summer sewing list: vacation edition

cool tote - like caravan but wider. use leather straps and make a little clutch that can be a night bag to hold wallet etc At All Times.

shorts - use maritime flashy linen, check!

tate top with FBA (rock n republic hack into this?)

hack black jeans to fit perfectly

t shirts - black, aqua (check!), coral. decide best pattern: Winner! briar with straight hem
not: deer & doe freebie, meg mcelwee with scoop/v,  lou box top

drapey long sleeve T

silky lou box top take 3

jumpsuit muslin

bikini redo with cups. same fabric, that stuff is cute. just add cups!

cropped linden in that crazy camo fleece check!

center zipper on jasper sweater

rayon casual pants? hudsons? Named Alexandrias! They're PERFECT

moto jacket? I did buy that class, after all

learn to embroider

cross stitch microbes.

FINISH georgina. she's so pretty!

new year, baby

i waste so much time thinking about boys!! i met a woman this weekend who does relief work in Haiti and who has worked in Darfur. A friend summarized "when you talk to her, it's always a boy problem."

seriously, ladies. enough!!

right? 

and so, i resolve:

yoga! 3x week. sometimes with a live teacher (budgetary limitations)

cardio! 2-3x week  (thank you, maggie, for making this totally easy at least 1x each week)

art projects! pursue them. make them up, maybe (though that is scarier than being dumped- maybe just participate more in other peoples')

get a job

continue to build the music library (amen for this one, finally)

(secret mission redacted for legal reasons)

stay healthy

get healthier in the brain (see mini rant, above)

fuck em!

2011 is mine!

weekend and the future

this is where I was on Saturday:


On Sunday I did "le menage" and had donuts and a crib delivered by wonderful people. Wow. Thanks, friends.

Now I'm thinking about the fun I want to have when I get my house. I want to:

Plant a lemon tree by the front door
Transplant my lavender from its pot to the border by the house
paint up the guest room and make it comfy
paint the "nursery", cut out a door, thicken the wall between it and my bedroom
kill the grass and get gorgeous with herbs and other no-water goodies.

I'll keep dreaming for the next couple of weeks....

Let's apply all this knowledge

Things I need to work on:

1) Photograph better (learn some good poses. make those faces a lot.)
2) Eat better> Ok, just eat less.
3) more exercise
4) less driving
5) More creative pursuits
6) Less telling other people what to do
7) Winking


Things I'm okay with for now: Either they're in fine shape or I'm not going to overwhelm myself with taking on more. This is known as "knowing my limits."
1) level of meditation (but don't slip!)/prayer
2) smoking
3) sex
4) relationships

Things I'm really happy about now:
Eating local/home grown veggies
my new room design & cleaning (photos to come)
brazilian! (um i'll spare you)
best friends ever! (see right! plus the ones who are unphoto'd!)
and my new friend Tala. Which means "baby palm tree."

love R