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Things To Do... (Or Not To Do!)

I have so many projects that I want to work on and I don't even know where to start! I want to knit, sew, scrapbook and take photos all at the same time. I want to organize our office, set up all the baby stuff that we have, and (try to) maintain a tidy home. So far, I feel like I have done nothing. And while I try to make time for all of the things I feel like I need or want to get done, it can be a bit overwhelming and sometimes I just feel like sitting around... ugh. The following includes only a handful of the projects on my laundry-list of Things To Do:

1. Tonight, the Husband and I are going to work on the office because I feel it is important to have a well-organized workspace in order to get my creativity flowing. I have crazy amounts of craft supplies sitting in (and on top of) boxes and bins just waiting to get used. The office has been a wreck ever since we moved here back in June and we are tired of tripping over everything! 
2. I started a Filofax project binder to help me keep track of all my projects that I am working on or projects that I want to start. I will do a whole post on my project binder and how it is working for me soon. 
3. I have a ton of photos that I would like to get printed and added into my Project Life. It would also be nice to make a few scrapbook pages. We just went on an amazing road trip that I would like to make a mini book book about. Before I can get any photos printed, I need to get them better organized on my computer. 
4. After we found out that we were expecting a baby, I went out and bought a munch of fabric because in my head I was going to sew everything for our little one. The funny thing is... I am not a sewer. Not only was I going to sew everything for the baby, I was going to sew us a queen size quilt. I went to a fancy quilt store and spent a crazy amount of money on fabric for my first quilt. Well... all this fabric is sitting in a bin. The baby is on his way in November and I have nothing sewn! 

13 Thing's Before 2013

I can't believe that 2012 is almost over. There are so many things that I would like to do before the year end. I got 13 Thing's Before 2013 from August Empress blog.

1. Run 1 mile from Thanksgiving to New Years.

2. Visits the Grand Canyon

3. Redesign Oh Shoot

4. Launch new website

5. Knit one sweater

6. Finish putting my bedroom together and make a work space

7. Build a bedside table

8. Buy a new computer and organize my photos

9. Take a mini road trip with the Mr.

10. Make a book of my instagram photos from 2012

11. Get a passport

12. Take lot's and lot's of photos

13. Read 2 books ( I miss reading)

Go Forth And Do Stuff

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This morning I was over at Yes and Yes and she had a cool to-do-list for Autumn. I thought I would make my own Autumn to-do-list.

I had one of the BEST summers and I want to keep the fun going by making sure I keep myself busy this Autumn. 

This Autumn I will...

Go apple picking 

Knit a sweater 

Bake 3 pies 

Slow dance under the stars (we might need to find some because you don't really see them in San Francisco.)

Go on a mini road trip 

Visit the Grand Canyon with the Mr. and my brother 

Take lots of photos with my camera 

Go to the movies (midnight showing) 

Perfect a hot chocolate recipe with whiskey 

Make an effort to get out of the house every Sunday & go for a big breakfast

Go to the ballet 

Night bike ride with friends 

Make a fort and stay the night in it 

Wear leg-warmers

Get a passport so I can start traveling the world with the Mr.

What do you want to do this Autumn? 

The List, The Guy & What's Next

We all can't have a Ryan Gosling. (Bleeker Street blog coming soon...)

I have had my fair share of boyfriends- some good boys, but mostly bad boys. We all learn from mistakes-so they say, but I can't say that I have learned from them 100%. I still seem to find the one guy in a bar who will be amazing at first and then turn out to be a total loser. This bad pattern, or should I say bad habit stops NOW. In my early to mid 20's I was with the same guy for most of the time and at the end of our long relationship he tells me that he does not want commitment. My heart was broken to say the least, but so was his. He is one of those guys that does not want a partner ever. It took me a long time to get over him and to not compare other guys to him. Our journey was long and hard and filled with lots of tears, but I am happy to say today he is one of my best friends. We are much better as friends. In my late 20's I had boyfriends on and off and all of them had one thing in common-- they did not want a girlfriend. They were bad boys that treated me like shit and the worst part is I let them. Now that I am in my 30's (I will forever be 30) I have learned what I will and will not put up with and I learned that loving myself is more important then finding someone to love me.

