Sunday Best, Week 3

So, it’s been a good week!

I received lovely bathroom mirror messages from the best roommates!

I found love in the most unexpected places.

I made wrapping paper, ribbon, and tags… all out of stuff around the house!!

I enjoyed great movie time with my favorite dinosaurs. :)

Best thing of all… I GOT MY BUSINESS CARDS!!! :D :D :D :D

I have so many more things that I started planning this week… but I can’t say anything just yet. Be watching though!!

love, erin

p.s. I still want to send out Christmas cards. If you want one, email me [erinsunday3.5 at gmail.com]!

Fortune Cookie Friday, Week 1

Hey folks! So, let me tell you a little story…

The other night, Will and I were waiting to enjoy some very delicious Chinese food when we decided to open our fortune cookies. Yes, we were bad and had dessert before dinner. Whatcha gonna do about it? ;) Anyway, it sparked an idea to share fortunes on my blog. Of course, my first thought was to do it on Friday… and it’s Friday (in case you needed reminding)!!

This week, I am going to share the fortunes we received that night. I got two in one! It was awesome!

So, kids… be nice and be real. ;)

Why, thank you!

So, Will only got one fortune…

heh heh. His fortune came with a bit of an attitude!

So, there are our fortunes for this week. Your thoughts? Talk among yourselves! ;)

love, scout

P.S. A little side note: I have had a few people email me requesting my address for holiday cards or wanting me to participate in a holiday card exchange. I am so in love with this idea… and yes, I am totally copying it! I know it’s not an unknown thing by any means, but I felt the need to admit I got the idea from someone else. ;) So! All of you who would like to participate in a little holiday card swap this season… Email me [erinsunday3.5 at gmail.com]!! I really want to do this (I already bought the stuff to make my cards and everything). I love you all so much and really want this to be a tradition I start. :))))

You’ve Probably Heard It Enough Today…

But Happy Birthday, Elsie! I feel so blessed to have you as a friend. And I get to work with you? Crazy! In some ways, I can’t believe I have really only known you for a little over a year. You definitely have brightened my life and inspired me beyond words (which is unusual for me). I love to sit and listen to all the ideas you have in the works and I love seeing you create CONSTANTLY. I didn’t know someone could be capable of making so many brilliant things! It has been a busy and challenging year for you and, frankly, I think you kicked it’s a**… Wait, I may have said too much. ;)

BOTTOM LINE: I love you, Miss Cake, and am so happy that this day has been a great one for you. You definitely deserve it and I hope this next year of your life is really the best one yet. :)

love, erin

P.S. For any of you who haven’t sent well wishes to her yet, do it here! :)

Tell It On Tuesday, Week #2

This Tuesday, I must tell you…

I looooooove books! I think they are so pretty!

When I was a kid, I was reading all the time!

I hope one day to be able to fill my house with books!

Well, I hope I can at least have a room to read in. ;)

*sigh* Doesn’t it just look like a dream??

My favorite book as a child was Anne of Green Gables. I loved her wild imagination. I related to it in a way most children wouldn’t. I felt as though we were the same person at times. I also loved her red hair but thought I would never be so lucky… ;)

As I got older and was introduced to more literature, I found that another favorite would be added. To Kill a Mockingbird became a regular in my hands and I think I have read that novel at least 15 times. It’s a beautiful story and I am absolutely in love with the little girl in the story, Scout.

She was the coolest little tomboy! So adventurous.

I thought it was precious the way that her father read to her and had amazing character.

I am sure you guessed it, but that is where I got the nickname I have. Sometimes, I remind myself of her and I have had others describe me in a way that is similar to little Scout.

So, there is a little fact about me that you probably didn’t know. I love this sharing idea I had! I want to keep sharing. What things would you like to know about me?

love, scout

Sunday Best! Week #2

This last week was definitely fun and full of changes! Unfortunately, I only have a couple photos because my memory card died and I lost all of the photos. It happened like this: I plugged in my card reader to my computer and tried to open a video. It gave me an error saying there was a disk error. So, I put the card back in my camera and tried to look at the videos on it. When I turned it on, there was nothing there. I even tried looking at it on the computer again. Nothing. :( Luckily, I took some photos with my iPhone. :)

I guess the beginning of my week started slow. Nothing really photo-worthy I guess. Ha!

Thursday rolled around and I went to Camdenton to visit this lovely lady and get my hair dyed red.

I loved how it turned out! This is the color I have wanted my hair for years! Later in the evening, back in Springfield, this boy-o took photos of me. They turned out great!

Then on Friday, we had a lovely time modeling for the RVA winter photo shoot. There were a few others there. It was so much fun!

Will found a hat made by my favorite little robots and was trying to get me to steal it from Elsie all night. I guess I know a good Christmas gift for him, eh? ;) Katie and her family, Will, and I went to Mudhouse after for a bit and enjoyed our favorite drinks there. They are always such fun! The rest of the weekend I have spent working.

