casa de angela and the gang

at the aeropuerto leaving mexico...
i don't want to leave (and look possibly like an anorexic orphan)... jenny and jeff's wedding present from us: dinner at le kliff (literally built into a cliff overlooking the water. quite possibly the coolest dining atmosphere EVA. )
the bride and groom dance the dance.
luke looking cool with his shades and cigar - TAKING MORE PHOTOS!
the sun is setting - the sun saved the most beautiful set of our trip for the wedding night.
little island people lounging in the pool
the first group toast: TO MEXICO!!
we told karl to "suck it in"
the aforementioned mosquito netting on the beds! the whole villa was open air - showers, toilets, bedrooms, common areas, all of it!! i looooved showering with a view! the view from our bathroom shown below.... the only time i have ever enjoyed my small bladder! HA!

our first meal in puerto vallarta - karl blew us a little tune. un pacifico por favor.
so the trip was awesome as i am sure you have seen some of the pics already on both melissa and brooke's blogs!! they both did a much better picture taking job than me. oh well! the villa was, as stated, awesome on all accounts. we decided we are so spoiled now that we can never travel again with out a staff (the villa had a chef, TIMO whose food was AMAZING, our house man SAUL (sa-oool who took care of us on so many levels), and his assistant ONOFRE. they seriously took care of everything. food, drinks, problems, everything. the open air concept was awesome... no air conditioning or real private spots, just an amazing amount of fresh air, sunshine, and happy smiles. cabs were cheap! (like $4 to get from the villa to downtown where we did some shopping!) it was an experience like no other and karl and i still can't get over it or thank jenny and jeff and her family enough for including us.

sleeping in mosquito netting is as cool as it looks

the internet at the villa is pretty slow and it is taking too long to upload images so i think you are going to have to wait until we get back for more pics!

we miss you all. er.

today was an amazing day in PV!!

i took this picture with my camera!

hola como estas? Esta aqui.

goodnight moon

• i have heart burn. literally my heart is ON FIRE. (ever since i quit smoking, i swear IT BURNS ALL THE TIME!)
• beauty and the geek, ANTM, all RECAP shows. RECAPS = ANNOYING.
  
• so far we have had five trick or treaters. FIVE. why did i even make the effort to buy candy?
  
• karl and i went to "Boo at the Zoo" last night. While "Boo at the Zoo" in theory is good b/c it supports the zoo, it was a complete waste of time. maybe because there were 'candy stations' for the kiddos - each one sponsored by one corporation or another - i mean, candy wrapped in corporate logos? what is that even saying to a five year old? like we don't see enough advertising all day everyday. ANYWAY.
  
• tangent over.
  
• i am feeling uninspired to blog. truly.
  
• sorry.
  
• charlies.
  
• until next time (when i promise to be more entertaining!)
  

80. eight zero. 80.

my grandfather turned 80 0ver the weekend and both my sister and i made the trip to STL to surprise him! (there was a party and it couldn't be missed!) i can't even find all my pics right now so you get these few.

i am going to let go of my irrational anger towards the entertainment industry

i am cranky and stressed this Friday afternoon. i have to do lots of things. and i want to do nothing. grrr. such is life. to cheer myself up i am sharing a pic from the bachelorette party that is HILARIOUS. i have NOT A CLUE what we are laughing at but it makes me happy to look at this picture.

happy friday. have a good weekend. i intend to.

if you haven't watched ANTM please stop reading (and other oddities)

so, there is this thing i do with my seeester and her friends. it is called fantasy ANTM (americas next top model for all of you who live in a hole). AND the way it works is this: we pick our top three and get a point each week they stay in. As a BONUS point, we pick who gets kicked off each week. my pick last night: ambreal. WHO. TOTALLY. GOT. KICKED. OFF. by the judges and then STUPID EBONY (i know ambreal and ebony are somewhat ridiculous-ey modeley names - there is also a chantal, a saleisha, a bianca, a mila and a lisa - and yes i feel lisa is a ridiculous name.) ANYWAY, as I was saying, STUPID EBONY decides to throw in the towel, costing me my point and her her future. Tyra was NOT happy. I was NOT happy. A million other viewers hoping boring Ambreal was going to get kicked off were NOT happy. I'm not actually sure how the world is functioning today. Has anyone ever QUIT antm?

this too shall pass, right? (oh the drama!)

in more important news, i have lost three pounds.

