So long, farewell,

Aufviedersehen say I do!!!

Yeah. If I was on the computer, I'd look up how to spell that. But alas, I'm not. So dealwit'it.

If anyone was wondering, this is what waiting for a shuttle at 3am looks like.







Glamorous, eh? After a slight scare that Hunt and his dad were eaten by bears. Or run off the road and being held captive by monkeys. Or were stranded and eating leather for meals.
Or simply camping and out of cell phone range. Yeah, I didn't get my mom's worrying gene at ALL
I'm finally 100% ready for vacay! I kicked it off perfectly last night in my favorite park, with my favorite gal.



We ordered our fa-vorite Chinese food and decided to switch it up and eat sans silverware. Whats that? Oh yeah - totally on purpose. No, we didn't forget! We are urban like that. Back up off.
We forgot.
Laying and laughing with my Mart Jo ranks top 5 favorite things in life. True story.

Everyone have a fantabulous weekend! My shuttle driver just called - so this girl is off!

I'm leavin', on a jet plane.....




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It's dress like your boyfriend day.

Didn't you know??



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Recipe inspiration overload.

This happens every now and again - where my favorite blogs that I follow just kill it day after day with their amazing recipes. These past few weeks have been no exception!  It could be because I've been on a very strict chicken noodle soup and sweet potato diet for nearly 3 weeks now, but I've been bookmarking recipes { what feels like } by the dozen almost daily!  I'm convinced that this vacation is going to cure what ails me, and I'll come back in perfect health (a girl can dream, right?!) so when we get back to CO soil.  Here are a few things I'll be itching to cook.

Smitten Kitchen's :: Broccoli Parmesan Fritters
Oh She Glows :: Raw Taco Salad
                          Spicy Potato 'n Black Bean Burittos
                          Thai Crunch Chicken Salad
How Sweet it Is :: Asiago Portobello Burgers with Roasted Red Peppers + Balsamic Glaze
Everyday Musings :: Sweet Potato & Black Bean Soup
What's Cookin, Chicago? :: Green Pobalno Rice
Create Loves :: Green Tea Ice Cubes
Skinnytaste.com :: Oven "Fried" Pickles


Good, right?

It's better, nescafe?  Will any Grace anyone?  Yes?  No?  Yes?  No.  Okay then.


I know most people use Pinterest for things like this, with a witty but cute album { or whatever they are called } title, but asking me to spend just a quick 10 minutes on Pinterest to pin things like this is like asking the sun not to rise.  Ain'tgunnahappen.  It's either an all day Pinterest day, or a no Pinterest day.

That is such a hard word to type.  Pinterest.  Pintrets.  Piinterset.

Okay, I'm gracefully bowing out now....

Take a breath....

...of fresh air!  Taaa'da!  New blog layout.

One of the great things about being a graphic designer is you can swap up your blog layout wheneva you want to.

And one of the worst things about being a graphic designer is you can swap up your blog layout wheneva you want to.

I've always gotten sick of my design pretty quickly, and this space is no exception.  It was time for a spring/summer revamp on this here blog anyway, so no time like the present!  I'm wanting to organize this space a little better, so you'll be seeing some changes or two over the next few weeks.

Anyway - I hope you enjoy!

Mucho Importante.

To do this week:

Buy a fedora.
Get a pedicure.
Shop for a few extra maxi dresses.
Pack my carry on.
Smooch the heck out of my cute boyfriend's face Friday morning for the first time in a week.5.
Run along Seattle's waterfront.
Forget about recent life woe's.
Enjoy my {almost} 2 week vacation....

Highway 101, West coast, Lake Tahoe and Hunter - I will see you sooner than later, and I couldn't be more thrilled for it.

:: photo an hour! ::

Last year, Mary and I had so much fun doing a photo-an-hour blog post. { mine :: hers } When I woke up yesterday morning, one of my first thoughts was "I should do another photo a day blog post!" No idea where that idea came from, but here goes nothing!

:: hour of 6a :: Woke up and laid around for a bit checking my Instagram and blogs




:: hour of 7a :: Brought my book and coffee outside to enjoy the quiet and cool morning!




:: hour of 8a :: Craft time! Working on a new canvas for my kitchen. Final product coming soon. ; )




:: hour of 9a :: Yoga hour! Loved this particular class and really walked away feeling very fulfilled.




:: hour of 10a :: Ran a few errands - the Farmers Market was the prettiest to document over the pharmacy and grocery store.




:: hour of 11a :: Got dressed, threw my fruit and bottles of water together to head down to Gina's for the day!




:: hour of 12p :: Pool time.




:: hour of 1p :: More pool time




:: hour of 2p :: Uhm...more more pool time.





:: hour of 3p :: *See 12p-2p

:: hour of 4p :: Relaxing with Gina and Jaime after our Vitamin D packed day.




:: hour of 5p :: Headed home!





:: hour of 6p :: Nap time after a snack of Triscuits and cheese




:: hour of 7p :: Woke up to see my Chopped still playing accompanied by my leftover snacks.




:: hour of 8p:: Getting ready and driving to Becca's for Jon's Graduation party!




:: hour of 9p :: Graduation party!




:: hour of 10p :: Drive homeeeee.




:: hour of 11p - 1a :: It's so obvious to me (especially listing it hour by hour) how I totally overdid it yesterday! I had to leave the party early due to a very bitching headache and having a sore throat due to my upper scope that I had Wednesday.




I should/could have taken a picture at 3:30a when the nurse called me back to talk about my symptoms (3:30am?! I guess better late than never.) Regardless, I snuggled up in my favorite towel my sister gifted me years ago and tried my hardest to get a good nights sleep.




Today will be much relaxation and laying low after a quick visit to Urgent Care. Oh Beth, when will you ever learn the phrase "take it easy"?! Maybe by next time I do a photo an hour........maybe. ; )



*Thank you to Jaime for the photo of hour 3p!

TGIF!