100 years old

so when I was younger I was a dork and was obsessed with collecting stuff, I had so many different collections going on, stickers, rocks, temporary tatoos, mickey mouse memorabilia, skating competition pins, pins in genral, and lastly coins. So I just found my coin collection today, most of it was given to me from my grandfather, so I have alot of pennies from each decade 10's, 20's, 30's, a whole bag of steel pennies from 1943, 50's, and then I have some random nickels and dimes that I bought at some coin shop when I was younger. So i realized today that this lovely lady is 100 years old, weird right? Its not very rare apparently, and only worth acouple dollars, so I won't be selling that anytime soon, too bad. It would have been sweet if it was worth $100, maybe in another hundred years

i think my lung may hate me now

so being home i go stir crazy, and as i said last night when i get new music on my ipod i like to workout to it, so thats what i attempted to do today except i had a minor lapse in judgement and decided to do it outside.. in the cold...on the beach.. 35 degree weather, plus sand, plus wind, didnt make my lungs too thrilled, although the run wasnt too long and the only hard part was the way back when i was running into the wind. It didnt seem that bad, until now when I cant seem to stop coughing, which is tooo bad because i felt so much better this morning, I probably should have continued to rest instead of engaging in this much physical activity, o welll.

On a more positive note, I ran out to the tip of the beach where i havent been since this summer, it was so pretty, and I came across this tree, which from a distance, I was like, what is stuck in that tree, I just assumed it was garbage, but then at a closer look realized they were all conch shell? I think thats the name, but it was so cool, because they were all tangled like ornaments on this branchy tree in the middle of the beach.

new books!

So sadly the Borders bookstore near my house is closing, there's a Barnes and Nobles directly across the street so that could be part of the issue, but the plus side of this store closing is that theyre having a huge closing sale. So far the books are only 20% off and the magazines were 40% off, but I was a little late, they sale started this weekend I think, so by yesterday most of the normal fashion magazines were gone, but I did find some of the British and French versions of Vogue and Elle, but I also came across this gem of a book, while i was looking for some of the fabulous designer coffee table books which they had none of :(
I'm really excited about this book, because although I did go through 4 years of design school, my sewing skills are definitly my weakest, and even still always need improvements. This book seems great it shows you easy step by steps with pictures from everything to zippers, pleats, collars appliques, adapting patterns etc. Its also good if you kind of remember how to do that french seam, but really could use something to jog your memory. Definitely wish I had this school when I was doing my senior collection

musiiic

new music on my ipodddd
decided to download some throwbacks a.k.a. some gems that i found on now that's what i call music volumes 1-6
really brings me back to my lovely middle school days haha

so im thinking that besides my minor coughing fits that im gonna go for a run on the beach tomorrow and give these songs a whirl

depending on how cold it is i may have to just walk



yep this is on my current playlist a little blink 182 circa 1999 hahah, I thought that is more relevant to my life now considering i will unfortunately be turning 23 in a few months, yuck

more winter beach time

can you tell that im bored?
went to the beach again today, at sunset, by myself, and it was 29 degrees, call me crazy, yes i know
but still its so cheezy but it doesnt matter how many times i see it, its still so pretty, especially at sunset, i could just stare at it for hours

since i currently only have a phone that takes pictures and no dig camera, i drove all the way to the to the beach, realized i forgot my phone, and drove back, thank goodness its only 10 mins away

[[long beach, craigville, ma]]

belated valentines gift :) yum

chocolate is definitely a way to my heart

more beach shots

the beach is pretty even in the winter

long beach, craigville, ma

so i probably shouldnt have been venturing to the beach today when im pretty sure i have some form of bronchitis but, i was bored and I always think it looks so pretty when it snows and its so quiet and serene there this time of year, that if you can forget about the numbing wind for a few minutes, its really calming

its a jack johnson sort of day

plus i forgot how much i like this song especially when im being lazy and doing nothing with my life

story time

im trying to write a story

I was going to publish what I had so far but its kind of weird and you might think i need therapy if you read it now
but im kind of stuck on one part so I might go to bed because usually I either or dream up or think up these things when im lying awake at 4 in the morning so hopefully the part will come to me, because I have the general jist but idk

