Inspirations as of late.

MY HEALTH. It's never too late to take care of your body. Eat good things. Exercise. And LOVE your body.





ANTHROPOLOGIE. If I'm ever feeling uninspired as far as fashion goes, Anthropologie never fails to reinspire. They always have something new on their sight and their catalogues are equally as rad. Always worth a look.
www.anthropologie.com

PEGGY SUE. I went to Lexington last weekend for a show with the boy and ended up going by their local record shop, (which is pretty much amazing, by the way). While the boy was slowly searching through every LP, 7-inch and cassette tape in there, I was at the listening station, discovering some new tunes. Peggy Sue was my best discovery. 2 girls with a ton of random instruments. Haunting harmonies throughout it all. Something I read described them as "gothic folk" I would say that is a fairly accurate description. Look it up. It's worth it.



That's all for now. Perhaps some new inspiration will come my way as the week comes to an end.

Free bunny.

I have a pet bunny that desperately needs a good home. I cannot take him to graduate school with me because of apartment limitations, (most apartments don't allow rabbits- or anything except cat's for that matter). He is the cutest, sweetest thing. Short, dark gray hair with upright ears. Only 5 months old. I will give him to anyone interested as long as you give him a good home. He is litter trained to go in his cage as long as you have litter in there. He is fairly tame and usually just runs around my apartment. Please let me know if you live close to Murray, KY and are interested!

new website discovery

www.shopplasticland.com

This site has lots of cool home decor stuff including some pretty sweet art prints. They also sell clothing, shoes, jewelry, etc. Pretty nifty litte web space.

ideas.

I am moving. In a month and a half.

Alright, now that I have the scary job of admitting how soon the move is over with, I can start thinking of ideas. color schemes. furniture placement. I have an apartment in mind righ now that I am desperately trying to pay a deposit on so it can be mine and all mine. Hardwood floors. high ceilings. white walls. big window. black and white tile bathroom. BIG kitchen with pantry. balcony. It's just grand.

With all above things in mind, I have been turning my wheels about color schemes for each room. Thoughts so far:

Living Room: light tans, browns, and white. I want it to be a clean space with the wood floors showing through as the main color.

Bedroom: White, amber, and yellow. My bed will be all white with yellow and amber accent pillows. I have a beautiful amber glass hanging lamp that will hang from ceiling. Looking for more ideas here.

Kitchen: Yellow walls- accent colors I am thinking of either red or turquoisey blues.

Bathroom: black and white tile, yellow walls, turquoise/blue will be accent colors.

Hallway: keeping all pictures on walls black and white, (I have an abundance of black and white framed stuff so this should work out well).

Favorite parts of this place:
*old radiators still there in living room and bedroom. Thinking about making these in to plant stands since they are both near the window.
*Blueish glass sliding doors in shower.
*Black and white tile in bathroom.

Now, let's just hope this place will be mine by tomorrow. :)

new apartment obsession.

Alright, so, as I have recently discovered, moving to a city where you do not live and searching for an apartment in that city is not an exciting experience. It is just stressful. That is all there is to it. However, in my effort to be a little less stressed and a bit more excited I have been therapizing.

www.apartmenttherapy.com is my interior decorating lover. You can pick from many big US cities and look through houses that have been chosen by the creators of the website. Here are some of my favorites from San Francisco.

Weekly peddler.

Every Friday, after a week of working, I treat myself to some thrift/flea market/yard sale/etc. goodness. Today, the winners were the local Goodwill and Peddlers Mall, (the most amazing flea market in the are). I came upon some good things I wanted to share.

It was a hot day today. I was in desperate need of a cool beverage after my Goodwill extravaganza. At this point, I was planning on returning home to make some delicious crystal light raspberry lemonade when I remembered that my one and only pitcher for making drinks broke! Total crisis. Soooo... this is what originally gave me the excuse to go to Peddlers Mall. For a pitcher. And I found a pretty darn good one if I may say so myself. I'm a sucker for old mason jars and I had never seen an actual pitcher mason jar. Oh, Peddlers mall, how you never cease to amaze a girl. Only $3.50 for this adorable little thing.


