See Jane Work

When I first found See Jane Work, I freaked out. I love organizational things and this site is CHOCK FULL OF THEM.

Regardless, I saw the tab under products that says "life organization" and I clickety-clicked. I mean, I am definitely not organized but thinking about getting my whole LIFE together (while using pretty colored products) sounds really, really wonderful.

The Life.doc organizer has sections for EVERYTHING inside of it: insurance, family basics, sickness & health, dollars & sense...I'll probably ask for that for a wedding gift.


The Collision Kit is SO handy. It fits right into your glove compartment and it has a disposable camera, pen, notepad, and spaces for insurance registration tucked inside.


The Captio CollegeCase is really cool, too. It has forms that can be filled out with medical histories, important phone numbers, emergency contacts, and even things like auto registration and computer serial numbers.


This Packing List from Knock Knock is ingenious. Sorted into categories, it reminds you to bring items from medications to Internet verifications to your favorite stuffed animal.


Some other faves from the site:

Pamela Barsky Luggage Tags


Document Clothespins


Pet & Zoo Rubberbands

EXTENDED trailer!!

OMG. Check this out.

My weekend

I had an awesome weekend. I was in charge of sitting for Louie, so I spent pretty much the entire weekend at home. The weather was at a high of 75 degrees yesterday, so me and lil Louie took a couple of walks and he played with my neighbors' dogs in my front yard. Of course, by this time tomorrow we're supposed to have eight inches of snow on the ground. Ah, St. Louis weather.

Some of my favorite pictures of the weekend:

Banana butterscotch cupcakes, oh my!


One of my favorite toys from when I was little - a walking nun with a sparking mouth.


One of our buddhas from the Buddha collection.


We're a very artsy family.


Louie was curious about the sirens outside...


His first car ride!


Pete played uke on the patio while Louie chewed on sticks. It was lovely!


I love his eyes in this picture.


Pete, Louie, Frank


I like this picture. It's a little dark, but it's me!

Surfing

I have always wanted to learn how to surf. My friend Lara lives in Arizona (she goes to University of Arizona) and frequently takes trips to California to go surfing with her awesome, wonderful friends (and music-makers). She puts pictures up on the FB and I get soooooo jealous. I need to take a trip out to visit her for a couple of weeks...or just stay there. I am completely land-locked...except for the Mississippi River.

Catching Up

Since I didn't have a computer this past weekend (I am a WHINER), I am playing catch-up with many blogs.

Holly of decor8 posted this picture from mi-a name i call myself's flickr a few days ago, but I couldn't resist posting it again. Because it made me have a big smile.



I want to play with a deer.

Bright Eyes

Whether or not you like Bright Eyes, you should watch this video. It makes me feel happy about life and love and stuff.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

So maybe my blog is a little movie-heavy today, but it's totally an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind day. I remember the first time I saw this film; I was completely blown away. Jim Carrey is so good. I had never seen him in a serious role and I thought he was just so great.



I wouldn't mind going up to Montauk and laying around on the ice for a little bit. Except I'm in St. Louis. It's kind of far away. And I have class in two hours. So that's sort of out of the question.

Day II of not having my computer...

It's sort of sad. On my other blog (kaylen-happycupcakes.blogspot.com) for my TechApps class, I wanted to make a summer picture blog. I am getting so sick of this icky weather we are having.

But in order to do that, I had to capture all the pictures I wanted from the internet, from Facebook. Facebook is interesting. Sometimes I really love it and sometimes I hate it. Unfortunately, it is the chief way I stay in contact with all the friends I have that do not go to SLU.

In other news, my computer is still not fixed. Hopefully it will be by the end of today, because it makes me sad that I'm using this uber-streamlined Apple computer. I want my clunky Dell back! I know how to use it! Of course I am extremely grateful to Pete for letting me use his computer all day long.


The Darjeeling Limited comes out today. I'm really excited. We're going to go buy it after I get out of classes, watch it, and then Pete (Mr. Social Studies extraordinare) is going to help me study for my American Politics test...eeep! It's funny that Wes Anderson's latest release is coming out today...Ali mentioned Mr. Anderson over on her blog today, saying that his next film should be about Frank Lloyd Wright. Which, frankly, would be amazing.

In all, I'm really excited to curl up with my fuzzy blue blanket and watch this amazing movie. It's been awhile.

2008 Oscars

My two favorites of the evening (also known as when I screeched loudly as the names were announced):


Glen Hasard and Marketa Irglova, Best Original Song "Falling Slowly" from Once

They totally deserved it. I was so happy that Jon Stewart brought Marketa back out to say thank you, because I almost cried (quite literally) when the music started playing when she started to talk.

and...

