newest purchase.

i have gotten bit by the goodwill bug.

NOW DON'T JUDGE SO QUICK!

been talking with a friend, and she helped me to see the little gems that could be found at goodwill. and since vintage is so chic these days....i figured, i'll give it a go.
callie and i braved it, and i found more than just a little gem. i found EIGHT little gems :) a set of glasses that i think are so ridiculously fabulous i can hardly handle myself. so here a few pictures of the little green guys!
i was a little apprehensive at first. had to put just one of the goblets in my basket to let it marinate for a bit. finally gave in, and im so glad i did!

when i got home, i was watching a new fav of mine, Bones, and my goblets were in the show!!!! they are famous goblets, which makes me love them even more. emily deschanel drank out of my goblets....


ok, probably not, but that's what im going to believe :)

the weepies.

absolutely epic group. they are bringing such joy into my life currently.

i don't even really know how to describe them. but every time i hear their music, my heart swells a bit and i can't help but smile.

i was driving in the car the other day and for some reason, that question popped into my head "so who's your favorite band." UGH. how i loathe that question! it's a question that dumps you right into a box. don't categorize me by music! ew. i guess that is very much a seattle thing. people only know how to relate to each other through music there. ha. funny. no wonder i didn't REALLY fit in.

but i wish someone would ask me that now. cause i currently have an answer. and it's the weepies. go listen to them. they are lovely. in every possible way. :)

new happenings.

my brother would be so proud of me. i felt victory in just clicking the blogger tab on my favorites bar :)
wanted to post some pics of my new little project. the last coat of paint is drying as we speak. i am creating a little vignette for the new house i am getting ready to move into. pictures of that coming in the next....month. boy i wish those girls would move out quite quick.
step one of the project. paint my old kanakuk trunk to a fantastically stormy blue/green. it's called tropical skies. the name of the paint swatch takes high priority in the choosing of paint colors. this one does wonderfully. a little kahlua and cream helps, along with the madonna episode of glee :)
this was the project i finished probably a week or two ago. i modge podged this fantastic paper that my mom and sister in law got me for christmas onto my...
mirror! don't judge the sweatpant look. it's fierce!
im planning on putting my mirror on-top of the trunk to use as a full body mirror.

i like it. and am really excited.
now onto picking out a duvet cover. urgh. i was lazy and didn't order the one i waned from anthro. now im perusing the internet for covers. most interweb surfing sessions end in me feeling as though i need to go shower off the sludge of grossie-ness that comes from websites such as jcpennys.com and beddingsuperstore.com.
yes....i've stooped that low. ugh. absolutely hate admitting that. i've finally narrowed it down to my two favs. a potterybarn teen one, and a target one. time to vote NOW!

Here's the one from target....
Here is the one from
Pottery Barn...

dreaming.

as i was laying in bed the other morning, dozing before my alarm went off, i suddenly heard the slight hint of a guitar playing.

groggy in my mental state, the first image that came to my mind was ashton kutcher playing his guitar outside of amanda peet's apartment, calling out to her in his desperate state of love.

surely. SURELY. this was now happening to me! it was my time...the man of my dreams was coming to get me!

i began to wake a little more, and realized, yes, i really am hearing the guitar...what is that?!

as i walked downstairs, i discovered mom's cd player had been on a timer, and was shouting away at 7 in the morning....

how that timer got turned, i have no idea...but my dreams were dashed. and i giggled to myself.

self pity.

self-pit.y
noun
excessive, self-absorbed unhappiness over one's own troubles.


yes. i am wallowing in self pity currently. as it's dumping down snow...on march 24. i know i know. i should be expecting every little bit of white fluffiness that falls down. after all. i have lived in colorado for 19 years. should be used to it by now.

but i'm not. and it doesn't help, that the parents are in mexico, eating nachos, sipping marg's as carlos saunters around with his tight little white pants, flashing out his "hola hola's."

im thinking of possibly attempting the snow blower. i mean really...if mom can do it...surely i can...right? she has step by step instructions written out. we'll see how brave i feel.

all i really want to do is crank the heat, put on my swim suite, and pretend...maybe my ugg boots too...i mean it is a little on the chilly side as we approach a foot of snow, and the dumping continues. but only in monument. the springs, is clear, and people continue on with their day.

did i mention this is my day off? yeah...i didn't even get a free pass today...it was already planned.

too much snow for the dog to go out and find her way around...how do you deal with that?

