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An Update on Working From Home
1. I have been going to the gym every day. I don't know how this keeps happening.
2. I have been showering every day. I don't know how this keeps happening either.
3. I now have full conversations with the cats when they do stuff like this:
Yes, that printer is doing something miraculous. (Note cat on top of scanner. Sigh.)


Yes, that is my breakfast. Oh, kibble-eater, like you are even in a position to judge a handful of vitamins and a couple of Cadbury mini-eggs.

4. Speaking of, I've had to throw out all the candy in the house. Now I make myself walk to the store and buy the stupid little single serving bag of mini-eggs.
5. I hate to clean, hate the sound of the vacuum, but have been cleaning every day. Something new and obsessive compulsive about me I never knew!
6. I'm reading less, which sucks. But I'm still reading, which is good.
7. God, I miss Manhattan.



P.S. Does anyone else like The Notwist? Awesome German band that hasn't put out an album in like, four years? Yeah, well new song! Here.

Simple

Very much digging Diana Kane's minimal designs...


14K Open Circle Ring, $288 for rose or yellow gold ($64 for Sterling)







Green Amethyst on silk ribbon, $148




Beaded Hoop Earring, $174




10 Kt Handmade Letter charms, $50 for yellow or rose gold charm ($137 with chain)

Her boutique, located in Park Slope, also has some adorable sale items:



Chie Mihara T-Strap Heel, $224 (Originally $320)





Repetto Foxy Mary Jane, $202 (Originally $289)






Mischa Lampert Sailor Hat, $75 (Originally $150)


We spent a nice weekend enjoying Long Island. I know that sounds crazy, but there actually some decent places around here, and soon we'll moving... and a return will be rare.
We saw The Savages (highly recommended) and had some pub food (one of my favorites) and took some pictures, but this one I thought looked most like a country-western band outtake:

Friday Favorites: A Little More Organic

All from Etsy today...

Queen Ann Hair Combs by Gurlygirl, $155






Sterling and Brass ring by SaraBlythe, $55






Jacobean Embroidered Felt Cuff by Rosez75, $42.25






Text Post Earrings by Foundling, $15







Pale Pink Kunzite with 14K gold-fill chain by Alexaxoxo, $48


I'd like to open the blog up to requests if anyone has them... maybe a pair of earrings you could never find, or a certain stone or you love or even some gift ideas... let me know.

Almost the Weekend

For those of you who ask what life working from home is like, well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words:

In a Space

Three Things I am Painfully Obsessed With:

1. Scott Baio is 46... and Pregnant
I wish I could be embarrassed about this, but I just can't bring myself to exude that level of modesty/ humiliation when a predominant part of my daily conversation consists of lecturing Cat A on why it isn't appropriate to steal Cat B's treats. Mr. Baio is surprisingly sharp and the show is hilarious and pathetic and life-affirming all at once. Who knew? (Of course, I also recommend the prequel Scott Baio is 45 and Single.)

2. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
The back story on this album is classic: a man makes music on his own (after being a part of several failed bands) in an old Wisconsin house in the middle of winter. It's spare in it's way, but more that you can hear the skeleton of each song very clearly, as well as the little notes that build up all over it. My favorite song so far is Skinny Love. I keep hearing a million different artists in this guy's voice: TV on the Radio, Iron and Wine, a tiny bit of Wolf Parade, some Microphones (especially at the end of The Wolves)...

3. How I Met Your Mother
I normally hate shows like this. Hipster sitcoms with little in jokes that you see bantered about the blog-o-sphere the day after it airs... but we finally succumbed to the hype and guess what? This show is really funny. It starts off a little shaky in season one, and the main character is totally unbearable (whiny, sensitive, looking for the woman of his dreams but doesn't notice he's a selfish prick... I have strong feelings about him), but it really gels in season two. By the middle episode, I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. There was some sexy snorting action.

Of course, I'm also (always) still obsessed with jewelry, so let's get cracking! Today's very minimal, silver and outline-y...

Maya Brenner State Necklaces (NY shown), $100




Interlocking Bangles by Nicola Morrison, £80.00







Scottie Earrings by Kris Nations, $34








Japanese Grid Ring by Erin Tracy

Home

Well, they had to take the door off the hinges to get the desk in, my e-mail won't leave my outbox for some unknown reason and already there are little paw prints covering everything, but I'm settled! It was surprisingly easy, all things considered.

Today's post is just a catch up, to get back in the swing of things. I've been neglecting comments and that's definitely a punishable sin.

I've been meaning to take pictures of my how my jewelry is set up, to maybe give people some ideas on organization, and yesterday, I finally cleaned up enough to be okay with showing part of my bedroom to the world. Click on pictures to enlarge.

This is a basic shot of the jewelry corner in our bedroom:



And here are some details:

The bird is from Urban Outfitters, a place that carries quite the array of jewelry hanging things at reasonable prices. The two mosaic-ed hangers are from a shop in Piermont for about $10 each.


The anchors were a DIY project... sorta. There's a local (crappy) "general store" in town that sells all this stuff you never, ever think you'd want, and then suddenly the very thing you require can only be purchased there. I think these stores mostly inhabit beach towns--cheap towels, .50 cent Christmas ornaments, etc. We found the anchor there, as well as the bird and boat hangers. BF put some screws in the anchor, letting them stick out about an inch. I then painted them white and we crazy glued buttons to the tops. I've had this things for three years and it has not once fallen down or lost a button. I remain impressed.


BF's mom gave me this jewelry dresser for Christmas:
I use it for the non-costumey jewelry.

The tuppwerware chills on my dresser top alongside cosmetics:
Top drawer: earrings
Middle drawer: ring
Last drawer: everything else


The Christmas present ring (now joined by stacking rings) gets it's own box:

For now.

Thanks, everyone, for all the working-at-home support. I'll let you know how it goes.

Total Eclipse (Of the Heart)*

Packing up my desk as tomorrow is my last official day in the office. Which is very alarming.
Enough about that.
In honor of tonight's lunar eclipse....

Half Moon Necklace by Peggy Li, $49 (gold-fill or sterling)






Conroy and Wilcox 18K Moonstone Ring, $1395







Sydney Evan Crescent Moon Necklace, $950





David Morgan Moon Earrings, $170 (14K)


*Is the song totally stuck in your head now? Oh! That reminds me. I've mentioned before that I am a huge NPR nerd, and that includes, amongst other programs, the show RadioLab. I have never used this word as a verb before, but here we go: I am totally geeked out because they are doing a live season four premiere at the Angelika theatre. That means 200 people will sit around staring at a blank screen listening to a radio show. Sweet! Also, they are looking for submissions to air during an upcoming episode... not quite sure what they actual title is, but they want people to call/ leave a comment about the stickiest song you know. (IE the song you can't get out of your head) Here's the link: Radiolab. I called and left a message disparaging "Apologize" by One Republic.
One more thing! Radiolab now has a blog and they did this little experiment on laughter...