DAY DREAMING...

Do you ever find yourself day dreaming about nothing in particular and revel at where your mind can take you? Do tap into those hidden moments alone with just yourself and actually pay attention to how crazy your train of thoughts can be? If you are anything like me, it starts with a picture just like this one: I lay in my bed in the morning devouring wedding and design blogs on my iPhone. {I'm not engaged nor married but who the heck cares, a girl can dream}. I click on each image to open it bigger so I can study the intricate details and 'find' the beauty in things others don't see. I hover my finger over the image and wait for the "SAVE IMAGE" icon to pop up and then greedily stash it away for more private enjoying later on.

A few days go by, and then I open my image library and swoon all over again. Now I'm dreaming up where to put these beautiful flowers in my "DREAM HOME" and where on earth will it be. I now head over to www.craigslist.com and start looking at Spanish Bungalows in Pasadena and Highland Park. I find one or two that tickle my fancy and then EMAIL myself the link. This little beauty is for sale... dream again.

Somehow my mind goes into furniture mode, and now I'm online looking at Elle Decor and Architectural Digest, and Ebanista and finding pieces to fit in this gorgeous imaginary 1940s Spanish Bungalow that I don't actually have.

About thirty minutes goes by and I don't quite understand how I've gotten myself from a beautiful bouquet of flowers on Green Wedding Shoes to a large carved ebony wood credenza at Hudson but it just happens! This is creativity at work. This is EXACTLY the type of thing I have TRAINED my brain to do. To get inspired is an understatement... instead I actually create a different LIFE for myself all from an image I see. What a wonderful gift I have.

Flea Markets

There are few things in life better than buying someone's trash and taking it home as your treasure. I often wonder where these beautiful pieces I find come from... and why on earth anyone would 'throw them out'.

TENNESSEE

Hey y'all! I'm just getting all packed up for a trip back to Nashville to visit my dearest friends, Lee & Page Morris, along with some other wonderful friends of mine back in TN. I am most looking forward to that quality time with my besties, but I am also ECSTATIC about the Lynchburg 'Jack Daniel's BBQ Fest' as its my first time attending such a fete.

I can't decide if I should pack my plaid and flannels or something with an elastic waistband for how much FOOD and BBQ I am going to be eating! This is sure to be a trip chalk full of fun memories and laughter.

Found out we are ALSO going to a TN Titans game while we are there at LP Field. O-M-G I am stoked!

Hope you are all doing well out there in bloggyland and I will share with you my adventure when I return. Until then, YEEEEHAWWW!!!

NEW YORK CITY

Leaving on a jet plane - a Virgin America jet plane that is - for a week long trip to New York. Visiting family and museums and restaurants and clothing stores AND everything else the big apple has to offer. CAN'T wait!!!!

Just thinking about walking around the streets of Manhattan has got me singing Alicia Keys' New York as I pack my bags.

First thing I have GOT to do is grab a hot dog from the sweatiest vendor I find, and score a sweet knock off gold Rolex. It's the little things that make me the most happy really... ahhh, a girl can dream.

But seriously, I am thrilled to be going back to the city; its been over ten years since I was there and I just get so giddy about the smells and the people! Can't wait to tell you all about my trip and show you the treasures I find when I return.

THE CIRCUS CATCH

I wanted to give a short and sweet shout out to one very amazing Author, Andrew Baslow, of The Circus Catch. He has just recently joined the wonderful world of blogging, and is an aspiring broadcast journalist. His (first ever) blog is already gaining lots of interest in the blogsphere which centers around the wonderful world of baseball.

A recent college graduate who had hoped to be picked up professionally, has in a sheer chance of luck - whether he wants to believe it or not - is currently on the path to finding his true passion... and I happen to believe it to be a sports writer. His writing is blunt and to the point which could potentially offend some people, but his genuine love for the game is glaringly obvious that you can't help but smile.

Please pop on over there and take a looksie around and enjoy!

AN OFFICIAL COLLEGE GRADUATE

I GRADUATED COLLEGE!

What a silly wonderful ridiculous feeling to be done with my college career. Of course everyone wants to know, "What are you going to do with yourself now? Do you have a job yet? Are you moving out of your parent's house???" My answer has strategically been, "I'm traveling!" which pretty much means... I DON'T HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT YET!

While I have been doing my fair share of travel (Bullhead City, Nashville, Don Pedro) I have also been searching for the 'dream job', and have come to realize I don't know if my 'dream job' is out there. I want to make enough money to be comfortable but also have enough free time for my expanding social calendar. It seems like the interior design world is fully saturated with FILLED positions and my options are slim.

So while I continue on with my travels, I am keeping my eyes and ears open for a new adventure of what will happen next!