Catchin' Up! Part I.

My life has begun, guys(sarcasm!).

I do feel that I have opened a new chapter though. Lots of new experiences, lots of new feelings, more mature thoughts & decisions... don't tell my mom but... I kinda like it ;]

I have SO much to show & tell... and I know this is sort of a blogger's no-no, to give away so much at one time. But you guys totally deserve it, you've been patient(either that or you just forgot about little ol' me! =O) STILL I'll have to split this post into 2, maybe 3 different parts... there's just so much.

I'm about to expose your eyes to many spectacular images, you won't need to do anymore web browsing today. Deal?

 Enjoy, darling doves.

Firstly. I got a haircut. Yes, I even went so far as to get my hair slightly COLORED. *gasp*

Here are the stages. Anyone heard of Successful Seattle Salon-Owner Lisa Vann of Milagros? Or Bruno Elorrioroz?? You should! He's the top colorist in the WORLD as of this moment. Aveda's Master Technical Director.Yup, ya heard. He was standing in my breathing space. He delicately picked up my hair and said in his beautiful French accent *soft, but intentional gasp* "She has such beautiful natural COLOUR!" And then he formulated this happy "After" face! In order of occurrence:

Here's the fill-in story: (Can I get a "Hallelujah-you're-still-a-redhead!?") School has restarted(I had a 2 week break; too long), and I'm back to the commute-school-commute-shower-sleep-commute cycle.

I'll start as far back as I can remember... since we last talked....
The construction company I work for, has moved! That was... tiring. But hey! My temporary business cards for school, came in! THAT. IS. EXCITING.

Now I have to figure out how to get rid of 250 business cards in the next 2 months...

Kid :)
This last month has truly brought me some very strong, beautiful memories that I will cherish for as long as I live. For one thing, I got one of my best friends back. His struggle to be the best of himself has been a treacherous, threatening, & faith-strengthening experience... for both him & myself. So I want him to know how much he means to me & all our friends here, & that him being out-of-state, won't keep him from being in our thoughts & prayers of support everyday. I've never been prouder of you, Besty. You now have the entire world at your disposal. Make it worth your while :)

In addition to that, I helped my Photographer Friend move into a new house one weekend. We are monsters that rolled a PIANO out of a moving truck to her local Goodwill. Then we rescued a wandering puppy for the night & returned him to his rightful owners the next morning. Isn't he just melt-worthy?

Moving on for all you cat-people, no need to retreat to a different site :P

I was given a surprise gift. THE best surprise gift(I'm not a huge fan of surprises, shhh), need I repeat THE BEST surprise gift ever. Dudeson, these just showed up at my house! I can't rave enough. They're absolutely perfect. And they're ME. *gah!* Thank YOU! YOU!

A group of my friends were going up to Crystal Mountain for snowboarding, & altho I didn't have room in my budget for the whole affair(student still! :)), I at least went up to babysit(ha! jk guys), and perhaps ride the Gondola after the winds subsided. Wow it was a beautiful sight at the top. Here's a peek at my way up:

I've just decided that it's time to go to bed. Yes, it's 10:25pm and I have school en la manana IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED. I have TONS of Seattle adventures to share with you, but I'll save them for the next UPDATE. I promise you, the next update will happen sometime next week. Hopefully before the next 7 days have flashed before my mind's eye.

You guys have been great, really. You're my favorite crowd ;) Haha I'll exit on that note.

<3, bex

P.S. If you're experiencing any kind of snow/ice/sleet days, like I am.... DRIVE SLOW. Or better yet- bundle up and WALK somewhere :) It's fun, trust me. Safety first!!!

shhhhhhhh!

Don't tell that I skipped. Skipped what? Huh?

Who?
LAST SATURDAY I WENT & RAN THRU THE MUD. Oh yes I did!

I totally have been holding out on you. If you haven't been enlightened as to JUST how cute 13 year olds can be...wait... I mean THESE mindless kids... You've been missing out. PLEASE WATCH :)

"..a hundred forty characters is moooore than enough!"  

... Oh, hai! You're here. What was I saying?

Wednesday I went on a bike ride!

Here's mah boys...

Today... I went with a Client to pick out their house materials...

Holy moley...4 hours later...

I was officially bored.

And then...

I SNAPPED!

And then they fed me :)

Yay!

THIS IS A PIECE OF TILE.

Isn't it purdy? It looks like metal!

The End. 

My SURPRISE event is this weekend, and I'll tell you about it next week- cause if I did now.... welllllllllll that would be a DUMB move. I'm a woman *points to brain*...

Have a great weekend, you silly shenanigans :]

<3, bex...

