Monthly Archives: February 2010

Music

Ten songs for a Friday that was a long time coming

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The iPod seems to be in a mood this morning. Its first pick is an especially rich choice, iPod. Rockford has been out of town all week, and silence is one thing I certainly have not been able to enjoy in his absence.

  1. Enjoy the Silence, Depeche Mode.
  2. Hate, Cat Power
  3. Jacob’s Ladder, Bruce Springsteen
  4. Concerning the UFO Sightings Near Highland, Illinois, Sufjan Stevens
  5. Social Life, Koufax
  6. Ocean Breathes Salty, Modest Mouse
  7. Flying V, They Might Be Giants
  8. Red Rabbits, The Shins
  9. Sailing, Bobby Darin
  10. Black Cow, Steely Dan
Domestic Blitz

Window shopping

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If I had a vast reserve of funds that had no particular place to go, my living room would look something like this:

Living room

Items in this set:
Bird Embroidered Pillow Covers | Pottery Barn, $39
Textured Solid Pillow Covers | Pottery Barn, $25
Greenwich Sofa | Pottery Barn, $1,400
Marcel Mini Sofa | Pottery Barn, $800
Abbott Two-Door Cabinet | Crate & Barrel, $450
“Forlorn” | Katie Truemner, sold.

I put this together on Polyvore, which is a lovely little site for pulling together visual wishlists.

Of course, I would hope that the furnishings would be somewhat less askew. What about you? What would your living room look like if you had a pot o’ gold at your disposal?

Family matters

In which I begin dating my husband again

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Rockford and I have been married for nine years. We’ve been together for much longer than that, and we’ve known each other since dinosaurs ruled the earth seventh grade.

Project 52: Date Nights logo And you know something? I still like him. Quite a lot. Which is why I thought, “Hey! That’s a great idea!” when I saw the Project 52: Date Nights idea at Simple Modern Mom.

The premise is simple, in concept: one date every week for a full year. You pick a night and a time, set whatever restrictions you’d like and each of you take turns — a month at a time — planning the dates. The standard rules on the contract (yes! there’s a contract!) state that you should Look Nice. Which around here, I take to mean Don’t Wear Your Pajamas.

So again, pretty straightforward concept. Spend Time Together. Will it be so simple in execution? We’ll see. Because I signed up to do it. I should say we signed up to do it. Rockford is so entirely on board that he planned our first date:

1/52

  • Kids in bed.
  • Chocolate-covered strawberries.
  • Music.
  • A few hands of gin.

    • Even though I lost (429-278), it was so nice to turn off the distractions and spend some time together.

    We’re going to try to go out for a date once a month, but most of our date nights will be at home, after the kids have gone to bed. In addition to the No PJs rule, we’ve decided that we can only do one movie night a month. So. Do you have any great ideas for inexpensive, at-home dates?