I hope ya'll are great! Enjoy your Thursday.... I am heading to see... THE HELP with my book club girls tonight. Super excited. Anyways, have a great night!!
You know how everyone has a second home? Home away from home? Mine's Target. I bought four books there today. My Target drop-ins usually go as such... Going in to restock my shampoo/conditioner & deod ... and I walk out with 4 books, a candle and some nail polish. Books are good though. Good purchases / smart purchases that i'm not supposed to feel bad about getting. I'm expanding my mind, so it's all right.
New Goal:
Starting with...
Chick - Lit, DUH.
Other purchases are:
I judge books by their covers... truly. This book looks sad and wintery, i'm into it. I also LOVE the image... wows.
Lit is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. Written with Karr's relentless honesty, unflinching self-scrutiny, and irreverent, lacerating humor, it is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up--as only Mary Karr can tell it.
.....i'm intrigued.
I hear this is just hilarious-o. do it to it!
------------- more Ava's photos... (get used to it) ... she's my love. --------------
-------------- my freens Laura, Ryan and I went to our buddy Brett's wedding last weekend. We all play co-ed soccer together. It was a great time. very lovely indeed. --------------
Happy Monday, YA'LL. Just some tunes to welcome you to the week..... :) Just a little side note... I saw "The Change Up" last night and it was hilarious. Raunchy, but hilarious. :) I recommend.
Orange Shirt - Discovery
LOVING all over Discovery. All of it. YUM.
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One May Die So Lonely - Jaymay
Jaymay is quite delightful.... she does the soundtrack for one of my new favorite films... "Happythankyoumoreplease" - this song is fantastic. Enjoy.
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Minnesota, WI - Bon Iver
This band rules and so does this song.
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Fools Rush In - Ingrid Michaelson
This is a beautiful song... usually by whoever covers it. I like her version so much.
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Train Song - Ben Gibbard & Feist
Mmmmm hmmm.... :)
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The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want the most, for what you want now.
Zig Ziglar
Happiness, it is said, is seldom found by those who seek it, and never found by those who seek it for themselves.
I'm just sitting here on my couch, relaxing, watching a movie and looking at photos. My dad gave me his laptop a while ago and I was looking through his iphoto-s and I came across a sweet bittle part of life that I miss. Sometimes its nice to look back at where you came from. Childhood is priceless. Dad your specs are pretty fantastical.... :) !!!!!
Sister Clairey
Juanny Honny was the cutest little guy ever. ever!
love my JB's
Pretty sure we got these awesome wind breaker suits every birthday
or Christmas.... they were da best!
This is me. The serious chunker / crazy haired one out of the group.
One of my very favorite photos of these two.
Daddio & sister.... precious!
playing gymnastics in the living room probably...
Oh hey guys
Christmas 1980 - something :)
Sister <3
The movie I grew up on..... Overboard. Good NESS.... could watch it over & over....
" We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, & sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. "
I hope everyone's week is going greatly and you are staying cool. I wake up everyday and tell TexAS to cool off but she doesn't listen to me. So rude. Oh well. Moving on.
Just got to work. Starting my day off much like I always do. Coffee, granola bar, water bottle, celebrity gossip, and design blogs. ;0) I have to start my day like this because it gets my mind going and fills it with color, confusion, sadness, happiness, inspiration, ideas, and caffeine.... all keys to a successful day of creating. Ha ha. =/
This is what that looks like....
{so last night....}
I saw "Crazy Stupid Love" and it was just soooo wonderful. You must go see it if you haven't. And, no... it's not a chick flick. I would say it's more like a family movie.... a mature family movie. A family movie much like Dan in Real Life where you have to be older to relate and see life through your parents eyes. I loved it. Absolutely loved it.
{more babies....}
I was looking at my BIL's facebook page yesterday and I came across these photos he took of my sister and baby A.... Love them & wanted to share.
Walking around Lawrence....
My beautiful sister.
Nonna (Brett's mom) and I decorated the house for the Heido Homecoming.... :)
I took this of Brett about to change Ava's first diaper.... she was not a happy camper.
And here are a couple more scenes from my weekend at their house...
We dyed some onesies for baby lady....
We had to make one "tye-dye" one for when she feels like being a hippie baby.
Ava snuggled up to her daddy.... so precious.
And lastly........ My friend Josh posted this one his music website / facebook page.... Philly String and I am totally stealing it and putting it on my blog. I've had it on repeat all morning, and probably all day. You must watch this. It's absolutely beautiful & inspiring. {also, I am aware I may be like.... so late on this and everyone has already seen it.... story of my life. WATCH IT AGAIN! :) }
Watch it. Love it. Pass it on.
Have a wonderful Thursday, friends. {and} SHAKE THE DUST... :)
Actually it's a Haley confession about Bon Iver... more specifically, Justin Vernon. He totally rocks my world. He is LITrally the coolest and has that very boyish / woodzee style that I love {my favvvvvorite!!!}. I LOVE FLANNEL... and beards.... and winter... and his style and music just embody those things. Most importantly though.... the music is just unbelievable. Oh, and we would totally be friends. I know it. ;0)
Some friends and I saw them FRONT ROW in Denver a couple summers ago... it was unbelievable. We drove all night and were ready to get our minds blown.... I have a short video that I took on my facebook and I have two photos - crazy, I must have been way into it to not take photos.
The stage was vibrating like crazy... so his face is a little shakey... but thats okay... :)
So anyways, I sat on my couch last night all by my lonesome and ate mac n cheese, had a few brews and listened to the show on my computer {is that sad?} nah.... it was QUITE delightful!! :) :) :) What a class act they are. He is so gracious and genuine it seems. Good ole midwestern folk. ;0)
If you missed the LIVE NPR recording last night of their show...
You will just LOVE IT. And go see them if they come to a city near you - you will be blown away! They are coming to Dallas in September and are playing RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from me. Yeah, so - its going to be amazing. See you soon JV!
" Everything that happens is from now on.... " - bon iver
I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend... I sure did. I got to see my little lovebug, my sister, friends and BIL. The weekend was full of chatting, eating, diet dr.pepper, Hershey kisses, fabric dye, steak, ava loving, mama napping, and auntie haley {me} bouncing and walking.... while saying, "bouncin' and walkin' and stretchin' and eatin', smilin' and swayin', sleepin' and tootin'" {all to the tune of the intro to "My Best Friends Wedding" of course....} (My dad would be so proud.... nerdy songs are flowing, dad.... I never knew this day would come... haha!)
Anyways, I am just in love with this copper penny haired, blue eyed little sweetie. I can't wait to see her in Colorado over Labor Day. Oh yeah, and the rest of my family of course! Here are a few photos and videos of the weekend. She had the hiccups 90% of the time.... hilarious. Oh yeah, and one of my favorite "Ava-isms" is she smiles after she toots... it's hilarious.
Gorgeous gals.....
A couple more months and those cutie shorts will fit! haha, she is so tiny!
PS: This song is FANTASTIC. {Galley showed it to me, I think?!}
