Current Inspiration
1920's style – flapper hair cuts, long necklaces & dark lips. Exclusively on other people, who are from the past. I think I would be most happy right now if I had unlimited access to the city's photo archives and could go through pictures of my city when it was still dirt roads and railways.
Royalty – Princesses, oversized & overstuffed furniture, horseback riding & clawfoot tubs. Hot baths. Anything slightly to completely decadent.
Short Hair – It's taking all the willpower I have to not just take the middle photograph straight into my hair stylist girl and demand that she chop mine exactly like that. All my will power… but I think that I need at least a year in my current haircut. If you support the chop, please let me know, but I think the winter static could make it a gong show.
Typewriters – I've switched to a wireless keyboard with huge keys so I have more of a satisfying sound when I type but it's just really not the same. I would love a real (small) typewriter to write letters on. I think it would take my snail mail to another level.
Tea – It's getting terrifically cold her now. Today it's -34 °C (-29 °F) and it's unbearable to walk the puppies. When I come inside there's nothing like warming up your hands by sipping a cup of tea.
Sappy Movies – 500 Days of Summer & Paper Heart are amazing. I recommend curling up for a love sick double feature before February hits and the sweet stuff starts to make your teeth hurt.
This January I Will…
Slow down – I've been moving way too fast in the past few months. School is going to ramp back up this month and I need to make sure I pace myself so I don't get over loaded. This is going to mean saying no more often and staying in more. I need to get it through my head that this doesn't make me a bad friend!
Say goodbye to my sister – My little world traveler is moving to the south of France this morning and will be gone until the summer! We don't hang out as much as I would like when she's in town, but I really miss her when she goes. She's incredibly tough, and incredibly strong- I have no idea how she does these long term trips, but I'm adding her French cell phone number to her previous Australian and Thai ones. I really want to visit her, here's hoping! Les prairies seront moins à la mode sans vous, ma chère.
Use January to transition from vegetarian to vegan – I've been vegetarian since I was six years old, and when I was 18 I became extremely lactose intolerant. It was pretty much forced veganism or taking pills with every meal, and I chose the pills. I've never considered being vegan as I have no visible tattoos and like being able to eat in restaurants. As well, Mister is wildly allergic to soy & nuts, so a lot of the recipes I've seen would mean making two sets of meals every day. But for Christmas I got the cookbook Vegan Yum Yum and it's not soy this and soy that- it's just non-dairy veg food! Being vegan is both totally in line with my heart and something I've never thought I could do- so just on principal I'm going to try it for a month. January will be a transition month and February will be the start. Scary!
Keep taking more photographs….but also post them to flickr! I'm terrible at posting anything other than blogs, my personal facebook account is devoid of any recent images of me, and my flickr is worse. I still haven't posted one of the weddings I shot in August! Now that my blog is re-vamped, getting my flickr in use is my project for January.
Host my first giveaway – Stay tuned!
My only new years resolution…
Is to slow down. I don't need to live my life in anticipation of the next thing happening, I need to change pace and live life in celebration of what is happening right now.
LAST UPDATED ON: January 4th, 2010
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Slowing down…I would love that regardless of it being the new year, but with two jobs and four kids I’m not sure I can accomplish it. Maybe just vowing to squirrel away 15 mins a day to myself. Does that count?
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I am in total support of the chop. But I bet it would be adorable on you!
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I too have been dreaming over a typewriter. I love the look of the letters and the clicking of the keys. Plus I would love to send out more snail mail. I don’t do that nearly enough. :)
And as far as the hair goes, I would be deeply saddened to see The Kyla Roma leave. Plus, we kinda match, only mine’s a little longer. ;)
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My sister was abroad last January to May, and when she got back, we were a lot closer than we had been when she left. Maybe your sister’s trip will usher in more hang out time when she comes back?
And I’m really, really interested to see how the vegan thing goes for you. I’ve always been curious to try to be a vegetarian for a month, just to see if I could make it happen, and maybe I will this year.
Good luck on slowly down! It’s an amazing thing, and much needed after running around for the holidays!
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I’ve pixie-cut my hair before, and I know this won’t help your cause, but I totally LOVED it and it was the easiest thing ever to maintain. And you’d be adorable because you simply can’t not.
Beautiful! I like it.
