all hallows eve

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

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....

feelin spoooooky and kooooky

happy (almost) halloween.

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.

hope everyone has a happy halloween!!

where are thou?

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.

still hopeful,
L

[me + fall 2008 + beautiful leaves = love]

go cowboys yea!

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.

thats all. goodnight. long week ahead.

hail all hail.

RT @librariansti Ah, my beloved TCU via helicopter http://twitpic.com/k3wix courtesy of @EpicHelicopters


incredible.

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.

downsizing.

i worked a shift at cnbc today from 8-4.

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.

hey its me again

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

do you belong in nyc?

OH yea! i took this quiz that i saw on my friend bethanys profile. the quiz is 'do you belong in new york' you can try it out here. ha, and this is my result. temporary new yorker. i mean, its true. all you 'lifers' out there, dont go hating. temporary is an undefined amount of time... so there! you got me for 2, 3 more years? man. i dont even know. just roll with the punches. yea, go check it out.

DO YOU BELONG IN NYC?
Only until you age out.
Sorry to say it, but you're a temporary New Yorker. Sure, this city is awesome for running around and enjoying your youth, but you came here to work and play hard and plan on jetting at the first signs of crow's feet or when your parents stop financing that party lifestyle of yours. Plus, if you ever decide to settle down and have kids, there's no way you're bringing them up in a studio. Click here for suggestions about how to really enjoy NYC.

giggling + photobooth

spent the day relaxing at home with my mom, dad, sister and my niece and nephew. tried to get some work down... was productive here and there, but ... lets put it this way - the clean clothes i folded are still laying on my bed. sheesh. i guess i will HAVE to put them away before i crash. but only because i have to. while i was cleaning my room, i entertained brenna & korbin , i let them crawl up on my bed and allowed them to take picture after picture of themselves in 'photobooth' on my laptop. just wanted to post some they took, and then the last one is all three of us... they were so cute posing with each other and just kept giggling and giggling. ah. how can you not smile when children are laughing. its pretty fabulous.

animated photography.

my friend michelle posted the cutest little video on her blog -- it's called 'notte sento' which in rough translation means 'night felt'. it is a video made of 4,500 still photographs. it is so very cool and the music is beautiful. you can see the video on michelles site here.

the style of the video reminds me of something my friend brandon shared with me during the spring. a video that was also made of thousands of still photographs called 'her morning elegance'. i think it is absolutely fascinating and is so incredible to watch. i love the storyline and concept behind it all. the visuals are so neat as well. thought i would share it with you all. i could watch it over and over again. LOVE IT!

cute.

a site that i enjoy and often check out for design inspiration is ffffound.com - while browsing through it today i came across these cute little sayings. thought i would post them and share them with you all. (( i believe they were linked from the site -- http://finallyseeing.tumblr.com ))

hope everyone is doing well. im getting ready to brace a supposed triple digit day of heat in sa town.

xo

destin photos

here are pics from allisons camera -- i have yet to upload my own photos. i will get to those eventually. destin was AWESOME and so wonderful to get to be with my friends. it was a perfect celebration after graduating.

the 'memphis crew'
allison & i came from nyc, kirby & reza came from chicago, jacquie from stl & parker from houston. it was quite a reunion at the memphis airport. we made a scene. it was fantastic.

thunderstorms in the mornings = power hour until the sun comes out.

i love these girls!!

hales me and kirbs

the whole group after dinner at rum runners.

our pool at the aurora!

last night!! kimber me and kirbs

the 1/2 asians. a.k.a. jon & kate's kids

all the girls with reza and chan

dance party 2009.

this one is pretty special.

here we go summer, here we go!

came across this on a friends blog and thought it was cute.

back in sa town -- well been back since memorial day.

posting pics from florida soon.

peace & sun-kissed love from the 210.

OHH!!! my cousin is a BALLLLLLER

i also wanted to mention that my cousin brad is a baller. seriously! he is a senior at smithson valley high school and he plays pitcher/first base for the rangers varsity baseball team! he received a scholarship to play baseball at st edwards in austin this fall. i am so excited for him!

the sv rangers are in playoffs for baseball. they battled austin bowie and came out victorious in the first round. last night they dominated corpus christi carrol in a one game playoff match. and they will play the winner of clark and westlake this week.

on monday, brad was nominated as express news baseball player of the week!! i would post the link, but the article isn't showing up online. BUT ANYHOW. i am super excited for him! and mega proud! you can click here to check out the little write up about him signin with the hilltoppers.

SO i just wanted to shout out to my cousin brad. you are such a baller i am so proud of you and enjoy watching you excel in all you do. can't wait to be home this summer so we can play! love you b-rad!

[[after playing in the all star game last summer at missions stadium with the family]]

lately.

wow these past few weeks have FLOWN BY!
last week was the pratt show.
sunday = setting up at the manhattan center



tuesday night = professional night = champagne night


[[AOS graphic design kids - minus dana & brandon]]

wednesday night = family & friends night = wine night [[my parents got into town!]]


[[me in front of my 4x4 section]]


[[nancy stam & me!]]


[[my texas girls. allison & susie brought my yellow roses]]


[[the momma and the daddy! in nyc!]]


[[my old roommate kirby, she brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers and was my first guest to arrive :D]]


[[friends from texas livin in nyc! valerie & natalie]]


[[my tgc girls annie, shuffle, and chinae]]


[[2nd night of the show completed! serena, hyeree, me, tuten, elisha and liana]]


thursday = open to the public.
friday = reception for the AOS/AAS programs


[[our portion of the room. serena and her parents, tuten, dana, me, and my momma and daddy]]

saturday = my FIESTA! we had a graduation/goodbye for the summer party. i wanted my ny friends to have a taste of a san antonio fiesta! my mom and i made all the food [[fajitas, enchilada casserole, seven layer dip, spinach dip and queso]] i was in charge of the sangria [it was AMAZING]. and my mom brought ALL the decorations from sa town. she even brought 2 1/2 dozen cascarones! most of my friends had no idea what they were!


[[right before i smashed one on tut's head and forgot to crush it as i did it... um i hurt her on accident!]]


[[my little ada rae, me, donya my persian real life jasmine princess and tuten my turkish delight]]

i have a million more photos from my party [tuten allowed my mom to play paparazzi with her camera.... i will post those when i get the photo cd from tut.]

sunday = family dinner with my parents, uncle rick, cousins rick and andrea and their baby bella. we ate at carmines. it was incredible. took a limo bc we couldn't catch a cab. haha.

monday = graduation at radio city music hall!!
keynote speaker = judy collins (her singing made my mom tear up. nostalgia)
also in attendance, richard serra and tomie depaola!!

i will post all of those photos when im back in texas. for now my mom and i are packing up my apartment. i am heading to DESTIN FLORIDA on friday with my tcu friends for our reunion trip! i am so super excited i cannot even express it!! i will for sure blog about that and post pics when i return as well.

well thats me lately and the madness thast been goin on. i'll try and be a better blogger this summer :D