New Paper

I enjoy typing. But more than typing, I enjoy w-r-i-t-i-n-g.
....Do any of you remember what that looks like?

I got a new notebook yesterday, for school... but I of course, had to christen the first page with a little doodle.

What'd you do, on your scary Monday?

Monday's don't seem so bad to me now that I have school again... I know that sounds backwards, but it's only because Monday class is simply an hour of taking notes on a Power Point presentation that my "teacher" talks over. Basically, he could email them to us, and I could sleep in more... :P Just a suggestion.

Anyway, back to my normal font size...This last week was a long one, for me. Lots of helping friends(not bad, just emotionally-demanding...) with issues, lots of waiting and waiting and WAITING for the right thing to come along :] Lots of travel; which automatically makes me ready for bed x) The actual traveling part is exciting, but when I'm done, I realize my body needs a rest(don't gotta tell ME twice).

This weekend, I am off to Seattle to finish my big 50 hours of volunteer-work for the month, and to meet lots of new people! I can't wait! It will be rewarding and fulfilling and I can't wait to have some sushi with no seafood in it. I know, I'm weird ;)

Be safe, loves. Travel responsibly, and be honest with your best friend when he/she asks: "Grrrrl, you think mah butt gettin' BIG??"

<3, bex.

ps. I got acupuncture today and it wasn't half bad. See? I'm still alive :)

I said, Good day to YOU!!!

The Weekend Re-cap

Wow. This weekend! Blew by, like a gust through my breezeway(o_O), but it was productive!

Firstly, Friday I saw a sight I'll probably never witness again. Too funny, NOT to get a picture(or two) this. Get a load of that!! That's aluminum foil, underneath Saran-Wrap. That would be a pain to get off, I'm sure. Severely unfortunate.

Secondly, Target(where I snapped the aluminum car) was having a sale on a few accordion file folders, so ... being tax-season and all, I'll have all my junk out to go thru anyway right? Right. So I bought a fresh one, and consolidated all my old papers into the new arrangement. Voila!
Cute, huh? :)

Hello, taupe. You look mighty fine.

HOORAY for organizing.

Then I did massive piles of laundry. Then I FOLDED massive piles of laundry. Then I changed my sheets. YESSSSSS. Is there nothing better!?

Than FRESH sheets?!

Yeah, that's 3 pillows for 1 me.

ONE new FIRM pillow, that I also got at Target last Tuesday(?), has significantly changed my sleep quality, tho- I cannot rave about my good sleep enough. It's not even an expensive one, just like $9 or something. Change your life dramatically, shop the Target brand pillows ;)

And my dog Maverick winked at me.

Spoiled rotten dog, on the leather chair. I told my parents that they have absolutely ruined him! haha

But how precious is he? :) love.

One more thing before I go..... I've been dabbling with Watercolor(watchoutNOWW!!)

You likey??
I haven't decided when I should start doing this for real, but I enjoyed myself just playing around.
Bam! Love you, munchkins. Be safe :)
Stay healthy. 'Til Friday, loves!!
xoxoxo bex

iPhone adventures!!

You all know I switched to the dark side by now... right?

I mean, they've had hot fresh cookies, for a few years now, so I decided it would be worth my while.

Anywho... my iPhone has been serving me rather well. I HIGHLY enjoy(those of you who know me personally can attest to this) the organization of it.
If I pull an App button over another App button: MAGIC! A new folder is birthed into this world, and conveniently labeled an appropriate name(yes, all by itself!) pertaining to the contents, and THEN! AND THEN....you can rename it, if you so wish. *swoon*

I know. I was impressed too.
The next trick I will be discussing, is the cool photo-editing Apps I've stumbled onto. All you photo-pro's are already familiar with Photoshop Express(free!) and for you Hipsters, Instagram(free!). Of either sort, I haven't wasted any copious amounts of my (valueable?) time searching thru tons of Apps and eating up my precious 16Gigs(14G when you actually receive it, I learned! D=) with things that I won't get use out of.

