getaway

my wonderful mother is on a spontaneous getaway with one of her bffs to Palm Springs - her first time in over 30 years on a vacation without taking kids or going to visit kids/family. I am dreaming of her enjoying desert air, sunny skies, vintage feel and palm trees. need to start thinking about my own little getaway with spring break approaching....

hashai live

I've been following decorator AB Chao's flickr and blog for years since I found her writing at a fun and snarky website I used to love, called Television Without Pity. She's finally turned her blog into a great decorating/inspiration/photo/trend-collecting place. So fun I think I'll put it on my Diversions list! Here~

all I've got for you this week are fun pictures

Too much other stuff to do.

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I enjoy watching this guy on Hawaii Five-O on Mondays. And I'm not getting paid to write that.

ahhh

as my brother's fb put it: the first warm days after a cold winter, like food to a starving man.

60s and breezy these past few days....(very early) spring cleaning will commence today.

I just have a lot of feelings.

ha.

Vintage School Days

I'm guest blogging on some great etsy finds over at Tiptoe Through today! Check it out.
This week it's in the 50s/60s and sunny in Saint Louis. Think spring!

(photo cred: moi)

loved.

Probably the most fun holiday as a teacher. All the love without the craziness and costume changes of Halloween.

P.S. Homemade Valentines rock!

Musica Nueva

new music discovery....don't know how I didn't know about this awesome band, other than the fact that I'm not in college anymore and can't keep up with non-mainstream music....I digress. Some kiddos at my little brother's high school choir concert this weekend performed Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros "Home"...loving the sound....reminds me a little of Johnny Cash/June Carter, and a bit of Beirut with the insrumentals...take a listen and have a happy, loving day!

happy weekend

here's to lots of chocolate, if nothing else.
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this made me laugh. a lot.

...on an otherwise rather mundane day of work, errands, laundry, etc.
(found)

Yes.

Let's find an abandoned ferris wheel and frolic and shoot photos and play.

from here, found here

Spring Fling

I generally have an okay tolerance for cold weather, but this winter would seem to be different. I'm ready for spring. Dreaming about sweet dresses for the concerts, teas, graduations, and general frolicking that will fill up the upcoming months.

spring dresses by cranecurtis featuring floral dresses

click for deets.

Hometown Pride

I could not have loved this commercial more. So proud to be from Detroit, even though I don't live there anymore. Also awesome - the Doritos commercials and Bridgestone Tire beaver commercial. After yesterday's party full of awesome snacks, I'm going to have to break down and get a Costco membership.

Housebound.

Bushes outside my apartment.....twill be covered with snow in the morning. The great storm of 2011 began to make its way into Saint Louis on Monday with lots of rain - we were sent home early from school (albeit, a little prematurely) and by Monday night, it had turned to ice....the roads were virtually undriveable and no one was out today. In fact, they've closed major interstates all around the state. Now the ice has turned to snow, so once again I'll be forced to sleep in and watch copious amounts of television tomorrow. Although a little productivity is on the docket too. Thank goodness the power hasn't gone out,. and hopefully the roads will be a little clearer by early afternoon, if only for a quick excursion to the store or starbucks. I like my laziness, but I'll be getting a little stir-crazy by tomorrow. Today started off well enough - I didn't slip while walking the dog, my 2 doors over neighbor/friend who grew up in Spain invited me over for churros and hot chocolate, and I sufficiently caught up on my DVR queue.

my doggeh throws up gang signs with her ears

It is warm. Like 40 degrees warm. And sunny. And the weekend. Yah.

Fondue Do

I found these gorgeous photos of a New Years fondue party while browsing Oh Happy Day.

I have been known to get overexcited about fondue. I had a cheese fondue birthday party in high school (so cool, I know) and chocolate fondue party in my first apartment. And, I've (ahem) made up a batch or two for myself on nights when I just feel like noshing. Love the idea of this on New Years, or maybe Christmas. And the Shirley Temples? I die.

Happy Snow Day, Mid-America

Cozy, lazy day.

Beverage of Hogsmeade

between meetings,
and post-Christmas dinners with friends to catch up,
and lesson planning,
and new apartment hunting,
and some extra school projects I've taken on,

January is full and flying.

The highlight so far: my boss (not just my immediate principal. but the head honcho here) somehow knows I am a Harry Potter lover. Unbeknownst to me she was at a conference in Orlando and visited the Harry Potter theme park, bringing back a bottle of pumpkin juice for none other than little old me. I think I'll be working here while :-) I'm popping it open tonight and toasting to a *hopeful* snow day tomorrow.

*she said she wanted to bring back butterbeer, but they don't bottle that. guess I'll just have to go myself.

remembering

The school I work at doesn't take Martin Luther King, Jr. day off. Instead, students hear an (age-appropriate) talk about him and go about with productive days as usual. I think this is much better than a 3 day weekend where kids wouldn't think of it at all. When I was in college we didn't have school but I always participated in community service geared towards helping others. Take the day on, not off!