Where the Magic Happens... Showing my Blogspot

The lovely Winona at Daddy Likey has created her own meme because she's just that clever and motivated. No longer content to just pass along and half-assed answer the same 5 memes that are out there, she has to make us all look lazy.

Damn her and her cleverness.

Anyway, here are the rules

Show Us Your Blog Spot!

The rules:
1. Once you are tagged, post a picture of where you blog. This might mean a picture of your cozy bed, or your office at work (you naughty employee, you!), or a boring ol' desk like me. Feel free to be creative, but be honest--if your desk is usually covered in Ritz crackers and love letters to Rahm Emanuel, then show us!

2. Feel free to tell us a little about your space, or explain certain items in more detail. Or not.

3. Link back to this post. (I want to see how far this goes!)

4. Tag five other bloggers to show their blog spots.

5. If you are tagged and do not participate, you will become allergic to cabbage.

Well, lord knows I don't want to become allergic to cabbage (and frankly I'm avoiding my work as you will now have photographic evidence of - doh!) here we go.

I blog in at least 3 places and they are all boring. At my dining room table while the hubby watches Family Guy or plays Xbox. Upstairs in my bedroom at my really really tiny desk 6" in front of the TV while the hubby watches Deadwood or plays WoW in his office. Or at work where it is actually quieter than either of those other two places.

I work in a half cube. And I actually don't mind it too much except there is only so much crap I can stuff in there. By the way, these pics are all linked to the big versions on Flickr. With notes!!!!

I have about 30 cords crammed behind that laptop, 3 phones on the desk, an external hard drive and a ton of paper, cups and "inspirational junk".



I love this little corner: my fancy lamp, a glowy salt light, my iPhone so I can see all the Tweets coming through, snarky post-it notes and 50 different colored Sharpies.



I think I've shown this view before but I have even more junk now. And tissues. And papers. I really should do some friggin work already.

Nice quotes about style. More snarky (vintage) quotes.

Ponies! Nuff said.

Domino magazines (sob!) and Blueprint magazines (sob!) and work papers (ick!) as well as some "art" from Japan at Epcot, my lovely Napoleon picure and Etsy.

So who to pick, who to pick????

I'd love to see:

- Ashe at Dramatis Personae

- Painter Girl at Art and Life

- Xenia at Doe Deere

- Vanda at Paraphernalia

- Wendy at Wendy Brandes jewelry (because she loves these!)

- Jennine at The Coveted

I can't wait to see their spaces!

Find Me on Facebook...and 4 More Things

I've been having to get all introspective over here.

Dear Reader Robo tagged me with the task of revealing "4 things" about me, so here we go -

4 Things I Did Today:

1. Let the chickens out to play in the yard
2. Watched the feel good movie of the year, Sweeny Todd
3. Got on the Interwebs
4. I don't think I did anything productive after that. Slacker!

4 Things on My To Do List:

1. Consolidate my work To Do Lists
2. Consolidate my "personal" To Do Lists
3. Consolidate my To Buy, To Read, To Write To Do Lists
4. Do some of these things

4 Guilty Pleasures:

1. Cupcakes
2. Chocolate
3. Fancy Shoes
4. Not feeling guilty about any of the above

4 Random Facts About Me:

1. I have a Rooster who is in love with me
2. I once thought Bailey was a really original name for a dog
3. I currently have 17 kinds of honey, 11 kinds of oil, 9 kinds of vinegar, 10 kinds of sugar, & 11 kinds of salt in my cabinets
4. I like to read 3+ books at the same time.

And after much harassment from my friends, I filled out my Facebook page. At first I just went and added some folks but then I linked in my Flicker and Twitter and You Tube accounts, so I'm all connected.

The best part was thinking about my "Info" page. Once I started thinking of things I liked or I felt were "me" it was hard to stop. I hope that's a good thing. I ended up with:

