"you really got the power over me!"

mid-day post! i slept in forever today. until almost noon. which was wonderful. i was awoken a few times by kitties wanting to cuddle and officially ended my sleep with a view of a beautiful blue sky out our bedroom window (which has now been replaced by wind and some clouds. but it looks sunny-ish out to tofino).

i was hoping first thing this morning to make the apple danish bars from the rebar cookbook, but could not find my food processor anywhere. must wait for mom to get home with the knowledge of where she moved it. oi. but that meant i could dedicate my time to something more important and that i've put off for more than 8 weeks: replanting my indoor plants and planting some seeds! there's 2 trays of little containers holding basil and one tray holding containers with heirloom tomatoes! i so should've planted these months ago, but now is better than never. the house plants we have, aside from the jade and the aloe, are amalgamations of plants from our wedding's center pieces! we ended up keeping 3 of them, but one died, and then was reborn somehow through dirt i used to help the other plant along. it's such a gorgeous pink now and the only plant that thrived during the terrible terrible winter i gave them. it's trying to just outlive all of us, i think.

in other news i've been knitting a bathroom rug for our bathroom! the pattern is from cocoknits and i've altered it a bit, more details when it's done! xo

"i'm right over here, why can't you see me?"

helvetica's room is shaping up!

the handmade mid century cabinet i got for free off craigslist (heavy glass doors not on right now, but they're sliding! love it)

our record stand (fits our record player on top) won't be staying here but was happy to get some things unpacked!

a bookshelf i got off craigslist for $15 a few months back. super sturdy and holds all of our magazines (with room for more!). baskets of yarn and felt are on the top shelf.

these teeny-small metal plates i got at the thrift store today. i <3 them.

today seemed sluggish at first. i had zero energy to do absolutely anything (from doing 1/2 load dishes and showering...so lame) and then i made a to do list for the day and accomplished almost everything on it! the fun part was thrift shopping with stewart, picking up my new douglas coupland book (must finish rule of the bone first!), going to parksville to have fish with my grandparents and picking up my new super sweet (and free!) handmade 1960s wood cabinet (glass front! built in lighting!) which will get hung on the wall and hold my random collections of melamine, french presses, and cookbooks. i can't wait to hang it. later this summer all of the wood furniture we acquire will get taken down and sanded and then we'll paint it raven black and rehang it. some of it, of course, will be bright red, but the majority will be black. now all we REALLY need is a good vintage/modernish couch like this one, or this one, this one, and even this one. you know, a statement piece? and then something to put the tv on with a semi-locking cabinet underneath. starting fresh sucks sometimes, but we'll get there!

fell in love with the witch doctor

friday night after dinner stew and i piled into the car and headed south to victoria for the weekend to visit with his momma, aunties, and my sister. it was good times! testament to the fact that i can't do more than 3 activities a day without being a total waste of space and just needing to nap, be cranky, and consume copious amounts of sugar and other foods.

of course victoria was full of the good stuff like cascadia bakery yummies, yarn at knotty by nature, COFFEEEEEE, shopping at the market on yates, china town, and other yummy food stuffs, but it was definitely with VOID that finethankyou pretty much no longer lives in victoria. i secretly relish in the fantasy that his life goes to complete shit in vancouver and he comes crawling back to the island and stew, helvetica, and i move to victoria to comfort him and make everyone's lives better! horror movies! saying we'll go to the gym and then getting americanos instead. knitting. it's like heaven. regardless vancouver will do YOU GOOD MISTER! and i'm just sad my beloved victoria will be without your shine.