straight from nyc...

have a wonderful weekend! :)

me thinks me's an idiot.

okay SO.
first off.
THANK YOU!
to RONDA for making my sweet banner and
to KARLA for helping me post it!
for so much help with the banner.
although i don't know why the top is cut off.
i tried resizing the image to make it smaller but it didn't work.
maybe i'm just not meant to have a banner.
or i'm just dumb.
:(.
also, i have my Archiving set to monthly, but all my posts still show when you open the blog.
whatever..

secondly, i posted a couple of LOs at 2Ps... they excite me :).
i also made a mini album that i love, but since my camera is broken i'm having a hard time getting pics up. but i will :)!

oh, not feeling any better.
cool... i just coughed up a lung as i was typing this and got phlegm on my pajama shirt.
how gross does this virus have to be?
seriously.

oh, speaking of seriously.
if i was any more obsessed with GREY'S i would most likely stalk the studio or something.
thursday night i was napping, but i had my alarm set for 8:55 to watch it.
well the alarm happened to wake me up from a luscious dream about McDreamy and i turn on the TV and there he is, naked in a bathtub. like... why, God? you dangle temptation in front of us like there is no tomorrow, and all i want to do is just.... mmm. that would be TMI. but you know what i mean ladies, right?

yes, you do.
so i leave you with this, the pic that i wake up to on my desktop every morning and kiss before bed every night:

i will be here...

aka NYC...

aka home...

in 3 days :).

yessss!

do you think this is a lot of albums?

because not counting gift albums (and there have been quite a few) or the ones i have made since this photo was taken in august (about 3 more full 8.5x11 albums)... this is my current stash! :) isn't this a fun pic? you should all take one like it, with all your albums! be sure to let me know if you do.

i can't believe it's been over a week since i've updated!? i've been sick in bed with a bad cough and whatever kind of virus is currently residing in my body :(. wahhh.

i didn't get any banner answers.. i think i should have reworded the question. it had nothing to do with the fact that i couldn't get that certain photo to load on my blog. i just wanted to know how to post a pic of a banner. thank you to those who tried though :-D

it's 6:02 p.m. and i'm just getting out of bed.

gotta love sundays.

and college.

calling all banner-makers!! :)

please help.
i would be eternally grateful.
look at this cute little face.
okay, so that's not actually me.
it's my beautiful goddaughter Ellen.
but it won't let me load the one of me with the cute begging face :(.
so would ya be a doll and help me anyway?
i'm really not picky!

and another question, why is every post i've ever written showing up on my page? how can i make it so that only this month's posts show?!

thank you friends!!!

trick or treat!

so i've spent the past like 6 hours doin' that sidebar thang.
but hopefully it will save me some time, you know, when i'm bloggin'!
WOOOO!
check out the links if you haven't already....
got some good stuff over there!
lots of creative inspo.

anyway, happy halloween!
we do it up here with costumes, parties, lots of tricks and treats!
and all the girls have a major excuse to dress slutty
(as if we need one at Florida State)
here's a little costume montage.. the pirate wench one was my actual Halloween night costume:

it's like christmas morning up in hurrr....

however, i'm still waiting for my camera to be fixed and returned to me :(.
so the photos are less than perfect.
because i took them with my razr phone.
don't you love my loyalty to the blog though?

these are packages i've received in the past two days. i don't think anything makes me happier or more excited than this site. chris laughs at me because i act so shocked and surprised when i open the box... like i didn't place the order myself ;).





these were orders from 2PEAS and SCRAPBOOK.COM and AMAZON.COM.
gotta love that hambly. to pieces.












this is over $200 of "older" KI Mems stuff that i bought for $26 (and free shipping). you can find this sweet deal HERE.












this flippin' awesome Halloween package from the raddest mom evah. including a homemade card that she signed the back of with my trademark siggy. love that lady.










last but not least, i went shopping. got a bunch of cool shit too. WOOOO! :D

buy this.

THIS is a fab book.

1. great LOs for inspo
2. great LO ideas.
3. uncut, raw, real life stuff.
4. some of my fave scrappy friends all up in that.
5. sooo many peas' fab work.

i ordered it from AMAZON and it came to less than $20 and was here in just a couple of days.

don't blame me for not warning you!!! :D :D

i've been gettin' my scrap on

this weekend.
and it feels good!
:)

i posted like 10 new LOs at 2peas!
check em out if you get a chance :).

i've been trying to blog for a couple of days now but it hasn't let me. how annoying is that? so i've been reading other blogs and finding like a hundred that i love and have bookmarked. wish i could link em to the side but it's way hard!

it's been a good weekend... went out thursday night (to pub of course), got a lil (lot) crazy.
scrapbooked on friday.
went to the game yesterday to see my noles lose:












and as expected, tally was pretty dead after that. so i came home, watched some movies, and scrapped. not bad if you ask me. i watched "what lies beneath", "runaway bride" (with, ah! christopher meloni!), "american beauty" (weirdest movie ever)... and some other stuff.
went to bed around six, wooo!
i'm officially insomniac.

