This song makes me want summertime NOW. I love love love it.
Luke Bryan -- "Drunk on You"
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Skinny Spring Meals
I know I am a Skinny Taste addict, even though I have only actually ever made three meals from there - I still love to read it on the reg and obviously post it too. Here are some of my favorite springtime recipes:
Baby Spinach Salad with Honey Roasted Butternut Squash, Pumpkin Seeds, Gorgonzola and Dried Cherries
Photos via SkinnyTaste
Monday, March 26, 2012
Music Monday
A new obsession is born. Lana Del Ray is phenomenal.
My favorite song from her CD, Born to Die:
Lana Del Ray -- "Radio"
Out of Office
Hello friends! I seriously apologize for my lack of blogging in the last week... and I know when people say "work was crazy last week" I usually am like uh..uh.. I call bullshit. But this time it is indeed TRUE. I was pretty swamped all week, not just with work but life was CRAY people, I mean cray for real. So anywhoo I'm back in action this week and there is much more to come. Holla.
via weheartit
Friday, March 16, 2012
Pinch Me
Ladies and gents tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. Normally, that means nothing to me except that I think I have some Irish heritage somewhere in my family tree. However this year is my first ever year to attend the Lower Greenville Parade / Party in Dallas. I'm pretty excited about it, I even bought a new green Jayhawk t-shirt just for the occasion. Anywho, this holiday also means you MUST wear green or else you will surely get pinched by some a-hole like myself who finds it hilarious except when I forget and get pinched, then it's not so funny. Here are some cute green articles of clothing I found from Shopbop.
Rag&Bone/JEAN -- Vintage Biscay
Dolce Vita Nels Flat Loafers -- Mint
BB Dakota Adonia Shorts -- Jade Green
Parker Racer Pleat Dress -- Kelly Green
Tory Burch Ella Tote -- Navajo Green
Via Shopbop
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Art
I always love stumbling online, it's one of my favorite things to do when I'm bored. Today I stumbled upon the most awesome street art, check it out:
via Next Web Design
Thursday, March 8, 2012
KONY 2012
My routine in the morning consists of many things - taking my dog out, feeding him, washing my face, brushing my teeth (you get the picture)... but it starts out with approximately four alarms in order to get any of that started. Today I actually got up at the sound of the first alarm and of course got back in bed for a bit to check up on the usual facebook/twitter statis. I kept seeing this "Kony 2012" as well as links and photos and it definitely got my attention. My friend Kim's status was the first one I saw and I eventually went back and clicked on the link to KONY2012. (I remembered in college, Kim and a friend were involved with Invisible Children and we all thought they were crazy for driving through the night from Lawrence, KS to Chicago, IL to wait for Oprah to rescue the "Invisible Children" from Chicago.) Anyways, long story short, Joseph Kony is one of the world's worst war criminals and the Invisible Children organization is taking a stand to make him "famous" in order to get him captured and stop the terror he is bringing to innocent people. He needs to be stopped. You can sign the pledge, donate, buy merchandise to support the cause, message celebrities and politicians and learn about the cause HERE.
Invisible Children Supporters (and my friend Kim is somewhere in there) in Chicago
The group in DC
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Re-DO
A while back, a good friend of mine sent me an email that helped me get through a really tough time and lately in talking to my friends and getting used to adulthood, I think it would be a good time to re-post this e-mail. It's definitely something that you should read if you are in your mid - 20's.
What To Know When You're 25(ish)
Here are the things really worth caring about in your 20s.
When you’re 25-ish, you’re old enough to know what kind of music you love, regardless of what your last boyfriend or roommate always used to play. You know how to walk in heels, how to tie a necktie, how to give a good toast at a wedding and how to make something for dinner. You don’t have to think much about skin care, home ownership or your retirement plan. Your life can look a lot of different ways when you’re 25: single, dating, engaged, married. You are working in dream jobs, pay-the-bills jobs and downright horrible jobs. You are young enough to believe that anything is possible, and you are old enough to make that belief a reality.
