Today’s the day. Training for the walk has begun.
10 mile out-and-back route along the Long Beach bike path, here we come.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Champagne Dreams, Beer Budget
Big ideas come with big price tags as it turns out. While you can pretty much achieve your dream pizza at home on a budget, turning a busted backyard into a California chill palace is a horse of a different color.
So now it’s time to get creative. I’m going to be taking lawn-to-garden classes provided by the Long Beach Water Department to learn how to transform a guzzling money pit into an efficient and classy spot to lounge. Additionally, I’m going to scavenge the flea market and warehouse sales this weekend looking for tables, chairs, odds and ends.
Hopefully I can find a sweet spot between my champagne dreams and beer budget…
Building Rome
All this talk of bursting makes me want a vintage sunburst mirror for the house now…
Taking the risk of sounding like a huge asshole, I’m going to say that I’m feeling pretty stressed right now. I know that I am extremely fortunate to have been able to purchase a home – anywhere, let alone in Southern California. However, right now I am tackling the overwhelming sense of chaotic compartmentalism.
I don’t think that is a thing. I may have just made it up, but what it means to me is this: having all your things “organized” in a way such that everything is together and apart all at once. It’s the feeling you have when you don’t know where your keys are and you’re running 40 minutes late for work. The knot in your stomach when all you need is a brush, but you can’t remember which box you put it in. (The bedroom box? The bathroom box?)
Everything is all over the place. Like all the tiny pieces that make each day run smoothly were tossed about in a sudden burst of “GOOD LUCK, SUCKER!” -ness.
This weekend is going to be about hardcore organization. Bringing everything back to where it should be. Now, where are my friggin sunglasses?
For The Wynne 