i think i've outdone myself.

as far as my own personal judgements go, at least.
this is probably one of my favorite LOs i have ever made.
well it's at least in top 5.
of anything, (being praised, DT work-related stuff, being offered money to scrap for ppl), my *fave* feeling of joy and accomplishment is when i make something that *i* truly enjoy, something that speaks volumes to *me*.
so without further ado.

















to be honest (yes, i'm still talking about this same LO) the scan doesn't show it's true colors.
that saddens me.
in fact, i've come up with the title to my next LO.
"my scanner is a piece of shit."
by amy lapi.
i've hung this in my room and it truly brightens the place up to me.
i'm seriously still talking about this LO?
please shut me up.

what else can i share tonight?
oh.
i got a B on my last spanish test.
absolutely unacceptable (i rock at spanish, i've been taking it for years, i'm a natural, chris speaks spanish, i live for reggaeton music, i really really want to do as well as possible in this class because i really really want to be fluent en espanol.)
SO.
i spent four hours tonight (and several hours over the past few nights) studying.
not used to this. we'll see how it goes.

OH!!!
let's talk project runway for un minuto caliente.
friggin jeffrey.
i can't believe it.
then again, i can.
i'm just happy this psycho didn't win:

















yes, i am fully aware of the maturity level i currently posess.
but feel free to remind me.
:)

4:21 A.M. now. might actually attempt some real sleep tonight.
sweet dreams lovies!!
xo

i have this dilemma.

scrap or sleep?

it's such an issue.
it really is.
current time: 4:37 A.M.
this is not strange.
in fact it's an every night occurance.
this is when my mojo hits.

so i guess there's really no dilemma at all :).

to pretty much sum up life today...

* turkey, ham, cheese rolled up with mayo.
* miss mom and nuni and gg.
* stressed out about money, or lack thereof.
* loving the above LO.
* enjoying my day off.
* feeling nauseated every time i think about my KMA submission.
* hoping for some comments :).
xo

Team Michael!

for PROJECT RUNWAY, that is.
be sure to tune in tonight.
i swear if pscyho laura wins, i'll go ballistic.
like, i'll run around my complex in my underwear screaming obscenities.

i am sooo tired.
i slept out last night... and clocked like 4 hours. not even.
that is soooo not enough sleep for the girl who eats her breaky at 5 pm.
and now i have to go BACK to school!! for more.

off to spanish class to stare at the hot guy in front of me.
i mean to learn spanish.

xo!

guess what?!

i'm so damn lazy. seriously, i probably wouldn't get out of bed in the morning if my scrap table wasn't all the way across the room. so anyway, i've never applied for any DTs or contests or anything. but i've enjoyed being on the Scrapbooking in Paradise DT so much (they contacted me) that i want more! soooo i'm going to start by submitting to a HAMBLY call for a guest DT member. because i seriously LOVE hambly these days. like, i dream about it. the contest can be found here at PUB CALLS. so here's my subs:







and HERE is my new storage solution! i like having most of my fave rubs and alphas here in one place. i got this at TARGET for like 5.99 :) yay!!

some fabulous lyrics of the moment.

"I thought I'd forget you
But I guess I forgot to
And lately I've been too confused to think
When I reach for someone new.. it's like I'm touching you."
- colin raye, "i can still feel you"

"As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came.."
- the fray, "how to save a life"

"I gave you my love in vain
My body never knew such pleasure
My heart never knew such pain
You leave me so confused
Now I'm all cried out, over you."
- allure, "all cried out"

and some kick-ass songs i'm loving ALL lyrics to:
- carrie underwood, "before he cheats"
- david grey, "this year's love"
- five for fighting, "100 years"
- everlast, "what it's like"
- staind, "it's been awhile"
- hinder, "lips of an angel"
- taylor swift, "tim mcgraw"
- incubus, "i miss you"

i'm all about the old goodies.

i'll be back with more shortly :) if you don't have every one of these songs, do yourself a favor and get them :)

scrap-a-lap goodness

get it? scrap-a-LAP? amy LAPi? :)
i'm funny.

so i've gotten back into some scrapping lately, thank God cause i was about to go insane. i've tried a few things that i've been wanting to try for a while:







black and white with a splash of color

this color scheme, in the words of vincent libretti: gets me off. also love that creativity/art quote.

i've also ordered a bunch of stuff lately, from the following goodness:

A CHERRY ON TOP
ISLANDGIRL
PURPLE ONION
SCRAPBOOK PAPER

(click for linkage.)

