coffee + tea exchange

Back in December Beca of Tumbleweeds Handcraft put together a coffee + tea exchange. I love coffee and I'm trying to drink more teas so I definitely signed up. I was lucky to be paired with Lauren of A Wild Tonic.

Lauren is a coffee drinker and so I was geeked to be able to send off a some delicious Populace Coffee and mug from the Cafe! It looks like she loved it or at least the packaging. yay!

Lauren sent me three different teas. I'd never had a China OOlong so I was excited to try it. It didn't disappoint. Sometimes I feel like I live on that Stress Relief tea, and you can't go wrong with a caffeine free set since I mostly drink my teas in the evening.

Thanks Lauren & Beca!

blueprint prints for valentine's day

Jordan Ferney of Oh Happy Day shared these adorable and giant valentine's last week. They reminded me of the customized prints on A Beautiful Mess. So I thought it'd be fun to personalize one or two for the upcoming lovey dovey holiday.

And it really was! A project that I don't have to leave my couch to do, that I can do while watching skiing, heck yes! I did my desaturation to get close to similar levels. The second photo had already been processed through vscocam so I think there's an extra hightened exposure causing the blur there. It was taken the morning Matt and I made the engagement officially, official with a ring and a proposal. 

I didn't go as big as I could, just 18x24". But we'll be moving someday and probably won't get muchg of a chance to hang them. What am I going to do with two 18x24" prints? I'm not sure, but it sure will be fun to see them in person and gift them to Matt.

ps. holy crap! A blog post, a real one, where I actually did something with the cool stuff I saw online. Not original content but something cool anyhow.

remember, remember

revolution.

"Remember, remember

The fifth of November

The gunpowder treason and plot.

I know of no reason

Why the gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot."

tiny sweatshirt

This is a kitty in a sweatshirt. I'd really, really, really like sweatshirts for my kitties, or maybe some kitten mittens.

via (original source unknown, please comment if you know)

dialect meme

How do you say roof?


First I saw Katrina from pugly pixel and then Leigh-Ann from Freckled Nest participate in this fun dialect meme. I knew it was something I wanted to join in on, but I kept putting off because normally when I'm in the blogging mood I look a bit, ahem, disheveled. I'd take a picture but I might scare you away. ;)

Without further ado my dialect video, followed by an introduction. The intro is a minute long and a bit rambley but fun, of course.



To play along:

Say these words:

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

And answer these questions:

• What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
• What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
• What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
• What do you call gym shoes?
• What do you say to address a group of people?
• What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
• What do you call your grandparents?
• What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
• What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
• What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

Katrina has a list of a lot of other bloggers that participated, check it out.


Now for the introduction...

lucky kitty glass

 Hello Mr Awesome...

Tonight brings us another episode of How I Met Your Mother. Do you think he will ever meet her? I'm not sure. I think he will continue to just Mosby up the Lily & Marshall story. That is something Matt likes to refer to when we watch. I'll have him find some links to share just what that means.

I'm really posting this to ask you a question or maybe ask a favor. Have you ever seen these kitty drinking glasses? They're the lucky Chinese cats you see in Asian restaurant. There's one at our favorite sushi place.

Incase you missed it.

 So... Chinese lucky drinking glasses, any leads? Thanks friends.

PS. A funny story. When the scene first started I noticed the glasses right away and had already rationalized to myself that we really didn't need these and we might never use them. Then Matt noticed them, looked at me and said, we need those. Do you see what they are?! :) I love him, no doubt about it.

fffriday!

Remember when I said it wasn't Friday without filing in the blanks and then I stopped. Well, here we go again. A good set of blanks from Lauren on this summery Fall Friday.

1.   Something popular that I just don't "get" [are] those sweatpants with words across the butt, tacky.

2.   Something unpopular that I secretly love is my new found love for wearing athletic pants to the grocery store. I figure if I'm wearing to work out in it's okay to wear them to buy milk and such, on separate days of course. I find it amusing when I have a 5k or tri t-shirt on and I'm about to eat a totally gluttonous meal, cracks me up. 

