it's who i am that makes me, me. not what i do.

happy new years eve.....

i've been thinking about this post for quite some time now. what was i going to write the last day before 2010?? i have basically told you all that i would like to accomplish over and over again. and i'm not much for calling things resolutions because im afraid they're less likely to stick around then.

so i would moreso like to tell you about who i would like to be.

not so much do, but be.

i want to be the girl that laughs always.

i want to be the girl who gets angry when necesary, but keeps her cool when need be.

i want to be the girl  who gives back to the community... and to the world.

i want to be the girl who believes in herself and everything she is capable of doing.

i want to be the girl who is loved. as much as humanly possible.

i want to be the girl who likes the yankees but isn't a tomboy.

the girl who likes video games but isn't a gamer.

the girl who thinks like a guy occasionally but is down to the core girly.

i want to be the girl who cherishes her friends. and never does a thing to hurt them.

i want to be the girl who is all about family. no matter what.

i want to be the girl who takes pictures of everything everyday of her life.

i want to be the girl who forgives. i mean whole heartedly forgives.

i want to be the girl who is smart and can keep a conversation with the finest of intellects.

i want to be the girl who is crazy. who will do anything to have fun.

i want to be the girl he's proud to call his.

i want to be the girl who is a perfect wife. as perfect as someone is allowed.

and mostly, i want to be the girl who can sit back and be proud of her life. be proud of her story. be proud of herself.

get a glimpse into my past @ absent minded.

check out kateigh's last decade list.

jenni's blog is fun & full of life. how fabulous was this idea??

sponsor an adventure.

Give for a Cause.

Carrie from {Carrie Goes to Kilimanjaro}

needs donations to get there!

She is going to Africa for such a great cause.

I think the world would be such a perfect place if we all did our part, as Carrie is doing.

She will be spending 3 months helping out others in need.

Giving up her family, friends, home, and comfort zone to change lives.

She is such an amazing lady and I know she will make a difference in many lives.

She's already made one in mine.

{click here} to help sponsor Carrie and her journey to another world.

If you need anymore convincing.....

Jackie from {exp0sed brick} will be hosting a giveaway in exchange for your good deed.

How fabulous!!

For every donation $5 or more you will be entered to win....

{holga camera}

{beautful print .:Wish:. from jackielion}

{some special surprises}

Tell the world about this fabulous adventure of Carrie's and Jackie's giveaway,

& be entered to win twice!

This is such a great cause.

And Carrie is such a brave, amazing soul to be tackling it.

Please show your appreciation & sponsor her right away!

{you may even get something back!}

just call me alexander.

kateigh & the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

it's still early and that's just the kind of day its been.

i guess ill have to try extra extra hard to bring out that positive heart of mine

& step forward.

  

{just think happy thoughts}

i love you to the moon and back.

meet la la.

or spanky.

or mama hoojie.

or bippy.

or lauren.

(the girl with more nicknames than she knows what to do with)

this is my cousin.

she was born when i was 11.

just a few short months after her parents moved just houses away from me.

you can basically say, she grew up with me.

in many ways, she is the little sister i never had.

i was there for everything.

her first teeth, first words, first steps.

now first day of high school, first friendship fights, first boy crushes.

it amazes me that she is 14 years old!

she doesn't make me feel old.

she makes me proud to have been witness to such a beautiful person growing up.

lauren is not your average 14 year old girl.

ok, yes, she is loud and goofy and likes nothing more than to play manhunt every weekend.

but this 14 year old has a heart bigger than any i have ever seen.

she cares for things she shouldn't be worrying about for another 10 years. atleast.

example, since she was 6 or 7, she decided not to collect candy on Halloween.

she went trick or treating every year with a box for unicef.

she collected money for people less privaledged than us instead of racking up pillow cases full of candy.

and this year, we are scheduling a bagillion volunteer activities to do in our community.

