Sunday Dreaming

More caramelized brussels sprouts, my go-to vegetable lately. This was the first time I've ever bought fresh ones. Normally I buy the frozen packages, and there's just no comparison.

There isn't even much of a cost difference.

I've been saving crazy amounts of money lately by cooking meals at home instead of eating out every weekend. I've pretty much mastered the art of the frittata.

Eggs + herbs + whatever is in your fridge= delicious, cheap meal.

Attempting to curb my spending urges by organizing. There's nothing like realizing how
much stuff you've already amassed to keep your credit card in its slot.

Spending hours and hours and hours on the classifieds looking for lovely, two-bedroom apartments so that we can begin to start spreading out. Between trips to unimaginably lovely neighborhoods to see top floor apartments we can't afford, I'm mapping the space left in our apartment like a rubik's cube. Shelves need to be bought soon.

Movies I saw and liked:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Artist

Paper Moon

Pan's Labrynth

Feels good to get some stuff done (yay!)

It's Spring in my Mind

It's The Dead of Winter and It's Raining Outside

There's nothing like training for a new job to truly appreciate a Saturday morning in bed with toast and a laptop.

My new job credentials include being able to talk up to (but not limited to) 270 words per minute, swearing without stuttering and making sure no "uh", "um", "hmmm", or "huh" is left behind. I'm a word machine.

Can't wait to be able to use that on a future resume.

I caught the Wilco documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart on Netflix, and I was pretty captivated. Their creative process is really fascinating, and I kept thinking over and over how boys in bands are mostly all the same.

Certain personalities tend to gravitate towards similar things, I suppose.

The Year of Eating

The New Year has proved itself to me already.

2012, you are doing things to me... And I don't mean that in any sort of sexual way. Just to put that out there...

I have new hours at work for a little while, which is preventing me from enjoying very much actual sunlight, and I'm feeling it. I've been overcompensating with lots of delicious food though, and I wish I had the light to photograph it all. Chocolate on chocolate cake, caramelized brussels sprouts, medium-rare hamburgers marinated in several different sauces AND shallots, plus a roasted broccoli cheddar soup for good measure...

Yes, 2012, you have been good to me thus far.

Please enjoy this photograph of malt o' meal with butter and maple syrup as substitute for all the delicious things we've been eating and not photographing.

I really look forward to having extra energy to be creative and bloggy again. I'm really started to miss my camera. Sad face.

P.S. I've been channeling a bunch of energy into my tumblr as well. Still straddling the line on that one. Can't decide whether Pinterest is a better resource for spreading inspiring images. It's amazing to me how many people don't properly source their material on Tumblr and it's infuriating and just... a lot of work for a few pictures that simply look really pretty and may or may not live on by being further tumbled. Opinions?

P.P.S. I just finished watching the series Portlandia, and I'm crazy in love. My resolution to live in that city has quadrupled. Also cannot get that Washed Out song out of my head for the life of me now. Too good!

Tumbling.

Let's see if it sticks this time, shall we?

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In the sketchbook

Top four images: 1. 2. 3. 4.

I've been thinking about our home a lot lately. We had a lot of new things come into our home over the holidays, which really displaced us for a while as we don't have any extra space to put it all.

Because an extra room isn't an option, we're really going to have to start utilizing our tall walls with some shelving to keep up with our collecting. That's a great new year's resolution, actually. Be more efficient with the space we have.

Does anyone else find comfort and solace in cleaning? It's a ritual that I really enjoy when I haven't got any pressing projects. I find I do some of my best thinking when I straighten. Clearing the cobwebs makes room for new ideas.

01/01/12

Happy New Year.