3.  When I've had a bad day I either take a deep breath and move and find something to make the day better or I wallow. Usually it's the wallowing.

4. I'd prefer  coffee to  tea any day.

5.  Something that makes me nervous is angry people, for reals. Also, I think I'll always worry that people don't really like me. I know, I know if they don't it's not worth my time but honestly, there's not much about me that you shouldn't like. So do it. 

6.  Something worth fighting for is love and honesty.

7.  When people think of me, I hope they think I am kind, funny and loving.

FIVE links for your Friday: 

As you know I'm basically a fan of everything that miss Meg puts out there. She celebrated a birthday this week in her traditional eloquent, reflective  fashion. 


New Marc Johns, What birds do when we aren't looking

I continue to love what Kinfolk Mag is all about. The Stable Cafe is beautiful. 

Curly Girl's Marmalade has some serious cuteness out for Halloween.  I need to step up my Halloween decor efforts. 

HOLY FREAKING MOLY CUTENESS!!!

 Emotional Striped Cat / Snoring French Bulldog / Serious Cat

I think the one in the middle is kind of me, but of course I don't snore. ;)

 The one on the right looks SO much like Lulu. I love it. It might deserve it's own post.

They're from Fab.com, Precocious Pet & Monster Prints from Christopher Rozzi is an artist and comedian based in NYC. His adorable print collection is aptly named Tiny Confessions.

It's True

cosmic

You'd look snazzier in shades from Tumbleweed:

Enter to win a pair of sunglasses at www.talesofatumbleweed.com!!

This is entry for me so the competition is steep. ;)

These Peewee Herman Inspired Wooden Sunglasses are my fave.

You could steal them from me here.
( tumbleweeds )

Have a lovely Thursday. I'm pretty ready for it to be Friday. Matt's had secrets in the works this week, since our anni was last Sunday. I'm supposed to stay out of the house until 7ish tomorrow. Can't wait to see what he has planned.

beast

too funny!

fun stats and facts

I love learning about my blog Stats.

Fun fact: On September 16th the Barilla Babies post tied with my Teach for America - Essay post for most pageviews ever. 

 

TFA - Essay / barilla babies Babies have now surpassed TFA by 13. :)

is a virtue recently posted about how readers find her. I thought that was fun to read, so I'm doing my own.

kate monthly - I think you're looking for the Seattle Lesbian, but thanks for visiting. I am liking the idea of posting my monthly to do's again.

5k/triathlon playlist - I loved them. Did you? Still need to do a race recap

katie daisy - I've gushed about my love for her prints for sures. I hope you find your way to her shop, The Wheatfield & blog.

go find yourself - This crazy quote filled post is something that I would star and save for later myself. Obviously lots of others do to. I hope you do find yourself.

I'd like to declare it fully fall, friends.

ducks & oats in a jar

Since I'm a day late, I'm going to combine day six & seven into one.

I don't actually remember this, but I love this photo of my grandpa & me. A memory of a memory, if you will.

a train of thought from yesterday--

My peanut butter jar is nearly empty. mmm. > I hate getting sticky hands from trying to scoop out the last of the peanut butter. > Oh, didn't I read cooking something in a peanut butter jar? > I know it was on Rachel's last post {pretty, damn funny. go watch.} > Right, PUMPKIN IN STABLE CONDITION AFTER BEING HUMPED BY BLOGGER > They were talking about something called OIAJ, pumpkin OIAJ at that. What is that? > Oats in a Jar, okay. I think I've seen them mention that over on Lifehacker... I didn't realize it was worth humping a pumpkin or 286,000 Google results. > Okay, what's the deal? Do they cook super fast or... > Wait. HOLD UP. You simply pour your oatmeal into a Peanut Butter Jar...? > There is a serious use of exclamation points related to this. I repeat, you simply pouring your oatmeal into a mostly empty jar of peanut butter, 48 instances in once case. > But, ok. I like peanut butter. I like Oatmeal. I'll give it a shot. > I'll report back tomorrow. > I may never be the same. 

