::excerpt

And the weather change, no matter how lovely, rendered her unable to function properly. Thus she set off for home in search of chicken noodle soup and a warm blanket...

Stupid sinuses...

::untitled

Have a lovely weekend...

::options

I'm thinking of sprucing up a couple pieces of furniture that I have. This spruce includes a bit of wallpaper...and I can't decide which I like better.

Hmm....

::decorating bug

Let's just say I got bit yesterday! It all started with the Pottery Barn catalog. They've got fall decorations out and I'm ready!! How soon is too soon to start putting these out?

Got some ideas for the rest of the house as well. Enjoy:

For the office:

Above the kitchen sink light:

Kitchen curtains:

Coffee table for den:

Entryway light:

Dining room (chairs only for the two end seats...I'll find the others later):

::500 days of summer

Saw this on Saturday. Zoey is a little bland. The story is a little cliche. But it's totally worth seeing!

Not as good as Garden State (imho) but definitely a great movie to check out. The complaints I heard before seeing the movie were all about the "kitschy/too vintage" look to the sets/costumes. I honestly didn't notice it too much (aside from inside the office where Tom works). You all know I'm a sucker for a depressing movie, so I'm a little biased. Joseph Levitt-Gordon delivered an excellent performance of pseudo teen angst/romantic idealism that only tip-toed around being too annoying.

The story itself was cute and way more realistic than most "romantic" stories. But as this movie says, It's not a Love Story. It's a story about love.

4 out of 5.

::just another week

Came home yesterday to find these at my door (not a surprise mind you, but still very nice):

Thanks Mom! These are my transition-from-summer-to-fall shoe. LOVE the color!

Read the first couple pages of East of Eden. Can't seem to get into it. I'm taking a little reading break. Maybe I'll jump into it next week.

But yah...not too much going on. Last weekend ended up being really busy, to my surprise. Hopefully that won't happen again. :)

::since we're talking about clothes

Other things to look forward to with the coming season:

::more furniture finds

A new side table for the guest room:

A coffee table for the den (I'm sure Aaron will love this...):

Decision between side tables for the den as well:

Rug for the back door (ours isn't working out too well):

::lookout

I would SO hop on board with this "trend" for fall:




I have always and will always love the school boy blazer. Now if anyone feels like donating $200 to the cause...

::my book review

Well, I read Life of Pi in 2 days. No, I'm not busy at work right now, thank you.

It was ok. Apparently, Aaron knew me well enough not to tell me what the book was about because he knew I wouldn't read it. Well, he was right. It was fine. Apparently I didn't understand the ending of the book though, so Aaron had to explain it to me. I liked my understanding of the book better. Once I found out the for real ending, I didn't like it. I liked it even less when I found out this book was fiction. I was under the impression it really happened.

It definitely kept my attention, until about page 300. Then I really started not caring. I guess I didn't understand the need for the LONG character development at the start of the book (esp. about religion) when it really makes no difference in the grand scheme of things.

Eh....I'd give it a 5 out of 10.

Now, on to East of Eden.

::seasoning transitions

I'm really pining for a statement necklace and a few new headpieces for a summer into fall look:

Love them!!

::onto other things

So I was looking through my bookshelf last night trying to decide what to read next. Til We Have Faces stuck out, but as I've read it before (though a long time ago), I thought a break from C.S. Lewis would be called for. Then I saw East of Eden. I'll get to that one day...but again, just went through the biblical parallel so a change of pace would be nice. Then I found The Life of Pi. Now, Aaron read this a while ago and really enjoyed it. So, I picked it up and went to ask Aaron about it. The conversation went a little something like this:

Me: "So...what's it about?"
A: "Just read the book."
Me: "The blurb said it's about a boy stuck on a boat in the middle of some ocean or something with a 450 lb. tiger."
A: "Yah."
Me: "So, if you were trying to tell somebody why they should read this book, what would you say?"
A: "I don't try and tell people to read books."
Me: "Ok, but why did you like it."
A: "I just like reading stories about people and animals."
Me: "So, the boy is just stuck on a boat with a tiger in the middle of nowhere."
A: "Yep."
Me: "Does he eventually get out of the boat?"
A: "Just read the book!"
Me: "Ok....but does the tiger at least talk to him while he's in the boat."
A: (looks at me with confused expression) "No."
Me: "Well, I just lost interest."

I went ahead and read the introduction, which I never do. And I have to say, it caught my attention. So, yes...I'm going to try and read this, though I have very little reason for enthusiasm towards it.

::the last battle

"And as He spoke, He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at least they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before. "

I almost cried when I read this. I feel as if I've made the journey throughout all mankind. This is what I love about reading. Esp. things of this nature. What a wonderful parallel.

I must say the Last Battle was everything I had been told. One of the best endings to a book I've ever read...only because it's true. Isn't it wonderful how the things/imaginations of this world can almost draw you into the next.

Bravo Mr. Lewis.

::just me (and maybe a little catharsis)

Well, I'm breaking my rule of being on here after work. Aaron's already asleep and I'm waiting for my hair to dry (at least some of the way so I only half to spend 15 minutes drying it as opposed to 25) Anywho- alot on the brain right now. Honestly, I'm wondering whether or not it's a good idea to even put it on here. So, here you are...reading my indecisiveness. I know a girl who can put so eloquently into words her thoughts. I really wish I had that talent. Alas...I am a math girl through and through. Language is not my skill and there is one con for my list.

I'm just not great with the conversations you know. Now, I know what you're thinking. "You would chat with a stick if it was in the same room with you..." and you're right. But chatting and carrying a conversation are very different things. I think I discovered something about myself today. I'm a relatively private person. Aside from the sunny disposition (mildly joking) and the ability to talk about the random nothingness of the universe with whomever is within earshot...I don't like to talk with substance and we'll just mark that as second on the con list.

Not looking to good for you I must say :) I've already edited this far too many times. Perhaps I should just say goodnight. Maybe in the afterlife, once I'm devoid of all care for the things of this world you and I can sit down and have a conversation. I'll try and be a little more coherent and interesting, I promise.