tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16997837221627940842024-02-18T19:40:52.445-08:00In the Weeds and the WhimsyIn the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-49479500378350464422012-02-08T08:29:00.000-08:002012-02-08T08:29:21.860-08:00Babies Are Such a Nice Way to Start People<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hyjcJOnZ2EvdrGn7GmUi6Fo8xirE1uC75nkxR5dJHTRQBEgWUd9XppkWHllOPn6qE1VLIP1ho1SU9oWSFT56i0WMEv1U3E2mVXcUmDId-epfG3LyaPy0APnKTp7BIdxQS8srpUU1L00W/s1600/baby+announcement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hyjcJOnZ2EvdrGn7GmUi6Fo8xirE1uC75nkxR5dJHTRQBEgWUd9XppkWHllOPn6qE1VLIP1ho1SU9oWSFT56i0WMEv1U3E2mVXcUmDId-epfG3LyaPy0APnKTp7BIdxQS8srpUU1L00W/s400/baby+announcement.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-84691748698618533882011-09-21T09:42:00.000-07:002011-09-22T07:56:21.503-07:00If this isn't nice, I don't know what is<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I need to start doing this more”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said that over the last few months. I think it’s a sign of a good (albeit busy) life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was at the beach a few weeks ago with friends. Getting sticky from the sun and covered in sand and we were just talking about God and basking in the sun. We laid on the beach until we couldn’t stand it and then just walked into the ocean and watched the surfers. It was a brilliant day. I need to do that more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This past Saturday I ventured for the first time to the San Diego Swap-Meet. It was a treasure trove of weird and strange and wonderful things. For some people that is their Saturday tradition—wandering the aisles, chatting with the sellers, soaking up the San Diego culture. The hubs and I found a vintage clothes hamper (something I had been wanting forever and this one is just perfect), a vintage Hollywood pin-up bottle opener (</span>the girl has some major <span style="line-height: 115%;">gams</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">) and we picked up some tools at a great price (there is never a day when he is not looking for tools). It was lovely to meander with our friends and find gems that we love. I need to do that more.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.”</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to do that more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Last night I was able to go to a show at a bar right down the street from me with my lovely, lovely church friends. I say church friends, because I feel like that makes them extra special. There’s a bond between people who you are in true community with. I’m so lucky to have those ladies (and some gents too). It was a great show, there was great beer, and even some dancing. Even though I went home and destroyed my phone immediately after (my purse may have fallen in the toilet (ssshhh, don’t freak out about how gross that is)) the night was oh so delightfully good. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I need to do that more often (just not that phone part).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow night the boy has planned an extra special date night. It’s all a surprise. He’s being sneaky. I, OF COURSE, need to that more often. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m so damn excited about that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to be that excited more often.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finding new music that makes my life more wonderfully full of color. I need to do that more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn’t this life just the best? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You should do that more.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This girl is busy. I can't make you that garden gnome bowling set I've been wanting to and I'm sorry.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See said gnomes here:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So fun, right? Yes. And I want to make that for you. I want to make it for freaking everyone, but I can't for so many reasons!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(maybe this is a bit dramatic)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do crafts have to cost money? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why can't I have 30 hours a day? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How come I can't thread my sewing machine without my husband or a youtube video? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My work space is achingly boring and I've been trying to think of ideas to make it seem more like my space. I've had the idea of doing a tiny pennant to string around my computer/inbox/whatever on my desk and I finally started it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that I craft/take pictures/thrift shop/blog so rarely each time is super special and fun to me. </span><br />
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In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-65585566538448194362011-08-02T11:44:00.000-07:002011-08-02T11:44:31.648-07:00Everything's Lighter here in CAI really do apologize for these blurry pictures. <br />
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My camera lenses (almost all of them) need to visit the lens doctor so these are all from my (crappy) phone.<br />
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Have patience!! :)<br />
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Here is a picture of brunette Ashley. Brunette is where my heart is so I'll be back there soon.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, here is a blurry one that I took yesterday (in my work out clothes) while cooking dinner for me and the hubs (Mexican Casserole and cornbread--YUM)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Uk_Jhyp_sSc00cuj69UojyCy-wmYTly5uxjLFt06EkT7aBKcnCyJK7JFxZHZP32aXf4OO6Fn9jGxUTsoyk4ZGkLwyyyi9fPkMjZWKWwkD7XwA-kDvxL9vvo6-yAFzo_fKMkDS5VKSD-j/s1600/a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Uk_Jhyp_sSc00cuj69UojyCy-wmYTly5uxjLFt06EkT7aBKcnCyJK7JFxZHZP32aXf4OO6Fn9jGxUTsoyk4ZGkLwyyyi9fPkMjZWKWwkD7XwA-kDvxL9vvo6-yAFzo_fKMkDS5VKSD-j/s640/a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />
And one (also blurry--forgive me) on the way to celebrate a friend before he goes up to the Bay area <br />
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Call me a Californian.<br />
