Hump Day

Wednesday should hurry up and get it over with. I'm done.

I am trying not to fall asleep so...

I pinterest searched hump day. Here are some of my favorite results.


self explanatory


happy hump day indeed...


bahahahaha

There were also a lot of booties. Some of which I have a hard time believing are real.

But John Elhage, on pinterest, loves him some hump day booty, apparently.

A quality Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving road trip and family-feud style gaming went as well as one could hope.

My significant other knocked his role out of the park and won over the whole family. My family behaved, mostly, and wooed him with their adorable antics.

The food was spectacular, especially the surprise guest roasted brussels sprouts with apples and bacon... I don't eat the bacon but the rest.... sweet peter. Who knew? Brussels Sprouts?

Black Friday Shopping even turned out to be incredible. We started at Anthropology for the 50% off sale items 7-10 am secret sale, and moved on to Ann Taylor loft and Pottery Barn (can you tell I was with 40 year old women? Here's the thing - those are two of my favorite stores too. What does that say about me?)

Later that day we hit up the local stores of Omaha to support small businesses. My favorite stop was a thrift/junk store in the Old Market. Here are two of my favorite finds.

I didn't know Harry Potter was so sexy...

Adam and Eve mugs anyone? The tatas and the leaf both move when you move the mugs. Amazing.

How was your Thanksgiving? Do tell.

Off to Omaha

Today I leave for the great Thanksgiving adventure in Omaha.

Most people wouldn't be excited to go to the land of corn...

But I can't wait. This is where my family is.

They aren't actually surround by corn though. They are in a great neighborhood near all the Omaha cultural fun. Our family days will consist of scrabble-offs, good microbrewery beer, great food and outtings to movies, the studios my aunt and nana paint in, and probably some sort of mass scavenger hunt.

It is going to be a riot as usual.

14 people in a 3 bedroom house? Bring it on Turkey Day.

More to share later. I'm sure.

I want to make these at Thanksgiving...

NOLA Calls

After a fantastic conference in New Orleans, I feel the need to share photos and brief captions of my adventures. Not only was CIEE's conference professionally stimulating, it was personally inspiring.

A little in love with the city.

Indiana and Esmeralda at Mardi Gras world. 

The full marching band CIEE employed for our mini-parade during the reception at Mardi Gras World. AMAZING.

One of the creepier features at the warehouse...

Another full band, this one was playing around 10 pm on a Thursday down an alley off Canal Street.

Mardi Gras Mask shopping around midnight on Friday with a new, incredible friend who works part time in NYC and part time in Santiago, DR.

A holy scene off a not-so-holy street Saturday night, I think this was taken close to 2 am.

A piece of art shared by my dearest KK, to make my trip home from NOLA a little easier to bear. If you didn't know, Sloth's are my all-time favorite animal. 

Happy Monday!

Call to Musical Action

If you are looking for music that makes you feel like there are things worth feeling for - David Ramirez is a good place to start.



Best part of this call to action? His new cd is available for FREE on noisetrade. Click here to get there.

David is a friend of mine that I adore with a fiery passion. He's a twenty something with the soul of someone who lived in a time where cigarettes didn't give you cancer and men didn't stand a chance in the arms of a woman.

He sings about falling apart and pulling yourself back together. He sings about being the best version of ourselves and also the worst.

Try something new - listen to David this week. He comes highly recommended.

Jam-packed weekend

This weekend was a good'n.

It started with a fabulous VISA Corps retreat with my amazing student ambassador group, led to AN incredible TCU game. Bye bye Boise. And finished off with a movie premiere at Lone Star Film Festival, Yogurtland, a trip to the dog park and a softball championship.

My wonderful "other" plays in a community softball league with some wonderful gentlemen, he calls friends.

Last night was the final game of play-offs for the league championship.

Our boys blew em' out 9 to 1 or something of the like.

They were out of hot chocolate at the concession stand, but Air and I gorged ourselves on goldfish and trail mix between our softball cheers.

My personal favorite of the evening: "Come on Marky Mark show me your Wahlberg!" Mark's the pitcher.

Good right?

Here are some pictures from this fantastical fun weekend.

Inspiretsy deux

Yesterday was too much fun. Today though, I'm a little obsessed with preparations for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here are some of my favorite etsy delights for the holidays.




Yes, let's. It's time to overeat.




Thanksgiving coasters for those delicious adult beverages.





If I had offspring I would make them all wear one of these.




Loving a non-traditional Christmas card. (KK thinking of you with this one)



The shabby chic stocking.




For when my coffee gets chilly this Christmas at home.