January 4, 2008 by purplelara
It’s 4:45 am and I can’t sleep. As usual, the night-owl on vacation in me has reversed night into day and I’m wide awake, and will get up at a disgusting hour tomorrow (let’s just not call it “morning”).
So I decided to take a break from following the latest Britney drama on the internet (someone needs to lock that girl up and get her some help before before it’s too late - my god y’all) and upload a bunch of pictures to my flickr account (because look! my brother got a puppy!)
As I looked through my most recent pictures I realized ummm, hmmm, it sure looks like my life lately is a party all the time (party all the time, party all the timmmme) and oh my god, it is not.
The thing is, I don’t take pictures on the nights my boy and I lie around watching CNN (no, really. we do.) or the nights I spend curled up on the couch with my laptop on my lap. And I’m certainly not taking any when I soak in the tub with a good book.
I am definitely enjoying my life right now, but I like the quiet times just as much as the party times. So I think I’ll go to bed with a good book and read, not party, until the sun comes up. And think of my next trip to Vegas.
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November 15, 2007 by purplelara
The japanese maple on my patio was absolutely gorgeous about a month ago. The colours were amazing, so I went outside with my camera to capture some shots, as I probably won’t live here this time next year.
In this picture you can see what I mean - red and green and almost purple. Lovely. And yet the picture is awfully blurry…out of focus.
Why? Because the flash is off. I do not NEED the flash, based on the light. But fine. Let’s turn the flash on.
THAT IS NOT THE COLOUR IT WAS! The flash completely destroys the natural colours and yet I cannot take an in-focus picture without the flash. What the fuck?
Here we are again. Nice work on the auto-focus, CAMERA.
With flash:
WRONG!
So I can choose between blurry, crap shots or nicely focused ones with completely unnatural, unrealistic colours?
Hate.
By the way, it’s this camera here. It is under $200 now but I paid close to $400 for it about 3 years ago.
Perhaps I am an idiot, but the reason I bought a “point and shoot” is that they are supposed to be Idiot Proof. Clearly not - unless I am some special breed of magical Idiot.
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September 24, 2007 by purplelara
Hi, ok, ok, everyone has been bugging me for more pictures. So here’s the thing. It’s kinda almost done, but not quite and I kinda wanted a TA DAAAA! moment with the finished product. And it’s just not a finished product yet. I have no kitchen cabinets, counters or sink. The bathroom cabinet doors haven’t arrived. The living room needs…a plant? A picture? Something I can’t put my finger on. And also a rug.
I can’t close the closet door in the bedroom because it’s off it’s track and I want a proper bed frame (you know, with a headboard…) and so I haven’t put the bedskirt on because I hate it and so you can see the ugly box spring and well, let’s be honest - I just don’t tend to make the bed. Why make the top half look nice when the bottom half looks ghetto?
Yes, living half-unpacked makes me tend to be a bit on the sloppy side…when you just don’t have a place for your stuff it just kinda goes…here, for now. There, occasionally.
But. OK. I’ll show you. The TA DAAAA! moment will still come. And I will try to tidy up for it.
Click on the pictures to see notes explaining the chaos.
It looks great but it will look amazing soon.
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August 30, 2007 by purplelara
Last weekend was spent painting, painting and then…painting. It looks amazing and I’m super happy with the colour choices.
Monday, the floors went in, and I licked them. Gorgeous…love love love them.
This week we have been buying and painting and installing baseboards, casings and doors. Oh and painting. God.
Sorry for the weak update but I’m pooped out - been at the condo until 9 or 10 every night this week.
No pictures at the moment - soon, I promise!
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August 19, 2007 by purplelara
This are the niches in the bathroom wall. Jeff loves it when I have ideas that cause him more work. But now I have spaces for shampoo and razors and whatnot and don’t have to use one of those goofy over the shower-head things that never seem to be quite the right size…
In other news:
- the walls are mudded - once they are dry I can paint (yay! and ugh!);
- the appliances will be delivered in under a week;
- the floors will be installed in just over a week; and
- the rat is dead! yipee!!!!
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