Summer is nearing the riverbend

Don't act like you didn't start singing that 'Pocahontas' song.

:]

I've been doing a bit of waitressing at a family friend's Mexican restaurant for the last 2 weeks. And it's WAY more fun than I thought it would be. (Watch: tonight at work, I'll get a drink thrown in my face.)

In other news... Have I told you about how misbehaved my dogs are? They are. See...

Up on the furniture like it ain't no thang. *shakes head*

I went on a bike ride in the rain Wednesday, and almost ran THIS over.

One more thing... this girl...

she CRACKS me UP!

Most fun ever.

Check out Mia's own photography here.

Incredible Photog skills!

Go adventure, outside!!

I'm writing less today, to get you to read less just for THIS WEEKEND, 

since it's supposed to be so beautiful here in Seattle. Enjoy!

See you Tuesday.

<3 Bex.

Top o' the Tuesday to yer!

hai!

THIS WEEKEND!!!! I was in a photo shoot for my photographer-friend-Jenna, who is super creative & talented. She came up with this idea to photograph us in a field of yellow buttercups, & we were to act sad & forlorn over a "lost love." Oh that sounds weird to you, huh? CHECK IT OUT. As I say, don't knock it, 'til you try it ;) It turned out to be a beautiful day, and all the pollen was floating freely... now I am congested beyond belief. BUT, it was worth it. :] I know, I'm weird. Promise to go see Jenna, and the whole shebang???(coughINCLUDES-BLOOPER-REELcough) Dang, excuse my dry throat. Go see her blog NOW! She's for hire!! ;)
Here's a little teaser story for ya...

Oh HOW shall I ever recover?  ...