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I am going blonder.<br />
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Isn't Michelle Williams a Doll?<br />
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These are all from her cover on Marie Claire a few months ago.<br />
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Hair Appointment in T minus 6 hours.<br />
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Life is crazy and beautiful.<br />
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--Whimsy--In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-65138643366216118962011-06-25T21:46:00.000-07:002011-06-26T00:31:57.627-07:00Every morning another chapter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eek, never finished this... too much baseball</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's true, for the boy... and for sweet potato fries</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage is like a ring. A circle that goes on forever and ever and has no end. <br />
I really hate that speech. Marriage isn't like a ring. Period.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady got some short hair</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">no pictures of my thighs please</td></tr>
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</div><div>A while ago my sister-in-law gave me the pictures of our vacation that B and I took here to San Diego last year. That week here was such a blissful break in the sun for us. We had dreams of coming here for good, but at the moment had NO idea that we'd actually do it. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We ate good food, spent time with family, and loved everything.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Looking back I think we knew that we would be there for real soon. <br />
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</div><div>Things work out.</div></div><div><br />
</div><div>It's nice to look back and see that.</div><div><br />
</div><div>But, GEEZ I'm so glad this happened. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Also, my parents will be here soon.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In </div><div>Just </div><div>A</div><div>Few </div><div>Days</div><div><br />
</div><div>I will show them around this wonderful new place of mine. I hope they love it.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I've been in a good mood this weekend because of my Friday after-work commute.</div><div>I know that sounds weird.</div><div>Shit just worked together. The interstate was crowded. We all went fast. We all worked together. No breaking, just smooth sailing and really, it made me love San Diego even more (if possible?).</div><div><br />
</div><div>Little things make me happy.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Hope your weekend made you happy too.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Love,</div><div>Weeds</div><div><br />
</div><div>P.S. It has been a whole year since I shaved my head!!! So crazy, love you Pat!!!<br />
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</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-21693537265580029822011-06-22T18:00:00.000-07:002011-06-22T18:00:37.649-07:00Picture Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>After my post about married life yesterday I wanted to do a "picture recap" or something. I wish we had more pictures that collected each perfect little moment. <div><br />
</div><div>It's a brief history of us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have always loved this picture which was taken long before we were ever together</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During our engagement picture session</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kissin'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 21, 2008</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"We're not Twins" </td></tr>
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</b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"I want someone who is fierce and will love me until death and knows that love is as strong as death, and be on my side forever and ever. I want someone who will destroy and be destroyed by me."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">—</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9399.Jeanette_Winterson" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Jeanette Winterson</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1411520" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">)</span></b><br />
</div></div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-71067145933781825202011-06-22T07:47:00.000-07:002011-06-22T07:47:48.134-07:003 years Darling<div class="MsoNormal">Hello friends,</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Summer is here. I hope you’re taking every opportunity to lie in the sun, drink something cool and show some skin.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yesterday was a big day. A favorite day.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The boy and I have been married for three years!!!!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hurrah!! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Best three years of my life. </div><div class="MsoNormal">We’ve been living and loving together for a while now. </div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s still so sweet to me to wake up beside him.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We met through an internship program and the Camping Ministry. There were 18 of us and we all became the closest of friends. We went through the internship aware that it was going to be one of the best seasons of our lives. We were both so thankful of the friends and experiences we got that year. We got closer together, just like we were with everyone else. Everyone was so important to me, like family. Friendship doesn’t really seem to describe it. Brad was especially easy to love—we grew close and were so familiar with each other. One time I even told him that if I had a twin that was a boy it would be him. It was a huge, weird compliment from me. