giddy

my favorite band in highschool was easily... dashboard confessional.
a guy. his 'band' and him singing songs about life. love. tshirts. and driving home...
here is my favorite song.





so they happen to be on their TEN YEAR TOUR! what?!?! ten years.
and ive been listening to them for probably all ten years.

due to their popularity and ticket price i was never able to see them...
until now.
tonight.

im going. with ryan. (what nice husband)
to sing my heart out and see my favorite band ever...
(well at least in the high school/college days)

:) im giddy with excitement.

shutterfly!

i love shutterfly!

...no really. i do.
here is our christmas card that may end up in a mailbox near you soon!

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sorry to ruin the surprise-- but guess what- blogging about shutterfly gets you a 25$ gift card!!! really!!
i love shutterfly even more!! check it out-- buy a photo book (which i have LOTS of!!) or christmas cards or just prints-- blog about it and get free money!!

i don't think you can read the fine print anyway... that part will be a surprise! :)
happy holidays!

what a weekend...

well i started at home depot.
and spent the best 20$ ive ever spent.
4 new stove top 'spill covers' later... i feel like i have a new kitchen.

here's a lil before & after.

ryan came home saturday afternoon and we headed straight to a christmas tree lot...
we dont have trees grown locally in durham- apparrently they wont grow here-- but these are from the north carolina blue ridge mountains! :)
and this lot goes towards a great local cause... so it was the perfect place to get a tree.

muscle man carrying it in...

ill post pictures of our living room all decorated at some point...
but its looking good. and smelling awesome!

----and then today--- after church we hit the books.
but first we made our first homemade loaf of bread with ryan's new breadmaker!

mmmmm.
it looks sooooo good.
and smells amazing!!


hope your weekend was fun & refreshing!
one more week of class! then tests-- then BREAK!!!

love & peace

happy hunting!

not so shabby...

today at work that is...

me and emily spent our day at work decorating.

it was sooooo much fun.

us and our tree.
we also made a giant wreath and snowflakes.
all out of computer paper.

one might say our ER looks a bit like a kindergarten classroom-- but hey. we had a ball.


love & peace
and happy decorating!

happy thanksgiving to me.... work style.

spontaneous

a couple weeks ago an old friend told me she would be in the area for thanksgiving and we should get together. well time passed-- and yesterday i got a message- you able to meet up tomorrow?
this morning i got a text with an address-- a couple of hours away-- and i was pumped.
hopped in the shower and took off.
after a very wrong turn that had me headed north instead of south-- for like the MAJORITY of my drive... i got headed the right way and ended up seeing my best friend from growing up.

its crazy the memories that come flooding back after 6 years of being a part-- it was like the last 6 years didn't happen-- oh but they did.

2 college graduations, 2 weddings and a baby later-- we were reunited and it was so so so good.
after a veryyyyy long lunch
she and her family talked me into spending the afternoon with them.
then the evening.
then having dinner with them.

oh how wonderful it was.
to be surrounded by a family that growing up i considered another family to me, sitting at a table, talking, laughing and catching up.
what a perfect day.

ashley and i became friends in 2nd grade- friends through elementary school, ms, and hs. then senior year went to india together. i broke my arm at her house once- we went to panama city for spring break one year with her family. we spent LOTSSSS of nights together growing up. its crazy how quickly time passes---

i think we were ten.... or younger... maybe 8?
and here we are age 25....


so tonight im thankful for old friends and families that helped shape me into the person i am today. and the fact ive had a camera at my side since age 8. mimicking 15 year old pictures is quite fun.

:) love & peace