Job
Now is the time to figure out what kind of work you love to do. What are you good at? What makes you feel alive? What do you dream about? You can go back to school now, switch directions entirely. You can work for almost nothing, or live in another country, or volunteer long hours for something that moves you. There will be a time when finances and schedules make this a little trickier, so do it now. Try it, apply for it, get up and do it.
When I was 25, I was in my third job in as many years—all in the same area at a church, but the responsibilities were different each time. I was frustrated at the end of the third year because I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do next. I didn’t feel like I’d found my place yet. I met with my boss, who was in his 50s. I told him how anxious I was about finding the one perfect job for me, and quick. He asked me how old I was, and when I told him I was 25, he told me that I couldn’t complain to him about finding the right job until I was 32. In his opinion, it takes about 10 years after college to find the right fit, and anyone who finds it earlier than that is just plain lucky. So use every bit of your 10 years: try things, take classes, start over.
Relationships
Now is also the time to get serious about relationships. And “serious” might mean walking away from the ones that don’t give you everything you need. Some of the most life-shaping decisions you make in this season will be about walking away from good-enough, in search of can’t-live-without. One of the only truly devastating mistakes you can make in this season is staying with the wrong person even though you know he or she is the wrong person. It’s not fair to that person, and it’s not fair to you.
Counseling
Twenty-five is also a great time to start counseling, if you haven’t already, and it might be a good round two of counseling if it’s been a while. You might have just enough space from your parents to start digging around your childhood a little bit. Unravel the knots that keep you from living a healthy whole life, and do it now, before any more time passes.
Church
Twenty-five is the perfect time to get involved in a church you love, no matter how different it is from the one you were a part of growing up. Be patient and prayerful, and decide that you’re going to be a person who grows, who seeks your own faith, who lives with intention. Set your alarm on Sunday mornings, no matter how late you were out on Saturday night. It will be dreadful at first, and then after a few weeks, you’ll find that you like it, that the pattern of it fills up something inside you.
Don't get stuck
This is the thing: when you start to hit 28 or 30, everything starts to divide, and you can see very clearly two kinds of people: on one side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find God and themselves and their deep dreams, people who know what works and what doesn’t, who have pushed through to become real live adults. And then there’s the other kind, who are hanging onto college, or high school even, with all their might. They’ve stayed in jobs they hate, because they’re too scared to get another one.
They’ve stayed with men or women who are good but not great, because they don’t want to be lonely. They mean to find a church, they mean to develop honest, intimate friendships, they mean to stop drinking like life is one big frat party. But they don’t do those things, so they live in kind of an extended adolescence, no closer to adulthood than they were when they graduated college.
Don’t be like that. Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. Walk away, try something new. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal. Ask yourself some good questions like: “Am I proud of the life I’m living? What have I tried this month? What have I learned about God this year? What parts of my childhood faith am I leaving behind, and what parts am I choosing to keep with me for this leg of the journey? Do the people I’m spending time with give me life, or make me feel small? Is there any brokenness in my life that’s keeping me from moving forward?”
Now is your time. Become, believe, try. Walk closely with people you love, and with other people who believe that God is very good and life is a grand adventure. Don’t spend time with people who make you feel like less than you are. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned. Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path
Spring-speration
Spring OFFICIALLY begins in less than two weeks but here in Dallas, the pastels, colored pants and bright accessories have been out and about for weeks. Check out some photos to get you in the Spring time mood:
images via weheartit
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Suit up for Spring
I don't know about the rest of y'all but down here in Texas we haven't seen much of a winter and I am seriously not complaining. I visited some friends in KC for a weekend and that was plenty of winter to last me until next year. However, those of you who did get a winter, it is hopefully coming to a close and it's time for those bright colors and ankle pants to make their first appearance on a nice sunny patio with a fruity cocktail. Check out my favorite options:
Pant options:
For the shoe:
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