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Camp during the summer is hectic, and sweaty, and crazy and fantastic. </div><div class="MsoNormal">The girls in my cabin each week told me that Brad loved me and that I obviously loved him (imagine this in shrill, giggly voices). I would say each time that we were just friends, but they never believed me (I have since sent each one an email apologizing that I didn’t listen to them sooner). </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then one day, the always confident Brad, fumbled around this speech of how he liked me. How leaving to go back to New Mexico (from Wisconsin, where we both were) in two weeks was exciting, but something had changed in him and he couldn’t go back without telling me that he wanted to be with me. That night I told him that I would at least give him the attention he wanted. Said that we would try it. See how it went. We wrote letters back and forth, barely had any time together b/c of the summer camp chaos. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Four days later, right before he got onstage to lead us all in worship, I told him I loved him and that I wanted to be with him forever. He says now that I proposed to him then and there. Maybe I did. I said whatever I said and I just walked away (I had to make sure that my girls were eating their dinner and not doing anything too crazy). He says that he could barely get through that night’s set because he couldn’t concentrate.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The next year was flights back and forth from St. Louis to Albuquerque. Hours of conversations over the phone every night, letters and mementos sent back and forth. People say long distanced relationships are doomed, too hard to be able to make it through, but for us it was natural and easy. We had a wedding date—knew it would be for forever—so we easily stuck it out. Talking to him each night was the best part of my day.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">On June 21, 2008 in an old, factory warehouse we got married. It was a hot, muggy Southern Illinois day. It’s such a blur in my memory. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Three years later and here we are. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="quoteText">"Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering." <br />
— <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2633.Nicole_Krauss"><span style="color: #666600;">Nicole Krauss</span></a> (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1882970"><span style="color: #666600;">The History of Love</span></a>) </div><br />
Life is fantastic<br />
-Weeds-</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-56721565296864018912011-06-11T13:04:00.000-07:002011-06-11T13:08:10.396-07:00I'm just telling stories, Trust MeI'm not saying that I've been doing important stuff. Things you would be jealous of.<br />
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I've been elsewhere. <br />
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Now it's 6 months of San Diego life and here we are. First blog in years. Days. Months. Actually 6 months basically... as I just denoted.<br />
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2 months into my full time job at a University in a gorgeous location, with gorgeous people and a gorgeous potential and goal. I'm lucky. <br />
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We've been so busy lately trying to recoup from my months of job searching. I've cut all shopping which has been tough. In a city full of vintage finds I have to use a lot of self control--telling myself that we'll scrape by now in order to be safe and happy later. That's one reason why I've cut back on the blogging life. I get inspired by blogs to be different, in my vintage stylings. It tends to make me want to find new pieces. <br />
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Not that we aren't safe and happy now. We're definitely not suffering at all. We're just trying to get to a point where we can feel at ease with our bills and such. Maybe that doesn't exist. I think it does though. I'm a giver and want to be able to do that. So cutting certain things are worth it. <br />
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It's easier when you have free beaches and parks and friends who invite you over.<br />
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Wherever we are now though is a place I love. Discovering ourselves in this new city. Exploring new friendships and places.<br />
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Dang, I'm even a blondie of sorts now.<br />
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I promise that I've missed you and thought of you often. <br />
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I have your picture under my pillow and caress it at night. <br />
I DO.<br />
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Not really.<br />
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I'm not saying that I'm going to be blogging regularly again. I know that it doesn't matter that I write this either. Maybe it does. I do promise that I'm loving everything.<br />
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Yours Truly,<br />
Weeds<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alli G came to visit in San Diego!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"I want someone who is fierce and will love me until death and knows that love is as strong as death, and be on my side forever and ever. I want someone who will destroy and be destroyed by me."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">—</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9399.Jeanette_Winterson" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Jeanette Winterson</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1411520" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">)</span>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-87592329309313780692011-04-27T07:29:00.000-07:002011-04-27T07:30:01.642-07:00Absence<div style="text-align: center;">I'm not dead</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">also, this may be my next tattoo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-91777482861798911952011-04-07T14:33:00.000-07:002011-04-07T14:34:52.766-07:00Poppies and Fringe and Something New<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MuOD3eDd1IlJfkwUqTrEKXNPKz9LVzqeViMcDnrgb8iTRaBMHFyYjz3L15bt8f5r4rBmHbmuWlWch5ibCBnJrZNAj14IRbibnqxEJXE2bqkxyLJNsAa8ghtw38fAxmEK-n4n4ZxHCBfx/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MuOD3eDd1IlJfkwUqTrEKXNPKz9LVzqeViMcDnrgb8iTRaBMHFyYjz3L15bt8f5r4rBmHbmuWlWch5ibCBnJrZNAj14IRbibnqxEJXE2bqkxyLJNsAa8ghtw38fAxmEK-n4n4ZxHCBfx/s640/DSC_0015.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><br />
