Highlights of the Week (#11)

the most fun thing about this past week: the Olympics! I just love everything about the Olympics...the history, the pageantry, the inspiring stories...just the whole spectacle of it all. and I have to say that since the Opening Ceremony on Friday night pretty much all I've done is watch the Olympics. wheee!!! 

I enjoyed most of the Opening Ceremony. my favorite part was seeing JK Rowling b/c as I shared last week...I am obsessed with Harry Potter. and watching the Parade of Nations is always fun too. seeing the different costumes and joyous faces. truly fantastic. I loved Mexico's costumes...I was less than impressed with the costumes of our athletes here in the States. they were super boring. I've been a little underwhelmed by a lot of the uniforms the U.S. athletes have been wearing. oh well. 

I look forward to watching many more Olympic competitions in the coming weeks. and I suppose I'll do some other stuff too. but mostly watch the Olympics. 

am headed to EPCOT down at Disney later today! hoping we miss the rain. have a good one!

Highlights of the Week (#10)

I am a huge Harry Potter fan. seriously, huge. while I would like to watch all 8 movies back-to-back at some point, I'm not quite ready to do that yet. however, I did watch the last two movies (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 1 and pt. 2) back-to-back one night this past week. and that was fun. as I was watching them I realized what a great job the filmmakers truly did. they took a massively detailed book and split it at just the right point. both movies pack an emotional punch and it just feels complete when you watch them. Harry Potter is a highlight for me always.

I started work (finally) on my applications for grad school. while they are time-consuming, as well as stressful, it was definitely a good feeling to get going on them. and while working on the essay/personal statement questions I realized what a good choice my chosen field is. it feels really right for me and I think my work and personal experiences over the last several years have been leading me to this decision. educational psychology for the win!

my mom came home from visiting my brother, sister-in-law, and two nephews on Friday...yay! after picking her up at the airport we stopped by our favorite cupcake place on the way home. seriously, this place makes the best cupcakes I've ever had. my personal favorites are the black and gold, and the white raspberry. for real though, they're all good. you just can't go wrong. we always get the minis and split them in half. this way we get to enjoy double the amount. I like them best with an ice cold glass of milk. sooooo good. 

do you have a favorite bakery/cupcakery?

Highlights of the Week (#2)

it was an interesting week for me. glad it's over. wouldn't want to repeat it anytime soon. among my favorite things this past week: claiming my free birthday cupcakes from my absolute favorite cupcake place, Sweet! by Good Golly Miss Holly. if you live locally, you should totally check it out. follow the link for all the important details. 

Sweet! by Good Golly Miss Holly

let's see, I also enjoyed listening to The Hunger Games soundtrack on repeat. like, a lot repeat. it kind of makes me want to watch the movie over and over again. either that or read the book yet again. it's just so good. wanna listen? check this out:

The Hunger Games soundtrack

and finally my definite favorite highlight from this past week: going to a local blueberry farm to pick some berries! I brought my mom with me today and we spent about an hour there. between the two of us we managed to pick about 3 and a half pounds of blueberries. I also sampled a glass of fresh, homemade blueberry/orange blossom lemonade. it was outstanding! I would love to find out the proprietor's recipe. at any rate, my mom also bought a homemade blueberry pie and I enjoyed a warm slice tonight as an after-dinner treat. so delish! again, if you live in the area you should definitely take time (soon though) to check out this local blueberry patch!

Lake Catherine Blueberries: Groveland, FL

enjoy your week everyone and I hope you have plenty of highlights come your way!

happiness is...

stained glass.

simply.

stunning.

30 Day Photography Challenge: days 16 - 20

so the challenges for this group of five days was good for me. I didn't even know what one of the photography terms was and had to turn to my trusty resource guide (aka google) to figure it out. once I read about it and saw some examples I realized I have bokeh in my pictures quite often. well, often enough that I recognized it when I saw it. just another term to add to my photography lexicon. another interesting challenge was long exposure...something I don't have a lot of practice with. to be quite honest, I had to study many examples to get a good feel for what it should look like. but I think I managed to accomplish a long exposure picture just fine. enjoy!

Day 16: long exposure

White Peach - day 16

Day 17: technology

White Peach - day 17

Day 18: your shoes

White Peach - day 18

Day 19: something orange

White Peach - day 19

Day 20: bokeh

White Peach - day 20

anyone want to guess which book my bokeh picture is from? or what the orange item is? Hints: it's one of the Harry Potter books; something from my cousin's wedding. Toodles!