pressure

So i pressured myself into posting because I'm going away for a week starting wednesday (and that awkward family photos post was obviously a bust).

so i decided to leave you with my random thoughts:

i'm liking red wine... healthy and sophisticated

on book four of twilight... it's only taken me since last fall to read them all.

i started digging my ipod again, i only recently jumped back off the cd train and onto the i pod train. I go back and forth.

having a bachelorette finale party with my bosses. stoked.

philly at the end of august, whoot whoot (insert whooting of college frat guy)

And a glimpse into future blogs:
1. camping
2. colorado
3. awkward email addresses/ringback tones at work.

speaking of awkward photos...

did i ever inform you guys of awkwardfamilyphotos.com? because if i didnt, i should have.

Most awkward moment i've had in a long time.

So last week my boss Sara asked me to get my picture taken at sears for my business card. So i scheduled my appointment and headed off to what i thought was going to be a quick snap shot, dressed in the most classic business casual outfit i could find (black pants...white oxford...yawn).
Apparently the usual manager was out of town so there was a temp there with an assistant. The assistant ended up being my photographer and was awkward, short, skinny, strawberry blond, and probably 19, (just to paint a picture). I explained VERY thoroughly that i was only there to take a photo for a business card-blue backdrop, sitting pose, like picture at school. However, strawberry-blondie said i had to do the full shoot of 9 poses. ok, just a few different head shots, whatever, i'll just do them fast and be done. Nope. We took a few seated portraits (in which she still insisted that i put my hand on my hip) and then began the "fun ones".

Pose 1: straddle the chair and cross my arms across the top of it tilting my head to the side and looking up at the camera. I laughed out loud when she told me this one.
Pose 2: captain morgan style, only with the legs switched.
Pose 3: on my stomach, feet cross, chin on fist. seriously, I'm in dress clothes
Pose 4: sitting, knees bent, with back to the camera with only my head turned around
Pose 5: standing, arms crossed, looking down at the camera
Finally i put an end to it, but not before she asked if i ever thought of taking up modeling. seriously lady?


Outrageous.


Turns out my boss forgot to send me with the correct form showing that i only needed one photo. convenient.


Unfortunately to buy all these special little tokens would have cost $100, otherwise you'd see them all here... in all their sepia, black and white, rose-toned, collaged, 2x4 feet glory.

the "i'm not sure if it's really great yet" outdoors

Growing up in philadelphia i really never spent a ton of time outside. at least not the kind of outside most other parts mean when they say "outside". For us, it was playing when we were little (climbing trees, making berry potions, etc), playing sports, going to the beach, going for a run/walk, but it was never camping. The only "camping" trips i've ever been on were in 5th and 6th grade with Mr. Bateman. the ones he organized for 40 kids or so. we never carried all our stuff in backpacks, never set up our own tents. we had a bathroom, and a little grill where he and someone else made all our food (or we just went to the local mcdonalds 5 miles away).

Now that i no longer live in philadelphia, and only visit, i'm learning that most other places consider "outdoor" things to be a bit more. A hike isn't around Ridley Creek State Park's paved trails. Nope. Out here you can hunt, fish, backpack, hike, and camp. (and camping is sometimes considered a cheaper alternative to a hotel, or a night away!). But it all requires special "gear": shoes, "packs", rodS, pants, shirts, and miniatures of EVERYTHING.

Everyone out here keeps mentioning camping, and how i have to go. I'm kind of skeptical. I'd rather buy cute heels or flats than hiking boots. And I'd rather get done hiking and head over to sonic than filter out my own water. At least this is how I think I'd feel about it.

My husband really doesn't push it though. He's awesome that way. He's getting ready for a backpacking trip at the beginning of august in colorado at this beautiful lake in the middle of no where. All of his stuff fell out of patrick's truck last year, so he had to buy all new stuff (he even just came home and tried it all on for me saying "this is what i will look like in nature", ha cute. )

anyway this is long. but i'm excited for his new stuff and his trip, mostly because i see how excited he is. As for me becoming "outdoorsy", i might have some mental obstacles to overcome first. But, if Kedron gets her way, there will be a camping trip sometime soon. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm going to be open. Who knows, my next pair of shoes might come from Cabelas Bargain cave (but lets not get ahead of ourselves).

things i like/d about today...

1. boxy was still here
2. church
3. costco samples
4. irish soda bread dinner
5. the weather
6. that i got laundry done
7. seeing year one
8. that it was a lazy sunday

ED!

He's back... and I couldn't be happier about it.