i hate socks

it's true. and it is almost time to wear them, like, everyday.

i hate them all equally. wool socks, socks with seperate toes, tube socks, dress socks, NYLONS, the red sox (errr.. whatever), footie socks, argyle socks, smelly husband socks, pom-pom socks, novelty socks (dirty), cuffed socks, scrunched up socks, socks with characters on them, socks with lace on them, knee socks, crew socks, ankle socks, trouser socks, booties... all of em!

the only socks i like are my workout socks. PERFORMANCE socks. (that have a purpose) (that barely peek out of my tennie-rubbers) (and that keep me from blisters) (kinda).

one time (high school!) i didn't wear socks to a football game at the Transworld Dome (Edward Jones Dome?) in January and had to walk eight blocks (it was snowing; shoes not waterproof) and my feet almost fell off (mom and i were literally climbed up in the sink and running my bare feet under water in the STL Rams stadium bathroom). it hurt. i cried. i have many other similar experiences. my husband during the winter time will often find me in agony on the edge of the bathtub with hot water running over ice cube toes. or trying to sneak my freezing feet under his warm legs as we watch tv on the couch. (we (i) call these 'feet warmies' and karl LOVES them.)

oh. and. also. i choked on a hairball *my own* at 4 am this morning and almost died. literally i swallowed some hair and it was all up in my throat until i vomited. GROSS.

life is rough in the big city. maybe someday it will stop raining!

Race for the Cure, Phase 10, and other relaxing happenings

race for the cure happened this weekend. i have a love/hate relationship with race for the cure. i love it because it is totally inspirational and AWESOME but i hate it because people who don't run races ever are REALLY good at getting in the way. there was a lot of pushing and shoving up front - seriously i almost got trampled - not a good place to feel claustrophobic (45,000 registered racers pushing forward!) they give 'stars' to those running under 27 minutes and coral them up front but crazy, slow people in big groups like to push in front despite the fact they are going to start walking less than a half mile in. though i guess i should admit it was kind of nice to pass like a hundred people. whatever. additionally, i made this pretty shirt naming the people i was racing for but next year i am going to make it in white with pink lettering.... there were other folks wearing pink and the survivor shirts are light pink - i think the dark pink is a little too close to the survivor shirts. eh, well, lesson learned. melissa and i had a blast making shirts friday night (pictures above). pretty much it was like we were in junior high - minus the puff paint, plus fabric paint and stencils.

saturday we had a loverly evening of mexican food, trivial pursuit, and phase ten with kristen and jr. today, even though it isn't THAT cold yet, i made my first sunday stew of the season (thick and delicious!) and am now watching game seven of the ALCS and relaxing before the work week begins.

this weekend: happiness is beef stew aroma lingering through the house, attic fan whirling, open windows, breast cancer ribbons, 3.99 t-shirts at the craft store, cheese dip (oops!), clean sheets, long showers, and the world series playoffs.

homecoming pics!

as promised. are we gonna do it again next year!?!?

this week is going by fast. i need it to SLOW down. i mean, seriously, how is it almost thursday!?!?!

la bachelorette - jennifer lenore

so homecoming pics will be tomorrow i suppose - here is a small showing of the bach party pics. we had a lovely gathering (beginning with the panty game of course!) and dinner at (edit: marys! franke's is in NYC) mary's (italian place on 15th in t-town; pretty much the only authentic italian in town i believe; it is GOOD), and on to Tin Dog. Yes, Tin Dog. my favorite bar in the ENTIRE world. call me lame, but i love it in all its seedy glory.

we passed on to jenny the bridal t-shirt (among other things!!) and had a great time. the parrot bra? it came from garden ridge. garden ridge. of all places. pierre is on the left. richard is on the right. they needed several reattachment surgeries throughout the night (clearly not perfect for any kinda party where you actually wear the thing)

this week i am trying to eat less calories - five pounds (ha!) and i will happily get on the plane to mexico. if i don't lose it i guess i'll have to stay home.

