For 11 years, we've done without conventional curtains. Scraps of fabric, odd linens - sure. Now we need window dressings and they're bloody expensive when compaired to...well, stuff other people threw away. Deciding on an attractive eco-frienly option, bamboo blinds, seemed like a more economical way to go. The ones home depot advertized in it's effort to capitolize on the green wave are no longer for sale. The comparably made ones start at $40. each.
We need 13.
$40 x 13 + custumization fees = screw you bastards I'm not shopping here.
However, nice import shop I walk by on my way home from work every day? Starts at $10.
$10 x 13 + customization fees = we pick up our blinds next week.
And? Dead easy to hang, nicer than the other ones too.
Hurray!

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Imperial Majesty Cookie the Unctuous of Chignall Duntisbourne Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

Some blogs I view are from people I know. Scandalously, some aren’t. On a blog of a writer I stalk, I found this list and reprint it here with my answers and a tag out to everyone on the right side of the screen.

1. A song? "It’s all the same", Sick Puppies
2. An 80's rock album? Cyndi Lauper “She’s So Unusual”
3. A singer? Timothy Harper, Anneke Allen – and yes, I love that I know these people with nice pipes.
4. A man? Fabulous husband
5. A woman? Queen Mum
6. A writer? Everyone with a story
7. A book? Just one?
8. A word? Bandersnatch
9. A movie? Just saw Da Vinci Code. Don’t care if it’s puerile, made up or you don’t like Tom Hanks – I liked it.
10. A wise statement? A man about to speak the truth should have one foot in the stirrup.
11. A color? Cobalt Blue
12. A flower? Sunflowers, mostly for Vincent
13. A fictional character? Me at parties
14. A name? Rosa Evelyn Jean
15. A guitarist? Gerald Flemming
16. A guitar? Ross’s Tac
17. An Age? 25, where my head still is most days
18. A famous Historical character? Vincent Van Gogh
19. A flavor? Carrot
20. A meal? Rice and a carrot
21. A country? New Zealand
22. A city? Ottawa, never been there, want to go
23. A monument? Hanging Gardens tree off the coast of Vancouver Island

In order to do the renovations we're undergoing, we've had to purge a great deal. Three truckloads and 10 carloads packed with boxes and stuff to Value Village. Freecycled oodles more, including mattresses and old stereo receivers. Even got rid of the first speakers the studio ever had, and my prom dress. And still when fabulous husband said “do you think we could fit our lives into an apartment?” a chill ran down my spine. He likes his armory. I like my library. I gave away 10 boxes of books and four shelves and as I unpack what was stored to make room for new flooring I really hope we’ve got enough space as is. It’s weird, how much of ourselves we put in our stuff. This sewing machine I do not use is not essential to my life, but I keep it. This gigantic empty fishbowl may indeed house ironic punch one day, but likely not. And still it's here. Icons and implements of religions I no longer practice still bear importance for what they once meant, and books I'll likely never get too still achieve shelf space by merit of their dust covers and potential. This extra watch is not my mind, this unfinished painting is not my eyes but we keep them, and I think it's a dogged determination not to accept that the substance of life is impermanent. It's wacky, and I kind of love it. I have 8 books on Buddhism that I’m not prepared to give up and it inspires no end of giggles.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLY!


Bring caution and reserve to the lunar eclipse tonight, mindful to avoid relationships that strain and you can come away with wisdom and a greater awareness of your own inner reserves. :-) At least, that's what the distillation of your horoscopes would indicate.

Love you lady!