I NEED AN ADULT!

granola. not just delicious with yogurt.

now...i refuse to jump into "camp granola." i like being clean, i don't like smelling like hemp. i like shaving my legs. now yes. im making giant blanket statments... i apologize.

but my friend helped me stumble upon a blog, that i am currently seriously enjoying. i'm not really sure why i like it, as the name has nothing to do with who i am, or the stage of life i'm in...but it's still been fun to read. here it is. simplemom.net

i know. i'm not a mom. im not really simple...but it's a great resource for life. and i'm living life. so i partake.

my newest intrigue. natural body products. there were posts on how to make homemade shampoo, deoterant, toothpaste, face wash. and im so intrigued!

im getting into this whole organice lifestyle of food, and really loving it, and seriously thinking about moving that direction in the hair/body products. this could be challenging. considering my deep connection to hairspray...more important, "big sexy hair" hairspray.

baby steps. all about the small victories.

i think my first attempt will be deoterant. i'll let you know how it goes...

don't know if i'm ready to take the dive, but i'll dab my feet in the shallow end...see what i see.

i've lost my mind.

today i was thinking about airplane miles. and how some people have those credit cards that rack up points for airplane's and then you get a free ticket. and i thought to myself...man, i should get one of those cards. cause i could really use the racking up of airplane miles. and then i thought to myself...wait...i have money. i could buy a plane ticket. what "they" really need to discover is some way to rack up time...and then i remembered. oh yes. that's called vacation :) hahahha. my brain needs a break! too bad im not racking up vacation....

patterns?

are you noticing the pattern?

it's another me day. and i just love to blog on me days.

but im slightly perplexed on this me day. i have no idea what to do with myself. i could do laundry----nah. i could go to starbucks and journal---eh. i could go make some fun---meh. see! i'm totally at a loss of what to do with myself.

i spose i could just go finish the 4th season of how i met your mother. yes. that's right. i have watched 4 seasons of this blessed show in....2 months? i mean each night isn't quite right until i have watched/ fallen asleep to an episode of HIMYM!

seriously faithful followers. if you have not seen this show, get your patooty online and start watching. it's just so stinkin good! i die laughing, and although nothing will ever touch friends, i do believe ted, robin, marshall, lilly, and barney do take a very close second.

in other news, i just bought this headband and am quite excited about it.
fun huh! i'm beginning to love flowers and feathers in my hair. new phase? maybe so. but it's deliciously fun!

still looking for new and creative ways to be creative. etsy inspires me daily to get out there and start making things. sew something. i don't know...jury is still out on it all...

off to finish season four and then off to a coffee date. something to look forward to today :)

the great lull.

i am so inspired by other people's blogs, and especially blogs that are an outlet of creativity. so why is it that my blog is neither an outlet of creativity, or inspiring to others. i spose that is merely an assumption.

but i need an outlet for creativity. for so long it was painting. but im caught in a lull of non-creativity in that medium.

what to do....what to do.

oh bullocks.

i want to quit life. wouldn't it just be so gloriously easy if that was the case? but no. life is not so. i must move forward, with ever acknowledgment of what i know to be true inside. and it sucks. but it's life. it keeps happening whether i can stay caught up with it or not. and that's the hard part.

each part of the road is different. some parts are smooth, worry free, and wonderful. other parts are a giant fight to keep the momentum going. sometimes it's totally ok to sit down.

wish it was ok for me to sit down. but this is not the time. it's the time to keep moving forward, digging deeper than i'd like. ugh.

so i shall look at this picture, and dream of the smooth sailing days that i know are to come....i hope. i believe. i dream.
ok. so i pute two pics up, because im slightly obsessed with both of them.

