on Zumba

Okay okay. I know all of you know about zumba, but I have to tell you, it is my newest obsession. I have found a class instructor that I LOVE. It's more rap music than latin, and boy let me tell you, I shake my behind and get so into it! It's a border line hip hop dance class. To give you a taste, this is my favorite song of her set to dance to:

Hahaha. Surprising, right? Post-zumba contentment:

I love it. If you haven't tried a class yet (or a DVD), try it. So fun. Such a good work out. 

Heading to Chicago today after lunch. Going to see Steve, sister, & little baby m. Pictures to come!

Oh! And tonight we're seeing a comedian... Jo Koy. My first comedy show, everrrrr. I'll let you know how

it goes! Happy weekend, and happy St. Pat's! 

love you e,

love, t.

Let's get artsy!

Yesterday, I spoke of a DIY I've got my brains on... a painting!

I wanted to show you my inspiration. Michelle [freaking] Armas:

all of these paintings can be purchased here

Her work is so vibrant and just plain pretty. Anthro is actually selling her paintings right now! Go ooo and ahhh over them.

I'm going to try my best to replicate the theme of these. May need to call my Gram for help- she's an incredible artist. I need a pop of color in my living room and bedroom. The tricky part will be finding a cheap canvas. Any suggestions to the painters out there reading?

happy DIYing ya'll.

love you e,
love, t.

March Additions

I have been on the look out for some cute euro shams for my bed, and small lamp shade and continued to come back to these from Anthropologie. I splurged a little a bought them today [on sale!]- courtesy of tax return. ;)

 

And of course, like any other shopping venture, something else caught my eye:

Cute spring dish towels. I'm excited about my little purchases. Is there anything you're 

currently hunting for your home? I'm always searching for some cute antique pieces/frames...

 I also found a painting today in a store and thought, "I could totally do that." DIY adventure to come...

love you e,

love, t.

spring happiness

How can you not be a happier person after the weekend we just had? Oh my goodness. It was just beautiful. 

The birds were singing, the sun was shining, people were everywhere, the patio furniture at all the restaurants 

were out... spring is definitely here! And I am just eating it up. 

I watched the movie "Like Crazy" on Saturday. The movie was such a realistic portrayal of a long distance relationship and the hardships that come along with one. What I loved was that it didn't romanticize the idea of being apart. It's brutal, excruciating at times, and it just plain sucks. This movie showed exactly that and all the twists and turns in between. Go watch- it's definitely not a feel good movie though, FYI.

After church on Sunday, I walked to Starbucks with the roomie. We sat outside on the patio and soaked up the sunshine. I'm reading Harry Potter for the first time EVER. It is so good :)

We cleaned off our patio furniture afterwards and picked up all the litter around our porch. People throw the grossest things into our bushes. It's so annoying! I picked up a thick dog bone as large as my thigh just laying next to our railing. This has to be the only negative thing I've found about living on the first floor.

Anyways, now we get to enjoy our porch a little bit more. Bring on the 70's this week! I'm so excited. How was your weekend??

love you e,

love, t. 

- also, I've sucked at taking pictures lately. I'll make up for it this coming weekend... going to see family! Yay!!

76 days until Florida vacation...sigh.....

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love you e,
love, t.

Weekend Recap

The first weekend of March was just lovely. Went to bed with tornado-like storms on Friday and woke up to snow flurries on Saturday...only in Indiana, right? Seriously though, Friday was scary! The eye of the storm went directly over our building and headed East- we (the youngins in the office) watched it approach in the office and all ran to the bathroom. A fellow co-worker, who was not as concerned for her life as we were, snapped this photo of us. My face is a blob of laughter-

 Saturday, I woke up with a lot of energy. I went through every piece of clothing in my closet and did the toss-keep-sell thing. Afterwards, I brought the sell pile to Plato's Closet and made around $80 on clothes I no longer wear. I guess it's better than nothing, right? An added bonus of going there was it was right next to Petco and it happened to be their puppy adoption day. There were puppies everywhere! I tried to convince myself on the drive home that I could get myself a puppy. Not yet, Teresa :( .

 

Later in the day, I went to see this movie with my roommate. While cheesy and the plot was incredibly easy to predict, I still had some good laughs. And the men were easy to look at as well ;)

We also got dolled up and went to one of my favoritest (yes, favoritest) restaurants in Broad Ripple...Mama Corolla's!  

Sunday was laundry, shopping, laundry, Wendy's, cleaning, laundry, and lounging. And cuddling with roommate's doggie-

Pretty good weekend. I plan on sitting at home and doing nothing this coming weekend for I will be traveling the next couple ones. Yay, travel! Yay, plans! Yay, family! Yay, friends! Maybe I will do some hardcore SPRING CLEANING... I kind of get excited about it. Check out this link here. Maybe you will get excited too :).

I keep putting off taxes- perhaps I will get that done as well. Or not :)

Happy Monday.

love you e,

love, t.