i’m the luckiest girl in the world

seriously.

♥

hello again

i’m back after a mini-hiatus. i was super sick for a few days and am done catching up and back to feeling mostly normal…

i wanted to share a few things i’ve been reading lately - i’ve been searching blogs for inspiration and found a bunch that i love! here are a few:

random, fashion, art, etc:

a cup of jo

because i’m addicted

simple lovely

unruly things

heartthrobs & villains

food!

everybody likes sandwiches

unique eggbeater

milk eggs chocolate

smitten kitchen

hope you all enjoy! i’ll be back with more fun stuff soon…

dear stephen,

please build this for me next:

saw it on heartthrobs & villians. from the La Montaña Rusa exhibit, by Los Carpinteros. how much fun is that?!

i’ll take the stairs

i saw this on swissmiss’ flickr photostream and couldn’t help but laugh…reminds me of just a few months ago when jennifer and i got stuck in our office elevator - quite the experience!

ugh.

i’m having a wretched morning.

so i just ordered these:

i feel a little better already. shhh, don’t tell stephen.

health nut

i like to think that i’m a relatively healthy eater. i watch what i eat and try to have lots of fruit and veggies on hand and stephen and i enjoy cooking a lot together. i was trying to find out what the best foods are for you (and maybe you already know) but i came across the list of “superfoods” on webMD. here they are:

• beans
• blueberries
• broccoli
• oats
• oranges
• pumpkin
• salmon
• soy
• spinach
• tea (green or black)
• tomatoes
• turkey
• walnuts
• yogurt

lucky for me i LOVE almost everything on this list. also i’ve been making frequent trips to the local farmer’s market and there is an abundance of berries up there right now and that makes it much easier. and while i’m on the subject, if you’re in the market for getting more fit, yahoo had a great article listing what the best “flat-belly” foods are, and it almost mirrors the superfoods:

• spinach
• yogurt
• tomatoes
• carrots
• blueberries
• black beans
• walnuts
• oats

the best thing about the yahoo list is that it also gives you substitutes in case you don’t have those exact foods handy. thought some of you would enjoy that!

my heart wanders

i was perusing some random blogs today when i came across this on pia jane bijerk’s blog, “enhance the everyday.” the project is called “my heart wanders: a collection of subtle hearts in special places.” it is a collective book project that involves people taking photos of heart shapes in random/unexpected places.  it is open for anyone to enter and the images so far look beautiful…i can’t wait to see the result!

old shoeboxes…

my niece kaitlin at age 1

i love it when i find old stuff i’ve forgotten about…especially film. after the move, i went through all my old camera equipment and came across 4 or 5 rolls of film that were undeveloped. a couple of them were nothing spectacular, and one is still being processed (they said it will take about a week or so). but this one just made me smile. these shots were taken with my Canon AE1 - it was my dad’s and i still love using it. i think some of my best shots ever were taken with this camera.

these were taken with black and white fuji film and are about 2 years old - pretty sure around thanksgiving to christmas of 2005.
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your post-memorial day psa

put on sunscreen, kids. also, make sure it’s strong enough.

stephen and i had a great time out at the lake yesterday with my uncle and cousins.  today my body is so sore from the “g-force” tube

(so much fun) and obviously the sunburn. . .even though i’m feeling it today, we had such a blast!!  hope you all had a safe, fun weekend.

a little weekend for your weekend

i’m laying low this weekend and enjoying some peace and quiet. probably will head out to lake texoma sometime to visit with my uncle and enjoy the outdoors! but if you’re looking for some fun stuff to do…

artfest is going on at fairpark starting tonight and going through sunday with tons of art, music and family fun.

summerfest is also starting out at the gaylord texan - it runs all the way through august.

for a little nightlife, on saturday black tie dynasty is playing at the granada theater and on sunday the kills along with dax riggs are playing at the house of blues.

also on sunday the W hotel nightclub, ghostbar, is hosting a memorial day soiree with special guests to ring in summer.

that’s all from me for now! hope you all have a safe and awesome memorial day weekend!!