You have some great goals for January. Slowing down is so important, it will give you a chance to catch what is happening around you and just enjoy the simpleness of it. :D
Good luck with it all!
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Slowing down is a big one for me too. Good luck with becoming totally Vegan, will you share your recipes this month?
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That is a wonderful new years resolution. & so lucky for your sister to be moving there! i, too, have a love typewriters, tea and sappy movies lately. i just watched 500 days of summer last night. lovely movie.
xx
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I’m with you on the slowing down resolution. I think we all might benefit from taking things more slowly. Happy 2010.
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You have such a versatile look (envious!), I totally think you could pull off that 20s look. My husband and I initially designed our wedding around that whole 20s look, but then we moved to the other side of the country, two months before our wedding date.
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Great resolution. With your permission, I would love to quote you (“I don’t need to live my life in anticipation of the next thing happening, I need to change pace and live life in celebration of what is happening right now.”)and link to you on my own blog.
I used to think that all vegetarians and vegans were basically hippie-type wackos. I couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to give up eating all the non-veggie stuff that our world has to offer. Over the past year or so, I’ve done a lot of research and thinking about how the things we eat affect our bodies and our health (and, consequently, almost everything about our lives). The one consistent theme that I have encountered over and over again is how important it is to consume lots of fruits and vegetables. Honestly, that just makes a whole lot of sense to begin with. Good luck on your transition to being a true vegan. I don’t know that I could do it, but I greatly admire anyone who is willing to give it a shot. (I know … a far cry from my previous “hippie-type wacko” attitude.)
Wishing you a wonderful, and slow, 2010.
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I love your list. And the only thing that would make it better is if you moved that short haircut from inspiration to your January hit-list! Go for it!
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you have kind of a 1920s style hair to me! i definitely like it.
good luck on veganism! i would just be happy to try vegeterianism.
i’ve never heard of paper hearts but when you pair it with 500 days of summer i really must see it now.
my parents have an antique typewriter!! the kind that takes extra piano-hand strength to write with and each letter imprints on the paper in courier like a stamp.
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I had my hair supershort for a few years. I decided almost two years ago that I’d grow it back. It’s long again, but every few weeks I have to fight back the urge to cut it all off again. Short hair is awesome! So much less work, no split ends, and you never have to clear the shower drain! Ha!
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I like the bob that you have in your sidebar pic but that’s just me. A pixie cut is cute too. I had my hair super short a few years ago and it wasn’t long before I started missing my long hair. It took me 3 years to get it long again so I’m swearing off hair cuts forever! :D
I also love the 1920’s style, its my favorite retro look. Like Velma Kelly in “Chicago”. Even though I wouldn’t cut my hair I think its adorable and I loved their outfits.
And a Happy Belated New year!
First of all, I LOVE these inspiration posts (and your writing). Have you ever listened to the Vegetarian Food for Thought podcasts that are on itunes? It’s a vegan podcast that is VERY motivating and inspiring. (Discalimer: I’m not vegan.)
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I have a friend who can make AMAZING vegan crab cakes and I will fetch you the recipe!
And re: hair — speaking from a purely male point of view here, yes, that haircut would look hot. But your current haircut is adorable. So the choice is yours: hot? or adorable?
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Found you on ComLuv . . . interesting site! I’ve added you to my Google reader. And, as a gal with short hair, I say go for it!
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You look great in that cut, so I vote for it. As for timing well only you’ll know when you should leap.
As for your Resolution we could all benefit by taking a deep breathe and being here now in the present. As much as I love technology, I personally hold that our multitasking society is going in so many directions we risk losing touch with our inner wisdom and humanity.
Paper Heart is on the list of movies I absolutely must see, and of all the childhood toys I’ve gotten rid of the one I miss the most is the cheesy beginner typewriter I used to have. It was lightweight and easy to use, and it was a real typewriter. I so wish I hadn’t “outgrown” that item.
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Hi Kyla,
Oh for the prairie life…
I suppose visiting us in Manhattan is out of the question, eh? One thing we have in New York City is a lot of fabulous vegetarian restaurants. We do review some of them on our Blog.
As I write this I am in Upstate New York away from the maddening crowd, so I, like you, appreciate some solitude. Happy New Year.
.-= Eating NYC´s last blog ..It’s About Food: Eating NYC =-.
