Weekend doodles!

A nice, lenghty rain storm across the state Sat. morning provided some AH-MAZING fall weather! we have all been praying, crossing fingers, weather dancing, whatev...and our collective hard work has finally paid off. Sunday Brent and I decided it would be a travesty to waste the day inside doing prob the same things we'd do in the apt......doodle, read, hang out :). we'd been wanting to check out White Rock Lake for a while. From some info id read (on the internet) it was a quite a find for Dallas!

We headed over to check it out for ourselves. the lake is nestled only miles from Downtown,

does not allowing swimming, and from what i
gather does not allow motor boats (or at least motor boats over a certain speed). This makes it sooo peaceful! This place had great views of the city, tons of wildlife, outdoor enthusiasts abounding, and it was relatively quiet! they did have cute little sailboats and kayakers though (def. something brent and i will be coming back and doing in the near future)


between the weather and scenery i got a small sensation like i was back in my love Seattle! of course this is nothing compared to say Kite Hill but it was totally a fantastic thought! hopefully one day i can post pics from there as my "daily outting" !!

then we moved around the lake some more to find where the Dallas arboretum was and find a nice little spot to read/doodlle.... heres my wonderful hubby sunbathing....
i am sooooo lucky to have a man who loves exploring and nature as much as i do!
All in all i would def. say a nice find for a nice day!

now to the main event of the post....my lovely Lake Day doodles..... for your enjoyment pleasure i give you not 1, but 2!! peices of art from the Lauren collection.......





aaand i know what you are thinking, yes, it is Brent and Lauren in that Love balloon in the corner....
so all in all the day was def. not as educationally productive as i had intended but id say it was not a loss considering my naturistictivity ;P.....( you know you like that new word, dont kid yourself )
till next time!

crafty addition

and just to give you a little something fun that i "made" recently, heres so eccletic cupcakes......



ok so let me clarify...ive been wanting to make fun cupcakes for about a week but i wouldnt let myself until i finished everything...including a test i had last night in my class..... so about 9 i decided i want to make sunflower cupcakes..... cupcakes with sunflowers made of oreos and yellow/orange icing on top. it was a great IDEA...however i remind you i started this venture at 9....that means running to the store for supplies, then running back to walgreens for eggs that i forgot, then baking, cooling, mixing icing, etc..... so about 11 im ready to decorate and i realize my icing got a little too warm in vacinity of the oven..but i was a little OVER it at this point and decided to try my art out anyway.... the flower is yes, a flower (bottom right one) but it looks as if its had a little too much time in the sun ;( womp womp. so after looking at that i SHOULD HAVE just chilled the icing and tried again later or tom. but NO- i wanted to relax and be done so i said screw it and just did my own thing on the rest.... the result..... 2 suns, the inside of a lightbulb (top left), what s ideally satelites (or space ships) orbiting above the oreo earth (bottom middle), and a brent-cake ;) TAD-DA!!!!


ps..and to clarify in my previous post "ghetto lunch" refers to me taking the challenge of not going to the store this week and being creative to make lunches and dinners... so i am really getting a little low on my lunch stuff. turns out i made a pretty great little meal.... with the remainders of 1/4 jar of totamo sauce, 1/4 cup penne pasta and some biquick i made myself a nice little italian meal and cheddar biscuits! mm mmm good! ;)

study study study leaves little blog time

WOW! it has been WAY too long on here.... i just realized my soothing Friday was now almost 3? weeks ago- where did September go my friends? So i have to apologize for my lack of blogging. I had my first PA school interview last Sat. so i spent MOST of my days and night studying and prepping for that which left sadly little room for blogging or for doing much of anything interesting to blog about ;)

So lets see what weve missed......
1. my grandaddy celebrated his 85th!! birthday on Sept. 1st. He is such an amazing man and i am sooo blessed hes in mine and my families life! Since this is such an accomplishment (and whats even more impressive is he still feeds his cows, bails hay, gets trucks out of ditches, and finds time to keep updated on Skype and Facebook)! The family wanted to have a little get together to celebrate so Sunday the 5th Kris,Justin, Brent and I headed to Palestine to meet up with the rest of the gang. Another treat of the day was I got to see my Aunt Carlynn and cousin Kera- they live in Maryland so we dont get to see them nearly as often as we'd like. We were missing a few from the bunch but id still we had an impressive group for a sunday afternoon


2. soo i was really nervous about the interview coming up and i was REALLY missing my friends at Scott and White so on a bit of a whim ;) i decided to drive down to visit and get some tips and encouragement! i am SOOO glad i went. i may have been exhausted come thursday night but it was all TOTALLY worth it! i got up at 5:30 AM! and drove through a monsoon for 3 hrs to get to CS right on time at 9:30 for an appt. with my old PA adviser (9:30 was all she could do wed- trust me-i didnt choose that time ;)) and of course its raining the WHOLE drive....super dry in big D for days leading up to Wed. but of course i want to hit the road and BAM

