Orange...

I've been looking at the color orange and I've realized, that this might just be my summer color of choice!





Random survey, but does anyone have a favorite summertime color? If so what is it and why?

I finished my 3 Look project for the store. You can probably find it on the
site after the 1st. I'm actually really proud of it and how it turned out. I was stressing last minute and I'm surprised at how much I fit on there.

I'm configuring new ideas for my Etsy. I'm going to need to recruit someone [*hint* *hint* MICHELLE?!?!!?] to help me with the basics and just getting started. I'm trying to avoid looking at anyone's shop that I know, just so that I can work on my own stuff first, and look and see the differences.

Which reminds me....I need to order business cards. I'm looking for cupcake ones, but yeah, those'll cost me. Does anyone have ANY ideas?!? I need inexpensive ones. Please help...

Tonight calls for swimming and Quiznos.

Oh, and as promised....here's my precious joy:


Corn. I grew it in class this past semester and planted it on Earth Day. I'm surprised that it's lived. I have SUCH the black thumb. :(
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I scare myself.

Sometimes it's amazing what I can do. Yesterday, after months of trying and failed attempts, I ACTUALLY got the internet back up on my computer upstairs! No more laptop lugging nightly. This makes me happy.

I don't know what I did, but all I know is that it works now. I'm very happy and proud of myself. My dad said that if I'm going into Graphic Design and working with computers, I'd better know how to fix my computer. Ugh! My mom was happy for me, at least.

I'm so excited for the upcoming months. July 3rd, David and I are joining my family [minus Justin and Tiffany] and my mom's friends for fireworks. The 4th, I'm going over to David's parents to do fireworks there. Note, I HATE loud noises. =/

ALSO, August 7-12 my family, Tiffany, and David are all going to Illinois [SILENT "S", that always kills me when people say it wrong] to visit my grandparents and go for the family reunion. This year's is going to be better. I ACTUALLY have a decent guy who I can trust [even if he wasn't going]. This just makes it better too, since he'll be able to see Ottawa and all the joys it brings.

I NEED to finish my reunion album from last year. I'm sure a procrastinator. :(
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Tonight's plans

David and I are going to go see Wall*E here in Atoka.

First thing's first, FOOD!
I cleaned ALL day. I'm so exhausted. I've still got a little ways to go, but there's floor! I need to get some storage unit for my scrapbooking supplies and make my scrap nook look AMAZING!!!

One project is absolultely completed. I just have to post it on my store....however, I must have more items to sell before I get too crazy.

I'm SUPER excited!!! A clue? BON VOYAGE!
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TFI freakin F! :)

Oh I do hope I surprise EVERYONE....








I started on my Etsy shop products today with Michelle. She is really helpful and I love how similar we are. It's like she's in my head, which is weird, yeah, but TOTALLY helpful and needed. We remind each other of things and encourage each other.....and SHARE!!! ;)

I REALLY hope we do this weekly. I need someone like her in my life more often than she already is. I'm really thankful for her.

I'm going to be doing the dreaded "c" word tomorrow. This includes my laundry, which is blocking off the cat's kitty box. =X
I'm just glad neither have gone elsewhere.

Speaking of, Gerkie's crashed out on my bed next to me. She's so darn cute!

I'm missing people. Priscilla mostly....I really hope I get down what I have planned in time. It needs to have the right touch, and paint.

David's coming over tomorrow night to help with my room. I'm going to get everything ready by the end of the month to start REALLY getting down to business on my Etsy stuff. He's really motivating me and that's why I'm hecka thankful for him, too!

Michelle, here's to you girlie! :)
Thank you for making my day pure joy.
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P.S. The Starbuck's Strawberry Lemonade is AMAZING!!! It'll sure wake you up though! Lol...so darn tart.

P.P.S. This was actually what I modeled my dad's Father's Day card after:

I gotta hand it to you...

...I do believe I have found a new kindred spirit!






[Sorry the quality is a little off. I took the picture with my phone to quickly upload it to the computer to share. ;)]

What fun and today=MORE!!! :)
I can't wait. We're going to be cropping today with all our goodies that we got from yesterday's shopping spree. I should have something to put on my Etsy later next week. I wonder how it'll go.

