Feeling Dreamy

June 7, 2010Leave a comment

“you know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams”
dr. seuss

I had a lovely weekend with my sweetheart. We realized we are officially old when we left the music festival early. I do believe we had heat exhaustion, but it was nice that we were on the same page…even if it was a rather lame one. Sometimes one only needs a single night away to realize the comforts of air conditioning and a clean bed or kisses from puppies and take-out.

Today it’s rainy. And it sounds like this outside…

I’m feeling dreamy and lethargic after spending 1/2 the weekend in extreme heat and the other 1/2 in extreme relaxation mode.

This would be nice…

As would this…

And wouldn’t we all love to have an office like this to get creative in? We are shifting cubes in my office and I am not looking forward to it. I try to be a person that embraces change, but sometimes it truly is hard, isn’t it? Even with the little things that aren’t of much importance…like where you sit or whom you sit by.

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A lovely mix of things

June 1, 2010June 1, 2010Leave a comment

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this look

this art

this kind of welcome

these words, which mean “it is never too late to be what you want to be . . .”

Also, this song

Hope you had a lovely weekend.

Favorites

May 27, 2010Leave a comment

Love this list from Stevie Dance of Russh. Sometimes it’s nice to make lists of favorite things to remind yourself how much is fun and interesting in your life.

“BALENCIAGA AVIATOR SHEARLING JACKET, SOPHIA COPPOLA FOR LOUIS VUITTON, MY NIKON FM2 CAMERA, ED RUSCHA, ALEXANDER WANG LEATHER CORSET SHORTS, PIERCINGS, JOSH GOOT WORN LAISSEZ FAIRE, ANN DEMEULEMEESTER TAN BUCKLE STRAP SANDALS, BARE BACKS, JAPANESE SANDALWOOD INCENSE, BALENCIAGA SILK STRIPED SANDALS, NOT WEARING A BRA, VINTAGE LEVI’S FROM THE 1950′S, MANIFESTING, SUN ON FACE, THE VASELINES, OLD 6 BUCK ARMY BAGS, LISTENING TO THE COMPLETE SUN CITY RECORDS VOL. 1 – 4, WEARING EVERYTHING INSIDE OUT (ESPECIALLY CHLOE SILK BLOUSES AND ISABEL MARANT JACKETS), BECK CIRCA ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, GIVING EVERYONE A NICKNAME, JOAN DIDION, MY A TEAM, ANYTHING SUEDE, DRINKING SAKE, DANCING, MY DANIEL JOHNSTON LOVENHOUSEN PAINTING, MY JOB, RUSSH OF COURSE AND SAYING, “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE” AND ACTUALLY MEANING IT.” – Stevie Dance

My turn…inspired by Stevie Dance:

“THRIFT STORE FINDS, COCA-COLA, RADIOHEAD, HAVING A HAT COLLECTION, SARONGS AS HEADGEAR, FRESH CUT FLOWERS, LIME GREEN PRADA WALLET, COCKTAIL PARTIES, CARNIVAL HOPPING, SOAP, DRESSES THAT TRANSFORM WHEN BELTED, LOCAL NATIVES, RIVER FLOATING, APRONS/COOKING, CUPCAKES, STROLLS, POOLSIDE ADVENTURES, EXPOSED BACKS, DANGLY EARRINGS, DETACHABLE COLLARS, HAND-HOLDING, NEW ORLEANS FOOD/CULTURE/BRASS BANDS, SIPPING CHAMPAGNE, BEING SURROUNDED BY BESTS, SUNNING, ANYTHING LUCITE, PLATFORMS, LAZING, ART APPRECIATION, FRESH RAW SALMON AND OF COURSE THE WEEKEND” – Payton Rosenzweig

Just like home

April 27, 2010April 27, 2010Leave a comment

Don’t you love having friends that are like family? When you go to their house, you feel like you’re home? My friend’s parents’ house is like that for me. We had dinner over there last night and I couldn’t help daydreaming about the sunny afternoons and warm nights of the upcoming summer.

Beautiful weather +

Lots of friends and sunshine +

Champagne +

Pretty clothes +

Gorgeous surroundings +

Laughs +

More laughs & big hair +

Yummy food & crystal +

= Bliss

Images from Apartment34, Plush Palate and {this is glamorous}

Vintage Baubles & A Vehement Book Reco

April 26, 2010Leave a comment

Hello! I’ve been away at the beach as I mentioned here. It was lovely and I got a bit of a tan. But, it’s Monday and that means…back to work!

I discovered two noteworthy things while away.

1. I started and finished the most lovely novel: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. We are reading it for my book club and once I realized the context in which it was written, I was blown away and couldn’t get enough. Nemirovsky writes of the mass exodus from Paris when the Nazis invaded with clarity and poise which is particularly intoxicating because she was writing it as it happened. She was murdered at Auschwitz in 1942 and the novel remained unknown until 2006, when it was published. Go here for the NYT review.