Tonight, I am watching Finding Nemo with my lovely sister, Jackie, and Will (of course). What are you doing right now?

love, erin

Photo Fun!

Last night, sweet Miss Elsie hosted a photo shoot at her loft in preparation for the RVA update sometime next week. The wonderfully talented Alec Vanderboom was the photographer. I suggest you look at his photography. It’s lovely. I helped model, as well as a pretty girl named Paris and the beautiful Katie. We had soooo much fun! Will tagged along to watch, which made it even more interesting of a night. Elsie snapped this instax photo of us. It is probably one of my new favorites of us!

Alright, well I am off to finish editing some photos and watching Elf. :)

What have you been doing this weekend so far?

love, scout

My Hair is on Fire!

Nah, just kidding. It is just dyed to look that way. ;)

Will took photos tonight after I spent a most lovely evening with the most lovely girl. Here is a picture we took and sent Will after the lightening treatment. We told him that my hair was finished, you know, as a trick. Muah hahahahaha

But anyway…

What-d-ya think??

I think I really love it!!

love, scout

Thank you, kind hearts.

Hey everyone! This post is dedicated to those who donated to help my sister and her family. She wrote a letter and sent it to me so that I could share it with you. She wrote:

Dear friends,

I wanted to write a thank you to anyone and everyone who has donated money to help my family in this difficult time. I seriously tear up when I think about it and especially when I think about the people who donated that didn’t even know us and didn’t ask any questions. You just wanted to help.
Several emotions come forward when I think about your generosity but feeling so touched is the over riding one. My family and I are truly touched beyond words can express. A much appreciative thank you to everyone. Thanks to you, we can start moving in the right direction and we can finally start to breathe again. You have no idea how much that means to us. God bless you! We will never forget your kindness, words of encouragement, or what you have done for my family. Thank you for all the prayers as well. They were definitely heard.

We love you and from the bottom of our hearts, Thank You!!!

So, there you have it… We are all so grateful for you all. I am wanting to give something to those who gave to my family. I would love to give a free print from my etsy shop. Please email me [erinsunday3.5 at gmail] and let me know which one you would like! :) Also, for those of you who still want to contribute, we (a group of crafter friends) have set up a separate etsy shop to help raise funds.

I love you all so much. Thank you for helping. Thank you for reading. Thank you for caring. :))

I thought I would end on a goofy note…

… so here is a photo of me with one of my many perms. Scary, eh? I want those tights back!

love, scout

Tell It On Tuesday, Marine Corps Style!

As some of you know, I have decided to designate certain days for certain topics on here. For this day, I will call it Tell It on Tuesday! I felt like this would be the perfect week to start because this Tuesday falls on the Marine Corps’ 234th birthday! Why is that important, you wonder? Well, because I was a Marine! In my heart, I still am. :)

See me? I am in the lower left corner. We’re cleaning our weapons so they don’t get rusty (it was raining during our hike). I know, I know. I look like a boy. Try to get over it. ;) Still don’t believe me?

There I am! This was taken shortly after basic. Can you tell they buffed me up? ha! This is probably one of my favorite photos taken of me during active duty. I totally miss it!

Who knew that this little girl…

… would go from this sweet little high school senior…

… to T H I S!!

I know there are differing opinions about everything that has taken place over the last few years. I am not here to say anything other than I am so happy that I served the short amount of time that I did and met the amazing people I did. It was seriously the best time of my life. I would go back if I could. It taught me tons and I feel it brought me closer to this guy…

That would be my daddio. That is him in his apartment in the 70’s I think. He served, also.

Isn’t there a scary resemblance between us? Eesh. I love him, though, and am glad to call him Dad.

In honor of Veterans Day tomorrow, I also want to stop to say thanks for everyone who has served, no matter what branch or what era, whether we were in conflict or not. I am so grateful to you all and feel proud to say I can be lumped in with the rest of ya! Thank you, thank you, from the deepest parts of my heart.

My Little Lumber-Jac!

A while back,  I found a few big patches of wild flowers on the side of the highway on the way to Will’s parents’ house. I was so excited because my sister had been wanting to take photos in a field of sunflowers. While these weren’t those flowers, they sure were close! I called her and set up a day to go back to those areas and snap some shots. We definitely had fun!

After about an hour or so, we went to the ‘rents’ house to check on the cats (they were in Alaska… luckies). We decided to show Jackie around. I saw this pile of wood during a little walk in their woods and I literally looked at Jackie and said, “Dude, let’s take photos here!” So, we did. It turned out amazing, I would say. I mean, the photos from this shoot are probably the best ones I’ve posted E V E R. I am really happy. It makes me really want to take more photos. Like, all the time. So… if you want some… you know… I’d take them for you. ;)

If you would like to see more photos from this day, go to my photostream. Thanks! Feel free to write me about your thoughts or suggestions or ideas. :)

love, scout