NEW YEARS INSPIRATIONS

JUST SOME PHOTOS TO GET YOU IN THE NEW YEARS MOOD.

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS COMING SOON.

BOOKS I BOUGHT TODAY.

OH. MY. GAWD.

I could write like 5 posts about Todd Selby alone. He started  photographing different people in their homes and blogging about each one. But when it became more popular, he decided to choose 32 of his favorite people/homes and make a book. SO GLAD he did that! Most of the homes are really colorful and eclectic, and the people are pretty much what I want to be when I grow up. JUST. SO. COOL.

Ok, I dont really know much about this book...except that everyone loves it. AND there are two more that were written after it...so Im pretty much really behind.

This one jumped out at me right away. It's set in Savannah, Georgia and it is a non-fiction novel about a murder and the trial that went along with it. I think ile read this one first...

The best house on the block.

Ok guys, really sorry for not posting over the holidays so far. I promise that will change soon! Im not really going to try to make any excuses. But I promise I have LOTS of fun blog ideas and I have been reading lots of cool books/doing lots of new things/drawing some really cute stuff. And thats what the holidays are about right?! Well...sorta anyway. So, for now...Ile just show you this...

This little beauty (sorta) is a little house in my hometown that puts up lots and lots of lights every year. It true, that its not a spectacular as some of the huge professionally decorated houses in the city, but there is something magical about it in its own little way. The couple that live there are getting older now so the lights are getting fewer than a couple years ago. But we still love to drive by and watch the little mini helicopter and then tiny train. Everything is pretty much the same every year, which for some reason leaves a comfort...its always the first house we go by and see...

P.S. -unfortunately because a lot of the lights on the house change and blink, it seems that only about half of the lights are actually lit in this picture...but hopefully you sort of get the feeling of it all...:)

Christmas Tree! Oh Christmas Tree!

For as long as I can remember, one of my favorite parts of Christmas was decorating the tree. When I was young we always had real trees, but that stopped after my kitten climbed up to the top and knocked the whole live tree, ornaments, water, and all, to the floor. Ever since then we have had a fake tree. But I didn't really care about that, because it wasn't the tree I loved. It was the ornaments! This year, I had my own little Christmas tree, and while all the ornaments I love from my childhood are still with my mother, Jesse and I had a lot of fun picking out some new ornaments for our tree! But when I finally came home for the holidays, one for the first things I wanted to do was still put up the tree and ornaments. I love all of the ornaments and the stories that go with them so much, I decided to take some pictures to share with all of you!

And of course I had to add this too...Ralphie trying to hide in all of the wrapping from the ornaments...

And this is my little tree that I had at my apartment...

RANDOM INSPIRATIONS

This last week has been sort of rough for me. Ive been having some family problems, and I also have finals all week, not to mention that I forgot to pay a ticket and I have to run down to the county I got it in tomorrow and pay it...so needless to say, as much as I should be studying for something like that...I need some things to lift my mood. Here are some things that make me happy right now.

MY DOG

MY BOYFRIEND

CHRISTMAS

GOOD GRADES

NEW LOOT

Whenever I go home for the holidays I always come home with something. But what I brought home this week are some of my favorites in a while! My grandmother gave me some pressed glass. Three separate pieces actually.

The one in the middle is thousand eye, the one on the left in Vaseline glass, but Im not sure about the one on the far right...

Another picture of the Vaseline glass, these are the ones that are supposed to glow green under a black light because of the uranium in it. Yes, I know, uranium is radioactive. I can promise you it is only trace amounts. ;)

How was everyone else's thanksgiving? Did you come home with anything fun?

Oh, I love this.

Things I did on Thanksgiving day.

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Ate LOTS and LOTS of food. My family has a really traditional thanksgiving...we don't mess around with that new 'updated' thanksgiving food...we just stick to what we know is good...:) (that would include but not be limited to: Turkey, dressing (home-made casserole style), green bean casserole, squash casserole, cranberry sauce (from the can...I know Im weird but its my favorite), rolls, pecan pie, fruit salad, and chocolate meringue pie) 

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Caught up on some much needed play time with the dogs...Maggie my mothers basset hound loved getting to see Ralphie (my miniature dachshund). And our rescue Baxter had great fun too. :)

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Found a bunch of cool old records in my moms old closet. (The Beatles white album was one of the coolest).

Watched A&M BTHO t.u.!!!!!!! ;) Sorry Texas fans, I had to put this one up...and look at that pretty lady! We love you Miss Rev!!!! So proud to be an Aggie today!

Things I Love Today.

These are the things that Im completely obsessed with right now.

Yan Yan snacks. Specifically strawberry.

Drawing in my journal. I've been really good about it lately.

Hanging beds and chairs. Strange I know. But I have always had a liking for them!

Christmas lights...up all year round.

Drawing birds.

730 DAYS OF PURE HAPPINESS.

Thats right, Jesse and I have been together for exactly two years today! I still remember our first date perfectly...it was a Friday, and we drove over to a small town about 30 minutes away. I remember it was cold, because I was wearing my winter coat, but Jesse still had sandals on! I could tell he was so coooold but he wouldn't admit it. We had lunch at a little bistro; we held hands for the first time as we walked in. 

It seems like nothing now, but I was so nervous at the time. I was afraid to eat in front of him, so I barely took two bites of my sandwich even though I was starving! After lunch we walked around the square and looked in all of the little shops. I had to run in and by a birthday gift for a friend, and Jesse INSISTED on buying it for me. It was pretty cute. :) We were having so much fun, we didn't want to leave, but I had to work later that day, so he took me back to my house. He gave me a little kiss by the front door before I walked in. 

For the rest of the day at work all I could think about was him. Daydreaming the whole time. I probably didn't get such wonderful tips that day! The next day Jesse came over. It was the first time he had come in my house, and we had to sit in the formal living room. It was so funny. We held hands and he asked if I was his girlfriend. I guess y'all can guess what I said! I know what your thinking, isn't just one day/date a little soon to start dating? But Jesse and I had known each other for a year or two already and we had been best friends for most of those years. It just took us a while to realize. (I liked him, and he liked me, but we never actually told each other, so I didn't think he liked me, and vise versa).

Anyway, I could go on and on about all of this mushy stuff for ever, but I think I have rambled on enough for the day! 

So, in short, I love you so much babe! Your the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me, and I can't wait for many more years to come! :)

"Gay or Weird Costumes Add Fun to the Halloween Party"

Its true...they really do. ;)

Another much needed trip...

So, once again, we're going to Galveston. It basically has become our go to place for a little weekend get away, all of my life, like a home away from home (The Galvez specifically). This time, since it is so close to halloween, the Galvez is putting on a ghost tour of the hotel. You can either buy only the tour, or you can buy the package, which is a brunch on Sunday morning, a room at the hotel, and 25% of something at the spa! So, of course, we just HAD to get the package! ;) I think its going to be really great, especially since the hotel has such a huge history. Galveston is after all known as 'one of the most haunted cities in America'! And boy is this little get away needed! Not only have I had a sinus/ear infection for the last week, midterms reared their ugly head as well...so to show them! Im going to Galveston, and even, gasp, missing class on Monday! Hah! That shows them! ;) Anyway, even though its just one night, I'm pretty excited. :)

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