Wow, cleaned!
Now what was the point of that, I wonder?
November 10, 2009
Saturday night of shame
Before leaving for our friend's birthday party, around 9 p.m. Greg and I lay down to have a little half-hour nap.
And then...errrrrrrrrr...it was instantly 2 a.m.?
Yes, we slept through Alyssa's birthday. Us = accidental assholes.
The only upside is that we woke up on Sunday morning at the unprecedented hour of 7:45.
So we had lots of time to make a nice breakfast:
Lima beans with toasted garlic. Scrambled eggs with kale in a toasted flour tortilla. Apple slices. Coffee and juice.
We also cleaned and vacuumed the entire apartment, put a bunch of stuff out on the curb, sorted our mountain of laundry, washed and dried it, did an hour of freelance work, cooked a turkey and trimmings, went to the Met and saw a million paintings, talked to family on the phone, and watched The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Crazy.
And then...errrrrrrrrr...it was instantly 2 a.m.?
Yes, we slept through Alyssa's birthday. Us = accidental assholes.
The only upside is that we woke up on Sunday morning at the unprecedented hour of 7:45.
So we had lots of time to make a nice breakfast:
Lima beans with toasted garlic. Scrambled eggs with kale in a toasted flour tortilla. Apple slices. Coffee and juice.
We also cleaned and vacuumed the entire apartment, put a bunch of stuff out on the curb, sorted our mountain of laundry, washed and dried it, did an hour of freelance work, cooked a turkey and trimmings, went to the Met and saw a million paintings, talked to family on the phone, and watched The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Crazy.
Found by Greg!
World's smallest sunglasses!
I'm sending these pictures to the Guinness Book of World Records.
I'm sending these pictures to the Guinness Book of World Records.
November 9, 2009
Crocheting, eating a pear, and listening to the radio . . . "in bed"
It's always better to add "in bed."
New York type
Right?
Haven't you seen this guy, like, a thousand times?
(YES I TOOK THIS PICTURE SECRETLY AND NO I HAVE NEVER HIDDEN IN HIS DUMBWAITER!)*
*See Harriet the Spy.
Haven't you seen this guy, like, a thousand times?
(YES I TOOK THIS PICTURE SECRETLY AND NO I HAVE NEVER HIDDEN IN HIS DUMBWAITER!)*
*See Harriet the Spy.
Cézanne
I really think he is the best painter ever.
Then there is "Douanier" Rousseau.
RAAAAAAAWWWRRR! [chaw chaw chaw]
Leopard head: very chewy.
Friends
Edmée and the new guy spent the weekend together.
She says his name is "Exley" (he only talks to her).
She says his name is "Exley" (he only talks to her).
Problem solving
Dish drainer too small because you haven't done your dishes for a week?
Just grab some newspapers and a chair!
Problem solved.
Just grab some newspapers and a chair!
Problem solved.
Greg
Turkey genius.
Organic, free range, farmer's market eleven-pounder + nine hours of slow-cooking = best Sunday dinner ever!
Next: turkey pot pie.
Organic, free range, farmer's market eleven-pounder + nine hours of slow-cooking = best Sunday dinner ever!
Next: turkey pot pie.
November 5, 2009
Ideas
Anthropologie catalogue:
I tried a whale.
Not ba-a-a-a-ad, but...I'm going to keep working on it.
(Then make a polie bear cub out of felt!)
Holiday presents on the cheap, yo!
I tried a whale.
Not ba-a-a-a-ad, but...I'm going to keep working on it.
(Then make a polie bear cub out of felt!)
Holiday presents on the cheap, yo!
November 4, 2009
Cookies
All-natural, "artisan," baked by hand, and packaged in a protective atmosphere!
Also: hungry.
Sorry owl, kitty needed a snack!
Also: hungry.
Sorry owl, kitty needed a snack!
November 3, 2009
I want to make me one of these
Don't you love the one orange piece? It's like a heart in a body.
Wary Meyers just finds these things at yard sales.
I want to go to those yard sales!
Wary Meyers just finds these things at yard sales.
I want to go to those yard sales!
Saturday morning memories
Me and Greggy, sitting on a bench.
Drinking E-S-P-R-E-S-S-O!
Not pictured: cinnamon bun.
Drinking E-S-P-R-E-S-S-O!
Not pictured: cinnamon bun.
NEW FRIEND!
He just showed up the other day. I think he wiggled in under the door?
Quite the fixed stare he's got.
This is what happens
When you get really busy and forget to monitor the Netflix queue.
Worst three-movie combo EVAR!
Sigh. Just send 'em back.
Worst three-movie combo EVAR!
Sigh. Just send 'em back.
Mysterious
Why does the social security administration need plastic bags?
What in heck do they put in them?
November 2, 2009
Home improvement
Paint from the street!
Nice color, whole can.
Much better than black for our bookshelves.
Nice color, whole can.
Much better than black for our bookshelves.
Found!
A new and hauntingly different novel about a morphine-racked prostitute!
