Sometimes my hostility surprises me.

Today a coworker made a comment that she thought my outfit was cute and all I could think was "Uh, why do you have to comment on how I look. I will note, this is the coworker whose very presence annoys me, so I am extra persnickety about the commentary. As I thought about my reaction I realized that it isn ( Read more... )

Let it me known that clevermanka understands the art of (sparkly!) thank you notes. Had to hide it from the cats!

My neighbors a few blocks away are having some sort of party that involves a competition (I think) as there is cheering and yelling and general mayhem. It may not be a dance party as the sound system has started up ( Read more... )

While walking back from breakfast Saturday morning I told Justin a story from my most recent Target trip*. I was looking at door mats because ours is getting worn out and ugly. There were some designs I liked but my main thought while scanning the available product? "Ugh, why do they all have to say, 'Welcome ( Read more... )

I started following a bohemian design blog, which is mainly a way to look at lovely houses and hopefully light a fire under my ass to get working on and decorating my own place. A home profile led me to Justina Blakeney , a stylist, designer and professional blogger. Sidenote: the idea that blogging can be job and a way to make a living kind of ( Read more... )

I feel kind of like an asshole whining, but it's more of a wistful complaint. The other day I was thinking about a friend with whom I've reconnected through FB. She'd moved back into the state when her grandmother was ill and now lives 10 minutes from where we moved in 2010. When we were teenagers and first in college we used to hang out, go to ( Read more... )