tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55418188731632902342024-03-13T05:22:04.865-07:00Memoir of a Quixotic Femalethe life and times of a hopeless romantic.ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-34543712359509958752012-08-13T21:42:00.002-07:002012-08-13T21:42:57.415-07:00Requiem for a dream.
<br />
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span> swallowed storm from the inside,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">so passive and calm the exterior,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">that the languid gaze, </span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">places held,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">a smile fixed ever so carefully,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">every line delivered exactly as it was written,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">so the story marches to the same tired drum.</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">it doesn’t really matter now,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">the prize, </span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">the fire, </span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">unwon.</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">the sun set,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">the moon hidden behind the clouds,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">so that not even the stars shine bright enough,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">to glow through the haze of buried treasure.</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">shriveled, </span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">crumpled, </span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">paper worlds,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">that never even left the pages,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">never had a chance to sink oceans in their wake.</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">gone before they ever were.</span></div>
<div class="p2">
<span class="s1"></span><br /></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">you were everything,</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">you were mine,</span></div>
<div class="p2">
<span class="s1"></span><br /></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">and you never really existed.</span></div>
ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-44099310538968669492011-07-28T10:32:00.000-07:002011-07-28T10:32:24.608-07:00Runnnnnnning on empty....<div style="text-align: center;">SOOOO, things are crazy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm working overtime this week,</div><div style="text-align: center;">my husband's going into the field and </div><div style="text-align: center;">leaving me all alone for three days (tear!),</div><div style="text-align: center;">and today my car died!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bix2oftj1x4/TjGdAVXs2UI/AAAAAAAAANk/IZVOq2qh9zM/s1600/83718720_VVh83i1i_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bix2oftj1x4/TjGdAVXs2UI/AAAAAAAAANk/IZVOq2qh9zM/s640/83718720_VVh83i1i_c.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, while I'm attempting not to pull my hair out,</div><div style="text-align: center;">just wanted to let you guys know that I'm still here, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I have a tutorial coming up as soon as I get a second to breathe :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone else having a way-too-insane week?</div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-18100677573436826752011-07-19T16:54:00.000-07:002011-07-19T16:54:55.634-07:00Style Hunt Tuesday.<div style="text-align: center;">So, the husband and I went shopping today,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I just have to say, that Old Navy is extremely underrated.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They had some of the cutest clothes today, especially dresses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Below are just a few of the great things I found.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out the sales they have online right now too!<br />
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<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/old_navy_shopping_trip/set?.embedder=1047876&.mid=embed&id=34271279" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="old navy shopping trip" border="0" force="1" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/34271279/id/ekNMr2Gy4BGhH8MEvxX51Q/size/e.jpg" title="old navy shopping trip" /></a></div><center><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/old_navy_shopping_trip/set?.embedder=1047876&.mid=embed&id=34271279">Old Navy Shopping Day</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=1047876&.mid=embed&id=1047876&name=quixotickvinne">quixotickvinne</a></small><br />
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Have you found any great things<br />
at an under-appreciated store lately?</div></div></center>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-39532705111975588892011-07-19T15:25:00.000-07:002011-07-19T15:30:16.309-07:00Shabby Apple Overboard Dress Giveaway<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, Grosgrain has done it again.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They have posted an ADORBALE dress from Shabby Apple to giveaway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IcHsh6d_cFc/TiYEsRqzxOI/AAAAAAAAAM0/FJmQUTlgWQo/s400/shabbyappledress1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631193542777095394" /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I fell in love with Shabby Apple last year when my <a href="http://www.lovesarasophia.com/">sister</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">won a dress from them on another site's giveaway. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They're so 40's inpired and you just feel like a pin-up girl wearing one </div><div style="text-align: center;">(the classy, demure, 40's style pin-up, of course. Nothing raunchy.) