Somebody got a new life jacket for this summer's swim season
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Its official!
Remember how I was flipping out because we had to move in a couple days and we still hadn't found a place to live? Well two days ago Jon saw an ad on craigslist for a really cute place and he told me he was going to check it out after work. Which meant I didn't get to see it. I was fine with it, I trust him. Well it turns out that Jon thought the place was just perfect. So he put in an application because we didn't have the luxury to hem and haw.
Well last night we found out that we got the apartment...and I hadn't even seen it yet. Gulp. The manager told us we had to meet him today to sign the lease. So Jon went to work and I decided to drive up to the city and meet him at the apartment. No prob right? I thought so too.
But as my departure time approached I felt anxiety looming. And then BAM, just like that I was sobbing and my throat started to close up and I felt like barf was imminent. Did I mention that I was at Jiffy Lube? Because I was. If ever you want to make a room full of men feel horribly awkward have a panic attack while they are changing your oil, it will work like a charm.
I don't know what came over me but it was as though everything was happening so fast. I called Jon, my mom and got some much needed moral support from twitter (seriously, you guys are the best) and eventually I calmed down (with a headache and exhaustion as a nice little souvenir) and made it to meet Jon in San Francisco.
It turns out I was right to trust Jon-the new place is amazing. It has hardwood floors, great light, cute little accents-I can't wait to share it all with you guys. He really did a fabulous job picking out our new little apartment.
Sigh, I am so exhausted but feeling much better than I did at the beginning of the day.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Day 23: A Photo That Reminds You Of Childhood
When I was a wee sass I loved laying in the grass and finding pictures in the clouds and then making up stories about them.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Nostalgia
This past weekend my family got together for a BBQ celebrating our Dads. My cousins, brothers, parents, grandparents and uncle filled my parent's backyard with laughter and stories. My cousin's gave Papa a photo album filled with pictures from when we were all little. We passed the album around the back yard, each of us with a different stories to go with the pictures.
There were pictures of my mom pregnant with my brother's-they will be 21 in a couple of weeks. I sat back and asked a question that I think everyone probably asks at one point or another..."Where has the time gone?" Since then I have been marinating in a deep pool of nostalgia. I keep recounting how I can practically hear the giggles from my little brothers and cousins playing around at my grandparents house during holidays and birthdays. I can also hear my high pitched commands I had of my littler family members, as I was at the least 5 years older than all of them. It feels like yesterday, I think in a certain part of my brain truly believes that those moments were just yesterday because when I go to that place in my mind its like I am there again.
Really though, where has the time gone?
A draining bathtub can be traced to a swirl and then followed down a series of pipes. The sun slips beneath the horizon and re-emerges on another one. But time, time slips by in measurement of stealth hours and days. And before you know it they gang up and become months, years even. It obviously takes an investment of an unconscious patience but when I look back its as though it happened in a beat of a heart.
When I think about the fact that 20 more years from now, fate willing, I will look back on this time in my life and wonder how exactly I got from here to there, it feels as though I am looking down from a very tall building. A dizzying idea that is almost too much to comprehend. But I guess that just means that I need to do myself a favor and live in the moment as much as possible so that 20 years from now I have something good to look back on.
What bits of nostalgia do you find yourself remembering?
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Sensibly Sassy and the Amazing Book Series
It may have taken me six months to do but I finished the Harry Potter series. Huzzah!
I owe some apologies to all that suggested I read these books years ago. "NO", I protested, "those are kids books!"Well friends I was wrong. Those books are fantastical, well written, and so very easy to love. But now that they are over there is a bit of a void. Did anyone else experience this?
I miss me some Harry, Ron and Hermione.
And Then....
Just as I started to get the sads from the Harry Potter series being over I heard about J.K. Rowling's new website... POTTERMORE.com Apparently she bought the domain two years ago and just launched it recently. Well if you visit the website there really isn't much to see but when you click the owls it brings you to Youtube and there is a countdown, which is currently at 1 day and 17 hours, until J.K. Rowling announces...something. I'm not sure exactly what yet but I have some theories: maybe it is a new book series that talks about adult Harry, Ron and Hermione OR it could be a spin off series with the new class of Hogwarts....ahhh I can't wait!
Have you read the Harry Potter series? What do you think? Any ideas as to what J.K. could be announcing?
Day 21: A Sunset
The sun was setting nice and late the other day and I thought I would take advantage of the pretty sight for the photo challenge. I snapped this picture as I walked Frank back to the apartment after playing Frisbee. The funny thing about this picture is that the orange orb you see is not the sun, it is a light on the parking garage. The actual sun is behind said parking garage. ha!
Monday, June 20, 2011
This and That
Oddly enough I am not all that stressed. Yet. I have this weird calm about the whole process. Like I know things will work out in the end, I just have to wait for the the outcome to come to us. I know, it sounds weird but I really like it.
