#100

oh MY! this is my one HUNDREDTH post!!

i can't believe it.
i think blogs are *so* cool.
it's like these little pieces of your life that you otherwise wouldn't remember.
and now that there's blurb, you can make a book out of it!
a different form of scrapbooking... cool man!

recent and usual obsessions:
- publix spinach dip
- keeping busy, to-do lists
- tea
- glitter
- talking to family

sooo, this is going to be my last post..


..at this address! hehe. come on, i just raved about blogs and how cool they are!
not a big fan of this server anymore, though.
been having lots of problems lately, and it's difficult to find help.

HERE IS MY NEW BLOG!! :)
and happy 100 to me!

ETA: you'll notice that my new blog is still slightly in progress. does anyone know how to remove the title on top of my banner? thank you!

shellinator!

my friend shelley is here to visit for the weekend... we've had so much fun!

chain of events:
thurs: potbelly's
fri: laid out, went to lunch, then happy hour at pot's. thennn at night we went to my cousins' house for a party and out to baja's.
sat: shelley (the hairmaster) hooked me up with some color. pics later! i had to work tonight :( but i was ridiculously exhausted anyway.













































































isn't my shellbell the cutest?! i'm going to miss her so much :(

brighten-your-day tip #133

think of something to try and alleviate the pressure of some of your more mundane, difficult, or dreaded tasks. today i went out early and picked up bagels and coffee to enjoy while doing some homework.

some other suggestions:

- do the dishes with your ipod

- do your chores during the commercials of your fave TV show. by the time the show is over, you'll have a clean room and be able to scrap! :)

- dance your way around the carpet with a vacuum

what do you do to make your chores less boring?

p.s: i thought this was a tad hilarious. (see bottom 3 lines, highlighted portion.) pahahahah.

my happy place.

this is like, my favorite place in the world.
and i sleep right next to it every night.

cool man!

i found $24 in the laundry today!!!

scrap time?! what?!

YES.
last night and tonight. YIPEE!!
while watching seasons 1-3 of the O.C.
i freaking love that show.
at the moment, kirsten is battling alcoholism and ryan thinks marissa is sleeping with his brother.

anyway... will scan/post some stuff tomorrow :).

tomorrow, i have off.
meaning, no school AND no work.
NO JOKE!!!!

however, i have some stuff to do (of course.)
- lab report and module one for OLC
- study for GREs (that's on the list every day)
- barbeque? blah.
- gym

SO! for every hour that i spend doing the above, i get 2 hours in my studio :).
that's a good plan.

does anybody else make to-do lists every day?
i also write things on the list just to cross them off.

xxo

greatness.

these are the things that have been stressing me out, more lately, than i have ever been stressed out in my life. (does that make sense?)

1. graduation
2. studying/registering for/taking GREs, this test that basically determines my entire academic and professional career
3. ridiculously hard classes this semester/insane amount of homework
4. recovering from a breakup
5. grad school applications... choosing where to go.. choosing a program
6. having all of my roommates move out at once, leaving me with new ppl i don't know
7. best friend moved away
8. work
9. money (lack of)

soooo life isn't that peachy right this minuto.
but get this.
i was driving in my car yesterday down tennessee and i came to this great no wonderful realization. in three months, i will be graduated (1,3). i will be moved out of tallahassee (4,6,8). i will (hopefully) have already been accepted to the graduate program which is (hopefully) right for me (2,5).

how cool is that?!

my feet burnnn.

- haven't been to the gym in i honestly have no clue how long
- or out dancing in days, which seems like too long.

my last semester :(.
trying to live it up...
kind of bummed that everyone is going to orlando tomorrow and i can't go due to work-related incidents. and by incidents i mean i have a shift on saturday from 3-10 pm. BOOOO!!!! guess i shouldn't complain though, since i legit had to break in to the piggy bank tonight to afford cover charges. where there's a will, there's a way :).

but i do love my girlies :) and boys.
please ignore sweat/ridic end-of-night hair. it comes with the 15.8 billion freshman that have been flooding our clubs lately... also, refer back to dancing statement.
xxo

"most people she doesn't tell...

about the tightrope
because she doesn't want to listen to
their helpful comments on the ground."
- brian andreas


sooo. today was my first day of school! ever. i mean, my last, first day ever. well, except for grad school i guess. i can't believe that i'm graduating in december!
i went to my advisor today, just to be sure all my credits are in order. and o m g they are!!
it went a little something like this:

me: hi, um, i just wanted to like, see if all my credits and stuff were in order so i could, well you know, graduate college.
tricia: yeah dude. you're good to go. congrats man!
me: aw, man. i was hoping you would tell me that i had like, another year to go.
tricia: nah dude, sorry.

i don't actually talk like that (i think.)
she does. tricia rocks :).

my day was very very long, as all mondays will be. to make a long story short, my first class is in Psych building ONE (which is like, the top left corner of a layout, right?) and my second class is in Psych building TWO (bottom right corner) and my third class is back in PB ONE (top left again.) who knows.
i legit could not keep my eyes open when i got home and took a way-too-long nap.

and some linkage...
you may have seen these before, but since i hadn't until today, maybe you haven't either, right??
http://www.1000journals.com
http://ohxcrap.blogspot.com
http://thisismejournal.blogspot.com

xxo
have a great week!