YAY!

on a less joyful note, i have *so* much to do today. how annoying is it when you do 6 loads of laundry (i don't do laundry very often) and you're like YES! i'm done with the loads. but then you still have to FOLD it and put it AWAY!! dangit. mine usually sits in piles around the room for a couple months as shown by a fellow scrapper HERE. very good page, eh?! i also have to go food shopping (never happen), put together some stuff to bring to the PO yesterday (rolodex swap stuff, presents and RAKs for people, cards.. sometimes i feel like i work in a correspondance office). i also have a ton of homework, cleaning, etc. i bet i won't do anything but scrap. it's SUNDAY people! even God rested on the seventh day.

:)
x0
*AMY*

i've missed the blogging world! i've made some positive changes to my blog, such as stalkerisms on the side. my mind went blank while adding those stalking links, but if we've talked on blogger or i've mentioned that i love your blog, i would looove a comment reminding me to add you to my list! i'm working on adding some more cool stuff :) i still can't figure out how to add titles to my posts. there is no title box when i "create a new post". oh well!

* i didn't join a sorority. i didn't get a bid from the one i wanted... sororities are a huge investment, both emotionally, socially, financially... and if it's not what i *really* want... then i'm not doing it. it's okay, because i'm a junior and i kind of expected to be let down. it hurt, but i'm pretty much over it. only because i have already made so many fabulous friends here at FSU. i felt super-sorry for the freshman who were let down, because they feel like they have no-one here.

* tomorrow marks the end of the second week of school. wow! time flies by so fast! i feel like i don't even know what my classes are *about* yet.. lol! i'm taking:
- psych and law (yippee!)
- schooling third world countries (thought it would be a woohoo but it's a boo)
- spanish 2 (actually getting hard)
- psych DIS (i run experiments in a lab for a grad student. kind of fun but totally time consuming)

* my girl jen at ISLAND GIRL SCRAPWEAR is having a big sale, and they have some awesome tees. i ordered a couple tonight... gotta love the "size matters?" one. haha.

* PANDORA is probably the coolest site around right now. you type in the name of an artist that you love, and they play random songs by that artist and artists (whom you may or may not know of) who sound similar to the one you entered. some great stuff going on over there.

* "flintstones sour gummies" vitamins are so yum. and a great source of health! recommended for children and adults alike.

* i forgot how much love hurts. does time really heal things? :-
xo
:)

just popping in to say hi.. i'm having the busiest week ever, i'm rushing the sororities at my school and it' s just like nonstop, 12 hour days :-O it's ridic!!

but i will be back in a few days.. have a wonderful week <3

ahhh!

i am sooo excited! i got the greatest package from my SSS! she is so awesome and sweet! i am so lucky to have been matched up with someone so great! here is a (not so great) pic of the stuff:

WOW!! thank you so much superspy!! you're the best!

something else that currently makes me happy right now:

don't know if you can see the tag but it was on sale at AF for $9.90!! WOO HOO!

<3

thanks so much for your help with my last questions! i really appreicate it! i just have one last question.. how do you keep up with everyone's blogs that you love?! i want to read everyone's but is there a way to keep them in the same place so i could just click on them all?!

sooo i had a busy, but great, week! my mom spent 8 days in florida (from NY) because i have THREE WEEKS off from school! and then it's back for fall semester. WOW the summer flew by (at times, i thought it would never end... i was at school by myself for 3 months.) anyway, mom and i drove to tampa, clearwater beach, sarasota, and then back to tallahassee! it was so great spending time with her... i miss her even more now :(. here are a couple of my fave pics (after playing in PSE of course):

so yes. it was much fun! and i am a little proud of my photos :) :)

does anyone else love PROJECT RUNWAY? i'm watching it right now. tim gunn just told uli that her dress was gorgeous. OMG and he told jeffrey that his dress was stunning! is he on drugs? lol! i never hear him say stuff like that. oh okay, he's back to criticizing vincent. who i don't like anyway so that's good. ohhh no. my two faves (kayne and alison) have not created pretty pieces. yikes.

ohhh! today was the submission day for LAST SCRAPPER STANDING round 2! the dare was to use *13* photos exactly. i was immediately turned off (i usually use one!!) but i thought for a while and actually like what i came up with. here it is!

the acrylic letters at the top left say "please". i just hate my scanner. i don't know how to fix these kinds of things when i post my LOs. oh well :(.

one more thing and i'll shut up! i finished my last week's book yesterday: PREP by curtis sittenfeld. i HATED it until the very last chapter, and then i LOVED it! it got... good! very dirty and sexual. but GOOD! lol. i would recommend reading the last chapter and that's it. at least that's how i would have done it. which is weird because i usually love every book i read lol! i am now about to start VANISHING ACTS by jodi picoult. i've heard good things about her!

well i am FINISHED blogging for the evening! lol. thanks for listening and for any comments! i think next i will post an online survey about me. that sounds like fun :)

have a wonderful wednesday! and don't forget to watch WORKOUT right after PR! it rocks! :D