roosters and dresses

Fog is everywhere
the rain, I don't mind

The evolution, and hand written notes...it's all good

See through, your eyes
Hearts are aching
Contact is fleeting

Just sitting, chatting
Chit chatting - cause it's what we do

The music is always there,
and it is GOOD

Coulda shoulda woulda

Living
Life.

Heading to Chicago! Will be twitter blogging via phone!

You are my everyday inspiration Jake. Happy Golden 28th Birthday.

i didn't know where i was going, but i went somewhere

I live in the United States of America.

But have I seen anything?

How is it that three miles from my Blair block neighborhood party, boards are nailed over windows? How is it that the same Blair block, in the 400's, two people got shot? Shot with a real gun.

What about the 1300 block? What is so different about us?


I was in the SA (Salvation Army) the other day and I talked to six different people. As in six different conversations about dishes and Tupperware and missing glasses. I haven't talked to so many people in months. I realized I was there for a good deal just like they were.

Anyway, walking through to the back, where her kitchen was just completed two days ago, I found a kindred spirit. She is a treasure finder. It ACTUALLY says that on her card. And her yard is a Wildlife Habitat. A WILDLIFE HABITAT IN HER YARD! I have been feeding peanuts to the squirrels...but also knocking down bird nests...where does that leave me? Anyway, she said 'modular' a lot, but it didn't matter, she had sea glass hanging in her window.

In another basement, he wore a bow tie and told us of possible secrets behind the walls where pool cues hid and alcohol was drunk.

These are my neighbors.

I know you might not know what this all means, but it is okay. Don't worry about the mud.

Just know that it is my home.

It is where I walk my dog and dream the dreams you dream about.

Just like you.

thrifted

Vintage Tupperware and Pyrex - oh my!

sometimes i am vain

I used to pick out an 'outfit' every single morning.
As well as earrings.
And shoes. High heel shoes.

Those decisions could take minutes to hours to decide.
Running around with no shirt on, ironing a button down.

Now, I wear the same outfit pretty much everyday.
I like to call it my uniform.

Jeans from Target, GreenDimes t-shirt, and Dansko clogs.

Today I put on a blue short sleeve sweater from the GAP.
I think it added a little 'pop' to my look.

I hope Jake appreciates the effort.

perennial plants popping

the view out my backdoor tonight

earth day

My wish in second grade was that everyone would recycle.

We didn't know that the icebergs were melting back then.
We didn't know that Sarah Palin would be assaulting wolves.
Or that Dr. Carter cared so much about Polar Bears.

I always liked Carter.

Why do you throw plastic bottles and cigarettes out your window?

Those plastic bottles will not disintegrate.
They do disappear from your point of view.
But don't lose perspective!

Also, we are running out of space people. Not space people. Space, people.

We can't have eighteen kids anymore. Think of all the waste. Think of all the plastic diapers in the world right now. Just think of it! All that poop wrapped in plastic, wrapped in plastic, wrapped in plastic...wow.

Have you heard of gDiapers or cloth. I pooped into cloth when I was a baby -- I was way into environmentalism.

ANYWAY.

This is what I do and you can too -

1. Recycle paper, glass, plastic and bring it out to your curb every week.
2. Bring cloth bags to Target or wherever you go shopping.
3. Compost your food waste like banana peels, egg shells, green beans, and everything other than meat.
4. Go to the Farmer's Market and buy fresh, local food from farmers in your area.
5. Respect the Earth and animals we share it with.
6. Turn off your lights!
7. Walk to Target with your cloth bag.
8. Stand up for the Earth!

Happy Earth Day!

I have many problems.
Let's face it, we all do.

But not everyone blogs about them.

I have a problem with Milano cookies, Danish furniture on Craigslist, and Real Housewives of New York City.

What's your problem?

two rooms at a time

In the process of deep cleaning the house. The dining room got the deep clean - dusting, mopping, window cleaning, baseboard scrubbing, drawers and shelves de-cluttered and re-organized. Obviously, cleaning makes Judy exhausted. Working on kitchen cabinets next!

some sorta suburbia

As I walked into the backyard I felt something different.

Something definitely was different.

As I looked around I caught my breath.
I couldn't believe my eyes.
And I smiled with delight!

There was NOT a car parked all the way up in my neighbor's backyard!

