Inspiration

Just stopping by to say hi. I had a pretty laid back weekend and I definitely enjoyed that. Since I finished reading Eclipse on Thursday night, I picked up the fourth book in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn on Friday afternoon. I was hoping it would arrive at the library before the weekend, but I was not so lucky. I spent a decent amount of this weekend reading. I still have about 200 pages to go.

I gladly took BART to Danville (more reading!) and hung out with Dan's father's family. I was really happy to talk with Dan's siblings about their reactions to the book. They kept coming in and asking what part of the book I was at. So cute!

I will admit, I have this weird craving for waffles all the time now. Yesterday on my lunch break, I went to Safeway and bought chocolate chip frozen waffles. Normally I would think they are nasty, but it was cold and raining outside. I really enjoy them as comfort food. It made me crack up when I watched the movie Alvin & The Chipmunks last night because they were obsessed with frozen waffles too! We also watched the hilarious movie Evan Almighty. Silly me, I didn't realize it was a sequel to Bruce Almighty until Dan mentioned it at dinner. We cracked up a lot and I really enjoyed that. I could laugh for hours easily. I adore Steve Carell.A bunch of my friends went to CHA yesterday and I want to thank them for including me in their experiences! I really enjoyed getting all sorts of text & picture messages about your time in Anaheim!

Sorry this post lacks pictures, but the weather was just not fun at all. The sun is out today so maybe I'll get some photography in at some point today. We'll see if I can manage that between photo editing, reading, and doing homework for my flash class. With that, I leave you with a link to incredibly beautiful and inspiring photos that I found through the Strobist blog. Happy Monday!

Lovely holidays

I hope everyone has recovered from eating loads of yummy food and relaxing with their families. Boy, do I have a lot of photos to share!

One Sunday morning I arrived at work to find such pretty things waiting for me. More arrived later. Everyone is always so thoughtful and generous to me.
Monday night (Dec. 22) we had a delicious dinner with our cousins. We made a date to hang out since we wouldn't see that side of the family for Christmas. They had this delicious dip waiting for us.We spent the night eating in the family room and staying warm and cozy. We played a really fun board game called Smart Ass. Dan keeps joking that he won. :D Dan didn't want to go out this year so we had dinner at my house. We had a relaxing evening with the family.I'm not sure who is more excited about this birthday present. I just love the Wii fit! Here is the mandatory goofy birthday photo. You can barely even see the birthday boy! We spent Christmas Eve day at Zena's house with some friends before heading over to Danville for Dan's father's family party. The food was oh so good! I adore seeing everyone and wish I could find more time to visit.I have a rule that I can't take photos of people eating. I take photos before or after the fact. Don't they look happy? We really enjoyed catching up with the newly weds and look forward to hanging out with them soon.
I took so many photos on Christmas, so that will be in an upcoming post. Happy Weekend!

Nine in the Afternoon

Two layouts in two hours? No way, not MJ! Oh yes, in Nikki Peterson's class! She is one of the coolest people I've met. She's a really fun person with great stories. She was so inspiring and I actually scrapped the fastest ever! I hope to make it a habit of mine. I had such a great time hanging out at Picture Me Perfect. Oh, and my new glasses arrived :).


My new favorite lo of me, Eva, and her lovelies in a photo booth from January.



This is a reference to renaissance proportions. Artists believed that the ideal proportion was 7 1/2-8 heads to body length. I found out in art class that I fit that. My friend Anders makes fun of me for having a longer torso than him. When I sit next to him, (he's 6'4") I'm taller than him and I'm 5'9". So there is my random fact of the day.




So I did a little shopping while I was at the store. And when I say a little I really mean a ton. I love seeing product in person!



My Elle's Studio order came in so I can finish up a project that I started a month ago! I adore her style. YUM!


After my class I drove to Danville and met Dan at his father's families house. It was so wonderful to see everyone. It had been three whole months!