Today is for...

...snuggling under blankets.

...flipping through magazines.

...singing along with Feist.

...listening to thunder and intermittent rain.

...enjoying my pretty white ranunculus.

Today

I feel so GOOD today! Don't you just love days like that?! My mood is cheerful, I feel physically healthy, I feel AWAKE (I've been so tired for the last month or so), and the weather is amazing. It is no longer 85 degrees... YAY! It's cool. They sky is grey with patches of beautiful blue. Gorgeous, moody clouds everywhere. Perfection.

(photos taken with the jasiPhone)

While I was driving today, these were some things that made me really happy:

1. Feeling all snug and warm in my car.

2. Driving through pockets of sunshine.

3. Looking out at the inky, dark, choppy water and noticing rings of shimmering sparkles.

4. Remembering that I have seen the ocean almost every single day of my life when some people only get to see it on vacation... if at all.

Other things making me happy today:

1. I'm wearing one of my favorite shirts. It's red and covered in swans.

2. Levi shampooed my hair at the salon and gave me an extra long scalp massage.

3. Our dinner in the crock pot is making the house smell amazing.

4. The kiwi I had for breakfast.

It's just a good day.

hallelujah

the rains came back to southern california. it is glorious.

i'm pretty excited to have a chance to wear my rain boots. i stomp in any puddle i see... even the pathetic ones.

mini-moon pt. II

it was cold when we were in san francisco!

we loved it!

we bundled ourselves up for a long day of walking.

putting on my fleece welly socks.

i put this on as a joke but ended up buying it because it felt so good on my freezing face. best $8 i've ever spent at walgreens!

i know this will sound perfectly obnoxious... but all the 70°+ sunny weather we've had for the last couple weeks has me longing for the grey, drizzly weather we had on our honeymoon.

greetings from rainy california!

i am so glad our rain came back so that i could have a chance to stomp in some puddles with my new hunter wellies! now i'll always have my maiden name around...on my boots.

today, we are officially less than ONE week away from the wedding! six days away to be exact!

we have a to do list about a mile long keeping us busy 10+ hours a day. it's a labor of love. i really can't wait to see it all come together. we'll be relaxing in san francisco on our "mini honeymoon" before we know it. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

and i REALLY can't wait to show you all the details from the wedding.

soon!

a rainy evening walk

the last couple days have been way too warm for december. it was in the 80s on sunday. :/

it's making me miss the rain we had last weekend.

i love rain. it's my favorite weather. levi loves it too. it reminds him of portland (where he grew up).

(isn't my levi so cute? i think so.)

these photos are from our walk to levi's work christmas party....it was on a boat...in the rain.

yeah.

it was interesting. up on the top deck, we got pelted with insane rain. the crazy wind that accompanied the rain on the water almost ripped our umbrellas out of our hands. we went back to the lower deck with soaking tights and socks.

at least it was an adventure! and i did say i loved rain.

the cold front

it has been faaaareeeeezing in our house lately.

time to pull my slippers out of the back of the closet!

too bad they're filthy from constant use last year. i wish i would have bought 90 pairs in my size. :(

this is how lily tries to stay warm:

she turns herself into a popple!

getting dressed: week five

just when i was getting ready to pull out the tights & sweaters, southern california reared its schizophrenic head on me... again.

it was 91 in some parts of LA yesterday. enough said.

(i told levi i was "smizing" in this photo... with my sunglasses on. ha!)

foxy tank: h&m

denim skirt: j.crew

shoes: seychelles

sunglasses: same as always

polka-dot bow: h&m

topless

ugh. it's been SO HOT.

i thought we had escaped the nasty late summer heat this year! instead, it was 109 in long beach yesterday.

fingers crossed it doesn't last.

'cause if it does, i might have to start running around half naked like my five year old self.

(ohhhh, look at that attitude. i remember i was terrified of sliding down those rocks below, and my parents kept trying to make me...so that's the reaction they got. yikes. i swear i wasn't a brat. all the time.)

summer?

where are you?

i still haven't put on any of my bathing suits this summer...or my sun hat.

i haven't set foot on the beach or dipped my toe in our swimming pool.

i haven't gotten sunburned (thankfully! my goal for the summer was no sunburns.). i haven't gotten any tanner.

our air conditioning unit is still tucked away in the garage.

it's true that our summers start when everyone else's are winding down, and our falls are blistering while everyone else is starting to layer and drink hot chocolate again.

but this summer is just plain weird.

i'm not complaining though! i hate the heat.

i can absolutely wait 'til next year for a more traditional summer with warm weather, bathing suits, sun hats, swimming pools, and the like. bring on a nice, cool fall, mr. weather man!

hopefully, i didn't just jinx myself by writing this post...