Happy Birthday Little Friend-

I made a pinata.

For my friends birthday!

Yay friend. Seven whole years old!

He made great use of it.

Nap.

I'm puppy-sitting this week.. I promised his owners I wouldn't let him sleep in their guestbed because he'll learn bad habits. I however did not promise to not fall asleep in my own bed and be sneak attacked by said puppy, who sleeps like a goofball.

He plops on the floor like he has no bones as well.. I laugh at him at least once a day. He is currently wearing a bright yellow bandana and running around the yard with my dog.

I watch American Idol after church to hang out with the girlies I like.

And to see Steven Tyler.

Hell week x 2

Today is the beginning of my two week study plan to ace the nclex.
This means hours of studying in the morning, walking the dog in the afternoon, and watching old action movies in the evening (I kicked off with Mercury Rising and Speed) and playing kinect.
I totally started out hating on kinect but it is AWESOME!

But I would trade the kinect to not have to learn more nursing strategies for the nclex. Ah well, life could be worse!

weekend, meet sofia.

Not one place in all of Oklahoma showed Somewhere.

Don't you know who the Coppola's are OK? Come on.

But it's out now and I'm getting my oil changed and then giving S.C. my afternoon.

The long (mostly flat) road home.

We spent a lot of time cat napping in the sun and listening to NPR on this trip.

More Timbers!

I adore these short videos of Mister places. It's like a picture, but better.

My First Timbers Match!

I think the week of craziness is behind us finally- it ended well with bacon and bleu cheese burgers! And now I have weeks of fun pictures to free from my camera!

This Saturday we went to the Timbers/Sounders match thanks to an old friend from school. It was so fun! Even with Sounders fans there : )

And we found the Seattle McMenamins!

Where is my face?

Yuck.

And look at that! No dominance tonight!

AHHHH!

CRAZIEST. WEEK. EVER.

Moving home was wild! And somehow every moment has been taking up with people. I like when spending time with people keeps you off facebook and the computer. But it should settle down Sunday (hopefully), and all the pictures from the week can go out.

MICASA!

Just made it home!!

And I promise tomorrow will be pictures and maybe some videos.

But I'm going to sleep right now in a real bed. Lovely.

Also I watched Kung Fu Panda for the second time and it was still super cute.

Good thing 2 is coming out!

Nerf Herder.

I woke up to this on my whiteboard:

Star Wars and love. Ahhh, life is sweet. And nerdy.

DONE WITH COLLEGE!!!

This morning before the test we all (the smaller group of try-agains) sat around and talked... somehow it came that we all were wrecks after we found out we failed the first time around. But none of us told each other. We emailed the two people we weren't embarrassed to know that we did not succeed and we cried on our bf's and we sat at each others houses late at night and shyly admitted we were scared, but only in the safety of night and to the people who already knew we were human.

And then in the imminent threat of more we told each other- in case we didn't make it out of there, in case we did. How silly it seemed when we were all laughing. Of course we had been upset! Of course we had doubts and frustrations! And of course we were not alone.

Of course failing one thing did not make us a failure.

And look! We succeeded. Ha.

Sorry.

My favorite game to play as a kid was Sorry.

Luckily I found Mister who likes games, and friends that like games, and Sorry at Goodwill for 99¢. So we played the other night (like a month ago). We also have this old game called Eat It which is ridiculously difficult and all about junk food branding from the 90's.

I lost both games. Terribly.

ooh la.

When I got my job here I bought a totally impractical dress with foxes on it that I will wear all summer. I think when I get my first grown-up job I'm going to get one of these. They will be fun for summer and in 30 years when they come back in fashion my kids will be thankful I indulged.

here.

Tomorrow will be better than today.

What do you do after a truly wretched day?

I bawl on Mister, then I distract my tear ducts with happy things:

Like salad with pecans and strawberries.

Like gorgeous photos and gorgeous tattoos.

I guess the only thing to do is try again tomorrow.

Fun things from Wednesday night.

I'm baking. Banana bread is in the oven and raspberry oatmeal chocolate muffins are waiting their turn. Supplementing studying with some sustenance (pre-planning for test tomorrow)!

Funny story: When I was still in college in Oregon I took a nursing class over a link to Oklahoma... and today the students who were in Oklahoma that I've spent two years put it together that that was me. Apparently they took pictures with me. So of course I facebook stalked them and found the photos.

Also, I found this easy dip dye idea for stationary... now I just need to use all the pretty stationary I have now so I can make more (although one can't have too much stationary, it just inspires you to write more letters)!

bateman.

