Rainy Day Things

Not much time for dilly-dallying lately....

especially with an international trip * coming up... 

....but I did manage to finally finish painting that living room....of my dollhouse....it's a buff color now, as opposed to that dreadful pink! Couldn't wait to see that go...

Next, it'll be either 'paneling' (with a new paint color!) or papering it...haven't decide yet. :)

I do know that I want to call it the "Rabbit Room" 

and it's going to be celery green...cream..&..brick red....

Like so!

Also, besides frantic check-listing for Romania, I've been working on some art.

I did this one (below) this afternoon....but please don't scrutinize it too carefully~! 

It's only marker, you see..... 

I think life is immensely more color-FULL than noticed. 

Happy Weekend, everyone!

* {Which got all paid for by the way!! Thanks, friends & family!}

It'll Be a Party to Remember!

If there had not been a Netherfield ball to prepare for and talk of, the younger Miss Bennets would have been in a pitiable state at this time, for from the day of the invitation to the day of the ball, there was such a succession of rain as prevented their walking to Meryton once. No aunt, no officers, no news could be sought after..... and nothing less than a dance on Tuesday, could have made such a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday endurable to Kitty and Lydia.*

Often lately I have known firsthand what the Bennet girls must have felt like before a ball......nothing but impatience & eager expectation!  This week, I've been working, working, working at this and that.....trying ever so hard not to count the hours before my dear sis, Lizzie's, grand & glorious gradution and party this Saturday!

Oh it's going to be a big affair, I assure you!
And that's precisely why I can't seem to set my mind to anything this week!
It's all the party's fault you see....... ;) So, see you next week! I'll be busy all this weekend. :]

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*Taken from Chapter 17 in the book Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

1 Book, 2 Books, Red Book, Blue Book....

This shall be a post for my own personal gain!
Just warning you! ;)

I would like to asking my reading friends what are the top 3 books you've read & enjoyed this year?
The ones that you can think of first, and you enjoyed reading the most.

The reason I ask is because...

1. I'm a book worm! Bookworms crave more books! One or two is never enough...
2.  I'm on a challenge to read more books this years than I ever have before (way over 250 hopefully!)
3. I genuinely want to know what you guys like to read. :)

So, pretty please, tell me your book favorites in the comments, ya'll!
Or, if you have a Shelfari account like I do, you can just recommend the books right to me through that. :)

{I need this clock. I think it would help me keep track of my time better...}

"Tip-toe o'er the floor..."

"...what are you waiting for?"
Agnes Obel - Just So

Black turns beat me bright, turning on the light
Today is gonna be the day, you hear some body say
We need you right away

Tiptoe over the floor
What are you waiting for?
So so and no more
That's all to be, so before.

Today is gonna be the day, you hear somebody say,
We need you right away
You hear the moments kick and play.
The order of the day is already in your way

The widow shade, the nurse and maid,
To let it all just work away,
From head to toe, where shadow grows,
Since forever and a day

Quiet moments home
Where some do you roam?
Today is gonna be the day
You hear some body say
We need you right away.
No time for tea or lemonade.
Some moments of the day
Were only half awake.

Drink a toast to the sun
To the things that never go,
To the break of the day
That is all that I say

Quiet Days

Quiet days.
Full of this -- and that
or -- this and that things.

Much of nothing,
nothing of much.
Soft and hard,
long and slow.
In and up,
out and down.

Quiet days.
They do so much
when we do so little.

Yes, I Bought A Twilight Hoodie...

BB Dakota Bella Twilight Hoodie Jacket (Medium)

Apparently, this is the same jacket worn by Kristen Stewart in the first Twilight movie (except I picked forest color, and hers was blue or gray or something).

Not that I care, and not that I think that adds credibility via celebrity endorsement, but...

... it is the best jacket I have ever owned!

I love it so much, I've worn it almost everyday since I got it in the mail from Amazon on the 4th. No lie. :)

It wasn't really me....