March 3, 2010
Give-away heads up!
Mr. Pony and I have several projects around the house that could use a coat of paint (the master bath and guest bath, to name off just 2). In either case, High-Heeled Foot in the Door is giving you a chance to win 2 gallons of Olympic paint in the color of your choice PLUS a gallon of primer- fabulousness!!
Now if only I could just use a coat of paint to turn my bathroom into this beauty, I'd be set!
March 1, 2010
Librarious-ness
Deep down, I want to be a librarian. Not so much for the helping people find stuff part {use the computer, jack-ass}. More for the part where I control an entire building of books. Better yet, keep everyone else out of the library and just let me play with the stacks of literary treasure!
No?
Ok, well at least let me create my own little library nook. Crate & Barrel and I have an understanding- they purposefully create the perfect items I've been dreaming of and price them out of my price range. They do this to encourage me {or Mr. Pony} to expand our creativity to find affordable solutions, thusly making us feel far superior to those schmucks who pay the C&B prices.
Or that is what I tell myself. {Really they just make me drool about the pretty things and save up, because my creativity has, once again, gone on holiday without me}
My library includes the following beauties-
No?
Ok, well at least let me create my own little library nook. Crate & Barrel and I have an understanding- they purposefully create the perfect items I've been dreaming of and price them out of my price range. They do this to encourage me {or Mr. Pony} to expand our creativity to find affordable solutions, thusly making us feel far superior to those schmucks who pay the C&B prices.
Or that is what I tell myself. {Really they just make me drool about the pretty things and save up, because my creativity has, once again, gone on holiday without me}
My library includes the following beauties-
In a perfect world, right? But a girl can dream:)
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. -Cicero
February 28, 2010
100 and 101
Can someone tell me how it has gotten to be the end of February? How have I been the queen of my own home {sub-queen- Pepsi comes first} for almost 8 months? What craziness is this that this is my 100th post??
Its amazing what can happen in just 100 electronic moments in time- I'm now a married old woman with a house, a new baby {dogs count, right?} and a growing obsession with domestic-y craft projects {that isn't to say I'm any Martha Stewart, but I can at least make napkins now}.
In honor of my 100th internet ponder-post, I thought I'd share the progress I've made on my 101 in 1001 goals. Some of the goals have changed since I started, but the concept is still the same, and I feel like I'm making good headway and, in the progress, improving myself as a person. Always a good feeling. The weekly and monthly goals have been harder to keep up with than I imagined- between work and... work :) sometimes I just don't have excess energy. However- I'm finding that having these goals does make me get up off the couch (and away from the computer)- sweet!
Weekly
1. Run at least 2x a week every week for the entire 1001 days. {11/143}
2. Clean my desk off every week. {13/143}
3. Play with the ponies at least 2x per week. {13/143}
4. Photograph at least one dinner per week. {13/143}
5. Make a list of weekly goals and actually finish all of them. {12/143}
6. Put away laundry the day it is washed, not later in the week. {13/143}
7. Clean the litterbox once a week. {13/143}
8. Spend 30 minutes/week looking at the news. {13/143}
Monthly
10. Commit at least 5 hours a month to writing one of my story ideas. {1/33}
11. Pick 1 photo every month to set aside as my photography benchmark so I can look back and see how I’ve progressed. {3/33}
12. Bake at least 2x a month. {3/33}
15. Spend at least 2 nights a month completely away from the computer, and vacations don’t count. {3/33}
16. Make at least 5 blog posts a month- 1 should actually have ‘real’ content. {3/33}
17. Sew at least once a month. {3/33} (I've hemmed pants, made a wallet {failure} and made napkins {not a failure})
18. Find at least 2 reasons a month to get all dressed up and go out. {3/33}
19. Relax with a bubble bath, some wine and a good book 1x a month. {3/33} -haven't gotten the wine yet, but the bath and the book have been great!
Other
28. Read at least 50 new books- rereads and other books on the list don’t count. {1/50}
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
29. Buy 2 nice lenses for my camera {2/2} completed 2/1/10 w/ purchase of T1i
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
- Canon EF S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
31. Inspire at least 2 people to make their own 101 in 1001 lists. {1/2}
- Mr. Pony made a list!
33. Cook dinner for Mr. Pony at least 30 times. {2/30}
54. Find 5 things about Central Nowhere that make me happy to live here. {2/5}
- there is good Indian, Italian and Asian food here- yay ethnic tasties!
- we could afford to buy a house!!
58. Read or reread all published books by Diana Gabaldon {10/10} completed 2/17/10
- 3 Lord John books
- 7 Outlander books
65. Finish the wedding photo book. Completed 2/21/10
86. Do something special each New Year’s Eve.{1/3}
- NYE 2009- went to Dallas and had expensive champagne
93. Go to a concert (singer, orchestra, whatever). completed 12/30/2009
- Transiberian Orchestra. It sucked, but it was a concert!
97. Watch the sun rise without being up for work 5 times (photography optional). {2/5}
- 12/23/2009
- 12/28/2009
After looking back at the goals I've accomplished in the past 89 days, I'm excited to see how I do through the rest of this challenge!