Ellen Page and Diablo Cody, Juno

Diablo Cody is my new favorite. Not only does she seem like the coolest person ever to have lived, but I love her writing style; it's such an inspiration to me. I hope I have a confident voice like hers at some point in my writing career. ANYWAYS. SHE WON THE FREAKING OSCAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY.

I was excited. The awards were fun last night. I liked all the little montages and splices from the past 80 years of Oscars. I love Jack Lemmon and he popped up quite a few times in there.

In other news, my computer is WAY messed up (after spending 2.5 hours on the phone with a man in India last night, my dad realized there needed to be a service call), i.e. I'm waiting for a replacement keyboard and mouse pad/area/thing. So Pete was gracious enough to let me use his fancy schmancy Apple laptop all day, since he's in school. Thanks boo!

Light posting the next couple of days? I don't understand Macs, so sorry.


One last picture: here's me, utterly confused about this smaller, whiter, brighter little laptop:

(or not. because i have no clue how to find it.)

I WANT MY COMPUTER BACK.

SNOW DAY

(via Kaj Bjurman)

EEEEEEE. Sorry for the lack of posting the last couple of days. Pete had a snow day off yesterday, so we hung out ALL DAY LONG (something that hasn't happened in weeks). Then today, one of my classes got canceled, but the other one is still on (I'm sitting in it right now, actually). BUT Wilson School was canceled (my after-school job) so it's pretty much a snow day for me.

Me and Pete don't have a whole lot of plans for today. First of all, we're going to go see Be Kind Rewind at the Chase around 2 today. We are both so excited about it.



Then I think we're just going to hang out. Maybe we'll go visit poor lil Louie (he's sick) and hang out with my family, or maybe we'll just sit around watching The Office. I don't know.

Unfortunately, the snow isn't really snow, it's more...ice. We had ice pellets raining from the sky all day yesterday. It was weird. I don't think I had ever seen anything like that before. I shall post pictures later today, from a couple of different things...I've been behind with the pictures on my camera. :(

My crush

I have a secret love for a certain someone, and her name is Zooey Deschanel.

First of all, she and M. Ward are making an album together. Well, I guess I should say DID make an album together, because the other morning a little bird told me about it and, well, let's just say that I have the full leaked version of the March 18th release - Volume 1. PLEASE tell me that means that there are more volumes to come.



She is the epitome of everything I wish I was: she's cute, she knits, she crafts, she likes to sing and dance. And, okay, I can do all (or at least most) of those things, but STILL.

Check out some of their duets:



"Change is Hard" - M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel

"You Really Got a Hold On Me" - " "

Enjoy! And remember...she's gorgeous.

Library Card Catalog

I want one. So bad. I just spent a good 45 minutes frantically searching ebay and craigslist...in every state and city that is within ten hours of St. Louis. I did find many "wanted" listings in this domain, but I only found one "for sale" library card catalog: in Crown City, Ohio, which is a little over seven hours away from me.

I love libraries, and I love reading. I would LOVE to use this to store all my little crafty supplies in: beads in a couple drawers, yarn snippets in one, stickers in another...BLISS.




Anyone know where I can get one?

Adolie Day

Today I had the chance to "stumble" around the net for awhile, and I came across the gorgeous adolie day. First of all, it's French, which makes it SO MUCH COOLER than an American blog [don't get me wrong, I love American blogs, because I can actually read them, but it just makes me want to go to France even more]

The woman who writes this blog is a painter/illustrator and lives in Nantes, France.

I love her illustrations, they're so pretty.






[I apologize for the graininess of these pictures, I'm not sure what is going on with them/me today]

Check her store out here, and her blog is here.

TADworks

Okay, so, I browse sites like it's my job (man, I wish I could have a job like that). Upon spending a couple of hours on etsy the other night, I came across these ADORABLE desktop friends from TADworks. Look at them!!


These Po were making a Po-man in the snow...and the lil yellow guy in the back is about to hit one of my his Po family members with a little snowball.

This is Papa Po, complete with new Po-baby and bottle.

Sleepy Po, with his nightcap and bunny stuffed animal.

My personal favorite: Po with a piece of chocolate cake.

These little guys are all adorable...but this is the piece that REALLY got me looking at the whole collection:



Now, my dad golfs, but I don't know if he golfs enough to really APPRECIATE one of these little "golfer taddies".

Now go look at the rest of the cute Po people!!

I NEED YOUR INPUT, PRONTO.

Okay so last night I watched The Apartment (for the first time) for my City and Literature class. I loved it- loved the plotline, Jack Lemmon, the cinematography, and especially...Shirley MacLaine's hair.

What?



I've been trying to figure out what to do with my hair for quite awhile, and I think I found the solution... you're looking at it. I think that everyone pretty much knows what my hair looks like currently (if not, check out the profile picture). I really do want to do it. After the cold leaves St. Louis. It's too cold to do it now. But in our hot, sticky, humid summers...it will be perfect.

Thoughts?