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ESy5Z0hDbI/TiYFDEFYpwI/AAAAAAAAAM8/aC8w_O_06zQ/s400/shabbyappledress2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631193934267459330" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shabby Apple's new line of nautical dresses and skirts </div><div style="text-align: center;">are so classy and adorable. You'll fall in love at one glance. I know I did.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out the giveaway here: <a href="http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2011/06/shabby-apple-overboard-dress-giveaway.html">Shabby Apple Overboard Dress Giveaway</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and maybe you'll be the lucky winner!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Plus, Grosgrain is offering a 10% discount code </div><div style="text-align: center;">at Shabby Apple if you just can't stand it </div><div style="text-align: center;">and have to go buy one for yourself :)</div></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-55773569962428098052011-07-19T08:08:00.000-07:002011-07-19T08:42:14.996-07:00Now I said my ABCs.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was stolen from my lovely friend <a href="http://heatherxdawn.blogspot.com/">Heather</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it is definitely a blast from the past filling it out :) </div><div style="text-align: center;">I remember a million of these I filled out</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">for my livejournal back in the day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Care to have a little fun and fill it out in return?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Come on. You know you want to ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MgH8r7Y2Yr0/TiWlqLfl_mI/AAAAAAAAAMk/lm97090GXfY/s320/4568737_0BiZ7wIx_c.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631089053155065442" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A. Age: 23</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">B. Bed size: Double. Full. Potato. Potahto.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">C. Chore that you hate: Cleaning the bottom of the toilet.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">That dust just won't go away!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">D. Dogs: Jack. Grey Pitt-Chow with</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">the sweetest disposition you've ever seen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">E. Essential start to your day: Cereal.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Lucky Charms especially.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">F. Favorite color: The color of the sky in a parking lot at night.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just enough glow from the lights in the lot hit the atmosphere </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">and turn the sky a deep blue. I love it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">G. Gold or Silver: Silver.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">My skin tone will not allow me to wear gold. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been forbidden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">H. Height: 5'5". Give or take a half inch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I. Instruments you play: I dabble.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can do a bit of the guitar, the bass, </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">and the piano.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">J. Job title: Starbucks shift-manager/barista.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I make coffee ALL DAY. It's brilliant.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">K. Kids: Jack. See above. ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">L. Live: The Peach State</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">M. Mother's name: Juli. No "e".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">N. Nicknames: Beth. Hebby. Beef.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">O. Overnight hospital stays: I had my tonsils out when I was five or six.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm pretty sure I stayed overnight then.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">P. Pet peeve: Someone talking to you constantly</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">during a movie or TV show. You can't possibly listen to both. </div><div style="text-align: center;">OH, and stupid drivers who don't pay attention. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Get off your cell phone and stop trying to run me off the road! </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Haha.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Q. Quote from a movie: Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DgUaIqRR-D8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">R. Right or left handed: Righty.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">S. Siblings: There's ten all together.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ranging from age 35+ to 14ish, in order...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura, Steve, Rachel, Michelle, Ben, Brandon, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lolly, Ryan, Michael, Abbie. Don't worry....</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">we never all lived together ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">T. Time you wake up: I try to get up at 7ish.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes that doesn't happen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">U. Underwear: Yes!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">V. Vegetable you hate: Greens. Collard,</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Mustard, or Spinach.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">W. What makes you run late: Danny. ;)</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">And sometimes my hair.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">X. X-Rays you've had: Teeth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Y. Yummy food that you make: Beef Stroganoff,</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cream Chicken on Rice, Mashed Potatoes :) </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Not necessarily all together, of course ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Z. Zoo animal: Penguins. There just too darn cute.