For Changing the World...

In all my blog hopping last week, I found the cutest FREE printable - inspired by Gandhi and his life-governing principles. Take a lookie:


I will be printing one of these little babies...best part is, it's a hi-res PDF file when you download it from Francesca so you can get it printed as large or as small as you want. Let's change the world, shall we?

Florence + the Machine

So...it's been awhile. But I have a new(ish) infatuation. Her name is Florence. And apparently she has a machine. She is a musical genius. Partake of a favorite of mine, The Dog Days Are Over (and this love is completely independent of the trailer for Eat. Pray. Love. AND the latest installment of GLEE).



And another one (used on one of my favorite dances from last season of So You Think You Can Dance). The idiots at YouTube won't let me embed, so if you want to see it, HERE is the link.

Check her out. You won't be sorry you did.

If...

I'm completely stealing this idea from a blog I stalk (Bits of B)...and I know it's after midnight, but I thought I'd let the creative juices flow for a few minutes before beddie-bye. Feel free to play along if you feel so inclined...

If I was a season, I’d be Fall

If I was a piece of furniture, I'd be a Chaise Lounger

If I was a country, I'd be England

If I was a food, I'd be a Minestrone Soup

If I was a candy, I'd be a Sour Patch Watermelon

If I was a flower, I'd be a Phalaenopsis Orchid

If I was a song, I'd be In Repair by John Mayer

If I was an instrument, I'd be a Snare Drum

If I was a color, I'd be Red

If I was a letter, I'd be an email

If I was a book, I'd be Confessions of a Shopaholic

If I was a time of day, I'd be Midnight

If I was a drink, I'd be Diet Coke

If I was a holiday, I'd be Thanksgiving

If I was a store, I'd be Target

If I was a word, I'd be "panache"

If I was a person, I’d be me - and I'd change the world

If I could know the future, I wouldn't worry so much about the outcome of my life.

Vogue

Madonna. Simply saying the word aloud makes me feel powerful.
~Sue Sylvester

Okay...so this made me all kinds of happy tonight. Vogue has long been one of my Madonna favorites, but Sue Sylvester makes it all the more delightful! Next week is the Madonna themed episode of Glee and I'm so excited!



There's even a cameo by cute Nathan Trasoras from the last season of So You Think You Can Dance.

MBP Does Giveaway?!

So...awhile back I posted about how I let these guys rate me on their blog. The jury's still out on whether that was a stupid decision or not.

Well, I still follow Mormon Bachelor Pad (despite my better judgment), and they are doing a giveaway. Now, were it ANY other giveaway, I probably wouldn't care. BUT, they are giving away a Shabby Apple Five to Nine dress. Oh, how I {heart} Shabby Apple! I haunt their site on a regular basis, dreaming of the day I can actually give in and drop a hundy on a beautiful dress. Sissy actually got me a Shabby Apple frock to wear as a bridesmaid at her wedding...FYI, I rocked it. I probably wouldn't choose the Five to Nine, but it's beautiful regardless...and I'm sure I could rock it as well.

In case you're wondering, my preference would be the Bugle Boy or the Sheep Meadow.

Takeoffs and Landings

In the past eight days (that's 192 hours), I've driven to the Salt Lake International Airport no less than five times.

The first (Wednesday, March 3rd) was to drive myself, en route to Boise for what seemed the 50th time this year.

Second (Friday, March 5th) was to pick up the lovely and fabulous Tiburon and Hub from their excursion to Mexico.

Third (Saturday, March 6th) was to really pick up the lovely and fabulous Tiburon and Hub when their flight actually landed in SLC (I had my wires crossed the first time - silly me).

Fourth was this morning, being the amazing roommate that I am, to take Bre and the Skipper to catch their flight to a luxury resort in Mexico (seriously, what's with all the trips to Mexico - and why is no one taking me with them?!).

...And finally

Fifth was this morning, continuing to heighten my roommate status, to take Bre her passport, which she left, forlorn, on her bedroom desk.

Retail Therapy

I have mentioned time and time again that spending money makes me feel better. I am a big believer in retail therapy. Who needs a REAL therapist, when I can spend away my woes in a flurry of tissue paper and a swipe of any array of plastic. When I saw these cardigans, something instinctive inside of me wanted one. Yearned for one. I'm not caving in...I'm blogging about it instead.

THIS picture makes me want to buy things. Lacie things.

I am THE person they target when they create their direct-email marketing. It's sad, really. Even worse is the display at the actual store...where they sort the panties in a beautiful lacie rainbow. I'm doomed from the get-go.

It's a sickness...justified by an alluring spectrum of color.

And then there was this time I asked to be rated publicly...

So...a few months back, I discovered this blog, written by two 22 year old guys who were airing their dirty dating laundry online. I got sucked in and hooked. Naturally, when they announced that they would be rating girls on Christmas, I got right on board and asked to be posted on the web for the whole world to see. Merry Christmas to me - I'm a 7. I copied and pasted my portion below, but you can read their entire objectifying and honest (and entertaining) post at the link above.