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One of my favorite shirts in my closet is this red, poppy-covered blouse with cap sleeves. It's old-fashioned and soft, the cream on the top balances out the deep red. I have worn it many ways, but I'm a bad blogger so I don't have pictures of it. It's flexible and easily mixed, making it a go-to piece and I think it combines a lot of my favorite fashion ideas. Although, I don't really know how to formulate my fashion ideas because, honestly I don't think about them too much.<br />
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**I also don't always know how to use commas correctly if we're being honest**<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top: Forever 21<br />
Skirt: Thrifted<br />
Necklace and Belt: Gifted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm a lover of this door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">tummy</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I paired it with another favorite, a teal pencil skirt. The belt is from Allison and I don't wear it too often because belts aren't really the hubby's favorite thing. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not like he is against belts... </div><div style="text-align: center;">or really for belts... </div><div style="text-align: center;">I just went through a "I must belt everything phase"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Seeing pictures make me realize that I need a haircut, which I will hopefully get soon. I'll be able to afford it soon. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Do you wanna know why?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yeah?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Because I got the job!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Full-time</div><div style="text-align: left;">A Salary</div><div style="text-align: left;">Benefits</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Frick!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Celebrations will happen when the hubs and I catch up on the monetary hit from me being jobless for a while.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyways, this girl has a lot to smile about. </div><div style="text-align: left;">April is shaping up to be a great month.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's hear it for just getting better and better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Weeds</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-67554406140951744912011-04-06T14:44:00.000-07:002011-04-06T14:46:33.974-07:00A Wednesday for HealthI am a lover of carbs.<br />
<br />
Bread<br />
<br />
Pasta<br />
<br />
So delicious<br />
<br />
What do you go to when you want a delicious, fantastic meal? <br />
<br />
Carbohydrates... every time... at least most times.<br />
<br />
I'm trying to cut out a whole lot of that from my diet.<br />
<br />
It's going ok, but I'm not really a strict rules type of person. So I decided to allow myself pasta and bread sometimes, but to really think about it and stay away from it most days.<br />
<br />
One day last week the hubs and I wanted to have a nice dinner so I picked up some fresh pasta from Trader Joe's (I had never really been in one).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had also never had fresh pasta. I am in love with it. It was fast and easy, cheap (especially when you compare it to getting pasta at a restaurant), and it tasted so good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the evening the light comes into the kitchen beautifully</td></tr>
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</div>I don't really think that my eating habits will ever be unbelievably healthy, but I'm trying. I get fresh produce whenever I can afford it (I hate the fact that the cheap foods are the worst for you--it's not surprising that our country is getting more and more unhealthy). I am also trying to teach myself some self control. I'm a bad person when it comes to trying to cut back.<br />
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I'm just going to take it meal by meal. <br />
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Happy WednesdayIn the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-72971695898562318392011-04-05T19:35:00.000-07:002011-04-05T19:35:55.197-07:00Primaries?I really love primary colors<br />
<br />
to wear especially, not really to decorate with<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Point Loma Nazarene University tank tops are really stylish...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I put this picture on for the shadow/muscle effect</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wrinkles much?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Sometimes that love of primary colors turn into something a bit patriotic.<br />
<br />
Not like I'm not patriotic, but I felt a little silly in this<br />
<br />
It was great for a sunny, super casual day<br />
<br />
I think that I may be closing in on a great full-time job<br />
<br />
sshhh<br />
<br />
don't tell<br />
<br />
I'm trying to not get my hopes up<br />
<br />
(they are up though)<br />
<br />
I love AprilIn the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-45367189877725673352011-04-02T10:00:00.000-07:002011-04-02T10:00:00.091-07:00April DaysI remember April as a time of wiggling in my school seat thinking of summer when I was little.<br />
<br />
It still has a LET'S GET UP AND DO SOMETHING feel about it.<br />
<br />
April begs to be enjoyed with it's warmer temperatures and the sounds and sights of Spring arriving.<br />
<br />
It's refreshing.<br />
<br />
The hubs and I just got internet set up at our apartment so it's been kind of difficult to pull ourselves away from catching up on our favorite shows (30 Rock and 30 Rock and more 30 Rock)<br />
<br />
I am also enjoying rediscovering the blogworld.<br />
<br />
Jillian from <a href="http://jillianisinlove.blogspot.com/">Three for the Road</a> is a favorite (in the real world as well)<br />
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<br />
she is having an unbelievable giveaway<br />
<br />
INCLUDING CANDY (it's just a minor part but also the best part)<br />
<br />
It's a <a href="http://jillianisinlove.blogspot.com/2011/03/birthday-party-blog-style.html">Birthday Party Giveaway</a><br />
<br />