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's all folks! Let me know if you post this on your site </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I'll come check it out.</div></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-42571603584496378552011-07-19T01:08:00.000-07:002011-07-19T01:17:42.650-07:00holy cow.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">4am can really sneak up on a girl.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Zyu0uTMmoo/TiU9VVfCAMI/AAAAAAAAAMU/Xa6nQgFKCSE/s320/25597690_UjfVZ2HK_c.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630974345850519746" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i've been redesigning my layout for a bit,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but wow, i've been sitting at my laptop for six hours.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yn4yjIErSH0/TiU9AqUZiyI/AAAAAAAAAMM/SWl781Tpkzo/s320/34314784_VXkzJCuH_c.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630973990665816866" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">brilliant, beth. </div><div style="text-align: center;">brilliant.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i'm going to bed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-92003819119090055862011-07-18T21:02:00.000-07:002011-07-19T01:19:26.110-07:00Treasures for less.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">So, I've a new addiction.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://heartsy.me/users/160287/referral?c=plink"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6G6nI7hdhlk/TiUD00rxjeI/AAAAAAAAALU/uX6Ge86b1ak/s320/heartsy.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 195px; height: 43px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630911115127000546" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It's called <a href="http://heartsy.me/users/160287/referral?c=plink">Heartsy</a> and it's brilliant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">For those of you who appreciate </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the beauty that is Etsy.com,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">allow me to introduce to you a better way </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">to browse and find lovely things on Etsy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Heartsy features different Etsy artists,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and allows you to purchase "vouchers" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">that can be used at that particular merchant's Etsy shop.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The kicker, as they say, is that each voucher is worth </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">a fraction of what you pay for it,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">so you're basically buying gift certificates </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">to Etsy shops for less.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Why would any sane artist do this, you ask?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Well, it's simple: promotion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">You like what they have, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">you come back for more.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Only this way, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">you don't have to spend a fortune to do so.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The best part is that if you purchase </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">a VIP membership for $7 and some change,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">you get an even bigger voucher </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">for the same amount of money.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I've been on <a href="http://heartsy.me/users/160287/referral?c=plink">Heartsy</a> for three days now, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and I've already purchased two vouchers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It's crazy easy and so much fun. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I dare you to <a href="http://heartsy.me/users/160287/referral?c=plink">try it</a>.</span></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-30284224583559066512011-07-18T20:45:00.000-07:002011-07-19T08:43:52.217-07:00long time no see, eh?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Hi there.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_P9mEzQLQmw/TiUA81x4TfI/AAAAAAAAALM/G_GmW81EdOE/s320/pandahi.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630907954325114354" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >So, I've been on hiatus.</span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >That's what I'm calling it, at least,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >but it involved a break up,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >three moves, a job change, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>a career choice, </i></span><i>a meeting, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >and a marriage to a wonderful man.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >Needless to say, life is good.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >And at the urging of my lovely <a href="http://www.lovesarasophia.com/">sister</a>,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >I'm back to share with you all again.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >Look for more sparkles, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >less mopeyness, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >(yes, that's a word. I checked.)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >and way more fun ;)</span></i></div></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-26041736493346177002011-02-26T17:22:00.001-08:002011-02-26T17:40:30.664-08:00You. No. Longer. Matter.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I want things to stop changing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Progress.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Digress.