show, I will post some funky pictures from last season.
Or, let me show you two pictures from "Dummy".
Maybe I should post after I get some sleep.
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