Saturday, March 17, 2012

It's Not Easy Being Green...

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I used this as the flimsiest of excuses
to feed my Etsy addiction...
and borrowed the following images while there...
where shopping really runs the gamut.









Wednesday, March 14, 2012

On My Nightstand...

Currently reading...


and recommending...


both.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Lowered Expectations...

As I said earlier... this week was overly-scheduled (translation: a non-stop "I want to get off" hellish ride of impossible deadlines)... It went so far beyond "having too much on my plate" and I found myself diverting so much attention to projects... that I totally lost focus on life's little tasks... 

I went to the kitchen to brew a cup of tea and came back to my desk methodically dipping a teabag into a cup with no water... I tried to unlock my car door with my house key...(twice)... I left the office and was halfway to my car before I realized my purse was still on my desk... I distractedly cut a gash in my finger with scissors... that sort of thing...

So, this weekend I did NOTHING... I stuck my tongue out at the dust bunnies and the ironing and I just vegged... I put my feet up and pampered my battered and baffled self... and in the process I realized I'm not superwoman... I cannot have it all and, most importantly, I don't want it all...


just a little water with my tea.     

Friday, March 2, 2012

Popcorn and a Movie...

Coming to the end of an overly-scheduled, non-stop week, I had just enough energy in reserve for pajamas, popcorn and a movie.  I am not going to give my take on this movie other than to recommend that you RUN to rent it ... and afterward buy it for your own collection... I am... it's beyond words wonderful...


and the popcorn wasn't too bad either...

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Closet Cooking...

Yesterday, I made a HUGE pot of soup... with every veggie I had on hand... from the pantry... the freezer... the potato and onion bin... along with the entire crisper drawer... oh, and a handful of barley to top it off...


while it simmered away... off I went to the market for some chewy, crusty loaves of sourdough... Later, I tucked into a large, steaming bowl and shared the bounty with a great neighbor... you'd be hard pressed to find a better meal then this on a blustery Winter's day.  Not surprisingly, once the kitchen was clean (and my belly was full) I was too overcome with laziness to take pics... so I borrowed one from the web... and lucky me, the one that caught my eye (and looked nearly identical to my soup) linked back to what looks to be a fabulous new (to me) food blog...

score and score!!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Something Sweet...

in celebration of the day...

folksy

folk·sy; adj -sier, -siest
of or like ordinary people;
fine arts & visual arts/art terms of or relating to folk art

Sunday, February 12, 2012

A Side of Sass with That Syrup...

The perfect prelude to valentines, flowers
and perhaps a chocolate or two...
finds me indulging in a new (and fabulous!) read...


interspersed with some fine vintage television...


topped off with a favorite from the film archives...

...pass the candy hearts.