is it obvious by these photos what jon and i are each going to be for tonight? i can't wait to complete the costumes - i have been cutting lots of fabric today... now back to shaping that crazy wig i bought....
love this image - you can find it at this link -- it is the winning pumpking for veer's pumpking carving contest.
i think it is very clever and cute.
i also saw these pumpkins that i wish i would have thought of.... ((courtesy of martha...of course and found at apartment therapy - check it out. it rocks))
this one is my favorites.
this post rocks for halloween decoration and party ideas!
the pic below is one of my faves from the site i checked out who it was by, and was happily surprised to discover that it is by amy atlas! while i haven't had the pleasure of meeting amy atlas - i know of her company because her website was built by peniferella!! ((my friend jena's creative company that i do freelance work for)) what an awesome discovery!!
whew. i am full of links and photos today. and i said 'rocks' twice. its true.
dearest beautiful new york fall that i know and love, where are you hiding? please come out and play. i am so cold. and we're only halfway through october. please don't say that this is a sign that the big, mean winter will be coming even sooner and be bigger and stronger this year. i can't even take it right now. i've pulled my winter coats down from the tip top shelf in my closet, brought out my rain boots and this morning was frantically looking for a pair of gloves.
i am not ready for this cold.
i want to lay in the park beneath the orange and red leaves without getting soaking wet and getting chilled to the bone. please come out from wherever you are hiding. you are greatly missed.
YEA COWBOYS! The game was stressful today, but we finally pulled it off and cane out on top during overtime.
This guy, was the man.
p.s. did anyone watch the new 'leave it to lamas?' what the heck. i mean, i admit that reality shows are my guilty pleasure...but what the heck is this. please tell me that they are exaggerating. there is no way this family is actually this dramatic and insane.
tcu looks amazing from above. i still can't believe all the renovations. and that lawn between those new dorms is gorgeous. i sure love fort worth & tcu. miss em both.
which means i caught the shuttle to jersey a little before 7.
i got out of bed right at 6.
eeeep. that is very early for me.
while i was waiting for orders today i was playing on facebook. something came up in my news feed about someone that i swore i didnt even know. that happens every now and then, either i don't remember meeting them, or we met just once, or they added me and i accepted just bc i didn't want to reject the request.
i decided to do some cleaning out on the fb. i went through and 'removed the connection' for people that either i a) had no idea who they were b) wouldn't know them/recognize them if i saw them in person c) met at a party or something and then never spoke again d) accepted their request because i felt obligated or e) felt confident that if we encountered each other, either one of us wouldn't initiate any sort of conversation.
i got to the t's and got tired of it. maybe i'll finish again sometime. but for now i thought it was a good move.
while scrolling through my friends i realized that i have i know a ton of people that are either engaged, married, pregnant, or now have children. whoah. whoah. whoah. crazy! i don't know if it's because of my age, or the fact that i'm from south Texas... or maybe a mix of both. but it definitely took me by surprise.
thats all i had to say. is that i discovered the above about so many friends of mine. i guess we are growing up. meh. some days i feel like im 19. and i'm okay with that.
wow. its been quite some time since i wrote! thanks bethany for your comment :) it made me realize that i wanted to get back to writing... even if i know that my mom is one of the only people who read this. haha.
so it's a friday night, and i'm at home. drinking a beer and catching up on freelance work. oh quick rewind -- im back in nyc. new apartment (in chelsea again!) with jon. new job (freelance designer at cnbc). new projects (more and more freelance work). fall has set in (it's sittin at 63 in nyc right!). thats the quick version of where i'm at right now.
anyhow, back to why i wanted to write this post. i am catching up on freelance work and listening to some music. shania twain's 'man i feel like a woman' just came on the tv (ok so maybe i selected it from the free music on demand menu...) view it below in case you need to get it the right frame of mind...
OK. wow. its amazing how that one song can take me back to such a sweet and simple time and stir up so much emotion in my heart!! i know it may seem silly to think that song could possibly create those kind of feelings, but hear me out.
this song takes me to spring break 8th grade (more than ten years ago). i was on a spring break trip with my school to new york city and washington dc. it was my 1st time to come to nyc. it was at that time that i knew that someday i would live in nyc. i was so moved and excited by the way the city made me feel. it was so alive. i was lucky enough to share that trip with some of my best friends, who are still some of my best friends today. [[jenna, jaci, ana, ashley, courtney, and nicole ]]
so shania twain. i think of washington dc. it was the beginning of our trip and it was snowing. the first time i had EVER seen snow. probably the first time most of us texas kids had ever seen snow. you could imagine how hysterical we all were. i was sharing a hotel room with courtney, ashley (now engaged!!!) and nicole -- 3 of my best friends still to these day, and part of my regulator girls. 'man i feel like a woman' came on the radio. and nicole and i started jumping on the bed, dancing like crazy and singing into our hairbrushes. i have photos somewhere back at home of that moment.
what a wonderful memory. it was such a sweet and simple time. we were 14 years old and we didnt have a care in the world. i miss those days. i miss being so close to my girls and all the times we used to have together. i know it sounds silly, but just remembering that time made me tear up a little.
this post is dedicated to my regulator girls. my girls of rhs 03.
JENNA [now mrs andre and undoubtedly a stellar teacher in dallas] JACI [now mrs tresemer, living and loving life as an air force wife in germany] ANA [making a positive impact on the youth of denver colorado] LAUREN [an extremely talented and gifted architect, rock climber and lover of the outdoors DRU [her huge heart is loving on special ed children in NEISD] ASHLEY {the soon to be mrs shanks come next summer and a rock star 2nd grade teacher..at the elementary school we attended together!] JANICE {my fun and fancy free butterfly gracing austin with her beauty and charisma] NICOLE [a dedicated dietitian who is working hard to serve others in san antonio] COURTNEY [silly and wonderful as always, holding down the fort in the 210] AUBREY [my little fluff, working hard and playing harder in dallas] and MELINA [working to make a name for herself as a stylist in new york city and still making people smile when she laughs]
i love you all so much and i cant believe we are still so close after ten years. i am so blessed to have you all in my life!! i miss you girls more than you know. i found this quote back during senior year & wrote it on our scrapbooks to eachother --
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. - Elizabeth Foley
the name is lauren, my friends call me low. i'm a texas kind of girl, born and raised in san antonio. i've made my way to new york city to pursue my design dreams and seek adventure in the city that never sleeps. i am blessed with an amazing family and incredible friends. i find bliss in life's simple pleasures. i'm random and i like to let you know what's on my mind. hang around and you might find something worth reading :)