1-10?!

that is waay too long of a shift to be at work today! waay to long.

well... i guess i'll share some stuff before i leave! :)

note to self...

please stop doing stuff like this:



















































as much as it does calm you down.

some of my fave quotes today!!

"you have to remember, what comes easily goes just as easily." -boy meets world

"just like things could always be better, they could always be worse. count your blessings." -me

ETA: "life doesn't wait. why should you?" -commercial

i should probably start posting some stuff...

please take note of the clean desk behind the stack of finished LOs.

today is going to be a good day.

it's christmas in august!!!

i returned to tallahassee today...

and my mailbox...

and this wonderful sight!!

if this next one doesn't inspire you, please comment with what does!

the surprise love letter that chris left in my room while i was away.. not so cool. yeah, that was easy to read.

must... go...scrap :). PS... totally going to scan some of the cool stuff i've made this summer! keep an eye out :)

one year!!

my mom comes down to florida to visit at the end of every summer... it's a wonderful time! :)

after our return last year, i started typing out my thoughts. i added photos, art, and stories. one year later, this is my blog :) :).

you may have noticed some changes! i made the colors lighter and brighter (it seems happier and more upbeat somehow) and edited/added some of the sidebar links. check em out! hmm what else... i plan on getting back into posting regularly (every day?) again. after being away for the summer and the turmoil of events that have unfolded since i've been back, i haven't had much time. i changed my pic, and made some other small changes too! i liiike.

so! trip with mom was fab, as always. here are some visuals:














































and yes, this IS toby keith.

at dad's

not really sure what to blog about or talk about, trying to heal a broken heart, not easy..

it's my first day back in america

and it feels weird!
did not expect this.
this summer has brought so many unexpected feelings.
more later!

one of my favorite things

about summer in general,
but particularly this summer...

is that it affords me the chance to read.
a lot.

so here are some recent recommendations for you...
hopefully, you can recommend something back to me?

i've also read a little jodi picoult and zadie smith's "on beauty." it was clearly more entertaining than in touch (i miss in touch.) but not crazy enlightening.

i'm about to start

and one last thing...

this site is cool.

have a nice weekend... i'm off to rome :) :).

and the good news is...

well, i'm traveling europe for the summer. so obviously, this post could get very very long.

but the real good news is: despite the fact that i have posted twice since being in europe, i have been keeping a pretty intensive journal. kind of like anne frank. but not. so even though it seems like i am MIA and so wrapped in this lifestyle that i've forgotten to do what i do... i have not. quite the contrary, in fact.

i can't wait to get back in the swing of things... but for now, it's very important for me to live every moment.

so, until next time... :)

greetings from greece!

seriously amazing here! if you ever get the chance to travel europe, hit up the greek islands. we went from athens to mykonos to ios to santarini and it's beautiful, gorgeous, incredible. finally on my way to italia after a month of traveling... yipee!! :)

happy birthday to me!!

...from amsterdam!

hehe. actually, it was last night! we had fun partying.

much more homesick than i ever thought possible.. not enough time to talk about it though! more later.

xox :)

some more pics...

i am so obsessed with these girls.

love being home with my family...

i came on saturday morning, had my party, hung with bre, went to a family bbq on sunday at pinx's, out to bridgeview on sunday night, shopping with mom on monday, and waiting for mom to come home today :). YAY!

xo

i love being home!

rollercoaster of emotions...

sad.
to leave chris.
my friends.
and my studio.
for over two months.

happy.
to be home.
to see my family
and have my birthday party.
to see kristen and breanne,
even if we didn't scrap.
to open my bday pressies.
even though my birthday isn't until june 8th.

excited.
to go to europe.
to be cultured and "coutured" out.
to meet new friends.

pics to come...

so cool!

you can find said rub-ons at scrapgal.com :). they are awesome!

my to-do list

*today.
book return flight from italy
clean car, oil change
online course
clean room
contact DT and CJ
update EHD (also, learn how.)

