One of a Kind

I have a little felt handbag that I love. It is gray with red interior. Although it is small, it somehow fits everything I need it to fit without looking overstuffed. I have had it so long and used it so much that the gray on the handles has started away and the red is showing through. I loved this little handbag from the moment I laid eyes on it in the window of a store that no longer exists. It was a bit of a splurge, but all the same I bought it. I used to hang it on my wall on its own little hook when I wasn’t using it. I can see now that it is nearing the end of its little handbag life. I want to make another handbag just like it, maybe in a few different colors but I can’t bring myself to rip it apart to make a pattern.

Lawn Furniture

I saw this really neat grass couch online at readymade. M & I have talked about sculptural objects we would like to have on the property and I think this would fit in nicely.

Oh Give Me a Home!

M & I are one step closer to having a weekend home. Those of you that live in NYC probably understand that a weekend home can make all the difference in how long you can stay in NY. So lately I have been poking around online to see what types of shelters we can afford in the short term but can be expanded in the future. I love the idea of these architect designed modular homes. But because they are designed by architects they are a lot more expensive for the same amount of room than a boring old cape cod modular. Now it just so happens that I went to school for architecture and although I don’t really do all that much architecture now I know a little and I know a few architects. So what I am thinking is if this modular company that does the boring cape cods would be willing to work with us (and I get the impression that they will) we could probably have the best of both worlds. It is an exciting path to be starting down albeit a scary one.

Family Weekend

My dad and my sister have the same birthday and this weekend there was a party to celebrate. I don’t get to see my family enough. Life gets so hectic and free time is precious. Often when that free time presents itself I feel like I need to rest and recharge my battery. It is these parties that remind me that I can recharge and see my family.

I Feel Like a Star!

I have noticed lately that while I am out and about, usually on the walk to or from the subway or lunch I have been thinking about my blog. I write and rewrite what I want to say, I think about what is going, what I have been doing. This tends to feel a lot like an internal monologue and I can’t help but feeling like I am in a movie. A movie of my life… what would that be like?

Oh My God! I think I am a Nerd!

Oh dear… oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This picture by Natalie Dee made me come to a sad realization… I am a nerd. I think that this would not have hit so close to home had I not been sitting with my buddy Aim discussing the good old days zip disks and computer clusters and irc chatting with friends who were sitting next to you. Ah those where the days. Kids, back in my day we didn’t all have our own computers and we had to go to a communal area to get our work done. I can remember when zip disks came out and they could hold 250 megs and were $20. Back in college, who on earth has $20? So I would borrow someones disk and transport my information from one computer cluster to another to get my work done. I also used to walk uphill both ways in the snow.

Cha Cha Cha Changes

Spring is in the air and things are a changing I can feel it! The snow is melting, people are wandering and enjoying the sunshine instead of scurrying from place to place as quickly as possible. I don’t know if this is just a reprieve from the brutal cold of the last week or if maybe we are done with winter.

Hey There Tiny Cupcake

KB was over Saturday and we made tiny cupcakes with butter cream frosting. To be honest, once we got the batter and frosting ready we really weren’t all that intersted in eating the cupcakes. I sent some home with KB, although there are still an army of tiny cupcakes around the house. In all we made 72 baby cupcakes and 15 normal sized. Next time I try this I am going to have more people over to decorate and eat.

Tiny Houses

I saw in the NY Times today that tiny houses are all the rage. M & I are getting closer to putting a structure on our property upstate and we have been seriously looking into prefab. The architect in me wants to have a funky cool house, but the cheapskate in me says don’t be silly and the environmentalist in me says make sure it is sustainable! We aren’t close enough that I have been doing the research but I sure am having fun checking boxes on the weehouse customization sheet.

We Have Sprouts!

Our herb garden has some sprouts! Both types of basil have tiny itty bitty little leaves poking out. Yeah!