- Be good -

I used to love playing on the swing set as a kid. It was my favourite thing at the playground.

Needless to say, it's been a while.

Until yesterday. There are swing sets right outside of Place des Arts.  On our way home we saw one set free and felt we had to take the opportunity to try it.

It was awesome. I can remember why I liked it so much!

(Not going to lie, felt a little stupid at first. But it was late enough that there weren't any little kids around. So I wasn't, like, robbing a kid the opportunity. Had to clarify)

Ok, it's actually called "21 Balançoires" and it's a music/art installation. Read more HERE

I just liked it and there might have been some unexpected giggling involved from my part. "Might" being the operative word, as I am all classy and grown up.

Friday inspiration

If you are like me and aren't much of a cook, then this Friday post is for you!

I have a few go to recipes I make often and I sometimes like to try out new stuff. I am a creative person in many ways, but cooking really isn't one of them. So, when I found this online tool, I was sold!

Basic idea is that you can either just randomly browse recipes (both food and drink) but this site really shines when you start entering details yourself.

You can enter what you crave. Let's say I want to have tacos. Then you enter what ingredients you have; I have chicken and avocados. And finally, if you want, you can enter what you don't want. Say, I'm having friends over who can't have dairy. Or I just really don't like tomatoes (crazy person). Enter the details and you get results.

I think this is especially handy if you're feeling lazy and don't want to go to the store... (shockingly this is the suggestion I come up with...) Just enter what you have at home and see the suggestions. You can use any of the features alone or combined. I only just discovered this site a few days ago, but so far it seems great. The only criticism at this point is that you can't clear all your selections at one go. Well, at least I have found it yet. There are some additional cool features I haven't yet tried. I'll test it out and see if it's worth to write about in more detail.

Let's not forget that the photos are amazing. That alone makes it worth a visit at least.

Have you tried Gojee? What do you think?

Amazing vintage paper

I found something really awesome today and I just had to share...

How cool is this? It's the perfect vintage postcard!

To top it off, the back actually has a handwritten note when it was bought, August 28th 1960.

I actually bought a huge lot of vintage postcards. I'll share some of the really nice ones later, but I just had to post this one. I think I'll frame this little guy.

How to display your shoe love

Love shoes? You might want to check this out...

I've been thinking for a long while how to store and display my shoes at home. I finally came up with the perfect solution.

Isn't it gorgeous? I'm so incredibly happy with this! I wanted a way to have my shoes easily visible and accessible when I'm getting dressed. I also wanted the whole set up to look nice. Honestly, I look at this every day, so why not make it look nice. I wanted it to almost look like a shop. Shopping in your own closet! Isn't that like the best thing to do?

This whole thing was relatively simple. The closet is in our entryway and really a very basic closet. It's a nice size, but a little dark. So, I had a few different ideas, but the glass shelves worked out the best. They are from Ikea and called Linjal. I'm not excited every time I look into that closet. Some of the shoes are still looking for their places. I have to decide which ones to keep there and which ones to pack away. But this is really pretty fun.

Maybe I need to start shopping for more shoes to make sure I can keep changing it frequently... (this makes total sense. Right?)

Just chillin'

Warning: odd cat behaviour photo.

Gossamer loves to sit on top of the AC unit and look outside. That's all fine, but I don't understand why he keeps three paws on the AC and let's one hang off...

No, he's not in the middle of a jump or getting comfy. Apparently he is comfortable like this. I assume so, since this is how he sits there. And he's not particularly fat either (it's all just fluff), all his paws would fit on it just fine...

I don't get it.