beauty for ashes

this morning, my inspiration comes from two really great blogs:

via black eiffel

and

"After a while, you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and changing a soul. You begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts and presents aren’t promises. And you start to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open. You learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain. After a while, you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. You learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong, and you really do have worth. You learn that with every goodbye, there’s a hello. Take chances. Tell the truth. Date someone totally wrong for you. Say no. Spend all your cash. Fall in love. Be random. Say I love you. Cry. Apologize. Tell someone how much they mean to you. Drink until the bottle’s empty. Sing out loud. Tell an asshole how you feel. Let someone know what they’re missing. Laugh until your stomach hurts. Live Life."

- unknown

via la mia vita

and today i'm smiling.

you're only dreaming

a little bit i fell in love today.

been a long time

do we have to talk about where i've been? can we just move forward, knowing that i am here bc i love you, blog world. at this point in life, i am clinging to the things that bring smiles to this face of mine, and so...here i am.

i recently worked on a project for school (kind of), though it may have been more of a project for life. wanted to share some of the highlights with you...

"...and I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws..."

"...and may you have power to understand...how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is"

"...and such we are"

i'm a hustler baby

confession: i am completely obsessed with the rachel zoe team.

obsessed.

i've noticed that the team's vocabulary is beginning to seep into my brain, and it's taking over.
here are some of my absolute favorite rz team quotes:

"that is so major."

{duh...had to start here. classic.}

"i do love a morning that starts off with a client looking insane."

"i feel like i have been knifed in the back."

"i feel like a lesbian. i look like i'm supposed to go and dj somewhere...like atlanta."

{brad is definitely my favorite. i wish i could hang out with him everyday.}

i'm honestly not a big tv person, but bravo just gets me. i could watch bravo all day long. sometimes this embarrasses me, but whatevs.

via instyle

happy hump day, friends!

xxoo

when we dance you have a way with me

via mary ruffle

breakthrough:

no longer letting life happen to me.

chasing after the life i want.

and as our eyes start to close, i turn to you and i let you know...

via heart like twigs

this post inspired by my blogger friend {who lives in the beloved chicago- ugh}, meghan

SOMETIMES...


...i catch myself reciting all the lines as i watch you've got mail.
...i miss tulsa. it's so quaint and easy to maneuver.
...i watch non-Christmas movies that happen to take place at Christmas time, just so i can enjoy the holiday spirit without feeling like a freak.
...i get really mad at myself for not knowing how to cook!
...i think about not wearing any nail polish. i never follow through.
...when i make a new playlist, i discover that it has the exact same songs as another playlist i've already put together.
...i start books and never finish them. okay wait...most of the time i do this.
...i'm afraid of my emails and voicemails, so i let them pile up until i finally force myself to go through them.
...i laugh at the girls who are wearing makeup at the gym.
...i think little kids should be kept awake all day and adults should get two hour naps in the afternoon.
...i get confused about which hobbies i'm supposed to appreciate from afar, and which i should attempt to adapt as my own.
...i cry simply because some songs are just really beautiful. i can usually handle this about myself, but when it happens in front of other people it makes me feel like a total dweeb.
...i like to wake up early to go have a yummy breakfast by myself.
...i feel like the bigger my hair is, the better my day is going to be.
...i wonder how it's so easy for me to choose an outfit, when the day before i tried on everything in my closet and nothing worked. one of life's many mysteries, i suppose.
...i try to be a tea person. i can only remember one weekend in my life when tea brought me as much joy as coffee has for so many years.

so do it! share one of your "sometimes" with me...

ps. someone is mowing the lawn outside and i can smell the grass from my apartment. it smells so good.

i locked my bike to yours

via moniquekamargo.

weekend.