Early Entrepreneurs

Kate is tending the Lawrence boys from across the street. We went down to the 'busy street' and set up a Kool-Aid stand. I was brought back to my days of third grade when I would go out on Canyon View Drive and wave like a maniac to get poeple to stop. I recall going out everyday all day for a week with my best friend Cassidy. We made $50. Today, I tried to get the boys to put on a show and get their dazzling, handsome faces to win over the cars passing by, but their bashfulness got the best of them. They warmed up after I started making a bafoon of myself :). The experience left me pleasantly surprised at a further interest in business {to the pleasure of my sister and her boyfriend! who are politefully persisting on my career in sales.} As you can see, the boys are adorable. Our grand total: $8.70. What says summer better?

Found these earrings on clearance at Wal-Mart. $3 each.

Randy Rose

Randy Rose, of Star 98 fm is leaving! I am so sad. His last show was today. He woke me up for my three years of high school. I saw him through Jenny, Star Idol, and now Robin. He is seriously the best, funniest, nicest, DJ. I love him. He is moving up to Northern Utah. hopefully I'll be able to hear him in the future. Good luck Randy. I love you.

A Century Away

Congratulations to Dad and Kate! On Saturday they did the Desperado Dual Century in Panguitch, Utah. A biking 'century' is 100 miles! They weren't even sore. Way to go guys!

{p.s. Post 100 for me! A blogger's Century! Yipee!}

Swap Time!

Just sent my package off from Jihan's Favorite Things Swap. Kelsey, here is a sneak peek at what you'll be recieving via the U.S. Postal Service. Will post full details when recieved.And as soon as I sent off the package I went over to m.writes and signed up for her delicious swap!

NOW: Everyone sign up! C'mon you guys, branch out a little. The Favorite Things Swap was so much fun to do and I'm even more excited about Marta's swap. It is a lot simpler than this previous one...you can't go quite as crazy. So sign up! It's just 3 of your favorite tools. It can be whatever! And for all you crafters, this was made for you! Just sign up. Here are the details {and on my sidebar.}

Meaning

" We ourselves shall be loved for awhile and forgotten -- but the love will have been enough. All those impulses to love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love. The only survival. The only meaning."

-Thorton Wilder

My Boys

Las summer I started watching a new series on TBS, 'My Boys.' It's just a half hour sit-com about this girl and all her friends who are boys. It's a fun show with humor, sports, good writing and a tiny bit of romance. I love it. Watch it online, here.

Adorable House of the Week

This is probably my favorite 'Adorable House.' It reminds me of a book I once read, The Little White Bird, where J.M. Barrie first introduces our dear Peter. {if you haven't read it...do!} I know with certainty that if I were to open that adorable front door, I would run into a crazy old men shouting "I've lost me marbles!" I would walk upstairs to find the nursery where Nanna is tucking Wendy, John, and Michael Darling sweetly into bed. ..Second star to the right and straight on tiil morning!

CD Review: Do You Feel

The Rocket Summer's new cd, released on July 17, completely measures up to what Bryce Avary has done in the past. Most of the material is pretty typical of him but with some surprises. I love it! Buy it here.

What to Get Me for my Birthday #1

"Men's shirts, short skirts" --Shania Twain. Buy it here.

18 to 18

Since I am young for my grade, my 16th birthday was the one of the last to come in my class. The dating and driving hype, and everything in between, was to the highest degree. Since all my friends had turned 16 before I was 15, I felt like I'd been waiting 17 years to be 16. Megan and I started a countdown, probably, a month before. 31 to 16. 30 to 16. 29 to 16. And so on. 16 to 16 was practically as big a celebratin as...16. Nonetheless, we have carried on the tradition. I had my 16 to 16, she had her 17 to 17 three months later. I had my 17 to 17, she had her 18 to 18. Today is my 18 to 18. Soon to be her 19 to 19. It's a celebration of thoughts, more or less. For a birthday is really only the days that lead up to it is it not? Celebrate your days to age. The older you get of course...the longer you wait. But certainly, no matter how many days you have to count...find out when yours is each year. And celebrate!

Happy 18 to 18 to me!

