seahorses forever

dear friends i've been in a whirlwind of activity over the past week and am starting to catch my breath a little.  there is so much i need to catch you up on, and hopefully will get to do that over the weekend and before i go on vacation next week :) in the mean time, this little gem is from our weekend fun at the city arts fest at fair park, taken in front of the children's aquarium.  if you've ever seen this video, you know why it's so hilarious (if you want to watch it now, the language is nsfw so use headphones! but i promise you'll get a chuckle out of it.). 

also, i have been slacking on coming by your blogs too, i am missing my little blog friends and all your fun posts so i hope to be stopping by soon!

love love love

on knowing ourselves

“Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.” -sydney j. harris

a lot on the ol' brain today. just something to think about :)

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don't forget

so put a smile on that face, mkay?

:)
xoxo

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i have a surprise for you!

but you don't get it till tomorrow...oh the suspense!

happy tuesday :)
xoxo

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good tidings we bring for you and your kin

well it's pretty quiet around the office, so  roxy is up here being a good little helper to those who have stuck around this week :)

i'm so ready for our little adventure to tulsa...what are you doing for christmas? going anywhere fun to see family or just staying home for a quiet celebration?? one day...one day stephen and i will have a quiet celebration of christmas all to ourselves...one day ;)

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friday funnies

just thought we could all use some funnies this lovely friday...

• roxy in antlers
• how to gift-wrap your cat
• a hilarious hamster commentary
• the funnest mittens i've ever seen
• a clever & cute print
• the perfect funny (and useful!) gift for your gal pals
• an adorable, guilty dog
• and a christmas ninja

hope you all have a fun-filled weekend!

xoxo

a typical conversation

stephen dropped me off this morning and we were talking about christmas gifts among other things and it went something like this:

stephen: i want to do something nice...
me: well i'm going to make them each a mini cheesecake so if you want to do something extra that's fine as well.
stephen: i'll make you into a cheesecake.
me: oh yeah?
stephen: (raises his hand like he has a wand) EXPELLIO-CHEESECAKE! wait no...EXPECTO-CHEESECAKE!

and we are nerds. the end.

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dreamer

remembering john lennon today, 30 years after his death.

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and my dedication to the song that is most meaningful to me

"you may say that i'm a dreamer, but i'm not the only one. i hope someday you'll join us...and the world will be as one."

RIP john

"a dream you dream alone is only a dream. a dream you dream together is reality." - john lennon

live for each other

this was on my yogi tea last night. love love love love it. let's not forget it, ok? :)

i was up above it, now i'm down in it

once upon a time i said "let's go conquer the week." and now the week is conquering me.

just wanted to check in and say hi :)  hope you guys are having a good week!

i think i'm in need of some positive motivation.

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fun friday

oh just the cutest little video you've ever seen...



(found here)

also

the sweetest birth story ever
a pretty heart sweater
the most fabulous boots for fall
and coffee for a great cause

you all have a fantastic weekend!!

xoxo

live simply

"nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished" ~lao tzu

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mr. & mrs. sookie stackhouse & co.

where was i when anna paquin & stephen moyer got married?? anyway, congrats to the happy couple! here they are, both wearing mcqueen, looking so sublime on the emmy red carpet:

and while bill & sookie are my favorite on and off screen couple, few hold a candle to my beloved lafayette (nelson ellis), my favorite tv character, possibly of all time. here he is looking so fly on the red carpet (loving the hat, la la!):

and can we pause for a moment and really enjoy the hottness that is jason stackhouse? i mean...swoon! he makes that passe double-breasted look thing really work for him.

and speaking of red hot, miss tara (rutina wesley) is stunning in a hand-painted douglas annette dress and is really working that up-to-there slit!

and last but certainly not least, is there anyplace else you would rather be than stuck between these two? i think not!

all photos from www.trueblood-news.com

it might have been a tuesday...

well the good news is my knee swelling and pain is completely gone.  i'm not sure if i just twisted it or something but i'm just going to go with it unless it happens again, then i promise to go to the doc :)

how are you lovelies today? me, well i'm still dreaming of fall. i woke up on saturday morning and it felt like fall - not because it was cooler or anything, but it just felt like fall was upon us. it may have been something in a dream, but who knows. anyway, it was a rude awakening to learn that it would be 106 degrees that day (yuck!)...and thus, it is still summer in texas. on the bright side, the rest of the week we will only be in the low 90's! hooray!

