Too much?

Sometimes I think I might take my energy usage phobia a little too far. When I moved last June, I gave away my alarm clock because it used energy. I hate things that have to be plugged in. In fact, the only things that stay plugged in at my apartment are one or two lights and my powerstrip that is always off when not in use.However, since Steven accidentally kidnapped my phone and I won't get it back until Wednesday (Wednesday! I'm dying!) I had to go out and buy an alarm clock. Sigh. The crazy part is that I opened every box to see the power those things pull because they don't put it on the box for some reason. The end result was that they were all the same. I didn't want a battery powered one because they slowly get off time as they loose power and you only know when one morning when you're late for work. I ended up going with an alarm clock that lets you pick between 7 colors of display. Cause if I'm going to be paying for the dang thing I want to have purple numbers. Dang it!

PS- Happy 30th Birthday Norah Jones!

More Good Human...I want to hang out with him.

Before I start my full day of paper writing, cleaning, possible grocery shopping, and just general excitement that Steven will arrive tonight I wanted to pass along an article from The Good Human about Low/No VOC paint.To see the article, click here! I really want to try to do this when I paint our new dwelling! I just hope that I can get the colors I want. I just hate the horrible smell of paint. It's normally so bad that I can't sleep or be in a room for quite some time. Plus, these new paints don't add to greenhouse gases and that's love.

Late Night LOL's

It's time for bed, but I just had to share this lolcat with you all. Ha!

Vinyl Sighting

This is one of my favorite songs. I actually have this exact record! I really loved the hand and just the whole set up of the video.

I know I'm so old fashioned, but I still love records. My collection is tiny, but I've got some goodies including a version of Peter and the Wolf narrated by David Bowie! That was a great Christmas present from my manager since she knew my obsession with both Peter and the Wolf and David Bowie. Oh Bowie.

Baby Happies

I finally got to meet baby Lily (Lillian is her full name...and yes Windy, I might have swayed that decision :D). Lily is so perfect! I fell in love with her. The great thing was that I was SO happy for Amy. She's the first person of all my friends having kids that I'm super happy for because she is a really GREAT mom and she is doing such a great job! And Lily is equally good for her. Lily was super well cared for and chill and just wonderful (loved and happy). I in no way thought: I need to kidnap this child because they aren't being taken care of like other situations I've been in recently. I actually got to be happy for Ames and enjoy hanging out with Lily who has stolen my heart, I will admit that. Other friends just make me depressed cause I want to adopt their kids. Laughs, but seriously.

Become an Enviro, we have Vegan Chocolate cake

I wish that my blog had more of a specific "genre" so that I could do a blog roll with all my favorite posts from other bloggers. However, my interests are way too varied, but I do like to pass along articles on other blogs that I dig. The Good Human has a great article today about why it isn't such a horrible thing to be an environmentalist. Check it out here.

Also, my new favorite word is ecogeek.

Oh! I read an interesting blog about toilet cloths and wanted to know the general reaction to that. Basically, it's like a reusable diaper only for toilet paper. I have my doubts. I can't even watch the girl in my seminar class blow her nose with a handkerchief without cringing a little...however, that might just be the way she goes about it and not actually the handkerchief. Either way, the handkerchief is something that I want to start trying. One more thing in my life that I can embroider with my initials.

And about the cake, my best friend does make some AMAZING vegan chocolate cake. Being vegan is not necessary to eat a piece of it...or you know...all of it. :D

The Tough Get Going

I'm the only person I know who can pull off getting sick on her Spring Break. Things are finally looking up. Right now I feel the best I've felt since Wednesday (breathing is such a nice thing).

However, my nose has decided to drain one nostril at a time. So, just so you know, this photo was not staged. It hurts too much to blow my nose, so I'm just using the tissue to catch the flow. Yeah.

Thank goodness for my Trader Joe's recycled paper tissues I got in DC!

But, I think I might have also needed a tissue monster this week.

Queen of Nervous Energy

Last Friday Steven and I went to go look at a house. We don't think that it was the one for us, but it has gotten me excited to move! It did have good potential the more that I think about it. I love to plan and organize so much! I get really antsy and have to work on projects to keep myself busy and to keep myself from packing up everything I own. I love to pack because it's like a giant puzzle. My latest project involves re-doing my room in the apartment because my bed is going to turn into the guest bedroom...