"we have to stop for hunting gloves"

ok. we spent the weekend in tulsa for two reasons: 1. jenny's bachelorette party on friday. 2. TU homecoming!

happy sunday night! i am settling in to watch the rainy d-back and rockies game (BASEBALL PEOPLE). it looks pretty cold at coors field!

i have many pictures. just not sure which to post. the weekend was fun. and exhasting. all at the same time. let's just say while i had a great time tailgating i am glad i am not in college anymore! it was really great to see everyone and i am looking forward to homecoming 08! (it will be YEAR FIVE in our spot!!)

i might be too tired to post and might want to drag it out over a few days. so here are some hawt pics of me and melissa at the bass pro shop on our way back! karl made us stop for hunting gloves. that's a mountain lion in the background of the glass elevator. yea it is.

good morning ohio

so i have been wanting to post this "match your candidate" thing for a few weeks but keep forgetting (blame it on the boob tube). My match at 82.35% in Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D). Other top matches: Dennis Kucinich (oh my!), Barack, and Businessman John Cox (oh dear an "R") ;)

It looks like more of the, um, prominent/popular hopefuls were in my middle of the pack. was muy interestante. Let me know who your candidate is.

FASTEST BASEBALL PLAYOFFS. EVAR.

GET THIS. I had to ('we got to' karl says) CALL THE HOGS on camera at the tailgate and we're (once again!) famous on the internet! Click HERE to check it out - you will have to click on the "tailgating fun" video. (dear democrat-gazette, please provide individual links to your individual videos if you would like more people to view them. ugh.) ANYWAY you can see me one arm hog-calling (that makes it okay!) with our group!

we spent some time at the Arkansas Razorbacks Tailgate this Saturday (they played in Little Rock at War Memorial Stadium) with friends and family. i think i lost a pound b/c of the sauna that is the outdoors. good god it was warm but NO COMPLAIN' from me! i like losing pounds. Check out the rockin' camo (Did you know there are different TYPES of camo based on where you hunt?!!? who knew!?) hat - i bought one for rea and one for karl at a gas station in the ozarks for hunting this year. it makes me giggle. a camo razorback hat. hehe. too funny to pass up. it's almost as funny as karl's dirt smelling dryer sheets. i decided to steal it (INDIAN GIVER) and wear it to the tailgate.

in baseball news (i know you care):
red sox SWEEP the angels.
rockies SWEEP the phillies.
d-backs SWEEP the cubbies (thank GOD!)
indians are in progress right now SWEEPing the yanks. (sa-weet stuff. i'm listening to the game right now like an old lady on the radio. c'mon a-roddy rod... hit the BALL! ha! rumor has it joe torre's job might be on the line after this season which is just nutso)

the quickness is kind of freaking me out BUT whatever - come on indians - on to the race for the Pennant!

f star star star. i am jinxing the indians yankee game. the yanks are coming back.
i gotta go stress out about it now. COME ON CLEVELAND. UGH. JOHNNY DAMON I HATE YOU!! (though i hope you aren't a terrible human being). OH MY. looks like this series might not be a clean sweep after all. i guess someone had to make the post season exciting. who can concentrate on football when BASEBALL IS STILL HAPPENING? (oh. wait. what? i can't hear you. what? oh, that's right. EVERYONE else in america. daaaaaang.)

negative nancy begone!!

today will be my listing of all things positive (positive patsy? there seem to be many negative nancys and nellies (carrie!!) out there so here is my positive side shining through:

A#1. BABY Daniel Patrick is here safely!! 9 lbs 11 oz, 20 inches long with a full head of black hair. Isn't that great?!?!?! It is.
b#2. my husband took me out for cheese dip and a LARGE margarita tonight AND on the way home he let me bust out my old erykah badu cd and sing very loudly - (you've got to pick your afro baby b/c it's flaaaaaat on one side). and if you know what cd i am talking about we are, in fact, kindered spirits.
c#3. one of the the geeks (on beauty and the geek) used pipe cleaners to decorate his "romantic gift basket" if thats not love i don't know what is! AND the basket that almost WON had stuffed animals unicorns and coloring books in it. that guy deserves many, many ladies, am i right? i am right.
d#4. this week at work is much less stressful. yea. big sigh of relief.
e#5. tomorrow is ONE MONTH TILL MEXICO. eeeeeeek.
f#6. so far the illness fairy has not cursed me for my horrid comments from yesterday. crossing fingers.
g#7. i have friends i can laugh with like this!! (see above picture! appropriate domestic beverage and camera in foreground; and, i think, brooke's grownup cranberryvodkawithlimedrink.)
h#8. two more babies due before family thanksgiving this year. that makes THREE new sweet heads for me to kiss on.

bendy wendy's gonna be a big sister

everyone send a little love to baby daniel - making his way into the world tomorrow via scheduled c. this little lady is going to be a fabulous big sister. (he might even be here by the time some of you read this. eek. i want to meet him NOW. sigh.)

i've been a little down and sluggish (ew - sluggish?) lately. you know why?!!? (AND i know you guys are going to slaughter me) BUT it's because summer is escaping. AND i know everyone is happy it isn't 900 degrees and blah blah we love fall and leaves and blah blah the outside BUT i always get depressed around season changing time. it's that much closer to winter. when. i. hibernate. it's true - i am a bad friend from december to february.

