yeahhh...... etsy.

i saw this the other day on a blog...  i loved the blue behind the dishes. any color you fancy would be awesome.

pretty sweet full-length mirror done in cherry wood...

adorable little shelf thang...

a chair with french script on it... :)

.....

shabby chic little table...

i loved this vintage table... but ouch, don't look at the price. i'll have ben make me a replica someday for my house:)

.....

refreshing yellow-and-white wallpaper. in the kitchen. i've heard of wallpaper nightmares. heh. i just like the picture.

....and this last one: happiness mug. :) i cannot help but love it.
end of post.
:)

artistic endeavors: for mrs. h.

yeah, i started this canvas at night, a couple days before anna and i went down south for a weekend in september.
september 14

i was going for a slate blue, but it needed to be more pale.

after some of this with dear heather and anna (steph was working)

therefore, after a lovely time at starbucks, i headed home to try out a different shade of grey-blue....

...i liked how it turned out when i put on a coat of a lighter variation.

this one was for jen/pj's mom. :)
i have to say, it is quite lovely to see your art hanging on someone's wall other than your own. the color's went with the sweet blue they painted their office.

the verse jen sneak-asked; one of mrs. h.'s favorites. :)

tomorrow i've got a recipe to post...
the day after that i'll work on catching up with canvases again. :]
now i need to think of what to make for dinner....
♥

my day in pictures: coffee, cpu's, spark, and the gorgeousness that was the sky today.

so, let's got for some randomness, aye?
alrighty.
i found this shirt in the bottom of one of my drawers, and i swear i haven't worn it for more than a year. how did this happen?! it's my favorite shirt ever by c28.

so. monday, the glass coffee pot got a ding in it.
as in, a shattered little circle.
i shall not go into my hair-brained idea that i, indeed, quite desperately acted out.
with duct tape.
don't laugh.
i brewed 8 cups. within 5 minutes people in the kitchen were yelling for me, telling me it was leaking. all. over. the. place.
darnit.
can you say desperate? 'kay. moving on.
then yesterday, tuesday, i brewed this awesome french roast that heather got from her church. loveliness, right? right!! i brewed it into a mug and watched the movie bolt with the younger siblings.


okay, so i'm sorry for the cop-out of a post i did yesterday. belated apology, right?
well, i tell ya, it needed to be read!! because. why? because, the post before that, the one about english toffee lattes and good friends....all those comments came to my email inbox and every. single. one. didn't have their email open. therefore, i couldn't reply! and am i the only one who doesn't go back to every post i've read in a day just to see if the author has commented back about my question??? hello?
okay. hopefully i've made my point.
so, my reply to those comments asking if i liked the movie salt?? well...for most of the first part of it, i was concentrating on doing henna designs, so couldn't exactly focus on the movie and adapting to liking a character angelina plays. i don't particularly fancy her. at all. she's just not likable to me that much. and...sad to say i wasn't in much of an action movie mood.
random thought just now: bride and prejudice would be an awesome movie if you want to go on the strictly bollywood/india/henna theme. we should do that sometime...

i'll thank you dear blog friends, to put your email in your blogger account and have it public!! hehe. please do follow the instructions on this page:

......this is what i had for lunch. grilled cheese with pasta sauce...and coffee that i accidentally brewed too weak? :\ shoot.
funny thing though, i was reflecting on how i used to say grilled cheese when i was a little kid. girl cheese...anyone else say it funny? :)

it was good.

okay, so i bet no one ever guessed my blog would ever have any say of any sort about fitness. ever.
hahahhaha.
<--- i mean, look at that recipe button on the side! while putting that page together, collecting links and everything, i nearly started drooling, and was definitely craving any sort of pudding by the time i was done!
confession: i cannot do normal push-ups. and i'm not too fond of girly push ups either, though double confession: i haven't tried a girly push up for a while. can't remember the last time.
so....sometime a couple years ago --yes, my memory serves me right-- i made up cpu's. counter push ups.
heck. yes.
and let me tell you; you feel the burn.
especially if you're out of shape and going for a good round of 20 per try out. ;) the other day i did 50 --20, 10, and another 20-- the next day i woke up and wondered, why the heck do i ache all over?!
then, of course, i remembered.
oh, and a nice fact-- i'm not the only crazy person to post pictures of working out. deb and andrea have, too. so i don't feel quite that weird awesome. ;)

not many people know this, or do they?
the past month i've totally been a blank slate, completely lacking inspiration....any spark at all to paint.
i tell you...that's an awful place to be. :\
but. today, i got some of my mojo back. :) that's what anna calls it anyways. hahah.

rachel snapped a few while i was painting.
i'm only giving you one more sneak peek.
i really have to catch up and post the rest of the canvases!!

yeah, i'm kind of cheating you.
oh well.

it was so beautiful today.

gosh. i just love the sky.

after painting, i read today's entry in oswald chamber's book, my utmost for his highest.
i loved how the focus turned out in this shot.

so....last night we went out to chili's with grandpa and grandma t. to celebrate caleb's 17th birthday. :)
to say the least, it was fun. :)
from left to right: grandma t., caleb, ben, anna, me, rach, lyd, grammy, mom, dad, grandpa t. 
.....and here's a few more shots of my darker hair. i haven't ever been this dark. but i'm liking it.

...
and from the other night when heather and steph were over... after dinner we played cranium. heck, i might as well create a post special for documenting that night. i could go on and on. and there are several pictures. this post is already piled up about today.....

couldn't resist posting this one, though.
you can see why. :)

Many people lose the small joys

in the hope for the big happiness.
[Pearl S. Buck]

please, please, PLEASE read this.

i feel weird putting caps lock letters in the title.
oh well.
this is important.
random fact: i love the silence of libraries.
i just wanted you all to know...

well, those of you who have blogger...
read this, please.
no reply......
or read this one. take your pick.
make sure you have your profile fixed, with your email available!! because if it's not...it's kind of annoying.
and sad.
ya know, to see the noreply-comment@blogger.com thingy. :P
thanks, dears!! you won't regret it. ;)

an english toffee latte and friends:)

me, steph, heath, anna.....
last night at gram's house...all to ourselves.

angle shot of my henna....i did it freehand; a design i made up a month ago while doodling.
i've kept it alive by re-inking it with pen.
hehehhehe.

while they watched Salt, i did henna designs on their hands, and heather's right shoulder blade. pretty intricate indian-flower-looking thing. :)
. . . because that's our version of a pretty awesome get-together night/morning: brewing coffee after 8pm (gasp!), lots of conversations of all sorts, a few good movies, munchies and reese's peanut butter cups, and lots of tea too. if you get to bed before the sun's rising, kudos to you. ;) just kidding!!
this morning we got up late but before noon, the snow was falling softly and quite pretty but over time got worse and worse, and we went to the coffee shop in town before saying talk-to-ya-soon.

i don't normally do lattes, but i got one with a shot of english toffee in it. and whipped cream on top.
oh. my.
it was wonderful. and the huge almond-raspberry scone that we split 4 ways. soo yummy.
no pictures of course, because i need to get a new camera....
so, any thoughts on lattes, mochas, and cameras?
which types or brands do you go for?? and why?
i'm heading off to bed--so tired at 9:51. ahhh. very tired.
night! :)