heart healthy: A+

Cooked up a heart healthy meal to combat my outrageous and out-of-control blood pressure. I should probably work out too, but ya know... baby steps.

learning about lakes

I grew up in Indiana, but have no idea where any of the lakes are b/c I've always been a prissy pool girl. This weekend I hit up Sweetwater Lake and Lake Monroe. Both were fun and relaxing -- had a lovely 4th weekend!

gonna get to you giiiii-iii-iii-iiiirl

When my friend asked if I wanted to go to the NKOTB concert, I thought she had lost her dang mind. But seriously, it was so much fun! It was the first day of under 90º temperatures and even had a pretty sunset. The songs were so fun to hear again. The same friend was saying she was excited to see Jesse McCartney open the show and again, I thought she was nuts... but he is hot! I know... COUGARS! Remember that awesome show with Aunt Becky from Full House that was cancelled? He was her nephew in that. Mmmmm!

my new little owl

I went to Goodwill yesterday to see if I could find any cool 80's gear for an upcoming concert, but got bored of clothes and wandered over to the "home goods" section and I just couldn't resist this little owl for only $1. :)

i made curtains!

my cool friend :)

So my photographer friend was telling me about a music video that he helped film and I was all like "oh really, that's cool" but I just watched it and it's really good!!! Not that I didn't think it would be! Anyway, since it's shot in Indy, I thought you guys might be interested. :) Check it out!

indie-ana

Sarah and I headed to see Lord of the Yum Yum again this year. I love him. :) The best part this year though, was the Indieana Handicraft Exchange. I'm always going to those art fairs hoping to find something really awesome, but always leave disappointed. This little fair was everything I've ever hoped to see at an art fair. I swear it was as if the top sellers on Etsy were put into the Harrison Center for a fair. I hope they decide to do this every year!

oh... holy... cheese and rice!

So I was all excited that my new light finally came in... until I opened the box. "Some assembling required" didn't really make me picture the left side of the above picture. I really wanted this one, but decided to be cheap and go with the one above. Looking back, I would have splurged the extra $200+ b/c I'm not so sure I'm going to be able to put this thing together! If any of you have this light and have any tips for assembling, please let me know!!! :)

Update: After reading the directions, it wasn't all that difficult. Except that it plugs into the wall instead of hooking into the wiring through the ceiling. We'll see if we can get around this!

strawberry fest

I have a whole container of strawberries in my fridge, but I couldn't resist Strawberry Fest!

banana + chocolate = :)

I made banana bread with chocolate chips so that I'd have something yummy to wake up to during my 3 days of stay-cation fun. :) I used the recipe from Orangette's book - it's the one with the crystalized ginger, but I couldn't find any at Meijer so I left it out.

breakfast

I had breakfast with one of my favorite girls and her cute son this morning. I couldn't resist snapping a photo of his jelly-faced silliness! :) I've gotta tell ya, that oatmeal at Hoaglin's is amazing... or maybe it was just the caramelized brown sugar on top. :)

<3 ice cream

cuteness!

The best part about ordering things from Etsy is the cute way that the artists always wrap their products. Most even send personal little notes like the one above. My little pillow was totally worth it. Check out this adorable pillow shop!

indy is on design*sponge! cool points!

As I was searching around for curtains and/or chandeliers, I found that Indianapolis is actually on one of my favorite design blogs, Design*Sponge! Click here to see it! :)

rad hairdo

I couldn't resist the awesome-ness of these hairdos.

wipe your paws

A Crazy Cat Lady has moved in across the hall! I'm quite certain that my lot in life is to be one myself, but please shoot me if I ever display crafts like this.