confessions.

 - i once operated a ben affleck fansite..... i'm sad to report it was deleted WITHOUT MY CONSENT before i could take any screen shots, but rest assured it was a study in fantastic. also i got a free daredevil cd for advertising the movie. i still own it as my only piece of blog accrued merchandise.

- every month when i'm waiting in line at planned parenthood for my cheap birth control i have two desires. one, to high five everyone else waiting there. "way to go guys, we're all practicing safe sex and preventing unwanted pregnancies!" and two, when told to have a good weekend, to give a knowing wink and say "oh i WILL..."

- once i signed up for a cross stitch website. they still send me e-mails...

- my secret shame is watching make-up tutorials and haul videos by the MOST ridiculous people. can't stop, won't stop.

- i still have a hotmail account.

- i take pictures of my outfit sometimes and save them in an app in my phone. i share this particular confession because ashley and i have started a new blog (simple flavors are key) and there will be occasional posts in an "outfit of the day" nature, and i didn't want you to be shocked. come visit us! we like making new friends and then giving them baked goods. also, we like pretending to be lifestyle bloggers, so it should be a good time.

 

happy thursday!

2012. thoughts and feelings.

foreward. this post was written with the intention of being published the second week of january. this obviously didn't happen, mostly because the second and third week of january basically kicked us in the face. however, it wasn't this little post's fault that it got neglected. so even though it isn't timely anymore.....here you go. ....

 

2012. i don't even know what to say about you, besides hooooly crap!

i started the year off kissing my boyfriend brian at the first new year's eve party i ever co-hosted. and i ended it kissing my husband brian on a beanbag before we ran outside with noisemakers and sparklers like crazy people at a married new year's eve party.

who saw that coming?

needless to say (but i'm going to say it anyway...) 2012 was probably my biggest year ever.

it was the year i went to coachella for the second time, went on a couples vegas trip, got suuuuper sick of my job, suddenly saw a bunch of new roommates come and go, made a couple trips to boise and logan, had two roommates get engaged (all of us within a month), and oh yeah, it was the year i got engaged and married, went on a honeymoon to san francisco and moved in with my very best friend. and we got a second cat.

there are still so many things about 2012 that i want to write about. and....i possibly will.

 

as for 2013 i have a couple things i would like to focus on. firstly, i want to focus more on spending time and keeping in contact with people i care about. i can so easily get wrapped up in my own life, but i know i'm the happiest when i'm keeping close with my favorite people. secondly, i want to focus on being more thankful for all the wonderful things and people i have in my life. i want to stop taking things for granted. and finally i want to focus on being as present as i can.

 

"Besides, the only way you can ensure having a good future is by living a good present. That’s it. That’s the secret. So start paying attention to what’s going on around you. Otherwise, you might miss everything." thought catalog

2012 was kind of the catalyst for the path my life is on. and i have to say i've never been quite as excited for the future as i am right now.