We're really doing it folks.

Yesterday was a good day.

Today was a good day.

I am blessed by the knowledge of my heavenly father's love.

Sometimes I feel discontent, but after last night I feel at peace. My blessing is coming true, I am learning more about the Atonement and how it can heal people of any tribulation, even just plain sorrow.

and I know he loves me dearly. but I knew that a while ago :)

I must push forward,
I must keep progressing,
I must keep trusting him
I must continue to have faith.
I must focus on serving his children
I must have the courage to do what he asks of me no matter how difficult.
I must not speak unkind words of any kind
I must manage my time wiser
I must keep an open mind
I must love my brethren
I must help them

I must go grocery shopping.
I have zero food.
urgh.

Yesterday was a good day. Today is a good day. Tomorrow will be a good day as well. I am happy. & My module for 3d design is pretty bomb if I do say so myself. Pics to come.

Friendship.


Angus and Julia Stone - And The Boys by theinsound

Highlight of my day.

Coming home to the front entrance where the mailbox is and not seeing my backpack delivered...

Then pulling in the drive way and seeing a gray package on the other door step!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I almost danced up to it. oh wait.um I might have danced up to it.. hmm yep pretty sure I did.  It feels so joyous now not to worry every second of when my backpack is going to come undone next and spill everything while on a bike. Ask me if I am taking it to the library tonight? .. yep!

Three cheers for new beautiful oxfords, and a backpack all in one week!

Hip Hip! Horray! (cubed)

Also, secretly I am submitting my foam core module into an open call submission for an art book. cross your fingers for me. I will let you know if it makes it in, if not I will not let you know for obvious reasons & for my own pride. cool.

Secretly I'm hopeful but don't tell anyone. 

Well, I am off to get a greasy cheeseburger and milkshake and hit up the Library for a night of Art History homework, if you could call it homework. 

Gotta love college eating habits, mine are getting worse and worse.

Seriously, does school get any better? I feel so lucky to be taught by so many talented awesome humans who make their lives filled with creating and art and love every second of it.


I AM A LITTLE BLESSED.. JOKES, A LOT BLESSED.

Word to the Unwise Part II

Never, under any circumstance, ever, leave a recipe for jalapeno jelly in place of a monetary tip to a server who makes a minimum wage of $2.25/hr.

Seriously, this REALLY happened to me tonight and I was too baffled to be pissed about it.

It was a good laugh.

A great one I daresay, the whole restaurant got a kick out of it.

Heavens...

 Also, got my oxfords from urban today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Except they shipped my backpack separately which I am in desperate need of and was the reason I ordered my shoes to begin with.. hmm

But I'm stoked anyways cuz they are cuter in real life then online and now I will have brown shoes to wear that arent flip flops!

Yay, for new fall shoes!

k that's all. I hope you enjoyed my tip as much as I did. BAHA. idiots.. people..

Rainy days make the best days.

On this day of rainy-ness, I went to the temple, came home & took a way too long shower that was totally overdue and enjoyed every single drop of delicious hot water, snuggled up in my giant cardigan, ate a delish tomato sandwich -from my garden, ithankyou- and fully intend to draw and relax until I have to go to work tonight.

Sometimes rainy days are exactly what you need. Jumbling wire projects, monogram designs, time periods Hatshepsut reigned, and then remembering to ask if the man who ordered a 20 ounce steak would like it with sauteed onions and mushrooms, sometimes makes a girl a little.. flat by the end of the day. 

So yes, today I am relaxing and doing things I love. Like catching up on blogs and music and getting excited for fall & fall clothes. Yay for pulling out my slouchy beanies and tights from the cold weather clothes storage bin! 

Small sidenote: ordered my first pair of oxfords 2 days ago from urban and I am stoked to wear them this fall errrday. - dont look at me like that, I was 1 dollar away from getting free shipping from ordering my backpack (necessity!) and it just so happened that nothing else really caught my eye.. 19 dollars later I am excited to get them in the mail. judge not and ye shall not be judged. 

madewell fall

j crew fall

I have a deep love for lines that incorporate bright color no matter what the season, especially J Crew. 