Goals are dreams with deadlines. -Diana Scharf Hunt
Its amazing what can happen in just 100 electronic moments in time- I'm now a married old woman with a house, a new baby {dogs count, right?} and a growing obsession with domestic-y craft projects {that isn't to say I'm any Martha Stewart, but I can at least make napkins now}.
In honor of my 100th internet ponder-post, I thought I'd share the progress I've made on my 101 in 1001 goals. Some of the goals have changed since I started, but the concept is still the same, and I feel like I'm making good headway and, in the progress, improving myself as a person. Always a good feeling. The weekly and monthly goals have been harder to keep up with than I imagined- between work and... work :) sometimes I just don't have excess energy. However- I'm finding that having these goals does make me get up off the couch (and away from the computer)- sweet!
Weekly
1. Run at least 2x a week every week for the entire 1001 days. {11/143}
2. Clean my desk off every week. {13/143}
3. Play with the ponies at least 2x per week. {13/143}
4. Photograph at least one dinner per week. {13/143}
5. Make a list of weekly goals and actually finish all of them. {12/143}
6. Put away laundry the day it is washed, not later in the week. {13/143}
7. Clean the litterbox once a week. {13/143}
8. Spend 30 minutes/week looking at the news. {13/143}
Monthly
10. Commit at least 5 hours a month to writing one of my story ideas. {1/33}
11. Pick 1 photo every month to set aside as my photography benchmark so I can look back and see how I’ve progressed. {3/33}
12. Bake at least 2x a month. {3/33}
15. Spend at least 2 nights a month completely away from the computer, and vacations don’t count. {3/33}
16. Make at least 5 blog posts a month- 1 should actually have ‘real’ content. {3/33}
17. Sew at least once a month. {3/33} (I've hemmed pants, made a wallet {failure} and made napkins {not a failure})
18. Find at least 2 reasons a month to get all dressed up and go out. {3/33}
19. Relax with a bubble bath, some wine and a good book 1x a month. {3/33} -haven't gotten the wine yet, but the bath and the book have been great!
Other
28. Read at least 50 new books- rereads and other books on the list don’t count. {1/50}
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
29. Buy 2 nice lenses for my camera {2/2} completed 2/1/10 w/ purchase of T1i
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
- Canon EF S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
31. Inspire at least 2 people to make their own 101 in 1001 lists. {1/2}
- Mr. Pony made a list!
33. Cook dinner for Mr. Pony at least 30 times. {2/30}
54. Find 5 things about Central Nowhere that make me happy to live here. {2/5}
- there is good Indian, Italian and Asian food here- yay ethnic tasties!
- we could afford to buy a house!!
58. Read or reread all published books by Diana Gabaldon {10/10} completed 2/17/10
- 3 Lord John books
- 7 Outlander books
65. Finish the wedding photo book. Completed 2/21/10
86. Do something special each New Year’s Eve.{1/3}
- NYE 2009- went to Dallas and had expensive champagne
93. Go to a concert (singer, orchestra, whatever). completed 12/30/2009
- Transiberian Orchestra. It sucked, but it was a concert!
97. Watch the sun rise without being up for work 5 times (photography optional). {2/5}
- 12/23/2009
- 12/28/2009
After looking back at the goals I've accomplished in the past 89 days, I'm excited to see how I do through the rest of this challenge!
Goals are dreams with deadlines. -Diana Scharf Hunt
February 21, 2010
Gorgeous!
Take a day with 70 degree weather, add one puppy on his first 'big doggie' walk {def- big doggie walk: a walk on a leash that is farther than the distance to the mailbox and back, outside of the fence}, and what do you have?
This guy!
When you throw in a big 'ole stick?
You get a puppy who had a darn good day! We really need to work on Mr. Chowder's leash manners, but that will come with time- he is just a puppy after all!
This guy!
When you throw in a big 'ole stick?
Happiness is a warm puppy. - Charles M. Schulz
February 19, 2010
Open spaces...
February 14, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day!
Enjoy all the candy hearts, chocolate lips and other confectionary delights you can get your hands on!
Oh yes, and give your sweetheart a kiss too;)
in that book which is
my memory...
on the first page
that is the chapter when
i first met you
appear the words...
here begins a new life
-Dante Alighieri
Oh yes, and give your sweetheart a kiss too;)
in that book which is
my memory...
on the first page
that is the chapter when
i first met you
appear the words...
here begins a new life
-Dante Alighieri
February 8, 2010
Toys!
You may remember the tragedy that befell me on NYE? Well things have changed.
I now own this beauty! It took some time- the body was out of stock everywhere, so I ended up getting a deal on the kit, which came with an 18-55mm EF-S lens, so now I have a total of 3 lenses! In keeping with my fancy camera owning-ness, I had to make another purchase.
I now own this beauty! It took some time- the body was out of stock everywhere, so I ended up getting a deal on the kit, which came with an 18-55mm EF-S lens, so now I have a total of 3 lenses! In keeping with my fancy camera owning-ness, I had to make another purchase.
Isn't she pretty? This is an Etsy purchase from Gypsy Rose Handbags with an out-of-print Amy Butler fabric that the seller just happens to have a bit of. Lots of room for all my growing camera needs. For now I won't be maxing out her capacity, but there is plenty of room to grow, and I can't wait to start carrying her around!
Now I just need to get a new burst of energy and start playing with all these toys!
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