…so does everybody else…
5 good things:
1. tunes and singing in the car
2. herbs. in bulk.
3. pilates
4. mail (even if sometimes it’s junk.)
5. you for reading my blog.
I want you on my team…
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Finished: Illumination Night.
OK, so this is an Alice Hoffman book, so I basically should love it.
I finished it last night, pushing my early bedtime back an hour because I was just SO close. And it was good, but the end made me sad.
In fact, the whole book made me sad. I love Martha’s Vineyard, and I loved the characters, and I wanted none of them to be sad, just happy. That’s what I always want for the characters I love. But, it did teach me a little about love, happiness, knowing yourself, loving the beach, and knowing where you belong. I’m glad I read it, and it gives me a good feeling to know I’ve completed something.
Meanwhile, it’s the only book I’ve completed this year, and it’s March 4th. Jeff is on a shoot this weekend, and I think my goal might be 2 novels just to catch myself up and focus. My goal is to read 50 books this year, so I really need to get on the ball.
Next up? Montana Sky by Nora Roberts for our Book Club. We wanted to read a romance novel for February. I realize it’s March. But I dare you to find a book club full of a better looking bunch of ladies than mine, even if we don’t read on time.
H?W HARD CAN IT BE?
This weekend I got a button that says, “H?w Hard Can it Be?” And I love it.
This is an airplane that my sister and I saw fly overhead at Dockweiler. Afterwards, she said, “So, um, is this beach perhaps by LAX?” Then she understood why people go to this beach only because you can have bonfires there.
My sister was here this weekend, which was amazingly fun. We did lots of excellent things, including buying buttons about peace, seeing the Chinese Theater, the Hollywood sign, Malibu, Santa Monica, and Dockweiler. We also ate: hot dogs, s’mores, Pinkberry, In-n-Out, Diddy Reese’s, and much more that was terrible for us.
It was an excellent time.
5 things I love about my sister:
1. She is low key. We can rock climb, or walk to the Stars in Hollywood, or watch HGTV. Whatever.
2. She can eat Diddy Reese’s after consuming four different appetizers. And not make me or herself feel bad about it.
3. She has mastered how to make a s’more in the micro.
4. She cooks excellent eggs, but cannot flip them.
5. She is hysterical, and apparently sounds just like me so sometimes I can take the credit.
My friend B’s friend K is here for the weekend. And multiple times, she said, “Man, I wish I had a sister.”
Well, I do. And she’s awesome. Man, I just wish my sister and I were neighbors.
How do you like your siblings, everyone?
Things I've learned about myself.
I have friends in town this week. And I have learned the following things:
1. I need 8 hours of sleep a night, and if I don’t get it, I am exhausted and tired and cranky.
2. I love to rock climb, beach or no beach.
3. I love the ocean, and sandwiches with chick peas and avocado.
4. I want to live on a street called Citrus.
5. I love yoga.
6. Nature is my soul.
Eco Chic: Bring the environment to my urban life.
I love the city. I love living amongst lots of people, seeing events taking place a block from my house, enjoying 24 hour marts for those “just in case” days, and always having something to do somewhere, for free, for cheap, for a lot, for birthdays, holidays, any days, rainy days, etc. I loved Boston, I love L.A. (although could do without the smog) and I can’t imagine living anywhere but in a bustling metropolis.
That said, I also love nature: hammocks hung between the branches of an old tree, corner stores that close at six p.m., back yards with pools, gardens, fire pits, a place for the dog to run, a place for the inner child to come alive. I love driving through the country and seeing nature at its finest, indulging in a hummingbird’s momentary rest, whistling to the chickadees, spending time in the car stopped next to a herd of deer. I love gardens with tomatoes, eggplants, squash, sunflowers, and the occasion berry patch. I love eating something I’ve helped grow, along with some lemonade squeezed fresh and a hot dog, for good measure.
This past weekend, I decided to start small on an attempt to bring the ecourban lifestyle to my apartment. Everyone has to start somewhere, right? I have a large ledge behind my kitchen sink, and for the longest time it held planets my friend Ki had given to me when she moved to nature in the North. They died when I went home for Christmas, and I decided that piles of dead planets in my home weren’t quite the ecourban chic I was going for.
So I took the existing pots:
And I got some fancy soil and some gloves:
And I took note of the planet I already have, Mr. Potato:
And I soaked the soil for 1/2 hour, and cleaned the bathroom while I waited for the lady bug to ring…
And then, I stuck a match (from a matchstick garden kit) into each pot.
And now, we’re waiting for my garden to show me how it grows…We’ll see, we’ll see…
