monday, monday

just a glimpse of my views on this monday evening!

napping monsters

catching up on unfinished projects

libations served up via my 3rd favorite Beatle

and this song, which tends to get put on repeat more often than not

"decide what to be and go be it"

well, go on!

march lust list

hello again! Even though March is already halfway over, I'd like to share what I've been lusting over lately!

Ruche

Ruche

ModCloth

Red Velvet

j.Crew

Bloom

is it obvious that I'm ready for spring and warm weather?! never mind that in a 1 hour brunch with friends yesterday we had sun, rain, and snow in what I'm pretty sure was a 20 degree temperature flux. oh, Oregon, we really do have a love/hate relationship sometimes. 

want to know a secret?

I haven't used shampoo to wash my hair for an entire week....

A WEEK! Coming from the girl who previously wished it was acceptable/not environmentally irresponsible to wash twice a day. The girl who has the finest, oilest, flattest hair around. This is big. What's my secret? It's surprisingly simple.

Baking soda.

Who knew! Life=changed.

music tuesday....ala nyquil

Music Tuesday is a bit later than normal today, but better late than never! Home early from work tonight, not feeling so hot, so I'm hopped up on nyquil and Yogi tea (the best!). Be thankful, little bloggy readers, for my neighbor who decided that it was screamo band practice time at midnight...were it not for him I would be peacefully sleeping instead of remembering that I almost forgot about music Tuesday!

This week's theme is "sunny" music, a very far departure from the cold, wet, miserable weather that I'm actually stuck with. enjoy!

1. "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO



2. "Catch My Disease" by Ben Lee




3. "Sunshine" by Matt Costa



4. "Falling for the First Time" by Barenaked Ladies



And finally, my favorite song to listen to out in the sunshine, probably because of how enjoyable they were at a recent summer concert:

5. "Float On" by Modest Mouse



hope you enjoyed my sunny picks!

today I'm making...

Today is sewing day in this little ol apartment! I have three things that I want to at least start today, so create some accountability (gah! work terms creeping into every day life!) I'd like to share my projects here post-production!

I plan on making several of these little guys today

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This skirt looks too simple NOT to try! I can't decide if I want to make it maxi like shown, or if I want to make a shorter one....decisions, decisions! 

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And last, but not least, the one that I am probably least likely to finish today, but will definitely be starting, is this amazing pony dress that Elsie shared this week! 

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I can't decide what animal I want to sport on mine though! top runners so far are :

fox

giraffe

cat

dino

elephant

Any ideas out there?!

saturday run down

This week was a bit off and on, but making progress none the less!

Saturday-- off (Portland!)
Sunday -- off (Eugene!)
Monday -- run 2 miles; time: 25 minutes
Tuesday -- off (exhaustion!)
Wednesday -- 20 min on the arc trainer; weights and abs
Thursday -- ran 1/2 mile before completely freaking ourselves out that someone was in the bleachers
Friday -- ran 2 miles; time: 23 minutes (!!)

Have a great weekend!

40 days of....something!

Well, it's here again, that time of year when I stress out over what to do for Lent. I'm not Catholic, but every year the practice of challenging myself to give up something/take up something always feels good. So what is the plan for this year? I'll be honest in saying that I have no idea, but in my nightly Pinterest perusal I came across this print, and it's safe to say that I could stand to resolve to at least a few of these:

Life lately has felt more stressful than necessary, almost like I'm on the edge of something happening, but I'm constantly in a state of anxiousness. What for? Life is too short to worry, so for now my Lent commitment is to relax more, unplug a little, get outside and try to live a little freer.

On a completely unrelated note, have you seen the previews for the new movie Mirror Mirror?! I feel a little spoiled that twice in my life two of my favorite things are combined in cinematic glory--Disney recreations and Julia Roberts!