Finally, I can feel a little closer to some sorta suburbia where people park in their garages and chemicals kill their dandelions.

Or something like that...



Pay no attention to the DIRT lawn and green WIRE garden fencing all over the table!

one room at a time

I have decided to deep clean one room at a time, so yesterday all by myself, I pushed the living room furniture into the dining room. I dusted, moped, wiped down, re-organized everything in this room. Next room - dining.

still getting wedding gifts!

Joel made this absolutely beautiful custom frame for our wedding gift. He brought it over last night and we love it!

The Polar Bear print we had purchased awhile ago from Threadless (can't find it on their website now though) and it is very important to me.

I care about Polar Bears very very much.

Thanks Joel for being such a great friend!

Click on photo to see more.

plants make your life better

I tend to panic and buy spontaneously when it comes to plants. I never quite know which ones to get or where to get them. I usually pick the wrong kind, water too much or too little, and sometimes they live but most of the time they die.

Today I went to Bachman's and found some plants and pots that I liked and I am going to give it another go! (I went to Home Depot first which proved to be a very sad situation with me holding various packages of garden bulbs of Dahlia's instead of house plants - I finally had to abandon everything in a corner and walk out with a headache).

Regardless of my past plant experiences -- I am going to try very very very hard to keep these babies alive!

Also, did you know that there are three really important houseplants that can improve the air quality in your home? Watch this short video - it is so cool! I found the "Mother in law" one at Bachman's and brought it home with me!

judy sleeps

A few nights ago we set up Gawker to see what Judy is up when she sleeps. Gawker is an application that creates time-lapse movies using a webcam. She starts out on the couch -- look for her white fur...when she disappears she is behind the red chair in the corner of our living room (which you can't see)...I got up at 6:45 am to go to the bathroom, she got up to say hello...around 8 am she is like - are you guys going to get up soon or what?! She moves to our bedroom door and just waits for us (or ufos)!


Judy Sleeps from Anne Ingman on Vimeo.

dear mr. ex-president

Yes, we have come a long way (from G.F'ing.W.) but of course we still have a lot of work to do - regardless of that messy clean up --- I am still so happy, elated, and ecstatic about our new Mr. President!

On a side note I was with my dear dear friend Paige tonight for 'happy hour' and we were talking about Andrew Bird and living in trailers and I happened to mention the pop/rock star Pink. You know, the usual topics of conversation.

Anyway, she was like, "Pink? Who is Pink?"

I was like, "WTF, are you kidding me?"

Anyway, this IS Pink (back in 2006).

Lately I have been buying a lot of tulips. Having fresh flowers in the house makes me happy. I also think it makes me want to keep the house 'tidy' --- but as I look around now, it is not working!

i wrote a poem yesterday and i liked it

So, let's face it. How do I blog after that?

What are the words? What do the words mean now? What can the words be?

I mean, life is ordinary. Extraordinary but ordinary.

I mean, I was just at LA Fitness in Midway sweating on an elliptical machine next to strangers from around the world.

But then a friend told me tonight that she felt left out of my life not having Internet at home. She can't read my blog. I told her that it was okay. BUT.

I mean, WTF, no Internet at home. It is 2009. But whatever. Choice is choice and choose your choice.

So here I am. And there you are.

No matter what. We have that.

And it is OKAY.

Hallefuckinlulia, right?

a poem or something like it for monday almost afternoon

I can tell things are changing.

Outside, inside, everywhere.

Walking through sketches of branches I had a moment, a few actually, that made me think.

About you, about me, about the honey bee. Just listen. LISTEN.

The river wraps around the branches. And things get muddy. Very muddy.

But where does all this water go?

Don't worry about the mud. It is in the right place.


The tide will change.

And the river flows back to the banks.

The point is, it is not up to us to decide.

It might be up to me but probably gravity.

I never knew how strong a fallen tree could be. Until it fell right in front of me.

Scared the shit out of me!


Things are changing.


And the truth is salty water never tasted good anyway.

Just so you know, I went there.

I went somewhere you can't find.

And it was beautiful.

weekend judy

Corralling two (sometimes three) old racquetballs is her form of herding sheep.

I made chocolate chip cookies on Tuesday night but just a half batch.

I put them on the top shelf of the cupboard thinking it would impair my ability to eat five to six at a time.

I started using the step ladder to reach them.

My name is Anne and I am a sugaraholic.