sunset

Today was work work work. Out at the Ranch, mowing, weeding, and just generally keepin' the grounds nice and tidy, then swiftly out to the library where I was a SUB. (Not a long sammwich'..or an underground train...but a SUBSTITUTE.) :)    I got the opportunity to play 'Librarian' solo for the first time. It was nerve-wracking...that's for sure. I mean, honestly, WHAT IF I failed to stamp something, scan something, or forgot to stamp a youngster's hand?!  By the way...I work at the library now. Did I forget to mention that?...I am an alphabetizing beast, mind you.

Well, after a very long day, I did forget to scan one thing, (stupid DVD), but the world didn't come to an end.  In fact, it just made things more interesting.

Tomorrow...I honestly can't BELIVE that I'm sayin this...I'm going to go see Twilight..Eclipse. I've never seen any of the prior films, nor read the books, so its going to be interesting. BUT, fun! Nick, Alex, (my two current besties...), are along with me...pictures to come!

And NO..I will not be wearing a "Team _____" shirt..no way.  :)

Wearing: J. Crew top/Hand-me-down from my Auntie. Shorts/Sisters Levi's. Moccasins/Old Navy. Gold Chain necklace/F21. Backpack/Vintage Fossil.

g.i. jessica

Sunshine. Sunshine. Sunshine. FINALLY. I've been griping about the weather sooo much. I'm over it - I  reached that point of 'over it' the moment I felt the sun on my shoulders as these pictures were snapped.

I was in love with Jessica Alba's combination of hard-soft, bad ass-sweet heart, floral - doc martens. Here's my own version of the look. Her maroon Docs paired with black socks is pretty rad, I must admit. LOVE IT.

Wearing: Striped tank/Massimo x Target.  Denim cutoffs/My sister's old Levis had a get-together with meh' cloth scissors.  Boots/Classic patent combats, present from Nick, that I instantly punched belt studs through. Scarf/Vintage from Grammie.

cotillard

ph. by Mario Testino

June presented a rockin' VOGUE; surf, sand, sufers, perfect surfer hair, the richest and most delectible of beach tans...and most of all, one of my main inspirations - Blake Lively. This month took a complete 90 degree turn. A turn towards an anonymous musicisan, muse to Dior Couture, and all-around classic French beauty: Marion Cotillard.

I have only had the chance to see her work in NINE, (with Kate Hudson and every other bloody celebrity under the sun...), yet I was definitely most impressed with Cotillard. I walked away from my rickety theatre seat knowing that she was my favorite character of the film - the star I felt the best on-screen connection with.  I was totally amazed to find that she's also a musician in an Expressionist-Surrealist band called Yodelice.  She plays the bass, keyboard, and tambourine in men's clothes and under a moniker of 'Simone'.  How cool is that?!

She continues to intrigue me, I'm definitely going to have to try to catch more of her work...for now, these pictures are gorgeous. Testino is BOSS.

all DIOR and all gorgeous

finally found the sun

Ok...I'm not quite sure to actually believe if summer is truly here or not. We see one happy day full of sunshine and high temperatures with great reports from the weatherman. The next day we have rain, rain, rain, and begin yelling threats to the TV's weather channels. Ugh....vicious cycle forcing me to dig out my prematurely stashed winter clothes to don between glorious days of flip-flops.   I hate Washington this year.

Despite my feelings for this wonky weather, I must admit that this has been one amazing day.  I'm in a tank top at 7 pm! Amazing! And the light was gorgeous, as you can see from the sunset above. Made for some fab pictures...Going to HoopFest this weekend! "The biggest 3-on-3 basketball tourney in the world......" I used to play, for many years, but this year I've become an official observer..and sno-cone devour-er..:)

making tracks

Another cold day, yet another sweet creation. My sister, (creator of newbie-blog Utterly Negligent), works for an amazing artisan café called, well...called Café Artisan. Catchy, isn't it? :)   At the big parade-day last Saturday, the café made about a million of their homemade ice cream sammies.  Homemade can sometimes mean, "buy the ice cream, scoop it between two store-bought cookies...";  the fact that it was constructed at home makes it 'homemade.'   No, no, no. At the Café Artisan, when I say 'homemade', I mean completely homemade.  Handcrafted and specifically flavored ice cream perfectly sandwiched between two homemade graham wafer cookies.  Strolling by, I glanced at the menu to be wowed by the flavor combinations: Strawberry Cheesecake on vanilla-graham cookies, Caramel Praline on vanilla cookies, Double Chocolate on chocolate wafers, and so many more....