2. Some gorgeous vintage jewelry via Charleston Magazine.

I’m dying over this ring with the yellow topaz but can’t find it anywhere on the website of the jeweler, Joint Venture Jewelry. I did, however, find all of these gorgeous (and affordable) rings!

The magazine also featured Kwait Vintage Collection and I’m not sure what to do with myself!

I also found Croghan’s Jewel Box, Buckar and Skatell’s.

Hope you had a lovely weekend!

Mamas

April 20, 20102 Comments

Mom & me back in the day

Mother’s day is nearing and we all love our mamas. I thought about my relationship with my mom the other day when she was upset with me about something (doesn’t actually happen often now that we don’t live together) and realized for the millionth time how special it is. Like most girls, my mother was my main female role-model as well as who I aspired to be as a child… and like many girls (unfortunately) my parents were divorced. So that was definitely the catalyst for my mom to become my predominant parent. We’ve always been close, but it’s so interesting how that relationship changes as the child -me- becomes an adult. Since I’m completely supporting myself and have been for almost three years, she’s taken on the role of mentor/friend, but that doesn’t stop her from resorting to mom-mode every once and a while.

My 10th birthday

My mom has had such an interesting life and the most exciting part about it is that she’s entering a really exciting phase now. She’s got great things happening in her work, she looks amazing and she’s even dating again – for the first time in about seven years. When I think about it, there’s no other woman in my life that I know as well or that I’ve truly been through everything with, she almost provides a blueprint for me to use in my life. Here were the right decisions, here were the wrong ones. They’re there in my memory for me to personally to decipher and almost to judge – what to learn from or do differently as well as what to use as “gospel” for my own life. My mother is the only woman I feel I can truly know what she’s gone through. But, as I write this and think about my mom’s life, it almost reinforces how much I have yet to learn about her.

She’s the most amazing woman I know, so I feel pretty lucky to have her. Plus, I’m counting on her genes to look as good as she does at almost 57!!!

Mom & me - Recently

Love you mom!

BIRDIE!

April 12, 2010April 12, 20101 Comment

My baby is home! Hallelujah! I feel like I’ve been through a war in the past week but just look at this face!

Thank you to everyone who was praying for her, for us. Birdie is home and we are nursing her back to health!

I have the sweetest story to share. Last weekend, Robert and I visited with his Aunt & her family for Easter in Memphis. She has two young sons that had a ball playing with Birdie. When they heard she was sick they were so sad. On Friday morning, the vet gave her a last-ditch-effort blood transfusion. By 2pm, Robert had gotten word that the transfusion hadn’t worked and we needed to prepare to put her down. He let his mom know, who called her sister. The boys held hands and prayed out loud for Birdie. By 4:30, everything had changed, the transfusion had worked! Saturday morning she was eating and holding it down, wagging her tail and barking. Sunday we took her home.

Today I’m thankful that God answers prayers.

My heartstrings

April 9, 2010April 9, 20101 Comment

While it feels fresh and raw, I must say that this isn’t the first time I’ve dealt with a pet’s health problems. I am so thankful my dachshund Wiggles endured and is now thriving after his health problems. But, this illness that has stricken my baby Birdie is my worst enemy right now. I don’t know why I’m constantly hysterical/ravenous for her survival after only knowing her a short time. I think it’s because her life has just begun, she’s just a baby after all.

A week ago she was a bright, affectionate puppy easily combining herself with our little family. Now she’s hanging on by a thread to her brief existence. She’s changed so much throughout the week. She’s lost so much weight. It’s very difficult to see her in an isolated room, huddled in a metal cage, right beside her litter-mate who is vastly improving. The thing is, she hasn’t really gotten worse. How can I give up on her when she hasn’t given up? But is it selfish to continue her pain without much hope of recovery? I guess that’s the question every loving pet owner has to ask themselves.

I’m still hoping I won’t have to ask myself that question today. I’ve been doing a lot of praying and I know my friends and family have too. It’s situations like this that make us realize the very preciousness and fragility of life.

To Birdie:

“Who knows how long I’ve loved you? You know I love you still. Will I wait a lonely lifetime? If you want me to, I will. Love you forever and forever. Love you with all my heart. Love you whenever we’re together. Love you when we’re apart. And if I ever saw you, I didn’t catch your name, say it loud so I can hear you, make it easy to be near you. Cause the things you do endear you to me, oh you know I will”

“I love all the many charms about you. Above all, I want my arms about you. Don’t be a naughty baby, come to mama, come to mama do. My sweet embraceable you.”

These are two songs Birdie likes me to sing to her, it also makes the other dog in the isolation room fall asleep.