My bedroom has been black and white for about 2 years and I still love black and white, probably always will. However, black comforters are a complete pain in the butt to keep clean. Ever since I got cats I could not keep everything from clinging to my comforter. So I've been sleeping without a duvet for a while, it just got too out of control. Now my comforter was also a weird dimension for a full size bed. It measures 88X88 so finding anything for it was impossible. In fact, I made my last duvet cause I was desperate.

I got the go ahead from Steven to do smoked blue and brown! I'm so excited, because I have a lot of stuff that I can use now to pull it all together. The most expensive thing will be the dang linens. Found a great duvet (I like duvets because they're easier to wash) and I found a better comforter that actually fits my bed and covers all of it! Yay, no mattress showing! Now I have a lot of projects to do!

1- make a new dust ruffle, 3 yards of canvas/muslin ought to do it and I can use the interfacing from my old one.
2-recover my headboard in a fabulous chocolate brown. Making my own headboard was genius, now when I want to spice up a room I just need 60" of fabric and a staple gun and it equals a big impact in the room.

In other news, I have a horrible cough and just want to sleep all day. I hate being sick, yo. Hates it.

Poll

If I were a color palette what would I be?

I'm currently working on my professional website and I have no idea what direction to take the color in...I want to change it like an outfit: daily. However, I cannot...

Dork-face.

This is what happens when I'm bored and waiting for class...

Also, very in love with my new Boy-d earrings of fabulous-ness.

(I also love the "oh no she didn't face" that was actually taken when the UPS man rolled a cart full of packages by my table.)

Cherokee Nation

This was one of my FAVORITE songs growing up. Did I mention grew up completely absorbed in the 60's and 70's? Dad was the only one who ever listened to a radio and that was always what was on. I still dig it.

Anywho. Long story, but I found precious little feather earrings at Target this morning. Then I couldn't get the lyric from Cher's Half Breed "give her a feather she's a Cherokee" out of my head...yeah, not sure if I'm Cherokee but I'm 1/8 something. Great-g-maw on Mom's side was full something but because everybody wanted to white-wash every amount of non-whiteness out of the family...I have no idea what tribe we are. Most tribes set limits on blood ratios, usually at 1/4. Who knows, maybe I could register if I knew. Laughs. Pipe-dream, but I always thought it was cool.

I also love to tell people that and have um double take. Cause I look nothing at all like I've got anything but the big bad German in me.

Hair Update

Dang my hair has grown... I forget how short it used to be. Picture one was my last haircut before Caitlin's wedding. The second is my hair today. Wowz.

Sorry to Drop Off the Virtual Planet

I've got this Seminar class that's controlling my life right now and a job that I love too much and therefore work too much with my school schedule (30+ hours). Don't judge, laughs, I'm pulling the economy card. :D

However, next week is SPRING BREAK and I intend it to be the most glorious amount of time ever spent!

This weekend I'm traveling to the DC area to spend time with my "hubcap" (long story...he hated "hubs" even in quotes so now he's my "hubcap"). I mean, what do you want? ;)

Then the rest of my week will be well spent with sleep!

And I hope to reclaim my title as a rising internet socialite. Plans in the works people...plans.

Twitter

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I'm embarrassed to say that I got a twitter account. Those of you who are friends with me on facebook know that I'm a ridiculous status updater. Twitter is like that...only on speed. My friend Jake doesn't exactly help my addiction since he is close to 2,000 TWEETS! I need to catch up. Laughs.

So if you're on Twitter...follow me.

URL Change

Just a heads up I'm going to change my url in a few days to msdomestique.blogspot.com if it is available. If not...then I'll contact you all somehow.

We're a Cheese Factory

Steven and I are the cheesiest goofs of a couple, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

For instance, when I asked him what he was doing today he replied:

Thinking about you

Writing up some documentation so my gaming group can collaborate on this server i setup yesterday...

Missing you

Taking a shower

Missing you more

Going to find some shoes

Wishing you were helping me shop

(I also love that he happened to put it in parallel form...)