(by her request)

she is always ready to do for others.

this girl, in its most literal sense, has a heart of gold!

today, on my day fulll of love she just added to all the reasons to love the world.

via facebook (which like many teenage girls she is an addict)

she was asked, "if you were only able to say one thing to katie for the rest of your life, what would it be?"

and to this she responded. i love you to the moon and back again.

(a little phrase my mom said to us time and time again. actually brings tears to my eyes. but im a baby)

and in my very next notification i was tagged in a poster.

it had all fun little titles on it, in which you tag all your friends.

(someone who likes good music, best smile, met when you were little, makes you laugh, the funny friend, prettiest person you know, etc. etc. etc.)

unfrotunately on my iphone i was unable to see which title she had chosen for me.

so myself, rockstar husband, and bestie played the guessing game.

and to my surprise i got.......

*someone you just can't live without*

{and if i could sum up me and la..... she's someone i just can't live without!}

just simple words spoken. that will touch my heart forever.

my heart beats to the sound of yours.

i'm all about the love today.

i guess you could say im just smitten.

about everything.

maybe it's christmas.

maybe it's the thought of spending the day with rockstar husband, my momma, and my bestie.

or maybe it's just in the air.

i love you!

v

.

.

<3

shopping+boy= true love

happy hump day.

mine will be.

rockstar husband has off today.

& we're going shopping.

(my favorite thing to do with my favorite boy)

(i hope to look like this by the end of the day)

maybe i'll even get some presents out of it.

ok focus...

christmas presents only!!

(but maybe i can pick mine out?)

weekend recap <3

sunday nights are always the hardest for me.

i am surrounded by absolutely amazing people who make my weekends beyond *spectacular*

so when sunday night comes around, when i have to start to go to work,

you can see where the problem is.

so i usually spend my sundays lounging around recovering from sleepless nights and fun filled days

but today, as told earlier, we entertained.

needless to say, i am quite exhausted.

one of my favorite things about sundays when i get to work

is jumping on blog world and remembering my past weekend.

and how i can't wait to make next weekend better.

(if possible)

so here. here are my top moments from the weekend.

1. movies, music, & chats with my bff brother on a long road trip

2. being the date to the fabulous carrie

(it was quite possibly the sweetest date i have ever been on)

3. introductions @ the wedding.

(carrie intro-ed me as her date, i intro-ed rj as my brother and jackie as my neighbor.)

4. hugging my puppy after missing her terribly

5. getting 90% of my christmas shopping done

6. grocery shopping with rockstar husband

7. meeting people as they said. so you're the soul mate we hear so much about. talk about making a girl blush

8. a full night of movies and puppy time with rockstar husband. with nothing else to do.

9. a darling dinner party with our parents.

10. realizing sometimes you need to let go, and know what you currently have is amazing. if it's meant to be, everything else will creep back in eventually.

hope you all had wonderful weekends!

<3

dinner party.

the snow has arrived.

thank you new york for not giving us half as much as you once promised.

it absolutely made my sunday.

tonight rockstar husband and i have plans to have a dinner party.

with both sets of parents.

and the snow would have ruined all our plans.

so i am super sonic excited

(as carrie would say)

that the snow has decided to keep at a minimum.

it will be our first parent dinner party since in our new place.

 since being mr & mrs jamieson

and since me being a domestic wife.

(ok the last one is a stretch but my cooking has definitely improved)

and i love when both our families get together.

it almost makes it more official.

like we really did go and get married.

its not all in my head.

because sometimes this whole life seems so unreal.

i don't remember growing past the age of 21.

and being old enough to know what love is.

and calling him my husband isn't me fantasizing

while writing kateigh jamieson all over my notebooks.

this is legit.

this is my life.

my dreams as reality.

<3

fabulous fridays

i have quite the exciting day ahead of me.

i will traveling 3-4 hours with my best friend of a brother.

