Random stuff (and a rant on Twilight)

I'm totally sucked of creative juices today (and, well, everyday lately, to tell you the truth) so, y'all are just going to get a mish mash of stuff and like it (I might have said that last night while serving dinner. What? Beans, zucchini and tomato sauce doesn't sound appealing? That's all we had. Deal....It actually was quite tasty, thanks to my heavy hand with garlic, pepper and cheese....cheese makes it all better).

1. I have a new obsession with the name Ellie Kate because it would be the perfect name for my future daughter to honor my two grandmothers. Of course, I already know an Ellie Kate, my dog's name is Ella, and my name sounds an awful lot like 'Ellie'. Oh, and, I'm like 50 billion lightyears away from being pregnant. But, whatevs. Is it just a generally female thing to be obsessed with the names of our future offspring?

2. I want to own really fancy pieces of jewelry from David Yurman and such, but then I can't bring myself to spend the money. And then I realize at the end of the day I really like unique and vintage type jewelry. Because at the end of the day, I'm kind of a little hippy.

3. In elementary school, I went to a total hippy school. We couldn't have food with sugar in our packed lunches, no soda (except Hansen's!) and we had our own garden and compost pile. I have vivid memories of not wearing shoes in the spring months and we often swam in a creek during "recess". I am not joking. It was freaking awesome. (you should know that my parents? Not flower children at all. Which is why this is so hilarious) (my dad would smuggle me Red Vines and contraband on occasion. Also? The kids loved when he would drive on field trips. That's right, no school buses either)

4. My grandmother's engagement/wedding ring was a moonstone ring. Because of that, it has become kind of like our family stone (moonstone and larimar. Can you tell we're beach people?). I seriously want a moonstone ring. But, whenever I Google or even look on Etsy for 'moonstone ring' I get 50 million results for "Bella's Moonstone Ring" "Twilight Inspired Jewelry" "Twilight Ring". And then I want to smack some people because I'll look like some teeny bopper TwiHard with my stupid moonstone ring. My grandmother had it first!! I.hate.Twighlight.

5. I bought hot pink nail polish today (since I'm too cheap and lazy to pay for a manicure). I'll be rockin' some summertime hued nails tomorrow. Sweet. (if only I could paint my little toesies!)

6. I spent a good 45 minutes (unsuccessfully) looking for some pictures last night, and as I stomped all over our house, Ella Mae was dutifully following me around. I imagine it was something like this "What is you looking for mom? Iz help you find it. Here. Let me sniff.". She is a hound dog after all. It was the cutest thing. Butch just stared at us angrily. He's a grumpy old man. If my life was The Fox and The Hound, Ella would obviously be Copper and Butch would be Chief.

7. Fully aware that my pets are not actually real human children. Doesn't mean I don't treat them like they are.

8. I'm so freaking excited about my new firepit. I've wanted one since we moved into our house two years ago. We also finally have up some fun twinkle-y lights on our patio. I fully intend to park myself on the patio with a bag of marshmallows this weekend. S'mores! (ha, it's like camping, Jenny!)

9. When I was 18, I was super duper rebellious. Not in the "I stayed out past curfew and got pulled over" type thing. Nope, I was always home when I said I'd be (or over at Cara or Allison's house), always at work or school on time. I was a very well behaved rebel. If that makes sense. To that end, the day I turned 18 I got a tattoo. Because what says 'adult' better than permanent ink? To compound that, 6 months later, I got another (and it's a whole mess bigger than I wanted it to be!). My dad finding out was not fun. Years later, yeah, I have regrets, but I don't want to go through the money or time to have them removed. After all, if two tattoos that are covered 99.9999999999% of the time is the worst I did as a teenager, I'd say it's all OK.

10. I'm totally making pina colada pancakes this weekend. I've made peace with the fact that I will never again be skinny (that's a total lie, I haven't made peace at all. I just really like pina colada pancakes) (am considering burning off all my taste buds so I don't taste anything and thus won't want to eat. Am doing this after the pancakes. Also? I think this would be a genius way to lose weight. Why has no one thought of this? I don't want to eat if I can't taste!).

11. I wish I was a superhero because then I could fly and or telaport. I'd totally teleport to a beach right now. I thought it was Friday. It is not. I am not thrilled.

