MAC discontinued my lipstick... I found out on New Year's Day by (serendipitously) actually opening up one of their emails and clicking on their 'goodbye' section. Not a week prior, I was joking with the lady at the MAC counter in Macy's that they "had better not EVER discontinue it because I would just dissolve into tears". Yeah. Very funny, MAC. So not the most, best, warm fuzziest start to the new year, if you ask me.
Isaac wasn't sure what the big deal was. I get that. So I tried to explain. I've worn this color everyday for the past...7? years. I found it just after we moved to San Diego and I fell in love with the color. It WAS my go to color. I didn't have to think about it, it was just always there for me. So I spent New Year's placing several orders (for some reason, they limit you to 4 of one item at a time *coughdumbcough*) to stock up. I was planning on one more order by this weekend, but when I checked Wednesday, Eden Rocks was completely sold out. Sniff. How long will 13 tubes last? I did order a few close colors, as well, to start auditioning replacements, but...I'm still a little sad.
I become VERY brand loyal. VERY. So any discontinuations are difficult for me. I'm sure it's because I very much hate change, but still. Am I the only one? Do you all have make up or other things that would rock your world should they stop making it? I know my mom was that way with a type of laundry soap, so I'm not TOTALLY alone...
(in chains, depeche mode)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Top 5 Breakup Songs
1. Leave - The Frames
2. Missing You - John Waite
3. Break Your Heart - Barenaked Ladies
4. We Might as Well be Strangers - Keane
5. Pictures of You - The Cure
Honorable Mentions: Happy For You - Lloyd Cole, Your Ex Lover Is Dead - Stars, Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event, Tonight I Have To Leave It - shout out louds, Linger - The Cranberries
2. Missing You - John Waite
3. Break Your Heart - Barenaked Ladies
4. We Might as Well be Strangers - Keane
5. Pictures of You - The Cure
Honorable Mentions: Happy For You - Lloyd Cole, Your Ex Lover Is Dead - Stars, Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event, Tonight I Have To Leave It - shout out louds, Linger - The Cranberries
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
On Meaning
Along with simplifying our lives, I also want to make it more meaningful. I sometimes find myself thinking, "that tradition seems pointless with only one kid" and even thinking it makes me sad. I don't want to short change Sammy because he's an only just because I think it would be 'pointless' or easier on me. So I really want to infuse meaning into our simple life. Some family traditions. Fun things to do. The things we surround ourselves with and spend our energy on.
The thing is...I'm at a loss at how to accomplish this. I mean, when I'm actively thinking (like I did SEVERAL times over the holidays) "that seems pointless with an only", I stopped and did it anyway and adjusted my thinking. But when I'm not actively thinking that...I don't know how to create the meaning I'm craving. I want Sammy to have these meaningful experiences in life. I want him to grow up valuing experiences and our little family more than stuff.
I think I need to do a little reading. I need to sit for awhile and make a list of what is truly important to us as a family. Maybe after I do that, I can get a grasp on what it is I'm craving with this and how it looks through the lens of my life of simplicity. One of the first things I need to read will be only child specific and creating meaning. It's times like this that I wish I had a friend with an only to bounce ideas off of and model how best to do this. I'm anxious to make my little family of three the best it can be. The most meaningful it can be. I feel a project brewing...
(world where you live, crowded house)
The thing is...I'm at a loss at how to accomplish this. I mean, when I'm actively thinking (like I did SEVERAL times over the holidays) "that seems pointless with an only", I stopped and did it anyway and adjusted my thinking. But when I'm not actively thinking that...I don't know how to create the meaning I'm craving. I want Sammy to have these meaningful experiences in life. I want him to grow up valuing experiences and our little family more than stuff.
I think I need to do a little reading. I need to sit for awhile and make a list of what is truly important to us as a family. Maybe after I do that, I can get a grasp on what it is I'm craving with this and how it looks through the lens of my life of simplicity. One of the first things I need to read will be only child specific and creating meaning. It's times like this that I wish I had a friend with an only to bounce ideas off of and model how best to do this. I'm anxious to make my little family of three the best it can be. The most meaningful it can be. I feel a project brewing...
(world where you live, crowded house)
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word of the year
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
School Daze
A few weeks ago, Isaac and I realized that our planned September vacation has a small obstacle. One that we SHOULD have remembered, but clearly did not. Sammy starts school in August. Sigh...In our defense, we've never had a kid in school before. 'Tis an easy thing to forget, I think. I'm really having a bad attitude about remembering, too. I'm VERY much in the "screw it, we're going anyway" frame of mind. I really don't see what the big deal is, pulling my kid for vacation a month after school starts, but, eh. Apparently there is a deal.
The normal time off of school happens to be Isaac's busiest times at work, obviously. So we steer clear of summer vacations (which we would hate anyway for other reasons) and spring breaks and Christmas vacations and usually go in September, which, in my opinion, is the BEST time to go. We planned our next vacation two years ago, with the intent of going last fall. However, the house happened and we had to delay a year, not realizing that it would coincide with Sammy and school. One of the reasons for the trip depends on going in fall and I've been so excited. But now...
I want to throw a tantrum. I KNOW my kid's education is important. I KNOW I'm being a petulant child about this. I KNOW that in the grand scheme of everything, this is such a non-problem. I KNOW that this is one of those parental sacrifices. But I still want to throw a fit. I want to say whatever and go anyway. I, simply, want to have my way. And I'm not sure entirely why I'm having such a tough time with this. I think partly, though, I'm fearful that school will become so all consuming that we won't find the time to travel anymore. That between not having a good time to vacation other than school in session days will mean an end to vacation. Or having to take it at time that is detrimental to Isaac's work. And while I know that my kid's education is important, I believe that traveling is at least equally, if not more, important. I'm suddenly getting the allure of homeschooling (at least the part that weaves in real world trips). While I know it's not right for me, I can see how nice it would be if it was right.