20s <3 such love. Stuff keeping your hair cut for a year, go get it re-styled if you want it restyled. There is no rule on how long you keep a haircut for! lol.
Good luck with your resolution!
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I love sappy romances too! I really want to see Paper Hearts. I really liked 500 Days of Summer.
Have you seen Bright Star? It’s a romance with a capital R. It’s about the affair between John Keats and Fanny Braun. Be warned, it is really sad. The whole theater was sobbing. But oh, is it one of the most amazing films I’ve seen. Plus, it is visually stunning.
You would look so darling with short hair. Although I love your hair in your profile picture too.
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Hey Kyla I’d like to say to you
how wonderful and inspiring and cute
your current inspirations are, just like like you ;)
I loved 500 Days of Summer so much and I want to see Paper Heart too. I think your hair is lovely the way it is but if you really have the urge to have it shorter, I think it would suit you and look pretty.
I adore old hairstyles and fashions etc and I really do think it suits you very much. I wish you lots of luck and inspiration. <3
.-= Russ´s last blog ..A Time You May Embrace, a Time to Refrain from Embracing (Saying Goodbye to 2009 Differently) =-.
I think that hair would be absolutely beautiful on you. But I don’t know anything about Winter static. Did you just say is BELOW -30 degrees? What? What does that even mean? I though 4 degrees was cold. Hell, I think 30 degrees is freezing.
.-= Andrea´s last blog ..The One With 2009… And Maybe a Little 2010, Too. =-.
I didn’t quite understand the tattoo thing in reference to veganism, but then again I’m really not that knowledgeable about vegan culture (despite being a vegetarian). I can’t wait to hear about how the vegan thing goes – I love when you post recipes and stuff! :) You’ve made me long for a bath and home-style pampering session, and I must remember to check out Paper Heart! I keep hearing about it but here in Australia we often miss out on amazing movies for quite some time. I’ll put on my sleuthing hat!
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Hair = omg yes. Please do it. It would look so incredibly lovely on you.
Your goals are so fantastic. I’m glad that you’re going to try becoming vegan. And you don’t have to be completely obsessive about it. I know some people who are very very very serious about it, and they really do limit themselves. I’m sure you’ll do great. And I know a few people who have lost quite a bit of weight going vegan. Not that you need to, but if you’re looking to, then there you go. Lol.
Pretty much everything on your inspiration board is what I would put on mine. So pretty and endearing.
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I love typewriters. I wish I could get my hands on a nice old one so I can hear the click click of the keys. Also, I’m dying to hear about your transition to veganism. I’m so intrigued by it.
.-= Jessica´s last blog ..Back in the routine =-.
You resolution? Yes yes YES!
I think that’s been my “resolution,” (I never actually make resolutions because I have zero willpower) for the past few months. I just never put it to words.
Good luck with everything you hope to accomplish this and next month, and in the year to come. I know you can do anything you put your mind to, though. :)
I also love typewriters. :) I love the click-clack of the keys! Computer keyboards are just not the same!
Good luck w/ the vegan thing! It can be so tough to make diet transitions like that, but I am sure you will be so glad you did. We are fortunate to live in the age of technology – there are so many great websites out there w/ recipes, etc. Without the internet, going gluten free would have been SO MUCH harder!
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That’s funny – I’m going vegan this month as well. I’m hoping that it will become a habit I can stick with. Let me know if you try any awesome recipes!
I want a typewriter so bad!! Are you kidding me?? How fun would that be. And your mention of snail mail just reminds me that I need to practice that lost art form a little bit more this year. There’s nothing like getting a letter in the mail, and I’d love to bestow surprises like that on my friends. I am dying to see 500 Days of Summer. I love Zooey Deschanel.
My little sister is a little world traveler, too! Right now she is in Ecuador, but her dream is to work with orphans in Haiti. Strong and brave and wonderful she is.
Good luck with going vegan! That’s quite a challenge but I’m sure you can accomplish it. I need to update my flickr, too. It’s practically non-existent, haha.
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That’s so cool that your sister is going to be visiting the south of France! It sucks that you have to say goodbye though… :(
Can we talk about the fact our difference in temperature right now is something like 70*C?!?! because that’s insane.
And good luck with everything. I’ve been feeling I need to speed back up, get involved more, and take more on. Let’s see how it goes!
