Magazines

I had a problem.

I say “had” instead of “have” because that problem is very soon to be done away with and therefore I already think of it in the past tense.

You see, in the summer of 2009 I went to Morocco. Cool, right? VERY. So, last winter, I get some stuff in the mail from American Airlines (I think) about my frequent flyer miles expiring. Now, I’m not THAT frequent of a flyer but it dawned on me that I had about 8000 miles. Not enough to put towards another ticket or anything cool like that, but plenty to rack up free subscriptions for Time, The Economist, Vogue, Conde Nast Traveler, Lucky, and Sunset. Anyone counting? That’s 5 magazines, if I’m not forgetting any! Time and The Economist come every week, and the rest come monthly-ish. That’s a lot of paper!!

The "to be read" pile. Some will meet their unfortunate fate unread.

My problem comes in here–I’m not really the type to throw away magazines. I’ve had this problem ever since my American Girl Mag and Girls Life days. This week, though, I am biting the bullet and taking a few huge stacks to the transfer station to get recycled (they have a special bin for magazines, since they’re printed on a different kind of paper). I’ll keep Sunset for my collection, along with any especially outstanding Vogues, but everything else is going to a better place. Maybe they’ll come back as a recycled coffee cup or something some day.

Maybe someday when I have a real office/studio...

I’ve read several posts in which the bloggers say in order to cut down, they tear out the best parts and file them away. I should consider this, especially on some of my way older issues.

Can you recommend any alternate fates for these guys before their date with doomsday tomorrow?

Dining Room Inspiration Board

First and foremost, I need to move all of the boxes I’ve stuffed behind the piano into storage.

Then (after payday) I can get Doug on board and we can start in on the dining room! It’s current forest green vibe dosen’t jive with the freshly painted bright yellow living room (although from what I hear it’s quite an upgrade from the red dining room Kellory moved into…).

I’d like to brighten up the paint underneath the chair rail with a lively terra cotta (staying away from getting too far into the pink zone). Everything else we already own so aside from painting and hanging a frame/window/painting collage on one wall, the room will be largely the same.

I forgot to include the dark brown cafe chairs with a teal cushion. So use your imagination--teal will be the accent color...

Oklahoma City

We drove right by this! So cool!

I’ve never been to tourist attractions in OKC. The attraction for me is that a large majority of my extended family lives there. This weekend was no different, we did not go to the Oklahoma City Zoo (which I’m told has neat architecture, in addition to the animals) nor have I ever seen the OKC bombing memorial, but that’s OK. (Didn’t mean to add the pun there).

We saw my grandparents, aunts, an uncle, cousins, second-cousins, and it was a lot of fun :)

By the by, we did try to go vintage shopping. Many of the stores were a bust, including Mister Rabbit which was recommended on Design*Sponge but was having a going-out of business sale when we ventured over, but we thoroughly enjoyed Bad Granny’s Bazaar and Guestroom Records. Time was running short so we didn’t get a chance to hit up Goodwill or Sally’s Boutique (Salvation Army). They are always much better in a town bigger than Hutchinson. Oh well! Next time we can see the other half of cousins we missed this time, and maybe the other half of stores we missed too!