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Even when it's so much better,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">there's still a part of me that feels so detached until the new,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">becomes familiar, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and I am no longer faced with anything from before.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And every time thoughts of what was,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">or the words of people come and gone,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">those who were once so very much a part of my life,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">are staring me in the face,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">especially when it takes me by surprise,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I just wish I could erase memories.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Those that hurt.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Those that remind me of what was,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">all the good, and all the pain.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">They are no longer a part of my world.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rUnrP0nPYFw/TWmrN1IuD3I/AAAAAAAAALA/sHg_7cZAQZg/s400/Forgotten_Memories____by_noxifer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578177867565371250" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I only want what I have.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The beautiful man in my life,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the world we've created together,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">even in such a short time,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and I wish for all the rest to fade away,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">disappear,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and leave me in peace. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Please,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">just leave me in peace.</span></span></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-16619761119849394362010-07-08T22:36:00.000-07:002010-07-08T22:48:34.195-07:00And so we've come full circle.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/TDa4JL0zd8I/AAAAAAAAAKo/LyGNo830ZRg/s1600/the_end_by_meppol.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/TDa4JL0zd8I/AAAAAAAAAKo/LyGNo830ZRg/s320/the_end_by_meppol.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491779263557498818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The sky fell today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And I sat, and I fell apart,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and somehow it seems like we've been here before.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dear lifeunreliable,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Where did I go wrong?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">But the better question is . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> where do we go from here?</span></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-44808126577677246932009-10-01T21:00:00.000-07:002009-10-01T21:07:26.149-07:00M.I.A.<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Hey guys,</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'm sorry for the horrible posting timing,</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">and for saying I would post things that I haven't,</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">but I have to go on a bit of a hiatus for now.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'll be back for good eventually,</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">and I'll pop in every now and then when I get the chance,</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">but there's too much happening in my life right now to think.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I don't want to think.<br />I don't really want to do anything right now.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'm sorry</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >, </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">but I'll be back.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">See you on the flip side.</span></span><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-56132844545929492072009-09-25T09:40:00.000-07:002009-09-25T10:06:56.005-07:00Giveaway from HeatherlyMade & NataliexMarie :)<div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hello lovelies! Greeting from Asheville :)<br />We are having a fantastic time and meeting tons of great people.<br />I actually left my laptop at home,<br />but I stole my moms for a little while,<br />and was greeting by the following giveaway....<br /><a href="http://heatherxdawn.blogspot.com/">HeatherlyMade</a> and <a href="http://oohsnapnatattack.blogspot.com/">NataliexMarie </a><br />(two of my favorite people in the world)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://heatherxdawn.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-interrupt-your-program.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Srz1nwD8QJI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Gub5H6dAPws/s400/100_0723.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385449317693407378" border="0" /></a><br />are hosting a giveaway of some of<br />their fantastic handmade wares...<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://heatherxdawn.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-interrupt-your-program.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Srz1rUxXDBI/AAAAAAAAAKg/SsVqjFcA6U4/s400/100_0741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385449379087191058" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I am particularly excited for the winner of this giveaway<br />beacause of the button earrings<br />(of which, I have a pair of my own ;P)<br />and crocheted coasters (beautiful colors,<br />and you would win a set of four).<br /><br />Click on either picture above to visit <a href="http://heatherxdawn.blogspot.com/">HeatherlyMade</a> and<br />enter to win this giveaway for yourself!