You have to check it out.<br />
<br />
Who doesn't love to celebrate? <br />
<br />
I will celebrate almost anything.<br />
<br />
I will and I do<br />
<br />
Birthday months and all.<br />
<br />
Did I mention the candy?<br />
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Needless to say... I'm winning<br />
<br />
(that's not a Charlie Sheen reference)In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-15535287165726833252011-04-01T09:55:00.000-07:002011-04-01T09:57:58.380-07:00Boyish EaseI feel like it is now officially summer here.<br />
<br />
Summer!<br />
<br />
and it's still just April (the wee beginning of it) and it was in the 90s yesterday.<br />
<br />
FRICK<br />
<br />
How much do I love San Diego?<br />
<br />
You don't even know.<br />
<br />
With such a free schedule (like I have at the moment) it makes me never<br />
really want to get 'ready' to go anywhere.<br />
So, I have been throwing up the simplest, most comfy things on lately.<br />
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With my unruly hair and it's short length I think I may just be begging for more of the "Are you a boy or a girl?" question which I have been getting already from the elementary school kids I work with some times.<br />
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It's still so tempting. <br />
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I need a haircut.<br />
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If anyone still in cold weather wants some glorious sun time come on over to San Diego.<br />
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It's gorgeous here.In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-23538810696097622432011-03-31T12:14:00.000-07:002011-03-31T12:14:13.216-07:00Things I Dream Of Thursday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #330000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b>Hot Air Balloons</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #330000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b>Not just any Hot Air Balloons, but the vintage, whimsical, Victorian Hot Air Balloon. </b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #330000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b>The ones that you see in story books that make you want to float away and explore the world.</b></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They are so pretty, they seem magical to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I may have a slight crush on them</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</b></span></span>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-76767109607620912262011-03-24T08:00:00.000-07:002011-03-24T08:00:00.696-07:00Things I Dream Of ThursdayVintage Swimwear<br />
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I dream of how gorgeous and lovely the pieces are<br />
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and<br />
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I ALSO dream about the possibility of me having the<br />
courage to actually don one sometime<br />
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I mean look at how these pictures make you swoon<br />
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There are so many places that are making more demure, vintage feeling suits now. I'm really glad that they are a trend at the moment, because they have always been a favorite.<br />
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I have been ramping up my workouts lately and trying to cut back on food that's not so good for you.<br />
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My main goal is just to be more fit and to feel more healthy, but I would be lying if having a better bikini body wasn't a wish as well.<br />
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My main weakness are sweets.<br />
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I want candy all the time.<br />
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I'm not even kidding or exaggerating at all.<br />
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After dinner snacks are also a killer.<br />
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I mean why can't I have dinner and then a banana with peanut butter?<br />
then pretzels with peanut butter?<br />
maybe some crackers with peanut butter?<br />
some nachos?<br />
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This is seriously what goes through my head almost every night.<br />
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I'm trying to work on all of these things.<br />
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For now, I'll just pretend that I'm pin-up curvaceous and dream of these vintage suits that I would love to be in.<br />
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--Weeds--In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-58822884229750020132011-03-23T10:00:00.000-07:002011-03-23T10:00:07.606-07:00Getting more HomeyWe have been in our little apartment for almost three months now (time is freaking flying).<br />
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I'm sure most of you have done the buy one thing... save money... buy another thing... save money and so on and so on.<br />
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It makes the "moving in" process seem to take forever, but it's completely doable and doesn't steep us in debt so I'm all ok about it.<br />
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We had this one corner of our living room that has been one of our beginning projects.<br />
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It was the chair corner<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See our plethera of stools... that don't really match anything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I felt like we were wasting space. We were planning on a tiny "dining room" (I used that term oh so loosely) table. We then found some chandeliers to put near the window. They are crystal so we wanted to make the room flood with rainbows, so we put them where the sun would hit them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few nights ago, we decided to nix the table idea for many reasons. The main one was the fact that we moved (really on a whim) the record player and records to this corner. We felt like we weren't listening to them as much b/c of where they were and how hard they were to get to and we now love the corner a whole lot. The hubs has already arranged the records in alphabetical order (a joke at his expense about this is totally reasonable). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div>Our new thought is to get a low coffee table to use as a "formal dining space" (maybe an even looser </div><div><br />