...His love was all I knew.

~~~

Hey, wait a sec! I'm important too! 

"Plus I'm tired of sitting around moping!"

 "Time to dry our eyes, friend."

 We will pick flowers. We will see the world.
We will see new faces in our flowers!

Oh, and we'll make GRR faces at new people too.

;]

See you Friday, knucklehead.

<3, bex.

I don't believe you!

Friday has rolled around YET again. *shock & awe*

All this week, it's been about 3 different seasons.
Summer is the only one missing... of course -_-

It's been
1.) Sunny & Freezing(fall-like),
2.) Snowy(snow that falls as snow, and hits like rain), and disgustingly muddy everywhere
3.) Rainy & windy(sarcasm alert: MY FAVORITE!)

So imagine my delight when I leave my house one BRIGHT & freezing morning for 

work... and I look up to see this:  

Yeah, beautiful! (Thanks iPhone!)

Then I look down, to step off the porch and see this:

Uhh, what? Snow? I don't believe it, so I'll just pretend I didn't see that.

After all, there's no snow anywhere else....

See? I don't believe it. And YES these really were all taken in the same 3 minute span.

Farmin' Washington.

Also, have you been introduced to Lincoln?

He's pretty fun. He's pretty impressive, actually. He's a gymnastics pro and an amateur in Tae Kawndo.
And he speaks Latvian.

Last week, it was time for him to get a bath. Ahem.

He was very hurt by this, and let it show. So sad!

When Lincoln emerged from the cleansing tho, he has passed the 'hurt' stage, and moved onto 'acceptance.'

He didn't fight the dryer, but I could tell that all he wanted, is for the process to be over with 

so we could snuggle again.

Look at that forlorn face :(

Coming out fluffier than EVER, and delightfully cuddly, I decided it would be a LONG time before I put him thru the torture chamber again. After all, he's only the best little-bear a woman could ask for!

He's embarrassed by my crazy-hair.

That's freshly blow-dried, WHAAAAAATTTTT!!!! :)

That's a sign of a good parent tho; the ability to embarrass your children at any given moment.

"Please, mom NOOO!!!"

(Wow, now that I think about it, I'm embarrassed by my own hair.)

Happy weekend days, folks. You muffin-heads be safe, or else... I don't even wanna hear about speeding tickets, or broken nails!! *shudder*

Love, love, love xoxoxo Bex...

sigh.

First things first. No really.....

#1. 

IT'S OFFICIALLY FRIDAY. Can you feel the excitement?

THANK THE FARMIN'(new euphamisn alert!) GOODNESS INSIDE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

AMIRITE.

Secondly.... you all know how anti-mac/apple I am...don'tcha? Well... push comes to shove when your phone royally STINKS(or has a huge blacked out area on the touch-screen), so when Verizon announced(alright, I'll admit this was way back in July 2010 when it was still unofficial) that they were bringing the iphone to their network... I got excited. I thought "AT LAST! MY CHANCE! I can pay good money for a phone that won't rip me off 3 months from now!"

Oh so the news is that I ordered one. And I'm proud to say that I actually have a 'REP' and ordered mine BEFORE Feb 3rd YA'LL! (Don't be jealous. We're all friends, here. I could hook you up, if you gave me some chocolate ice cream... with hot fudge.)

Don't lie, if you don't already have one, you want one.

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THIRDLY... I truthfully did dye my hair. Okay technically, Hoolia- from the Oregon/travel post- dyed it cause she's a professional and all. So here it is... I know you've been DYE-ING to see it(see what I did there?).

Terrible Pun #1, for this post.

 Ok, I'm letting myself get silly, cause I like it.

  aaaaaand FINALE. It's FRIDAY HOORAH.

For goodness sakes.. If you've had a fully-loaded-terror-of-a-week like myself, you are as glad as I that it's close to being over. Soak it up. Dance your booty off, and don't let Saturday & Sunday slip by too fast.

i mean it.
<3 xox bex...

Today, folks.... is Friday. And I have a special friend of mine to share with you.


His name is Nicho(nee-cho) Solano & he recently began blogging about music. 
Specifically, The Songs That Saved Your Life. I know no one else who has a larger internal(that being his own brain) database of music. Nicho also has a knack for humorous writing, even though English is his second language; and vast variety of tastes to suit just about everyone who stumbles upon his page. I encourage you all to check it out, he's a very talented individual!! Go! Shoo!! Subscribe!! He's the newest 'thing'!! Have fun :]


And now here's a bit of Friday love, for you to spread around your world. 
*sprinkle, sprinkle*


One day you'll be grey & wrinkled
and I'll still see you, my love...


Your smile will be older and
your grip won't be as tight.


One day you might stumble short,
and need to hold my hand.


To go, you'll need a little shove,
but your eyes will be as bright...
and besides you I'll still stand.

You know what I always say to you before the weekend, right? 

Be safe, because I love you!

Oh guess what- I french braided my hair today x} *swoon*

And come back Tuesday for a treat :]

<3bexxxxx

Janelle Monae, who?

Umm I doubt many of you have heard her awesomeness.. but if you have: YAY! Come skip thru disco-glitter-keyboard-jazz-clubs with me!! Cause that's what her voice sounds like :) 

Smooth, Controlled & Powerful. Your ears just can't get enough.

Have a listen :) And while your ears get their ZOMG-it's-Friday wonderment, have a look-see at Janelle's FUN wardrobe and hair! She is awesome x's 10! 

that is some crazy-wonderful hair!

LOVE this picture! Perfect contrast and motion! LOVE the saddle-shoes.

I wonder how many takes it took, to get that just right... :)

YOU! Hear and be amazed!!

Yeah she's just all around cool.

So! Enjoy :) Another one of her songs worth hearing is "Tightrope"

Any new music you've stumbled upon recently that you wanna share with me?? :)

You're all James Dean fans, I know this..

You're welcome.

How can you not love this face?!

I have a feeling Brad Pitt got his look from someone else...

A whole new "I'm hot, but no need to show off" way to point to the gym.

ohhh me, oh my.

AND to finish it off! What a stud! :) Handsome in his ripe old age of 24.
You know he died at 24? Yeah, super sad. He would have aged gracefully.

Hence, my daily motto to those I love: DRIVE SAFE!!! Drive Defensively! :)

xoxo Red.

SEATTLE. AGAIN!

Seattle fun was had again.
And it did NOT rain. Just for you, little doveface- who was about to ask.

Here are some treats from my weekend! Enjoy and have lots of chocolate!! I know I will....

This mid-blinking guy on the left was visiting his brother(on my right). MY HURRRRR looks good here, so yeah.

This was the group(see Praxis far right!), plus the adorable chica w/the houndstooth scarf a few pix above. I personally, haven't been to the Space Needle at night in YEARS, so I had to tag along. Also half the group who was supposed to go, bailed last minute, so it was relaxed and small, but FUN! We met a bum who divulged that he was related to Betty CrAcker. If I knew who that was, I'm sure she was a lovely lady, but I don't. 

EITHER WAY here are MORE(!) pictures from Seattle:

The gross & germ-infested, but famous 'Gum Wall'

Gag me.

Some lovely ladies(and Patrick! Top-Right!) who dared to travel with me ;)

Creepy Silver Guy(TM). I couldn't keep looking at him. I knew at any moment he would just BURST into my face with evil laughter and kidnap me. *shiver*

Thanks for sharing my weekend with me, Doveface! Sorry yesterdays post was... dull. But feel free to buy me one of those gorgeous trees ANYWAY ;} I know it's in your kind heart.

Have a cheerful week, and enjoy that sunshine!

<3 xoxo Bex.