my Susan leaves the Scene....

tear.



a wine flyte to dull the pain.

new direction

I am changing this blog into a photo blog. Hopefully I can get it to work through my cell phone - if not, the posts will be rare, but bright and lively because it will be photos instead of words.

First entry:
We painted the kitchen. It practically glows in the dark.

poignant Buffy review

Lee and I just watched the entire Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. We started in September, so it took us about 6 months to watch 145 episodes, which is a bit much of tv. And I love tv.
Anyway, throughout the seasons I had love affairs with three different characters.

Xander. Always Xander.


Spike.


Giles.

(Interestingly, Anthony Head also appears in “Little Britain,” which is a ridiculous and hilarious sketch comedy show.)

I never had an interest in Buffy before, but my friend Lee (not my husband Lee) owned all the seasons and raved about it. Since she likes awesome things like Freaks and Geeks and LOST, I took her word on it and was pleasantly surprised. I think I liked Buffy so much because there was an over-arching story throughout the entire series. So, in conclusion, I totally recommend it. But only if you're seriously going to watch all of it. Which is a commitment, for sure. But um, I really like tv. So it wasn't too hard.

politics and dining room upgrades.

Just so you know...


In other news, I re-covered our dining room chairs so they no longer look like a 70's grandmother's furniture. It was my first attempt at doing anything Martha Stewart-like, and I was impressed with the outcome. Below is a picture (fugly plaid pillow in background).




Also, I painted my office.


By the way, speaking of Martha Stewart, my friend Emily is going to be on her show on March 11th. Tivo it.

Xmas in Birmingham

old love

Quick post here to share my excitement that Dorothy Perkins is finally shipping to the U.S.!
Part of me secretly fears that Dorothy Perkins is really just the Old Navy of England because they sell pretty basic stuff for cheap(ish).... but no one over here knows that.

Look:






The layout options in Blogger are crap.

photobook

I've been making these photobooks out of our wedding photos and it's quite exhausting. Sooner or later, all the wedding stuff will be done. I still have thank you notes to write too.....
Anyway, I'm getting photo books made from blurb.com and their books are awesome, I can't recommend them enough. Lee and I tried several different companies and theirs looked the best.
Here's the cover.
I just spent $500 on them. That's nerve-wracking. What if they're messed up? ahhhhhhh.....

In other news, my friend is famous.
She won the 2008 Venus Hott list for Best Indie Business. I'm so proud of my Emalie!

Also, we bought a house. I'm a little freaked out about it. But excited! And we'll have a real guest room! No more blow-up mattress shoved into the spare electronics room!
This is it + Lee.

We have an inspection tomorrow, so hopefully nothing is terribly wrong with it and we'll be in by Christmas. Then we can work on making it adorable.

I can't think.... Too many mint m&ms. Christmas is the best time for specialty candy.

Becky sent me some typography videos today. Here's my favorite.