3D glasses give me a headache.

Tonight, my husband and I went to see Resident Evil: Afterlife.



I had heard both good & bad things about it, but I honestly went in with an open mind. I loved the three that came before it, so I wasn't going to let a few reviews ruin it for me.


And it's a good thing, because I....

LOVED IT!

I do encourage you to see for yourself. It has to be the best 3D movie I have ever seen. There was so much action, a few twists, and some close calls. My heart was beating fast pretty much the entire time, and there were a few times that I jumped out of my seat a little bit.
It was definitely worth the money to see it in theaters. So, what are you waiting for?

Don't forget about my give away. It ends Friday. Tell all your friends!

[s]low country

Guess what I just bought?


A blank canvas.
And I need to fill it with beautiful colors & brush strokes.
This is where YOU come in.

I am 'giving away' a custom portrait painting.
From now until Friday, I will be accepting entries.


Details:
I will paint a portrait of your mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, sister, brother, kid, significant other, bffl [you get my point] on an 8x10 canvas, AND send it to you [a $75 value] FOR FREE.

To enter:
Leave a comment on THIS post telling me who you would want a portrait of.
Also, leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.

Extra entries:
Leave a separate comment letting me know

• if you are a new follower.
• if you have tweeted or blogged about this give away [please leave a link!]

Offer only valid in the U.S.
Winner will be announced Saturday, September 18th.

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etsy

Only in your dreams

You know how Picasso had the blue period?

Well, I must be having a childhood fantasy period, because I keep painting things like this:

& I keep creating things like this:

& as much as my husband laughs at me for it, I don't care.

I'm currently working on a water color series titled 'Today, I am....'
and an acrylic landscape series titled 'Wish you were here.'

One thing I realized that I haven't been doing like I should be.....reading.
I bought/traded SO many books this summer thinking that I would be reading non stop. I read 4 books before I got too busy, and somewhere along the way I forgot to start back.
So, my goal is to read AT LEAST 3o minutes a day, every single day. I know it's not a lot, but it's definitely better than going weeks/months without picking up a book.

Any suggestions for good reads?

srsly...

I fell victim to another fad.

If you ever wanted to know anything about me, now is the time to ask....before I come to my senses =P

idk. my bff, jill.

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Since I've had a lot of time on my hands lately, I've been painting/crafting to take up my time.
Usually I listen to music or watch t.v. so I don't have to sit in silence.
The other day I was watching iCarly [let the hating begin], and I heard someone say something along the lines of 'we're going to be best friends forever'.
I couldn't help but laugh.
It made me think back to my childhood [what can I say, I've been feeling nostalgic lately.]
I had four 'best friends' from preschool until about 10th grade of high school. At that point, we all kind of went our own way. We were still friends in high school, but not the same kind of spend the night at each others houses every weekend, make up dances to pop songs, pretend to be mermaids in the pool kind of bond that we had all those years before.
Other than the fact that one of them passed away our freshman year of college, I could count on my fingers how many times I've talked to the other three since high school graduation.
It's sad actually. I genuinely thought these girls were going to be the people I turned to through all the twists & turns that life took me on. Obviously, I met new friends, and I am more than thankful for them. Without my friends, sometimes I'm not sure how I would get by. As hard as it is to admit that friendships fade away, the fact is that the memories from them don't.
I'm grateful for all of my past & future friendships, but I am no longer naive enough to think that ALL of them last forever.

Umm, seriously...

My husband bought a blackberry this week. It is the bane of my existence.
He has hardly put it down in the 4 days that he has had it, and I don't know how much longer I can take. Now, he's on it during dinner, while we're watching t.v., laying in bed. I mean, come on! The computer is two feet away, and he'll be on facebook on his phone. Don't get me wrong, I totally get that people use blackberrys for business, and they CAN come in really handy, etc. But OBVIOUSLY this isn't why he got one.
Someone PLEASE tell me you've dealt with this before. Tips/advice with trying to convince him he doesn't need it permanently attached to hand would be greatly appreciated.

Memory Lane, Pt. 2

Ohhh, the high school years.

I'm not going to lie, I was a little awkward in high school.
If you can't tell.......
At least I discovered contacts.

at some point, I morphed into a punk kid, and did not leave the house without my chuck taylors, stud belt and coke top bracelet.
*cue emo music*

& of COURSE I had a digital camera...


It's so weird looking back and seeing how LAME I actually was, when I thought I was so amazing. If history really does repeat itself, I guess I'll be doing this same thing again 10 years down the road.