Category: Bits and Pieces

so over the weekend, i got a new app that let’s me shake my iphone like a polaroid picture and out comes..a polaroid picture (on the screen at least)! i’m actually shocked i haven’t flung the thing across the room yet. though, i’ve had strange/uncanny iphone blessings (dropped a bazillion times with*out* any case..naughty head, but no damage). anyways,…

happy friday friends!! it’s really here! although it’s going to be a crazy friday, i’m so grateful for the weekend. bring on the gym, movie forts in our living room and some loverly friend hangout seshs! here are my friday letters: dearest friday, Y I P P E E!! I LIKE YOU. dearest fancy hot chocolate,…

here is my second ode to joy—seven things that give me joy: 8. twirling my umbrella 9. sleeping in with my husband 10. how i feel after a challenging workout 11. using sea scrub in the shower 12. pandora stations that read my mind 13. seeing family after missing them for a long time 14.…

pranks & waiting, cards & kids fall skies & free necklaces, fireworks & los angeles skyline uncle hugs & all dressed up, coffee portraits & dinner tables salads & youth group gals, ticking clocks & sushi lunch

there are some majorly lucky/blessed people out there.. for example. the guy who bet on the packers-seahawks game—which was a huge upset—and won 725K. our family friends who won a backpacking trip to europe out of a cereal box, and later won the lottery. yes..*the* lottery. then there’s that time i won the seinfeld-inspired festivus…

count your joys instead of your woes,  count your friends instead of your foes. -irish proverb via Abi Q Photography are you a pessimist sometimes?..yeah, me too. i think it’s just part of my makeup to look at things that need to be fixed so I can be on my way to fixing them or getting help so it…

so this morning, my body apparently wanted to sleep in for three hours. this is because i woke up for my job (oh you know, the one that starts at nine) at nine. i’m pretty sure i came in looking all stressed with red cheeks because that happens when i’m all disheveled then I drank large amounts…

i was tickled pink that cute miss katie passed the “liebster” award onto me. ..and since i don’t really have much to say today muah ha ha! ps. this picture has absolutely nada to do with anything. except that i love artichokes..guh! i tell you 11 things about myself true goofball love to swim sometimes say “wove” instead of “love” kissed my…

1) afternoon snacks 2) trying to do something nice for myself 3) korean bbq 4) ufc video games with hubs and k 5) coffee dates with former youth turned beautiful adult! 6) and julia and i (who will go down as the first little one i’ve been able to tote around in my shopping cart!) 7) husby 8)…