testing

First off trying out my blogger for droid app let's see how it works

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Singles awareness day a.k.a. valentines day

yep. enough said. ide like to send out a special greeting to halmark--- eff you

just got back from the grocery store where i bought myself my own valentines day dinner, steak, mashed potatoes and asparagus, along with my own box of chocolates and my own bottle of wine
the most depressing part was not buying all this for myself, im used to that, it was seeing all the men in the grocery store with flowers and buying stuff to make dinner for their significant others that was really awesome,
but the only positive part of the day was the warm weather, a.k.a. it was 50 degrees and sunny and it was amazing, walked to starbucks got an ice caramel macchiato that was really nice but now the fact that once again i am alone on valentines day is setting in, and i havent even opened my bottle of wine yet.
if i ever do have a valentine, which dont worry im not super hopeful this is what i would like to enjoy i dont even mind if i dont get flowers, part of me thinks theyre kind of a waste of money since theyre not gonna last very long so either
a. get me a massage
b. a vacation
c. a puppy
d. louboutins
e. honestly at this point even just an e-greeting would be nice

so to top off my evening and because its a tradition for my 3rd valentines day in a row being single online speed dating
its HILARIOUS
only because i do not take it seriously at all and i dont know why these people are.
I ask question like do u like hamsters? or cheese and when they ask what im doing i say im eating a bologna sandwich or cuddling with my hermit crab, im into magicians, beanie babies and making snow forts, and no i cant meet you for drinks because im on house arrest but maybe in a few months my mother can supervise us and oh sry gg my kittens just had babies, and what am i up to tonight? well my bf just dumped me on vday but its ok cus im gonna have a threesome with his cousins , oh btw do u like steak, cus i like it..on me..raw

and even after all of that they still dont end the date but instead ask for my sn, i give them a fake skype name then peace. so why are guys on here so interested or w/e despite whatever i say, when in a bar when i act normal most guys wont give you the time of day, yes i know these men are probaly 35+ living with their parents but rly what do they think theyre gonna get out of this? do they rly think im gonna be like hey you should definitly come over and have drinks with me, because its not like your a total stranger but i do wish i was as ballsy in a bar as i am online speed dating but i guess its because im not face to face with these people, except some lovely indivduals feel the need to put on their web cams which i think is hilarious because i enjoy watching their reactions to my ridiculous questions

i am glad tho that in 25 mins vday will be over which means i have to go back to dieting and stop eating my feelings, even tho the the 4.99 box of russel stover chocolates that i splurged on for myself suckedddd and im pretty sure i bought pork instead of a nice steak, but the mashed potatoes i made were amazing
so my resolution is not even to get a card but at least a happy valentines day txt from someone besides my parents, yes i set my sights high, what can i say

when does it end?

sometimes, well all the time actually, i wish i could be one of those pretty girls, one of those girls who all she has to do at a bar is flash a coy smile and bat an eyelid and she has 5 free drinks handed to her. But instead im the one who blends into the crowd, no one really notices or cares about, i feel like i could go topless and still no one would notice. Sometimes I dont really mind, I dont like being the center of attention or much attention at all, ide rather sit back and observe all the chaos, i find that much more amusing.
I'de never thought ide say this but im actually getting tired of this, the weekly ritual starting thursday and 8:00, make drinks, 8:30/9 start getting ready, eyeliner, lengthening mascara, bronzer, whatever, then its time for the hair, and probably drink number 2, curling iron or hair straightener followed by a generous amount of hair spray. So finally its 10:00 and its time to find some slutty outfit to wear with my push up bra, some outfit thats very likely to give me pneumonia in this 30 degree weather but us single girls have to be brave right? other wise we'll end up as spinsters wishing we had worn those slut skirts in our twenties so then 10:30 rolls around and its time to hail our grand chariots a.k.a some dirty cab that i probably shouldn't be letting my bare legs touch the seats but I just pretend that its helping to strengthen my immune system, so then you get to the bar, and its a miracle i'm not exhausted at this time, but now you have to spend the rest of the night trying not to topple over in your heels while you get body slammed in a crowd as you try and locate the bathroom.
So forgive me if im just exhausted from doing this week after week, why because thats what us single girls do right? and i used to and sometimes still think its fun, i dont want to stay in every night and watch made for tv movies, i would definitely go sitr crazy but i feel like if your single and doing this its pathetic, where as those that hitched, are more than welcome to stay in night after night. I'm just tired of looking, tired of this whole ritual, tired of the let down,
but what else am i supposed to do?

