The Beatles say it best...

Happy Valentines Day...

Please remember this.

Because this is all that matters today.

This is all that matters everyday.

Letter to my dead girlfriend...

This had tears pouring down my cheeks. Though it is sad, I decided to share it because of the feelings it left behind in me. It made me not want to take anything for granted, cherish every, seemingly, tiny moment, and hold on to the people you love with everything you have. Lifes too short.

(click to enlarge if you cannot see it.)

It happened to me...

My Love Day...

My Valentines day was absolutely perfect. It started with a kiss from the boyfriend. Followed by some breakfast and mimosas in bed. And while I thought the boyfriend had left to get ready for work, he was actually scheming around a bit. I opened my door to a surprise! The most beautiful flowers I have ever received!

 

 

When the boyfriend got done with work, he picked me up and we took the short drive over the river to our "get away". We dropped our stuff in our lovely hotel room at THE JUPITER and then it was off to dinner at the DOUG FIR. Dinner was completely wonderful. Then it was back up to the hotel to spend the evening together. We opened presents, ordered dessert, watched some cable, kissed a ton, and ended then night wrapped  in each other. I couldnt have been happier. I had the best valentine in the entire world. It was absolutely blissful.

 How was your day?

10 things I love...

In honor of Valentines Day!


First of all and most importantly...


I love my family. My mom, dad and brother. They really are my world.


I love love love my boyfriend. He is the greatest and sweetest person i know.

Now, here are some other things I simply adore...

My Dreams...

 

Feathers, always have always will...

  

Beautiful Spaces...

  

Hope...

  

This beautiful photoshoot

by one of the most amazing photographers ever,

Annie Leibovitz...

  

  

Beautiful lights...

  

Birds, and their homes...

  

Books...

  

My art, and the tools that help me create it...

  

 The Kisses I am so lucky to receive...

 

What do you love?

Did I forget about love!?!

Is it possible to forget that you are in love? Im not sure. But, for the last few weeks, I have been feeling like that is the only possible explanation for all of this. Its like, for a few moments, I had my eyes closed. Like I didnt see him or something. Because now, every time I look at him, I melt. My breath escapes me and I lose it just a little bit. I have always known that I am one of the luckiest girls in the world, to have fallen in love with my best friend. I have had little butterflies this whole time. But what is it, now, that completely overwhelms me every time I hear his voice or see his smile. Every kiss is like the first, again. It all feels so much more intense. Everyday I wake up in awe that this is my life. I am so lucky. I am so in love.

Yes...

Yes. I have the boyfriend that gets out of bed at midnight, drives to two different stores, and brings you back medicine because you have a migraine and he cannot handle watching you be in pain.

My last night.

& I couldnt be luckier.

Im in love...

"For it was not into my ear you whispered,but into my heart.

it was not my lips you kissed,but my soul."

-Judy Garland

Im in love.

And I love it.

RIP Beautiful Girl...

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This morning Brittany Murphy passed away due to cardiac arrest. She was a beautiful and fully entertaining girl. This is seriously so sad and I feel for her friends and family. She was only 32 years old. RIP pretty girl.

"Live in the present, launch yourself on every wave,

find eternity in each moment." 
— Henry David Thoreau

love.

Ongoing...

So I got some flowers at a wedding I was shooting a while ago. They were beautiful and came in a lovely vase. I let them sit on my desk to simply look pretty. They did just that for as long as they could, but then they died. The thing is, they still looked pretty. So, I kept them there. Some thought it was weird, I thought it was beautiful. Then, I noticed one day that they had all fallen in such different and perfect directions and since they had died, they were frozen there. A couple of days ago decided to display them in a different way...on my wall. They are spaced perfectly each looking in a different direction. And now, I am loving them here so much! Who knew how long this little bouquet would bring me so much joy! Its still happening!

What do you think?
 

Monday Love...

Awesome Day 21: Beach Bliss

I dont think I am going to be able to express just how wonderful (and awesome) today was. It started off normal enough, wake up, get dressed/ready, drink coffee with the boyfriend, walk to car, kiss the boyfriend goodbye, drive to work. Pretty standard. However, I just had this feeling it was gonna be a good day, I even tweeted about it! So Ive been at work for about 45 and I get a call from my boss letting me know I would be off work at noon...Awesome!!! I was so happy. I called the boyfriend and told him and he, being so awesome and clever, suggested we take a drive to the beach! Awesome! So a few hours later we are in his car and on our way to the water!

The best part of the drive was when the boyfriend suddenly turned off the road and into the Dairy Queen parking lot. See, I have been complaining a bit lately. About this whole pumpkin thing. Every where I turn some one is drinking a pumpkin spiced this or eating a pumpkin spiced that. I have completely missed the pumpkin train and for days I have been moaning and groaning about it. Seriously, all I am hearing these days are wonderful pumpkin spiced stories. I have been jealous and I think the boyfriend may have just wanted to shut me up because he bough me the most delicious pumpkin blizzard! It was unreal, and now I understand exactly what all this pumpkin fuss is about. I have officially boarded the pumpkin train, and I am never getting off!

We made it to the beach, even though, I, of course, fell asleep for the very last bit of the drive (its a rarity when I stay awake for an entire car trip). It was so pretty there. We walked pretty far down the beach until we found the perfect spot of sand nestled between some tall and flowing grass. There is something so beautiful about the beach in the fall. All of the colors blend together creating a soft scene of serenity. We laid on a blanket and kept each other warm. We sat and people watched, saying entirely inappropriate things. I finally bought new batteries for my film SLR and it was so much fun shooting film again. I dont know what it is but something about the beach just screams black and white film to me. But the best part was our conversation. We  always have amazing conversations, he really is my best friend and talking is one of the things we do best. But something about today was just special. We got it all out there, we each talked and listened and it was wonderful. The entire time, we just talked. And it continued for the entire car ride home too. Im just lucky I guess. To have someone so amazing to talk with everyday. Its much harder to come by than some might think. And I am just one of the lucky few!

When we got home, it was time to hang! We finally joined our friends for the awesome thursday night ritual! Go to Taylor and JonMon's apartment to watch The Office, Always Sunny and DVRed episodes of Fantasy Factory and Nitro Circus (while drinking PBR). The Gang tonight included: Taylor, JonMon, Kait, Jessi, Griz, Steven, Adumb, the boyfriend and me! It was so fun and so awesome.

Kitten

(Jon)Montana

The BF

Kait & Jessi

TayBayBay

These...are my people.

well, some of them.

Oh, and for you fellow Summer Heights High Fans...

Puck You Miss!