(4 hours of nonstop heart to hearts.... mmm my fave!)

and when we reach our destination,

we will be getting ready to celebrate

mEg's wedding!

im so excited.

for one, weddings are my favorite thing ever. 

i love watching 2 people fall in love.

and theres no better way to see that then watch them on their wedding day.

and another, i will see bestie today after not seeing her bubbly self for 2 whole days!

and if you know jac &  me. 

this is not something we like to do often.

but she had bridesmaid duties.

so today, i get to see her. and she will get the biggest hug she has ever received.

there's just one very important thing missing.

rockstar husband will not be coming with.

because of his yucky work schedule, he misses out on the funnest of moments.

& i hate this.

hopefully one day soon, his photo career will take off.

and then he will be right next to me through every event. 

for now, i will spend my day secretly missing the heck out of him!

stuck forever

this boy changed my life.

& some days.... he's all i think about.

ok ok all days.

even though he's just at work,

i miss him dearly.

 

we wear matching sneakers.

we have matching thoughts.

and we wear matching hearts.

they beat as one.

this is the fairy tale every girl dreams of.

the happily ever after.

 each day we fall more in love.

and each day my life gets more amazing.

<3

goals i would like to accomplish in 2010.

4. write a book that will change lives (letters to my children. untitled.)

12. create a non-profit organization to raise money for music & arts in schools.

16. plan a girls' road trip.

19. go to a drive in movie

21. tatto my body

24. write an auto-bio.

27. watch afi top 100

29. learn to skateboard

31. throw a fundraising event.

33. host a murder mystery dinner.

34. go camping.

36. have a cocktail dress like dinner party.

37. keep a photo journal to capture my life.

38. always stay positive.

40. travel to a new place.

51. go on a wine tour

55. take weekend vacays.

56. buy polaroid camera

64. try new foods.

65. listen to new bands. go to shows.

66. limit fast food.

67. exercise regularly

69. manis/pedis as much as possible

76. learn to kayak and rock climb

78. make day trips thru the hud valley

79. visit nyc as much as possible.

82. make mix tapes.

83. budget myself

84. celebrate every holiday.

89. participate in habitat for humanity

91. create playlists

92. continue decorating apartment

94. learn to cook well.

97. sell things on etsy

98. make a journal of local activities.

more will be added to this list! because really there's a lot more than 100 things i'd like to accomplish in life!

the world just needs a little {love}

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 i love you {rockstar husband for 150 days of married love}

i love you {warm warm coat when the gym is below zero}

i love you {mountain dew that is keeping me awake right now}

i love you {cheesy 80's songs that have made it to the gym's soundtrack}

i love you {bestie & sissy for a ridiculous friday and im sorry for our saturday}

i love you {stephanie meyer for the butterflies, the tears, and the laughs while drooling over breaking dawn}

i love you {mom for raising me to do the right thing, even when the rest of the world has not}

i love you {law & order: svu for everything you are}

i love  you {christmas time for making me all warm and fuzzy inside}

and i love you {blogger for letting me tell you how i feel and always listening}

teagan love

if you're having a bad day....

here is the remedy.

 

 

 

 

how are bad moods possible after this face??

{she looks just like me.hehe}

"And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever."

i looked at the books sitting on her shelf.

"really?" i said.

(i say this a lot.)

i don't take you for a twilight girl.

(whatever that is)

i mean i'm quite obsessed with the vampire craze,

possibly because i've had a thing for vampires since, interview with...

but twilight i just don't understand,

possibly  because i am not a 13 year old- boy crazed- child

jackie did not let me leave without book in hand.

ok ok ok. i like books. a lot actually.

how awful could this large print pre-teen obsession be?

i'm in love.

i'm smitten.

i can't put them down.

and it wasn't until this very moment,

as i finished page 600 something.

as i read that very last word.

(of eclipse that is)

that it clicked.

everything clicked.

i am head over heels out of control in love with edward.

and to my dismay

(because she is not my favorite all the time)

i am bella.

things i thought, things i felt, things i said i'd never do.

then i met him.

"the him"

the "one"

just like bella's "one."

