swoon worthy

1. cute coffee mugs
2. boys in jeans and a white tee
3. typography
4. guacamole
5. anthropologie kitchen and house ware
6. urban outfitters dresses
7. walking on the beach
8. lighting candles at night
9. cowboy boots
10. summertime

coffee shop slumber

opening up one of my fave local coffee shops today.  it's rainy outside and a bottomless cup of joe is in store for my long day of studies.  it's winding down...changes are in store.  it's sad, but exciting.  a new season, new endeavors, new relationships...a change of scenery.

things i'm looking forward to the most this summer:

• reading for pleasure
• making stuff
• coffee shop inhabitance
• walking my dogs
• early morning gym time
• walking down third street

i've had the pleasure of meeting people that challenge me and bring out the best in me.  people that make me think and appreciate all that i have in my life.  there's something thrilling about someone who wants to figure you out per say and understand how the insides of your brain twist and turn.  those people delve into the depths of my mind and soul and i wake up with a sense of wonder and question until we meet again.  funny to think how often those people have been under your nose for quite some time.  they surprise you unexpectedly.  the right people will come at the right time.  always.

happy saturday

5 good things

• cupcakes • confetti cards • making eye contact from across a room • wrapping gifts • game day

5 good things

1. coffee
2. air hugs
3. soft serve ice cream
4. clean sheets
5. pineapple cilantro candle

realizations

(i painted this on friday.  inspiration from free people.)

• a lap doesn't exist unless you are sitting.  where does it go?
• one will fall asleep much faster if getting into a made bed rather than an unmade bed.  it's just comfier, you know?
• the school paper will never rank your day in your horoscope below a 6 on a 1-10 scale.  might as well be a 6-10 scale.  thanks for giving me a 6...worst day ever?

confession no. 4

sometimes i write things on my to do list after i've done them just for the satisfaction or crossing it off.

other forms of satisfaction:

• finishing a sheet of stamps
• folding the last pair of socks in the laundry without any orphans
• finishing a box of notecards
• writing on the last page of a journal
• parallel parking in one attempt (honestly i'm a pro)

confession no. 3

sometimes i try to be hipster.  see below.

• (standing in front of my dresser) does this death cab for cutie concert t or this feed my starving children volunteer t say i'm more hipster?

• to buy a pair of fake glasses at urban or not to?

• i really want to wear my beachy, cali hoodie again, but wait i just wore that three days ago to go to the hipster coffeehouse.

• name dropping obscure band names with weird songs i'm not even sure i really like.

no. 11 get a record player

santa brought me a record player for christmas and since then i have been playing dreamy albums on vinyl both old and new.  i love spinning frank sinatra and lighting candles in my room whilst writing letters at my desk or just lying in bed looking at the ceiling. 

i also discovered a local music shop in town with tons of vinyl and cds.  i could spend hours just browsing there.  picked up the black keys on vinyl and a neon indian LP.

crossing off the list.

10 good things (no particular order)

1. peanut m&ms
2. new playlists
3. indiana university basketball
4. cute guys lifting weights
5. MAIL...always good
6. indian food
7. adult mentors/friends
8. colored pens (makes studying more bearable)
9. slippers
10. drinking water

 bonus: twitter

things i need to do more

• write letters
• read the news (not be so ignorant)
• cook
• read books
• sleep
• make flashcards
• wear sweats less

2012...happy new year

after seeing the movie we bought a zoo, i hope to instill in my life that it only takes 20 seconds of courage to do incredibly extraordinary things in life.

"You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it."

2012 is for:

• having faith
• being healthy mind, body and soul
• discipline
• believing in myself
• being open and honest
• paving my own path...staying out of the stream
• more good music
• growing up even more
• courage to try new things
• burning candles and meditation
• supporting those around me
• motivation and best effort
• breakthroughs
• love...always love

2011 (in no particular order)

• i played my first season of college tennis and received the sportsmanship award for my school and in the big ten
• i went to las vegas with my team for spring break
• i traveled to bolivia for two weeks this summer
• i moved into my own place with the best room mates a girl could ask for
• i cut ties with people that brought me down and filled the gaps with new faces that make me incredibly happy
• i grew my wardrobe with more hipster attire and my itunes library expanded with an explosion of indie rock goodness
• it was a year that i went to more local concerts and truly appreciated live music
• i attempted water skiing and wake boarding with little (absolutely zero) success
• i pushed my body super hard
• i started to believe in myself and my potential
• i became more confident and outgoing and realized life was too short to live it for anyone else
• i got caught up in drama but found a way out
• i started blogging again...this time without any agenda or obligation
• i am so thankful for those i have spent quality time with this year...the people i could sit down and talk to for hours about anything

looking forward to

• watching love actually (finally)
• rereading letters
• cleaning house...organization=clear mind
• a rest day 
• breakfast out
• lighting candles
• listening to new music
• making mix cds

tis the season

...to move on from the past and love once again.
...to give fully and truly.
...for warm cups of coffee and hot cocoa.
...for handmade letters and piles of snail mail.
...to sing with abandon to the songs that were engrained in our heads as children.
...for wrapping paper, bow and string.
...to spend the day in pjs.
...for home cooked meals and nights by the fire.

christmas break list

• read sylvia plath
• stock up the etsy shop
• workout tons
• eat healthy
• drink lots of water
• clean out the old
• make mix cds
• write letters
• sit in coffee shops

warming up the house

• crepe paper streamers
• strands of giant colored bulbs
• santa hats
• wrapped presents beneath the charlie brown christmas tree
• classic christmas pandora
• candy canes and hersheys kisses
• gingerbread houses

saturday night

• glitter, glue and pine cones
• corn chowder soup
• gingerbread trailers (collapsed roofs killed the whole house aspect)
• classic christmas music
• good company
• baked christmas cookies
• frosting and candy induced tummy aches
• early to bed
• glow of candle lights
• dollar store adventures

currently

listening to: florence + the machine pandora (switched to indie holiday pandora: steps towards christmas spirit)
sipping:  a bottomless cup of coffee
wearing:  my big comfy free people sweater and feather earrings
thankful for:  my study buddy/team mate/friend and my whim of productivity
doing:  my final english paper
wanting:  christmas spirit
thinking about:  making soup for dinner
missing:  my parents
wishing:  for the right words of advice to give

 happy saturday!

20 things to do before 21

1. make an art wall
2. go to France
3. enter at least 2 art challenges
4. photograph bloomington
5. go to 5 concerts
6. read the bell jar and 3 other classic novels
7. take a spinning class
8. take a road trip with friends
9. have an art party
10. do an art collaboration
11. get a record player
12. host a dinner part
13. make pretty paper garland
14. complete another quilt
15. spend a night in the student union 
16. bake a rainbow cake
17. complete an entire journal
18. spend a day writing letters
19. attend a local film festival
20. go on a nerdy day trip

monday: thankful for...

• home • road trips • puppy breath • home cooked meals • Christmas music • friends that are now family • parents • oversized sweatshirts • pomegranate juice • the sound of laughter coming from upstairs • falling asleep to John Mayer • break from classes