unshelved insights

2011-10-23T18:52:00.005-04:00

confession:

every time i see harry's toy mouse in the middle of the living room in the middle of the night:

i think its a real one:

and it kinda really freaks me out.

omg australia!

2011-04-18T14:03:00.003-04:00

guys. i am going to australia this october. get excited.

saving my pennies

2011-04-13T11:11:00.006-04:00

over the weekend, i took my jar of coins to coinstar.

well. actually, i made tim carry my jar of coins to the nearest TD bank because they have coin machines you can use. and i was really excited because my coin jar was overflowing.

but their coin machine was broken. and tim and i were left standing in the middle of the street. with two very heavy coin jars. and i was on the verge of tears because i was so excited about getting money.

so we found the nearest coinstar.

in the middle of this very weird grocery store on northern blvd. it was like i was in the suburbs. but stuck in the 80s. it was dark. and the layout was weird. and i almost had a panic attack with all the spacious aisles and full-sized carts. it's just not natural.

and then we had a race to see who had the most money.

i won.

$51. (and only 13 quarters in the whole jar! i pick them out for laundry. obvs.)

also. i have been trying to pack my lunches this week to help save my money. only i left this morning's lunch on my bed. so i guess harry can enjoy that pb&j sandwich all he wants. sigh.

you are no liza.

2011-04-11T17:03:00.005-04:00

i dragged tim to see arthur with me on a sunday morning.

and you know why i did this?

because they filmed a scene of this movie on my street. on my street. in front of my apartment building. and omg, more than anything in the world, i wanted to see my apartment in a movie. my cute little apartment building was going to be in the movies! and then i was going to announce to fb that my apartment was in a movie. and everyone was going to be really jealous. and it was going to be the best day ever in my entire life.

instead. my street was not in the movie. i don't know what happened. but it wasn't there. even worse, the love interest in the movie was so boring and dull that i felt the need to shout out "you ma'am are no liza" every time she appeared on screen.

(i also punched tim in the arm any time there was a cameo from a semi-famous person. JOHN HODGMAN! DYLAN LAUREN! NOTED FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER NIGEL BARKER!)

i hate today.

2011-04-01T10:00:00.002-04:00

guys, its april fools' day. and i HATE april fools' day. you cant trust the internet. you cant trust tv. you cant trust anyone!

surprise

2011-03-18T10:32:00.002-04:00

so i planned a little surprise for alana's going away party this saturday. you see, tim has been mia for like two months. and none of our friends know where he is or what he's doing or when he'll be back.

but he managed to hop on a train from dc to nyc saturday night. and show up halfway through alana's beer garden send off.

AND OMG NO ONE KNEW HE WAS COMING. and he just walked in. like it was no big deal. and everyone was like OMG.

i spent all day saturday feeling like this:

i freakin love surprises.

ps: i did break down and tell chee. but he was going to leave the party! and i panicked.

lovely weekend was had by all, chicago edition.

2011-03-07T16:51:00.003-05:00

airport rendez-vous with kisses and gummies (plus some slow motion running.) super cute hotel room, located blocks from oprah's apartment. lazy breakfasts and naps with movies on in the background. jimmy's gyros. being an assistant electrician AND learning how to use a walkie-talkie. sprinkles cupcakes and the inevitable tummyache that follows. massages and surprise fajitas. learning that the french own everything in the world and are the absolute best at everything. standing in line for an hour to go to the aquarium (seeing dolphins now makes me cry, thanksfornothingthecove, but i loved the white belugas.) and ending it all with a snazzy dinner in the posh part of town.

it went by much too fast.

2011-03-03T10:12:00.002-05:00

1. bareburger has changed their brunch menu. emily and i ate there 2 weeks ago and i still haven't been able to get over the experience. it's eating me alive. i feel like i've been cheated on. i feel like i've been dumped and then i show up at a party the next day and see my ex and his new gf making out on the couch. and she's wearing an anthropologie dress. because obviously that's just rubbing salt into the wound.

the omelets at bareburger were sooooooooo good. and now they don't make them anymore. at all. WTF guys. how can you serve brunch without an omelet of some kind.

man. will this ever stop hurting so badly?

2. i am going to see tim this weekend in chicago. i'll be there for 2 days. and have already spent more on shopping for cute "i'm going to see my boyfriend in chicago" outfits than i spent on the plane tickets. ooooops.

but really. these outfits are needed.

3. i have eaten a salad (well, parts of a salad) everyday for the past 3 days. that's probably more veggies than what i eat in a month. i am so proud of myself.

new years resolutions

2011-01-06T17:12:00.002-05:00

1. drink more water, less dr pepper.
specifically, no soda other than ginger ale and the occasional root beer. what? i love a good root beer with my burger and fries.

2. wear more jewelry.
i am my grandmother's granddaughter. which means i have oddles of jewelry all tangled up in a box. i'd like to wear these things more often.

3. always remember to cross my legs towards the guy.
is it sad that this is an inside joke none of you know about? and yet i continue to add this to my resolutions list every single year. oh well. whatever. watch out tim. my legs will be crossed towards you. and you won't be able to resist. at least, that's what cosmo told me when i was 16. muahahahaha.

perfect wonderful lovely birthday weekend

2010-12-13T10:54:00.002-05:00

hawaiian drinks and pupu platters. eating a salad while gazing longingly at chilean sea bass. several awkward pauses and unanswered questions. brunch and manual labor. some tears of sadness and some tears of joy. surprise birthday brunch! meatpie and escargot and egg souffle and biscuits and sugar cubes. and omfg cake with gummi bears <3

bright pink scarf and lots of pretty sparkly cards with sappy loveliness.

plus an ice cream sundae tonight.

i must be 27 going on 6.

