goodness gracious

gah, i’ve been really awful about updating lately. its gotta get better, i know.

so a few little somethings for ya:

 

if only dreams came true. i want to do this.

check out The Big Picture every once in a while.  they have some rockin, world-traveling photographers educating Americans about whats really going on.

 

also, martha stewart and andy samberg have become friends and carve turkeys (or turkies) together.

http://www.marthastewart.com/show/thanksgiving-hotline?video_id=fad1131698366110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD

sunrise, sunrise…it looks like morning in your eyes

the bux has me working at all hours of the morning, which i honestly can say i like…oh….ummmm….gahhh.

it is most refreshing, though, to be awake and ready for the day when the sun is waking up.

good morning, old hickory.

h1n1: the worst thing since sliced bread

i may or may not have contracted this deadly strand of a virus (and by deadly, i mean its killing my social life) and thus i needed to look up the symptoms.

so that you may know if your body aches are due to something more than a 3-mile jog, go to http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/sick.htm

also, feel sorry for this sweet little girl. she just found out her bunny isn’t real.

carnival elephants

my yesterday was spent in Hohenwald, Tennessee.

 

a not-so-well-known fact about Hohenwald: It is home to the Elephant Sanctuary, the habitat where they send carnival elephants when they are too old for the showbiz.

sailing the seven seas

just read this headline:   Girl, 16, sets off on 23,600-mile yacht trip

what? really?  i’m not sure what to think about this, but this gal has some guts under her belt to want to be out at sea for 8 months alone. sailing. braving the world by herself.

check it: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33366623/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

still i see monsters

home from the greatest city in the mid-west. pictures coming. for now, listening to monsters of folk and hanging out on the back porch with a tall glass of water and enjoying fall. hope your weekend was great.

my new corkboard

sunday afternoon was craft time to the max in this nashville apartment. i got so many little sewing projects out of the way and made myself a fancy piece of art.

i covered a canvas with some great Garden Party fabric, put my staple gun to work…and ta da: a new imagination station (if you will), a new place to hang creative ideas, and a place for my weekly calendar to hang.

i love my “8-days-a-week” calendar. oh wait, what does it say?

oh, what?!?! i’m going to chicago! tomorrow!!! i guess i better pack. see ya on monday!

holla holla holla

so char and jbo won open mic night last night. check this out! incredible!

braid wednesday

ok, all you newbs. listen here, and listen carefully. tomorrow is braid wednesday. please follow suit.

 

 

                              *children only, please.                            

 

celebrate by braiding your hair. do it. for the sake of all that is lovely.

evenin’ sky

thank you nashville for a pretty sky this evening.

thank you sun roof for letting me have this great view.

 

 

thank you Jesus for creating pumpkins.

and thank you for allowing me to bake with them.  and yes, this is my newest endeavor: to make as many things as possible this fall with the best ingredient ever, PUMPKIN!  first accomplishment: pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting (and a dash of pumpkin spice)