AND if i hear the word allergies OR see one more sick, sneezy person i am going to go batty. is that mean?! it is, i know. i'm sorry. AND i am right now jinxing myself with a cold or illnesss of some sort. i'll probably actually (probably actually?!?! what?) contract something fatal and die. er, too far? yeah. ANYWAY i promise i will bring all you sickies chicken noodles soup and sprite/7up just please GET BETTER SOON. thank you.

negative nancy signing out. i'm going for a jog to cheer myself up! (and by jog i PROBABLY mean watching my dvr'ed tv shows in dark room under my favorite fleecy blanket. hahaha.)

some nuggets of internet goodness and other useless numbered information

1. i have been OBSESSED with this girl (especially the piano song #4 and reasons to love you #1) (and #2... can't forget that one): www.meikomusic.com
2. this is hilarious (especially if you know how i feel about unicorns): charlie the unicorn
3. this is also hilarious (especially if you like shoes - you may have seen it!): shoes
3. my dvr cut off the last five minutes of grey's anatomy and i want to put my fist through my tv right now. oh, and, meredith is still a whiny little hmm-hmm-hmmm. i'm not feeling good about it.
4. and ugly betty was just beautiful and lovely and hilarious and touching. it's going to be a good season for ms. ferrera and friends.
5. what else? karl and i are playing with starting a podcast. stay tuned. maybe.
6. karl likes this (and it is pretty funny - you may have seen it!): chad vader
7. i am fat.
8. have you heard of jewtube.com? there is something wrong with that.
9. this is fun IF you have some time. (it is about 9 minutes). It is the HIPSTER OLYMPICS - featuring such events as "myspace picture sesh" and "appropriatly ironic thrift store tshirt" and, um, it is funny.
10. and for you total internet freakshows you should recognize MOST of the people in here.

it is almost the weekend. thank goodness. i am excited about laundry and cooking and cleaning oh yea. (you have to say that in the 'lions and tigers and bears oh my' kinda way.) (because i said so.)

our song is a slammin' screen door...

this old man, he played one, he played knick-knack on my thumb.

er.

birthday wishes are in order for karl (today!) - i won't tell you how old he is but just that he is getting up there (27). i chose this picture b/c i think it showcases one of his finest (dumbest and fun-nest) ideas of 2007. the slip and tarp. nothing says 'keep it young' like racing for beer down a tarp covered in dish soap and canola oil (i still get an occasional canolawhiff from my closet. and it makes me smile.). it also showcases his love of all things sprinkler and his pretty lawn. because life wouldn't be right without perfect blades (of grass) in the front yard.

he is pretty nice. i guess i will let him live till his next birthday.

where shall i take him for dinner?

said sugar take it slow, all we need is just a little patience

thank you for your continued patience on my update! i am trying to post pics from the fabulous shower. it was, as previously stated, delightful. i don't have the group shot - i think we only took that on jeff's camera. there were lots of fun hats and gloves and this is a small showing. we had tea and finger sandwiches *cucumber style* and petit 'fours' and jam and bread and fruit and cheeeeese (and shrimp which is of course a staple of a tea party, er, maybe not but people LOVE shrimp, right?).

the bride looked A-dorable and B-ridal. i looked gangsta wife. (that is what i was going for. the i just killed my third husband and am now attending his funeral look.) between brooke and i we had all the food and serving pieces covered and sarah covered the vintagey tea pots for the centerpieces with some artful flower arranging by ms. apker. i think we throw a pretty good par-tay.

work is BUSY and i am real stressed out about it. i just feel like i can't get ahead enough, you know?? i think i need to sleep early tonight. i have beauty and the geek on the dvr (i love B&G almost as much as Survivor!!) and i am going to cuddle up and veg out!

special post tomorrow for karl's bday!?!

and i'm back in the game!

back at work.
weekend fun.
can't wait to show you.

but not now.

patience young grasshoppers.


