26 things. for the 26th of february.

1. i purchased a red stocking cap today. i'm pretty excited about it. i think it will contrast well with the gray skies that are relatively common here in indiana.
2. i did my laundry yesterday. and about half of it is still sitting in my laundry bag. clean, unfolded, and now wrinkly. my motivation is obvious.
3. yesterday, i got an ikea catalog in the mail. i found the bed frame i want for next year. guess i won't be asking my grandpa to help me make one.
4. i was going to have oatmeal for dinner tonight. but i didn't have any peanut butter...
5. i'm going to cut my bangs tonight.
6. right now i'm listening to incubus' song "echo"...it's perfect for today...truly.
7. i like days when i can relax all morning. today was one of those days.
8. as a result of this "relaxing" (aka. being lazy) i still need to tackle my accounting homework. bah.
9. i have missed the last 3 episodes of lost. i'm finding that i care less and less about this show.
10. my throat is achin'
11. i have a growing addiction to post-it's.
12. i've been a bad student this week.
13. i desperately need to finish a letter to a dear friend of mine. i've not been a very productive pen-pal this year.
14. i have recently really appreciated the color yellow.
15. i would like to buy a fisheye camera (there's a real neat green one on urbanoutfitters.com)
16. i miss my friend erica. and i don't enjoy the fact that she lives in virginia.
17. i cannot wait until it gets warm, i really want to take a stroll around a zoo.
18. my roommate and i were ridiculous today...and watched the extended edition of the two towers...
19. i can't wait for spring break...and getting to make breakfast for my sister before she heads to school.
20. you should listen to israel kamakawiwo'ole's version of "somewhere over the rainbow". i promise you won't regret it.
21. spring break is so close. i'm so excited about this..so many possibilities.
22. i'm going to make another attempt at granola over break. yay.
23. i'm in the mood for a "treasure mart" visit.
24. flannel shirts. one of the greatest things since cupcakes. i can't seem to find a decently priced one...i guess it's off to goodwill.
25. speaking of goodwill...maybe they'll have some great mugs. that would be wonderful.
26. i don't like capital letters.

as a result of no responsibilities today.

jobs i've held:
-librarian (i know. neat, right?)
-camp counselor
-office assistant (at a camp)
-dish washer (at same camp)
-mower of lawns...bahaha.
-server at a catering company.
-assistant cook at a camp

jobs i'd like to have:
-baker
-seamstress
- bookshop owner
-barista
-brewer
-jewelry designer

movies i watch over and over:
-you've got mail
-moulin rouge
-anchorman
-p.s. i love you
-nightmare before christmas
-stranger than fiction
-james and the giant peach

favorite reads, recent and old:
-tale of two cities
-this book will save your life
-irresistible revolution
-blue like jazz
-my sister's keeper
-the pact
-wicked
-the ragamuffin gospel

favorite things to do:
-giggle
-love
-basically anything with my friends
-bake
-walk barefoot
-go on bike rides
-embroider
-make breakfast
-anything that includes my family
-spending afternoons in bookstores
-drink tea/coffee
-hold hands

places i've lived:
-converse, in
-muncie, in
-seymour, in
-middle of nowhere, in
-i would very much like to get outside the boundaries of this state

favorite things to eat:
-granola with soymilk
-oranges
-hummus with pitas
-my grandma's sweet potato casserole
-tomato soup
-lemon poppy seed muffins

places i'd rather be:
-with him
-portland
-home
-the treasure mart in kokomo
-greece
-london

words i like the sound of:
-labyrinth
-ebony
-rambunctious
-emporium
-sebastian
-synchronize

oh. p.s.

i'm gonna try to learn how to embroider a mustache...

a little something like this...get excited.

as i watch grease, and continue to enjoy this wonderfully lazy saturday, i cannot help but marvel over the photography on anthropologie's website.

as i do everytime i decide to wander over to window shop.

yes, i know they have lovely clothes, but i get so giddy when i look at their home products.