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A [P.S.]

My night didn't get any better, and NO, it wasn't because of the meeting. But yes, seeing my boyfriend did help. We bought movies to watch when we're bored at the house with nothing to do and some cute stuff for me.

Too bad the kiosk was CLOSED! I'll have to get my pictures printed before this weekend, or else I'll have to use regular paper for my 3 Looks, due on the 1st.

I'm hanging out with Michelle today. I really need to get some sleep. I'm not working until 4!!! Plenty of hangage until TOMORROW when we're hanging out again!!!! HOORAY!!!! :)

Goodnight.
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WHAT THE.....?!?!?

I get to awake to this....FOWLER TREE SERVICE. At 7 effing 30 in the freakin morning!!!

It sounded like they were a) bulldozing a house, b) hitting a mailbox repeatedly, c) plowing through OUR house, or d) all of the above.

[Choose d.]

You guessed it! Yeah, 7:30. AM! WHAT THE F?!?! They even woke my brother who can practically sleep though anything, just to cut down a tree and shred it in the cove.

Honestly, WHY would you do that?! Who the hell calls up guys to come cut down and demolish a tree that early? I have to work a 1 and now I'm sure my work performance will suffer due to 5 HOURS OF SLEEP!!!! Are you serious?

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P.S. DON'T have these guys cut down your trees. They have little to ZERO respect for anyone. Kthnx for RUINING my day! Jerks.

Today's post is brought to you by the color...

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An incredible weekend.

I've had a great weekend. Simply because I said yes to hanging out with David's roommates, yes to going downtown, and yes to all the inbetweens.

Saturday afternoon, we went on a LOVELY nature walk before hanging with Clayton and Co. We ended up feeding ducks and having a great time. :)

Usually, I'm not one to go hang out with a bunch of David's roommate's friends, but Clayton decided to tell us about the 93X Summer Bash, leading us to think there were going to be POOLS set up in the parking lot. Cool! Alas, no pools, but a Woodchuck and Smirnoff.

After hanging out a little while, we flee the scene and head downtown to meet up with my already a little intoxicated brother. Eat at Big Foot and head to the Flying Saucer, for another Woodchuck, then headed home.

Yesterday, I went and met up with my mom at the Agricenter. She and her friend and I all went to go get lunch at the Commissary. David text me that he was up shortly before arriving at said destination and met us there. We headed back to the Agricenter and decided it really wasn't our thing. We took loads of pictures of the Charity Horses that are set up around the area. We're going to find and take pictures of them all! :)

Today's our four month. Lol...I'm so excited! The not-so-funny thing about it is, this COULD'VE been our 9 month. Yeah...could have.

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Completely true....

PuhLEEZE...

I've been cleaning this afternoon. Yes, I've barely made a dent and sure, my bed is a TOTAL wreck [laundry baskets and clean clothes needing a home], but I'm sure I'm succeeding in this battle.

I'm preparing some ideas for my friend in Knoxville. I miss her so much and we're going to be art buddies. I've been neglecting my duties. I'm ready to create.

I've been inspired by a blog I haven't read in a while. I'm glad I decided to check it out. Not only do I want to have "colorful days", but I'm super jealous that we don't have photo booths here. :( Boo Memphis!

My inspiration.

Also, I'm bored, so...yeah. Enjoy!