the first thing i want to do when we get a real cool front is cook some jambalaya! it's been far too hot, even in our apartment, to even think of cooking something that isn't simply something quickly sauteed or a grilled cheese sandwich. then maybe i'll go for a bike ride. i miss my bike, it's been too hot! what about you? what's the first thing you'll do when it cools down??

hope you all are having a lovely beginning to your week :)

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injury prone

so last night i was watching tv and playing a bit on the computer.  i got up to go into the kitchen and a sharp shooting pain went through my knee. i kept walking on it, hoping it was just stiff from sitting, but later notice that it had swollen up to about a grapefruit size.  i took my little ice pack and some ibuprofen and that was my night. this morning i woke up feeling a little stiff and the knee is still swollen, though not as bad. so here i am at work, foot propped up on my modem with my little ice pack (hey, at least the ice pack is cute, right?!). i just can't put together why this happened! i haven't been back to the gym since our return from vegas (shame, shame, i know), so i just don't know why it's acting up.

anything like this ever happen to you?! i must admit, it's not unusual for me to be injured or mysteriously bruised, but i have to say this is a first.

oh well, wine and more ice to come tonight!

i love it when...

i open my freezer and hiding behind the multiple ben & jerry's containers are my little lean cuisines. makes me chuckle.  it's all about balance, right?!

oh the little things...happy monday :)

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so full

ever had one of those mornings where you woke up still stuffed from your feast the evening before?? well that's me today. i'll tell you all about it tomorrow when i have some photo proof :)

in the mean time, let's look ahead. it should be a great week!

oooh that smell!

i was going to make this my "truthful tuesday" post but obviously didn't get around to it yesterday. here it is, truthful tuesday on a wednesday.

as i told you briefly before, stephen built a new closet for me for our anniversary. we live in an old, old apartment and to say the closets are less than stellar would be a grand understatement. so when stephen ripped out my old closet and replaced it with a new, beautiful, functional closet, i was beyond happy. lately, when i am getting ready or just get out of the shower, i find myself lingering in the closet.  yesterday, i got home from the gym, cleaned up and went to my closet. i pulled out my little step-stool and sat right there in it, underneath all the clothes and next to all the shoes. now this isn't a lot of sitting space, but i just can't get over the smell. that smell of freshly cut wood, it's so calming to me. i love when i open the closet door and a whiff of that woody smell comes out.

this isn't the first time i've noticed how much i love that smell; last summer stephen built a staircase in our dining room for my uncle's dock, and even days after he picked it up you could still smell that wood. when we were first married, stephen worked construction and i really liked when he came home all sweaty and smelling like wood, maybe it's that memory that makes me love it even more. in short, i love being married to a carpenter - there is never a shortage of that freshly-cut wood smell! not to mention i love the idea of him being able to build me pretty much anything my little heart desires.

so, any quirky smells you love? maybe ones that provoke certain memories? i would love to hear :)

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just remember to fall in love

a little friday music for your eyes and ears - the chemical brothers new single, swoon, is amazing and their video is just lovely and very reminiscent of their live show graphics. love it and hope you do as well!



also, here are some of my favorite things i've seen this week on the web:

a hilarious website to send your notes of annoyance to

alice is making me want to live in portland

the cutest baby bathtime pics (with an adorable duck towel!)

beautiful wedding posts over on unruly things this week

uber-cute little letters from dawn's new etsy shop!

clever & cute letterpress necklaces (via a cup of jo)

hope you have a super weekend!!

xoxo

hello?

hi dear friends...sorry i've been kind of sporadic in posting and a little m.i.a...i feel like i'm drowning a lot in work and a little in life.  not in a bad "everything is crazy" way just in a "holy cow i need to catch up with life" way. make sense?

so i just wanted to say hello...i promise to update you with something more interesting soon :)

roxy sends kisses.

xo

(lovely photo from grapefollowyou flickr)