(i dont care what theyre trying to push with love for jacob)

rockstar husband is essentially edward.

he speaks like him.

in his romantic poetry.

(altho ben tries to hide it more)

and he would literally die and kill for my happiness.

not just to save me from being hurt physically,

but just to put a smile on my face.

dont read into this.

i am in no way saying that our situation is their situation.

(as much as i wish we had an eternity @ 25)

but it explains how i felt what i felt.

and why i shed tears as though the words crept off the page and jumped into my life.

we have been through a world of things in our years.

some that made us stronger.

and some that made us want to tear out the others heart.

which essentially.... made us stronger.

things not to discuss here in blog world.

(as much as i love you all dearly.)

most importantly.. pre him

young as i was, there was no such thing as marriage in my future.

i was a committment phob.

hardcore.

i didn't carry a boyfriend longer than a month.

nevermind the thought of a ring on my finger.

even when i did fall in love with the now husband

i knew marriage was in our future.

but it seemed to me thats all it would ever be,

the future.

a make believe day that would be thought about

but never acted upon

so much so i used to threaten him not to ask me to marry him

i just wasn't ready.

then it hit us.

he would be working 2 hours away for months.

and staying there.

aka us not seeing each other for sometimes weeks at a time.

not my happiest moments.

and there.

in nervousness of losing each other,

and the proof of how much our love meant to each other.

it wasnt like how our friends had loved in the past.

this was "it"

this is what fairy tales bragged about for so long.

and here it was.

right inside of us.

and thats when he asked.

when we needed it most.

as proof to ourselves.

that what we had was real.

i in no way reacted as bella did.

i sang from the rooftops.

( and i was completely taken off guard)

something i never thought i wanted

was something that felt as if it was the only thing i wanted.

i loved him.

more than any girl had ever loved any boy

(in my head anyway)

we were romeo & juliet

no.

corey & tapanga?

no not quite.

(altho we are reffered to as them at times)

(story for another day)

edward & bella.

perfect.

these books are more than words on pages.

theyre feelings of pain, hurt, love, passion,

& everything you have ever felt.

all wrapped in each sentence.

things i would like to accomplish this week.

1. bathroom decor possibly??
2. lunch with jacpfef and carrie
3. weekend filled with sister{@heart} time
4. poppy's trip. pleeeease??
5. etsy shop opened (that's right folks... this WEEK!)
6. photos printed.  (wayyy overdue)
7. steal my nephew for an impromptu photo sesh tomorrow
8. make a congrats basket for super best friend's new job {yay jenny!}
9. make some delish cupcakes. and make them pretty. maybe i'll take pictures??
10. chalboard paint/ spray paint party with jac & carrie.

pretty reasonable?
i think i can handle this.
i think i sneak way too much fun in my to-do lists ; )

my playground.

after posting my 7 wonders of my apartment

i decided i'd like to give you a tour.

as we finish the remodel, of course.

and today. i finally finished my work/play space.

who am i kidding.

it's a play space.

my new bookshelf.

(except all my books are in storage)

my fave lil thingamabob holders.

aren't they lovely?

carnival holga prints are my fave

(in case you were in need of a christmas present for me ;)

it definitely needs a little more work.

but finally a place i can't wait to sit for hours blogging & crafting.

(i apologize for the pictures. i decided flashes were overrated and rushed pictures would do fine)

kreativ blogger award. yay!

Picking just *7* items in my apartment was near impossible.

I love everything and it all makes me who I am.

But this, my friends, is the list.

Of the magic and fabulousness out of 462 C.

{number} 1

this was my grandmother's jewelry box given to my mom.

my mom gave this to me on my 18th birthday.

we didn't have any heirlooms that were passed down,

so she decided it would all start with this.

i can't wait for my daughter's daughter's daughter to use this to put her fave jewelry in.

on the right..... my favorite jewelry ever.

the 2 rings that with a glance could make me laugh and cry.

the 2 rings that changed my life.

this heirloom i will start.

my engagement ring was made from the stones in my grandmothers engagement ring.

she told me she wanted me to have that ring when i found my "buddy".

