Good Vibrations

I'e been watching Christmas movies all day and dreaming of the holidayzzz. And I'm wondering, on this unbearably hot summer day, if my application to be one of the elves at Santa's workshop got lost in the mail or what?! {Also can we talk about how cute the two little girls are in The Holiday... adorbz.} Maybe its the Costco shopping spree I just went on {20 lbs. of cherries and enough hummus to last me a lifetime} or its Jim Carrey in The Grinch, but I've just been filled with joy lately.. and here are a few more reasons why.

That unbeatable duo of an iced coffee and lemon berry muffin on a summer day. Really you can take away everything but the muffin and I could be just as happy. Oh muffins, who invented you?! How are you so grand?! Cheese is really starting to get jealous!

THE MOTHER F-ING BEACH BOYS!!!
You best believe it. I crossed off a bucket list item when I saw The Beach Boys at the Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga. Oh what a day it was. Driving up with bff, Katie, listening to The Beach Boys greatest hit on repeat and then seeing the Beach Boy with guest drummer {wait for it.....} JOHN STAMOS!!!! Sure it was only two of the original member left {MISS U CARL!} but it was still incredibly most wonderfully great!

Hmm, how do I begin to describe this sandwich that was bigger than my head and had more cheese than what was in my fridge {which is a lot, believe me}. Oh Jimmy Johns YOU SO GOOD TO ME!

After building a whole entire couch with OUR BARE HANDS, we had to feast on hummus, cheese, bread, pizza, and anything else we could because even we couldn't handle our strength.

Julie Darling Donuts.

Somehow these donuts have made a a donut shaped hole in my heart that can only be filled with their blueberry donut holes. I mean oh. my. gosh. they are so insanely delicious. And I don't dare go to Chattanooga without stopping by here to pick up a bag {or two} of donuts.

My mecca, my safe place, my place for Real Housewives watching and The Way We Were crying.

Is a blog post complete any more without a picture of Wensley St. Clair?! I mean his hair is all over my chair so why shouldn't he be all over my blog? Plus he's got the darnedest face and is mastering at being the world's cutest cat while being the dumbest one at the same time. He loves to chase his own tail and the amount of times he's run into the wall is embarrassing. Needless to say we are perfect for each other.

I've got a glass of red wine and Love Actually waiting for me.. Happy Christmas in July!

Good Vibrations- The Beach Boys

If You Were Here.

so while we were away I turned a year older.
yes, the rumors are true. no longer can I blast blink 182 while wearing my nirvana shirt and simultaneously complaining about how my parents suck. yup... I'm 20!
NO MORE TEEN ANGST!?
I mean really, I don't wanna talk about it... no more SNACKXXXXS after sch00l?! no more yelling about chores and auditioning for DANCE TV! tis rough, knowing you can never be qualified as a "teen" again. but it is fun quoting teens... you know on the bookface and when they twat. what the hell... I'm one bad pair of ultra white keds away from being a senior citizen**... can't wait for that movie ticket DISCOUNT!

I don't care what you say. growing older doesn't mean less presents, smaller portions, or no cheesecake at all. special screening of 'Paul'... you got it. {even if i do spill the entire bucket of popcorn on the stranger next to me....} oxford shoes {done}, floral skirts and polka dotted shirts! {CHECK!} spoiled rotten on my bdayzzz.. who am I!? a real housewife?! go 'head and give me my overpriced trashy bedazzled watch!


Ended the birthday celebration with The Graduate, Sixteen Candles, best friends, lemon bars, cheesecake, and Simon&Garfunkel. March 4th... what a freaking glorious day. And not just because it was my b-day yo. but because I felt so much love from all my friends and family that my heart nearly exploded... okay because it was my birthday. but ADMIT IT... MARCH 4TH IS THE GREATEST DAY EVAAA!

If You Were Here-Thompson Twins
{scene where Jake Ryan pulls up. did I slay your heart yet?!}

**I'm a 20 yr. old in 60 yr. old body.
except I can still run on the treadmill.
{But only when I'm watching Food network while I do it... so you decide my "real" age...}

march fourth.

why is march 4th one of the best dates ever?

because it is the ONLY date of ALL the dates ever that is a complete sentence. {take a second to figure it out...} AHA! yes! {MARCH FORTH!} oh and its also my BIRTHDAY and i kinda couldn't be more excited.

today i will eat muffins for breakfast, cupcakes for lunch, cake all day, and olive garden for dinner {because yes, that was my special birthday dinner restaurant i always choose when i was little. and it will always be one of my favorite restaurants. judge if you must but we all have those restaurants that we loved when we were little!}

no longer am i frivolous first year adult. nope.

i am now embarking on my 2nd year as a grown up.

goodness, grab me a walker and some orthopedic shoes i'm getting so old!

off to sign up for AARP!

{yes i tagged this as a holiday.. and you know what i think- everyone's birthday is a holiday!!}

celebrating FLAWS!

"The most EXCITING, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the YOU you love, well, that's just FABULOUS."

this is one of my TOP 25 favorite quotes. and it might seem trivial or silly that a sex and the city quote made it onto my list amongst distinguished writers like Oscar Wilde and Ralph Waldo Emerson but that Carrie Bradshaw says some zingers that just get me!

And let me tell you.. on the bumpy road that is the relationship with myself i can knock myself down. sometimes i battle with my honker of nose. or my complete lack of grace and lack of supermodel length legs. i'll always laugh a little too loud. or be running a little bit late. But i guess at this time in my life i am finally {beginning to learn} how to celebrate my flaws. and it's quite

wonderful {and equally hard} I'm forgetting the idea of perfect all together.

that nose houses many freckles. that i love.

my tendency to be ridiculously stubborn.

my messy, unorganized desk/life.

my grace that will never be quite like Jackie O.

my frizzy hair that will never be styled just right.

that's me.

and {get ready for cheeseFEST 2010} i can't help but to throw my arms in the air and say "forget perfect" and be okay with my wildly and recklessly imperfect self.

so i hereby designate today to celebrate your wonderful imperfections.

And so it begins..

After many hesitations and apprehensions about joining the blogging world.. I finally did it! Everytime I was close to creating a blog, I always stopped myself thinking my life wasn't as put together or perfect as everyone else's. Or maybe I wasn't exactly where I wanted to be in life.. but i finally realized that the beauty of my story is that it is not perfect or mess-free. but more chaotically wonderfully and absolutely me. So here is where I will share my story, my life, my likes and dislikes, the many flops and blunders I have (and to be okay with them). Along with my feats and conquests. And anything else I might experience on my journey. I am learning to be brave. This blog is my opportunity to conquer my fear of letting people know the good, the bad, and the very ugly. Baring it all. Oh goodness what have I gotten myself into...

(that's ME getting "FLANNED" in the face at a mexican restaurant)