Last night Greg asked me if "we have everything ready for Ixtapa". I took this as an opportunity and ran with it like any women desperate for a new pair of shoes would. "What do you mean by everything?" "Well, like clothes and...." He had caught himself in the fatal mistake. NEVER ask me if we have "proper clothes" for any event. I'm such a clothes and shoes hound that as soon as a sentence like "do we have all the clothes we need" is dropped, you'll feel as though you were teleported smack dab in the middle of Target. I work THAT fast. Well, at least I used to. I'm trying to spiff up the spending habits, which I've been very good at for awhile, but the inclination is still there. This is a hard trait to banish in one year. Nevertheless, I feel we're prepared except for my needing a bathing suit. BUT, just for funsies, if I had a never ending budget here's some things I rather fancy-
Bit of a teensy picture, but you may get the idea.
And of course some music magic-
This was probably the most optimistic album I owned my senior year.
I've been trying to get some ducks in a row. Trying to finish a couple essays while also trying to write more and get back to some old poetry roots. Trying to get my health on a better track (ordering two, yes two, burrito bowls from Chipotle last night was probably not conducive to such changes..). And trying to post here more often. While I don't have too much to say (sometimes I have to wait until it gets unstuck from the inside of my head, which is the case) I do have some pretty cool stuff I found on the internet during the week. So here you go!
Apartment Therapy has been driving the inner nesting freak in me bonkers! A couple favorites-
I love coral for a paint color! I want this rug for Jack's room so bad!
Some bathroom envy- I'm a big believer in soap dishes. Soap build up on my sink has no place in my life.
If this doesn't perk up your morning, well, I don't want to know you and good day sir!
I had this song stuck in my head for about a week after an episode of "Scrubs". Zach Braff hijacked my (and probably my family's) sanity, as I HAD to play it every time we were in the car. Or before I took a shower. Or when I made dinner...
Since we're going 70's here, I'd kill to acquire-
This is perfect for Tucson right about now. We haven't shaken summer's death grip yet, but we're trying. And this dress is a nice middle ground for the limbo of weather we're in.
I could wear this pretty soon...
And this.
I guess I was kind of inspired by Cher in the movie "Mask" (although "Mask" was made in '85).
A sign of the 70's- the mustache.
Hair goal! I'm trying to get my mane to about this length. It has been a tediously long endeavor but I'm getting there.
I adore Freddie Mercury, and often find myself listening to Queen in the car to cure road rage. It's been pretty effective so far.
We had a pretty laid-back weekend at the Martin casa. I went to help out Kate at the burlesque show Friday night (I'm putting off my act, again, so I can re-work it with another song) and I (by my own free will and fucked up logic) wore heels for about 6-7 hours straight, walking around, ushering people, cocktail waitressing, going up and down stairs, basically a giant night of masochism for my feet/legs. Consequently my feet were DONE for the weekend. I laid up on the couch and watched movies with my son and husband (I feel like just aged 10 years by writing that last sentence), ate, slept in, enjoyed a foot massage from the aforementioned husband, and waited for Mad Men to premiere. I eventually coaxed myself down the flight of stairs it takes to exit our apartment and checked out Buffalo Exchange where I finally found some boots! Huzzah! And a shirt to celebrate. We went home and pretty much reprized the previous 24 hours. All this lazing about and I'm STILL tired. I don't know what it is. Maybe I just need to jump into action and work out or something. An object in motion tends to stay in motion. We'll see how that works out. As it stands, we still have a fridge with some left over Papa Murphy's and once those mid-afternoon cravings start rockin' don't come a'knockin'!
Oh! I forgot to mention the absolute best part of this weekend. I've often written about how amazing my in-laws are, well, my father-in-law, inspired by his recent motorcycling tour through Switzerland with my brother-in-law , decided that he wants a bonding experience like that with everyone. Can you feel the climax building? I can....And he wants to take my mother-in-law, Greg, Jack and I on a cruise up to Vancouver (a place we've been itching to go to) and Seattle (a place I love and have been dying to get back to again). So next spring we're supposed to do that. I'm already way too excited. For the first time in awhile I actually took sweaters semi-seriously when I was at Buffalo yesterday. I'll finally be able to utilize scarves people! This is huge for me.
