tiny people

http://www.moolf.com/interesting/tiny-plastic-people.html
(sorry i dont know how to post links, you have to copy and paste)

at first glance i did not like these photos much... but then the more i look at them the more i fall in love. i want a little person for a pet. is that wrong? I think these are my favorites.. its so hard to choose.

happy late Easter!

this is a few of the ladies in my family on Easter at the family gathering. Lisa was able to come up with CJ! made for a hoppin time.

oh and that is our cousins new adorable puppy. and i also was able to meet my cousins baby boy Jackson for the first time. He is precious. This is CJ holding Jackson here. Here is Bella running with Bandit.. I love the action shot.
And this picture is just funny. (all of these pic's are CJ's)

Sadly I didnt get to go to any form of Easter service this year because I had two papers and three quizes due on Easter Sunday!?(who does that?!?!) all for the same teacher.. go figure. so i was up all saturday night working and then finally finished everything around eleven AM, took an hour nap and then trecked out to my aunt and uncles house. i think i am still recovering from sleep deprivation.

Blue Ribbon Month

April is Blue Ribbon Month! It is The National Child Abuse Prevention Month and in support everyone should wear a blue ribbon to help raise awareness! In many states this Blue Ribbon Campaign is very widely known. On the first of April every year schools participate by passing out blue ribbons to every student. Banners are hung in memory of children who have lost their lives to abuse and neglect. State capitols are decorated thoroughly in blue ribbons, etc. etc.. Sadly in the state I reside, Arizona, this campaign is known to almost no one. So I have taken the liberty to make it known to at least my friends and family. This is such a crucial cause and more people need to open their mouths and speak for these children who often times can not speak for themselves. Here are my own little campaigning pictures.




Here are pictures of something simple you can do to show your support. (along with the Peruvian purse I mentioned I bought in Philadelphia).



Seriously... I bought the ribbon at the dollar store. Not hard to do.

Spring Brizzzaake

PHILADELPHIAAAAAAAAAAAAA is where I went. (ILLADELPHIAA, as residents like to call it) It was pretty wonderful. I was able to spend some quality time with my brother as he showed me around the entire city and took me to the coolest sites. He even went so far to show me which neighborhood I would live in if I ever moved there.. he was right. It was perfect. It had a huge park with little children dressed in 70's style clothing running around. Kitty corner from the park was an adorable coffee shop with very friendly barristas, and to top it off, a woman's and children's crisis shelter was opening up where I would most definitely work. Not to mention that the houses and apartments were perfectly quaint some with very colorful porches (I would want one of those)and dogs just hanging out on the side walks while people rode their bicycles by. How sweet. We also took a nice stroll down the river that led straight to the art museum. The art museum was ginormous! it was awesome. I of course took a picture on the famous Rocky steps and next to his statue. We went to an adorable hippie shopping area where I got the most amazing vintage purse from Peru! It is great. It is about 6 inches tall with pressed designs into the leather and a long skinny leather strap. Ill post pictures sometime. Unfortunately Drew has about half of my pictures that I took on the trip but I should be getting them this weekend. For now here are a couple from our site seeing days around the city!

March 16th-21st

Coffee and Cigarettes

This image is not me. Although I wish it was. I found it at theinspirationroom.com It was taken by Heiko Waechter in Melbourne and I love it. This is exactly what I want to be doing right now. Drinking coffee that was not made by me, enjoying a cigarette and wearing cute clothes. Sadly my life today is extremely drab compared to this. My current location is on my bed(makeshift desk) trying to write a paper, study for a midterm, and complete a project proposal. I am drinking homemade coffee and my word processing page remains blank. Once all is accomplished however it will be well worth it. I will soon be whisked away to Philadelphia to visit my brother Drew.

But for now I will try to remain focused on this.

15 again

If you ever need a refresher course on how to be an awkward teenager, go mini golfing. Last week I went with a couple girls from work to Golf N' Stuff. This experience made me so appreciative of growing out of my EXTREMELY(i know everyone says that) awkward years. I am thankful, That I got my braces off. That I don't try to straighten curly hair with a curling iron. That my boyfriend can drive, we don't need Mom and Dad to be the taxi. That I am not embarrassed to be terrible at something (many things, like mini golfing). That I am not afraid to eat a lot in front of the opposite sex. And the list goes on and on. It was very entertaining for us to take a trip down memory lane. And even more entertaining for us to invision these awkward little ducklings as beautiful adults that know how to do hair and make up. Our golf experience eventually just turned into a photo shoot on all the miniature houses, pirate ships, and windmills? BUT, I did get one HOLE IN ONE!!! On the very first hole I just hit the ball as hard as I could and it went in! I think that is the trick at these places...if the bumpers are tall.
Sara captured my emotion from the first shot perfectly

Believable Indians


(we are holding up how many tries it took us... Stephany's ball landed in some bush and we never found it again)

Wigs For Kids

The last grand event that went on this winter was the hair donation! I donated to an organization called Wigs For Kids. They make wigs specifically for kids with cancer. And their website has a ton of information with no details left out, which I really liked. I know there are some other hair donation organizations that make a very large profit for themselves while only giving about five percent of the hair to the kids. Many organizations have been caught selling the hair as expensive hair extensions to beauty salons. I wanted to make sure I did not give to a company like this. It is so important to do your research when making any kind of investment in a company!

The lovely Becca Bishop gave me the haircut and did a wonderful job despite my changing of heart midway. And Levi took the pictures and surprisingly stayed strong and made me continue to go through with it even when I had doubts! This is shocking. Here are the photos Levi took.

These first two pictures the before pictures Levi took.



This is the before picture on dooms day.(the trash bag ensemble reminded Levi of the fashion blogs I look at. We had to take a picture)

Starting the Process:

ALL GONE


The Final Product: (This is typically how you would see me wearing it)

This is a really poor representation of what it looks like down because this photo was taken after a full day of travel. But, you get the point.

And lastly, this is the reason I do this. This picture was taken from the Wigs For Kids website