Tinkerblue

I Am So Ready For It To Be Spring

It snowed on and off on Monday, but didn't stick. Yesterday it snowed again and did stick. Not much, but it's still there today.  Just slushy and icy and slippery.  There's more snow forecast, including 8" on Sunday. I shouldn't complain, at least it's not the snowmaggedon that parts of the US and Canada had earlier this month. I am hanging out for blue skies, sun and warm weather.

I'm looking forward to wear shorts and tank tops and sandals.  I want the weather to be warm enough to wear pretty summer dresses and cute shoes. Not that I have any spare $$ to buy them and if I did, I'd be waiting for a sale anyway.  Why do I have champagne taste on a soda income? Plus I'd need somewhere to wear them. A cruise? A resort vacation in Hawaii or Mexico? ot to mention that if I ever get round to actually trying them on, at least half of them won't fit properly or I won't like the look of htem. I'll keep dreaming.

 

       

           

        

           
 

  

 

Apparently I'm liking red or gold/nude shoes this year!

 

• Lauren by Ralph Lauren Apple Dress
• Donna Morgan Stripe Chiffon Dress
• Anthropologie Canopy Lookout Dress
• Anthropologie Fountain of Youth Dress
• Anthropologie Martagon Sketch Halter Dress
• Anthropologie Paraiso Dress
• Anthropologie Pezza Dress
• Anthropologie Sun Shades Dress
• Anthropologie Take Action Dress
• Patagonia Margot Dress
• Tommy Bahama Scroll Paisley Halter
• Lily Pulitzer Kiki Dress

 

• Kate Spade Callista Wedges
• Charles David Karat Wedges
• Kate Spade Beachy
• Franco Sarto Flurry
• Target Elvera
• Target Othelia
• Havainas Crystal Flower

 

Room, Room, Roomba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For some reason Hubby has been fascinated with Roomba vacuum cleaners from the beginning. No idea why.  He's always said he wanted one. Well his wish came true.  His mum gave us one for Christmas last year.  For the last 10 months it has sat in it's original box in the garage. This week we finally charged it up and set it too work.

 

Our house is not really a good set up for a Roomba.  Our kitchen, dining room and lounge room are one long room.  The Roomba can only do about half before it runs out of juice and needs recharging. It's too fat to go under the kitchen island or the two couches, so we still have to do those bits of floor with the old vacuum cleaner. Umm it doesn't do stairs very well. And we can't use it to clean the futons or fabric chairs. We need a hand held Dyson to do that. Add one of these to my wish list.

 

It goes in a spirally pattern of some description, so it takes a while to cover the whole floor, but it did picked up all the crap on the floor. It also got all the bits along the edges, which I wasn't sure it would do. I do like that we can turn it on, go out and let it do it's thing.

 

It did make Hubby laugh.  A lot. He had the giggles. It definitely kept him amused.

I never thought I'd be writing about a vacuum cleaner, how old and boring do I feel?

 

 

Wednesday Wish List - A New iPod

Hubby complained about my wish list.  He said something was missing from it.  So here's one more.

8GB iPod Nano - we just sold my original iPod on eBay.  I am currently using hubby's old Nano, but when I run I have to either strap it to my arm or hold it. (life is tough!). The new Nano has a built in clip and I can just clip it to the waistband of my shorts. In blue or red please. (red is only available at apple stores, blue is everywhere)

Oh yeah, if you actually buy me something from my never ending wish list, let hubby know so he doesn't buy the same thing.

Wednesday Wish List - Another Charm for my Bracelet

From Ruth Waterhouse Bower Beads.  I think this is so adorable.

Wednesday Wish List - A Stick and A Roller

Sounds exciting, right?  Not really.  But I could really use both of these.  Especially after I had to spend most of this afternoon with my calf iced and elevated.  Yes, I'm stretching, and the massage therapist is kneading it.  These, I can use everyday. 

 

 
  

Both the foam roller and the stick, specifically the travel stick are available at the Running Room or Amazon.  

