Bandstand

So basically I have amazing and talented friends.

One of them is Kacie, and she's just opened up a shop on Etsy! You should check it out.

{ http://www.etsy.com/shop/bandstand }

While you're at it, you should check out her blog too.

She's amazing.

That is all.

North to Alaska

This makes me laugh every stinkin' time.

My bad...

I realized for the first time today that the song Under Pressure is a Queen song.

I. Fail.

Now it's even more horrible that the beat for Ice, Ice Baby was stolen. Who steals from Queen!? Who does that!? Mimic, maybe. Pay tribute to, sure. Draw inspiration from, definitely. Seal?! Not. Cool. I mean, it's QUEEN!

I now have both songs stuck in my head.

Good going, Ferguson.

My Weekend

I have been so fortunate that so far in my life when people ask "What's your most embarrassing moment?" I've never really had an answer. Sure, I've been embarrassed before, but nothing memorable. Thanks to the plane ride down to SoCal this weekend, that has changed. I know, you probably want to know now, but nope! Sorry! Not telling. All I'm going to say is:

Rows 17-25, *you're welcome*

Other than kicking off the weekend with a flushed face, it was SO GOOD! I got home and it was gloriously 70+ degrees outside. I wore shorts and skirts all weekend, even when it dipped down to the 60s. My family was complaining that it was cold.

THEN, the best part EVER...

Watching my mom graduate!!! I was super bummed that they didn't announce that she had already passed the BAR (along with others, I'm sure...) but I suppose they didn't want to make everyone else feel bad.

Whatever.

(*insert beautiful picture of my mother HERE*)

...

(I'm gonna ask her if it's okay first)

We went out to an amazing lunch afterwards where my cousin, sister and I split this ridiculous desert. I mean ridiculous. It was called S'mores Alaska. Basically, it was whipped marshmallow, chocolate, golden grahams, ice cream, and crushed oreos, set on fire.

Yeah.

It was good.

Then that night I got to see my BEST FRIEND EVER! We live about 500 miles apart and it breaks my heart. But we got to spend a little time together at her brother's graduation party. So that was wonderful. She's the one that reminds me that I'm supposed to be exactly who I was made to be. We always love each other, and she always reminds me of why life is good, why people are worth caring about, and is such an amazing example of how to live life.

I love you, Emily.

(Yes, when I leave her messages on the phone it sounds like I'm talking to my boyfriend.)

I had In 'N Out, laundered a whole suitcase of clothes, and just hung out.

AND got to see my step-mom and two little sisters that are ADORABLE! We played school (Quinn, 8, was the teacher, I was a 10th grader, and Piper, 6, was a kindergardener with no arms.) I stayed with them and got to chat on the phone with my dad until I absolutely had to leave so that I could make my plane.

It was a good weekend home.

The rain here in Portland is killing me.

My Evening

Often I write bloggs in my mind. Yet only a few make there way here. I'm trying to fix that.

So here is the second one for today!

Hooray!

I'm currently packing a suitcase full of dirty laundry (so that I can do it for free at my parent's!) and dancing around in my room to the beautiful sounds of Pomplamoose.

WHAT?!

You haven't heard of Pomplamoose!

Click on their name ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NOW! They are amazing. I can always listen to them and it takes hours and hours and hours of them before it begins to get a little old. They have original songs and covers that are better than the originals.

You should have a listen.

I might just go make a quesadilla.

Crazy Weather

The weather today has been completely bi-polar. Part of the time it's sunny, inviting me to go play outside while I'm stuck inside all day at my job. Then part of the time it's pouring rain and I'm glad I have my little space heater at my desk. Then during the left over parts of the day it's a gloomy in between, making me so excited that I'm going to be in Southern California this weekend!!!
But seriously.
This weather needs to make up it's mind. It was raining so hard that I left for lunch ten minutes late waiting for a decent drizzle to walk home through.
Then as I was about to head back to work, it starts pouring again. I waited until it cleared up to walk back in my oh-so-cute heels. Then after it poured some more, yelled at us with a little thunder, the sun broke out! It got so warm so quickly that the streets started steaming.
Yeah.
It was pretty cool. You should have seen it.

Good Day

Today was a good day.

I got paid.

And made my own coffee.

Best of all, it was WARM! I love the heat. Especially after months and months of rain.

Best of all:

MY MOM PASSED THE B.A.R. EXAM!!!!

Yeah, I know, right? SO excited! When she called me and told me I started jumping and yelling in the middle of the parking lot. We've been waiting for months to find out. I told her she'd pass her first time around. Now she just has to jump through a few little hoops, get sworn in and then she'll be a real lawyer! Go. Mom.

I'm wrapping up my evening by putting a bunch of recipes in my recipe notebook and listening to music. I was going to do laundry, but I was locked out. So be on the look-out for reviews of new recipes I'll be trying...

Summatime

And the livin' ain't so easy. I'm still well qualified to represent the LBC, but I'm staying up in Oregon. I've also become sick three times in the last month including giving myself food poisoning last night. Good going Ferguson.

I'm working full time for the first time of my life. Sitting at a desk 8-5 every weekday. Yaaaaayyy...... The nice thing is that I've got time on my hands (at night). Yet my to-do list is piling up and not everything is getting done. But I am blogging! Which is something that's on my mental things to get in the habit of during summer. So hopefully you'll be hearing from me more often.

Other summer hopefuls:

~Trying new recipes (which I will be quite cautious of after last night....many phone calls to my Dad(s) will be taking place)

~Finishing a project I've started for my sweetie (ssshhhh....he doesn't know yet!)

~Making progress with the radio station (Yes, working during summer even though I'm not getting paid. THAT's how much I love my job. kfoxradio.georgefox.edu)

~Working out! My plan is to try different work outs everyday, figuring out which ones I like. Then putting them together for the ultimate workout routine! Yay!

~Getting ready for my EUROPE TRIP!!!! In June I'm going on a three week trip to Italy and France! I'm SO excited. If you'd like to follow me along on that trip, you can do that here: http://aubineurope.blogspot.com/

~Create! Specifically ceramics projects

~Finish a script I started this last semester for class

It's a lot going on...but I have high hopes :-)