I'm doing some major overhaul in my condo.
Yes, I know I have been AWOL for quite a while - and I can't really guarantee that I will be back to posting regularly anytime soon. In the meantime, here are a couple of photos of some close encounters of the bushwalking kind (from last weekend when my son and I went for an early morning walk before the rest of the bushwalking hordes started scaring everything into hiding).
As well as these creatures, we also saw a swamp wallaby but it was too far away to photograph. I had to get the lizards identified later - they are lace monitors (also known as tree goannas). The education officer from the park also said we were very lucky to see the echidna as they are notoriously shy. I have only ever seen echidnas in the wild three times in my life and twice have been while walking with my son.
i totally forgot to mention that i signed up for some "student" card and there is no approval what-so-ever! Yeah i'm sheisty! It's $20/yr to join. Not like anyone needs it (really) but what i'm getting:
Despite fake neighbors, I'm sticking with VOX. Tumblr was terrible. The content quality of the majority of the users was lame. commenting wasn't an integral part of their structure, "hearting" and re-posting were what you did if you liked something. not the connection and conversation i was looking for in a larger community. The posting interface just re-affirmed my suspicion that tumblr is not interested in blog style content, just pictures that you can heart and repost. it all seemed really superficial and shallow. not that anything that i say here is epic or deep, but it's me and it's real and if people can't interact with it and have a conversation, what is the point? So for now, Vox is home sweet home.
House hunting is on the backburner….again. Hubs decided not to take the job in SF (more on that later), but with everything up in the air, how lean the market inventory is and what this guy says, we’re holding off. HOWEVER, should the perfect house pop up, we’re ready! All our ducks are in a row, fab credit, down payment and debtless, so you hear that perfect house for us? We’re ready for you anytime you pop up! READY! Too bad some bastard investment firm with 50% or 100% down will snatch you up. Jerks.
Living at home is proving pretty awesome, the most being paying down our debt. We spent most of '09 debt free until June when the Hubs charged new computers/office stuff for thenew venture, but we paid that off last month. Anytime I start to get a little impatient and think we should just get our own place, I remember that I'm super grateful to my parents for our situation. It would have taken us a lot longer to accomplish our goals if it wasn't for them. However, being a boomerang kids does have its drawbacks.
One, I don’t really like to cook. I can, but my mom’s usually in the kitchen at the same time and meh, when there’s already dinner already bought/made by her, why bother? The drawback is that the Hubs isn’t too keen on eating Vietnamese food every night. So, I try to cook. Turkey meatloaf and macaroni bakes are my staples. I don’t know what it is about our kitchen, but it’s not conducive to cooking for me. Maybe the feng shui is off or something. *shrug*
Two – decorating. Every time I pass by a Crate and Barrel or pick up Elle Décor I bum out because I don’t have our own space to decorate. Or do I? We held off buying new bedroom furniture anticipating buying a home, but now since that’s probably a year off, why not start now?
Our two nightstands and dresser atrociously UGLY. OMG, I hate them so much. The Hubs FINALLY bought his new TV after talking about it for AGES. When we went to Best Buy and he while he was hemming and hawing, I may or may not have blurted out “JUST GET IT!!!!!!” So now that he has his beloved TV, we can start on stuff for the room.
I really need to work on my desk situation. What I have now is totally cramped. Here’s what my perfect workspace would look like (yes, it includes the Birkin! J)
I love the neutral palette with pops of color. I get bored fairly quick, so I can easily change the look and feel of the space with just a few things. Love it!
The sites I visit for work are for electronic components which are usually designed in a sterile and functional way.. however l one of them strives to be different Samtec with it's mascot tiger !
On the front page of the website the tiger is humorously photoshoppped into different scenarios, ok the photoshopping maybe a bit flaky but the results and intent are a refreshing change with a good dose of humour !
Some of my favourites
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The tiger is on the error pages too !
I have yet to book our tickets for the Olympics or for Europe, but I am busily prepping for the trip and I by prepping I mean shopping around for awesome coats & jackets. =P Here are the contenders.
J Crew’s Stadium Cloth Winnie Jacket in Bold Butternut. I normally shy away from yellow as it tends to wash me out, but I can’t resist the bright hue and adorable detailing on this jacket. It has the military jacket vibe that everyone is so hot for now, but subtle enough that it won’t look dated next season.
Anthropologie’s First Frost Coat This baby has 4 ½ out of 5 stars according the 46(!) reviews online. Everyone seems to love it. It’s super cute, but I don’t know if it warrants the price tag as it looks a little bit too casual.
Anthropologie’s Checkered, Please Jacket. I didn’t give this jacket a second thought when I first saw it, but then Kim over at Anthroholic gave it a rave review and it looked great on her. It’s uber cute, but ¾ sleeve jackets/coats always throw me off because, dude, what’s the point? However, after I saw how she styled it with long sleeve blouses I thought, “Duh, why didn’t I think of that?” Also, it just went on sale today, it may be too good to pass up?
J Crew’s Wool Ribbon Script Coat. It was love at first sight when I spotted this coat in the
catalog. It read of a really pale
lavender in the catalog, but IRL it looks more dirty dishwater. The Coal is also gorgeous. We shall see.
Anthropologie’s Freshly Fallen Coat. I love this coat, the color, fit and details are fabulous! I am a bit concerned that I’ll tire of the rosette detailing, but isn’t it gorgeous?
sorry interwebs, i have to start protecting my posts so that they're viewable by neighborhood only b/c someone is harrassing me mercilessly. he has left 21 voice mails tonight alone and i suspect my last post about a newfound friendship has been taken out of context and this person has spun out of control. it's gotten so awful and has escalated to the point that i be contacting my legal division b/c tonight i've started fearing for my safety. this person has resorted to threatening not only me but also threatened to seek out one of my friends in order to tell her what a 'slutty and horrible' person i am. and why do i deserve this kind of treatment when i BROKE UP WITH THIS PERSON IN SEPTEMBER?
that last bit though is a fucking NO-NO. you can fuck with me all you like but you do NOT. EVER fuck with or threaten the ppl in my life.
