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Life Through the Lens of My iPhone

Good morning! (Or evening, I suppose!) I looked through my iPhone and realized that I had a lot of neat photos and experiences that I’d like to note and remember for my future enjoyment. Plus, if you enjoy them too, that’s a lovely bonus! Winking smile

Here goes: Life though my iPhone as of late!

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This is one of my clients from work! SHE IS SO AWESOME! Always smiling, always happy, and I LOVE when she comes in to visit! She had just gotten her brand new Jeep Wrangler (My dream car at the moment!) and I was so excited for her I told her I had to get a pic of her next to her sweet new ride!! This woman is so awesome! I Swear she’s my soul sister! I love her style, I love her spirit, and we have so much in common!! Plus she’s a long time vegetarian! Bonus!

She’s so rockin’!

 

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This is a photo of me hangin’ outside on side of the building I work in! I take my 30 minute lunch break out here on the reg to try and escape the phones and breathe some fresh air! I love soaking in those rays! I guess I was trying to take a sexy photo of my dress and  boots (look at those knees, man those are smokin’ hahaa! What was I thinking?!)! I wish I have gotten the beautiful tree I sit under and the tiny cross bridge they have over the ditch…

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I’ve been blogging a lot lately and my new fav place to do it is at random coffee shops and bookstores. Its usually quiet enough with some relaxing music and fabulous aromas. I had a gift card for $25 worth of Starbucks so its been my go-to lately, but I’m also a fan on PJ’s (It’s the closest to my house that stays open until 10pm). Must have taken a quickie pic! 

 

 

 

IMG_3009This is a snapshot of a scene from one of my favorite movies, . I love everything about this movie! The imagery is incredible and every time I watch this movie I am memorized by the intensity and the beauty. I stumbled across this particular photo and saved it on my iPhone. Every time I see it, I get this feeling in my gut. Can you imagine, having that incredible cosmic connection? This bond between 2 people? Can’t you just feel the powerful vibration coming from this scene? I know its just a movie, but what is represents, is just… wow… (::Blush:: Can you tell I’m one of those hopeless romantic types? hehe! I just love to dream about this mushy gushy love stuff!)

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So I bought this “Bliss in a Box: Weekend Retreat” almost 3 years ago and had yet to actually do it! I stumbled upon it while organizing my massive book collection and decided its about time I give it a go. IT WAS AMAZING!! Yoga, Meditation, Silence, Contemplation, Reflection, and Pure Healthy Eating! Amazing weekend! I’ll elaborate on it more a bit later (in another post, I hope).

 

 

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The Dirty Dozen and The Clean Fifteen!! This is a snapshot from my favorite book at the moment, Crazy Sexy Diet, on the 12 fruits and veggies to avoid unless organic (due to the high amounts of pesticides and chemical contamination) and the 15 fruits and veggies that are ok to purchase conventional if you can’t find organic (as very little chemicals and pesticides are used). For 3 days straight I was singing out the Dirty Dozen trying to get those suckers memorized! It was actually pretty easy! I just have to remember to think about it while I’m grocery shopping, which isn’t always so easy… 

 

Just LOOK how adorable my mom can be!

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Seriously, how can this NOT make your day instantly sun-shiny and bright. This was just SO cute I have to screen shot the convo and send it to a few friends to make their day a little better.

 

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This is a shot of my new gorgeous plants all wilted and sad!! Apparently if you don’t water your flowers for 5 days in LA weather, they get quite sad. Lol!! BUT I watered them and within a few hours they were bright and happy and radiating love bubbles for the world to enjoy!! Ahh! the beauty of Mother Nature!

 

 

 

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This is just a picture of me playing around with new tiny tat ideas. This says “ily” which represents: I Love You. I’m a huge fan of showing love for yourself and sometimes a little reminder can go a long way. If you don’t love yourself, how can you expect anyone else to fully love and appreciate you..? Its not like other people just fill in the missing love gaps. Like I told a friend the other day “You are a complete, whole person, and you don’t need anyone to complete you. You love yourself fully then other people that love you are bonus! Cup over flowing kinda thing! You fill your own cup and everything thing else that people add too it just oozes out over the brim, spilling happiness over-flowage for everyone else to enjoy! “Oh, I’m sorry, did my love over flow just spill on you? Oh, Whoops! Oh, is that some of my happiness splashing on you?! Oh man! Whoops again!”  Winking smile hehehehe, I’m such a love nerd.

 

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That’s Dita. My cousin won tickets to her show here in New Orleans… If you don’t know who she is, just look her up! She’s amazing. She does burlesque shows, but they are more retro and old schooly with a tiny bit of a modern edge. She’s very tasteful in her art. And very very famous! Really, Look her up! You wont be disappointed. She’s beautiful.

