Saturday, September 29, 2012

a short love letter

a short love letter:

i love your single white eyelash that sits just a half centimeter above the others.  i love the dent that is smack dab in the middle of your forehead.  i love your ability to hug away every worry that i'm having at any given moment.  i love watching you interact with dogs.  i love how big of heart you have.  i love how good i feel when i'm with you.  i love your sense of adventure.  i love the way you cross your legs while sitting on the couch.  i love how loyal you are to your friends and family.  i love your memory (it's far far better than mine).  i love that you enjoy celebrating every monday just as much as i do.  i love that you never judge my excitement.  i love the way you wear a pair of pants.  i love that you said "we should add that to our bucket list" the other night, and meant it.  i love how every single part of you is good.  i love how nice you are to every person you meet.  i love that you are better than me.  i love that you buy me bananas in the wee hours of the morning.  i love your surprises.  i love the way your hand always manages to find the small of my back.  i love the way you're always interested in learning something new.  i love watching you talk to my friends' significant others.  i love how much you want our record collection to grow.  i love that you understand what's really important to me.  i love your love of science.

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share your feelings out loud.  pet a kitten.  use a real pencil. 

oh map

i tend to covet things.  most of the time the things that i covet are seemlingly untangable.  for the past few years i've been coveting a pull down map.  after realizing that pull down maps were damn expense i added "coveting a pull down map" to the seemingly untangable list.

then we stopped in lyons to waste some time before my parents got to estes.  there, in the back corner of an antique shop, unpriced, was THE map.

take it in and covet my map.  

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still figuring out this camera.

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i always figured that if i ever did find a pull down map it would be of something completely irrelevant to me.  nice to know this exists and it's relevant to us both.

score and deal of the year.

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ask questions. explore dark corners. let love happen.

Friday, September 28, 2012

and then one year i met the most amazing people

i received a text message from my darling friend bridget, from over at deer circus, one afternoon.  i should try that again.  i received the best text message in the history of text messages from my darling friend bridget, from over at deer circus, one afternoon.  there.  that's better.  the contents of that text message you ask?  that carson ellis and her dashing husband colin meloy were going to be at our favorite local bookstore at the end of september.  

well kids the end of september is here and we were there.

i seriously can't even put words to the evening.

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1. my stunningly beautiful date
2. THE book
3. the bookS
4. colin's shoes.  no zoom.  i was that close.
5. he crossed his legs...i dug it.
6. a little reading
7. a little signing
8. he posed after saying he wouldn't.

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the were nicer and more charming than we could have ever imagined.

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meet someone new.  shake from happiness.  solidify your friendship through a wonderful event.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

timer

timer photos.  not easy.  the woods didn't aid in the ease of the adventure.  this is our best shot.

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have an adventure.  learn something new.  kiss someone.

for the love of quilt

proof that i do spend time crafting.  sometimes throwing on your boyfriend's sweater and sitting on the floor with your quilt seems like the only logical thing to do.

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also proof that my hands are more like my mom's than i ever realized (not that i mind).  

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in case you were wondering...yes, those are wolf fabric pillows behind me. 

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finish a project.  sit on the floor.  enjoy your time alone.



dear closet

for the first time since april i have my clothes hanging in a closet. on hangers.  life feels good. 

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seeing all of those prints lined up sure does make me happy.

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clean a room. hang a shirt. twirl in your dress.

south dakota

sometimes it takes a while to sift through the photographic memories of a vacation.  this past vacation was so heavy with emotion that i wanted to give myself some space from it before i revisited the photos. 

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1. mammoth bones
2. overlooking some buffalo
3. science!
4. checking out mt. rushmore for the first time from a distance
5. our home for the weekend
6. smashing pennies!!!
7. dam
8. can you believe he's never played MASH ??
9. buffalo friend
10. almost there
11. we made it!!!!!
12. kansas love
13. colorado love
14. our new friend
15. THE mt. rushmore
16. and then we almost hit a herd of elk
17. love the sunsets out there

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enjoy the ride.  use your breaks.  take your time.

weekly gratitude

weekly gratitude

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new bangs
wearing my glasses more
learning what this whole life challenge is all about
early evening walks to our favorite frozen yogurt spot (we cannot seem to stop)
knowing that the majority of my crafting supplies are with me once again
having my own little corner in the apartment to create
an old pull down map of denver found in an antique shop...don't worry i bought it!
daydreaming.  always daydreaming.
finally picking up my quilt again...i'm gonna get that thing done this winter
cooking something new every night
evenings spent in our dark bedroom listening to the thunderstorms roll in
five in a half minute voxer messages
sunday afternoons with old friends, coffee and laughter
learning to let go.
realizing it's never worth it to cry in public
patience
having hangers

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buy some fruit.  cook something new.  let your significant other take weird photos of you. why not?

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

the vacation that wasn't

a short run down of our vacation, that wasn't, in south dakota:

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friday night drive to hot springs, sd with J at the wheel
first hotel room together was anything but fancy...just the way we like it
geeked out for about an hour watching american pickers: we don't have cable so this was a treat
i spent the early morning running errands alone while J slept in (small town garage sales rule!)
spent our afternoon oogling mammoth bones-real ones!  still in the ground!!
took our time LOVING the drive through custer state park to our campsite
big ol' herd of buffalo
sweat bees!!
camped right next to center lake
early evening in the tent reading side by side under lantern light
chilly morning wake up
still sweat bees
perfect day for a trip to the badlands
car trouble :(
wasted a few hours eating lunch in a park in rapid city, sd while we waited for help
car can't be fixed by duane (super nice guy)
back to custer to salvage the day with a 2 hour hike
more buffalo!
a few doe here and there
lagoons a plenty
windy rainy early evening spent in the tent playing MASH (can you believe he'd never played it)
up early to break camp
tried first repair shop...won't touch his foreign car
second repair shop will see us at 1pm (it's 9:30)
headed to the public library (why not?)
wandered downtown rapid city, sd
fresh coffee, used books, antique mall, brass deer, records
car can be fixed!
drive to mt. rushmore (hooray!)
2 miles from entrance car acts up again (not hooray)
back to rapid city, sd
fix it again
back to mr. rushmore...we see it!!!
drive home starts at 7pm monday evening

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i'd never trade a moment of my weekend with J for a different one.  we had a rough go of it with the car but in turn we were able to explore places we hadn't even planned on getting to.  rushmore was everything i remembered it to be when i saw it as a child.  glad J was able to experience it.

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take a vacation. learn something new about your significant other. laugh. take it all in.

oooh and pictures to come.  i'm only working on 3.5 hours of sleep here. 



Saturday, September 8, 2012

here we are.

i just may be the happiest girl on the planet when i'm with these three.

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1. mom and dad 2. ice cream! 3. contemplating moving to the alluvial fan
4. my favorite people ever 5. us 6. hoyt "adventure" bearington
7. specks

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find a mascot. realize your potential. give up gracefully. 

mountain weekend part 3

scenery.  there are often time i find it nearly impossible to believe that i get to live in such a beautiful place.  pinch me.  this cannot be real.

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it seems as though we're all a little obsessed with clouds.  

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enjoy your weekend. bask in the sun. invent something new.