{number} two

the first drawings my godson/nephew drew for us in our new apartment.

if you can't tell, he made some spiders and monsters.

i guess that was obvious though.

these now lay across my bright blue wall.

they're the best pieces of artwork we own.

{number} 3

love is....

one day ((soon)) me and rockstar husband will have matching love is tattoos.

what better to remind me then one of my fave cartoons everytime i walk in the bathroom.

this flower was worn on one of my first re-dates with rockstar husband.

these two items were the inspiration to my whole bathroom decor.

{number} four

work like you don't need the money.

love like you've never been hurt.

sing like no one is listening.

dance like no one is watching.

this is a good reminder.

{number} 5

this is my poprocks!

the only colorless corner of my apt.

there are framed cards from past birthdays and anniversaries and just because

between me and rockstar husband.

our wedding proof book by my bestie.

then some black & whites from our wedding.

((my personal fave. rockstar husband being a rOCKsTAR!))

then a frozen hot chocolate candle from my fave, Serendipity!

{number} 6

my "i dont wanna grow up" corner

with magic 8 ball.

best friends book from by super best friend, jenny!

my lil pony ornament. (if only we could find a perfume to smell like her)

slinky.

camera.

"Oh the places you'll go" (one of the readings @ our wedding)

monster tissue box. (yup this is strictly to look at)

B&K!

i would have loved to show you a full picture.

including my enormous mac and cute little craft area.

but it's undergoing some construction rite now ;)

{number} seven

our matching skateboards.

these were bought on our very spontaneous pre-wedding getaway.

we needed a mini- vacay so we hopped in the car and drove.

no plan. no hotel booked. no stress.

we decided on ocean city, md a few hours in.

found a hotel and had 3 days of fabulousness.

including, but not limited to, buying rad new skateboards and skating on the boardwalk.

(my mom just about had a heart attack the day we got back and were playing on our skateboards outside just a few weeks away from the wedding. i thought a hott pink would look awesome with my dress)

and there it is.

a little bit of me.

i hope you loved it.

i cant wait to read/see all about:

carrie*carrie goes to kilimanjaro

meghan*me me & lu lu

rebecca*daydreams in lace

donna*out with the old...

jamie*same new story

megara*curls and coffee

katrina*i love your way

tag you're it!!

pieces of me.

While blog hopping, I came across *Notes from the Toothfairy*

She has this fun little project that her followers do the first Sunday of each month.

It's the same questions every month with different answers pertaining to that upcoming month.

I think it's such a fun idea and I couldn't wait to participate.

((yes. I know it's Monday now, but I just couldn't wait until next month))

Here it goes.

.:I like:.

fireplaces. hot cocoa from zuzu's. snow angels. buying/making presents. seeing all my family. singing christmas songs. making gingerbread houses. wrapping paper. looking at all the decorated houses.

.:I don't like:.

cold, cold, cold. warming up my car. clearing off my car. shoveling. dark mornings, dark evenings. cold noses.

.:I want you to know:.

i've been more organized about christmas shopping this year than i ever have been. hopefully, this all works out in the end!

I've planned:

a beyond fabulous 80's prom new year's eve party. costumes required. with lots of good friends.

I want to say to someone special:. 

i miss you. it's always hardest around the holidays not to have my grandparents around.

i wish more than anything they were able to meet and spend time with my husband.

i know they would just love him.

tag. you're it!

Ahhhh!! I have been tagged. The lovely Micaela of Dolce Vita has given me the Kreativ Blogger.

She put a little twist on the original project.

So you will see 7 pictures from my little city loft that makes me ME!
I am still shooting away and deciding, but I needed to share this asap!!
soo soon, soon, soon, you will see all about me!

and this... this is ours.

First Christmas tree and decorating that was just mine and his.

First Christmas as {Mr. and Mrs. rOCKsTAR husband.}

 

annnd...... TADA! Here it is.