I was somewhat inspired - somewhat bored yesterday morning, so I decided to try my hand at it. I grabbed a few snickerdoodles my mum made two days ago, a table spoon, and some moose tracks ice cream, (my father's faaaaavorite).  It turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself. So easy. Not exactly homemade, but 50%....

Voilaaa! :)

sour green apples

Baking, baking, baking. Something just feels right about making something warm and comforting on a rainy day like this.  Washington, my rainy little Evergreen State, is having a terrible summer. More like big fat LACK of summer. (At least on the Eastern side..blech). Yesterday was agreeable and sunny at a good 65 degrees, today is rainy and nearly topping off at 40. Ridiculous. But more pictures to come from yesterday, their on Nick's camera and are positively begging to be uploaded...

But I must also say one more thing - Happy Father's Day! It makes me smile to think that any fathers would actually be reading this - but it must be said. :) I decided to make my Pop a nice apple crisp; warm, melty, buttery, and absolutely swimming in half-and-half...its his favorite.

How did everyone else celebrate their dear ol' dads?

Pre-bake, a peek of a juicy green apple...

Voila! After-bake. The crumbly topping melted in and blended with

a couple shakes of cinnamon.

the day before saturday

ph. by Nick

Fantastically amazing day in the city of Spoklahoma yesterday. Clever name for Spokane, eh? Stole that from one of my favorite radio channels, 94.5.  

So many different things to do! 7 am: Leave with Nick, set off for the city.  

8 am: Prepare the FINAL PAPER of my freshman year at SCC.   

 8:30 am: Take the FINAL TEST of my freshman year at SCC.  

9:30 am: DONE with the test, and off shopping for a present for Nick's dad.

Happy Birthday today, Patrick! :)  

10:30 am: Go on a hunt for a gun cabinet for Patrick...:) That was fun.

And hunted around at a tiny yardsale, to pass the time. 

1 pm: Lunch at Wingers, (the vegetarian rice bowl is my favorite...ugh..I'm

kinda hungry just thinking about it now...).  Mmmmmmm.

3 pm: Shopping in Walmart. Various goodies and groceries like mouthwash, gum, Carmex, black bikini bottoms, ($7.50!? YES! DEAL!)

4:30 pm: Set off for home.

5:30 pm: Home and start making dinner while Nick changes a tire. Totally surprise crack in the sidewall. Did I know tires had walls? Well..I do now.

7:30 pm: Make cupcakes! Happy Birthday to my Uncle Mike and Grandpa tomorrow!

8:30 pm: Head over to a friends' house to start a movie. Shutter Island; Leonardo DiCaprio was incredible...shockingly incredible. Loved it!

10:15 pm: Head home without finishing the movie. Gotta beat curfew! :)

Pretty big day...but had tons of fun. The City, (and NOT referring to the TV show...), is amazing. Things change, people change, but it seems that the city never really looses its charm. I can't wait to take some shots of the local architecture soon. Very soon!

Hope you're all having FAB Saturdays!

this isn't an ad for Sterling Savings, I swear...;) I was actually at AmericanWest Bank...

My NEWEST possession...gosh, I love it.

for what i know is real

OH MY GOSH...I'M ALMOST OUT OF SCHOOL.

Is anyone else feeling this? Today is a rainy, lazy-day sandwiched between finals; one more test until I'm done for the summer. finallllyy...

I was trying to get ready for some warmer weather last weekend, doing some sewing and altering. I cleaned out my closet, sewing box, everything. This super-spandexy, (that IS a word, right?), purple shirt was lurking in the back-back corner of my closet, just waiting to be turned into a simple mini.

My posts have been entirely too short and entirely too far between. Ugh. But now that I'm nearly done with school, things will be much improved. Possibly making ice cream sammwiches tonight! (Lil' surprise for Dad's Day...)...more pictures to come...

Oh yeah. And I broke a curling iron. COOL use for a makeup sponge, huh? :)