yuck.yuck.yuck

detox diet day 1.5

I'm using this partially as a method to distract myself from not wanting to tear open the giant bin of cheese puffs in the pantry

breakfast: half a grape fruit and a glass of water
i am planning on having a glass of the lovely cayenne pepper crap following this meal

12:00 : starving, i could really use a sandwich right now :(

I'm gonna read to try and distract myself

lunch: 2 cut up tomatoes, would have loved to pair them up with mozzarella but i didnt :(, continuing to drink the pepper concoction ... and nearly dieing because someone next to me is eating a steak with a side of cut up cheese.. i might die
also watching tv did not help because, they were eating sloppy joes and now i reallyyyyyyyy want one
snack: half a cup of carrots


i have NO IDEA how people do this for 10 days, major kudos to all of you

but since monday is valentines day, and i plan to eat whatever i want I have been planning in my head what I want to eat

1. breakfast, reeses puff cereal!
2. mac and cheese for lunch
3. dinner steak and mashed potatoes http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/filet-mignon-with-balsamic-syrup-and-goat-cheese-recipe/index.html
followed by anything and everything dipped in chocolate and a bottle of wine for myself
sounds like a good valentines day to me, because i love myself and thats what myself would want

then dont worry back on the diet

side note this drink crap is getting even more disgusting, only because im really bad at eating or drinking spicey things and i hate how my throat is on fire after every sip im debating taking shots of it so i get it over quicker but im worried i would burn my esophagus and need medical attention

detox diet restarted day: 1/2

soo decided to restart the detox diet again after seeing photos from this weekend, this time me and raychel have decided to do it, and we also want to give the cayenne pepper detox diet a whirl..kinda...cus it sounds brutal
at first we're going to combine both, like today we made the shake which consists of cayenne pepper, lemon juice, water, and organic maple syrup. yummmmmm, not as bad as i thought, but im not sure how people drink that and only that for 10 days, ahhhhhh that sounds completely treacherous, i think i would have to be in a locked padded room in a straight jacket to do that, and probably after that too. if i go 2 days without carbs i get pretty bitchy so this should be interesting.
we had a shake and a salad sans dressing:( for dinner, i had a grapefruit and 2 eggs for breakfast hence while im only calling this half a day.
but tomorrow, shake and raw veggies
we'll do that for 2 days, then throw in some vegtable broth minimal veggies and shake for 2 days, then last 2 days shake, if im still alive, which is very unlikely
I'm mostly doing this to cleanse my system of all those bad toxins ive gained this holiday season, so i can start spring fresh and toxin free, which will hopefully then motivate me to start exercising more
we're also planning on looking into gym memberships on friday
monday is not being included into this because it is valentines day and we will be eating and drinking our feelings, so I'm probaly gonna need to add on 2 extra days just for the relapse of that day.
if only i could be put into a deep sleep like sleeping beauty and awake in the spring when its warm, and the ground is snow free, and I would be rested and skinnier from rest, but thats fairytale world unfortunately :(
sunday through wednesdays are easy for me to diet, its thursdays through saturdays that are rough, because they involve drinking and late night runs to ihop, mcdonalds, kellys roast beef, and any pizza place open after 2 am, its not good, and even though every weekend i tell myself i wont do it, 2 am rolls around and im conned into it. so hopefully this weekend i can stay clear of that, fingers double crossed

ill keep you posted on detox day 1.5 tomorrow

rejection stings

its like when you accidentally burn your wrist on the oven door, at first it stings, then your like oh its not that bad ill get over it, but then it gets annoying as it turns into a burn that blisters and eventually leaves a scare, its tiny and not noticeable, you'll probably forget its there until the next time you go to reach for something out of the oven, your more cautious, as you look at that little mark on your wrist, it doesn't hurt anymore but its not going away

crazyy

trippy, but cool

flower child

For some reason when i downloaded it below it cropped it so this is the whole version
medium: mixed media, water color, pencil, sharpie
done on cardstock