Also, I realized today that I think I worry too much. Shocker. After about 3 days of having a semi crisis as to the direction of my life & what is next, I sat down to read my scripts yesterday morn and came upon this: 

Section 31

11 Go your way whithersoever I will, and it shall be given you by the ^aComforter what you shall do and whither you shall go.

Seriously? Do you ever feel like the scriptures are straight up direction manuals for your life that follow along with events and correspond directly to what would be best to help you at that specific time? 

me neither.

JOKES! 

 It's so tender to me that the Lord knows and lifts even our silly littlest of worries and burdens. I have had so many experiences with this and it causes me to feel so grateful for the knowledge of the Gospel and have a great desire to share it cuz I don't know how I would get along without it.

Happy Lazy Rainy Saturday to all.

"Cruel" by St. Vincent by Kisses & Noise

Remembering

This picture made me tear up, (how emburrasing I'm admitting that right?) & then made me remember, which made me feel so incredibly grateful & hopeful. I'm truly humbled for revelation and the lord's tender mercies to his broken heart & contrite spirited children. 

 I can't wait to have my fam. 

& yes I am single, and talking about this, 

hate me for it. 

Until then this is me working hard to be in the best place possible within myself.

Toodles. 

I forgot that life changes sometimes.

Sometimes I think that life is life and it will stay the same forever..

and then when it changes I say

"wait, hold on this isn't how its supposed to be! stop this instant. "

this is dawning on me today because many many of my dear friends are graduating this year and  peacing out & logan will just not be the same. What am I going to do without my brothers? they are all graduating. and moving, out of logan, no longer down the street to visit whenever I get bored or stop by and bring treats to or get advice or run amuck.. yikes. It's a scary thought to be left behind. Maybe this is actually a tender mercy for me to be able to leave soon too. All I know is that when people move after college, it's kinda like, "welp have a nice life see you..never again.maybe." and I can't believe that is happening now, I didn't think it'd be this way forever but I never thought it would end.

I guess I shouldn't think about it and enjoy the time I have left with my Logan family. I need to stop being anti social and spend the time with people I love while I still have it, I decided today.

That's all for now.

My Favorite Saint.

First off: some words to the unwise. 

When you notice someone previously wearing a ring, and now she isnt: 

DO. NOT. ASK. WHERE HER RING IS.

(duh?????!!!!!!!!!!) 

I don't know why this is in question slash occurs almost daily and is not completely obvi. 

PROBABLY DON'T EVEN ASK ONE THING ABOUT IT. DO YOU THINK SHE WANTS TO REHASH IT TO YOU? 

SHE DOESN'T. 

SO ASK IF YOU MUST PRIVATELY, OR ASK SOMEONE ELSE AROUND YOU THAT ISN'T A COMPLETE DUNCE, & NEVER, I REPEAT, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, YELL ACROSS A CROWD OF PEOPLE, FRIENDS OR STRANGERS, "OMG, WHERE IS YOUR RING GIRLFRIEND?!" 

That's all.  

& people ask where I have been these past couple of weeks.  

I will never tell.

I never thought I would say this but, I kinda miss the seclusion of the summer. 

ANYWAYS, Also this.

St Vincent's new album is here!! Read the Album Review. Listen to & buy it cuz she is so incredibly talented. This is one of my faves. 

"Cruel" by St. Vincent by Kisses & Noise


also, I am going to Conference!! Bucket list check. Lame I know, who hasnt gone to conference? but I have always wanted to go and I am now so excited! Wahoo October 2nd!

Also might be going to St Vincent Oct 10th. Also stoked but not as equivalent to hearing Elder Uchtdorf, Eyring & the prophet speak.

It's weird to be so independent this semester and feel completely fulfilled. Yay for surrounding yourself with the spirit & people who you know are your friends, and not just being with people to not feel alone.