I will be honest- this is all new to me because not even last month I was letting an ex-boyfriend treat me like shit. When you had enough and are willing to except change, change will come.
I love to say that I don't have a type, but that is so untrue. The guys that I go for are white, blues eyes, has a beard and most likely a hipster. I have been finding myself letting go of the blue eyes and the hipster status, but I still love beards. GOD! I love them!

I want a guy who is RAD and when we are together we are more awesome as couple. I want to be a power couple like Jay-z & Beyonce and with our powers combined, we are both greater & stronger & funnier & happier & and more RAD than ever before. I know that any good relationship needs balance-- one person shouldn't always be lifting the other one up and battling to keep their partner from dragging them down with them.

I have put together a list of things I will start looking for in a guy. Things that will make me believe in love always,and believe the universe will put me in the right direction to find that one good guy left.

The List:

1. will not judge me for watching bad TV.
2. won’t put others down to make himself feel better.
3. will treat everyone with respect.
4. will call and not just text and will text or call just to say ‘Hi.’
5. will be emotionally mature, available, and evolved.
6. will ask me how I’m doing and how my day was and actually care. 
7. will be content sometimes to spend the whole day in bed watching movies and eating takeout.
8. will have goals, dreams, and the drive to achieve them. 
9. will be interested in culture, music, art, and travel.
10. will tell the truth.
11. will actually enjoying spending time with me.
12. will be crazy about me as much as I will be about him.
13. will appreciate the art of foreplay.
14. will want to go to sleep at night with me, and wake up beside me in the mornings.     
15. will appreciate my efforts to try new things.
16. will talk to me when something bothers him.
17. will love me for me -- faults, imperfections and all -- and love me all the more for them.
18. will stay with me through joy and pain.
19. will have a backbone in the relationship and not be afraid to tell me ‘no.’
20. will be a great kisser.
21. will have a great sense of humor, but know when to be serious.
22. will know who he is as a person and be honest about that.
23. will think I’m HOT, not just cute.
24. will treat me as well as my friends do.
25. will be able to laugh at himself.
26. will have a regular sized temper than does not super-size itself randomly.
27. will give me space.
28. will not make me feel like I’m only second best.
29. will be able to think more than two day in the future.
30. will know what a commitment is and follow up that knowledge with actions that support it.        
31. will understand that relationships aren’t all perfect, and that sometimes fighting can resolve difficult issues.
32. will talk dirty.
33. will be confident in himself, but not egotistical.
34. will trust me.
35. will be more interested in sex because he wants to be with me, not because it’s sex and he just wants it.
36. Will love a cheap beer once in a while
37. will love that I have such a big heart.
38. will love that I’m independent.
39. will be okay with little displays of affection such as holding hands.
40. will stand up for me if someone unexpectedly attacks me, verbally or otherwise, and ask questions later.
41. Will be creative.
42. Will make laugh until I cry

      
So here's to true love and happy endings!

Savoring The Last Days Of Summer

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Summer is coming to an end and there are still so many things that I would like to do. I have been making lists like crazy this week and of course I made a summer list. 

1. Go fishing 
2. Wear something totally inappropriate & go dancing with my girlfriends 
3. Kiss someone new
4. Start a journal
5. Go for a bike ride with my best friend(s)
6. Visit the tourist attractions in San Francisco 
7. Take lots of photos of me & my friends enjoying the weather
8. Have an Elton John singalong (BYO crazy glasses)
9. Go skinny-dipping
10. Swear off drama
11. Go to a baseball game 
12. Eat lots of watermelon
13. Sing in the shower (when my roommates are home)
14. Make a new friend
15. Go on a late night walk with a friend and talk about our dreams and goals
16. Eat chocolate in my underwear
17. Take a risk
18. Ride an elevator with out fear
19. Run a 5k
20. Call my little sisters and tell them I love them 
21. Have a water gun fight in the park 

What do you want to do before summer ends? 

I made a super chill playlist to play on these last days of summer. Open your windows and play it loud!