yesterday evening as i was getting into my car, there was that faint moist smell of last year's leaves and wet earth - the first hints that spring is finally starting to make it's way north of the 49th parallel.
soon the crocuses will be pushing through the soil.
here's to a warm almost-spring weekend.
what are your plans?
above: i cant get over these DIY window films over at design*sponge. i need them. naked windows: beware.
beercan butterflies? yeah - i thought it was a joke until i saw these pretty little beauties (via modish)
i've been having a love affair with small spaces lately. could be because i recently got relocated at work into a teensy lil cubicle, or it could just be because i like a challenge and decorating a small space when you've got tons of ideas floating around is definitely a big challenge to tackle. either way, i think that this incredibly cute teensy cottage called The Mouse Hole is the epitome of small space, and is gorgeous to boot. (via good mouse bad mouse)
while you're decorating your small space with small cabinets, you can definitely use these mini printable file folders to hold all of your important documents. sweet!
rachel's cupcakin' it up over at heart of light (vanilla bean and orange. sounds so simple and pretty - what a combination!)
finally, here's awesome new blog that i'm reading lately, the would-be writers guild. it's pee-your-pants funny. i love her tone + style. fantabulous. i've been coming across a bunch of new blogs lately that i'm loving, so i'll be posting soon with an update about a who's who on my blogroll.
for now, i'm off for some more database training.what are you loving today?
firstly, let me thank you guys for all of your kind words and suggestions for what you'd like to see in terms of content here. a blog isn't a blog without readers, and so i most definitely appreciate you guys and the encouragement that you all give. big love! give yourselves a round of applause.
item numba two : i had no idea that there were so many other closeted spreadsheet + organizational nerds out there. i'm glad that we're a small nation unto our tidy lil selves. bring on the pocket protectors!
three - the watchmen movie wasn't bad. given that i haven't read the book or knew a single thing about a single character before the whole thing began, i think i kept track of things pretty well. mike even liked it, which is a feat in itself. if you've got a special someone who's dying to see it, just make sure you hit the washroom beforehand. and stay away from the large diet coke - the movie's 2 hours and 45 mins long!
today: more database training. it never ends, but now i've graduate to intermediate from being an absolute noob. after work, i'm going to kick back and relax. i started yet another painting because the one i was working on over the weekend got put on hold for a lil bit - while i'm ready for the challenge, i was getting frustrated that it wasn't coming out the way i wanted to look. it'll happen eventually - i just need a bit more practice with the techniques. i also want to try out my new mat cutter - i'm so bored with the pre-cut colours. the art store by my house has a wider (brighter!) selection that i'm really excited to dig into.
i'm gonna love you and leave you today with a few links to the shops i've been crushing on lately:
hilarious keep calm and carry on parody by earmark (found via thecraftbegins)
awesome lil shop full of more paper goods by neat things
sweet sweet illustrations and prints by super talented artiste vol.25
it's square root day. 03/03/09. what's the square root of 9? 3.
3x3? 9. the date. get it? ha.
i heard it on two separate radio stations on my way into work today and thought it was hilariously nerdy so i thought i'd blog it, especially given yesterday's uber-dorkfest post about database structure and tonight's movie selection, courtesy of mike.
did i mention that i also love spreadsheets? let's make it an overall theme for the week.
(the funny thing is, i'm not even close to a numbers person. i failed grade 11 math, and never took it again. trigonometry and i are mortal enemies. we pass each other on the street and a tumbleweed rolls by and you hear the 'dOOoo-WOO' tune, like in westerns at high noon. true story.)
yesterday was a pretty sweet day. my dentist appointment went well - i have a few follow-ups to take care of next week, and my eye doctor gave me the green light for laser eye surgery (now all i need to do is stumble across six grand to pay for it, and i'm good to go).
on top of that, it was gorgeously sunny (although - surprise! - still frigid) and i love being off work and out in my car on days like that. even when they're hella cold. however, the eye drops that the optometrist put in my eyes dilated my pupils to the point where i looked absolutely insane and was super-sensitive to light made it somewhat difficult to drive home while the sun was going down. gorgeous drive, but squinty. i probably looked a little bit like a mole behind the steering wheel. a mole with big sunglasses on.
i also got a chance last night to measure the old fabric for my new chair.
the magic number appears to be 4 feet. how did i figure this out? i laid the old fabric (which i saved after stripping it all off the chair; i'm going to use it later to make the pattern for the new upholstery) out on the floor and measured a square around it. i left myself enough room for a few extra inches between each piece (to make the upholstery version of a hem), and then am going to get maybe 1.5 or 2x the amount of fabric that i really need to allow for some mistakes. i'm going to post a full how-to once i get it done, provided it gets done properly. if i have leftover material, i can always make pillows. sweet.
now i just need to find some fabrics that i like. does anyone have any recommendations for affordable, pretty fabric?
today: full day at work. it's gonna be a productive one, i can feel it. tonight: the watchmen sneak preview double-date.
good morning - and welcome to my new followers!
i'm enjoying some of the best coffee ever.
ever.
it's hazelnut and simple, but i've managed the perfect milk-to-sugar-to-coffee ratio that's making my monday absolutely sing.
can i take it as a sign of a good week?
i realized today that i've got a few things coming up ... which has effectively shortened my work week by 3 half-days. sweet. not complaining. this afternoon, i've got a dentist and optometrist appointment, and then later this week i'm taking a database-building training course so that i can better manage registrations for the program that i'm running.
it's gonna be huge, cause it's gotta manage registrations for over 1000 students and 120 separate workshops. i tried learning the program myself but given the nature of databases, i figured i should learn something about structure from the pro's before i mucked it all up and had to start again anyways. either way, i can't wait to get in there with my post-it notes all over my cubicle wall to help arrange how i want each table to relate. it somehow ties in very closely to that organization obsession, in a (severely more) dorky way. i can't explain it. something about organizing the structure of this monster excites me to no end.)
what can i say? i like a challenge.
other things on this week? i'm on a continuous mission to improve my listing images in my shop, and this weekend the subject of my scrutiny has been my paintings. i've gotten the hang of photos for jewelry and the like, so i took advantage of a bright sunny day and got some shots of tiny tom, sweet pea, and little cornell framed on the mantlepiece, but still feel like something's missing. am gonna re-take a few of them with a few other things around them and in warmer lighting to help it look more staged and pretty. updates to come.
mike and i are booked for an advance screening double-date nerdfest tomorrow night for the upcoming watchmen movie with one of our friends from work and his girlfriend. let's see how much this comic book ignoramus enjoys a movie she knows absolutely no backstory for. (i find that most of the time with these movies, i'm the one who finds them to be pretty ok and it's mike who's ripping on them)
also - week two of marta's write club!
what's on your to-do list this week?