So now we have to decide whether we go anyway and just not care (which is where I'm leaning) or postpone a month and figure something else out for future years (which is where Isaac is leaning) or...just not go? Which is where my fear is leaning. But I'm sure that we'll figure something out and it'll be fine. Maybe not perfect, but fine. Ish. Just give me some time to wallow and pitch a real fit for plans and expectations not matching up.
(lost weekend, lloyd cole)
The normal time off of school happens to be Isaac's busiest times at work, obviously. So we steer clear of summer vacations (which we would hate anyway for other reasons) and spring breaks and Christmas vacations and usually go in September, which, in my opinion, is the BEST time to go. We planned our next vacation two years ago, with the intent of going last fall. However, the house happened and we had to delay a year, not realizing that it would coincide with Sammy and school. One of the reasons for the trip depends on going in fall and I've been so excited. But now...
I want to throw a tantrum. I KNOW my kid's education is important. I KNOW I'm being a petulant child about this. I KNOW that in the grand scheme of everything, this is such a non-problem. I KNOW that this is one of those parental sacrifices. But I still want to throw a fit. I want to say whatever and go anyway. I, simply, want to have my way. And I'm not sure entirely why I'm having such a tough time with this. I think partly, though, I'm fearful that school will become so all consuming that we won't find the time to travel anymore. That between not having a good time to vacation other than school in session days will mean an end to vacation. Or having to take it at time that is detrimental to Isaac's work. And while I know that my kid's education is important, I believe that traveling is at least equally, if not more, important. I'm suddenly getting the allure of homeschooling (at least the part that weaves in real world trips). While I know it's not right for me, I can see how nice it would be if it was right.
So now we have to decide whether we go anyway and just not care (which is where I'm leaning) or postpone a month and figure something else out for future years (which is where Isaac is leaning) or...just not go? Which is where my fear is leaning. But I'm sure that we'll figure something out and it'll be fine. Maybe not perfect, but fine. Ish. Just give me some time to wallow and pitch a real fit for plans and expectations not matching up.
(lost weekend, lloyd cole)
Monday, January 3, 2011
A New Year. A New Word.
I first heard about the 'word of the year as opposed to resolutions' project here and I didn't read her thoughts last year. I wanted my first year of living with this word to be somewhat organic and see what followed. However, it was good to read again this year, be uplifted and resolve to embrace this project again. I'm already feeling some differences this year vs last and I'm pleased. I was also pleased when I found this. I can't wait until mine comes in the mail. I'm trying to decide whether to wear it as my daily necklace or put it in the bowl with my worry stones by my computer monitor. I want it where it will do the most good in my life; be the best reminder. Maybe I'll need to do both.
To follow up my year of unexpected abundance, I kept feeling drawn to the word simplicity. Of course, I know where I am expecting my word to take me, but after last year, I absolutely don't expect it to follow suit...Around October, I thought about using simplify as my word, but kept holding back. I wanted something with that meaning, but different. Simplicity evokes more feeling for me, since this isn't all about decluttering (though that is a big part), but really about connecting to WHO I am at my core. I thought simplicity drove that home a little more. So simplicity. I'm already loving the feel of it.
Now. A few expectations. I'm expecting to keep shedding that skin of who I've always THOUGHT I should be and using 2011 as the year to truly become 'me'. I'm expecting to go room by room and declutter. Getting rid of the tangible things that are holding me back and truly make our home one of love and use and a haven. Only things we need and love will make the cut, again. I'm expecting to take an honest look at my career and officially decide to suck it up and submit or stop lying to myself. Find my path and stick to it. I'm expecting to learn all I can about urban homesteading and use this as our kick off year to garden and can and really live the 'reduce, reuse, recycle' mantra I hold so dear. I'm sure I'll be expecting more as the year evolves, but for now this is enough.
Simplicity: Clear the space and see what follows and what opens up for you.
(waiting for my real life to begin, colin hay)
To follow up my year of unexpected abundance, I kept feeling drawn to the word simplicity. Of course, I know where I am expecting my word to take me, but after last year, I absolutely don't expect it to follow suit...Around October, I thought about using simplify as my word, but kept holding back. I wanted something with that meaning, but different. Simplicity evokes more feeling for me, since this isn't all about decluttering (though that is a big part), but really about connecting to WHO I am at my core. I thought simplicity drove that home a little more. So simplicity. I'm already loving the feel of it.
Now. A few expectations. I'm expecting to keep shedding that skin of who I've always THOUGHT I should be and using 2011 as the year to truly become 'me'. I'm expecting to go room by room and declutter. Getting rid of the tangible things that are holding me back and truly make our home one of love and use and a haven. Only things we need and love will make the cut, again. I'm expecting to take an honest look at my career and officially decide to suck it up and submit or stop lying to myself. Find my path and stick to it. I'm expecting to learn all I can about urban homesteading and use this as our kick off year to garden and can and really live the 'reduce, reuse, recycle' mantra I hold so dear. I'm sure I'll be expecting more as the year evolves, but for now this is enough.
Simplicity: Clear the space and see what follows and what opens up for you.
(waiting for my real life to begin, colin hay)
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