Well...here it goes...

hmm.  That can't be good, bending the plastic with the hot oatmeal?

My life is definitely the same. I'm a little more blogger-y, having experience OIAJ. I'll do it again, before the jar gets quite so low. But I think life will be normal.

Have you had oats in a jar?

three things

I had a huge spike in blog views this week and I was trying to figure out why (linking up for What I Wore Wednesday?) Two things I geeked out about... THREE people checked my blog from an iPad. jealous. And Croatia...Do you know who's from Croatia?

Luka!

Who, oh my goodness!, is apparently playing Dragan Armansky in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo!

Check out the amazing new poster.

today is the day

We didn't get a chance to watch the film last weekend because Matt and I wanted to watch them all again. We timed it poorly. Can you believe we procrastinate on things we actually want to do? But...

(image via warner bros / via)

Today is the day, the day we finish the Harry Potter series. The end of an era. (dramatic much?!) 

HPDHp2 here we come.

 

 

 

anxious.

 

 

tonight.

13 years ago we read these words for the first time. Ten years ago we heard Hagrid say them on the big screen for the very first time.

Tonight at 12:01 the end is here. 

now they're all grown up.

it's going to be intense.

ps. Do you remember the Golden Globe & Oscar speeches this year about strong, intelligent women? I think Emma fits right in there with the rest of them. She is quite the powerhouse, and I can't wait to see where her career takes here.

"JK Rowling: And Emma… well she just. This sufficient overlap between Emma and Hermione, she…She’s just a poster girl for clever girls isn’t she? She was wonderful. But she could do so much more than just be the nerd. And I think that in- particularly in the last film, she showed that. You know, when she and Dan are playing these two characters who are alone. The depth of emotion Emma came up with there was extraordinary." quoted here

 this is absurd/funny.

sources: http://rupethegrint.tumblr.com/ / http://watsonlove.tumblr.com / http://my-won-won.tumblr.com / http://prisoneroftumblr.tumblr.com/

“…but the mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort. not shrinking from him as trough he were contaminated or dangerous, was worth more than he could ever tell them.”

my hpdhp1 geek out.

free crappy portraits

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!!?!!?!

freaking adorable. please pardon the shouting. but seriously. free crappy portraits

why didn't I think of this?!

...obviously a ginger. Last night, my buddies and I purchased a baby goat because my friend built a pen in his bedroom without his parent's knowledge. Technically, the cutie is property of one of my best friends, Noah, however, I'm the baby's father-in-law. This tender cutie's name is Seabass. He's our very best friend already and I really think it'd mean a lot to him if we had a quality portrait together...

You submit a picture and a quick story about yourself and they draw a not crappy portrait of you. 

I really need to send one of Matt & I. 

http://www.freecrappyportraits.com

pink & blue love

: pink (preview) 

in bloom - 8x10 fine ar... shannonpix $28.00

LOVE thewheatfield $15.00

lanterns - 8x8 fine art... shannonpix $28.00

bicyclette old school: ... isavirtue $6.50

: blue (preview)

SALE Blue Berry Alaska-... diemdesign $22.00

lyla. a pair of speckl... rootsandfeathe... $24.00

Handmade Leather Journa... peaseblossomst... $32.00

Home Sweet Home - blue ... rosiemusic $20.00

Summer Colours Week : yellow

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

My own special bit of blue, thanks to Leigh-Ann. (thank you, thank you, thank you)

I LOVE IT. I'll have the code on Tuesday to share, you could link me from your blog. :)

Ahem... do i have your attention? Did I lose you to my wonderful etsy treasuries? Come back! 

This my dears is post one hundred and NINETY! Ten posts to go before 200! 

A giveaway may be in works.