rugs

i've been in a half search for a rug in the living room and come up with several selections.  a chevron or stripe rug.  my close friend is also in search for a new rug for her living room and has shown me this one:

hibiscus trellis rug - anthropologie

 for her it fits perfectly, but i have not seen her place in well over a year, but this rug has her name written all over it.  for me, i don't think i can do flowers that big even if they are a beautiful mustard yellow.


when moving into the new place i purchased a 20$ rug from ikea.  that was probably one of the worse 'because it was cheap' purchases i've done and trust me i've done many of them.  it's not very plush and the fumes that are coming off that thing are horrible!  i know when i was taking my leed exam that was one way you could lose points was installing unsustainable carpet.  i know for a fact that i am trying to furnish and decorate this place sustainably. failed! i need to do more research into this.

30% off

Jcrew has take an additional 30% off clearance, but the downer is all sales are FINAL.  with their new sizing charts coming into play, i know i am the x-small to 00 (yes i am a 25 waste), but sometimes that 00 is too small, what the f is up with that.  anyways as long as i could remember i've always had this obsession for jcrew.  don't know what it is exactly, but i think it's how they are able to take some pretty basic and timeless pieces and reinvent the wheel.  i know when i go to my mom's house and go through what's left of my stuff that's there, i will find jcrew catalogs from the late 90s.  when i am at a second hand clothing store and manage to find an old article of clothing from jcrew that's from the 90s i get super excited, remember exactly what the catalog picture was and their model at the time, then this urge to purchase the clothing item even if it's not my size.  i know i am a dork that's obsessed with jcrew.

contemplating if i should get some clothes or not that definitely say 'summer' all over it and maybe wear it into fall (which is coming quick!!!)...vs saving money for some cute winter sweaters or boots that will be coming out soon.

classic cafe capri

lady lace popover

origami mini (is this work appropriate or not?  i should know this after being corporate for 5 years )

perfect shirt with bronze buttons (and may i say it is the perfect shirt in the fit!)

stripe brim fedora

on a personal level, i wish at times i could think of comforting words to say to friends when going through hard times quickly when you are in the moment.

master's

good morning, almost afternoon.

this post has gotta be quick, sorry i was suppose to wake up early to go cheer on fellow colleagues on at the cliff bar, but my body could not do it.  then after head over to the habitat and see what we can score for the cheap.

so this has been something on my mind constantly and for a while. going back to school.  i know how hard it would be to make a transition of a steady income to a not so steady income, but there's also many things that are weighing in on the decision.  there's cost, going back to school for a master's would be something like an investment for me.  i don't have all the funds in the world to go back and do something that requires a master's degree, but you get little pay out of it.  location would play a big part in that means either boyfriend and i will have to do long distance and or relocate.  then there's the decision of what to go back to school for.  choosing wisely has become well so hard because there's sooo many things i'd like to do, but don't know if after pursuing it and finding out it's just not cut out for me then you gotta start over again.

ideally i'd like to find something that i can turn it into my own.  have ownership over it all. and via this post i think i now know what this blog will mainly be about.

today will be the day of the attempt of the first garden.  i am on my way of learning about farming. farms are honestly amazing.

 

august fields 

sold

today as boyfriend and i were leaving the restaurant from dinner, i saw 2 text messages.  usually on a thursday night i don't get text messages because the only person who texts me are boyfriend and weddingdaytree. i decided to check the messages when i got home, because i had a feeling they were gonna be messages i wouldn't want to read and ruin the enjoyable night bit's and i were having.

at home i check the message, and this is what it said 'the house sold. anything else you want from the garage?...'- mommy.

what was sad about the message was it's FINALLY hit me. the death of my grandfather over 15 years ago and the passing of my estranged step-grandmother while overall thinking so many other thoughts of what my mom and uncle must be feeling right now to with the house being sold, hopefully it will be a nice new home for someone else.

 it's definitely a fixer upper, but there's so much beautiful potential in it...i don't know if it has any structural damage, it kind of looks like the foundation sank a bit in the back, but overall cosmetically it looks lovely (if you don't look at the counters in the kitchen and bathroom too closely).  memories oh memories.

los angelas

when i first moved down to southern california for school, it was exciting. new things to try and see...one of the first adventures to la, was for a class.  they walked us around all of la.  it was beautiful.  some friends and i would use to drive to santa monica at any given moment for no reason and just sit there on the beach or walk a deserted promanade.  in la you can drive all over the place, with some good friends and tunes you have yourself a beautiful memory.
but i got to the point where all of the hollywood and reality was crossbreeding too much and there was no real distinguished line of what's real and what's fake.  la then became a negative, but now looking back i can't help and see its beauty that it has to offer.

here's to you.

LA Light

settling

moving day has come and gone. really though i should say moving weekend has come and gone.  i've moved many a times during college and after it was never this much work before.  for the most part the furniture has been cleaned and placed in a location.  with the exception of two items.  unpacking there are still boxes that need to be unpacked.  in the hunt for a table to place in the dinning room, a butlers tray to use in the kitchen for more work space, and an adult bed (ikea did not have 2 pieces of the bed i wanted in stock).  accessories are needed, but there is limited funding for these items.  ideally ikat curtains (westelm has them on sale, but that's a big chunk of money i do not have), a zigzag rug, and other random accessories to have.  but it takes time so we shall see...along with seeing how it will mesh with the 70s era furniture and tacky futon that needs sprucing up.

courtesy of westelm.com

courtesy of westelm.com

courtesy of luisa design

technically, i should be saving and purging down on items.  well good luck to me.