12. At least Bones, Community and The Office are on tonight. The only way Thursday is liveable. (until June 3rd of course--Burn Notice!!!)

13. I'm so over working. Why I am not a lady of leisure I will never know. I love my job and all (no, really, I do!), but, man, do you realize how clean my house would be if I could at least work from home? I might actually have time for a real manicure! Or a haircut from somewhere other than SuperCuts. Oh the joy.....

14. My soul sister is heading to Lake Tahoe next week for our family's annual trip. I'm not going (I'm also technically not part of their family for real, but, they've accepted me as their own. Which is good. Since Paula Deen hasn't adopted me yet and Meryl Streep isn't returning my calls). I looooove Lake Tahoe. Mainly? I love staying up way too late watching movies with the girls. Although this year I'm pretty sure my nieces would be staying up late with us since they're freaking high schoolers now--and I just can't accept that. (they're 7 and 9. I don't care what they say)

15. I need a tan. I usually get tan by running. Since we're training at night, my 2-3 hours of sun every Saturday is gone. I despise laying out (too hot). I'm slightly bummed about this. I am not bummed about sleeping in on Saturdays. (is it really sleeping in if you don't get to bed until 5AM? Because I see a lot of that in my future).

That's all I've got for today, folks! If you stuck around, you deserve a prize. Sadly, I don't have any. But, this is my sprinkling good juju and fairy sparkles your way ::happy thoughts::

Happy Thursday y'all! Let's make it to the weekend!

For Giggles and Grins

Thank you all so much for your kind words on my post yesterday--I really appreciate each and every one of you and I am so grateful for such wonderful blog friends. So, thank you! (And GSG, I'll e-mail you about the onesies--you're so sweet!)

On that note, I figured since a) The Office is not on tonight (boo!) and b) it's ER's last episode (can you believe it?), I'd share with you some classic NBC Thursday Night Prime Time Humor.

You've been Bamboozled.

(from YouTube)

"Fear of Triscuits--what, they have really sharp edges."

Because it's Thursday

From YouTube

You're welcome.

"Chill out Pam."

Etsy worthy?

I thought I would post some pictures of the jewelry that I started working on last week. Clearly, I am not a big fancy pants professional or anything, but, I think they look pretty good..... What do you think? (apologies that I took the pictures on the floor!)

This necklace is black glass beads with three large clear glass beads--the focal point is a little off center, which is what I was going for.

Fun bracelet with glass leopard print beads, Czech crystals and little black glass beads with a pretty toggle clasp. I think it's really cute and fun.

Another bracelet with baby turquoise beads within off-white glass rounds.

Lavender all over the place! This is a lavender necklace, bracelet and earrings--made up of lavender colored glass beads, simulated pearls and Czech crystal beads. I don't know if you can see, but, there are also some white earrings made up of distressed glass and simulated pearls.

I love this bracelet! The focal point is zebra print glass beads--which I think are so fun! It also has glass rounds, Czech crystal, silver spacers and a silver toggle clasp.

This is a twist on the original leopard print. I think this would go great with a black dress and maybe a blue belt or something--I think it's really fun. You can see the black glass spacers, the turquoise Czech crystals and silver spacers with a silver toggle.

I wore this necklace last weekend! It has off white glass spacers, distressed glass beads, and lovely shell like glass rounds.

This one reminds me of the beach. It has glass beads that resemble sea shells (to me) and distressed glass beads. It's very earthy and pretty.

So, what do ya think? Should I start an Etsy store? I figure it's just in time for the holidays and I always love getting handmade things....

Also, who didn't love the end of The Office last night?! My little heart was filled with warm fuzzies.

In Case You Miseed It

**Spoiler Alert**

"Roy. She was engaged to Roy."

Hilarious with a capital 'H'--it would have been all caps, but, it needed some Pam, Jan and Toby action. Seriously--where was Jan?!

Can't wait till next week!

PS. Just so you know, next week is "The Baby Shower". I can't even imagine.

Oh, and I'm going to by the bead shop on the way home today. Maybe I'll figure out how to make jewelry after all (note: I am not creative. This will be a study in watching Miss Writer attempt something remotely artsy. It will be hilarious.)