those chairs I was talking about

(vintage thonet chair in tacky velvet brocade)

PLUS

(Lena Corwin approved vintage fabric)

EQUALS

(the sexy)

What do we think? Fabulous? Yes?

*pats self on back*

You is good reupholsterer, self.

Now if only you could spell reupholsterer without looking it up.

i think i’ll go for a walk outside

All right!

I’m finally feeling not soooooooo sick!

Man, that was a loooooong cold. Long and especially unpleasant. The kind of overwhelming illness where your brain ceases to exist and your body aches with every movement and your nose refuses to be used for breathing.

And by the way, by saying I’m feeling not so sick, I mean that I still have a nagging deep and unpleasant sounding hacking cough, and a voice low enough to tackle the men’s parts of my classic rock songs in their proper key.

But I can think straight! And take a walk to the corner store without blacking out! So I’m proclaiming myself better!

Thankfully, I got better in time for this glorious weekend we just had. I think I may have to have some words with the weather again, because, really, it’s only April, and they don’t turn the air on in this building till June 21st - that’s a long, long way off. It’s all pleasant and everything to have this nice summery weekend, but if it keeps up… Well, I am not looking forward to it. So let’s hold off with the heat waves, ok? Got that weather?

My weekend was especially delightful. Especially after being stuck inside all week.
I enjoyed the following:

1. wearing my new short pants (slim cut and black - very Audrey Hepburn).
2. taking a walk outside in the newly sunny morning
3. getting up early enough to get a heavenly cinnamon and suger croissant from my perenially favourite pastry shop
4. washing my croissant down with a wonderful bannana green tea smoothie from my new favourite beverage spot
5. finding the perfect, cheap (if in slightly rough condition) vintage, modernist, thonet chairs (they look a lot like the eames plywood chairs - but with a padded seat)
6. finding locally made root beer lip balm
7. driving through the (relative) countryside to arrive at a little hakka (a combination of indian and chinese cuisines) restaurant for their beautiful sweet and salty orange beef

Good stuff, eh?

Ok, maybe NOW I’ll get back to a routine…
* knocks on wood*
* crosses fingers*

cough. sniffle.

Just as I was getting everything in order in my attempt to find some kind of a routine, I was blind-sided by the flu of the century.

I feel icky.

Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. Sniff. Sniff. Cough. Hack, hack.

Super Paper Mario and orange chocolate tea (tastes like a Tootsie Roll… mmmmmmm…) makes it a bit better though. And tissues with moisturizer is good too.

And cuddles with kitties. Lots of those.

In conclusion, I blame my illness on The Spring That Just Wouldn’t Arrive.

Where is my Sunshine?

Where are my flowers?

Where is it?

Where am I?

…?

back to business

Ok. I’m supposed to write today.

Apparently I have fans.

Well. Fine then:

Kaylee is doing better. She is in fact cuddled up in my knees as I write this, keeping me warm - since it’s been pretty unseasonably cold here. We have to keep taking her back to the vet every few days - but the intervals in between visits get longer and longer as she gets better and better. Which is good.

Thanks to everyone who has wished her good health, by the way. Much appreciated. Kaylee says meow. Which means thank you.

The past few weeks have been-busy-busy.

On top of the kittie’s illness, Liam’s childhood best friend visited from the west coast (where he works on set of Battlestar Galactica!!! Allowing for quite a bit of nerding out, let me tell you) and we got him pretty much all to ourselves for a few days, which was a nice treat.

Then, all of a sudden, Liam got the call for a real, live, nine-to-five job!

Then, a week into that job, he got a call for a second, better, real, live, nine-to-five job! A copy-writing job! I get to be the well-heeled girlfriend of an ad-man! So he had to politely quit the first, and today is his first day at the second. Pretty much a whirlwind of events.

Other than that I’ve been learning about printing methods (specifically, old fashioned letterpress) and visiting some artists studios - it says a lot about me, I think, that I find the concept of having your very own big industrial space crammed with junk and mess the ultimate in glamour and sophistication.

There’s also been family gatherings, in celebration of Easter, and in anticipation of my cousin’s upcoming wedding (the first of our younger generation to get married), and well… other stuff that I’ve already forgotten probably. It’s been chaotic for sure.

I’m looking forward to getting back to a routine now - hopefully the kind of routine I spoke about here, with a few interesting additions maybe. Rock climbing? Voice lessons? Volunteering at the Library? Finding and fixing up an old bicycle and riding it around town? A part-time job at a local shop? I dunno, something though.