.-= Caz´s last blog ..A year of epic proportions… =-.
I love your resolution, and it is one that I really need to adopt for myself. I am constantly reminding myself that the world will not end tomorrow, and I can sit back and enjoy the ride sometimes.
I almost rented Paper Heart the other night, but ended up with Desperado instead. Now I wish I’d rented both!
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Oh, someone just told me about a vegan Italian recipe book that doesn’t use soy products, but I can’t remember the name! I will try to think of it!
I can’t handle the idea of going vegan b/c I can’t eat wheat, but I still love a good vegan recipe when I can find one that works for my restrictions!
And, I have to say, that if my hair did what yours does now, I would pretty much keep that haircut for life. :)
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I think that you would look lovely with shorter hair but I support your decision to stick with your current hair for one year. Let yourself have four seasons with this hair so you know what it does in each.
I think it’s very brave of you to go vegan. I’m fairly certain I couldn’t give up my love affair with the bakery. Unless I found a vegan bakery, which I’m sure I could in Vancouver. Really what I’m saying is that I’m lazy.
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Wow, I wish you a lot of luck on switching to vegan! I’ve always been a tad bit interested in vegetarianism but I don’t really have a need to become one. I love meat and I don’t have any food allergies. But I wish you a lot of luck!
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Ah, I love short hair.
500 Days of Summer made me sad, and it took a few hours before I decided to like it.
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I think you should totally do that haircut, it would look so so good on you!! I haven’t finished watching 500 days yet… it got kinda boring so we turned it off, but apparently the ending makes the whole thing worthwhile I’ve been told. Good luck on going vegan!
.-= Margarita´s last blog ..How I Spent New Years =-.
I will put my vote in for that haircut, totally cute!!! I cannot imagine -29 degrees F!!! I mean really, I have never been in a negative temperature, that I know of. Your poor puppers!
You would definitely rock that haircut, I saw go for it.
I hope you get a chance to visit your sister, and I admire for you even being a vegetarian. I’ve tried and failed. Maybe I’ll try again when I have more self-control on what I eat.
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You could TOTES rock that haircut. Just sayin’.
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First, get the haircut! I’m a big believer in just getting a haircut when you’re feeling it. It’s hair, it grows back.
Second, please let me know when your sister would like me to come visit her in the south of France :)
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Personally, I love how your hair’s styled in your Who I Am photo, but I also think it’d be pretty fun to see your hair cut super short! If all goes horribly wrong, just remember that hair grows, right? :] I support Kyla’s Hair Chop of ’10, just maybe wait for warmer temperatures?
I’ll have to take a gander at that vegan recipe book. I’ve been pescetarian since April, in the hopes of gradually becoming vegetarian to go vegan, but I haven’t taken the jump yet! Hopefully this will be the year for that. In any case, I wish you well with this!
As someone whose hair rebels at any kind of weather that isn’t zero percent humidity, zero wind and zero precipitation, as much as I want you to get this haircut I would say wait until the outside world calms down a little. It will look AMAZING on you when we don’t have to ruin our looks by bundling up in 200 layers and flattening any product or effort you put into it – I think you should definitely go for it though!! Maybe spring we can both take on new adventures – you can get a new haircut, and I’ll start operation: stop being such a driving wuss.
I’m going to rent 500 DOS asap!! We had every intention of renting it last Friday but we got swept away by the big Tim Burton poster for “9” and got that instead. And it was horrible, we didn’t even finish it!!
I used to have a typewriter as a kid and I’d sit up in my nan’s spare bedroom and type stories ALL night long. How awesome would it be to start snail mailing with typewriters and parchment paper? *Swoon*
.-= Emily Jane´s last blog ..New Year, New Goals, and a Culinary Adventure =-.
Ooo. I think its a terribly cute haircut and you have a petite enough face for it — maybe wait until Spring? Granted, you have short hair, but I’m thinking in the weather you’re experiencing every little hair counts for warmth! LOL
I love typewriters. My grandpa gave us his when I was little and nothing was more fun than clickity-clacking little stories, rolling the page up a line, etc. It warms my heart lol. I think ours is upstairs somewhere with a few broken keys – I should fix it! The idea of home made stationary and a typewritten letter suddenly sounds fun.