1. Where is your cell phone? .................FRONT AND CENTER
2. Your significant other?.......................On his way home from Chili's, WITHOUT me. :'(
3. Your hair?....................................On top of my head and brown.
4. Your mother? .................................She's in bed.
5. Your father?....................................Lying on the couch, snoring.
6. Your favorite thing?..........................Davey Days! ;)
7. Your dream last night?......................Void.
8. Your favorite drink..........................Mt. Dew & Bacardi's, but not together.
9. Your dream/goal?..............................Being happy, finding something I'd LOVE to do for the rest of my life, being able to do it, creating as much as possible and selling my creations, living free.
10. The room you're in?..........................The living room.
11. Your children?.....................................The cats? Sleeping with dad and in Dad's chair.
12. Your fear?...................................Dying.
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years...........Married to my soulmate and living the dream.
14. Where were you last night?...................Upstairs in my bed.
15. What you're not?.............................A good public-speaker.
16. Muffins......................................I prefer CUPCAKES. Yum! Megan Muffin is my alias. Lol.
17. One of your wish list items?.................Polaroid & FILM!!!. :(
18. Where you grew up?..........................Everywhere.
19. What you read last........................HP.
20. What are you wearing?........................Memphis Final Two shirt and some shorts. I've still got tanning lotion on me. EWWW! =X
21. Your TV?.....................................Jay Leno
22. Your pets?...................................Cats, horses, Gecko.
23. Your computer? .........................No internet there, that's why I "steal" my mom's laptop. =/
24. Your life?...................................Always changing.
25. Your mood?...................................Anxious.
26. Missing someone?..........................Like crazy.
27. Your car?....................................Dad's. Mine was totalled. :'(
28. Something you're not wearing?................Shoes [socks, bra, nailpolish]
29. Favorite Store?..............................Unfortunately, Eclectica.
30. Your summer?.................................Not here until Friday[?]
31. Like someone?................................I like like someone. ;)
32. Your favorite color?.........................Green, hot pink, black, grey, and brown. Mainly GREEN!
33. Last time you laughed........................Work.
34. Last time you cried?........................Today, when I watched David Mister's video from the wake.

I'll breathe a sigh of relief when everything is finished upstairs. At least we have air conditioning. :)

I managed to cook dinner for the family today, and tomorrow, I'm going to scrounge around for cupcake supplies. So you KNOW it should be a good day.....minus the cleaning. Boo on that!

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What a lovely...

LOVE LOVE LOVE.

I need to go see the movie....with Karrie! ;)
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Rant

Let's hear it. How many of you readers actually have a HARD time saying you're sorry? How about being nice to people regardless of how YOUR OWN personal life is going?

Hmm...this is leading somewhere, bare with me.

If someone says something to me, I usually can shrug it off. I smile when I'm sad/mad. I laugh when my heart aches. Sometimes, however, it gets to be really hard to fake my happiness and after awhile of someone treating me as an inferior, I tend to get a little bullheaded and stubborn.

So what do I do? I guess, I'll have to end up shrugging it off, as always, because there's nothing I can do about it.....considering.

I'm tired of the same ol' same ol' and the consistancy of these issues that I've had. I'm just waiting for some sort of miracle and the hope that one day things will change. Really it's mainly the little things that lead up to the larger ones, but those all can pile up to create a larger problem.

UGH!!

One top of everything, I don't know what to do about school next semester. I want to finish with my teaching degree, but I don't want to teach anymore. I've just gotten too far into it to turn around now. My mom's talking about student loans now. I refuse. I don't want to drop out, because [for one] I can't and [two] nothing good will come of that.

I don't know what I want to do or be anymore. I know that I love art and creating projects, but I don't want to have an art degree, simply because it won't take me far.

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Father's Day blues

Here's what I've done for my dad....thus far.



Now...what to write?!

I'm about to leave for work and I can't see to think of anything to write in my dad's card. Note, we're not very close and I'm not really looking for anything generic. Plus, quotes are out. I think I'm just going to end up writing what I always end up writing [generic] and call it good enough. What do you say to a father you're not close to?

Jen and I are on at the store. Should be a good day. The last day to pitch 4x4's and Cookie Cutters.... I'm not really one for cleaning, but it should go pretty fast. Especially with Starbucks and donuts waiting! ;)

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What a way to wake up!

So, I set my alarm to go off around 7:30 so I could have time to tan before work, and thankfully, I looked at my schedule before I completely got ready. I thought I was working 10-6, but that's tomorrow! I'm on at 4 today. WHEW!

I have PLENTY of time.

I finished my dad's Father's Day card. I'd put it up here, but he's found a way to Google my name when he's bored and stumbled upon my blog. I'm not going to ruin it! Lol..

