fade into you.

there are few things in life i love more than music. honestly, when my ipod dies [knock on wood] i will shed many tears and have a funeral for it. i fear the day when i won't have my 11,000+ songs at my fingertips where ever i am. music gets me through long car rides, washing dishes, the gym. it gets me through life.

one of my favorite new discoveries [yes, i acknowledge i'm behind the times] is itunes genius. don't get me wrong, creating a playlist brings me so much joy when there's a subject in mind. new music to share, impressions to make, it's like making a mix tape for someone you have a crush on. but it can also be absolutely daunting if all your looking for is a quick mix of awesome tunes. enter, itunes genius. it so lovingly groups all the music it thinks [yes, it thinks] you might like and puts it into an awesome playlist for you, saving you the hassle of, well, thought. this one is my current favorite, i listen to it when i'm reading or cleaning or cooking, it's heaven in my ears.
and now, this playlist will lull me to sleep :]

tipsy.

the best part about coming home from a long day at work is tipsy. she so lovingly awaits my arrival, standing as close to the door as felinely possible in hopes that maybe, just maybe, today will be the day she escapes to the outside world. however, i have years of experience in dealing with her so-called savvy behavior, so i've come to expect this from her, and she never disappoints.

after she's inhaled her dinner, she refuses to let me out of her sight. i'm sure it's because she's waiting for me to accidentally leave a window open or something. if i sit down on the couch, she has to be sitting on or near me. if i'm cooking dinner, she's laying on the kitchen floor near my feet. if i'm reading in bed, she's trying to get between me and my book. in the mornings she eagerly waits for the moment i put my cereal bowl down so she can sneak in and lick the bowl clean. she does this thing while i'm putting on my makeup, she stands next to me and nudges my shoulder with her paw, as if to say "hey mom, why aren't you paying attention to me?"

she's kind of a brat sometimes, ruining my sweaters with her sharp claws, but she makes up for it with infinite amounts of cuteness.

i miss it.

i didn't think i'd miss school this much.

i'm ready to go back. having time off of work made me realize how much i want to learn, how much i miss it. how much i want to be back in school, expanding my skills in the field and making it into a career. i'm ready to take my life into the direction i'd always planned for myself. this year, i'm going to do it.

guess what.

that's right. i'm blogging.

gone are the days where i sit and complain about not blogging.

this week, i will blog. every. single. day.

over the weekend, my awesome scrap rat friends kari, renee and i made a commitment to blog every day of this week. we came up with prompts, as i so lovingly wrote out for us all, and today it looks like i'm supposed to recap the weekend.

friday night is pretty happening for people my age. i spent friday night painting my nails and was in bed by 9:30p. lame, right? well, i did have to wake up at 4:00a the next morning, so i didn't hold it against myself.

saturday i attended a front office retreat for spine and sports medicine. did i mention it was in san diego? we flew out at 6:00a saturday morning, made it to the retreat by 9:30a, had a wonderful time with the front office staff of s&s, killed some time at an indian casino, then caught an early flight home at 6:45p. topped the night off with a drive-by in-n-out stop near the oakland airport andddd i passed out the minute i got home.

sunday, however, was super fun. it was kari's birthday and of course we commemorated it with an all day scrap sesh. we made some awesome new layouts, played with kari's new instax, and watched the oscars. i've been working on my new york album, here's one of my favorite new layouts:


well, get ready people, i've got a whole week of blogging coming up.
[i'll try to make it good]

new year, new layouts.

here are some [very awful and blurry] pictures of some layouts i did while hanging out with renee and kari.
it's hard getting the motivation to scrapbook by myself. i'm definitely more productive alone, but it's way more fun making silly annoying noises all day, taking breaks to learn how to dance via youtube instructional videos, and [most importantly] going on dollar cone runs.