and we feasted

I am thankful for...

1. my family

2. my education

3. my friends

4. my dog of course

This past week was wonderful! We had thanksgiving break which was full of two hour drives home, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, the most delicious turkey my mom has made yet! (seriously. juicy & tender, it was practically falling apart!), sleepless parties with my friends and my fave black friday sales! I just wish I took pictures and documented my week...

Seriously.

Thursday, best friends Maddie, Kenzie, & Morgan stayed up all night to go to Urban Outfitters! They were having a 50% sale on all sale items, which was not too shabby! We all had great finds.

I babysat & also went to this churchy musical play called "Savior of the World". It was better than expected. I had a quaint little vacation and in just the small amount of TWO WEEKS I will go home again for almost a whole MONTH! It will be a beast to have to pack for.

xox

weekend report

movies and magazines,

filling our heads with dreams.

love is the little things,

love changes everything.

("little things" by pomplamoose)

thursday report: best. day. ever.

attended a poetry reading at the quadside

stopped by a print sale in the art department (only had $2.25 with me, luckily Kramer found a photograph of marbles for $2. I bought it & gave the extra 25 cents as a "wish I could help you more" fund)

visited a pedal power concert for a couple hours where our little crowd just spoke about recycling and vampires and laughed about everything.

friday report: lovely lovely best friend Nisa had a slumber party because it was her birthday!

drove to Wal*Mart where we reenacted "Where the Heart Is". Natalie Portman made an appearance.

went to every possible RedBox in the county. Smiths was closed. Kholers; closed. And finally, when we went to the Wal*Mart we only found that every movie available sucked.

stayed up till fourAM watching Degrassi and talking about nonsense.

saturday report: baby shower.

holding babies.

babysitting babies.

go to the park with babies.

reading MyLifeIsAverage with my sister-in-law Jessie!

sunday report: drove back to cold logan.
crotched headbands.
played games with great great friends & laughed a lot

xox

my life in lists

i have an irrational obsession with lists.

i write three at least everyday.

first for my "to do today" list

second for my "i need/want" list

third for my "anything i want this list to be about" list

but not those particular names...

& I'll share one with you

and this list is one that I've been adding onto over the past months...

before i hit six feet under

own my very own bookstore

ride an elephant

travel to each continent

live in Europe for a year or more

own my dream home

create 50 flavors of lemonade

read all of Harry Potter series in one week (that may be a stretch)

yell "food fight" and start a riot

pull the fire alarm and not get caught

run a red light and not get caught

(really my goal in life is to be incredibly sly)

write an anonymous advice column

speak French fluently. maybe even Spanish too

save the children in Africa

become all the great things i want to be in life

xox

clean white love

lisa mitchell is a doll, her music is light & has a touch of fantasy to it all.

& i covet her bangs

xox

better

i want all the knowledge in my brain to grow 100x larger than it already is.

there are so many things in the world to discover & learn and I want to know about all of it!

but maybe not math... I don't really care for math.

i want to become better at

photography

sewing

knitting

crocheting

cooking

book binding

dream catching

writing

drawing

painting

dancing

running

swimming

speaking

geography

history

monologues

pottery

everything

i love going to concerts of live music or dancing or poetry slams (love poetry slams) or anything because I become so overwhelmed with the talent of everyday people that something sparks inside me and i go crazy trying to become better at whatever it was.

let's all become creative,

knowledge is power.

xox

12PM love

it's only the beginning of the day and it's somewhat dark outside,

as if a storm is coming.

it's a really nice day.

woke up & got ready for the day

studied for nutrition test

slaughtered test with my nutrition knowledge

wasting time until work listening to jack johnson & of course, blogging.

but within my wasting time, i've found a precious little blog featuring only lovely weddings!!

i love weddings. a lot.

maybe it's because we had four weddings in our family all within five years. our cute family!

sometimes i worry myself. i'm too excited for the future and i have things all planned out like what my home will look like & what adventures imaginary hubby and i could go on, that i'm not as focused on right now. and how to get to the point where i can move my imaginary furniture into my imaginary victorian-anthropologie styled house with the gorgeous backyard.

but right now, it looks like a storm is coming outside and i'm basking my soul with photographs from weddings.

(click to enlarge)

more love here

xox

human on the year

is Regina Spektor

my big sis, Kylie, and I drove down to Salt Lake this weekend to see the beauty herself live!

It was a slice of heaven!

but before the show, the real main event was visiting my sister's home & holding this little bundle of joy, Caleb!

i love him!

+he was smiling a lot

but we couldn't stay long if we wanted to hear Regina herself.

& best of all, I ran into two foxy ladies at the show!

(my incredible friends Rachel & Hilary)

I recorded some of the songs she played but I can't bloody figure out how to get them on you, blogspot!

but Regina was spectacular.

Even though.. our spots sucked since the piano was blocking us from viewing her adorable self. & there were plenty of crazy people around us.

needless to say, our trip was successful!

xox

peace out & arms wide open

november is here,

october just flew by!

even though i see my family a lot, i'm really excited for Christmas break next month & to be home for almost a whole month. 

i miss...

1. my bed

2. my dog, Cobi

3. sunday dinners & having the whole family over,  playing board games and playing with the all the nieces (and now new nephew!)

4. my car & being able to drive where ever, whenever

5. mom's home cooking

6. baking ingredients

7. craft supplies & sewing machine

but until then, i'll just have to deal with november, which won't be so bad because

november goodies

1. Caleb was born!

2. Regina Spektor concert!

3. dentist appointment!

4. thanksgiving & school break!

5. closer to the end of the semester & Christmas!

but as of lately...

listening to: the flaming lips

reading: lock & key

working on: getting my laundry done

craving: a symphony chocolate & toffee bar & mom's russian tea

wanting: a sewing machine to a) hem pants b) hem skirts c) sew neato ruffles to cardigan

temperature: freezing. kylie & her roommates never turn on the heat. it feels like winter x 500

still wanting: to hold baby Caleb!

constantly calling: my mum. i've called her about 5 times today to check up on the baby & kimmy.

waiting for: another amazing episode of grey's anatomy & glee

wishing: i could go to FHE tonight & laundry wasn't bloody taking forever

farewell october, see ya

(post inspired by lovely blogfriend kenzie)

happy birthday!

KRAMER

that funny boy is 19!!!

I'm super ecstatic that we're friends & that he also goes to USU, or else, I would be one of those losers that eat by themselves and go to plays alone.

& that is just not tolerable.

Kramer is the coolest and has a voice that will blow you away! So...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

xox