2010-12-06T10:47:00.003-05:00

we put luna to sleep this weekend. so very sad. i keep remembering when luna and harry were kittens. so tiny. they snuggled together all the time. and hated being separated.

she was such a sweet and lovely kitty.

2010-12-02T13:00:00.001-05:00

i realize the blog posts have been booooorrring lately. because every time i sit down to write something. its just blah blah blah tim. blah blah blah tim. and frankly, writing all that sappy crap makes me want to punch myself in the face.

my thanksgiving plans this year were thwarted. mostly by my missing my bus to dc. so in a moment of panic. in the middle of midtown. surrounded by the thanksgiving day parade shenanigans. my only thought was. i need to be with tim.

(I KNOW. ugh. i hate myself.)

so i spent thanksgiving in long island. surrounded by a large irish family. learning about beer and plumbing. i went sailing for the first time ever. which i think would be a lovely summer activity. and then we went to philadelphia. for some historical drinking. i feel like i held my own pretty well. considering i was trying to keep up with three very large irish men.

i may have demurely sipped my gin and tonics. but i am pretty sure i kicked their butts when it came to eating french fries covered in all sorts of deliciousness. i totally won.

public service announcement

2010-11-30T16:04:00.002-05:00

guys. we are getting dangerously close to my birthday.

i dont know what the plans are. but i do know we shall be celebrating.

try to keep the 13th-ish open.

thanksgiving thanksgiving thanksgiving

2010-11-24T12:22:00.002-05:00

hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving this year.

i'm spending thursday in dc with jillian and josh. part of our annual thanksgiving tinkler-johnson-mcmahon extravaganza.

tonight is thanksgiving with the millions upon millions of baldwin kids. i may or may not show up wrapped in a giant texas flag. just because.

also. last week was kind of a crazy emotional one. and has made me realize just how thankful i am for me. i feel like i'm doing really well for myself. and have gotten through something pretty seriously tough. so. way to go me.

so, in conclusion. i am awesome. and i get to eat two turkey dinners in a row.

2010-11-23T17:32:00.001-05:00

SOMEBODY has been defriending me on facebook. i don't know who.

but last week i had 250 friends. and now i am down to 248.

i remember. because i was like "YES! 250. only 50 more to reach my goal of 300 friends."

and now i need 52.

booo. when i find out who defriended me, i am going to punch them in the face.

2010-11-08T14:14:00.002-05:00

one of my favorite things to do is to trim tim's beard and mustache.

so weird.

but there's something so very satisfying about wielding very sharp scissors next to his face.

2010-11-08T14:06:00.002-05:00

i've lived in nyc for how many years? and i still dont really understand how i am supposed to dress in the winter.

i am wearing totally inappropriate shoes for today's weather.

2010-11-04T12:18:00.002-04:00

guys. i don't want to alarm you all. but i am getting chubby again. very very chubby.

i don't know if this is because i have been eating cheeseburgers and pizza every night (i blame tim for this) or if its because i rarely walk more than 5 blocks at any time (its not my fault everything is conveniently located near my apartment.)

the changing of the seasons doesn't help much either. i generally don't like staying up past 9:00 anyway. and now i am ready for bed at 6pm sharp.

sigh. its going to be a long, fat winter.

but in other news. i haven't had a cupcake or gummies in weeks. i feel like god should let me drop 10 pounds just for that amazing bout of willpower alone.

i'm a fairweather sports fan

2010-10-25T11:00:00.002-04:00

but i'd just like to say:

HOTDAMN rangers. way to kick some yankee butt.

and also, congrats baylor. something about being bowl eligible? i dont know what that means really. but sic 'em nonetheless.

two thoughts

2010-10-21T11:38:00.001-04:00

1. i already get super anxious doing stuff with my own family. doing stuff with someone else's family? my tummy is in knots. odgjdkfgjdkfg.

2. i can't decide if i really love or really hate my outfit today. its a toss-up.

2010-10-20T11:18:00.001-04:00

um, devi just called me fat and told me stop eating candy.

this does not make me happy.

of course, i'm not going to listen to her. this is also the person who wants me to get my hair cut to look like nancy pelosi's.

2010-10-18T12:00:00.004-04:00

for the past couple of weeks, i have been giddy. GIDDY. about a new restaurant opening in astoria. like, its time to grab my chili cook-off boots because omg i am excited. the place serves mexican food + bbq. HELLO. its like god came to earth and said, sarah, what would you like to eat for the rest of your life? and my answer: a combination of mexican and bbq please.

long story short, food was overpriced and disappointing. and i thought i was going to die before the check even came. (may not have been the restaurants fault. but you know. full disclosure and all that. oh good lord i was dying. note to self: start carrying gas-x at all times)

but saturday cait and i more than made up for the disaster with a walk through the streets of a nyc food festival. lobster roll + pizza + yam something or other + pork tacos + shaved ice = bllllliiiiisssssss.

can i just say? i reallyreallyreally like to eat.

2010-10-12T09:59:00.002-04:00

if only he bothered to update fb. i feel this would make a most excellent profile pic. but instead. i am putting it on my blog. without his permission.

aaaaaahahaha.

grover was always one of my favorites.

2010-10-11T11:11:00.002-04:00

ugh. working on columbus day. which is stupid. because the courts are closed today. so shouldn't law firms be closed as well. yes? right? i mean, what's the point of having a cushy plush job working for the man if it means you have to work on a minor federal holiday.

so, a sesame street clip. to cheer myself up. you're welcome.

via boing boing

my secret weakness

2010-09-28T12:06:00.002-04:00

via martha stewart's blog.