getting ready for fall...

mmm...pepper jelly and cream cheese spread over wheat thins...probably my most favorite snack for autumn! :]

i spent my day off yesterday being oh-so-productive :] here's a list of things i accomplished:

-6 loads of laundry

-cleaned both bathrooms

-found out my vacuum is broken :/

-swept and mopped ALL floors

-organized my pantry

-organized my closet

-did some anticipatory autumn decorating

-hung some artwork and shelves

-ichatted with my dear friends brit and matt

-tamed my bedroom (which was a disaster)

-washed my hair and shaved my legs :]

-bought some fresh flowers to brighten up the home

please pardon the photo quality...my camera battery is dead so i had to use the iphone...resourceful, i know :]

i hope everyone enjoys their tuesday! :]

lovelove

emjay

some bear-y exciting news!

wow, that was cheesy. anywho...this just made my day:

bear hats are now available for pre-order at polkadotrobot.com! click on vivianna's link in my sidebar to check them out! isn't she a doll?

ps...i spent two hours ichatting with my good friend in NYC instead of cleaning, so now i'm running behind...sad story. but-it was definitely time well wasted :]

a conversation...

photobooth friday : "geeze, sorry we're so late!"

happy ears sunday: "yeah, we kind of got held up this weekend...our sincerest apologies"

monday: "oh, that's ok...at least you're here now! you'll just owe me lunch next week."

photobooth friday : "i think we can swing that, don't you sunday?"

happy ears sunday : "absolutely"

monday: "well then, now that that's taken care of, let's get down to business"

sorry i was absent this weekend...extremely busy weekend at the restaurant. so...happy ears sunday meets monday today with a super duper extra long list of ear candy. today i have the entire day and night off and i'm spending it cleaning and organizing the house, getting it ready for my most favorite season of all :] autumn! to me, spring cleaning isn't just for spring...i like to do it for every season. for fall, the first cool front that sweeps through is the perfect time, and that time is now! it's a cool and humidity-less 70 degrees outside, and i couldn't ask for a clearer sky. the curtains are pulled back, the windows up and the crisp breeze and sunshine are pouring in to every nook and cranny...here's my cleaning playlist

you'll have to click it to make it bigger :/

so what are you all doing on this cool august day?

lovelove

emjay

yes please...

i want i want i want!  like, for real ones.  that i can see out of...i'm on the hunt...

happy ears sunday

a few hours late...hehe.  and it will be a short one with, unfortunately, no pictures because i have to be out of here soon!

here's the top five songs that have been inspiring me this week...

1."two weeks" by grizzly bear

2."good old fashioned nightmare" by matt and kim

3."oxford comma" by vampire weekend (warning, this song uses harsh language)

4."suicide blonde" by the weepies

5."in passing" by company of thieves

check some of these out:

alright kiddos...hope you all have a wonderful monday!

lovelove

emjay

this is a green post.

not green as in environmentally friendly, but green as in there's a lot of pictures and they all have green as the predominant color...wasn't done on purpose, but i love it all the same!

today it rained.  i love rain...except when i have to work :[  so i enjoyed it while i could this afternoon...

i also took the liberty of snapping a few photos...it's amazing some of the cool things you can find while exploring your own back yard.  my back yard is tiiiiiiiny, but there are so many beautiful things back there...see?

and as promised...a peek into my journal...

i've been writing in it a lot lately, so i thought i'd share a few (or more than a few :] ) pages with you...a few are from the beginning, a few from recent times and plenty of pages in between.

i made this journal with elsie and a few other lovely girls at the RVA weekend in springfield back in may.  i've never been a big journal keeper, but for some reason this one is different...i loved the way elsie described her journaling process...it's not about dates and times and people and "dear journal, today i..."  it's about what you're feeling at that moment.  period.  as soon as something runs through your mind that is worth jotting down, this is where to do it.  so, here goes...

(this list is ever growing...)

(one day i will fill in the blank on the amount of sunglasses i really do have...as soon as i track them all down!) 

 (i love shoes :] )

as you can see, my journaling style is *very* simple.  every now and then i'll randomly add a piece of fabric, or ephemera, but generally, it's just me, a blank page, and a black felt tip pen.   i think i like it best that way. :]

well lovies, it's off to another night at work...see you back here late tonight for happy ears sunday :]  i've got some gooooooood ones lined up for tonight!

lovelove

emjay

summertime...

(photo stolen from my sister :] taken of us in grand caymen)

and the living's easy...

summertime is almost over...and i think i'm going to miss it. but only a little bit...after all, autumn is my most favorite season! :]

be expecting a peek into my journal soon. :] like, either late late tonight, or tomorrow morning/early afternoon. (depends on whether or not i end up crashing at my parents' house tonight...) :]

oh how i have missed you all! have a wonderful evening

lovelove,

emjay

photobooth friday

i'm baaaaaaack!

after a pretty long and unannounced hiatus, i have returned!  i figured photobooth friday would be a great way to kick off my blogging spree again :]  big apologies to those of you who read regularly and have been disappointed with the lack of updates...but i really needed some time off.  i'm still not 100%, but these words from my friend LA really touched me (as corny as that sounds) and it got me kicked into gear. :]

Freckled Nest said:  

mj, please blog. i keep checking for new, and i want to stalk you! ;)

she's so sweet! :]  after reading this, i immediately felt inspired (don't ask why because i couldn't tell you...hah!) and i sat down and cranked out quite a few projects...it felt so good!  thanks, LA, for being so inspiring...lovelove!!!  i'm working on a huge post to share some of these projects with you, as well as a long overdue etsy update within the next few days...it's going to be great!  

attention danielle, kimi, janelle, and shaina:  your things are being mailed out THIS WEEKEND.  promise*promise.  i'm reeeeeeaaaaaalllly bad at finding time to remember to go to the post office...they've been sitting in the corner of my kitchen packaged and ready to go...i just need to actually get them sent off.  but you can all be looking for your goodies to arrive sometime this coming week.  thank you thank you thank you for being so patient. :]

lastly, some exciting news for me...last night i booked a flight to this beautiful place...

photo credit:  vivianna :]

i'm pretty super stoked to get to visit san francisco next month. :]  it was a last minute decision, but my parents decided to let my sister and me tag along on their trip as long as we paid our own way...i'm so excited!  martha's vineyard, alcatraz, hait/ashburry, redwood forests...gosh...i'm giddy with excitement!  i can't wait!

ok loves, check back for that big post coming oh-so-soon!!! 

lovelovelove

emjay