things i love thursday part iii

1. london. despite being kind of a bum lately, i love it here. the weather is fantastic - crisp, but sunny, perfect autumn - and other adults have freckles here. amazing.

2. poland. adam and i have accepted a eight month teaching gig in debica, poland. it's a town of about 50,000 people, 1 1/2 hour east of krakow. we are leaving in 10 days!

3. markets. london has some fantastic open-air pitches and i am embarrassed to say how much money i have spent by wandering around food markets . . . above is the haul from borough market last week, including . . .

4. rhubarb! mmmmmh. i found some at borough market and we all had delicious delicious pie from. without strawberries because that is blasphemous.

the original here.

things i love ii

a week has gone by! yowza.

i. thrift stores! honestly, i prefer them to "real" clothes store. i love that weird funk of old lady and dust, i love spotting fellow ladies searching for gems [or rather it makes me anxious because OH MY GOD what if they take something neat?!? because the good lord knows that EVERYTHING is a competition for me], i love paying 10$ and getting a skirt, belt, shoes, and two books. i love spotting interesting fabrics or neat clothes shapes on a rack from miles away now.

ii. miniature toiletries! i am getting packed to leave [on tuesday! ack!] and all the mini scaled-down bottles are uber adorable

iii. tattoos! despite some negative backlash from the dentist today ["why you have tattoos! that's why you're not married!"], i can't wait to finish my chest-piece and to start brainstorming and stewing about a possible half sleeve. bme is a real inspiration, although i believe the piercing part of my life is over.

iv. sasquatch! um, apparently some people "found" him in appalachia! but, sadly, it was all a hoax. someday. someday he'll pop up. i wrote an academic term paper on the possible existence of the 'quatch - short answer? oh yes my friend. it's possible.

v. adam! he is my boyfriend and i love him very much.

the original tilt over here

things i love thursday

one of my favorite blogs to read is gala's. and without further ado, i present my tilt - listing good things in your life is supposed to do wonders for your mental health and happiness and i am happy to take even a placebo effect.

- chickens! my parents keep (6) hens for their eggs and during the day they get to roam outside. they love to sit and rest together under the peach tree in the garden and make little clucking noises to each other.

- macbooks! i will never return to the tyranny of vista.

- internet! we live on an island in maine, down a dirt road with no cable lines. and somehow! some technology has enabled me to be on the internet without using dial-up like its 1996. amazing.

- weeds! fantastic show.

- london and further adventures! this is both exciting and extremely anxious for me. in (12) days adam and i will be in the old world, and i can see kate, emma and dario again! i also spend most of my days researching further tefl possibilities - south korea? thailand? who knows?!

- akron/family - ed is a portal mmmmh so fantastic.