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yet another monkey

I'm not in a baby-kick quite yet... but this wall art might get me there:


Mr. Lemon's nickname is Monkey (his Ultimate nickname that is... it started as "Money" until people thought that was too suave a name for him, so they added a K and it fit perfectly... but I digress)



I'm also in love with the rest of the series from Spot On Square (cow/bunny/mouse/pig) but I'd wonder how to incorporate them into decor. But at $45/tile, maybe they don't have to work... maybe I can just hang them up when no one else is around and take them down for company! :P I mean, the pig would look great hanging in the kitchen!

lazy weekend

So we've just had ourselves one heck of a lazy rainy weekend. We escaped the apartment yesterday to run some errands, and I indulged myself in a silly domestic treat. I'm seriously the last person in the world to go ga-ga over cleaning supplies, but I've realized just how much I missed using my favorite scented product:


I'm not sure if anyone else in this world bought Victoria Secret's special luxury laudry care, as it went in and out of stores within months it seemed, but I did. It had this amazing scent as well as the power to make all of your softest clothes rival your cuddly blankets. I obviously didn't buy a lifetime supply of the stuff, so when it was gone, I cried and went back to my normal not so fun Snuggle stuff or whatever.

Fast forward to 2007 and I get a sample of Downey in the mail, I use it, and the memories of those VS days come flooding back. Mr. Lemon starts complimenting me on my perfume (um... it's not me.. it's my shirt?) and I get hooked on a closet smelling of Vanilla and Lavender. Awesome. I gave up the indulgence upon our nuptuals, but a trip back to Target yesterday convinced me that I needed a pick-me-up... and suddenly laundry folding day was much more pleasant. Thanks purple bottle. I <3 you.

"Are you Kim?"

I heard a knock at the door around 4:40pm, and opened it to find a woman holding flowers.

"Are you Kim?" she inquired.

"Why yes I am! Thank you so much!" I replied, and closed the door. I must admit that I skipped back into the apartment, so much so that Memphis got excited and jumped around my feet. My elation quickly dropped though, as I looked down on the card addressed to "Maxine." Uh oh. I opened it up to a "Happy Valentine's Day Nana! Love Sarah" message and realized that the flowers most definitely weren't mine. And they were not only NOT mine, but I was now depriving some grandma of her VERY EARLY Valentine's day gift. Boo.

I mentioned the flowers to two friends over the night, and everyone told me to enjoy them as if they were mine, and I'd call the florist in the morning. I mean, even if they are red, there is a gorgeous protea in there!

I thought the story would end there, but it went on along while I had dinner with the lovely Cathy tonight. I had turned my phone to silent while I was at dinner, yet when I checked the phone at 8:30pm, I had 10 missed calls and 5 messages.

Oh dear.

I listened to the messages, all from my mom, and I was a bit scared to call back. Her tone of voice was worrisome and I honestly expected to hear bad news. Instead, she asked if I had talked to Mr. Lemon and if I had received flowers today.

I guess while I was enjoying dinner, poor Mr. Lemon was scared to death that I had gotten a crazy "It's time for us to break up" flower arrangement (or something like that) instead of the Calla Lillies that he had sent. Poor guy. He had gotten the call from the florist, since Maxine had received the flowers and called them on their error. When he couldn't get me on the phone, he called my parents to ask if I had mentioned the flowers at all. He let his imagination run a bit wild on this rainy day... when all he had to worry about was a note to Grandma. Silly boy.

But I want my lillies. Now. Blegh.

decorating everything

I love changing my computer wallpaper... especially on my desktop computer due to its wraparound monitors that are almost always showcasing my latest fun pattern. In college I loved to show off the latest photos of friends and such, but lately I've been drawn back into using fun wallpaper patterns.
Currently, my favorite grab spot for wallpaper is PBTeen.com. They change the patterns seasonly, and they've always got fun girly prints to brighten up your computer.

football food

I'm home alone (with Memphis) all bundled up and settled in for a day of football. In preparations for the glutenous holiday known as SuperBowl Sunday, I splurged and made myself some cheese fondue and artisan bread for the occasion. Of course I have a couple beers in the fridge too, but I that may cause a testosterone overload for us gals in our little apartment.