Two movies I really like. And I just realized Mr. Bateman is in both. He's got somebody good working for him!

New degree, new room.

I've been piecing together some thoughts on a new room for when I get home: oversized family photos, grey, stripes, a white rug + teepee, and that awesome lightbulb chandelier.

It's not really a cohesive plan or thought yet but it is an aesthetic I like.

(pictures from here, here, and the lightbulb one I think is from the Selby but I can't remember!)

Sans photos.

I have pictures (and from my new camera!) but none of them are loaded on my computer. And I'm getting up early to work out tomorrow.... so sweet dreams.
I watched Step Up 3 tonight, I love dance flicks. So hopefully I dream that I'm an awesome dancer!



Jon Chu is impressive don't you think?

Fire.

(misc pictures from hair websites...)

Mister DESPISES eurotrash mullets, but I love them! So does my favorite coworker (you know, the one who saw Burlesque with me when Mister wouldn't and who wears his shirts unbuttoned with his hairy chest because that's what the Mexican men like.), and this is really all the permission I need right?

Regardless of the cut, I'm sure summer is the time to try red. And since ombre is in, I can grow it out if I hate it!

Speaking of Fire, Timber cut them down to size tonight, even with an own goal.

Perfect home/season/MLS opener (and it was raining).

Summertime accessories.

sparkles.

sheepskin rug.

mariners cap (to avoid sunburn and support your local team).

Summer.

Summer is two weeks away.

Not that summer really counts as summer when you're graduating college but whatever. Once I graduate I'm slightly afraid I'll deflate and do nothing. Ever again. So... maybe a list of things to do before I turn 23? Lists are lifesavers. Apathy preventers.

Ten things to accomplish before I'm 23-

- Make a teepee. Sleep in it. More than once.

- Start a granny square and make a tshirt blanket.

- Play volleyball.

- Brush dingo twice a week.

- Visit Megan in OKC.

- Support Miss Engaged.

- Go to the drive-in.

- Do P90X (possibly die after).

- Read my new books and start a book club with the girls (feathers, book clubs, love!).

I'll come up with a tenth somtime. Nine seems daunting enough at this point!

Travel.

My frienders (I'm not sure why I needed to call her that) DB said something tonight that was beautiful.

"Whether this time we stay home, get to be accompanied by a friend, a love, a similar soul, or get called, once again out on our own to be involved in the lives of those yet unknown to us, potential family. We know we are here now. We may know where we would like to be tomorrow or in a year, but above that we know that our lives are a complicated web pelt events and points of view that do not belong to us. How are we to know where the builders have laid the end of these tracks? We just know that, for now, we have to ride. And today, we are headed north."

I went to Europe with her and a group of people, one of which was this guy-

(her pic)

This is picture from the front of the eurrail website. Totally looks like him doesn't it!? So funny. I laughed when I found it.

Water Animals Are Cute.

I am a puddle of goo.

(via dirty pretty things via a cup of jo)

Ballgame.

About once a year I engage in brief, torrid affairs with hotdogs.

My colon disapproves and my spinach judges me from the fridge.

But it's baseball season!

Victoria's Secret has a new baseball line. Yum.

My Mariners.

And mister's Giants (luckily in separate leagues so we can mostly cheer for each other).

REMEMBER THIS?

DONT WORRY, I WAS THERE.

Bunny Lane.

I love this house.

I think my minor obsession with houses right now is mostly due to being sick of dorm rooms. Especially now that mine is half packed away anyway!

More sides of the house... all lovely.

feathers.

Girl time has come to fruition!!

Today we all crowded into the tiny bathroom and decided on graduation dresses and talked about nail polish and laughed about boys and put feathers in our hair. I'm so doing this all summer (girl time and feathers). Cannot wait!!

At least I don't have a tramp stamp.

(A tiny sneak peak...)

verde.

I am definitely making some of these when I get home!

So cute! So green! Filled with treats!

staples-

I'm working toward creating a wardrobe full of staples and a few select accent pieces from each season, like a grownup. I made a list of ten essentials (chinos, skirt you can dress up or down, dresses, blazer, dark wash slim jeans, sweaters, brown short boot, trench, and stripes)

of which I own 5. Not bad I figure for starting out! And for each essential I pick up I eliminate the junk. I've donated 5 bags to Goodwill this semester (this is a lot out of one room with a tiny dresser)!!

Land's End has some new options for people who aren't 50... my grammy and I used to go through Land's End and she loved their clothes! And now so do I.

chinos.

skirt.

just for fun ruffles.

(my grammy, probably before Land's End existed.)