Now, at first glance, I wasn't sold on these... However, the more I looked at those darling little owls, the more convinced I was that I needed 2 more mugs to add to my ridiculously large mug collection. What can I say? I drink a ridiculous amount of hot tea.


The Goodwill PJ section was a hit today. I absolutely love finding old, beautiful nightgowns/slips/etc. At the goodwill today, I ran into this vintage Gloria Vanderbilt lacey nightgown. I haven't decided whether this is actually going to be worn as a nightgown or perhaps as a dress belted with a slip underneath, (as the top is entirely see-through lace, as you can see). My favorite part of this one is the tiny little satin stitched flower/paisley sewn into the lace top. Cute Cute Cute.


At first glance, this was very old lady. At second glance, I was thinking, "hmmm, kinda classy". And at third glance, I was sold. At only $2.00, I am convinced that this will be a lovely edition to my bathroom for nailpolishes and random toiletries. OR it very well might be my new and improved tights storage unit. I kind of have this other addiction that goes along with the mugs... yep... tights.


Coming in as my last purchase was another owl. Isn't this the cutest little thing? Now to figure out where to put it. Hmmm.

Movie.

Have you seen Harold and Maude? If not, stop everything, get in car, drive to movie store, rent, watch. One of my all-time favorites. I have never heard of anyone not liking this one. Enjoy.

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS - 40 DAY DREAM LIVE @ THE REGENT

Here is another fantastic song by these guys. If every show is this energy infused, I'm going to be seeing them soon. Memphis on July 8th anyone?

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home [2009]

Late night youtubing just led me to something pretty incredible. I might be a bit late on this bandwagon but GOOD GOD this stuff is just great. GREAT. enjoy.

Sleepy time tunes.

Music is an integral part of my nightime ritual. I almost always listen to music to go to sleep and I am going to share with you some of the great sleepy time tunage that I enjoy. Keep in mind, this is all very chill, ambient, relaxing musi , (for the most part). You probably aren't going to feel like partaking in the middle of the day if you react to music like I do.
Sigur Ros

Beth Gibbons

Phosphorescent

Horse Feathers

Bill Callahan

Old Time Radio.

I think that it is extremely unfortunate that listening to the radio has gone "out of style". There are so many other media outlets in which to receive information now that not many people listen to the radio anymore. I am as guilty as anyone. I generally tune in to "Prairie Home Companion" every Saturday for an hour and listen to a few NPR shows here and there, but that is really it.

Last week, thanks to a friend, I discovered old time radio horror stories. They are like movies/tv shows for radio. They are really, REALLY great and they force you to just listen. No watching. No feeling. Just listening. I love it.

Here is a website where you can download some of them for fairly cheaply:
http://www.otrcat.com/mysteryhorror-c-113.html
You can also download them for free on limewire or buy them more cheaply on ITUNES.

Enjoy!

bicycle goodness.

As of last summer I have a wonderful Trek road bike that I LOVE riding every time I get the opportunity. I got the bike thinking I was going to get really serious about it all and do races and such. That dream wasn't exactly realized last summer. This summer, I am setting some new bicycle goals.

My boyfriend and I both have nice bikes that we enjoy riding so we went on a 16-mile ride together on Sunday and it was great. So here are my new goals for the summer on the bicycle:

1. Ride at least twice a week, (this means REALLY ride, not just piddle around town).
2. Get up to riding 30 miles at a time.
3. Up my average speed to about 15/16 mph.
4. Buy new pedals, new helmet, cycling shorts and a computer for bike.

On another note, those of you that have a bike, ride it! It is such a pleasant, easy and enjoyable way to get exercise. Especially if you can ride it out in the country and take your camera with you. Last week I was on vacation in the FL Keys and I took my bike... and my camera. And those two things were fairly inseperable for the entire trip. Take a ride out in the country and take some pictures. Exercise and create all at the same time. :)