Inspiration at last

the bottom image was done by Stina Persson I found an awesome article about fashion illustrators
http://fashionary.org/blog/30-fashion-illustrators-part-1/
so this inspired me to do some fashion illustrating of my own, I love watercolors but I also like details alot so I think I mixed that with some of this inspiration to get the top image which was done by me
(still having problems drawing stupid mouths ugh!)

lastly, i need this

so I am in need of this patio furniture, but first i need a gorgeous patio worthy of the gorgeous patio set
I want to be on that bed right now

more stunning furniture

love this piece, such a cool bed awning
http://www.designerhomez.com/tag/furnitures/page/5/

love this furniture!

So I just googled avante guarde furniture because I like looking at pictures of it for design inspiration and came upon these awesome furniture pieces, so cute!

sorry its been a while :(

wow so my life has been completely lame and boring lately nothing exciting to report, all Ive been doing besides avoiding the nagging voice inside my head telling me i REALLY need to get a job, is entering contests and sweepstakes online
All this snow and cold and grossness has made me want to do absolutely nothing but sit around in my pajamas. Last week 2 days after snow storm number?? 703? i decided i need to go dig my car out of the snow bank it was in... oh boy was that a journey.. it was like the big dig round #2 for all of you Bostonians who know what the big dig is.
mistake #1 i did not shovel the first layer of snow off my car Tuesday which then turned to a lovely layer of ice
mistake #3 I did not shovel the snow off my car after the storm Wednesday, more wet snow and ice
mistake #4 the biggest, I parked to the right of a driveway, which then caused the plow to push a huge giant mountain of snow in front of my car
mistake #5 no car was behind me so the also plowed a nice mountain behind my car
mistake #6 I waited till Sunday, the last time I had started my car was Wednesday, needless to say my car was dead so I was going to have to dig out the front in the back of my car
So with one shovel, me and kelly embarked on a hopeless journey to extract my car from the white abyss that encased it.
one hour later:
we made a slight pathway behind it, the trunk was now accessible and I could now see my back tires, but both me and kelly lack any sort of upper body strength so, I was pretty shot at this point my little weak wrists could hoist that shovel of death up no longer.
Thankfully we must have looked helpless, we were also on a main road and i'm sure looked completely pathetic to those who passed by. Some older women saw us and asked if we wanted help
um YES! so there is a god, these women were definitely sent by god, because not only did they seem to enjoy shoveling they also conned three other large men to dig out the front of my car,
I watched in awe as these men did in 5 minutes what would have took me a lunch break and another hour later to finish. It was a miracle, I almost wanted to hug these creepy strangers, the men were creepy, not the ladies. Stella was now free(stella is my car).
Now the last thing that had to be done, was the battery now had to be jumped
thankfully kelly was able to get her car in reach of mine and I managed to get my hood open, that's usually a hard task for me, I've jumped , my car many many many times, not stella but veronica her was previous to her and pretty vintage, but still I always forget which plug goes where
So, we're standing there contemplating again, probably looking hopeless, and another man pulled over to see if we needed help, so with his help, stella got started and back on the road
REJOICE!
fast forward to the next morning
my body was NOT rejoicing
usually sunday morning if I'm waking up at 7 am to take advil its for a hangover, not because my upper body is aching so badly I can't sleep on my side. wow was that painful, 30 minutes of running on the treadmill doesn't even leave me that sore, ugh was that horrible.
2 days later I'm almost completely better, and I'm pretty sure I some how managed to throw out my lower back, just one side, also insert a huge blister on my foot from some unfriendly heels saturday and now I am currently walking around like a cripple.
But mainly why I wanted to tell my story about the big dig excavation of stella was because I was so surprised that there were still nice people left, especially in new england, I mean can you blame us for being so cold and gloomy, look at the weather we have to deal with. So needless to say I was touched by the good deeds of these people, and plan on passing on the good deeds as soon as the opportunity presents itself