I was talking to Leeandra on Valentine’s day and told her that I was finally going to start posting on my blog again. She asked if I was gonna post a ‘real’ post or just ‘fluff’ and I think for now I’m gonna post mostly ‘fluff’. Partly out of a desire to protect and not further hurt certain people. Partly out of a desire to not forever remember the hurt certain people have caused me. And partly out of a desire to keep certain parts of my life private and the fact that there are certain things that really aren’t even safe to share on the world wide web. So I’m going to ease back into the blogging world that I’ve missed so much with some posts that may be considered ‘fluff’ but they will be MY fluff. The good stuff ‘cuz amongst all the crap there’s been some really good stuff and I want to remember that.
I meant to post this on Valentine’s day but my cable didn’t get hooked up ’till yesterday and apparently it was just in time since Wednesday night the neighbor’s connection that I’d been using for the entire week without interruption was up and down and then completely down by the end of the night and since. Made me feel better about spending the extra money to have my own internet hooked up though. Love it when things like that happen. Like having a hair appointment this afternoon and having the worst hair day ever yesterday ‘cuz I hate it when you have the perfect hair day the day of a hair cut which often seems to be the case with me. It’s the one time I’m actually thankful for a bad hair day. :)
Anyway, I want to start taking more pictures again. I’ve barely had my camera out of the case the past few months so I’ve started taking some pictures of my new space and some of the little things of life. I’m gonna start taking my camera with me more often too. So often I wish I had it along when I drive by a beautiful wintery scene or see the practice airliner flying over so low (which is a scary thought really but something I strangely love seeing & have never captured a photo of). So here’s a few random photos that capture my valentine’s day this year:
Fabulous vintage frames are by Nancy Comelab and the whimsical hearts are by Jackie Eckles. And I love how John Cusack’s shirt happens to match my freshly painted bedroom walls. :) They look far lighter in the bright sunlight but they’re really a smokey plum color called soulmate. I also painted the kitchen in parakeet which is considerably more vivid than it appears in the internet swatch but it’s growing on me. It’s a very happy green and happy is a good thing, especially in a kitchen. I’ll have to snap a photo of it with the striped bowl that I happen to adore and was so happy when I realized the green stripes in it just happened to match the walls perfectly. Somewhat serendipitous actually. :)
So, anyway, that was my Valentine’s day. That and a lunch with my boss at Don Pablos which I love. And, because I’ve neglected it for so long (as pointed out by the very sweet Amy Martin), I decided to update my blog-pod with the soundtrack from my chick flick of choice for Valentine’s day. My favorite soundtrack of all time (maybe next week I can change it up again with my 2nd favorite soundtrack). Songs not to miss would be Moonlight Kiss by Bap Kennedy and the one’s by Annie Lennox and Shawn Colvin. Perfect to listen to while scrapping those Valentine’s day photos. :) Now if someone could just remind me how to scrap.
Kay, off to get ready for a busy Saturday.
I made the fun to do list here after seeing them on Teresa and Jennifer’s blogs. Little tip, if you hit refresh the fonts actually change so if you’re not perfectly happy with the first version try another. :)
I promise not to be such a hermit from now on. :)
Happy Saturday and happy belated Valentine’s!
Shawn
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