And I guess this answers my question on renting Paper Heart! I’ve actually seen neither of those — but it totally reminds me to rent, “Dear Frankie,” again. Have you ever seen Garden State with Zach Braff and Natalie Portman? :hugs it:
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I just watched Sunshine Cleaning (which I totally recommend if you are into indie/fairly sappy (but powerful!) movies, and have Paper Heart up next in my Netflix queue. I’m such a Michael Cera fan.
And hurrah! for international sisters. My little sister is right now living in South Korea and I’m on my way to visit her (and China!) this month.
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Short hair — I say go for it! But I say that, mostly, because I want to live vicariously through your adorableness. I’ve vowed not to cut my hair short for Joe (at least until it reaches just above my butt), and I’m dyyyyying the death of a thousand lovely short cuts that I can’t try out.
Typewriter — I bet you could find one for cheap (or even free!) on Craigslist!
Slowing down — Amen. I need to work on that, too. Just the other day, I lamented to Joe about how we don’t do a lot of hanging out “just the two of us” — except if you count sitting next to each other on our respective laptops, doing different stuff — and then yesterday I agreed to THREE different hangouts with other couples just this week. My brain is at war with itself, clearly.
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I love all things 1920’s too! If I could pick a decade to live in, my first choice would be the 1950’s and my second choice would be the 1920’s.
I definitely want to watch 500 Days of Summer…I’ve heard such good things about it!
I love your goal of slowing down- I may need to adopt this one too!
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Your sister is so lucky to be moving to France. I wish I had the guts to just move to a completely different place as well. That is really brave!
.-= Cecilie´s last blog ..Happy girls are the prettiest girls. =-.
Good luck with the transition to veganism!! I’ve been thinking about making the move just to vegetarianism but I can’t seem to get over that rigid hump of fear (and a little stubborness). However, Oprah had a vegan chef on her show today and I would totally eat all of his food.
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Loving your inspirations. I too, have been longing for a typewriter to write letters on. A cute vintage pink one would be just the ticket.
.-= Liz´s last blog ..Giant cupcakes, goals for the new year & being a faux musician =-.
I think I’m one of the few bloggers left that hasn’t seen 500 Days of Summer yet! Haha!
Love your inspirations and I’m all for slowing down too. We all need a little time to just breathe and re-focus.
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Keep the hair for now and do the dramatic change in the summer.
Do you have any tips for being vegetarian? I tried it last year for about a month, and I found I was always carb-loading to stay full. Needless to say, I actually gained weight! When I tried to avoid tons of carbs we were either starving later or the food tasted like cardboard. I couldn’t ever be a vegan though. I like to eat way too much :)
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I think you’d look awesome with that hair but I can understand wanting to wait until the winter-frizz is out of the question.
I LOVED Paper Heart and have 500 Days of Summer waiting for me at home. I think I’ll watch it tonight =)
I’m all for the slowing down; it’s kind of something I’ve been doing the last month and it’s glorious. I feel refreshed, normal, happier, more in touch with things. I can’t be every where at once which is terrible in a way but at the same time I’m much more present.
Good luck with making the switch to vegan! =)
.-= Nora´s last blog ..2010: Bring It =-.
oh right, one other thing. If you’re serious about becoming vegan, I recommend moosewood cookbooks.
Here’s a sampling of some of their recipes. I adore their books.
http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/recipes.html
.-= Lisa´s last blog ..Spray N what did you say? =-.
K. item by item:
1920’s style – Love the 20’s. Go to the Manitoba Archives building. I spent 3.5 hours there one day last summer. Didn’t scratch the surface on awesome. It’s amazing what they have stored. Go. It’s way fun.
Royalty: I have a purple table cloth. That count?
Short Hair – cut it. If it’s a flop, think of the awesome hats and wigs you can flaunt until it grows out. It’s only hair.
Typewriters – I have one in my garage. Functioning. Just needs ribbon. I too, love the clack
Tea – Celestial Seasonings Chai Chocolate caramel. Try it. Any brand, really.
Sappy Movies – Not my cup of tea necessarily, but I do love Moulin Rouge and Mr. Magorium’s wonder emporium
i’ve toyed around with doing the vegan thing for a while now… but i really don’t think i could give up cheese. i’m hoping you serve as some inspiration! :)
I love your inspirations this month! You would totally rock that hairstyle. I’ve dug up some pictures of my town in its hayday with trolleys, horse and buggies, its fun to imagine what your city was like before.
