Happy Weekend

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Dance and sing, it's the weekend again! The amount of work I've had this week was insane, now I remember why people don't take time off when they have a real job.  Thanks to the magic of post scheduling, however, I've been able to keep regular blog updates, so you're welcome.

What are you up to this weekend? Last night my cousin and her family arrived from Minnesota after I'd already gone to bed so I am looking forward to spending time with them over the next two days.  We will have to find fun indoor things to do because it is freezing and snowy and not in a cute winter wonderland kind of way.

In the meantime, here are a few links I enjoyed clicking on this week:

+ Col. Chris Hadfield is currently in space and is posting pictures of Earth to his Tumblr. Did I mention he's in space? Like, doing his thing, feet off the ground 24/7? And he's sharing his view with all of us lesser-folk back here on terra firma. What a rad dude. Check out this picture of the border of Israel and Egypt. 

+ Chocolate and mint is the best dessert flavor combination in the world and no, this is not open for discussion. Chocolate mint sandwich cookies? Don't mind if I do, Martha.

+ 10/10 would hang this cheeky tea towel on my kitchen wall (via Miss Moss)

+ What is it about travelling that makes me think I'm going to need at least 3 outfits per day? It's like I'm presenting at the Oscars or something. This great tutorial reminded me that I can really pare it down when I'm on the road by explaining (with pictures!) how to pack for 2 weeks in a carry-on. Thank you Internet!

+ In case your day is lacking in utter ridiculousness, here are a bunch of animals that have guinea pig's faces Photoshopped over them. It's too hilarious, I can't even.

+ Have I shared this song already? Well I don't care, listen to it anyway.  It's lovely and makes me want to skip around in a black and white film.
"Comment Te Dire Adieu" by Françoise Hardy

San Antonio, Part 3

Sunday was another beautiful day, we had meeting in the morning, a lovely steak dinner and then it was time to bid adieu to our dear friends.

Eva and Amanda

Jilly and I, keeping it ridiculous as always

Then, as usually happens, we had a mini photoshoot of Eva & Bradly in the front yard.

In front of their cute house. 

Eva, being goofy

Bradly, being industrious

These two photos are from a new series I'm doing, called reenact the cover of a really terrible romance novel. This one was called The Lady and the Gardener.

Just kidding. That's not a real series I'm doing. But how hilarious would that be?

We really don't do normal well.

 Glamour!

Beauty!

Creepy!

Monday morning I had an insanely early flight back to Indiana but I got to see the sun come up from 20,000 feet in the air, which was kind of amazing, despite the loudly snoring fellow I was seated next to.

Sunrise from the Dallas airport, just after landing.

What a beautiful weekend.  I can’t believe it’s already been a week since I first got there. Good times always go by too fast, don’t they?  It was harder to leave than I’m willing to admit, especially because I don’t know when exactly I’ll see Eva and Bradly (or my Texas friends) again.  I know I will I just don’t know when.  Oh Texas… maybe I’ll be back to stay someday.  Until then, thanks for the memories. xx

San Antonio, Part 2

On Saturday night my sister invited all of her San Antonio friends for a night of crafts and food.  She called it Pinterest Night, and everybody who came was supposed to bring a plate of appetizers and a project from Pinterest they wanted to work on.  The crafts included painting, print-making, clothing alteration, and even crayon melting.  It was noisy and messy and just a really good time. It makes me happy to see that my sister has such a great group of friends.

Here are a few photos from the evening.  If you make it all the way there, at the end of the post, I explain the project I chose.

+ Crafts

+ Food

+Friends

+ Finished products

San Antonio, Part 1

Rather than bombard you with a squillion pictures all crammed into one post, I decided to break up my trip to Texas into three posts. You're welcome.

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On Thursday I ducked out of work at lunch and hopped on a plane to Texas.  After a pleasant trip to Dallas next to the world's quietest baby (seriously, I was like, lady did you drug your baby, wait don't answer that I don't even care) and one more flight in front of a man being "escorted" out of the country (not kidding, his hands were zip tied together and he kept yelling at his "handlers" a.k.a. INS officers in Spanish, drama!),  I arrived in San Antonio just in time for for dinner with my sister and her husband. We caught up over hamburgers and I got to meet the sweetest little dog named Bella.  Falling asleep under my sister's old daisy quilt, I could hear crickets and birds settling down for the night and the sound made me smile because it meant it was still warm enough outside for them to make music.  As much as I enjoy winter, the stillness of a cold night is too lonely for my taste.

Friday morning my sister and I went for a jaunt in Eisenhower Park and we chatted about life and things as we took in the view from atop a small wooden tower.

 BLUE SKY. AND LEAVES. AND SUNSHINE. AAAH!

Showing off my modeling skills in nature, obviously.

 Looking out to the quarry.

 Love you my dear.

She's not pouting, I'm just taking her picture from a creepy angle.

....seriously you cannot take me anywhere, I am always up to no good.

I'm so jealous of bears

I'm back from the most wonderful long weekend in Texas. It was so nice to spend time with my sister and friends! I just wish I'd had a few days more, my one regret is that I didn't have time to go visit Hattie. :( I have many pictures to share but I am exhausted from my early morning flights.  The weather was amazing, 70 degrees and sunny all weekend.  Unfortunately I came home to a snowy 16 degrees so this is what is exactly on my mind this afternoon:

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Don't you agree? Teach me your ways, bears!