Lets see what else. My boycott of dairy has been going really well. I don't even miss it all that much and my mom says she can already see a difference in my face and it has only been a week. Which is awesome because I am more than ready to put this accutane behind me. It makes my skin SO sensitive! For instance, I brought all the grocery bags in at once and the straps rubbed on my skin and I was left with this:
YUCK!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Photo 16: Experimenting with Light Trails Or Not! Instead:Here Comes The Sass
Today is supposed to experimenting with light trails on the photo challenge. Well ya see I am taking these photos with my iphone and I just don't know where to start as far as taking "light trail" photos with a phone. So I am going to skip it and talk about the wedding instead. Tralalaaaa!
Ok so I think I might have had my first bridal freak out last night. I'm kind of embarrassed about it actually. But thankfully it happened with one of my best friends so I think she is used to my neurosis. Here's what happened: Ok. So I got my wedding dress. I wasn't expecting to at all. But I put in on and I knew my search was over. Not all of my bridesmaids were there since it was such a surprise to find the dress.
Anywaaaay. Some pictures were taken and I didn't think anything of it. Well Erin showed Carrie (another bridesmaid) the pic of me in the dress the other day, which inherently is no biggie. Carrie is in the wedding and I would want her to see the dress anyway. But then my crazy mind was like oh my goodness what if Erin loses her phone or shows one of the guests and my dress somehow is revealed to Jon. CRAZY I KNOW!!! So I frantically texted Erin and asked her not to show anyone else my dress because I am apparently the second coming of Kate Middleton and the hunt for Bin Laden originated in the design of my dress.
Thankfully Erin is one of my oldest friends in the world and is not shocked by my brand of crazy so she assured me she wouldn't be sending People magazine pictures of my dress. And then I came down from the panic and realized that I was being a little wackadoo. The worst part is that I have been trying to be more bridechilla than bridezilla and I feel as though I miiight have crossed that line, but its like I had no control. ahhhH! Good thing is I am aware of it now so hopefully I won't freak out again.
In other wedding news I am on the hunt for blue shoes. Like these little pretties found here.
But these will do too. But uh they are $3000. And that my friends is silly.
So that is kinda all that is going on around these parts. Honestly moving has kind of pushed aside wedding planning for the moment but I am sure we will be on track in no time.Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Day 15: A Photo Of Whatever I Please
A photo of me and my Maid Of Honor, Serina.
We look as though we couldn't be more different, but in reality we couldn't be more the same.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Day 13: A Photo Edit That I Like
Now I am not sure if this counts as a "photo edit" but I am counting Instagram as a whole as my favorite photo edit. I think it is so neat how you can take the most mundane photo and turn it into something that is interesting to look at. For instance, this photo of my hooves, I mean feet. I was laying on the floor with my legs up the wall (a great yoga relaxation pose-try it) and I was noticing how busted my feet look. So I decided to make my nasty looking feet artsy. Bam! Put it in the ole instagram ap and it is now my hooves with an arty flair!
Music Monday: Our Song
As Jon and I are planning this wedding of ours it has become apparent to me that one of the most important aspects of the whole shebang for me is the music. From what is played at the ceremony to of course the music for the reception. But on this music Monday I thought I would talk about "Our Song". My pal Sarah was talking about her and her husband's song on her blog so I thought I would bring that topic over to these parts.
Back in the day, a whole 12 years ago, when Jon and I got together we were little teenagers and I was in the middle of Nsync mania. Now I am not sure how I accomplished this but I got Jon to agree to our song being This I Promise You by Nsync. I know, I know, cheeseballarama! But if you really listen to the lyrics it is a pretty sweet song. (Might I just add...what is Justin wearing?!)
Well now that we are much more mature we have settled on a song that is definitely ours. Enter Paul McCartney, Maybe I'm Amazed. I know so many people think it is Baby I'm Amazed...but it isn't. This song is just so flipping good!
What is your song?
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Day 12: Experiment with Bokeh
Look,I am taking these photos with my iphone...no bokeh here ok? Instead I will show you a picture of flowers, our wedding flowers!
When I was mulling over the idea of peonies for our wedding I asked Jon whether or no he liked the peonies. He answered with: "Those are cats right?"
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Day 11: Black and White Photo
Our lease is up at the end of the month which means we MUST be packed up and out of here come the first of July. But there is one little issue with that-we haven't found a place to move in to. You see, the rental market in San Francisco is incredibly competitive. For instance, there was a rental that Jon and I really liked posted at 8am, by the time we emailed the owner at 10am to schedule a time to see it, it was already rented out!New place or not we must start packing our stuff up. Now I don't know if it is just me but I always get really sad when it comes to moving. I may be excited about the move (which I am) but there is something about leaving the place we called home that just makes me really melancholy. I was talking to Jon about it the other day and he summed it up really well. He said, "I think it would be odd if you didn't feel a bit sad. We made this place our home and created memories here. It isn't just a place anymore, its part of us and this time in our lives which won't happen again." When he said that it validated my feelings which made me feel less caught off guard by the sads that I felt while packing up.
