I like you

Someone asked me recently what my favorite personal blogs are but I totally blanked on all but 2 when I tried to answer. So I promised a little list... and now 3 weeks later, here it is!

Now, before I begin, let me say: I'm horrible at expressing, in coherent words, what exactly I like about stuff (people, movies, books, art, etc). Or why I like it. Unless, "it's awesome," "it's cool," or "it's really interesting" are good descriptors. I am a woman of few words, I guess. Not surprisingly, I really hate being described by other people, because I usually feel people are missing the nuances & complexities of my personality. And the nuances & complexities are the best part of people, IMHO. So, I'm not even gonna pretend to know everything about the people behind these blogs. Blogs are just a peek into people's lives & personalities... and usually a carefully edited peek. For whatever reason, I like these blogs best. They are the blogs that I scan Reader for first. And I'm usually not disappointed.

Yeah... so, without commentary, here's a list:

• Door Sixteen
• Sandra Juto 
• Twelve22
• Simple Lovely
• Camilla Engman
• Even Cleveland
• Jeana Sohn
• Sweet Fine Day
• Naturally Nina
• Not Martha

I feel like I'm missing a couple but it's hard to make sense of my Reader in it's 600+ blog current state. Maybe, I need to organize a bit. :)

Wait, WHAT?!

Ha. So my dad is not coming to town in November now. He's coming next weekend. Let's take another look at the list, eh?

1) Paint my kitchen walls & cabinets & pantry.
2) Paint living room
3) Paint bathrooms
4) Get water shutoffs fixed
5) Clean/organize garage
6) Clean/organize 2nd bedroom
7) Paint/organize hall closets
8) Map out/clear garden beds
9) Map out/dig out garden path
10) Slipcovers for sofa/chair
11) Paint foyer

I, uh, cleaned/organized my garage... Yeah, that's it. It's only been a week, FFS. So, no housewarming party while he's here because I'm not gonna magically find an extra 7 weeks laying around here.

Meh.

I'm gonna work on my kitchen this week but who knows if that will get "done" done. I also need to work on the 2 bedroom because I'm gonna make my dad work while he's here. Need to have a clear space to stand while I point up at the ceiling & say, "Put in an accessible attic access... Mmkay? Thx. And maybe throw some insulation around while you're up there! Double thx." Also, "Put a door on this basement doorway... Mmkay? Thx." I may also tell him the list for future visits:

• New front steps & porch railing!
• Replace this sliding door!
• Build me some bookshelves in this closet!
• Close off this extra door w/drywall!
• Knock out this back wall in my living room & replace it w/floor to ceiling windows & a pivoting glass door that opens onto a modern deck!

OK, not really the last one. Unless I win el lottery. But for now, just those 2 simple (for him) tasks that he can probably do in 1 day. He's just bought (another) house (ugh*) so I imagine he'll mostly be working over there while he's here.

But anyway, I'm not giving up on my list just because my deadline is jacked. I'm still pushing for November to finish the listed items because I want this shit done. It's not like this is the "my house is finished, I can relax now" list... this is more the, "Let's get these little things done so I can relax a little bit before I make the big scary expensive list for the next 10 years."

Woohoo.

*I can barely stand owning one house. So the idea of owning FOUR is just hideous to me. But, meh... to each his own.

The List

I made a list. One of those, here's a billion things I want done by
some date lists. This list is house related. It's part tired of the
same projects being unfinished list & tired of people asking when the
housewarming party is list... so I set a date. Well, a datish date.
November. My dad will be in town so why not have a housewarming party
then, right?

SO MUCH TO DO...

Of course I don't expect to have *everything* done but the house
should at least not look so... falling apart. So I made a list. 11
things to do before November.

1) Paint my kitchen walls & cabinets & pantry.
2) Paint living room
3) Paint bathrooms
4) Get water shutoffs fixed
5) Clean/organize garage
6) Clean/organize 2nd bedroom
7) Paint/organize hall closets
8) Map out/clear garden beds
9) Map out/dig out garden path
10) Slipcovers for sofa/chair
11) Paint foyer

It's a stupid excessive list of whichI will prolly only finish 1/3
of.... but that's how I roll. Expect explanations of projects + before
& after pix in the coming weeks.

Good Movies

I saw this list over at hula seventy and thought, "Hell yeah, I watch the same movies over & over. I should make a list." So, I did. Here are 21 films I could (and do) watch over & over:

1. Before Sunset
2. Ira & Abby
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's
5. Whatever Works
6. The Royal Tenenbaums
7. When Harry Met Sally
8. The Godfather
9. Dirty Dancing
10. Annie Hall
11. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
12. Marie Antoinette
13. Lost in Translation
14. Up in the Air
15. The Namesake
16. Coal Miner's Daughter
17. Igby Goes Down
18. No Direction Home
19. Empire Strikes Back
20. Goodfellas
21. Cinderella
    

en français

i've been keeping up with my french film 2010 challenge... haha. not really a challenge but it sounds cooler, eh?

here is the list so far... i'll add it as a link on my side bar & keep it up to date. my goal is two per month... they are not all "classic" french films, just movies en français.

• And God Created Woman
• A Woman is a Woman
• Coco Before Chanel
• Paris
• Slogan