To Do List

For this week:

-Start working out again (and quit with the vanilla tootsie rolls)

-Find the perfect retro tree

                                          (photo found here)

-Cut down our real Christmas tree (I realize that both are real... I mean living. At least until we take a saw to it.)

-back up all my pictures... I'm the worst and having nightmares of my computer crashing

-Practice guitar

Me on my 14th b-day with my best gift

-Go to craft store for supplies

-Go see this movie (I know, I'm such a dork)

My New Toy

I happened upon Urban Outfitters' incredible sale today... 50% off all clearance, and 1/3 of the store was on clearance. I was FIRED UP. I got this cute camera for 10 bucks and now I can take photos like this: 

found here

Great Song Lyrics- 1st ed.

And if I need a rhythm

it's gonna be 

to my heart I listen

-Roisin Murphy

A great lyric, a great song. A contributing factor in my love for it: one of my favorite choreographers, Wade Robson, used it for this dance. Enjoy.

Did I tell you the one where Tom Petty was in my delivery room?

Tom Petty sans The Heartbreakers

So I took Gemma to her 8 week check up today (which involved 3 shots... Now that's a heartbreaker) and seeing the doc reminded me of a funny little thing that happened on G's B-day. I'm at the height of labor and my doc's phone rings. Apparently it was his wife because his ring tone was "Here Comes My Girl" by Mr. Tom Petty. He tells her he'll call her back and his focus shifts back to me. I apparently never moved on because I couldn't get that song out of my head for the remainder of my labor. I thought it was hilariously ironic- the song that was stuck in my head while giving birth to my daughter was "Here Comes My Girl". And there she came.  

A Rainy Day

A look out my window

Gemma's Pad

Today I took some pictures of Gemma's room. I keep getting asked if I did what I had planned in this post. See for yourself...

I stitched them together in Photoshop to make this slightly crazy perspective panorama. It kind of reminds me of a pinhole photo. (No, the furniture isn't tiny- they are 14 foot ceilings so from this perspective they just look miniature.) 

I painted her dresser and ric-racked her lampshade.

And closer up...

And closer still...

That hankie in need of ironing was my Grandma's. (Jean, from whom Gemma got her middle name. She also collected elephants and now Gemma has a small collection)

That baby doll was my most prized posession as a kid- I got her for my 2nd birthday and gave her the obvious name: Birthday Baby

I love this little picture. It's from a vintage card I got at my shower. The giver said she found it in her grandmother's old things. Precious.

A new take on a bookshelf/toy chest

An out-of-focus close-up on her bedding

Like the photo on her wall above? It can be purchased in my little shop any day of the week!

And quite possibly the coolest thing in Gemma's room (aside from the girl who lives there) is this painting. For my birthday my rad sister had this custom painting done of me and the wee babe. The artist is the super-cool, super-talented, super inspiring Elsie. You can follow her creative life on her blog or support her efforts to "take over the world and make it cute" while getting some cool stuff by shopping at her shop.

Weekend Snapshot

*Finally put finishing touches on Gemma's room

(see tomorrow's post for more where that came from)

*Did massive amounts of laundry

(seriously, I only have one child- how do you keep up with more?)

*Watched the Ducks lose to Stanford

(What the?)

*Ate way too many vanilla tootsie rolls

(I love/hate Dollar Tree for bringing the king sized version into my life. Midgies just don't cut it anymore)

*Took a nap with The Mr. after church

(Bless our child for being a sleepyhead)