<br /></span></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-27931052258624240492009-09-22T20:55:00.001-07:002009-09-22T21:04:45.488-07:00Fall is.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Srmc1dwVjYI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Ugn7ijluQHY/s1600-h/fall_path.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Srmc1dwVjYI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Ugn7ijluQHY/s400/fall_path.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384507271832505730" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">That first breath of fall air,<br />that randomly hit me throughout the day today,<br />renews something inside of me<br />that's been dormant since summer started.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong,<br />I love the summer sun,<br />and the beaches,<br />and the freckles popping out on my skin,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />but it is fall I love the best.<br /><br />Fall with it's crisp air<br />and brightly colored leaves<br />that herald the holidays to come.<br /><br />Fall is beautiful.<br />Fall is magic.<br /><br />Fall is here.<br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-60976045899390275642009-09-21T19:10:00.000-07:002009-09-21T19:24:13.807-07:00Guess what I'm doing?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SrgzdFM2xzI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/iD_V3qrzzhI/s1600-h/typeamom-attendee-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SrgzdFM2xzI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/iD_V3qrzzhI/s400/typeamom-attendee-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384109929226749746" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >Packing for Type-A Mom Con!<br /><br />SaraSophia, my mother,<br />and I are headed to Asheville, NC wednesday :)<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Srg0mITHsXI/AAAAAAAAAKI/28tSbA2BDg0/s1600-h/asheville_downtown_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Srg0mITHsXI/AAAAAAAAAKI/28tSbA2BDg0/s400/asheville_downtown_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384111184188780914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >I am super super excited.<br /><br />It's been so long since I've been<br />anywhere with "the girls",<br />and I SO need the vacation,<br />even with the mini one I just had :P<br /><br />In addition to the conference,<br />we're touring Asheville along<br />with the beautiful Biltmore Estate:<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Srgz1GmQGVI/AAAAAAAAAKA/h1dga-vWCH0/s1600-h/Biltmore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Srgz1GmQGVI/AAAAAAAAAKA/h1dga-vWCH0/s400/Biltmore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384110341918562642" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >It's going to be so much fun :)<br /><br />Is anyone else attending?</span><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-12044498969090684692009-09-14T20:23:00.000-07:002009-09-14T20:28:32.952-07:00Oh, Summer.<div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It was lovely,<br />but now it's over.<br /><br />And with it, my 21st year.<br /><br />Friday was my birthday (which was fantastic, btw),<br />and even though I've been swamped with homework,<br />housework, and life in general,<br />my lovely Superman and my darling sister<br /><a href="http://www.tout-est-des-roses.com/">SaraSophia</a> took me camping.<br /><br />The following is a few snapshots of our night...<br />(created by SaraSophia)<br />Enjoy!<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><iframe src="http://whrrl.com/whrrlMini/experience/18434811?s=small&sharer=18434802" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="border: 1px solid rgb(211, 211, 211);" scrolling="no" width="263" frameborder="0" height="372">&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br />P.s. Another favorite SOON, I promise!<br />That is if September doesn't kill me first :P</span><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-33872106938311406432009-09-09T11:28:00.000-07:002009-09-09T11:32:39.550-07:00Not-so-wordless Wednesday.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Sqf0kubKtZI/AAAAAAAAAJo/-oZOvSDYTCU/s1600-h/2545275603_c261ffbc9f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Sqf0kubKtZI/AAAAAAAAAJo/-oZOvSDYTCU/s400/2545275603_c261ffbc9f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379537191691793810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >I have officially become overwhelmed.<br /></span><br />I have TWO major exams tomorrow,<br />work/church tonight,<br />AND I haven't studied nearly as much as I need to.<br /><br />Who knew school full time + a job would be so darn difficult?<br /><br />I will be updating tomorrow afternoon (hopefully),<br />and will be replying to everyone's lovely comments then :)<br /><br />Have a fantastic wednesday!</span><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-41280061726412268142009-09-06T09:19:00.000-07:002009-09-06T09:30:53.816-07:00New button!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqPjs1q60yI/AAAAAAAAAJg/N6O0O68H07I/s1600-h/stay-excited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqPjs1q60yI/AAAAAAAAAJg/N6O0O68H07I/s320/stay-excited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378392739471348514" border="0" /></a>Hey guys :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I finally got around to making a button for my blog.<br />If you would like to post it on your own blog,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >you can find the code over to the right under "Who Am I?"!!<br /><br />Thanks! :)</span><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-84317530090994645742009-09-05T09:04:00.000-07:002009-09-05T09:18:00.565-07:00AmyKathryn Giveaway!<span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqKNhEOpR1I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/AmgnRPe7N1M/s1600-h/collage_home.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 385px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqKNhEOpR1I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/AmgnRPe7N1M/s400/collage_home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378016504244160338" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amykathryn.