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No buy June.

I'm re-instituting no buy month.  I feel like things have just gotten out of control and it's extremely stressful.  I have stacks of books.  My room is still full of boxes.  It's time for some action.

I didn't do January as planned, so June is it.  If I want something (and I want things), I have to wait a whole 30 days to purchase whatever the serious want is.  And right now, I seriously want these wedges.  C'est la vie.

Groceries & necessities are all.  Keep me honest blog friends.

Joy.

(from here.)

As I sit here and get a head start on "What my life will be like in 2012," I can't help but think back to the feeling I had yesterday on the lake and how to recapture that feeling long term.

The winds were high.  I was sitting at the front of the boat as we bounced along the whitecaps... wind whipping my hair, water splashing over my face, sun shining down.  I couldn't help but laugh.  I didn't laugh because something was funny, but because of the pure joy and happiness I felt in that moment.

Growing up!

My little man is getting his adult underbite.. he's growing up!

Fiesta.

Wow, two posts in one night?? This is rare.  At any rate, I'm being productive and that's always a good thing.  I've found that I was so busy for so long in my work life that I let things slack at home.  So now, getting things done!

My mom had a conference in San Antonio recently and they gave her some of the metal decorations for fiesta wreaths in her welcome bag!!  I desperately wanted to make a fiesta wreath for fiesta this year, but it was a week earlier than in the past and I just didn't have the time or money as I was in the middle of the move.

In the meantime I thought I could show off the pretty decorations in my room, as well as the cute little piñata that came with them, so I found some lace I purchased for a crafting project to make this little piece of decor to fit in the small space between two of my windows.  It's cute and adds some San Antonio flair!

Stay tuned for more.

(again, all photos by me.  please disregard the iphone quality.)

Home Sweet Home.

This post should've been posted Thurs night, but Blogger was down so I'm writing it today.  I'm pretty excited lately because I feel like my room (and the house) are FINALLY coming together... over a month later!!

After a trip to Ikea on the way back from Dallas last weekend, I picked up this lovely pot rack which just barely fit into the space we intended to use it for.  It makes the kitchen look pretty lived in, so I love that aspect.  We also didn't have a microwave this first month, so the stove was heavily used and it's nice to have the pots & pans easily accessible.

Then I stayed up super late on Thursday (and I had to drive a lot the next day) to get some of the bigger boxes out of my room.  I finally got one part of my room presentable... the closet!  My brother got me an awesome "Keep Calm and Carry On" picture when he was in London for spring break and it fits perfectly in between the closet and the door.  The bucket that my cookbooks and magazines moved into was a purchase the week before.  I also managed to (mostly) condense my large walk-in closet to this small 1920s closet.  I love it!

Hopefully I'll get down to business and clean out the rest of the room to make it presentable.  Can't wait to share it!

(all photos by me.  they're all iphone photos so please disregard the quality.)

On creativity

I fear that I've lost any of the creativity I may have once had... It seems like I had once been able to create characters and feel them. Now I can only mimick real-life situations that I lived trough. How and when did I lose my inspiration?

Starting up 750words again. Maybe that will help me get it back.

Calypso St. Barth for Target

Loving this Silver Pouf by Calypso St. Barth for Target.  It wouldn't match anything since gold is my accent color at home... but loving it!

More sleeping puppy

He had a busy, busy day so he's one tired boy!

Top 33 Worlds Strangest Buildings

From Bored Panda (via Pricetags)

 

Lotus Temple (Delhi, India)

 

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)

 

Church of Hallgrimur (Rekjavik, Iceland)

Sleepy boy

Inspiration for Tuesday

 

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Lovely Saturday.

There are still boxes everywhere in the house... but we finally got internet!  Yay!  I watered the lawn this morning, but today was mostly full of golf.  Yes, golf.

We headed out to the Texas Valero Open held at the AT&T Oaks course at TPC.  We spent the first portion camped out in the bleachers at the 16th hole where there was a nice breeze.  We then moved to the 10th hole to wait for Geoff Ogilvy and encountered the top of the standings while waiting there.  Finally, we camped out at the 18th hole to see the end.  We witnessed Vegas make something like a 68' putt for eagle.  It was awesome.

10th Hole

2010 Champion - Adam Scott

Kevin Chappell - leader at the time

Geoff Ogilvy

Overall a fun afternoon.  Didn't accomplish much around the house, but a good Saturday!

(all photos by me.)

Amazing!

Pencil art.  How incredible is this?

Source. (via.)

Dreaming of a vacation...

Photographer Luis Monterio 

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New laptop!

After months (okay, or years) of battling my sound card and blue screen memory dumps, I took the plunge today and purchased a new laptop!  Not the highest tech gadget or the specialty built computer I really want and wish I could afford, but I got an incredible price for what I need (e-mail and watch tv shows) for now.  Yay!  I get to pick it up in-store tomorrow... I can't wait!!

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Grateful.

I got a piece of news today that several months ago would have made me feel indignant.  I would have felt angry, upset and just plain wronged.  I waited for all those feelings and more to kick in, so that I could tell myself again that it's for the best...

But then they didn't kick in... and I realized that instead of angry, I was feeling peace and acceptance.  That I'm finally past this--life lived, experience gained and lessons learned--and I am happy.  Things have ways of working out like they're supposed to and I am happy and thankful and grateful for that.

And when I say that, I can't help but think of American Beauty, when Lester says: "I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life..."

Right now I can't feel anything but gratitude because I know I'm where I'm supposed to be, and how can I be angry about that?  And for that, I am grateful.

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Life.

I've been thinking a lot about life lately.  Well, I think about life all the time.  I think about where I've been, I think about where I am now and sometimes I like to think about where I might be going.

I've had a lot of nights lately that have kept me awake at night in anticipation, because I can't help but being so excited for the future.  What's next?  Here be dragons.

The Sea v 2.0

"The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesan

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Stripes

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