Stacey
age: 26 height: 5'5"
American Fork, UT
Single
JAKE: 7.5
When we make out I will definitely creepily keep my eyes open just on the off chance you occasionally open yours, because your eyes are amazing. Your face as a whole is awesome, awesome. You’re cute, buuut... would it be bad for me to ask you to hook me up with your friend Michelle Ortega? She's pretty fly!

CALVIN: 7
I probably would have rated you higher, except I stumbled across your blog post when you didn't have any make-up on. Normally, I'm a fan of the natural look, but that was not a flattering photo. It was so unflattering, I refuse to post it on our blog. If we ever get together for any length of time, I'll pay for you to get your makeup tattooed on. That said... you're still out of my league... even first thing in the morning.

Percentage of Accuracy: 72%

Should you read through the entire post, they actually "de-code" the scale at the bottom of the post. It's quite entertaining - and refreshing! They don't actually think they all deserve to be dating a "10"! I'm perfectly content being a "7," since in the eyes of the Mormon Bachelor Pad, it means "7: Very attractive. These are the hot girls most common in a guys regular environment" (and Jake said 7.5).

I know...it's stupid, but I'm entertained.

Merry Christmas!

I LOVE quick witted friends!

Within an hour of my post of the beautiful Mayer pictures, I had a message in my inbox. It simply read "Because I'm that fast." Scott, you rock :)

au naturale

Tiburon dared everyone to go 100% natural on the web...well, here's mine, in all its superfantastic glory:

This is post-shower (approx. 10 minutes after)

This is post-get-ready-regime.

p.s. I totally spaced taking a post-run photo for this purpose. No worries - it doesn't change, and you can see THAT beauty here.
p.p.s. I wanna see yours! Upload those beautiful mugs of yours!

Stacey's a Sector 9 Girl!

I took the plunge this weekend...and bought a longboard. I didn't take much time contemplating this purchase, but after hanging out with Ken and some of his buddies, I realized it's really FUN!

I'm not so great at it, but I've managed to stay upright and not introduce my face to the pavement yet. I haven't figured a name out for her (him?) yet, but I'm taking suggestions.

When it came to color, there was no doubt in my mind that I wanted a RED board (the blue one is Ken's - and he named her Molly). As for features, I was pretty clueless. Anyway, I hope the snow doesn't fly too soon so I can spend some time and work up some mad boarding skills.

What a great weekend - and what a great teacher (well, not so much - he just steadied the wheels so I could get on a few times...). And yes, it was my idea to take some "posed" shots in the church parking lot.

Weekend Hoopla

It's fun when friends meet. Especially when you know they would have something in common. This blessed meeting took place at, where else, the Rio. I'm so glad they let me be "in" on the fun.

Shamae needed to come down with her cute family for an endocrinologist appointment on Monday, but I managed to twist her arm into coming early so they could attend the SLC JDRF Walk.

After meeting up, Tib decided to host a BBQ on Sunday for their families, and again, they let me come. It was so fun! I decided I would be willing to have kids if I could clone Ethan and Sydney. Good thing they're gonna end up married someday - here's the first photo for their wedding video:

I had to buy the love of the children (except for Ethan...already won that kid over) so I brought some glitter-ific tattoos for the girlies. We didn't snag a photo of all the kids with their tats, but when I got home, I got one of mine - I think it's a keeper (it's two sparkly cherries with two STARS)!

Seriously love these ladies. Can't wait until we can get together again!

*If I look stoned in any/all of these photos, it is because I was running on a tremendous lack of sleep. The Walk doesn't plan itself!*

100 Things i LOVE Terribly

It first should be said that I am plagiarizing this from TWO different blogs. It should second be said that I am most definitely in need of a pick-me-up. This should do the trick.

My favorite Shark and the Rockstar Diaries gave me the inspiration, and I am merging the two ideas together to birth:

100 Things i LOVE Terribly
*In NO PARTICULAR ORDER*

1. John Mayer (the man, the music, the mystery)

2. Yoga
3. Driving with my feet out the window
4. Laying out by the pool
5. Reading in the shade on a blanket
6. Cafe Rio salads
7. Kids with type 1 diabetes
8. Working hard to find a cure for kids with type 1 diabetes
9. Laffy Taffy
10. F*R*I*E*N*D*S
11. Gilmore Girls
12. Grey's Anatomy
13. Sarcasm
14. My family


15. Sex & the City

16. Thunderstorms
17. So You Think You Can Dance
18. Concerts
19. Sleeping in
20. Kissing in the rain
21. Novelty books
22. Victoria's Secret
23. Retail therapy
24. Diet Coke
25. Fall vacations
26. Massages

27. Footloose

28. Iceberg shakes
29. Broccoli
30. Quaker Crunchy Corn Bran
31. iPod
32. iPod Shuffle
33. Little Caesar's Crazy Bread
34. MSN Messenger/gChat/Facebook IM
35. Facebook
36. the Beatles
37. Shakespeare in Love
38. Song lyrics
39. Hugh Jackman
40. Work
41. The beach

