a little inspiration

today has just been lame.

i don't really have any other words for it. lots of homework to catch up on. it's been gloomy outside since we got home thursday afternoon {no sunshine!}. i'm not wearing any cute clothes.

it's just a debbie-downer day.

so i decided to award myself, give myself a little pick-me-up, for completing my homework with a project. listening to one of my favorites in the news world {glenn beck, don't judge me!}, i was inspired by his words. i was also inspired by some lovely color combos at one of my favorite color palette sites: design seeds.

this is oh, so true in all aspects of our lives! we can apply this to ourselves, our friends, our work, our children, those we work with, for, etc. in all areas, demand excellence.

see! don't you feel better? i do! now i'm gonna go demand an excellent snack. happy weekend!

inspiration: spring glow || design seeds

 

sad + happy

it's been a crazy week... and it's only tuesday. i spent today getting official college stamps, signatures, recommendations, and transcripts ready to send in for a scholarship {xx fingers crossed xx}. i don't want to be in school. is that bad? i find the entire school system utterly and completely ridiculous. mostly because professors fill our minds with information that we hold onto long enough to barf up onto an exam. we are required to take so many courses that have nothing to do with what we want to do, and if you find one you do want to do, there's an infinite list of prerequisite classes you must take. if we could all learn what we wanted to learn at our own pace and through methods that don't test what we think possibly remember but really only know how to regurgitate, we might actually have harder workers, dream chasers, and a happy successful environment to enter after college.

this is what i enjoy. can i take a class on better design? networking? photography for simple cameras? html? maybe even an advanced sewing class? psssh. no tasmin, you silly girl. you don't have the prerequisites for half of those and the other half are fake. i guess i'll google it.

in the meantime, i will share some happy things with you! here are a couple blog posts i especially enjoyed today.

foliophoto: collection {bedsidesign}
nesting: mismatched cloth napkins {a beautiful mess}

and just a couple of blogs that i enjoy, too.

stories of kel
we took the road less traveled
sunny with a chance of sprinkles

more upcoming happiness includes a recipe for my my home-made, gluten free crackers that are legit and that valentine's project i promised i'd share {it's totally not exclusive to valentines}.

i'm the kinda girl who... {link up}

i decided to join my very first link up. surprised?? i am. i love reading them, and have loved all the ideas, but this particular one was just fun. and so i'm doing it. ...smile...

i'm the kinda girl who...

...sings every time a song comes in my head.
...loves cooking, but hates dishes.
...would rather be barefoot.
...wishes on falling stars.
...talks about my husband. like all the time.
...loves swinging on swings and ending in a somewhat pitiful leap into the air.
...squeals when i see an old friend {or sometimes friends i saw two days ago}.
...can sleep anywhere.
...never gets tired of movies. i can watch them over and over and over and over and...
...eats at chick-fil-a once a week {usually, sometimes every two} even though i am trying to be healthy.
...talks to myself in public, out loud, and normally doesn't notice 'til it's too late.
...can't swim. yup.
...laughs at dumb things way longer than normal people.
...laughs at really funny things way longer than normal people.
...laughs at things that happened last week... generally way longer than normal people.
...hates being late, other people being late, and lateness in general.
...runs down the hall in socks into a legit slide at then end.
...trips on air and runs into doors.
...always tries to be positive when others are down, but can never be positive when i am down.
...loves sunshine.
...plays in the rain {but still loves the sun}.
...is obsessed with scarves.
...dreams of big things.

anyone else want to give it a go? what kind of girl are you??