song: Paperweight - Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk

book: Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Can't go wrong with Didion

magazine: Domino

state of hair: hideous

state of mind: pensive

weather: WET

outlook: optimistic

celeb crush: Patton Oswalt - funny and smart get me every time.

obsession/irritation: blogs about how much women love being a mother and being creative and serving their man and making the best home they can. It's like a car accident. I can't look away. Sometimes I think "Aw, that's really sweet." and other times I'm overcome with annoyance and think "That can't possibly be authentic." So that is my current conundrum. Why do I keep reading them? Perhaps I'm waiting for the day when one of them posts "I FUCKING HATE THIS!", which will never happen. People put out what they want other people to see. I'm aware of that. You can't help it. But there is just something icky about acting like everyone's walking around shitting rainbows. Or maybe I'm just a bitch.

I finally got around to framing my "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster and it makes me smile every time I look up and see it.

I also bought white cups and saucers and it's amazing how much more civilized a cup of tea or coffee becomes. Love it. Fancy.

So, our darling bird family is gone. We told Hadley that they just left but Peter thinks something got them. My heart sank. I went out to investigate acting like Marg Helenberger from CSI, crouching down low and scouring the scene for evidence. My theory is that they left too or at least that is what I'm telling myself. The nest was hardly disturbed and I didn't see any claw marks or anything. Of course that doesn't really mean anything....I've been missing seeing June.