*little side story* so it is act. a little funny that it was raining as i went back to cs. when brent and i were doing long distance for the two months i was still in cs and he was here it would rain everytime after i left dallas and would rain right before i got there on the weekends. brent said that Dallas was crying b/c i was not there :P it was super cute that he said that but also super ironic that when i decided to go back to visit CS Dallas cried again lol

anywho, i got some great advice and encouragement from my old Pa advisor at A&M- i really dont think i would done nearly as well if it hadnt been for her advice! then i went to SW to visit and spent the entire afternoon up there! but lets face it, when you work with such wonderful people 8-13 hrs/ a day its really really sad when you dont get to see them anymore... i got to see almost everyone, lunch with maggie and alisa, hung out in FM and TC ALL afternoon (sorry if i made anyone unpreductive btw) ;) and then dinner with the Kings and Rick! so much fun! thursday my buddy Dr. Bailey quizzed me and then i was on the road once more....Dallas was not crying thursday upon my return mind you ;)

3. that weekend i had another FANTASTIC girls weekend with Jennifer, Rachel, Lara, and Sarah. We went ate a TON of sugar, girl talked over wedding magazines and E! TV, and checked out the Dallas Flea- and i do love a good Flea. its a little difficult to find ones that are not 1. super sketch 2. actually have afforadable merchandise...this one was great...wished it been a little bigger but the merch was a nice mix of vintage finds and cute crafts of today! i love hanging with these ladies so it certainly lifted my spirits!


4. i got a JOB offer last week! i am now officially a seasonal employee at Crate and Barrel on Alpha....once i know my sched. you should come visit me. Yes, and you may laugh, but that does mean that the Lows are now a Crate family (a fam of 3 if you count our dear one Erin ;)) but i will act. be working at a diff. one than Brent and Erin so sadly that does not mean more face time with them....its ok though, we make it work ;) and the impt thing is ill be making money again soon and doing something that sounds pretty entertaining!

5. I had my first interview! i think it went pretty well but now comes the lovely waiting game! fingers crossed and prayers going that i hear something sooner than later but i really really LOVE the school and the staff and students were sooooo nice! so it would just be amazing to get in. i was completely worn out after the interview Sat. but at least i am feeling good about my answers no matter what.

6. Went to the Freedom Parade in uptown with Erin, Brent, and Sarah. We met up with Morris, Rudy, and eventually Maurice for what became an amazing Sunday outting! Morris got there at like 6 am to secure us a great location to watch the festivities! we had mimosas, tons of cheetos, hamburgers, beer, snickers, and tons of fun celebrating the wonderful differences in our great little city! heres a group shot from our perch....sorry its a little dark


and now you are officially up to date! sorry for such a long post but i guess in retrospect i was more active than i thought for these past few weeks! lol hope you have a fabulous wednesday...im off to finish my ghetto-lunch concoction ;)

BEAUTIFUL END TO THE WEEK

So if you are not from Texas, we actually had some what of a "cold front" come through this past week and God blessed us with sensational weather on Friday. You trod begrudginly out of your apt door as usual to expect the freshly makeuped face to be wiped away by natures washcloth and then this amazing crisp breeze hits you and all you want to do is dance..... ok so that was a bit novelsque i agree but i did want to stay outside as long as possible!!

So Friday i decided to be a bit ballsy! i just want to do something... though i love to be creative and artsy i just cant stand to be cooped up in this house all day long. i need soooommething to do! i put in a job app about 2 weeks ago so i decided to give them a little facetime to add to the app. i drove to the employer, introduced myself to a couple of people, completed another app (cause sadly i waited a little too long for that last one), and just let them know i was a friendly, available applicant. Even if nothing works out there i still felt empowered having made myself do that

so after that i knew there was N-O way i was going to stuff myself into the apt for the remainder of the afternoon.....afterall, why waste one of TXs very few nice days inside! so i decided i would find me a nice park, read some books, doodle, people watch, explore, and just cont. being ballsy by going somewhere new all by myself in my new city!

i landed only a few miles from the house but in a park/residential space that was so cool i felt like i was in another state! It is a park in Addison that boasts loft style apts with stores underneath, a big main park, theatre, water features, NICE public restrooms, and mini hidden parks at every turn! and of course a giant blue scuplture to top it all off!

heres where i settled for my first hour of reading and watching...nestled in a nice shady spot where i could still hear the water rushing from the fountain and the cars go by around the loop


i then decided to look for hidden parks amongst the apts... while walking i actually felt like i was in Seattle from the looks of the place and THAT made me extremely happy! for my next location i found a quite little place inbetween some buildings

all in all i think i "parked" for about 4 hours... read about interview skills, doodled a bit, made some new doggie friends, watched some people play some odd catching game, walked the neighborhood, and enjoyed the beautiful day!



after that i went over to see Brent and Erin at Crate and Barrel and join the crew for Happy Hour in uptown ;P it was a great finale to the week!