Happy Tuesday to you my friend.

Wilhelm Staehle

Once upon a time I got absorbed in the orb of nothingness called Pinterest

you know when you take a break from doing what you need to be doing and then forget the things you should be doing altogether until ten minutes later you snap back into reality and say WHAT THE FLIP! I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO AND I AM SITTING HERE LOOKING UP INTERIOR DECORATING IDEAS FOR A LIVING ROOM & A HOUSE I DON'T EVEN HAVE! yep, that's how it went down. 

Anyways, as earlier stated I was on pinterest and I came across these wonderful prints below. They are from a collection called Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre & are so witty and hilarious I just had to share. You have to understand something though to know my love for these. When I was a little girl some of my fondest memories was watching Masterpeice Theatre with my moms till late sunday nights. This was one of the only times she would let me stay up past bedtime. I loved the way all the ladies wore pretty dresses and how all the gentlemen talked to the ladies, even though I never really understood what they said cuz to me they spoke a different language and more than twice in a minute I would turn & ask my mom what they were saying and what was happening, which I'm sure was a really fun time for her. 

Anyways, please do enjoy them for a minute. They made me happier than a little girl staying up passed her bedtime.

to view more & purchase go here. 

& the happiest of weekends to you indeed my friends! 

Junk of the Heart (Happy) -THE KOOKS by masshimaro

It's definitely a sign.

all photos from my new favorite website - http://weburbanist.com

There are so many great things to see here, I spent a good part of the night looking at all the urban art. 

please investigate & love your life. 

Happy Labor day. 

This is Why I Don't Leave My House.

Today was the Sabbath, so it should have been an instant good day right? 

Not when you have to work.. barf. I hate working Sundays. 

Also it REALLY sucks when this happens to you ----

When you meet a semi interesting human, one that you haven't met before, & that caught your attention which hasn't happened in a long time for you, and doesn't really happen ever.. especially when you live in a small town and sometimes you feel like you have met everyone in some way. 

Why does that suck you ask? Well, let me explain my good friend.

Well the part of this that really is unpleasant is when they are kinda cute you notice, which is huge for you at the time to think this way, and they ask you out even! And your kinda liek hmm, Im not instatntly turned off which is about 99% of the time, And then they text their sister about you cuz you work with her, and make the connection that you know her.

 & then he asks this bomber quesetion,

"Hey, are you dating someone?" 

"um, No." - act casual, act casual, act casual!

"Oh....

well, ..were you dating someone?' 

............

............................................

.........................

"Oh, um nope.. ...pause...

I mean I've dated people before obviously. 

but not really.. 

..............................................

um... why do you ask?" 

"..oh, no reason, I was going to go somewhere with that, but I decided not to.." 

"oh.. okay ha ha" nervous awkward laugh.. 

awesome. 

really awesome. 

really extremely awesome. 

end of discussion. 

cut to the rest of the night not saying one other word to me besides "k c ya later". 

And me thinking this conversation in my brain to myself, 

"Oh wait yeah, you know, now that I think about it, I actually was dating someone before.. kindof.. I mean me & your sister in law that you just texted about me there, well funny story, we actually planned our temple sealing times an hour apart from each other so we could get ready in the bridal room together, is that what your asking? Oh Yeah! Crazy right how I'm sitting in this room unmarried and stuff now? weird.. Oh Ps. did you want to get my number?" 

Yeah you know when that happens to you? It really sucks, huh? Man, I hate those days. Especially when it's liek almost everyday, & the boy that broke your heart can feel free to move on & never deal with it again and never have it follow his every step n stuff, but somehow you cant seem to escape it like ever? It's funny how that's how it always seems to work out right?! 

Needless to say, I love the sabbath, but tonight is the reason I don't leave the house anymore except for class & work. I forgot that, but DON'T YOU WORRY, I remember now. Cue this next week being conveniently really busy. 

That's all my bitter rantings for now. Tomorrow I will find service opportunities and laugh at this situation. Until then, good freaking night.