SHORT AND SWEET

Hi there!  Greetings from Pittsburgh {back again, today - Friday}.  I just realized I forgot my laptop charger {Insert SAD FACE}.  Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on one tomorrow, without having to actually spend the mucho dinero for a new one.  Fingers crossed. So... considering my laptop has 9% of the battery left, it'll be short and sweet this Monday.

I thought I would share these words, found via Pinterest. 

I love this.

LEAN INTO THE WILD

This image is resonating with me. I want to be that girl in the photo. And my Mr would be the one holding the camera. Because of course he would be there, too. In my perfect dream getaway.

Don't you sometimes wish you could just take off? That your material possessions could fit into your car... and you could just travel from place to place finding odd jobs... like gypsies. I have had that thought a million times. 

This morning I felt compelled to find the source of this photo and it links back to this tumblr page. At the top of said tumblr page there are two lines - I'd like to lean into the wild. And tell myself I'm free. 

Don't you love that? Of course I had to know what it was from. A poem? No, a song...

{image source}

There's no stronger wind than the one that blows

Down a lonesome railroad line


No prettier sight than looking back

On a town you left behind
There is nothin' that's as real
As a love that's in my mind


Close your eyes

I'll be here in the morning
Close your eyes
I'll be here for a while


There's lots of things along the road

I'd surely like to see
I'd like to lean into the wild
And tell myself I'm free
But your softest whisper's louder
Than the highways call to me


All the mountains and the rivers

And the valleys can't compare
To your blue lit dancin' eyes
And yellow shining hair
I could never hit the open road
And leave you layin' there


Lay your head back easy, love,

Close your cryin' eyes
I'll be layin' here beside you
When the sun comes on the rise
I'll stay as long as the cuckoo wails
And the lonesome bluejay cries.

by: Townes Van Zandt

THIS WEEK / THESE THINGS

What are you up to this weekend, folks? I have to work on Saturday, but looking forward to my friend's birthday dinner Saturday evening... good food and great company. There isn't much better than eating a home cooked meal, drinking wine, and catching up with dear friends. Any big plans for the Super Bowl? I get pretty excited about the commercials and... let's face it... the food.

{image from my birthday dinner, January 10th 2012}

This week I started using Twitter {only a few years behind}... had tacos with my Mr. at our favorite taco truck... made french toast for dinner...and found a lot of inspiration on the blogoshphere.

I found this adorable site via Emmadime, and I am in love. I secretly wish I was cool enough to grace its pages {when we have a child, of course!}

This post by the lovely Jessica Prince of Odessa May Society. Carly Waito's paintings are insane in the best way.

I loved this article I found via Natalie {of blog - Nat the Fat Rat}on Twitter, also written by Natalie. I don't tweet often, but I did retweet her tweet. I am learning!

My pin on pinterest that had the most repins this week was this perfect shirt. Found via Wit + Delight's tumblr page.

I ordered myself this bag from fieldguided. I talked about it here.

I'm obsessed with this candle I ordered at this candle party. It smells soooo good.

Spoiler alert: You might see these next items featured in a currently coveting feature in the near future.
How cool are these bird smoke detectors, and I really want this laundry bag, and I think I need at least two of the nine colors available in this blazer I found at UO {when it goes on sale}!

Last, but certainly not least... you should make these, these, and these for your commercial-watching-Super-Bowl-party. And make this guacamole recipe from my friend, the queen of guacamole.

There are many bloggers that do this sort of weekend round up; things they found throughout the week... links to share. I don't think I'll probably do this EVERY Friday, but you will see these week recaps again. Hopefully I'll figure out a way to put my own personal stamp on them. I certainly can't compete with the ladies that have been doing them so well for so long.

Happy weekend, friends!

SITES TO SEE

There are about eight to ten blogs that I read each and every day... usually in the morning while I'm watching the Today Show and eating cereal {I have to be doing at least two things at once}. One of these blogs is Emmadime - by the adorable Emma Robertson. If memory serves me right, I found her blog because one of her lovely scarves was featured on another blog.

Emma recently started a paper shop with Bre Radermacher of Moxee, and I adore everything on the site. 

I have been using their desktop calendars on my laptop for the last two months, and I will definitely be ordering some cards soon. Check out their site, OUR PAPER SHOP!

Another site you need to check out is Kinfolk Magazine. I first heard of Kinfolk via Emmadime. For those of you who don't know about Kinfolk, I feel inadequate to explain when they say it so beautifully here. Thanks to Kinfolk's community of talented artists, I have added to my list of daily reads {Pennyweight + Destined to Design 
+ Katie's Pencil Box}.   I just ordered my own copy of Kinfolk Magazine + I can't wait to receive it! 

p.s. Happy Birthay to one of the best friends a gal could ask for, Nicole!

BEFORE I DIE...

I stumbled upon this street art installation by Candy Chang on Free People's blog. It stuck with me, so I wanted to share it here.

"It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget what really matters to you. With help from friends and neighbors, Candy turned the side of an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans into a giant chalkboard where residents can write on the wall and share what is important to them. Before I Die is an interactive public art project that transforms neglected spaces into a constructive places where we can discover the hopes and dreams of the people around us. It is also a reminder to ourselves of what is most important to us." {from this site}

These chalk board walls have expanded to other cities, including: Amsterdam, Portsmouth, Querétaro, Almaty, San Diego, Lisbon, and Brooklyn. I wonder if my friends in Brooklyn have seen this?

See below {5th line down in the middle} where someone wrote "hug a sloth"... If I didn't know better I would think my Mr. wrote that. He has always said his favorite animal {besides our cat} is a baby sloth. No joke.

 

It's a little hard for me to think this big {"before I die" big}. So, I think I'll stick to this year. I don't really believe in making New Year's resolutions. I find that I always break them... 

I'll see you at the gym? Yeah, right! Instead I am planning {soon} to make a list of things I would like to accomplish in 2012. Just a little list of goals and things I would like to do.

*Do you believe in resolutions? What are you hoping for in 2012?

LOVELY WORDS

The first double-post day {and maybe the last}...

I just had to share.

I have seen this sign pinned all over pinterest {because we know I'm pinterest-obsessed}

and I decided to find the source {because I want the sign).

I expected it to be mucho dinero, but in fact it's not.

The below sign can be yours for a reasonable $58 plus $20 shipping...

not a bad price for such a lovely reminder.

  {via Susie Harris}

WOMAN OF FEW WORDS

It somehow feels earlier when you are waking up for work, despite the fact I woke up around the same time the last three days. As my alarm went off this morning, it felt like the little bubble around us was bursting. Most of you had to head back to work yesterday, and I am sure some of you felt the same way. Yes?

I took an extra day off yesterday, for which I am so thankful, since I had to work Christmas Eve day. Bailey was so happy to see us when we arrived home. I have a little video to post later. 

Since I am feeling like a woman of few words today, I thought I would share these... I love these sweet little signs with their lovely little messages. I saw them at World Market when I was Christmas Shopping. Which one is your favorite? I am leaning toward the second one.