Shea and I went over to Natalie & James's house last night for board games and yummy Home Slice pizza. We played Dictionary, which was awesome, and we learned the word zugzwang, which Natalie suggested using in everyday conversation. I like that idea! We also got to hang out with Zaphod, who is a sweetie and whose personality reminds me of a non-crazy version of Reggie. We had such a fun time.
Today Shea and I went around running errands, etc. We went to the downtown library to turn in some books, and then Shea decided to check out some books for a website he's working on. I didn't expect to be there that long, and I got bored, so I made up this little message game and hid it around the library. I hope someone finds it and plays it, although I guess I will never know.
Here is where you start. Can you see the clue?
And then each clue leads you to a book where another clue is hiding.
Here is where you end up if you win:
And the prize is that you get to check out this book, which Shea and I stumbled across the last time we were in the library. In case you can't read it, the cover says "Descended from genetically engineered commando stock, he was the perfect private eye: tough, smart--and a tiger!
Last night we had some people over to watch Project Runway. It was so fun! Everybody was upset about who got kicked off (bubble skirt needs to go), and after the show we all sat around and chatted about it and other things for a while. I was a little worried that people wouldn't be comfortable because our living room is pretty small, but I think it worked out fine.
I have been wanting a tiny dog for a while now, and watching that show last night didn't help. I found a little rescue dog that looked a lot like Juan Carlos, but she was a girl. But then I called about her, and she has some sort of rare disease and she isn't going to be up for adoption anymore. Boo!
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the meetup tonight!
Until recently, I never ever got spam in my e-mail, but now I get it every day. The best part is that they always have the most ridiculous subject lines (the title of this post was one of my favorites). And then the message itself is a little snippet from a story, with dialogue and everything.
I found this site where you can make a template for your blog, and I had some fun with it this morning. I can't decide whether to keep it or not...
xoxo
s
Sometime this week or this weekend, I want to see if I can figure out how to put people's blogs in my link area. If I can figure it out, can I link you? Let me know!
Shea and I watched the first two episodes of Project Runway last night. My favorite thing was when Michael Kors said called the little boy shorts under the dress Stacey made "step-ins!" That is what my great grandmother used to call them, and I've never heard anyone else actually use that term. I always thought she made it up.
I think I am going to make a post of all good things, since my last one was all bad things...
1. My friends Rebecca and Spencer came in from Dallas this weekend! I hadn't seen them in forever, so that was really good. We went to Shady Grove on Saturday, and then they came over to our house for a while. They got to see how our house looks now that we've painted, and they gave me a lovely Swarovski heart necklace for my birthday.
2. Dixie and Clint came over Saturday night, and it was so fun! Shea made dinner and we hung out with our neighbors, and then we went to see Camera Obscura. The show was amazing. Clint and I had to get all tough on this one really tall girl who showed up partway through the show and kept trying to stand in front of me.
3. We got cable, so now we can watch Project Runway and I don't have to cover my ears and run if I hear anyone talking about it (we had been watching it on Netflix, so we were one season behind everyone else).
4. Tomorrow I am going to use my lunch break to participate in a market research study. It's only about an hour and I get $75! A friend of mine told me about this company (my friend Rebecca from Dallas actually).
5. Tonight I remembered I had some money left on this gift card my mom gave me for my birthday, so I decided to use it. I got a royal blue dolman sleeved top, and still got like $2 back in cash.
xoxo,
s
So ever since watching An Inconvenient Truth, I've been thinking that I am going to start trying to take the bus every once in a while. I thought today would be a perfect day to try it out. There's a bus that stops really close to the house, and I don't even have to transfer. Plus, I had plans to go to lunch with a co-worker, so that solved my problem of not wanting to be stuck at work all day (I usually go home for lunch).
I was almost to the bus stop when I realized that I forgot my wallet. Not too big of a deal, because the stop is really close to my house, and by the time I got back to the stop the bus was pulling up, and I didn't have to wait. So I get on the bus, and everything is going along just fine, and my cell phone starts to vibrate. I almost ignored it, since I was on the bus, but I saw that it was Shea so I answered it (today is his first day at a new job). He goes, "Um, Speebie? Do you have an extra key to your car?" I had left my car parked behind his in the driveway.
Fourtunately, I remembered that I had a spare key at the house, which would have been really awesome except that it was in this vintage jewelry box that I have. The box is (was) in unbelievably perfect condition. It is this lovely cream colored box with green floral designs on the front and top, velvet and satin lining, and this little fold-down panel for pins. So anyway, for whatever reason it won't open, and Shea has to break the lock off. He got the key, but I am not looking forward to seeing what the box looks like now...
So I get off the bus and walk into work, and realize that my badge is where I always keep it, in the little pocket in the driver's side door of my car. Where I work, you have to have a badge to get up and down stairs, through doors, etc. Nice.
Then I get upstairs and my friend and I realize that neither of us has a car today, so we won't be able to go to lunch.
Boo!
Did you know that I am allergic to almost anything metal? Earrings, necklaces, any material, even sterling silver or gold. It tarnishes this black color that won't come off, or it hurts my skin, or both. Even sterling silver or gold jewelry. I can only wear earrings for short periods. Even my lovely kimono fabric ring, which I wear most days, is black on the underside (luckily you can't see it because of the way the ring is shaped). I still wear jewelry, because I love to accessorize, but I can't wear it for very long stretches of time.
Here is an unrelated photo:
I brought some pieces to Storyville last night! The owner saw my ad in Venus and contacted me. The store is amazing! I pretty much wanted one of everything they had. I can see myself getting into a lot of trouble there. Anyway, it feels like an exciting time for my little business right now.
Sarah
PS - Little Juan C. is back! He is the cutest little guy EVER. I seriously cried when he left last time.
I did a little front porch makeover recently. We bought some patio furniture from this lady on Craigslist. The furniture was great, and we got a great deal, but the loveseat came without cushions and the chairs had ugly, ill-fitting pool furniture cushions like this:
We picked out some patterned canvas from the fabric store, and then I cut the cushions to fit the chairs. I sewed pillow sham style covers for the chair cushions and made throw pillows from the remaining segments of the cushions (we found the loveseat cushions at Target). Then I took the top from one of those three-legged "decorator tables" that I had in my first apartment, took the legs off, spray-painted it, and stacked some bricks for the base. My most recent addition is the capiz shell curtain, which you can see in the photos:
I love having a nice little porch where we can sit outside. If it weren't so hot, we'd be out there all the time.
I am so sad because our little Juan C. is leaving us tomorrow! I am not going to want to give him up, I can tell you that right now. He is such a little cutie and I pick him up about 20 times a day. Maybe Erica will give him to me, since it will be my birthday...
We have a houseguest!
This little cutie belongs to my sister's boyfriend's sister. His name is Juan Carlos and he's staying with us until Monday.
Here is a bag I made for my cousin for her birthday. It is khaki linen and I embroidered the butterflies in green. Note the red chairs we purchased in an IKEA frenzy this weekend.
The bag:
The lining: