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Yesterday I was browsing through Pinterest , as I am known to do, when I stumbled upon this: Adorable, right? It is a macaron coin purse designed to look like the oh-so-popular-right-now macaron cookies which look like this: Not to be confused with a macaroon which looks like this: and is usually made with coconut. Are we clear? I went to the website with the macaron coin purse instructions and confirmed that it is indeed adorable. It is also tiny which makes it virtually useless. I'm not sure you could stack 2 quarters in that sucker. The instructions were very clear with lots of pictures but I could tell that trying to hand sew on something that small would put me back in wrist braces. It still looked a little bit useless to me and I just couldn't justify spending that much time on something that would serve no purpose. I often spend a great deal of time on things that others might see as serving no purpose, but even if an item is decorative and just sits on my shelf looking...

Yesterday I went to the little antique store up the road from me and picked up a few things I couldn't live without including several vintage postcards. Apparently I was in a flowery/Valentine mood because these are the ones I chose: Embossed postcard circa 1910 Back of 1910 postcard. Love that address. Embossed postcard printed in Germany. Embossed postcard with gold detail printed in Saxony. Embossed postcard printed in Germany. It actually has a metallic gold moire finish. Embossed postcard. This last one is my favorite. Check out the tart with her sugar daddy. Linen finish postcard from 1945. Back of Baked Ham postcard. As awesome as the front of that card is, the message on the back is even better. It's hard to read so I'll translate as best I can: Dear Bud & all, Had a wonderful time only too short. Thanks for everything. Will talk to Mr. Smith tomorrow & more than likely find out something I hope. Worked from 5:30 until 5:45 this p.m. & am I tired. Spent...

Yesterday I worked on some calendaring for the coming year. That's something we used to do periodically back when I had one of those job type things and it is a very beneficial planning tool. However, I have discovered that I'm going to be awfully busy this year and I'm not sure how I'm going to manage this grueling schedule. All of those corporate executives are a bunch of slackers compared to me. Navy Seals are relieved that they're not under the same amount of stress that I am. It's frightening, really. Yesterday I listed 30+ galleries and museums that I would like to visit in the coming year if I can squeeze them in. That will be challenging considering the state of my datebook. Let's take a look. I am pretty much all booked up every Saturday for the foreseeable future with these fun events: First Saturday Arts Market in the Heights Second Saturday Open Studios at Winter Street and Spring Street Studios Discovery Green Flea every third Satur...

A friend from Lafayette was in town visiting last week so we did some Houston stuff that I thought I'd write about. Actually I'm only writing about it because I need to make list of museums and galleries that I want to visit and putting it here is the only way I am guaranteed not to lose my list. Orion MPCV We had very limited time and really crappy weather so we didn't get to do and see everything that I would have liked but we still had a great time. My friend had never been to NASA so we spent one day there. I didn't realize that so many people are under the impression that NASA has closed down. It seems to be a common misconception, however the only thing that has closed down is the shuttle program. NASA is alive and well and working on the Orion Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle which is expected to make its maiden voyage in 2015. In the mean time we'll be hitching a ride to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz to the tune of $60 million per seat. ...

It normally takes me a while to get fully alert in the mornings, but today my sister snapped me into instant alertness. Here is our phone conversation: ME: Helllooo? (all slurred and groggy) MAYN: Okay, I am trying to remain calm. Shamayn had just opened her Etsy shop to sell these adorable pincushions she makes so my first thought was that she had sold all of them in 10 minutes and I was so excited for her. Then she said: MAYN: I'm on my way to the vet with Sissy. She pissed off Dutch and he went after her and now she has one eyeball hanging out. Sissy is a 4 pound tiny teacup toy miniature Chihuahua and Dutch is a freakishly large 100 pound Labrador. I can't believe he hasn't swallowed Sissy whole before now. ME: Oh my gosh how awful! MAYN: I know. It was all I could do to get her into the kennel. I tried to tell myself that I see dangling eyeballs all the time so it's no big deal but it is! It's hanging out of the socket! ME: Is she messing with it? MAYN: No, s...

Continental First Class A few days ago I had to drive Jayson to the airport so he could suffer through his long flight to Aberdeen, Scotland. In first class. Poor baby. His company's home office is in Aberdeen and he's made several trips there but they have a strict company policy that no one, even executives, flies first class. It just so happened that on this particular flight the first class fare was actually $20 cheaper than coach. I don't understand how that could happen unless maybe coach was full and they just wanted to fill those first class seats. Anyway, he didn't complain. Emirates First Class Suite Emirates In-Flight Spa He will have a chair that folds out into a bed and a menu of good food to choose from. He could also drink himself silly if he was so inclined but neither of us do that anymore. It's too bad his company's home office isn't in Dubai so he could fly first class on Emirates like they did in that Sex in The City movie that I definite...

I would like you to meet the newest member of the Green family: John. John Deer. Get it? Jayson ended John's sweet little life then spent a small fortune having him stuffed and mounted so that he could sit in our garage for 4 years while we argued over the best place to hang him. Looking back, I'm not exactly sure why this was an argument. Well it wasn't a "real" argument, just a difference of opinions. The thing is, I make all the decorating decisions for our house. All of them. This works for us because Jayson really doesn't care what color the walls are or if the fabric on the dining room chairs matches the rug. There have been times I have chosen things that he didn't particularly care for but that situation is desirable compared to what would happen if he chose something I didn't care for. Compromise is out of the question because I don't believe it really exists. Think about it. When you compromise someone is still getting what they want and...