bollocks.

I took some really fantastic night time shots in an attempt to photograph some fireflies. Too bad I already packed up my camera cord.

By the way, we got the keys for the house yesterday, and I'm so glad. While Mike might only see it as a roof over our heads, I really do love that little house.

losing things is not always unfortunate

Two years ago, I lived with a rather close friend who had pack rat tendencies similar to my own. I say that without a hint of derision, I promise. I just like to keep things - funny things, old things, things with story, things that are pretty. Needless to say, we had a bunch of STUFF.

My relationship to my stuff has always been bittersweet. I like to look at them, but I've always looked enviously at those homes in decorator magazines/blogs where they only have one or two things adorning their mantel, not 15.

No joke, I have 15 things on my mantel. Fifteen things that are supposed to be there, anyway. There are a few things up there that should be somewhere else.

Needless to say, I aspire to be one of those people who do not collect substantial amounts of STUFF.

This sounds incredibly cheesy, but finding myself moving in with Mike has really given me a great opportunity to limit the amount of STUFF I haul around. I took 4 shoppings bags and a clothes basket worth of STUFF to Goodwill a couple of weeks ago, and I only packed up part of my closet. I see great potential here.

before there was color*

Now that Mike and I were approved to lease a house, I've gone into decorating mode. I'm not really the Suzy Homemaker, super-Martha-Stewart-y type, but I like color, composition, and dabble in some crafts.

Color is usually the main focus of my photographs and drawings. I love interesting combinations of colors, and have a huge folder on my computer named "color inspiration." Then I found this blog.

Wear Palettes is a blog that posts innarestin' color combinations from photos posted on The Sartorialist (which is a NY fashion blog).**

You can go by day, or search by color. Not only are the combos great for planning outfits, but I've pretty much already planned the paint and furniture in every room of my new house.

Dang, I love color.



*a Halou song

** I know, I know. Not the most original of methods, but hey, it works for them.

Things that make me want to pull out my hair:

job searches

boyfriends

puppies that eat birds

Oh What a Beautiful Morning...

Mike-o gets here today in exactly one hour. We'll see what sort of hijinks up with which we can come.


I tried to make that a proper English sentence. Deal with it.