Clothesline

I guess the power bill got a little too high, so my sweet mom hung an old-fashioned clothesline. Isn't it beautiful? I can't think of anything more anxiously content. It makes me want to just sit in a wooden chair and sing Sara Evans songs. Oh how do you wait for heaven? And who has that much time?

Happy Birthday Carly

Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to one of my best friends. And since 6th grade! Good times girl.

Need for Navy

I've been feeling a lack of navy clothing in my wardrobe. UO has a selection.

It's the Only Thing, That There's Just Too Little Of

At work today, Kim got off the phone with a patient and walked into the office.
"What do you say to people when they say 'I love you?' I'm just talking to a patient and they're like 'I love you.' It's so wierd!"
The 6 office girls all laughed together and as I was laughing I admitted that I love people who always just say "love ya!" and vowed that from now on I would always say "love ya!" While it was an attempt at humor, I did carry out the rest of the day with spiratic "I love you's."
After talking about how sweet poeple are and what a terrible place life can be, it wasn't long until we broke out into "What the world needs now, is love, sweet love...."

Click here to tell someone you love them!

Wisdom from Dumbledore

"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more."

-Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, 566

08 Things that Mean August

I can't believe August is here. But I welcome it with open arms.

08. The number 08
07. Fresh bouquets of sharpened pencils
07. Watermelon
06. Summer rain storms
05. My birthday {not to mention my moms and sisters as well}
04. Summer squash
03. Readathons
02. Bridge between Summer & Fall
01. BACK TO SCHOOL!

A Twist of Fate

Because I know you're just dying to know how my self-taught guitar lessons are going: The day after I got out the old thing, a string broke! Perhaps it wasn't meant to be.

I Thee Wed{nesday} : 01

This is a beautiful wedding photographer Avonlee. The site is a little hard to navigate around but the pictures are fun. I especially love the Washington DC Area focus. That veil is sweet!

{I Thee Wed{nesday} posts are all about weddings. On Wednesdays.}

Life Ambition

My high school yearbook, unfortunately, did not have your ambitions listed next to your name. But I've always had {especially with hopes of becoming yearbook editor--to no avail} one in mind. To coin a term. As I studied United States History, term after term would splert out. Terms for eras, movements and the like were coined by so-and-so or so-and-so. The one that sticks out in mind is The Gilded Age; a term coined by Mark Twain. It's a brilliant term. Speaking of the years from 1870 to 1890, Gilded means dressed up to look fancy and appealing--a gift really, but what is inside is not truly something worth having. The time slot held a great deal of progression in railroads, small factories and expansion in Western fertile farmlands. Philanthropy thrived and the wealthy were wealthier than ever. But the slue of technology led to slums; and huge waves of immingrants filled them. So what appeared to be a great and gifted era, was excessive and wasteful. {uh and p.s. if the Gilded Age just really turns you on, here is an ametuer essay on the New Guilded Age for all you liberal historians!} ANYWAY, brilliant term, right? So. That is my one and only life's ambitions: to coin a term. It is quite an ambitious ambition quite frankly. One would have to get really pretty far on the latter of social Darwinism to have truly coined a term. But...that's why they call it ambition. Shakespeare taught me well..."Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;" I once told of my life goal in my Language journal and my teacher wrote back..."Great ambition! Now I want to do the same!" So feel free to add it to your lists. Or start one for that matter.

But tonight, coining a term, shall stand alone no more. As I was exploring J.K. Rowlings site, I found a note from Rowling: "Once again the Harry Potter books feature on this year's list of most=-banned books. As this puts me in the company of Harper Lee, Mark Twain, J.D. Sallinger, William Golding, John Steinbeck and other writers I revere, I have always taken my annual inclusion on the list as a gerat honour. 'Every burned book enlightens the world'. - Ralph Walso Emerson." As I read, I realized I had no idea what a 'banned book' is. I learned that it is just that. A book that is banned {from various..or any, I imagine, organizations}. I did research little further and found the official list of banned books. Well, you can guess what my ambition number two is. {Do not forget that these are life ambitions. Not summer goals! :)} This is a list of about 150....it could be worse right? I have read 15 on the list {HP 1-7 helped a wee bit!} They are all classics. I'm thrilled about my new ambition.


ATTENTION: Staff members of the Yearbook of Life.

Please add another 'ambition' next to Amy's portrait.

• To Coin A Term
• Read all 'Banned Books'