</div><div>translation than before). I hardly ever have the desire to serve the food I make in serving trays and things... way too many dishes. We usually just dish up from the kitchen and end up eating while lounging in the living room, but it would be nice to be able to set a little, intimate eating area up sometimes. We could lay on the ground while we eat, propped up with pillows, Jesus style at our coffee table... That's a pretty picture, right?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Oh, and I wanted to share what we did (really just Brad) with our broken chandelier.</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we have pretty things to look at while doing the dishes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-15718651254721023952011-03-22T15:52:00.000-07:002011-03-22T15:52:14.332-07:00Vintage Blue and WhiteLast weekend Brad and I spent some time exploring some thrift stores. <br />
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One store seemed overflowing with amazing things, but I came home with only one vintage sweater. It's a good and bad thing. We are currently on the low end of the income scale and on the low end of the apartment space scale as well, so it's better to only get my favorite favorite things. The bad part about it is that I feel like I don't fit into anything anymore. I could go on and on about body issues at the moment, but that is an entirely different post.<br />
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Anyway, from the 15 or so items I dragged back to the fitting room with me, this is the piece I found.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's the perfect creamy, baby blue color with winter white detailing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is my dressed down version.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I threw on another vintage cardigan sweater </td></tr>
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</tbody></table>I paired the sweater with a vintage, thrifted skirt earlier (for Anthropologie--but they didn't take my on-call hours). I like the color blocking and I don't wear thin belts very often, so that was a nice little addition. I feel like it could be a bit better though honestly.<div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the different textures of the skirt and sweater together</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My feet are 1,000 miles away</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finally got out of the house around 2 today (my life is so hard...mmmmmmmhghghghghg)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My only goal is to get a smoothie and visit some blogs. Not having internet at the house has been challenging. I feel like I'm slacking a ton on this blog thing. I know all of you understand and don't really care, but just to let you know that I'm trying to keep up with everything (you can insert some groans b/c I probably have more free time than most of you--I just don't do the cafe thing as much as I should).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-51868792554604058422011-03-21T16:35:00.000-07:002011-03-21T16:36:47.379-07:00I'm a Discoverer<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Living in a new place is always exciting.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have been from St. Louis</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2FVG-9LEO5KuHW6NXBD9iaBA-QPYqdd42OJ18-0e0i2LtMxWdiCsINgzDtY3EuYLiucWs1pKNjzTdYP-MJHY9OsSaP0oevWQ9djtMyto5Sqnhc5uI_csIpFb3_yBjoGT7lLnI5cLEgZO/s1600/st-louis-skyline-evening.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2FVG-9LEO5KuHW6NXBD9iaBA-QPYqdd42OJ18-0e0i2LtMxWdiCsINgzDtY3EuYLiucWs1pKNjzTdYP-MJHY9OsSaP0oevWQ9djtMyto5Sqnhc5uI_csIpFb3_yBjoGT7lLnI5cLEgZO/s400/st-louis-skyline-evening.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To Milwaukee</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Discovering each place has been a magical and lovely experience.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It takes time to get the feel of somewhere.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have been reveling in the new sights and places to enjoy here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This weekend was especially spectacular.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Last night the hubs and I were able to hang out with some new friends at <a href="http://www.neighborhoodsd.com/">Neighborhood</a> in San Diego.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As a sweet potato fry connoisseur, my taste buds were very happy with these. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a night full of community and the beginning of great friendships.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now, the best part of the night was me discovering the speakeasy type bar that was hidden behind a wall of fake kegs. I noticed people going through this hallway but never coming out so I explored on my trip to the lady's room (to powder my nose ya know). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The girls and I went in and were told that it was full and since we don't have reservations we'd have to wait outside until a spot opens. When we were about to leave because Neighborhood was closing we were told that the spots had opened.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were ushered into this small, high-ceilinged room that oozed character and was dark and lovely. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I now know (after some research) that we had discovered a secret bar called Noble Experiment.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The wall of glittering, gold skulls; the creamy white leather booths, the best bartender ever makes this place a treasure in San Diego.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I find this picture of our bartender online.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuHSj8N1J3CjUrXsWHqTbHRd4Aq4x5TgczuvqPpSPbTi0Z8OX_TmKCrqajoZxMZ4VtV1UbcKqic3Sr0agQLNR4JQLIiNXqBXKKLxzvD06IebUVTTV3nw-B0Wg09Uii1RdA5h05XFJZs0T/s1600/best+bartender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuHSj8N1J3CjUrXsWHqTbHRd4Aq4x5TgczuvqPpSPbTi0Z8OX_TmKCrqajoZxMZ4VtV1UbcKqic3Sr0agQLNR4JQLIiNXqBXKKLxzvD06IebUVTTV3nw-B0Wg09Uii1RdA5h05XFJZs0T/s320/best+bartender.