The Paper Kites - Featherstone

Once

If you don't like this movie, we probably can't be friends.

[If you've never seen it, look up music from "Once (Music from the Motion Picture)"...and then you'll probably want to watch the movie]

Sarah DeGroat - Old Moscow

Jay mixed this project, and it is so good.  So so good.

Sarah is a student at A&M.  She did this project with Jay's good friends Matthew and Lizi Bailey, and when they sent it over to mix, he kind of freaked out.

You can listen to all 5 songs on her website.

Old Moscow:


Heartbeat:


[She reminds me quite a bit of Rosie Thomas]

January is for Decluttering...again

We got a dog.  A really big dog.

Do you know how large of a crate you have to get for a great dane?  And do you know how hard it is to find a place in your house to put that kind of crate?

I say that, because I once again feel like we have too much stuff.  So I have 3 declutter goals for January:

1. Sell unwanted Ikea cabinets (done! $80 on Craigslist...seriously people - jump on the Craigslist train!)
2. Sell a couch (can't decide which one...but we have at least 1 too many...)
3. Empty 12 things out of my office room (which is where the crate now lives) until it is "acceptable"

#3 is the hardest.  That room is where I stash all the stuff I don't want to get rid of but don't really have a use for.  So I told myself yesterday if I can't come up with an immediate purpose/place for it (ex: hang on wall, put in jar with other pens...), it has to go.  I told myself that our house is not a museum and has to have space for the things we have yet to do.

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” - William Morris