**picture compliments of christina lutze and her ridiculously amazing skills.**

my lungs hate me.

just went on my first run since i moved back to colorado. and let's be honest, by run, i really mean i ran for the first bit, and then started seeing black spots due to the lack of oxygen that was getting to my lungs, and spent most of the rest of the time briskly walking...

my chest feels cold, and my lungs have a nice piercing pain shoot through my chest when i laugh, or cough. but i made it out there! :)

i remember running in seattle, and thinking, man this never felt this easy in colorado. i could never tell if it was because i was in better shape, or because of the altitude. today, im thinking...maybe both :)

i started the new year really inspired to run a marathon. im going to keep working it, and get in the best shape i can. if i end up with a half marathon by the end of the year, that would be awesome too.

in other news, today is a me day. and i love me days. don't feel like i have had one of those in a long time. so im doing the things i love. which today was cleaning up the kitchen, doing laundry, spending time outside, and painting. followed by and expected fantastic time with friends tonight. ahhhh me days. why don't you come more often?! i will love you deeply today though. :)

and since posts are always better with pictures, i give you a sweet memory of a me day.

i miss this. and let's be honest. "me days" in college were full of people, but that was what made up the best days. this particular day. one of the first days of springs, skipping class, ben and jerry's, and wonderful friends at the beach. i miss this.

realization.

i realized today just how much i miss blogging, and painting, and the water. those are at the top of my list atleast. i miss many other things. but these were on my mind today.

water is so inspiring to me. i can look back through journals, and i have poetry all throughout middle school and highschool, that i would write whenever i went somewhere with water. mexico would always conjur up inspiration in me, and i would lay awake deep into the nights writing, dreaming, hoping. i miss doing those things. i have all my painting stuff here, ready for me, but i am just so completely uninspired.

i guess i just really miss being inspired. i love that feeling. i had that feeling a lot when i was unemployed. i guess it was the hope of new things coming, the unsure-ness of it all. i miss it.

and i find myself blogging out of a place of desperate inspiration. when i blogged in college, there was a desperate plea deep inside to know more of me, and the world, and to discover new things...so i blogged.

the bummer about being unemployed was the lack of funds. and now that the funds are flowing, there seems to be a lack of time and brain space. you never can win i guess.

how do i balance these things? im still unsure. any advice? i welcome it. i wish to find the balance again. i wish to find inspiration again, so that my blogs are less rambling, and more dreaming, so that my paints get used, and that my heart feels warm and full once again.


....not that my heart isn't warm or full, it is. just a different sort of warm and full :)

and i shall now leave you with something that inspires me. a lovely blog that i follow, and i save all these pics, because they make my heart flutter at their sheer amazingness...my newest fav.

i know right?! as if any of you are shocked :)

requesting your input...

i am in desperate need of some good new music.

so for the giant masses of people who read my blog, pass on your best new hits, old favs, the ones that inspire, and the ones that pump you up...send me all the goods...

THANKS! :)

J-O-B

I guess I haven't really posted about my job yet.

I have a job! Hooray!

But I miss having all the time in the world to do whatever I pleased, whenever I pleased. All of a sudden, I have an income, I have stability, and no time to enjoy it.

Yes. I suppose that is an overstatement. But sometimes that is how it feels. I guess the grass is always greener.

Love working in the bridal industry! It's quite fascinating. And you never know what each day will look like. Some days, I am running around like crazy, and other days, I am mushing prom dresses on the rack....good lord how prom has changed since my time! But I am thankful. Thankful for sweet friends to work alongside, and really fun environment to work in.

I worked my first bridal show today and it was....CRAZY! hahaha. I had never even been to one before, much less worked one. But it was really fun. I don't even know how to describe them. But there is a funny, crazy, bridal explosion of energy in the room. And this year we didn't have to share the expo center with the gun show! So it was extra bridal-ey.

