Category: domestic bliss
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My favorite part of a weekday off? Mid-afternoon, back-to-back episopes of Perry Mason, the best tv show ever.
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Last week, I got a little surprise in the mail, and boy, did it ever make my day! When I first got the delivery notice, I was puzzled–what had I ordered? Did I order something online and forget about it again? When the box arrived, I was even more puzzled..Pottery Barn Kids? No mistaking it…
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I have been single for too long. When I had a guest over for dinner last week, I was a wreck. Not with the usual date-jitters, but just by the thought of anyone being in my teeny, tiny apartment. I'm not known for having company over–there's barely room to swing a cat, much less entertain.…
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Aside from the usual suspects ("Cooking for One", Netflix, a tv in the bedroom, an out of control 'Hobby Budget', the obligatory dog, a quick ability to divide dinner checks by 3, etc), my life as a Chronically Single Gal has reached a new low. I use spray-on moisturizer. It helps to reach the middle…
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You should always buy yourself flowers. And a tip I learned from Mom: when they ask if it is a gift (in whatever language), always say 'Yes'. Never say no to better packaging. Today is the Grand Floral Parade–I best go turn on the tv and see what it's all about. No way I'm dealing…
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I finally have a dresser! woo-hoo! Seems wrong somehow, like cheating, not to get it from my place of work—but with the hours I've been putting in lately, I just can't have the furniture I look at all day long in my house! Besides, I just love visiting those cute young guys at the vintage…
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I don't have time to date, even if I wanted to! I have 135 movies in my Netflix queue!
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apartment therapy's smallest, coolest apartment contest ….never, ever complain about just 500 sq. ft.–some of these folks have made do with half that!
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Why is that expecting company creates a drive to complete the domestic projects that have previously sat idle for months (and months, and months)?? And just how did I get all that stuff in the closet in the first place?
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I received my newest copies of the Lee Valley Tools catalogs today! woo-hoo!
girl at large 