(not to mention their aprons. eeek!)

look at this bowl, honestly. i would love to fill my kitchen with bowls like this.

and this tea cup....it makes me want to invite you over for tea.
wonderful...

then there's this bed...who wouldn't want to sleep in this?
i would've loved to have had something like this to be lazy in today...

well, for now i guess these are just some ideas to stow away for when i have a place of my own... but they're such wonderful ideas. how exciting...

i got an e-mail from a professor today telling me that she was disappointed in me.
neat.

there are some days where i feel like i could just put the garden state soundtrack on repeat and be totally content with listening to it all day.
i've been eagerly anticipating mail from a friend for a few days now...
the postal service is proving to once again be an skilled tester of my patience.

i'm sitting on the floor...and i can easily say that i prefer the floor to chairs.
i don't know what it is...

i recently stumbled across jeremy larson's music...
and oh my word..you should probably intentionally stumble across it now as well.
he's wonderful.
almost as wonderful as last week's sneak attack of warm weather.
it made me yearn for spring.

ooofff. today's a soggy day.
i'm in the mood for some blueberry tea.
but i don't have any...i know who would...
and i miss him dearly.

i had every intention of making valentines this year.
but alas... i did not.
like so many other things i intend to do.
next year, next year.

my heart is still fluttering from something a friend told me last week.
yes, i'm surprised it's lasted this long too.

i'm sitting at my desk right now.
research in front of me, documents minimized.
deadline ahead of me.
and i'm still not feeling the need to write this. ridiculous.

i thoroughly enjoy writing letters to people.
i need to get in the habit of doing that more often..
i seem to be better at telling others how i feel when i write it down.
i should find a pen-pal.

i skipped accounting today.
and spent my time in the library.
reading a book i've been meaning to start.
it was wonderful. i should skip more often?....probably not.

i like the way windows look when they're covered in water droplets.
mmmmhhhmmm.

i've listened to rufus wainwright's version of "broken hallelujah" 5 times in the past hour.
it's lovely.

my hands are sticky with the remnants of the grapefruit my roommate and i just tore through.

we have a tendency to do that, share obscure fruits.

oh you know, just another day.

i can't believe that it is already wednesday. this week has been passing by so rapidly.

i don't really feel as if i've accomplished much in the academic realm these past few days, but it's been a full few days.

i've written down a ridiculous amount of recipes on account of my new recipe book that i just got in the mail.

would you like to see it?...of course you would

just wait until you see it full...you'll be just as excited as i am.
i've also been on a bit of a rampage, window shopping for stuff for the house next year.
mainly stuff for the kitchen, but there have been a few other house items thrown in there.
like these darling stackable mugs...

these coffee mugs would most likely be used to eat cereal out of much more often than for drinking coffee or tea, but the colors are just too appealing to not purchase. and the stacking? i mean, does it get any better?
i think not.
yes, this will probably be my next purchase.
eeeekkkkk!

ohemmmgeeee.

this may be premature. but i may very well be in love.

there's this company called Tumbleweed Tiny House Company

check them out at http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

anyways. i found my dream house.

it's perfectly sized. and oh my...just adorable.

i know...2 blogs in one day, ridiculous.

i just had to share my excitement with you.

enjoy!

lusciously beautiful. unmistakably love.

what a weekend of excitement and love.
plans to go to indy friday night were put on hold until this weekend, so that left me available to go to girls' night with my house church girls.
it was wonderful.
we went to the new concannon's, enjoyed numerous free samples and then headed back to stephanie's for an extended amount of ridiculousness.
saturday brought with it the excitement of heading to purdue and spending time with people who make my heart dance.
i finally got to experience greyhouse coffee (the new coffee house that campus house opened) and oh, was it wonderful! it filled me with hopes of what the bakery i dream of opening someday will resemble. it also made me curious as to the possibility of the revolution opening up something similar...hmm...maybe i'll talk to carl.
the greatest part of my trip was dinner with my wonderful friend Lexie, who was overflowing with the joy of wedding plans and love. ohhhhh i'm so excited for july 24th...there's no way i'm not going to this wedding, i'll just have to skip out of LT for a few days.
time stopped for a bit when i realized i wasn't going to be in indiana during her wedding, that iwll most definitely have to change.

i played scrabble for the first time this weekend.
hmmm...surprisingly i enjoyed this game.
whipping out "bologna" and "coyote" made me feel like a big deal.
ha. right.
i think i may just have to purchase scrabble...
hmmm.
on that note...
i'm kind of in the mood for some mt cup..maybe that's what i'll do with my afternoon.