Hey, no one ever said I wasn't practical ;)

I  was recently introduced to a website called picnik.com where you edit your own photos for FREE. Wow- it's simple AND it's effective, and DUDE it's still cheap even if you do want to use all their "premium" editing tools. I might make the investment someday, but I just don't need it enough for now. Also, I made my web banner with it ;) You're welcome.
 Thank you picnik.com!!
[shameless free marketing; feel free to return the favor.]
The other thing I really like is the instant weather report. Yeah, I'm old. I've also got Pandora at my disposal, and lastly and most high-tech-ish-ly ... Facetime. We're talking video phone calls, people. Need I say more?
Ahhhh Apple, you've given me a new world to consider. I have a lot to learn from you.

Have a safe weekend Chickens :) <3
xoxoxoxoxoxX!!

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...

Jalepeno Heat, I mean heart!

Look everyone!My Food loves me!

Isn't that sweet? It's a heart for cryin' out loud!! I LOVE jalepeno's.

Yum.

I'm reading a book recommended by my friend Nicho, over here. Yes! He not only is a music connoisseur, but also WELL READ, and recommended to me The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. So far, it's so wonderful. I mean, here's how wonderful it is:

1.) I ALWAYS read the very last page of any book I read- by the 

time I'm done with the 2nd chapter...Well, I'm on the 4th, and I haven't hit the last page up yet.

2.) The poetic prose is so heavy, I have to read the scenic description of any given room(usually only about 2 sentences long) TWICE, to grasp everything. And it's not even a flood-like swampy-ICK of too many words just hanging out where they don't belong(cough-this page is a good example of that-COUGH). THEY ALL BELONG. It's just not what I'm used to reading. And it's wonderful.

This is you right now... so overwhelmed with excitement, you just fell asleep, kittenface.

Randomness #2...

I am experimenting this coming week:

I am not wearing foundation powder(gasp! watch out!) on my face for 7 days, maybe longer, to see if my skin clears up a little. It's pretty discouraging when you're still getting teenage acne at 23. Oh AND I take very particular care of my skin, so it's kinda infuriating. Kinda...

Randomness #3...(last one, I promise)

I've been keeping a list of things, well thoughts. 

Thoughts that I want to hold onto for more than the 2.3 seconds 

that my brain gives them to pop in and out of my thinking-waves. Here are a few:

-Need to think more before I speak.

-I think it's funny that I always forget what I label computer files, at work. Not efficient of me, but humorous every time.

-Started to read "Shadow of the Wind" but had to return it for 3 weeks, because I procrastinated to renew it, before the due date rolled around. OOPS- another thing I found slightly funny.

- "Being a vegetarian doesn't require me to exercise, to maintain my weight." And I LOVE that. For now- while the sun is still hibernating. Talk to me again about that in a couple months.

Tell me your weekend plans, sugar-faces!

I miss you! :(

BE SAFE OUT THERE!!!

<3 <3 <3 xoxo bex

PS! This is for Paul:

Manliness, and warmth for each individual toe. You're welcome, interwebz.

[LAWLZ]. I told him I approved, for now. Since each toe DOES deserve it's individual warmth.

BLOG SWAP UPDATE!

(Sorry about the delay for Tuesday's post! It's been one helluva week! Bare with me!!)
Hi Tuesday Kids :)

Yesterday while I was STILL having Jeep issues, my blog-swap package came!

Can you say EXCITEMENT?!

FedEx! Came! To! My! House!

Which means, in a sense, that my new friend Amanda from the Casa Brasi Blog was sending a little piece of
her character to spread around me :}

That she did! Meet Amanda, friends. Walk your finger clicking over to her site ^ and take in the beautiful design work she does! Some of the changes she can make to one single room, blow me away!

Now, this challenged me.
Truly, a secure seal, when pressed firmly.
Who knew?

 Inside the soft tissue paper(and ADORABLE striped knit-string)
were goodies I've been needing!!

A perfect-sized picture frame, in a brushed gold that matches
my room decor to-the-perfection ;)

My room consists of light blues, dark blues, dark brown,
white & gold tones as compliments. 