this monday morning i am focusing on keeping my eyes open.

glimpses

karl: sometimes i wake up and i am excited about eating cereal. it makes my whole day. especially if i remember i bought cinamon toast crunch.
me: FA-reak. show.

tonight, leaving the restaurant approximately 7:30
karl: i need to pick up my prescription from kroger before 8
me: ok, but i'm going to have to pee (WARNING - i have had two glasses of water with dinner and we are about ten minutes from home)
karl: you can make it. (and again: "you can make it" as we drive BY OUR STREET - me staring longingly towards the house - on the way to kroger)
as we get out of the car i feel i might pee my pants (it hurts; it's worse than jumping jacks people)
karl: maybe we can look at grills while we are here.
me: withering death stare, eyes welling up with tears
we make it in the kroger; karl starts looking for grills, i begin to cry. literally.
karl, exasperrated: JUST TAKE THE KEYS and I WILL WALK HOME.
me: grab keys and RUUUUN. (i went back and picked him up!)

meg's beautiful wedding, jenny&jeff, fuuutbol

meg's wedding was beautiful - pics of her new husband charlie's duck cake - yep, that's a cake (isn't it awesome!?) and the girls from the office. the ceremony was gorgeous, just gorgeous. beautiful singing, beautiful church, beautiful bride, ahh.... i do love a great wedding!! though next year i am going to buy more than one dress a season. er, maybe.

jenny and jeff visited from tulsa and it was nice to have the company. we didn't actually DO a whole lot - but had lots of fun eating, resting, and watching football. lots of football. some great college games this weekend - sad weekend for the razorbacks. happy weekend for the university of tulsa. and baseball, well, i don't even want to talk about the cardinals. for the love. i guess i have to cheer for the brewers now?!?! we can't let the cubbies take the NLC. that ain't right with jesus.

today we are prepping for the upcoming week and sunday anxiety is just starting to kick in! sometimes i just hate sunday evenings, ya know? that i-didn't-get-enuf-done over-the-weekend but i have to start work tomorrow and it's not gonna happen feeling. (UGH I AM LAZY! MAKE ME DO SOMETHING other than watch kindergarten cop and football and read blogs!) ;)

uplifting picture after a long monday

just because it makes me happy i am sharing with you all a photo that has been hidden for waaaaaaaaaaaay too long. what in the world? are we doing? yet another example of why neither karl nor myself should be allowed NOWHERE near a dance floor.

but - i ask you - who can resist dancing when it makes you feel so footloose and fancy free!?!? LIKE THIS! this picture now hangs in "my" bathroom to remind myself that i am a happy girl dammit! ;)

i won't bore you with my LONG and stressful work filled monday details b/c i have to shower and sleep (and read blogs!) and relax and watch mindless reality tv (i just caught the end of 'fat march' and i cried - why is losing weight so inspiring?) so i can make it through the rest of the week without strangling someone!

beautiful

my google ad on my sidebar says: "Jesus hates the Yankees" Oh so delightfully wrong!!

i can't wait for this weekend. this four day week is killing me!! (TOO MUCH WORK!!)

TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS!! i love these: !! and ( parenthesis ) - in case you haven't noticed. they punctuate many posts.

i had something to say when i got online and now i have forgotten.

let's hang out. you can clean my house while i watch. well, i may be watching tv while you are cleaning but i will definately and distractedly say "uh-huh" and "yeah" every once in a while in response to whatever you are saying. then you can fold my laundry and pluck my eyebrows. whatddya say?

i love blonde people too.

edit. i sounded slightly harsh, maybe? it was just fun to see a lot of diversity. and i do love the south - i'm just not sure i will ever BE SOUTHERN. i guess i'm just one of those plain girls karl likes so much. and i'm okay with that.

i've blocked off an hour for this magnificant post

hopefully i can get it all in. i will just try to touch on the important parts and not on the insignificant little details like hanging out with chris rock. ha!

first, briefly, this last bottom picture? that is the view from phillip's rooftop in the lower east side. clinton and houston. the place to be. sigh. fabulous.

let's see. I WENT TO YANKEE STADIUM. this was very exciting for me (um. and karl. but mostly me. haha. just kidding karl was just as excited. kinda.) because while i don't root for the yankees (::NEVER EVER - it's just not allowed::) we all must respect the team who has won the most national championships (ahem... cardinals are next in line... not THAT far behind, right!?) and you know who was on the field? A-Rod (!!), Derek Jeter, Johnny D-Bag Damon, Jason Giambi (cough...steriods), Tony Pena (coaching), the (in)famous JOE TORRE (booo), and okay I am going to stop now b/c you probably don't know or care. oh AND it was exciting b/c they will be tearing yankee stadium down soon. that is sad. new stadiums are so 2006.