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 80px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqKMmdYyflI/AAAAAAAAAJI/erzNvjcgLfw/s400/logo_amykathryn3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378015497385311826" border="0" /></a>This adorable bag (pictured below)<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">is up for grabs at <a href="http://justformeandyou2.blogspot.com/">Just for Me...And You</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://www.amykathryn.com/cart.aspx?r=details&id=52"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqKMWcPcDZI/AAAAAAAAAJA/7yiHP3NARts/s400/633833560138615636.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378015222199750034" border="0" /></a><br />I hadn't ever seen AmyKathryn bags until I saw this post,<br />but I have to tell you, they are beautiful.<br />Especially my favorite one (pictured at the top).<br />AmyKathryn's bags are eco-friendly AND animal-friendly.<br />and have been featured in several magazines,<br />including Life & Style, Veg News, and Orange Coast!<br /><br />They're definitely worth a look at,<br />and you could even win the one pictured above by<br />going to <a href="http://justformeandyou2.blogspot.com/2009/09/amykathryn-bags-review-giveaway.html">JFM&Y's Giveaway</a>!</span><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-24393785065832623952009-09-04T18:42:00.001-07:002009-09-04T18:55:39.728-07:00Vacations are yummy.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlerosyrunabout/2589957585/"><img style="width: 438px; height: 384px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2589957585_28fe57fea1.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlerosyrunabout/2589957585/">Summer Vacation</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/littlerosyrunabout/">Little Rosy Runabout</a>.</span></div><center style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p><span style="font-size:85%;">So, lots and lots has been happening....<br />school, new job (nanny to three adorably silly kids) :<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqHCSb06NjI/AAAAAAAAAIw/RJjsbAGAJwE/s1600-h/kids1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqHCSb06NjI/AAAAAAAAAIw/RJjsbAGAJwE/s400/kids1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377793052020192818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqHCWxT1w_I/AAAAAAAAAI4/E0sJlss__3w/s1600-h/kids2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SqHCWxT1w_I/AAAAAAAAAI4/E0sJlss__3w/s400/kids2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377793126506546162" border="0" /></a>and now finally, I'm on vacation!<br />For the first time in over a year I'm in<br />SC at my grandmothers house and I already feel better.<br /><br />Sometimes you just have to take a break, you know?<br /><br />I slept the entire drive here...<br />I must not be getting enough sleep during the week :P<br />Althought I'm sure passing out at the<br />blood drive on Tuesday didn't help much!<br />(that's yet ANOTHER story for another day ;P)<br /><br />Exhaustion still abounds however,<br />and yes, even on vacation,<br />I have tons of homework to do tomorrow,<br /><br />so I'm think about calling it quits early tonight.<br /><br />A lovely evening to all.</span></p></center>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-972539687528561662009-08-31T10:57:00.000-07:002009-08-31T11:19:22.344-07:00Favorite #6 - Urban Decay<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.urbandecay.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpwSacYj2jI/AAAAAAAAAIY/LSDDspD0Z1g/s400/UrbanDecay_HomepageAug09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376192300678634034" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >There are so very many makeup and cosmetic companies in the world,<br />but </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Urban Decay</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" > is hands down my favorite when it<br />comes to eyeshadows and eye makeup in general.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.urbandecay.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 73px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpwQ4T2JtOI/AAAAAAAAAII/wAEukYauOZs/s320/urbanlogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376190614759650530" border="0" /></a><br />The colors and packaging are crazy cool,<br />and the eyeshadows last FOREVER.<br />Not only on your eyes, but also in the package...<br />I've had the pallet featured below for over a year<br />and have yet to use it all up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.urbandecay.com/categories/ForeshadowPalette.cfm"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 202px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpwRK2CMKTI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/KhowtHd1-tI/s320/287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376190933174593842" border="0" /></a><br />The pigments are so rich and most have the most amazing sparkle. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Used in conjunction with the eyeshadow primer potion (their most popular item),<br />it lasts ALL day.<br />Literally.<br />And right now they're holding a special on their site<br />for a free sample of the potion with any purchase!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.urbandecay.com/vegan.cfm">They also have a whole line of vegan items too!</a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You have to check out the entire line if you've never looked at them before.<br /><br />They're to die for ;)<br /></span></span></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-85940588685636955142009-08-31T10:41:00.001-07:002009-08-31T10:53:21.800-07:00Jesus loves me.<div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">So, I was trying to find something that would<br />sum up my current mood, and I came up with this:<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpwMZFfUG0I/AAAAAAAAAHw/mEZtwtHzJbs/s1600-h/fat-faced-kid1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 364px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpwMZFfUG0I/AAAAAAAAAHw/mEZtwtHzJbs/s400/fat-faced-kid1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376185680283310914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >What, do you ask, could possibly make me feel this way?