new post soon, promise.

i really do like this blog...it's just sometimes i forget i have it.

i promise to write in it more. if not for my friends to read, then for my own outlet to express the crazy in my brain :) 

update on me:

Dallas is lovely. i've pieced together a map of the city (taped together on my dining room table) and made a list of all the places i want to go here. i will never be bored. i'm determined. 

Fossil is marvelous. still loving the work - so lucky.

more to come...

love/miss/namaste.

tagging? what? i'm confused.

ok, so i am not quite sure what this whole thing means...but here is the 4th photo from the 4th "event" (i don't have albums, my photos are divided into events on iphoto) on my computer: 

no lie. this is actually the photo.

and now to explain myself: this was taken during last christmas break when brady and i were on one of our many drives back and forth to austin/arlington/hamilton etc. i decided it would be entertaining to wrap my scarf around my head and pose as a ninja to scare brady as he was driving. it was less scary and mostly ridiculous. 

this past weekend was AMAZING. expect some crazy photos to be posted on facebook :)

love/miss/namaste.

goings on

my sincere apologies for taking over a month to post...this is part of my birthday present to ivy (who got on to me for not blogging in a long time). happy birthday ivylicious! may i remind you, however, that no blogger is worse than whitney, that little hooker hasn't written since february :)

the new roommate sitch is going extremely well, KH and i are having an absolute blast. she's been showing me around town and helping me realize that dallas isn't so bad...it's actually kind of awesome. i fought it for so long, always saying that nothing is better than our beloved austin (i still believe this to be true), but dallas is coming pretty close. we're even hosting our own little christmas party this wednesday night! i wish y'all could be there :(

here is KH and i out on the town. i think you girls will love her...
Thanksgiving was really nice. we had a low key lunch, just me, my parents  and grandma. i made jalapeno creamed corn (delish recipe from a coworker) and sweet potato casserole. it was a really nice little vacation from work and time spent at home. 

the pops.

I've also been to a couple of concerts this month, very exciting. KH had tickets to COLDPLAY and invited me to go with her (special roomie date!). we went out to dinner before and then went to the AAC and rocked out. it was an incredible show. absolutely life changing. if you don't have the album, viva la vida, get it. immediately. 

this past friday i went to 'how the edge stole christmas' at nokia theater. there were a bunch of bands there, but the only ones i wanted to see were snow patrol and death cab for cutie. i went with a couple friends from work, austin and ben. we had SO much fun, our tickets were actually really good, too. both of them talked to the band from like the 25th row. at one point, austin screamed "I LOVE CHRISTMAS" to snow patrol and the lead singer asked him if he needed a cuddle, to which austin responded "YES". it was a really special moment.

here is me and austin, super giddy about death cab (and no, that isn't just a random creepy guy behind us, that's ben)

so that is what i've been up to in a nutshell. i'm still loving the village church and my home group. they are some amazing girls. God has been blessing me with wonderful new friendships and such peace. i have officially become a dallasite. who knew? 

aaand after christmas my family is going to VEGAS for a reunion :) brady is going to get to come too so we're pumped about getting to spend some time together. i haven't gotten to see him for a few weeks so hopefully we will be able to plan something for before we go to vegas. bos and i miss him!

OH, and how could i forget how VERY excited i am about this weekend because ... (angels start to sing)...i'm going to HOUSTON for a little vacation!! i can't WAIT to see my little poison ivy, captain whit and shivy!! 

love/miss/namaste.

no news is good news? nope.

i am very sorry that i haven't blogged in a while. it's not even because i don't have anything great to report - i totally do, it's just that i have been so busy here that i forget that you all don't magically know everything that's going on without me typing it out.

as most of you know, brady and i broke up about a month ago. we were having some issues with long distance and our spiritual lives and thought it best to separate for a while. i still love him, of course, but i think this is best for us right now. i need to make a life for myself here. Dallas isn't temporary - i have a career here. i have new friends. i have a church community. i need to stop having one foot in austin and one foot in Dallas (as much as i love Austin...)

we still talk. he came to visit this past weekend and it was great to see him. we're really just wanting to focus on our pursuit of Christ before anything else - and to be honest, it has given me such wonderful peace. i really am doing so well. i am now in a home group through my church (the village) that meets on tuesday nights - and the girls are amazing. they have really embraced me and made me feel at home here. and now i have a roomie! we're having a TON of fun. visitors welcome.

oh, and i spent the afternoon doing market and trend research at the mall. i got paid to go shopping - because it helps me do my job. how lucky am i??

i love and miss you all so much. i promise that next post will be more detailed and juicy. namaste.

no news is good news? nope.

harmony.

howdy strangers. i got a lot to say so bear with me, it's been a while.