Slowing down is something that I really worked on in 2009, its amazing with saying no can do for your soul. This year I want to work on pushing myself out of my comfort zone and turning thoughts into action.
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One of my January goals is to go a week as a vegetarian. I would love to hear some of your favorite things to eat in a blog post some time!
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I love, love, love old typewriters. That pink one up there is especially adorable.
.-= Andrea´s last blog ..Andrea Learns A Lesson =-.
I fully support that short hair cut, which is strange. I’m typically a long locks girl. But that cut is definitely cute. And I think short hair and long hair get equally static-y, therefore, not a good excuse!
I admire you for making the transition into veganism! (Is that even a word?)
As for the haircut, I think you should at least wait until summer. I know what it’s like living in -30C temps (I live in Calgary), and I don’t know what I would do if my hair was short. I think I would freeze to death!
.-= Angela´s last blog ..It’s All About Me! =-.
Slowing down is definitely something that I should have put onto my resolution list… more often than not do I feel rushed and catching up.
Oh, and in case you need a snail mail friend – I am open :)
I think slowing down is the best resolution I’ve seen! Thank you for the inspiration.
.-= Kelly´s last blog ..2010 Here We Come =-.
I love your resolution! That’s something I really need to work on for myself as well…
.-= terra´s last blog ..2009: A Time to Nestle =-.
I love the single resolution — so great. I vote for thinking about the hair for a couple months until the winter static dies down. Whip it out for a new, fresh, spring look. This also gives you more time to a) fall in love with it and b) question the heck out of it.
happy new year! xo
.-= Elle Bee´s last blog ..It’s worth having cross-country friends if only for the hilarious drunken messages =-.
If I didn’t know betond a shadow of a doubt that I can’t pull off short hair that pic would have me running to a stylist too. I say wait- you can always cut it later.
I absolutely love all of those inspirations, especially the 1920s – they absolutely fascinate me!! I’ve always wanted a typewriter but nobody will humour me and get me one so I might have to save the pennies up! And I drink about 10 cups of tea a day so I definitely agree with you about that one!!
.-= Lizzie´s last blog ..Sunday Meme #6 =-.
I can totally relate to the “say goodbye to my sister” thing… I am taking my sister to the airport today for a year at business school in France. This is nothing new (she, too, moved to Australia for 6 months and India for another 6), but it is hard every time, especially because even when she comes back to the states, I don’t know if it’ll be to Chicago, where we both live now.
I definitely want to visit my little world traveler as well. Here’s hoping you make it to la belle France!
– Lori
“I don’t need to live my life in anticipation of the next thing happening, I need to change pace and live life in celebration of what is happening right now.”
That is lovely. I need to write that down & post it somewhere—so true.
I adore your inspirations. One of my goals for this year (besides losing weight) is to become more inspired my certain styles. I am pretty boring when it comes to clothing or interior design (I call myself traditional and very domestic). I hope that losing a few more pounds will make me more confident in trying on different types of clothing – things I would usually not wear.
.-= Stefanie´s last blog ..Losing it: Week 1 =-.
I’m saying stick with the current hair. Static is my worst enemy. I’m with you about slowing down – I’m trying to give myself permission to work ONE job, and take on ONE project, as opposed to the million I’m used to. We’ll see!
As for vegan – Check out the “Rebar” cookbook. They offer different variations on each recipe- Vegetarian, Vegan, lactose free etc. It’s a good one, and I adore it! xo
andrea
.-= andrea´s last blog ..to another. =-.
I really love that 20s, flapper style myself although I don’t think I could pull it off on me sadly! Your sister is sooo lucky getting to go to the south of France!
.-= Paula´s last blog ..MAKING SOME DEMANDS . . . =-.
I’ve made a few recipes from Vegan Yum Yum and they are good – and I’m not vegan! Good luck! :)
.-= Jessica @ How Sweet´s last blog ..For me. Because of you. =-.
I think you should cut your hair. I myself always have to keep from going shorter, but I think it would look cute on you! And hey, it’s only hair- it’ll grow back!!
.-= Alana´s last blog ..We’re a Nikon Family =-.