okay i am going to stop EXCEPT to say that the hot dogs ARE in fact worth all the hype AND they had glorious BUD LIGHT (everyone in nyc was making fun of our bud light habit and it wasn't served anywhere) and karl ran in to someone he knew in the bud light line from arkansas (giving the natives even more reason to make fun of our dirty little bud light habit!!)

AND to say we saw the yankees loose to the devil rays (quite possibly the worst team in baseball but who are known for their streak against the yankees. who knew?). okay. stopping. promise. we really did more!

we also saw a musical on broadway (the drowsy chaperone. hilarious.), did an extensive amount of eating and bar hopping (the food and drink i could really spend a long time describing but i fear you would skim it more quickly than my baseball rant! great german beer and brats (literally german not just like how we say food is "ethnic" in arkansas), delightful italian meatballs, famous NYC brunches, local mexican flavors with muchas margaritas, and on and on), (is this one sentence?), a four (for me) and five (for karl) and like eight (for phillip on his bike) mile run/ride along the east river under the brooklyn and delancy bridges, lots of time up on the roof top, um, and the comedy celar.

let me tell you a little about our $15 Comedy Cellar tickets (plus two drink minimum but they were cheap-o) in greenwich (i think greenwich village - i really just followed blindly along as we wandered around nyc). AND there weren't so many AND get this... all these famous people were there. LIKE Chris Rock (who was just "stopping through" and we didn't actually "hang out with him" per say but he did perform live)... here are some of the other comedians who performed:

• chris rock (in case you have been living in a cave - i swear it was him. it was nuts)
• louis ck (of lucky louie on hbo and by far my favorite of the night)
• robert kelly from dane cook's tourgasm (they only had to say dane cook and i knew i wouldn't like him that much. blech. dane sucks.)
• dave attell (up all night guy, raunchy yet hilarious)
  
• kevin brennan (david letterman...some other crap, not so funny)
• some black guy from the chappelle show who was my second favorite and i can't remember his name. boo. i wish i did.
  
• some other people.

Good times. Like three HOURS of comedic goodness. I can't think of anything else at the moment (is that enough?). we ran around like crazy kids from friday morning to tuesday morning. there were a lot of pit bulls and maclaren strollers (but never those two things together). there were so MANY brunettes. AND THEY WERE ALL WEARING FLATS. i'm in love with the city for those two reasons ALONE. everyone looked different. beautiful, gorgeous little mixed up children everywhere. i want one. hmm. (hey - karl is adopted... you never know). AND no one got up in my personal space (read: people in the city mind their own business - what a novel concept! people would help you if you needed them to but they weren't all "honey, you're not "from here" are you? bless your little heart.") and my hair was so well behaved without all the arkansas humidity. AND i love the subway - don't think for a second i would miss a vehicle!

hahaha. my life as an arkansan is so rough! ;) i'm not complaining. i love LR. i promise. and my under $100 per sqaure foot HOME. that i OWN. but there are some tempting possibilities out there, huh? i've got three cities under my belt. what's one more!?!

trip recap over.

we are back minus a new apartment lease

we are back from our whirlwind trip and i intend a long, creative, colorful pictorial (er... with words) shortly. i will say that is was freaking awesome...even better than i recall from last year! what a fantastic city - i will give you more concrete reasoning on this statement tomorrow. BECAUSE we caught a cab at 3 am in NYC for the airport and went straight to a stressful day at work (short weeks are beautiful if you don't think about how all that work has to be crammed in to four freaking days!) and i am too exasted to recap. but, trust me, you are GONNA wanna come back for this one.

so, for now, to satiate you, o anxious ones, i will give you a screen shot of a project i finished up mere minutes before we left for our trip - haha (not a joke) - jennifer's tea party invites! this wasn't my original concept for this invite but i think it turned out alright!

and NOW, my friends, i am retiring for the evening (at 8 p.m.) to watch the Cardinals beat the Pirates. (read: fall asleep on the couch by no later than the 6th inning, wake up groggy when the mlb channel goes all static, and stumble to bed without taking out my contacts. again. )