bye bye 2009.

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here's a photo recap of the last few months. gotta love the iphone.
and that sweet camerabag app.

camerabag app.

soooooo awesome.

end of 2009.

i also went to new york last april to visit my bestie Mel.

NEW YORK.

all in all. I'm stoked to say goodbye to 2009.
i sure do feel like i learned alot. mostly about me and how i relate to people. but i am so ready to move on.
i got officially divorced last january. yay.
so it's time to get my shit together. really. i always say that. maybe i'm destined to be in a perpetual state of gettinshittogetherness. ugh. i hope not.
this will be my last year of my 20s. geeeeeeeeeeez. so fuckin nuts.
not where i imagined myself, but
atleast i'm pretty dang happy for the most part.
awesome family.
awesome dogs.
a few awesome friends.
some awesome projects to work on.
awesome place to live.
i can't complain.


i guess i should make some goals for 2010. i'll have to get back to that.
i'm gonna go cut my hair then the dogpile on the couch is lookin mighty inviting.



peace out.

oregon coasting: begins.

i love beer.
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so, we headed off down the Oregon coast.
what a drive!
it has been seriously incredible!
(photos can only describe...)

we lunched at the Pelican Pub & Brewery.
where I sampled a beer flight.
yum!
I think this should be more common!
it's so fun trying all the different kinds!

(Brent...good idea for Redlight for sure!)

the drive was made even more wonderful by my 5 cd Oregon Coasting collection.
o yes.
it has been a perfect mix so far!
every genre imaginable!
(available for purchase when i get back to FL.)
heehee...

so after our yummy lunch...we always split our food!
so we both get to taste everything!
we kept heading south to Newport!

Mariah's gracious friend let us stay in her beach house,
literally...right on the beach!
we went walking for over 2 hours this morning!

anyway, plenty more to come,
with LOTS more photos!

but it's bedtime now.
the mead has kicked in....


xo.

erika&jess' nite out.

erika&jess
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don't you love the kind of friends that you just click with no matter what?

she's one of em.
since so, so long ago.
it's so special.



we had a lovely nite out last saturday.
lots of giggling.
(it's what we do best)
some whiskey was involved.
and my aunt's cookies!
haha.

well....as of now I'm out on the coast of Oregon.
Good grief...its breathtaking. literally.

editing those pics now.

(like i said, i think the best way to keep track of me is to check out the flickr!)

but I'm having a blast in Oregon.
again, I can't thank my aunt enough for this trip.
it has really meant so much.

she's sitting across from me at our little table now.
editing her aquarium photos...
(phenomenal! we had a blast...those pics will be coming!)
having a red wine, while I sip on my hot mead!
we are 2 of a kind for sure.
I'm so blessed to have her back in my life.

I love you Mariah.


xo.

huckleberry shake!

huckleberry hound : 2
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had to throw this in too!

huckleberry shakes rule.


that is all.

alpaca!

feeding time!
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so then we were on to an alpaca farm!
(mind you, this is all in one day!)

so now i also want an alpaca!
they hum to their babies!
its so soothing, we were in the "maternity ward",
and it was just full of hums.

and their fur is as soft as cashmere,
and not itchy at all like wool.
there was a fabulous red beanie i wanted...
but perhaps i could get some alpaca yarn and a certain friend of mine could make me a hat from it...heehee!

it was fun.
when we left, my aunt and I discussed the humor in the fact that we were enjoying all these simple, kinda cheesy, touristy things.
but we were! so much!

we met so many awesome people.
and heard their stories, and how they are making it with a small family run business.
it's very inspiring.
and comforting.
there are people who are still just people.
living life.
happy with what they have.

lavender pirate.

lavender pirate : 2
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ok so i'm sure i'm like alot of folks.
lavender seems super girly to me!
and i think the only time i've smelled it has been some fake candle or lotion.

but wow.
i am so hooked on real lavender.

we went to an organic lavender farm so i could pick some!
fresh! from the plants!

i'm drying it out now.
to make a tincture!
and a room/linen spray from that!

like before, lots more lavender pics if you click on the photo and continue on to flickr!

xo.

purrfect.

purrfect.
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i want this cat.

on our way...

on our way...
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to Mt. Hood and the Fruitloop!

it's so cool to see terrain like this.
all i'm used to in florida are billboards, billboards, billboards.

macro: pink crazy flower

macro: pink crazy flower
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the also had AMAZING flowers at the hatchery!

all the buildings were original.
it's like the oldest hatchery or something!

fish hatchery.

through the looking glass.
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we went to the bonneville dam and fish hatchery.

they have a sturgeon there that is ten feet long!!!

its crazy!

i'm getting really good at writing alot for each photo in flickr.
so click on the photo to read more fun stuff about my adventures!

xo.