Apparently I missed a good show! 

 

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I went blueberry picking one last time for the season! One gallon on Organic blueberries, $10! You pick your own! Amazing! I went with my mom and dad! They had a really great time as well! And there is nothing like a fresh, right off the bush, blueberry! OMG Fantastic!

 

 

And lastly! Primping for Remie’s wedding! That’s a photo of my practicing my hair for Remie’s big day! The next 2 shots are from Remie, Erin and I going to get our mani/pedis done. Can you believe both Erin and I have never had a pedicure!? 25 years old, and never had one! The employees couldn’t believe that either. It was fabulous!!

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Well, That’s it for now! Life through the lens of my iPhone! Hope you enjoyed it!! I had fun! Happy Love Bubbles to You!!

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Origami Sun Catchers!

PLAY IS MY FVORITE PART OF EACH DAY!!!

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I got myself an Origami Sun Catcher kit from Barnes and Noble a couple days back and thought it was the perfect moment to pull it out and play! It was about 9pm and I had just gotten done cooking the most delicious meal of Thai Curry with Daniel and we were kicking back with our Blue-Moons and Orange slices. It was relaxing and we had full bellies and nice little Blue-Moon buzzes… why not throw in some origami? YAY!

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We set up our little craft stations (2 tiny fold out tables I had), cranked up the tunes (I was craving a little Bone Thugs but for some reason it was o longer on my iPod?! Ek!! So we listened to Weird Al – White and Nerdy instead!), and started busting out the creativity!

I was busy busy cutting and pasting, folding and flipping…

when I looked down to find this sweet face looking up at me!!

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TIME OUT!

I just had to take a snuggle kissy break!

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You can totally tell she loves getting mommy kisses and snuggles! In love

(I know she LOOKS like she’s quite terrified in this picture, but on the inside I just KNOW she was screaming ILOVEMYMOMMY! Or so I like to believe. hehehehe)

But, anyway…!

Check it out!! A little bit of this… and a little bit off that…

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And you get THIS!! How cool is that?!

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I cant wait to get some tape so I can put some of these up on my windows! I have enough of these special papers to whip out 28 of these beauties! My house is going to be bright and colorful and shooting out all kinds of happy beams all over the place!

I LOVE THESE!!

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A Day in the Life of…

I got off of work early today and realized another blog post was needed. Its been a few days… I flipped through my little note pad on my iPhone where I place my collection of topic ideas as they spring to life in my head but nothing appealed to me. Instead I thought for today, why not just post a bit on what I’ve been up to. I’ve been meaning to post a little here and there of whats been keeping me busy, but time sure can slip by quickly. So let me get it all out right here.

Here goes: Rachel’s Adventures Throughout the Past Month or So…

I’ve been trying to fit a bit of puppy loving and relaxation into my life as much as possible. after that last post I’m sure its pretty obvious that i needed some sort of time out. So, until i could actually manage one, I’ve been trying to take some time with the pups, time with my hoops, and also time with my closest comfort: mother nature and her nurturing sun-rays.

Along with the sunshine puppy love, I’ve also been trying to get out and about and visit some buddies. I’ve been climbing trees with boys, riding bicycles built for two, and flying model planes. We’ve had many birthdays and birthday celebrations and along with that came many many many fun pictures and silliness.

Also, i had a very cool little surprise waiting for me at my garage door when i arrived home one day after work. Someone very dear to me surprised me with a little message, a Nerf gun, and some Nerf bullets. Here’s what the message said: “4 Things: This is your gun and ammo. You cock the gun from the top. As of now you are under attack! I love you i love you i love you! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!” I was terrified of walking in the door but when i did finally got the guts to poke my head in I was surprised to find my entire living room, dining room, and kitchen area had been converted into a very interesting battle field equip with strategically placed bunker like things all over the place. Very very cool!

Besides that I’ve been spending my time making new hoops and hooping it up at the lake front, i’ve been pumping up my old school tunes and dancing around my house rocking the pjs and singing at the top of my lungs, and hmmm, what else…? Oh! Learning about how to grow wheat grass on my kitchen counter for daily wheat grass shots!! WooHoo!

I’ll post some more updates and hopefully get the energy to work on resizing and posting some pictures of all this fun stuff. Life just always seems so much better with pictures or a visual. Hope you enjoy your weekend!!! LoveLoveLove you (yup! I’m talking to you!)!

*5 things im grateful for today while I’m at work in the office: wonderful sweet and fun customers that make my job so much more enjoyable, DISCOUNTS! (yea, have i mentioned i work with Progressive..? lol), plants in the office that make the work space a bit more refreshing, customers that smile BIG TIME because I brought in a huge jar of fresh baked homemade choc chip cookies to share, lunch breaks outside on beautiful days!

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