This will be perfect on my dresser- which is dark brown.
THEN there are the gloves. Oh. Em. Gee.

The COLORS! The thickness!! Not your average knitted gloves! They are heavy :D 

I LOVE.

And THREE pairs of these babies! *swoon*

Thank you Amanda, thank you sooooooooooooo much. 

And thank you also to the sponsors & terrific coordinators of this
blogger-connection opportunity:

 much love, illy & Sandy a la mode. (<-- check them out!!)

I couldn't have been given a better swap partner!

But wait- there's MORE :} Ohhhhh YEEEAAAHHHH!
This woman knows the secret to my heart!!
Yes, I am talking about coffee.

THAT'S A GIFT CARD PEOPLE!!!!!!! Did she hit the nail on the head, or what? 

I'm telling ya, Amanda has either been reading my blog thoroughly... or talking 

to someone who knows me personally. Her next delight, came in the form of (gasp!) PAPER.

OKAY who told her that Office Depot is my favorite place to shop? 

The high walls of paper just whisper sweet things to me as I walk thru the 

automatic doors. The aisle of Sharpies and highlighters and pens put the technicolor 

rainbows into my life. And lastly, when I breach the notebook threshold, chorus after 

chorus of heavenly voices sing praises to the trees for providing such a beautiful creature!

And of course my Almighty God provided the trees :)

But I don't think Office Depot is aware of that.

STATIONARY (BLANK-INSIDE) GREETING CARDS 

WITH MY NAME ON THEM!?!!

gasp.

I'm floored.

Look at the adorable PEN, too. I didn't realize it was a pen until I was 

playing with the eraser, about to try it out, and all of a sudden a pen tip popped outta nowhere!! 

*HUGE SMILE*

I can't WAIT to use these! Now all I need is a special occasion... hmmm.
So now that I've shared my lovely gifts with you, what's on your list of things to do this week? You should definitely read up on Amanda's Interior Design Ideas and completed works.
She's fantastic. And it's practical as well! I love seeing her newest updates.
Keep looking for Friday, folks! It'll be here in no time :)
Love you, muffins.
xox bexxxxxxx

100th Post, like ...forever AGO!

DUDES!
I totally skipped over the fact that last Friday, was my 100th post!

Uhhh... HELLOOOOOO RED!

Time to wake up to the pungent Folgers that. is. your. BLOG! and remember to CELEBRATE these things!

*celebrates alone*

Yeah. So Wednesday morning, I stayed home from work because of the sheets of ICE 

that have become our ROADWAYS. *shiver*

As I was saying, I came in around noon-thirty. With a cold. 

See my article regarding KEEPING YOUR GERMS TO YOURSELF.

So I sat, cold, with my snow-jacket ON, freezing fingers(OH COLD HANDS/WARM HEARTS GIFT, pllllllleeeeeeaaase COME SOON!!), sniffling and giggling at my google-reader blog-reviews.
This morning I am cozy at home, off work AGAIN, for the holiday. BEST WEEK OF WORK EVER.

HOLY CROW THE AIRLINE RATES ARE FLYING.

THE SNOW IS MELTING!!!! I loved watching the snow fall, while I was at work Monday; it was very peaceful and relaxing. Not to mention snow is somewhat DRY compared to rain, so I enjoyed the fact that I felt I was sitting inside of a snowglobe :)
My family and I cooked a huge breakfast this morning, since we were all home together:
My dad vs the Waffle maker...

It won:

The highlight was really the coffee:
See the steam? Perfect.

Tomorrow's plan: Black Friday Madness.
Coffee will be involved, rest assured.
I am in need of stocking up on Bath & Body Works EVERYTHING-supply. For the first time in my life, I'm ALMOST out of all soaps and body washes, and (ok so not lotion, I'm good there) shaving lotion. That stuff maybe be expensive but I highly recommend it. It leaves the smoothest shave ever. And yeah, we're about to border into TMI territory, so I'll end on this...
Have a great weekend everyone, no killing each other at Wal-Mart with your shopping carts!!!
Little old ladies may be slow, but they have things to buy too!!
And they grandkids that LOVE them! Just remember that.