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He is literally holding a trophy after being named San Diego's best bartender.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The night turned into one of the best yet in sunny San Diego.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our wallets took a little hit, but the memories are definitely worth it. Noble Experiment will be one of our go-to 'celebration spots' for things like winning the lottery and things like that.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope that I have many more wonderful findings still to come.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.dinersthriftsandbottlecaps.blogspot.com/">Allison </a>will be here in 30 Days</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can't wait to smother her with my love</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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Maybe it's the constant gorgeous weather that makes everyone happy.<br />
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The hubs and I live in the middle of City Heights. It's a true melting pot. <br />
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Yesterday I took a walk to the local library and watched as the signs changed from Spanish to Vietnamese to Ethiopian and on and on and on.<br />
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Sitting at a cafe is like listening to the sounds of the whole world. <br />
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The warmth and the sun bring people out, mixes them together. It's beautiful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun asked me to put a hat on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another owl. Hoot Hoot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This belt was kind of a bitch. It wouldn't stay on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">backyard living</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just look Up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">favorite kid ever</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the West Coast</td></tr>
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</div><div>I'm slowly building my tan and quickly falling in love with all things San Diego.</div><div><br />
</div><div>What do you love about where you live? Are there some secret spots that are gems in your little living area?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Hope you are taking it easy on this beautiful Friday. I want you all to have the energy to have a crazy, love-filled weekend.</div><div><br />
</div><div>--Weeds--</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-4440485452909712042011-03-17T16:46:00.000-07:002011-03-17T16:46:57.504-07:00Things I Dream Of Thursday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ORGANIZATION</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like most of you. My current living space leaves much to desire in the second word of that pairing. Space. I feel like I need much more of it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It can be so infuriating to just not have any place to put anything. To always feel like you live in a haphazard, cramped and frustrating place.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Thursday I want to share with you my dream to become organized.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm actually kind of scared of that word.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being such an outdoorsy person. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually sort of shrink away from things like</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anything too adultish is something I don't usually like to do.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being organized used to be something I didn't care in the least about. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, trying to make my home seem like a home has been a challenge. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think that organization will help.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to dream about having a home that is small, but well put together. Minimal and clean.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like these.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Colorful and not too 'neat'</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A space for everything</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would love any suggestions or tricks that you are using to maximize the little spaces of your life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-14512969219920719772011-03-16T08:00:00.000-07:002011-03-16T08:00:09.930-07:00Every Morning the Maple LeavesThe Hubs and I went thrifting in downtown on Sunday.<br />
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Sunday is the time to visit San Diego's historic Gaslamp District.<br />
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The meters are free, but more importantly the gobs of people that are usually milling around the streets making parking horrendous and filling up every place are gone... sleeping somewhere?<br />
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Anyway, we found a few different shops.<br />
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I love the feeling I get at the beginning of each thrifting rampage I go on. <br />
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It's like being on the edge of the unknown.<br />
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Maybe not so serious sounding though.<br />
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The feeling of not knowing what surprises and treasures you might find is intoxicating though. <br />
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Each new store has the possibility of dusty, unloved magic there. It's great.<br />
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Even though I now live in Sunny SD, I find that I want a cozy sweater to wear on days when it dips in the sixties (ha, that's for all my friends in the colder climates) and I need a thicker layer on.<br />
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I found this sweater and immediately wanted to pair it with some boots and a belt. Which is exactly what I did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>What do you think would be another good way to wear this?</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>My hair is flipping out behind my ears... I don't know what to do about it.</b></span></td></tr>