work is going really well. i'm constantly learning and have so much freedom to be creative. i love the people i work with and i'm always giggling in my cube with my boss, Christy (not to be confused with my future roommate and coworker, Kristy). but i'll get to that.

my team has these HR meetings every once in a while to discuss team building. we all had to get this book and take a "Strengthsfinder Test" online. Once you take this test, it tells you what your 5 strengths are, out of like 37. The book is all about focusing on improving your strengths instead of focusing on your weaknesses (because those are pretty much lost causes). it sounds wierd but it's really very intriguing. my #1 strength is Harmony. it was dead on. 

i won't type up the entire description of said "strength" but i will tell you one small detail: harmony people do not like disagreements. they feel uncomfortable with conversation and when people have differing opinions and want to debate, harmonious people will need a paper bag to hyperventilate into. 

which is why i must say that elections are not my favorite time of year. everyone's talking about their opinion - most of the time not caring what anyone else thinks (if it is different from theirs of course) and an immense amount of bashing occurs. to me, this whole thing seems like a lose-lose situation. no matter what you believe or who you're planning on voting for, SOMEONE is going to think that you are stupid or ignorant or insensitive or naive or "misinformed". this is an uncomfortable place for us harmonics. we thrive on positivity and acceptance of all opinions, but most of all, we thrive on respect. we see absolutely no point in picking fights if nothing will get accomplished but the someone's feelings getting hurt. opinions are like a**holes, everyone's got them, and most of them reek of their owner. i respect that you have an opinion. i hope you respect that i have mine. but let's not sit here and argue over who's ass smells better. it's just gonna get messy.

on a lighter note, my friend from work, Kristy (not to be confused with my cube-buddy and boss, Christy) and i decided to move in together! i added her to my current lease and we are transferring to a 2-2 in a different building in my complex. it's SO cute. it's very spacious, on the second floor, and has a view of the little lake and walking trail. it is really the perfect situation, we are giddy schoolgirls. and we move in on OCTOBER 25th!! 3 weeeeeeks!

On monday nights i play on a co-ed softball team in arlington with some friends from high school. i am definitely not as good as i once was. in fact, i get made fun of for running so slow. awesome. we do have a ton of fun, despite being 0-3. But our team, the Sticky Bandits, will prevail.

Good things are happening here. I adore The Village Church. I joined a home group bible study that meets on Tuesday nights. i've been twice now and i absolutely love it. the girls there are so warm and inviting. most of them are either going through starting a new job and adjusting to post-college life, or they have just gone through it and can encourage the rest of us. we're serving dinner at a homeless shelter next tuesday (and every 2nd tue of the month after that) and they have a cute little book club too. i'm really starting to feel like i belong here, like i have a life here. God is so good to me. I am quickly learning that it does not matter how much i can physically accomplish - if i'm not pursuing Christ with my whole heart, i'm empty. 

That's my little life in a nutshell and my quest for perfect harmony as of October 2nd. i miss you people a ton. i am so blessed to have such amazing friends, thank you for being you.

Boston and i go to arlington a lot to visit my parents. this is a photo of us lounging around. 

love/miss/namaste.

not too much going on.

hello all.

sincere apologies for not posting in a while, but my internet is on the fritz at the apartment. i'm at work right now - it's been pretty slow lately since the development process is over for the spring 1 line. this is very exciting news because it means that MY work will begin. when i say 'my', i mean, my designs and interpretations of the direction that fossil is moving on the "modern-vintage continuum". i won't be developing things that other people came up with anymore. fun fun.

i seriously can't believe i get paid for this. it absolutely does not feel like work. 

and now for a little section i'd like to call: Finding the Drama in Every Perfectly Great Situation.

I got my dream job right out of college. most people's first jobs are low down on the totem pole and they pay their dues to get to where they want to go. they have goals for their job, and entire years where they just work towards to the next promotion. 

i am perfectly happy where i am. sure, there is room for promotions & raises within my actual position - but that's just going to come with time. i'm not working hard to "get noticed" so that the boss can save me from 40 hours a week of grunt work. i don't dread coming to my cubie, in fact, i love it. 

here's the drama: it is hard to transition from the life of working towards something to a life of just working. period. i can't make time go faster. no matter how hard i work, i won't get my first raise until a year has passed. the things i am looking forward to are not things that you can control: marriage, babies, domestic bliss, etc. i'm just waiting it out - which is funny, because isn't that what we're doing here on earth anyway? just living as faithfully as we can until Jesus picks us up?

cra-hay-zy. 

on a lighter note, my mom and i got some new makeup this weekend - the bare escentuals collection. it's SO me. very natural. you can sleep in it - which is good because i ALWAYS sleep in my makeup. bad, i know, but i'm just lazy. i'm still learning because i have no clue how to apply eye makeup - but the good thing is i have a DVD and booklet ;)

this makeup line is on Laura's highly recommended list.