I don't know why, but I've been really focused on New Year's Eve (despite it being a month and a half away) and making changes and revisions in my lifestyle.
Some revisions I plan on making are:
+Eating more vegetables and cooking at least 3x a week
+Making lunches at home at least 3x a week. I think this can be accomplished with a Bento Box. If any of you can recommend a bento box style or have a favorite recipe, please let me know.
+Using and/or making home cleaning products. I'm going to use up what I have and move to more environmental friendly products. From my present research it seems that vinegar is the all purpose cleanser.
+Using more environmental friendly beauty products. So far I've started to integrate Witch Hazel, Jojoba oil, and Apple Cider Vinegar into my beauty ritual for face and hair. I've noticed some differences. But still need a little guidance on what to use to eczema episodes and acne breakouts related to hormonal changes (one would think that at 41 I wouldn't have to worry about acne. But noooooo. Sometimes I have the skin of a teenager, which I guess I shouldn't complain. Again, any advice on natural beauty products is welcomed!
+Drinking more water at home
+Make more friends and find my community (see following)
+Volunteer at the following: WFMU, the Loews Theatre in Jersey City, Center for Book Arts, Housing Works.
+Maintain a more consistent cleaning schedule (I tend to let things get out of control and then spend days trying to tame the madness. Not a good way to live.)
+Dress with a creativity that pleases myself. A little difficult at work, but we'll see what we can do. : )
+Start a new blog. I'm thinking of making the leap to Blogger/Blogspot. But I'll probably keep this journal open to keep up with my LJ friends.
***** I've been cleaning madly today: laundry, bathroom, dishes... mopping and vacuuming tomorrow.
I've also been freshening up some vintage finds, namely my mom's grey leather doctor's bag style purse she used in the 80s. It's in very good shape. Just needs to be aired out a little. (It's been in storage at my dad's for the past ten years.) Used some Lysol on the inner cloth and plan on giving the leather a good polish with Murphy's Soap.
+Went to Tender Buttons on the Upper East Side. Inspired by Gertrude Stein's poem of the same name, it sells nothing but buttons. Some are even from the Renaissance! (Sis bought buttons. I didn't see anything the right size for my red coat.
+Swooned over the French Bulldog Puppies playing in the pet shop window. (Just how much is that doggie in the window you may ask? He's $499! Woof!)
+Bought a huge periwinkle-colored flower fascinator and wore it all over the East Village.
+Went hat shopping with sis. She bought two lovely cloches.
+Had a yummy vegan lunch.
+Saw the Red Shoes (one of my favorite films, ever) at Film Forum
+Plus the weather was perfect. A clear, crisp fall day.
If you could go back in time to another decade, which decade would you choose and why? Would you want to return or stay there? What if you could bring one other person with you?
Silent films, movie palaces, trollies, double-decker buses, t-strap shoes, hats and gloves for all seasons, jazz, Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Buster Keaton, post war/pre depression.
Sometimes the world just looked better in black and white with the sound turned off.
Cleaned the apartment... dishwasher is now humming.
Made appointments for both manicure and pedicure tomorrow....
Watched download of Vanessa Redgrave in Isadora from 1968-69. It's a biopic of Isadora Duncan based on her autobiography "My Life." And it's probably my all time favorite film.
Unfortunately it's unavailable in the US on DVD : ( and my download is more like a slide show than a film.
Is it available on DVD in Europe? Do any of our friends from across the pond know for sure?
Went back to the laundromat today and found all my formally lost items gathered into a white, plastic bag.
Yay!
I really would have been sad if I had lost that skirt. It was thrifted for 5 dollars, but it's from Express. It's straight, black with a little flounce at the bottom and it goes with EVERYTHING.
I left my favorite skirt, favorite cardigan, and new top I bought at UO on clearance for $10 in the dryer at the laundromat.
Do you think they'll be there tomorrow if I go back to reclaim them?
I hate when I do stupid things like this.
UPDATE: Add my yoga pants and my favorite canvas shopping bag to that list. Ugh!
PS. And it's too freakin' hot.
Trying to look on the bright side:
+I did laundry including my bedding (I love fresh, clean bedding) and my new/vintage/thrifted clothing +Scrubbed the bathtub and sink +Ate (very yummy) Indian food +Received a postcard this week +Using my new soy candles and sleep masks I ordered from Etsy
Scored big time at the thrift shop in Jersey today.
Everything I bought had a Soviet palette of black, red, and white.
Bought a ton of dresses and the most amazing Danish/Nordic inspired suede wedges in the universe.
I have my fall/winter ensembles ready to go. Now if autumn would only get here!
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Also went to the dentist and had a cleaning. No cavities! Yay! After the marathon of thrifting, we headed to an amazing Persian restaurant in Summit for dinner.
Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. They don't have to be the greatest books you've ever read, just the ones that stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Taken from kore
1. Spy in the House of Love- Anais Nin 2. Beast- Donna Jo Napoli 3. My Life- Isadora Duncan 4. Tropic of Cancer- Henry Miller 5. Griffin and Sabine- Nick Bantock 6. The Passion Dream Book- Whitney Otto 7. The Two Wise Children- Robert Graves 8. Jude the Obscure- Thomas Hardy 9. Crime and Punishment- Dostoyevsky 10. A Streetcar Name Desire- Tennessee Williams (not really a book, but I've taught the play.) 11. The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera 12. The Passionate Nomad- Freya Stark 13. Max Makes a Million- Maira Kalman 14. The Razor's Edge- Somerset Maughm 15. The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
A lot of classics, some children's books, some memoirs...
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