dream come true

now on day 2 of my 2 week vacation, i'd like to say i am well-rested, refreshed and every other restorative adjective known to man. but, i'm whooped. normally this would really be cookin' my grits if it weren't for the reason for my exhaustion...

dear readers, please meet my dream come true in the flesh, miss davy crockett. yes, i said MISS. she is a lady and queen of the wild frontier. this pup is mellow, fearless and full of vim and vigor. my entire life has been spent begging for a four legged fur ball to call my own. my annual christmas list used to go something like this:

1. puppy

2-50. a sister

when i was 10, the barnes family got the best dog ever in our boston terrier squidget.

she was my best friend and knew my every secret, but got mysteriously sick seven years later and she had to be put to sleep. worst. day. ever. especially since college graduation i've been pining for a french bulldog. i have proof here and here. and lo and behold the good Lord answered my prayer in the form of a 4 month old, 10 pound ball of the best thing i've ever had.

why davy crockett? because he was a true american hero, fought and died for Texas (the best state EVER) and quoted my favorite line in history, "You can all go to hell. I will go to Texas" So my blog absence is happily due to her. Because seriously, who has time to blog when A) they're on vacation and B) too busy taking one million pictures of their dog?

picture this

I've been rather wordy lately on the old blawg and am offering a respite today in the form of some incredible images I've tracked down this week. Enjoy! Thanks to all three of you who took me up on my letter writing offer! I've got my materials prepped (below) and may include a surprise (:

images from: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here

monday funday

what a weekend folks. what a weekend. it all kicked off friday night with a phenomenal allen stone show @ neumos in capitol hill. gah. there was scintillating company (with him, her and her), a grumpy sushi waitress, cupcakes, hipsters, PBR in a can, a potential unibomber and lotsa hot, sweaty bodies in motion. all that to say - it was perfect because of the following:

1. running into old and dear friends

2. avoiding the unibomber - this 50+ year old fellow came to a show in a full on trench coat, felt hat and HUGE backpack. unfortunately, he looked eerily similar to my future father-in-law (unfortunate because i really like my FIL). i might have started a rumor that there was a bomb in there (A JOKE RUMOR, OKAY?) and finally had to ask him by the end of the night what the EFF was in the bag. books. books? yep, books. he loves them and carries them everywhere. not weird at all...

3. watching allen freaking stone. he's amazing. take stevie wonder's mannerisms + a dash of john mayer's facial expressions + the voice of robin thicke + justin timberlake's falsetto and you've got allen stone. since my work finally got smart and blocked youtube, the company's greatest time suck, go search "allen stone neumos is this love" and listen to allen's smooth cover of bob marley's "is this love?"

4. your friends and mine, the gentlemen of hot bodies in motion, made a guest appearance during a delicious stevie wonder cover. it made my arm hairs stand up it was that good. in other news...today was most definitely MONDAY FUNDAY. my mailbox overfloweth with good things. check it out.

have i mentioned that i one day will own a paper company called the nitty gritty card committee? don't even think about stealing my name, copyright pending. anywho, i have a penchant for paper products espcially ones like these here from kate's paper goods.

i went to SPU with kate hart. she was a wicked runner and super cute (still is, to be clear) and now based out of sunny pasadena. when i saw her pacific NW suite, i had to have it. lucky for us, her blog is just as cunning as her cards are.

i love love. i also love my friends. so when my friends fall in love and get married, it the BEST thing everrrrrrr. received deb & colin's wedding invite today and can't wait to rally with my family and party in the mile high state for memorial day weekend.

and finally, i got this little gem in the mail. thanks to my newest girl crushes, brandi lisenbe & kelly garcia, of bueno bueno. i was lusting after it, dreamt of it and had to have it especially when i saw lonnie webb had TWO! it came and i'm wearing it all over the place already. and i thought i didn't believe in love at first sight...