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a bit late....

I just came across these photos and I remembered that I wanted to share them! Remember how we lived in and fixed up the house in liberty all summer? While cleaning and organizing I came across these fun photos. 

Lainey (Barber's stepmom who owns the house) works at Hallmark as a graphic designer. She's worked in various departments at Hallmark for about 40 years and at one point she worked as a stylist in the photography department. During that time they did some shoots for a line of cards and she was the talent in several. 

I thought these needed to be preserved so we found some frames on sale and gave them to Lainey for letting us live in her house all summer.

Sorry about the crazy glare! Iphone pics because I couldn't locate my camera when I needed it. :(

remember...

remember when i needed that fantastic white dress from red velvet? well now this has replaced it....

found here! .... and marked down to $22 from $75... and there's one left... and it's my size. practicing self control.

I NEED YOUR HELP!

Oooookkkk. Don't be disturbed by the title! I'm not in trouble! :) I applied for a job and I need your help/support to better my chances of getting it....

Some of you may heard of the talented Jason Sadler over at I Wear Your Shirt. He literally does just that. Every day of the year he wears a t-shirt from a different company. He streams a live video blog, takes photos and shares information about the company all day. Because he and I Wear Your Shirt advertising is becoming so wildly successful.... they are hiring! 

This is where you come in; I had to make a video application video that I uploaded to the I Wear Your Shirt site. My video can be found here! I need you to watch the video and leave a comment! Comments = better chance of being hired! If you're feeling overzealous/super helpful you will notice the little buttons where you can tweet the link or "like" it.... Click on those suckers! Or there's a spot where you can copy and paste the URL to your own blog, website, facebook, social media extravaganza, etc. 

Thanks for your help! Woot woot!

dream house

Ok people, let's be clear: I am obsessed with this house. I stumbled upon it the other day and when I finally got done looking at every single picture I felt as if I hadn't been breathing. 

I love this house tour because it's very comprehensive. I hate when people just post a picture of their nightstand and a wall decoration and call it a house tour! I would argue that their are lots of other aspects/things that I like in general but the fact that I can view all of this gloriousness at one time in one place makes me happy. 

Without further ado.... (for the FULL tour click here)

 
 
 
 
 
 
Dreamy right? And guess what? They don't even live here anymore!! They have completey gutted and redone a new house that appears to have great promise.... I can't judge yet because it's only an empty house. I'm swooning over the kitchen though.... Check out that rest of the new house awesomeness right here!

i might as well have been on a billboard

Don't believe everything you see.....

words of wisdom from wednesday

“be who you are and let the world catch up with you.”

- Dr. D (Gender Communications [most favorite class ever] professor)

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vintage ad goodness

Last week while perusing blogs I stumbled upon a link for a vintage ad website. Prepare to lose productivity/hours of your life. The website is well organized by decade and literally has thousands of old advertisements.

I've picked a few of my favorites. All are from the 1940's-60's except for the last two which are from the 80's. :)

There are TONS of vintage travel ads. I wish we still flew in "easy chairs..."

I like this because it's in color (again from the 40's)... I'm also not sure how those people got up to that spot from that little boat you can see right there in the corner? Regardless, I like the guy's socks.

"Best place to play best." That's how I describe Florida too. 

I don't understand how this baby exemplifies that Holiday Inn is #1. Haha. This is from the 60's.

I've got nothing....

I LOVE this amtrak ad from the 80's.

This one (again from the 80's) is just so weird. First off, pizzeria rice?! What? Second, hot dogs on your rice pizza?! Haha.

Too much fun for a Monday morning!

very fitting.

Commenting on the importance of speaking clearly and listening closely, Phillip Roth memorably quipped, “The English language is a form of communication! … Words aren’t only bombs and bullets—no, they’re little gifts, containing meanings!” What is true in love is equally true at law: Lawyers and their clients need to communicate clearly and effectively with one another to ensure that litigation proceeds efficiently. When communication between counsel and client breaks down, conversation becomes “just crossfire,” and there are usually casualties.

— Judge Scheindlin

Did this just make it clear to anyone else that Barber and I need to open a joint Communication/Law consulting firm?

i NEED this.

New dress from Red Velvet Art.... Found here!

I have a birthday in 3.5 months....

 

back to school....

with one class and one day of school under my belt i'm not sure if i feel more or less overwhelmed. the amount of information and the learning curve in adjusting to a graduate school/a large school are probably the most difficult part.

the campus is quieter than i had anticipated.... this was possibly due to the fact that it was the first day of school. or it could have something to do with only knowing approximately 3 of the 500 people you walk by each day. i'm not sure. i know no one... so i too was contributing to the quietness. haha.

barber and i spent the weekend fixing up my tiny little apartment and making it perfectly efficient and livable (thanks john!)

 i've got my jewelry 'wall' set up. 

and i've got my organization station set up with the little kid bins underneath the big kid ikea baskets.

 i've got my trusty (a.k.a. heavy) bookshelf with all my fabric...

 some house warming flowers from the boyfriend.

 kitten is always very helpful....

off to class.... that's slightly fun to say!