Im pretty sure I have walked away with a few crazier and odd stories than I had at Starbucks, which is tough to beat! But I love helping a girl find a dress that she feels absolutely beautiful in, and I get to be a part of the little piece of her journey.

Wow. That sounded extra cheesey. :)

cheating on organic.

I have begun to eat completely organic food. And am absolutely amazed at how different my body already feels. Whether I like it or not, I have crossed over. Good bye easy, quick, msg filled food. It's been a great 24 years, but my body hates me for loving you.

I have had minimal cheat days, and those days are brutal. My tongue is happy for just a quick moment, and then my body takes over. So I try to keep those days to a minimum.

Today was one of them. Out of my control, it became a cheat day, so I indulged all day knowing I would be back on track just in time for dinner. And boy was it delicious. Worth it? Eh. Jury is still out on that one. After my fantastically organic dinner, I was craving something sweet, and those organic dried apple chips just weren't cutting it. I scoured the house, and found these.

And I thought to myself. Wow! It's been a really long time since I've had chocolate! I deserve a little chocolatey treat!

And as I indulged on semi-sweet chocolate chips and marshmallow's, I recalled the M&M's I'd had just a few hours before....ooooops. Guess it hadn't really been THAT long since I'd had chocolate. :)

Ringin in the new year.

let's be honest. my new years eve was not note worthy in any way! it was ironic, and awkward, and just absolutely brutal. i thought this picture did it justice.
my new years resolution among others is to actually have a good new years eve next year.

new camera. new pics. new new new.

i keep not blogging. i don't like it. i have no excuses...except that life got busy...like i said...not an excuse not to blog. so im doing it. here comes the fun adventures of auntie julia and the crazy neph's...

*all pics compliments of my new camera!*

one really fun thing we did....we took these crayons.



and turned them into these crayons!

how cool are they?! karyn and i were pretty proud of ourselves.... we kind of took over the project while the boys were sleeping..this is them when they woke up.

jamey was not in the mood to take pics so me and jack went at it. this is his current favorite picture face. :)


i told him to do a different face, and this is what i got.


:) i wrangled him in for a good pic...

and somehow grabbed jamey and got a good pic out of the deal too....miracle!

hello time!

"wow. i can't believe it's 2010." probably one of the most cliche statements made these days, now that i think about it, but i don't care:) im still shocked. never thought i'd make it past....2004, much less diving full fledged into the double digits.

life has been quite lively and crazy as of late. with family, holidays, and the newness of life, i keep wanting to run and blog, and lose the thought the next second. but as i sit here letting my nails dry (cathartic for me) i'm beginning to think of everything that really happened in the last month.

i remember feeling so shocked at how used to being alone i had become. and then a sweet family of four took over the basement, and life was lively. but i didn't realize the life that was missing until i got to play "dangerous sort of spikey dinosaurs" with the imagination of a 4 and 2 year old, followed by a tea party. i feel like i have gotten back in touch with a life inside of me, that i have not seen in quite some time...for sure not since before september. and i'm thankful. to think of the house being empty once again, it makes me sad, and although i have new distractions for 2010, i am still sad that the basement will be put to rest for some time. i look forward to it livening up in june/july...hurry! :)
and as my glee volume 2 soundtrack plays, i am reminded of my thankfulness for the invention of the dvd followed by putting tv shows on dvd. glee sans commercials is just glorious. and getting the skeptical hooked is just as fantastic :) i'd also like april 13 to hurry.

but i am looking forward to what shall fill my time between now, april 13, and then june/july. for once i feel hopeful about the year. no evidence would be found from my new years eve experience. my year better not end up anywhere near what my nye ended up looking like. and surely. it won't. afterall. it can only go up from here right? well... i sure hope so! cheers to a new year. new beginnings, new hopes, new dreams, new opportunities. i am thankful for new-ness.

*pictures are coming. i got a camera for christmas and refuse to slack in the pictures from now on...but my nails are still wet, so i won't be digging my camera out of my purse, or the cord from the pile of christmas stuff, so they will come at a later time*