Speaking of Google, if you Google "beauty", this is what comes up:


I've been OBSESSING over Etsy, and wishing I could afford to spend more money on luxuries, but alas, I wish. I did find some really neat individuals who practice an art of "looking through the viewfinder". Here's one of my favorites, simply because I am in love. ;)


ScarletBeautiful2's Etsy Shop

Also, go ahead and check out the lovely Michelle's Etsy Shop as well. She's amazingly talented and all her items make me love love LOVE summer just THAT much more. ;)
LuckyChelle7

AAAANNNNND....Jennifer's Etsy: Designs On A Whim


With all that, I'm off to go bake. My brother and his girlfriend, Tiffany, are going to St. Louis tomorrow, and I am SO jealous. I need to just get away and relax.

Tan time!
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Exactly 1 month and 29 days....

...since I'm SEEN my best friend! I got the chance to hang out with my beloved Megan Sara, my bestest friend [aka BIFFLE]. It happened spur of the moment and she agreed to go to the local coffee shop with me, but we ended up going to Margarita's for Pina Coladas [imagine that], cheese dip, tacos, and quesadillas....THEN we went to Perks [the coffee shop]. It's funny, we ALWAYS end up gathering so many dramatic tales of our boyfriends and crazy everyday life and sit and talk for hours. We're hoping to have more time for us this month. I really miss her. I don't think we've EVER gone this long.....literally, the DAY AFTER my birthday. Ridiculous.

Tomorrow I go to work and then get to see David! HOORAY!!!

I went tanning again today for 10 minutes, and burnt myself even more. I'm having a day off tomorrow....probably, unless I tan before work. We'll see how bad I look tomorrow. I'm pretty pink. =/

Also, I cracked my lip the other day at work. They were apparently VERY dry and now it hurts really bad. I cracked it RIGHT down the middle. UGH! Yuck.

I have pictures from the other day.....
I went to the barn to take care of Abby [my horse] and I ended up walking her around, giving her a bath, and brushing her. She's gorgeous.....but unfortunately, really old. :(
Here's one of the pics:



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I can't sleep.

My contacts are practically fusing to my eyes and my bed is half made, but I just can't seem to feel that drifty-feeling come along.

This is sad, but I haven't gotten to see David since Saturday [and I won't get to see him again until Thursday], and I'm missing him. UGH! :(

I've been online practically all night looking up bright and cheery things like clothes and cupcakes and checking all my different email accounts....which isn't really bright nor cheery.

*Sigh*. Life.

I'm going to listen to a few more songs on my playlist, finish this, and force my eyelids closed. I'm sure I'll pass out as soon as my head hits the pillow. =/

I miss creating things. I got a kit from Alissa's class on the 31st and I pretty much finished it. I need to get the stamps that she used to stamp a page....or just use what I have.....because THAT'D be convienient.

The Postal Service brings back so many memories. Most importantly, my Grandma's house [baths]....but also, since *the unmentionable* burned me the cd. His first gift to me. :( What a way to ruin a perfectly AMAZING band.
I need to detox my brain....

Gerkie's chillin' on my bed with me. That always makes me happy. The sheets are clean too, so she's loving it equally as well. I need to put the pillowcases on.

I think I have insomnia. Dang..

Saturday [if I don't post until then], David and I are going to go see What Happens in Vegas at the Paradiso. I figured I save him the "pain" of Sex and the City [saving THAT for Karrie--from work].

June rings in THE 7 NIGHTS OF CLEANING. A personal "goal" I don't see happening. :(
I can't be motivated to do anything, no matter what. I just need one of those vacumms from WHOSVILLE to suck everything up. ;)
[I don't know where that came from]

OH! My lovely mother bought me an unlimited tanning package at the tanning place RIGHT DOWN THE STREET from the house, so I'm thinking about going every or every other day...yeah yeah, I know that's alot, but I need it. I don't tan easy. I'm already starting to see results after just the first time in AWHILE [I started at 7, when I think 5 is the recommended]. Eh..whatever.

Well, I think I'm going to cut myself off. [*Cue the playoff music*] This post has extended longer then I expected. OKAYIloveyouallGOODNIGHT!

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