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hope you all had a wonderful three-day weekend!  we have been enjoying the extra time together over here 🙂 this weekend, we tackled some house projects..getting it truly clean, not just using a wipey, and it feels so good! we also had an unexpected breakfast date! james and i realized that the way our life…

and i get to leave work early!!!!!!!!!!!! hoo-tee-hoo!!! xo!

and there are quite a few things i have to be happy about! like the sunshine just pouring out on little santa cruz (it’s soo beautiful), my little trail mix chomp party i’m having at my desk, a breakfast date with a sweet friend tomorrow morning, we have a three-day-weekend to look forward to (woohoo!)…

i think this is pretty wonderful!

this weekend, we (along with our friends kevin, kayli and steven who absolutely rock!) had to pull a few 2am nights (and early mornings) in order prep for a special video project we were working on. mainly because it needed major overhaul as of end of day, friday afternoon..whew! but we did it! this was where we…

on sunday evening, our “campus family” (or..all the people we live on our church campus with) went to our monthly dermott dinner. the dermott family hosts us once a month with an incredible meal that we are not allowed to lift a finger for  (cooking, cleaning and the like!) it is such a blessing to have a place where…

i’m so envious! i am one of those weird people who loves school. • new books to read • school supply shopping • pouring over the syllabus • packing brown bag lunches • notebooks to fill with brilliant (ha) notes • freshly sharpened pencils • making lists with bullets   although it came a little early this year, it’s one of…

  inspired by these Très romantic shots from elle ukraine now excuse me while i try to make all my pictures look like this.

i’m loving this song today! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVgCqdV9wI] what’s your music du jour??

i have a slight addiction to food blogs. for some reason, those messy food pictures with beautiful food mess all over a plate makes me want to run into my kitchen and make a pretty mess and take pictures of it. and of course, freely devour said messy food. ..it never really works out the…

  via i’ve been thinking of pies today. the ones with the criss cross crust on top and hot berry amazingness inside. or really, —— i would love to get started on my “project” for a special someone. scrapbook! (shh) —— i’ve talked about book clubs in the past. but i am now serious. so to all you…

• sometimes i feel the need to give james about 10258385 hugs in one day • sometimes i like to put my feet up and munch a whole bowl of popcorn • sometimes i dream i’m in my imaginary beach house in bora bora • sometimes we watch an old musical every night of the week •sometimes people forget i am a 24-year…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kS8RTRi7HA] …mumford and sons, that is! come quickly september 24th!

this week i began a cool new project on the side getting to write and edit for an online publication. excited squeal! well. so far, the best time to work on it all is in the early morning.. and i’m not always sure what an early morning me will bring!  anybody relate..? sometimes it’s.. extreme droopy…

sometimes James takes pictures of me eating yogurtland. more like devouring but then there are pictures of him doing this i believe he was dared by a jr. higher. such is our life. i love you cupface.

according to my vsco cam app mostly (which i love!) 1) vintage camera shopping 2) james preachin on a sunday morn! 3) summer baseball with the youth 4) celebrating national swiss heritage day (woot!!) 5) little sugar-crashes at yogurtland by little joah 6) james (swoon) 7) james seeing west side story (FOR THE FIRST TIME)…

this is my face, and my hair today.puffy and knotty- a fun mix right?ps. i miss my bed right now. sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. on to more exciting things: the lovely jenn asked me to guest post for her  while she’s tromping around alaskan glaciers, that lucky duck!  come check it out 🙂 …

today i did not wash my hair. i also did not go to the gym, or clean our shower floor. but i did take an afternoon nap, and wasn’t groggy after. i had lunch with a pal, and didn’t follow the french dietary plan (hello mac+cheese!) i went to an antique shop, and mused about…

Earlier this week, with lots of friends in tow, we went to watch Sandlot, one of the most epic baseball movies ever, on the sand (of all places!) in front of the santa cruz beach boardwalk! we packed up our beach blankets, snacks, hot cocoas and our some of our favorite sandlot quotes like these:   Remember kid, there’s heroes and…

since i started my first job after graduating uci, i’ve definitely missed being on a university campus. i’m one of those sick people who loves school, learning, academia, nom nom nom…loooove it. so when i began an office job, i knew it would be an adjustment. and there are some things that make my job wonderful. and i…

There are a few things that I’ve learned about small town living growing up here in Santa Cruz. Now, you may be thinking that Santa Cruz isn’t, by nature, a very small town. In the nicest way, I would beg to differ. it’s not as small as one of those 300-person towns in the middle of…

instagram by moi (caseymas), nice quality photos by this lady. Did ya miss me? You are probably enjoying your July to the fullest, so if you didn’t, I won’t take it personally (cue obsessively emphatic wink). We had such an awesome time at camp last week at Old Oak Ranch! reasons why camp was really…

Happy Friday, beautiful people. This weekend, we’ll be busily preparing for our youth camp early Monday morning. That means snacks, water, sunscreen, and lots of clothes that can dirty, …silly dirty.  I will oh so thankfully not have to stay behind this go-round (i usually do!), so I will be zooming around and taking the opportunity to…

tumblr=time-waster. am i right?  so make sure you’re enjoying it! so if you have some extra time to waste, or are looking to avoid the following:  work, cleaning your house, painting something, brushing your hair, working out, getting into your work out clothes, homework, cleaning your car, or the 19548293 things that you need to…

  oh, how i love the sound of a camera’s clicking! and this one clicks quite a bit..i’m looking forward to taking some pictures with this lil baby (nikon slr analog, thanks for letting it out, mama) and using real film!even if it does come with an entourage 😉  i cannot wait, i just love the…

a smile is a curve that sets everything straight. -phyllis diller   happys and joys around our house this week: italian sparkling water in abundance (more bubbles!) plopping my feetsies on james while we lounge + wonderful foot rubs stacks of my favorite books finding beautiful framed photographs for free a nice layer of fog after…

on sunday, this curly-haired, you-better-earn-my-photo-smile, giants loving little man named jasper turned seven! he even gave me a half-smile (above right), which still seems a bit pensive, but i’ll take it! it should firstly be mentioned that i walked at least a mile (above left) to get to the picnicking area, which the state park attendant…

On Saturday we enjoyed a lovely dinner at Cafe Cruz just outside the garden. This is one of our favorite places to dine together. This sort of ended up like a husband photo-shoot but he so kindly complied! I had the prawns, he had the salmon, and I about devoured a grilled artichoke; especially so…

hello! as my cinnamon mocha this morning piped through my veins a little too ambitiously (thank you pacific coffee roasters!), i’m still a bit wound up to say the least. and our current way of eating (french diet, people!) makes it so that a little caffeine in the morning is a little too much for…

receiving thirty kisses on my forehead before bedtime last night. oh boy i love that man. a delicious summer lunch with my mama, and a beast salad (copyright this lady) that we are going to start having ‘sunday projects’ for our home so we can finally finish all the things i want to finish so badly! great…