*someday soon.
pack for trip
pedicure
laundry
go to card center at school
clean house
get all travel docs/money in order for europe
purge closet and studio
plato's and goodwill
make cj pieces
make and mail DT stuff

*someday.

make a budget

upload photos to kodak.

read all the books on my list

learn more digi stuff, including how to make and upload a banner

make a bunch of generic cards and gifts

organize my cd's

make clothes

get rich.

this made me feel good.

jumped in the car today to go pick up the mail.

(i do that, because it's pretty far from my house. especially when i'm in my slippers and pj's. sans bra.)

there goes my life was on the radio, and as it ended, the D.J. goes,

"not a dry eye in the house after that one."

i love that, because i cried so hard when that song was over.

it is so touching. and he sings it so well.

although following the "not a dry eye in the house" comment, D.J. then goes,

"if you're a father."

ok whatev.

i might not be a father but i'm still a woman! and i love babies. and sad songs. and kenny.

















also, quick poll. how many of you receive cosmo? how many college aged women do you think subscribe to this mag? i passed the mail bucket today in my complex and it was full of a huge stack of the june issue. huge! i was a little taken aback.

ok, off to read my new cosmo! :)
xo

i have a list.

actually, i have lots of lists.
but this one goes a little something like this:

1. this bag in green and black.
2. these. yum.
3. this for europe.
4. a gift card from here.
5. a whole long wish list here, especially these in a size 8.
6. lots of stuff from here.
7. these.
8. and this.

xo, thebirthdaygirl.

i can't wait to party!

because i love my new dress:

or maybe it's because i just found this is my stash:

my permanent, tentative schedule.

(thanks to felicia for the spelling of "permanent." wow, that's a toughie.)

Here are the summer plans:

Wed, May 23: last day of work!

Fri, May 25: drive to dad's in the A.M. drive with family to ft. lauderdale.

Sat, May 26: fly to mom's in the A.M. my b-day party at night!!

Sun, June 3: fly back to ft. lauderdale. hang out with G.G.

Tues, June 5: meet marissa and christian. head to the airport and fly to amsterdam!

Fri, June 8: TURN 21!!!

Mon, June 10: fly to greece! take ferries (?) around the different islands. take lots of pics. lots.

Thurs, June 21: fly to italy!!! travel, take pics, meet foreign people, speak italian, shop, wear chic clothes, go out... oh and yeah. take classes.

this is where it gets seriously tentative, mom. i will edit as i know more:

Thurs, Aug 2: fly back to ft. lauderdale. hang with the fam for a little bit... hopefully see chris :).

Sat, Aug 11: fly to tampa. meet mom there and drive around florida... see some stuff. maybe ride some rides?!

Sat, Aug 18: fly back to tally.

Sun, Aug 19: go back to work. and boring, mundane, simple life.

WOW!!!!!
made me tired just writing that.
no, seriously.
g'night. xox

for all mankind.

i'm in love!

with so many things right now...
my family
my friends
chris
scrapbooking
"friends"
amazon

but most recently... i'm in love with THESE!!:















and i justify this purchase in several different ways.
1. i haven't eaten out at all this week (and barely at all last week.)
2. i've never spent this much on jeans.
3. i've been using a lot of coupons lately on stuff (saving money, and one could say this money i've saved has added up to form an imaginary account, which has paid for the jeans, so in essence... these jeans were free!!
4. i bought a second pair of jeans with these ones because they were American Rag (my fave brand) and on sale... and they rang up for a little over $10!!!!!!!!!! woooo hooo!!
but most of all...
4. i've been working my ass off every day for the past couple of weeks!! i think i deserve a little splurge, don't you? (mom, don't answer that.)

yay for love ♥ .

24 hour scrap-a-thon!!

is there anything better?!

felicia and i had soo much fun.

watched a ton of movies, including but not limited to:

pocohontas

beauty and the beast

the holiday

legally blonde 2

talladega nights

stick it.

made some stuff :).

yay!

here's some kenny pics :)

but keep in mind we were sitting in the balcony! hehe.

when the sun goes down, we'll be feelin' alright!

amazingg.
last night i went to the kenny chesney concert. i got some seriously great pics and some short video clips.. even though we were far from the stage. fell in love with my camera all over again. PS, i could just spread kenny on a cracker. will update with pics later...

also... remember that "rulebook for future children" i was working on? (see teaser/disclaimer here.) i finished! it's posted and you can view it in entirity here! :)

and thanks to the peas, i visited a LSS today in jacksonville, fl: scrapbooks. cool girls and huge store!! yay! chris was so sweet. surprised me by taking me there... i thought we were going home first thing this morning b/c he wasn't feeling well. we also ended up driving around and visiting an a.c. moore!! love him :).

damn. that's a lot of linkage. and because i am *such* the effer dare whore... here's one more. could NOT pre-order that fast enough.