the week in review: july 6-12

this week has simply been busy with cleaning and chores. not really too much pretty to photograph. this big cleaning purge thing i'm doing is driving me batty. our space may seem tiny but i have magical powers when it comes to cramming stuff into small spaces. i have thrown out so much amd doanted so muc hand given away so much and yet it seems the casa is even more full than it was when i began. it's mindboggling and i fear for my sanity. i'm at a breaking point but i won't go into it here, at least right now. afterall, this is the week in review, not the day jek finaly snaps and self implodes in her tiny casa amongst too many metal lunchboxes, pin-up girl books and vintage hankies review. phew! so, like i said, not really much to show for last week. i didn;t take too many pics and the day i did the most pretty and fun was the day mr. a-go-go took the camera so here you go, a week of a happy bed, a few good eats and some battery recharging. what is not pictured is me hiding on the couch reading book after book, pretending there is no mess in the casa. some other not pictured hi-lights include:
*spittle bug squashing in the garden
*a pity party and what-do-i-do-with-my-life freak-out
*chatting with potential new neighbors
*phone call after phone call catch up
*my many works in progress for various crafty articles

and, finally...

*mr, a-go-go and i taking refuge from the heat inside a well air conditioned B&N, Ikea and Starbucks where we read books on punk rock, children's books and crafting mags, had hot dogs and lingonberry juice for lunch, and then shared a blended something too sweet while i dumped out the contents of my purse to discover all sorts of odd fun. it was hot yesterday and that's what we did...we hit the starbucks when we found out the photobooth was out of order and we had already ventured out into that icky heat and i had my receipt for a $2 drink. we're nothing if not frugal except you know, when i hit the thrifts for vintage linens or doilies or order keens online or get a bug for some new fabric or i even step into a target. aack!

this week will be more crafting, more cleaning denial and, a fun flickr BBQ if all goes well, a trip to San Diego to visit with good people. Anyone down there wanna meet up?

summer eats

usually i get all grouchy hot in the summer so i don't feel like cooking much. but this summer so far, has been cool and i have a tiny casa to clean and purge so i procrastinate by cooking. lost of super yummy veggie delights though there has been some chicken here and there. there's a new farmer's market just at the end of my block and across the street. it's on wednesdays and it runs from noon to 6pm. i'm going to venture forth and check it out soon. i don't need any produce right now so here is some pics of what we a-go-gos have been eating this summer...click on the pics for more info. happy july!

i am a style muse!

the super loverly ms. k over at pugly feet has a nifty series on style muses and yours truly is her most recent muse. take a look at her pretty pretty blog and gather some serious shoe envy while yer at it! happy july and thank you ms. k! click here to read the interview!

the week in review: june 29-july 5

let's see...clean. clean, clean, purge, errands, cooking, eating, sparklers, beachiness...that about sums it up. happy july everyone!

more week in review fun here, here and here...

the week in review: june 22-28

this past week was more whirlwindy than usual. it was jam packed so much that i am beat, i tell ya. i am sooo completely tired. phew! there was housecleaning and people seeing and home cooking and cooking lessons and family adventuring. we hit five museums in two days! if you are a kid in los angeles, you can count yourself lucky with all the cool free (and cheap) things out here to do.

i had four days of allergy shots with needle-poke pics to prove it, visited mr. a-go-go at work with a picnic lunch, built a tent in the garden for some fabulous kidlets to play in, though they chose to build pop-bead people on the bed instead and cooked up some super yummy delicious dinners in the teeny tiny kitchen. this week will be more cleaning, less needle poking and a visit up the coast to see family for the fourth and a birthday something or other for the mama-ago-go. happy almost july!

friday fun

i had my final round of needle-ness at the allergist today. phew! after all the shots were tallied up, i hit LACMA to check out the Your Bright Future show (which is in BCAM) on its first day before all the hanging plastic got trashed. mr. a-go-go is a preparator and his team had to deal with all that plastic from start to finish. some artist thought, hey, wouldn't it be neat to have a room of hanging garlands made from plastic crap? apparently someone did so that person got a lot of money to send someone out to purchase all that plastic crap and then my mister and his team got to build it. that's the art world for ya. full of ideas that artists don't actually do themselves. pretty screwy.crap or not, the garlands make for a pretty site. you can walk through it and take pictures and it has quite a visual impact. if you go into the show, most of it is contempory art crap but there were a few pieces that i really liked like the giant doll housey piece and the room with the video of the artist standing in six different countries. there is a rabbit couch that i desperately wanted to stand on for Bench monday but there's no picture taking in BCAM and i guess the artist wouldn't want me standing on their um...art.so that's it. i hit LACMA before mr. a-go-go's lunch and took oodles of pics of plastic crap and then we split a sandwich and he took me in to see the Pompei show which is really neat, super neat, actually and then we hit BCAM. the mister had to get back to work so i hung out and took some more pics and trekked back to the car.as i was driving away i spotted this lady's vehicle and pulled right into another spot and hunted them down where we tried tricking the kids into picture taking poses and then added our own take to the public installation in the park. if yer in L.A. you should check it out. it may not last too long and there's plenty of space to keep the kidlets amused.

what is it about new dos

that make you want to try everything on your closet?
seriously folks, if yer anywhere near West Covina and are looking for an amazing stylist, let me know, i can hook you up!

you find the oddest things...

when cleaning out your casa. the lovely Tara of the pink couch commented that she thought there must be all sorts of fun things floating about the tiny casa and i suppose she is right...this one is for you my fiend!