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</div><div>B and I have been trying to cut back on our non-necessity purchasing so this is my first clothes/thrift purchase in a while. It was a whopping 2 bucks :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>I think I'll cherish it for a while.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Does anyone have any thrift store suggestions for the So Cal area?</div><div><br />
</div><div>This sweater makes me want to stay home drinking tea and reading myself silly.</div><div><br />
</div><div>What do you like to wear when you want to be the most comfortable?<br />
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</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-56261564543390957142011-03-15T08:00:00.000-07:002011-03-15T08:00:12.647-07:00A Favorite PieceLike way too many people, I have a love for owls.<br />
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I could tell you a lot of facts about them. They are the world's great hunters.<br />
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I have even taught a class on Owl Pellets... interesting right?<br />
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I now have bookends, earrings, necklaces and so on with this animal on it.<br />
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My family knows how I like them, so it's a go-to gift for me which I fully appreciate.<br />
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This was a gift from my sister and my nieces that I have been wearing all the time lately.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's an owl necklace that IS ALSO A CLOCK.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love it. I think of them each time I wear it and smile and miss them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whenever I work at Anthropologie I wear it and I get more compliments on it then anything else. I also get asked if I got it from there. I of course didn't, because I have to be able to afford anything from there (even with my discount), but that's another story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is definitely a favorite piece of mine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What is a piece that you can't help but smile while wearing?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>In the Weeds and the Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733855509064562812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699783722162794084.post-81756072438971092162011-03-14T14:11:00.000-07:002011-03-14T14:18:43.236-07:00All things PiSomething you discover when you are low on funds and entertainment is the local library.<br />
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We have one only a few blocks away which has been a safe haven for me in the last few weeks.<br />
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One of my first check-outs was the audio book of "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel.<br />
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It has won my heart.<br />
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I have been told by many, many people to read it.<br />
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I finally listened to it.<br />
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The reader was perfection. The story was perfection.<br />
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It filled my head with images and heart with happiness.<br />
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It's a gem.<br />
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I finished it today...<br />
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on Pi day...<br />
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Also perfection?<br />
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I think so.<br />
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Just a few images to pique your interest.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm sad that I've finished it. I'll miss you Pi. I'll miss you Richard Parker.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Don't you love how characters come into your life during your brief entanglement with their pages?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hate saying goodbye.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Somewhat unrelated--I had a dream last night about the funeral of a friend of mine I lost years ago. My pillow was soaking when I awoke.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not sure why I'm adding that to this post, but it is still in my head.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">"The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity; it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can."<br />
— <a class="authorName" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/811.Yann_Martel" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">Yann Martel</a> (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1392700" style="text-decoration: none;">Life of Pi</a>)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Listening to that book was such a beautiful experience, as was knowing and losing such a great person. Those things are related, but not related to each other. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have you ever felt that a part of you would be missing forever when you put down a story?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, enjoy a piece of pie and think fondly of your math teacher today. I'm wishing my mom, a high school math teacher, was here with me to sing some of her songs that she has created just for Pi Day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Pi Day Everyone!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">P.S. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hate to do this, but I need HELP with my layout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I want the blog to be wider--the full width of the screen. Everything is out of whack and I don't know how to fix it. I want to clean it up and fix it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">HELP?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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