<br />I'll give you one guess....<br />it's a three letter word that starts with J and ends with B.<br /><br />THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS!<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;">I got a job.</span><br /><br />After three months of looking, and applying, and waiting,<br />something finally came through.<br />I'm basically going to be a nanny for a family of three adorable children.<br />It's exactly what I've been praying for.<br />It's going to totally work with school,<br />and it's only a few days a week and I am...well...just see above.</span><br /><br />God is amazing.<br /><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-45198831569497211312009-08-28T13:28:00.000-07:002009-08-28T13:36:44.048-07:00Race to the city.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Spg_XlT93BI/AAAAAAAAAHo/3d2yQbHs3Ts/s1600-h/skylinefake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Spg_XlT93BI/AAAAAAAAAHo/3d2yQbHs3Ts/s400/skylinefake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375115829652085778" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >I want THAT to be the view out of my window.<br />I want to see THAT as I attempt to finish the<br />mounds of homework due IN THE MORNING.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure it would make this a whole lot more fun ;)<br /><br />Someday.....right Ethel?</span><br /></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-52776828376907172742009-08-27T21:11:00.000-07:002009-08-27T21:20:41.099-07:00Ok so...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Spdao4jph_I/AAAAAAAAAHY/ocLvm-6T0e8/s1600-h/boy-sheepish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/Spdao4jph_I/AAAAAAAAAHY/ocLvm-6T0e8/s400/boy-sheepish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374864338713151474" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Here's the deal.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >School is killer this semester.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >What does that mean?</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >It means I've been really really bad about posting,</span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >and will probably continue to be really bad about posting</span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >for a minute until I get this all back under control.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >HOWEVER, Never fear!</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >More to come soon :)</span></div>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-21935058038446595332009-08-25T11:08:00.001-07:002009-08-25T11:18:42.464-07:00For someone who's not here.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQp2K7SHpI/AAAAAAAAAG4/q4o2UyJZr3o/s1600-h/oneballoon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQp2K7SHpI/AAAAAAAAAG4/q4o2UyJZr3o/s400/oneballoon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373966265982525074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">I feel so stupid sometimes.<br />I try so hard to make everything turn out perfectly,<br />that everything just ends up so very messed up.<br /><br />Life.<br />Love.<br />Money.<br />Time.<br /><br />It's all an illusion.<br /><br />Is this really all we're in for?</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">This bit of emotional highway,</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">scorched and broken from years of abuse and traffic,<br />that ends,<br />so very abruptly,<br />at our deaths?<br /><br />I don't ever intend to die.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQqnagZNjI/AAAAAAAAAHA/5A2l4G-dxpY/s1600-h/rain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQqnagZNjI/AAAAAAAAAHA/5A2l4G-dxpY/s400/rain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373967111978300978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">So, I quit my job,</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />to seek a higher existence,</span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;">one not so caught up in formalities,<br />and rituals of waking and working and sleeping and eating.<br />I chose, and it was my own choice,<br />to change.</span></p><span style="font-size:78%;">Change before the insanity ran so deep,<br />that I began to lose all senient thought,<br />get out before they take my free will,<br />my confidance,<br />and my sense of all things imagination.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQqz4MzCnI/AAAAAAAAAHI/uLPNWPwe1rU/s1600-h/window.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQqz4MzCnI/AAAAAAAAAHI/uLPNWPwe1rU/s400/window.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373967326107601522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">I will be free,<br />and if you decide you do not want me then,<br /><br />then so be it.<br /><br />But I will live,<br />with you, without you,<br />even though they are both very different things,<br /><br /><br />I will live.</span>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541818873163290234.post-47306621600750261272009-08-25T09:53:00.000-07:002009-08-25T09:58:18.060-07:00Right now,<center><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I'm feeling a mixture of this:</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQX0iUdz9I/AAAAAAAAAGo/I7hOizeue6E/s1600-h/angry%2Bface.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 347px; height: 346px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQX0iUdz9I/AAAAAAAAAGo/I7hOizeue6E/s400/angry%2Bface.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373946446693126098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >and this:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQX6SSVKwI/AAAAAAAAAGw/Jt92gdSFyKQ/s1600-h/SuperStock_1560R-2054287.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 350px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_MxM1dT7J8/SpQX6SSVKwI/AAAAAAAAAGw/Jt92gdSFyKQ/s400/SuperStock_1560R-2054287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373946545468418818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >I need ice cream.</span><br /></center>ElizabethJane.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08872996412624947529noreply@blogger.com3