unruly things

my boyfriend and I have started a beer and wine journal! there have been so many times we have gone to the beer store, gotten a new beer, and forgotten if we liked it or not. so, we decided to start a journal. in our journal we will have labels, descriptions, our taste notes, and rating. we had a terrible time taking some of the labels off, and I ended up ripping a few of them. {of course} but it’s off to a good start! this weekend we did the first of the tastings with a few IPA’s from Total Wine. so here are our first tastes! {all of the ratings are out of 5}
01. Acme IPA – I love the label, but it gets 2.5 stars {the .5 was for the label}
02. Dogfish Head 60min IPA – 4 stars
03. Dogfish Head 90min IPA – yum yum YUM! 4.5 stars
04. Harpoon IPA – 1.5 stars
05. Avery IPA – 3 stars

do you ever drive in your car without any music on? I rarely do, unless I’m talking on the phone or to someone in my car. today I drove from work, to wild oats, and back to work again with no music on. I didn’t even realize that I had no music on until I was pulling into my parking space at work. it’s weird. I was totally zoning out. and it’s like, I don’t even really remember the drive. but I made it there ok. and I made it back ok. my mind must have been working a million ticks per minute. it makes me wonder if our lives are equipped with auto-pilot.

ME! :)

check back to see my updates on my very own printed t-shirts!

when we ask ourselves which people in our lives mean the most to us, we often answer that it is our family and friends. family are there to support us and our beliefs, scold us when we’ve done wrong, and love us for who we have become. friends are there to share things with, give advice, solutions, or cures, and make us happy when we are down. one thing we need in our lives is a good friend. someone we can count on when we need them, someone who can be silent with us in a moment of confusion, someone who genuinely cares about us, someone who can tolerate not knowing everything about us, not healing us, and not standing by us all the time. I have always felt that the great privilege and comfort of a good friendship was one in which I had nothing to live up to or explain. I once read a quote somewhere that said, “good friends are like stars. you don’t always see them, but you know that they are there.”
I feel as though I have done a fair job on my part of being a good friend. I’ve listened when someone needed me, I’ve given what I thought to be the best advice I could offer. however, sometimes it’s the little things that most people don’t see or pick up on. it’s the bigger things that stand out in our minds. like the time I didn’t go to so-and-so’s party, or the time I didn’t pick up my phone.
it’s funny how life is always changing. we grow and shift. it’s hard when it seems that a good friend denies your right to grow. I’m not always going to be exactly the same. but I’m still myself. I still care about my friends and I still love each of them dearly. a true friend is the most precious of all possessions. and true friends are impossible to forget.

{even if you do send death text messages, I’ll still try to understand}

…to us.
6 months ago today, I met him. the best choice to go out on a week night I ever made! love you babe.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Turkey Day filled with yummy treats and good company! I thought I would list ten things that I am thankful for:

10. opportunity.
09. my amazing and supportive family. they have been more than there for me all my life, and I love them to death.
08. my wonderful boyfriend. the incredible way he makes me feel. he’s my devil. I love him so much.
07. my job. I know I hated it for a long time, but they really have done so much for me. and I have the potential to do so much more.
06. my creativity. without it, I have no idea how I would have graduated college. I might have actually had to take hard sciences or hard maths. just kidding, well….sort of.
05. my musical talents. even though I haven’t touched the keys of a piano for probably over a year. {electric keyboards not included}
04. the ability to cook. and to cook well. I love food. sometimes more than I know what to do with!
03. wine. point blank.
02. the simple fact that 90% of the time, I am genuinely a nice person. example: I would NEVER take someones laundry out of the dryer and put it on the dirty shelf. I’d be courteous and wait. {stupid hooters bitches}
01. my love for life.

so kate spade has a devil hat! isn’t that great??