Wednesday Wish List - Some Miscellaneous Items

These items were on my wish list year. 

I can never have enough bubble bath. I use it a lot. The Margarita is at Sephora.  The Calm One, Calm All is at Shoppers or Target.

 
 
 

Cargo Liner for the Yaris.

 

Decanter for all that red wine we are saving. We should start drinking it.

 

Beeswax for our wood bowls.  

 
 
  

Wednesday Wish List - Artwork - Natalie Parenteau, Jim Robb & Renee Treml

I keep telling everyone that we have no wall space left to hang anything. But then I see something I really like and I'll move everything round to make room.  

Nathalie Parenteau is originally from Quebec but now makes her home in the Yukon. I noticed her work everywhere in Whitehorse when we were there this summer.  This is the piece that caught my eye. I must have gone back to the North End Gallery half a dozen times to look at.  Why I didn't buy it, I have no idea. Sea Otter and Volcano, 2006, Limited Edition of 750, $100.

 

Another Yukon artist whose work I really like is Jim Robb.

"Jim Robb has called the Yukon his home for over 30 years. He specializes in recording by camera, ink or watercolour and pastels the "Colourful Five Per Cent", a phrase he coined to describe the colourful and unusual characters and historical buildings of the north. He defines his drawings as the "exaggerated truth" where shapes, angles, colours and features of his subjects are emphasized and embellished to express their inner strengths and character. "

The piece I looked at over and over again at the Midnight Sun Gallery is At Home in the Klondike, Limited Edition, $86.00. I can't find a photo of it, and it's not on their website, but they do have it in stock.  Here's a couple of other Jim Robb pieces to give you an idea of the style.

 
 

Next is a series of three prints that I would hang above our bed. Appropriate as they are titled 'A Very Tired Wombat', by Renee Treml.   Aren't they adorable.

     

 

   
   

  

Wednesday Wish List - A Mirror, A Coffee Table and A Can of Paint

We have no full length mirror in this house. Can you believe that?  For years I've had my eye on the Mongstad mirror in black-brown.  Why I didn't buy it when I worked there, I don't know.  And now it looks like they are discontinuing it.  It's no longer on the Ikea.ca website. It is in the new catalogue on page 272.  Item # 000.815.91 $129.00.  I'm hoping the Coquitlam store still has it in stock. Lord knows where it'll go.  But we/I need a full length mirror.

 

And for the last 5 years we've been looking for a new coffee table.  This is the one I really want. Unfortunately it's in Germany. But I can dream. If you find anything like it closer to home, let me know.

 

Last but not least, a can of paint. Yes, you read that right. A. Can. Of. Paint. Right in the middle of all the pre-Olympic chaos I made hubby repaint the bathroom to this periwinkle colour.  

 

I love it.  But he missed a bit. See behind the toilet? He says it doesn't matter, you can't see it.  But I can. Every time I take a bath I see it. Now he says there's no paint left. So I want a small can of paint to finish it. It's Magic Spell 590F-5 from Behr at Home Depot.

 

 
 

Wednesday Wish List - Charger for the GPS

We have a Garmin Nuvi 250 GPS. It pretty much lives in my car. I use it a lot.  Yes, my iPad has a GPS app, but it's a bit big to mount on the dash.  So I still use the Nuvi.  Trouble is the battery doesn't last very long. An hour at most. Some batteries were just recalled but ours was not one of them, therefore we ain't getting a new battery for free. 

 

We have a car charger for it. It works fine. It charges the Nuvi. Only thing is, I can't use it while it's charging.  I want a new charger.  I want to be able to charge the GPS and use it at the same time. That's not asking too much is it? Our model is now discontinued, but the accessories are still available on the Garmin website.

 

Wednesday Wish List

Some sort of cord/cable control.  To tame all that cable in the office.

 Amazon.com $14.77 for the medium
  

 Cable flags $5.87 for pk of 10 blank

or there is a whole bunch of options at The Container Store

Whatever it is, it needs to be more pleasing to my eye than twist ties and electrical tape.  Although anything would be better than the mess it is now.