candy rush

growing up my mother always had a fun little gingle to sing to us, she would sing before our birthdays and my personal favorite halloween :) i know its far past halloween to post, but my halloween was unforgettable and i have to share.

now that i am getting older, halloween is not a exciting as it once was. I am between ages, i am a little too old to go trick-or-treating, i don't go to crazy ragers and i don't have any children(nieces or nephews) to take out trick-or-treating. these unfortunate events usually leave me bored and without a purpose on halloween night, BUT not this year.

a few days before halloween my sister asked me if i would go trick-or-treating, i was a bit sckeptical at first because of our ages but she eventually brought me on board, i mean she was doing all the work i just really had to show up.

once i realized i was really going to do this i started to think of all the years i went trick-or-treating and my various costumes. i remember being so ecstatic when i was younger because it was the night i would trick-or-treat until i dropped! (reality was that my dad would just walk all the way home and get the car so i wouldn't have to walk alllll the way back to my house). i remember getting old enough to go with my childhood best friend without my parents, yes hers were there but the fact that mine weren't made the night almost better. the years of sorting and trading candy were rushing back to me. i was pretty excited to relive these memories, especially with my sister.

so it was halloween night, i carved my minnie mouse pumpkin and my mom sang her halloween song to me and i was out the door to get ready.

my sister had the brilliant idea to be gnomes this year. we needed a costume that wouldn't show our faces so whats the fix? beards of corse! putting everything ready i got more and more excited to roam the streets and hand out my bag to strangers in exchange of some free candy. and that we did! we got a ton of loot! i would have shown a picture but my brother has a notorious sweet tooth and took over all my candy (i think i've had two pieces since halloween), my next idea was to show all the wrappers, but he's been stashing them so i won't really see all he has eaten.

throughout the night we got many interesting comments and even were offered some alcoholic beverages, but the best part was to be a kid again with my best friend, my sister.

xo

snail mail from a distant land

if you call distant 1,274mi a distant land then that statement is true.

this past saturday i was pleasantly surprised to find a package on my bed from my dear friend katie. upon opening the package i discovered what a dear dear friend she really is.

the contents included:

a hand-drawn/doodled happy birthday banner

3 of her lovely hair accessories, a new cd, and the journal we've shared for the past year (also known as timmy) which was taken up to washington when she moved.

i reread our journal and reminiced on what an amazing friendship we had and still do!

thank you katie, you made my birthday!

xo

cowgirl chili cookout

for jh78 one of the things the 8th grade girls can be apart is salt- student leadership. we have monthly meetings and this month we thought we could turn up the heat and have a little chili cookout! everyone dressed up and for this event we had chili---nom.com if i can say so myself, line dancing, shooting, and a lasso station. the girls had a great time and so did the leaders :)

leaders leaders leaders RULE!

ps. next months is going to be even sweeter! (literally)

xo

saved for a rainy day

on rainy days on of my favorite things to do is snuggle up and surf the web. i like looking at fashion, recipes, and diy projects. and i originally wanted to post this on a rainy day for all those out there who are like me and are internet-crazed addicts and time just got a hold of me. but behold today is a stormy day and i said to myself just go blog! HUZZA! so here it is...

this summer i discovered this little gem at a thrift store. at 65cents i just couldn't say no.

I already knew where i wanted to put it and it sat there unfinished picture-less for what seemed like months but finally i had a moment to breath and i breathed in big deep breaths of spray paint fumes :)

upstairs i knew i wanted to paint it black, let it dry, paint it grey, let it dry, and then sand some down so the black will come out. in reality i was anything than patient so i painted it black then grey right away tried to sand it but it was too wet, so i just left it put a picture in it and put it up.

its fine for now, i do like looking at it and laughing at myself to see how inpatient i am. oh well it was only 65cents right? ;)

xo

back to school, back to cool

i miss you

dear little z,

please come back home. life just isn't the same when you're not in the same city/state as me. i am feeling like it was the night we parted, sad and not wanting to admit the truth that we wont be together everyday anymore. the fact is there is just so much i want to tell you but i don't ever get the chance. and to be honest i am afraid we'll grow apart and i wont be your number 1 bestie anymore. right now all i have to hold on to is the many memories of sleepovers, letterboxng, cookies, and laughter but what is keeping me together is the possibility of coming to see you. i wish you the best of luck at school just as long as you promise me we'll always be best friends.

love,

big z

xo

a dab of creativity

problem: too much jewelry all scattered around.

solution: jewelry tree!

creativity win!

xo