Am I the only one that gets a little sad when they move?
Friday, June 10, 2011
Day Ten: A Photo Of Whatever I Please AND an Acne update
Here I am waiting for my dermatologist to come in and see me. I looked thrilled don't I? Well the reason I look so glum is because I keep breaking out. Sure, there has been improvement in the way of small little break outs but the hard big ones-not so much. My doctor recommends staying on Accutane for another month-a month longer than we had planned. Honestly, I am not expecting much from this extra month on accutane. I mean, it should be completely cleared up by now.I have decided that I am going to try a little experiment and give up dairy all together. You see dairy and I have a sorted past and I have heard good things from others about giving up dairy and getting better skin. This means I am going to have to give up cheese.
CHEESE!!!
Cheese is like my favorite ever. EVER.
I am going to try it for a month and see what comes of it. I know it is going to be hard but at this point I just want clear skin more than I want cheese. I know, drastic right?
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Movin On Up
A while before we got engaged Jon and I decided that we wanted to move to San Francisco. We chit chatted about how nice it would be to live in the city, take Frank to the bulldog meet ups and start our days in one of the most historic cities in the world. Well we got engaged and wedding planning started immediately. All of this planning kind of distracted us from thinking about moving.
But the other day we turned around and it was June 1st, which meant our lease at our current apartment was going to be done in a month. So that means that come July 1st we will be making the big move to San Francisco. I'll be real with you, I am excited but I am also a little bit nervous. It will be a big change for all 3 of us. I think we are ready though. The question is...is San Francisco ready for us?!
Day 8: A Photo of something close up
I used to wish on these all the time when I was little.
Who am I kidding....I still do
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Day Seven: A Silhouette Photo
I snapped this picture as I was taking Frank out to go potty this morning. It was brought to my attention that I didn't post a link to the entire list of photo challenges-my bad-here it is.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Day Four: A Photo From A High Angle
Being only 5'4" means that high angles that don't involve manmade structures are few and far between. Unless of course your subject is your bulldog.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Photo Challenge Day Two: What I Wore Today
My outfit was unremarkable today so I didn't include a pic of it. But I did love the shoes I wore today. I always love the shoes.
Accutane Update: It's Finally Starting To Work...I think
Last we visited the Accutane Chronicles my doctor had DOUBLED my dose because my skin was being as stubborn as the rest of me. Well the skin on my arms and legs is dry as can be. It itches and flakes and is over all not a fun time. My face is less agitated than it has been in a long time. BUT, I still am breaking out a little bit, which makes me really annoyed because let's be real, it shouldn't be doing that still.
I go to see my dermatologist next week and I am eager to see what she thinks we should do next. While my skin is not nearly as bad as it was when we started these accutane shenanigans, its still not clear skin. Methinks she will keep me on the double dose for another month even though the plan was to be done this month.
SIGH friends. SIGH
The good news is that I am forming a really good habit of moisturizing and putting on sunscreen daily. So there's that.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Photo Challenge Day Three: My Favorite Place To Be
My favorite place to be is the beach. There is something about the ocean that has the ability to simultaneously calm me down and energize me. This picture is from Big Sur the weekend that Jon proposed to me-I know the whole point of the photo challenge is to take new pictures but I didn't have the luxury of being ocean side today. I also love the ocean because of the people I get to enjoy it with, with my family when I was little and now with Jon and Frank. I am so thankful to live so close to the ocean.Where is your favorite place to be?
Photo Challenge Day One: A Photo Of Yourself
Apparently I am a fool for challenges. Remember when I did the 30 in 30ish? Well I am still doing that...I just kinda forgot about it hehe. Sooo yeah.
Well anyway, I was on Pinterest the other day and I saw this neato photo challenge. So I am going to go ahead and try and post a picture here for the next 30 days (along with some frienditas) AND revive my 30 in 30ish challenge...Lofty goals people, I know.
Warning: I will probably be using my iphone/instagram for my photos. Ok here we go, challenge day one:
What I Wore: Color Blocking
You know how color blocking is all the rage these days? No? Well it is, check it. Well, I decided to try it but I'm not so sure about it yet. You see I am not one to shy away from color, now way,I love color. But I am not sure how I feel about it being so WOW, Bang, TaDa!! all at once.
I put these colors together and didn't feel all that ridiculous so that is a good sign. But something in the back of my mind says "this may be a trend you regret going along with". The jury is still out on my color blocking extravaganza.
Tank Top: Old NavySkirt: Victoria's Secret
Have you color blocked out your outfit yet? What are some trends you look back on and regret taking part in?
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