Ok, farewell 'til Tuesday:)
Love you all <3 xoxo Bex...

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?? :)

ahhh facebook.

So I made a serious mistake yesterday...

And I'm going to talk about it. lol....

cause that's what I do.

I copied and re-posted this onto my FB wall, 

 "Like my status & I'll tell you:

1.Something I've learned about you by looking at your wall for 13 seconds
2.The color you remind me of

3. My first memory of you...
4.The animal you remind me of..
5. Ask something I've always wondered about you
6. My favorite thing about you

7. Give you a weird nickname "

because -HEY- it was going around... 

-and- I had never done it before. 

I thought to myself, in an optimistic tone: 

"Self, not many people will 'like' it so it'll 

just be a fun little exercise."

WRONG.

I think I can safely say I got about 20 'like's' which as you have guessed, translates into 20x's filling out that STUPID 7-question-survey and trying to not give out LAME answers to my friends. Because they know I write. And they probably are laughing at me right now, for writing about it. BUT HEY... : ) I'm okay with that.

Wanna see some of my answers? Of course you do...


To my friend, whom I call Soul-mate 
(we have an ODDLY similar opinions of things, yet different ways of presenting them):
" 1.You need to get on FB more, so I will be more entertained  
4.Fox. Sneaky & Sly 
5.Can I borrow your hair, to try it... for a week? 
6.My favorite thing about you: You say out loud, what I'm thinking in my head!! :) EVERY. TIME! 7.SOUL-MATE. I THINK WE'RE DONE HERE."

To my friend, KP(aka Barbie! ;] )

"1. You love to love!

4. Baby Seal because you're so cute! & Love the water!

6. You've always been sweet & warm &loving to me, even tho we've never REALLY gotten to know each other like best friends should ;) "

To an old friend from school, Bum-Smella! 

(HAHA oh man. It has no relevance to her in real life, I promise.)

5. I've never had the chance to ask "HOW THE HECK ARE YA?!"

6. My favorite thing about you is that you have no issue telling people how it is.

I know, I could have done better, but holy cow people. I've got TWENTY to fill out. Only about 8 down. AND Facebook isn't opening for me today(CAN YOU SAY GLITCH!?), so they might have to wait 'til Monday! yikes.

I'm going to the Sounders game tonight, folks! WOOHOO!! 

I even wore a blue sweatshirt for support! ;) 

Some of you might say I wear it all too often....

BUT ANYWAY <3 you, dove-faces!!

please please please please please PLEASE be safe this weekend. : )

xoxo!! bex.

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.

Happy 40th Post to ME!

Woot!! I made it. my favorite number times TEN! Yeah, I'm pretty excited. Here was a peach I plucked under a shade tree today, folks ;)


Dear breeze,
you are making my pages flutter about!
I love that you are excited today, your
steadiness helps me appreciate that.
Thanks for slowing down though,
for a moment so that I can
brush my hair away from my eyes.

Dear sky,
your topaz shimmer makes me squint.
And when I squint, I wonder if
its because my eyes are so similar in shade?
I love that you have such consistency
and then carelessly splatter a cloud or two
into the mix. You en-trance me!

And to you my friends, please stay.
I can't capture you except with words,
so I'm just pleading I guess... to linger a while.
I love your company!

NEW times are here. Countdown to 2011?

So! I find this blog after.... TWO years! I can't believe they didn't delete my account. Yay for me!!

Well HELLO again world! Lets get started. I am TRYING to put together a book on lulu.com of some of my poetry. At this point, its called "epitomes" and is not yet available... still typing up the format, blah blah blah...Which I can't get down yet. Any idea's? Preferrably something SIMPLE. :)

Also I've got a LOT of new things I need to put up on here- I've written quite a bit in the last couple months I want to share with the whole world. How many will read? Most likely no one :) Which means this is all for my own silly entertainment. Comment "woot!" if you're a reader!!

*crickets*

haha thats what I thought :]
Ta-Ta for now & well wishes {xoxo}

<3red*