Hm.
Pretty sure this is terrible, but I'll let you know.
Hm.
Pretty sure this is terrible, but I'll let you know.
October 31, 2009
"Back in my day"
We had these things called trees. That grew pine cones.
For free.
AND THEY WERE NOT CINNAMON SPICE SCENTED!
Just sayin.
For free.
AND THEY WERE NOT CINNAMON SPICE SCENTED!
Just sayin.
October 30, 2009
DWI
Greg is one of those people who always has a pen and a notebook, and sometimes when he's had a few drinks he gets an idea for a drawing.
For example:
THAT'S RIGHT!
And...he made this with a Sharpie one night when we had a party:
Snicker!
For example:
THAT'S RIGHT!
And...he made this with a Sharpie one night when we had a party:
Snicker!
Organic happy-chicken
We decided: no more grocery store meat!
Because why add misery to the world? And also it doesn't taste so great.
This chicken: tasty and happy.
Also: $30.
Because why add misery to the world? And also it doesn't taste so great.
This chicken: tasty and happy.
Also: $30.
October 29, 2009
October 28, 2009
October 27, 2009
Found!
In a sideboard we brought home: plastic T-shirt keychain!
Moderately awesome.
Hm. Or not at all awesome?
Moderately awesome.
Hm. Or not at all awesome?
Who is this?
Hint: wrinkly, nail-bitten old hand is from the present; fresh young face is from the past (also the ponytails).
BATHROOM ALARM!
Yes, I own this.
I bought it last summer at Value Village, and I just found it in a box.
This is going up on the bathroom door—TWO TAPS!
I bought it last summer at Value Village, and I just found it in a box.
This is going up on the bathroom door—TWO TAPS!
October 25, 2009
Remember these?
I had these pencils when I was a kid. They work pretty good for grown-up stuff too.
There always seems to be one more sharp lead!
October 23, 2009
Found!
Four lovely mugs.
Three for drinking black coffee (me), one for coffee with milk (Greg).
They were on the street with the baking ware.
Three for drinking black coffee (me), one for coffee with milk (Greg).
They were on the street with the baking ware.
October 22, 2009
If life gives you lemons
Take a coffee break on Fifty-third Street.
Bring your crocheting with you!
Forget about those damn lemons.
Bring your crocheting with you!
Forget about those damn lemons.
October 21, 2009
Lucky
Greg gets to hang out with Philip Guston drawings at work. Like, touch them and whatnot!
Here's one on his desk:
Man, he's so good. (And Guston's not bad either! HAR)
Here's one on his desk:
Man, he's so good. (And Guston's not bad either! HAR)
Frog and Toad are friends
Yep, they are.
In case you didn't know that.
I found this book and boy is it good!
In case you didn't know that.
I found this book and boy is it good!
October 19, 2009
Purchased
Tonight, from Fishs Eddy:
A small brown ceramic pot for $1.64. Yep, it doesn't "count" if you buy it with coins.
(Unless you live in Canada, where coins are so ubiquitous you need a specially designed change purse to manage them. The government gives one to every child at age 12—that's Socialism, y'all!)
A small brown ceramic pot for $1.64. Yep, it doesn't "count" if you buy it with coins.
(Unless you live in Canada, where coins are so ubiquitous you need a specially designed change purse to manage them. The government gives one to every child at age 12—that's Socialism, y'all!)
Almost too awesome
You remember the baked apples I made two nights ago?
I had to cook our two little apples in a 9-by-14-inch casserole dish—because we didn't have any small ones.
BUT! On the way to work today, in a bag on the sidewalk:
Unused amber Corningware baking dishes, each six inches in diameter, with little handles!
PERFECT FOR TWO APPLES.
Thank you, street.
I had to cook our two little apples in a 9-by-14-inch casserole dish—because we didn't have any small ones.
BUT! On the way to work today, in a bag on the sidewalk:
Unused amber Corningware baking dishes, each six inches in diameter, with little handles!
PERFECT FOR TWO APPLES.
Thank you, street.
Gimme plates!
These Danish Mothers' Day items:
No sentimental poetry, just a straightforward illustration of a mother's biological role.
Give those babies their food!
No sentimental poetry, just a straightforward illustration of a mother's biological role.
Give those babies their food!
Baked apples!
Extra whipped cream:
Also known as "second dessert."
EAT IT WITH A SPOON WHEN NO ONE'S LOOKING!
Autumn
It's that time of year.
Rain is falling.
Leaves are piling up.
Squirrels are burying their peanuts.
The castille soap is ejaculating wildly across the bathroom instead of squirting nicely into your hand.
Yep, when the soap gets cold and clogs the pump you know that autumn is here. As Pa Ingalls used to say.
Rain is falling.
Leaves are piling up.
Squirrels are burying their peanuts.
The castille soap is ejaculating wildly across the bathroom instead of squirting nicely into your hand.
Yep, when the soap gets cold and clogs the pump you know that autumn is here. As Pa Ingalls used to say.
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