I'm going to miss football weekends... perhaps we'll replace them with more ski trips up the mountain.

art from odd places

As I start to envision the decor of our eventual "house" I find myself finding art in the oddest of places. We've already got a bit of art and photographs to start with, but I seem to keep leaning towards work that masks the real subjects in an artsy way.
For instance, I found this amazing program cover on eBay for my favorite team (and it's Mr. Lemon's favorite color orange!):



Or how about this for a kid's room? (Hidden DL icon)



Mr. Lemon would adore this:

At this rate my craft room is sure going to be full of "stuff" on the walls! Now if we only had a real room to put this stuff up in!

Daily Cotton Candy

Could you even imagine having a little bit of cotton candy to enjoy everyday?

This machine melts your favorite hard candies and turns them into cotton candy! If it wasn't $159, I might have one in my ordering queue already... but maybe if I'm lucky it will become the chocolate fountain of the 2008 or 2009 holiday season. Can you imagine how popular this would be at dinner parties?

Resolution Time: Cleansing the boxes

I'm keeping my mailboxes clean this year, and that includes my email box as well as my physical mailbox.
I had 3291 unread emails in my gmail inbox on January 1st, 2007. I've since thoroughly cleansed its contents of all unread messages, unsubscribed myself from the hundreds of unnecessary lists that barrage me each day (and that I obviously never read), and archived all but about 100 emails. Everyday I archive what I don't need to immediately respond to and I can proudly say that there are NO unread messages in my inbox this morning! BooYAH!
As for my physical mailbox... that's a bit harder. However, I just happened to hear about catalogchoice.com this morning on NPR and figured it might be the answer to my catalog problems. [Can I even begin to tell you how I loathe getting the Wine Enthusiast catalog every 2 weeks, since not that much seems to change from season to season for grape lovers. And all because we ordered a mushroom log as a gift last Christmas...geesh!]
The site is operated by the Ecology Center and simply allows you to opt out of specific catalog mailings. My fingers are crossed that it will work and I won't have to shred as much paper in the future. Next on the list... opting out of those ridiculous credit card offers!

a new old look

I want this hat.
More importantly, I want a cute short haircut to go with this hat. As some will remember, I had the hair model cut of death a few years back where my locks were reduced to mere inches. Well, after the wedding was over, I was asked time and time again by friends and relatives about when I was cutting my hair short again. Despite it being a crowd favorite, I have also been yearning for a cute change for my boring hair.
Sadly, I know of no stylists in the area, and my hair salon of choice for the past 9 years is 350 miles away. Perhaps I'll risk new scissors in the next few weeks on the advice of some yelpers or maybe not.
In either case, I'm buying this hat.
p.s. use SHOPSPRING to get 20% off thru the 22nd

Wedding Dress Options

This summer, I have to plan what I'll wear to OTHER people's weddings... which will be an interesting assortment of locales and settings.

My pal Meagan is getting married in New Mexico in August in a church/backyard garden affair, and I'll be a member of her "house party." That means I'll need to keep cool in a fabric that breathes well but also looks great with the smoking tan I should have by then. In keeping with the colors of the affair, my dress options are limited to pink, cranberry or light green. Now pink just happens to the color of choice in my dress collection, but why not have an excuse to buy something new and pretty?

This dress happens to come in the BRIGHT BERRY color shown which got raving approval
from both Mr. Lemon and the future bride. Now I just have to wait for it to go on sale before I jump in and get it... oh bother!

Flat Footed

I love how J. Crew has truly embraced the flat as an accessory season after season. I'll ignore their annual attempt to bring back the espadrille but I must say that I appreciate that the store is one of the only ones out there to embrace my body size/shape.

Mr. Lemon's new alphabet

I've been trying to figure out a way to buy this poster for some time now. Yet, with babies far off in the future, I couldn't really buy it and stow it away without feeling bad. Yet I found the solution when I showed it to Mr. Lemon tonight and he asked me to order it for his office. I hadn't even thought of that! What a perfect poster for him!

So, with only $36 and $5 shipping from the UK, our alphabet poster is on its way!

Craft Logging

I've decided to keep a record of everything I create... it's a new year's resolution that I hope to carry on into the future for as long as I can. I got the idea from my letterpress class, when one participant had a simple notebook filled with one of every card she had ever pressed, and the notes and details on the colors and fonts of each project.
My version is a simple 3-ring binder and glossy inserts. I'll keep my planning sheets for each project along with anything else that was involved in the project (i.e. photocopies of the art I used for GOCCO) and perhaps one of the pieces of work that wasn't super perfect.
I'm actually quite excited to have a real craft diary!