Smooches & Schmoopies
Bailey, Talus, Astra, Badger, Grimalkin, Napoleon, Meg, Gertie, Agni
Ghosts of Ginger, Ghosts of Curry
Sophisticated Precious
Constant Contact
Causing no harm
Limited edition
More icing than cake
Paillettes
Porange kittens
Falling leaves
Embellishment & excess
Bubblegum pink
Gardenias
Dachshund Mohawks
Photographic memories
Berthillon
Ile Saint-Louis
Spooky Trees
Good framing
Shoe boxes
Jellybean toes
Professional in pink
Esoteric
Heart-shaped lockets
Bed & Breakfasts; breakfast in bed
Flirtatious winks
Through the lens
Simulacrum
Satin & Swarovski
Fall over Spring
Shade over sun
Evil over stupidity
Etymology
Rapier wit
Rainbow sprinkles
Pick-up perfumes
Children’s books
Dreamy illustrations
Tulle
Camelot
User-centric design
Honest enthusiasm
Waiting for the unexpected
Feather eyelashes
Hedge mazes
Saville Row suits
Red mustang convertibles
Cherry red nail polish
Creatures of the night
Secret thoughts
Silhouettes
Never stop learning
Tortured souls
Warm laundry
Well made beds
Vintage linens
Cloudberries
Olmstead
Bonfires
Victorian silver
Century old farmhouses
Gazebos
Grey mice
Whistles made from blades of grass
Miles to go before I sleep
Pocket watches
Underwood No. 5s
Wide satin ribbons
Orange lacquer
Vintage botanicals
Cold noses, warm hearts
Early Grey hot
S/S France
Street level
First Class
“Dear Reader, I married him”
Tea & gossip
Laudrée macarons
Chocolat noir
Kitchen sorcery
Glittering Avenues
Fountain pens
Kir Royales
Elderflower
Black hair & blue eyes
Chicken purrs
Harper blue
Warm blankets in a cold room
Old books
Women who run with the wolves
Emerald isles
Fairy tales, myths, legends & fables
Yellow eyes in the dark


What's the 411 on you?

Un, Deux, Trois... Moi

A very long time ago, Lady Coveted tagged me with a "1, 2, 3" request. Since then, I've been slack with my getting to it! Of course, right now I'm using my Kindle, so I don't really have page numbers. Although I did pull out the Simplify Your Christmas book for it's annual pre-seasonal review - but that would be awfully boring (I have issues with doing too much and getting stressed out during the holidays).

Instead I'll use the book that's been sitting on my nightstand for months waiting for me to finish it - Antonia Fraser's Marie Antoinette biography.

Sadly, I have the cover with Kirstin Dunst on it rather than the lovely portrait of Marie. I hate when they do that to books when a movie comes out. I'm not buying the book because of the movie - ick!

Anyhow, what I am supposed to do is this -

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.

Okay -

1. Book has been lifted!

2. Page is open!

3. The pages starts out describing reports of Marie's beauty around the time of her coming to the throne following Louis XV death and how, even though folks could have been exaggerating since she was royalty, given the large number of reports, her beauty cannot be disputed.

4. The words:

The result was a plethora of comparisons to goddesses and nymphs - much as had been made on her wedding journey, the difference being that Marie Antoinette was now a visible woman, rather than an unknown girl. Madam Campan compared her to the classical statues in the royal gardens, for example, the Atalanta at Marly. There was the story of the twelve-year-old boy, educated in the classics, who flung himself at the Queen's feet at court, seeing in her the embodiment of "all my father's goddesses."

Poor pretty Marie. She tried very hard but was trapped by the circumstances of her family, her husband and her times. I think she tried to cope with a bad situation and wasn't as frivolous as she's been made out to be.

What I like best about the period is seeing how a culture, reaching it's pinnacle of excess, falls in to decay. Like the fading bloom from a rose. The materials and detailing and fabrics are amazing... and inspirational.

I'm bad about giving out tags, if you're interested, let me know.

Now, I should go finish this book so I can put it on the bookshelf!

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

Tags by Ti.mo

I've been a bit slow on the uptake on getting this done. Miss Katie at Breaking Curfew tagged me to tell six habits or quirks about myself that, I'm assuming, no one knows. Since you already know I'm a big city girl who now has three chickens, I'm sure everything else will less odd in comparison, but here we go:

1. My minor in college was Early British Literature. That means I read Beowulf, the Mabinogian and Sir Gawain and The Green Knight... for fun. I also "collect" stories about the Arthur legend and fairy tales.


2. I grew up in South Florida and volunteered at Miami MetroZoo for over five years. Consequently I'm not afraid of any bug, spider, snake or animal and have been bitten or scratched by everything from parrots to wolves to hedgehogs. Heck, I've rescued and relocated coral snakes from my front yard. Plus I don't mind getting messy when it comes to taking care of an animal.


3. I'm a not-so-closet geek. I was doing science fair competitions and reading fantasy/sci-fi in high school, not cheerleading or reading fashion mags. And I still want that darn Kindle!


4. I love really esoteric Victorian silver serving pieces like baked potato and lettuce forks. They come in handy when we have a tea party.


5. We don't watch a lot of TV, especially not reality TV but we'll have movies on all day long. Althought we thought this show was high-larious!


6. I don't like sugary candies but I love to bake and love love love dark chocolate, especially the Black Pearl and Naga truffles from Vosges, Scharffen Berger 77% (even though they sold out to Hershey's - blech!) and the Godiva Key Lime truffle.
   

So there you go! Interesting, who knows. I'm not the greatest on giving out tags, so I'll take a cue from Miss Wendy B. - if you want a tag, just let me know!