Somehow January turned into a whirlwind, with visitors and chaos and hunting and good news and sick cats and dinner parties and all my well-intentioned post ideas got put on the back burner.

But while it’s been insane, I’ve been stocking up, paring down, and getting organized for some upcoming projects. These are the things that are keeping me sane / making me crazy at the moment.

• I am starting to get way too familiar with the vintage handkerchief section on ebay.
• Fantastic stickies from jetpens make me want to be ultra organized.
• Weck jars! My dry goods have never been so happy.
• This delicious looking loaf of bread almost immediately became a weekend project.
• rainbow calendars are the best calendars. unless you also have a stendig. then they will have to duke it out.
• I could not live without padmapper and mls right now.
• working on the falling half-square triangles quilt balances out how much I actually dislike the Farmer’s Wife quilt (though I’m determined to finish it anyway)
• I feel a constant urge to make a rainbow cake.
• Slippers! (my 100-year old apartment is a wee bit drafty).

More music this week, since my bookmark-this finger is working overtime.

Best Coast – When I’m With You

Vampire Weekend – Giving Up The Gun

Their show Wednesday night was the most fun I’ve had at a packed a metropolis in a while.

Sean Carey – In The Dirt

You might recognize him from Bon Iver, but then again, maybe not.

Kisses – People Can Do The Most Amazing Things

Summer Camp – Ghost Train

I can’t stop listening to this.

Psapp – Tricycle

They were made famous because they wrote & performed the song that would become the Grey’s Anatomy theme song, but that’s seriously not their best work.

Metric – Eat Me Alive (Acoustic Version)

I prefer this to the album version, but maybe that’s just me.

And for good measure, Stereogum’s 40 best bands of 2010. Happy list-reading!

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• Monday nights that feel like any other day but monday.
• Procrastinating by moving around my studio. AGAIN.
• Re-use for favourite things (see also: best baby gift ever – not for me!).
• Coconut frosting.
• Backyard cat.