42. Baking

43. Flying on airplanes
44. Road tripping
45. Rollerblading
46. Michael Jackson
47. Movie theater popcorn
48. A Plethora of pillows
49. Naps
50. A good sweat
51. Burts Bees
52. Hard earned money
53. Birthday presents

54. Target

55. Chunky rings
56. Aromatherapy
57. Pencil skirts
58. Thanksgiving
59. Entertainment Weekly
60. Dark nail polish
61. Gerber daisies
62. Ryan Reynolds
63. Ann Taintor
64. The Weepies
65. Vintage
66. Skittles


67. the Jonas Brothers
68. Chocolate
69. Sunglasses
70. Lucky bamboo plants
71. amazon.com
72. iTunes
73. New music Tuesdays
74. Stars
75. The O.C.
76. Shopaholic books
77. Going to the movies
78. Lazy rivers
79. First kisses
80. Shoes
81. Bridal fairs
82. Sharpie markers
83. Apple Macintosh
84. Sudoku
85. Listening to music in the dark

86. My sissy

87. Longboarding
88. Eating out
89. Listening to music, full blast, in the dark
90. Finding new music artists to adore
91. Showing others new music artists to adore
92. Thinking about getting a tattoo

93. Chace Crawford

94. Meeting new people
95. Falling in Love
96. a Good Cry
97. Laughing until you cry
98. Mod Podge
99. Domesticity
100. Contentment

My Life According to The Beatles

My favorite Schmiburon had this fun game (for the music lover in us all) on her blog. Me likey...

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)"

Pick your Artist:
*The Beatles*

Describe yourself:
Her Majesty

How do you feel:
I'm So Tired

Describe where you currently live:
Run For Your Life

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Here, There and Everywhere

Your favorite form of transportation:
Ticket to Ride

Your best friend:
Girl

You and your best friend are:
Tomorrow Never Knows

What's the weather like:
Sun King

Favorite time of day:
Golden Slumbers

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
You Never Give Me Your Money

What is life to you:
Helter Skelter

Your relationship:
Free As A Bird

Your fear:
For No One

What is the best advice you have to give:
Come Together

Thought for the Day:
All You Need Is Love

How I would like to die:
When I'm 64

My soul's present condition:
Carry That Weight

My motto:
Let It Be

I tag:
Lynsey, Leigh, Shamae, Jody....anyone else who wants to play. Let me know if you do - I want to witness all the creativity!

Eye Candy

So...I go away to Idaho Falls for not even two days, and when I get home, I have this to greet me. Happy girl? I think so...tasty.

*Shameless Marketing for Giveaway Today

So, I meandered upon this great site awhile back, and have now started visiting it as part of my morning ritual. They are a marketing site for businesses and they give stuff away. For free. No. strings. attached. I have their button on my sidebar, but it's definitely worth checking out (even if you don't win, you could find your new favorite products). You can find them at http://giveawaytoday.blogspot.com. I have YET to win anything, but I've got everything crossed that I win the 90 minute massage from Sego Lily Day Spa today...

Suspicions Confirmed

So, while composing my last post, I had so much fun with the BabyMaker that I decided to do a little experiment. Turns out, we would have cute kids. Soulmates? I THINK SO!

Exhibit A:
(I call him "Johncey")
Exhibit B:
(I call this little lady the "Anti Maniston")Now my suspicions are completely confirmed. The Mayer and I would definitely make the most beautiful babies. Now if only I could get him to realize that...

Match Made in Heaven...in another 15-20 Years

Meet Ethan:
Ethan is one of my favorite kids with diabetes. Don't you think he kinda resembles Bon Jovi? Many have told me I'm crazy for seeing this resemblance, but I think it's there. Well, mostly Ethan's mom, Tiburon, is one of my favorite people in the chapter (and don't get jealous - I have a lot of favorites around these parts). . The saddest thing is, he's broken his elbow, and now he's out for the baseball season because he has to have surgery...let's all say it together, "POOR Ethan!"

So I wondered what I could do to cheer him up.

Enter Sydney:
Syd is now one of my favorite girly girls from JDRF. Her mom, Shamae, is pretty much 'da bomb, and one of my new best friends. Isn't she such a beauty (not to mention, has a FAB taste in movies)?? Well, one time Shamae mentioned to me that Syd thought Ethan was cute (Shamae has a bit of an addiction for blog stalking, and stumbled across Tib's blog with the help of yours truly), so I thought I'd try something out. In my opinion, Syd could put a smile on Charlie Chaplin...

In 15 years when I set these two up (I will be 40 and bored out of my mind...much like all the peeps trying to set me up these days), they will fall madly in love, get married and make babies together. THIS is what they will look like:
Ok...so maybe two FAB looking kids don't make the most beautiful baby. You just wait til baby Bon Jovi grows up!