my charges

Meet my new furry friends, Molly and Flynn. Flynn is the old fella pictured above. I didn't crop the photo of him putting the moves on me, it was just my horrible aim. Had I caught my face I'm sure it would have been scrunched up and showing my dismay at his advances. I love my furry friends, but not that much.

I don't know what kind of fates have aligned in my life to allow people {even complete strangers like this family} to leave me in charge of their pets pretty consistently. I'm not complaining at all! I love it. It's the benefit of knowing an animal without having to take care of it long term. I get in some fun and then we go our separate ways.

My dog sitting adventures make me want to write my version of the Nanny Diaries. I'd change names {of the pets} so as not to embarrass them when I write about how crazy their owners can be! I'm not judging, I too can say that if I were to leave my dog, who is a descendant of a wolf, for a weekend, that I might want to leave out his sweaters and booties in case he gets cold. In July. In St. George. I completely understand. OK, no I don't. And maybe I'm messing with my chances of ever being a dog sitter again by poking fun but I do follow peoples wishes, no matter how out there I think they can be sometimes.

This family was so easy. 'Here is their food. Here are the dogs, you know what to do. Oh and did we mention we have a Chinchilla and 6 baby chicks? But you don't need to worry about them.' Right on. My kind of laid back people.

some beach somewhere

Just hanging at work killing the last 15 minutes or so and thought posting something might be fun.

We had our first iida meeting this morning. This is the first year for the student chapter at ldsbc so we have a high standard to set. We made huge progress today planning out the next three semesters. It is going to be a very busy year.

I don't remember where I found this picture. Someones friends sisters blog? {thanks} I love it. I am in vacation mode even though I'm still working full time. I would love to be on a beach somewhere.

Other things that are making life feel like a vacation: Time to watch tv {online - Eli Stone, Life, CSI} Reading books unrelated to the wonderful world of design {C.S. Lewis Screwtape Letters and The Suspect by ? Gma lent it to me, it's a very fun murder mystery} Taking random days off and sleeping in a little. Wandering into work midmorning instead of cramming in classes, work, classes, work.. More walks around the neighborhood and other little things that I didn't miss but I'm making up for now.

sunday again

I smelled cut grass yesterday at grandmas house and had my fan on in my room today and wore sandals three days in a row without worrying about freezing my toes off. I think it's safe to say spring has arrived.



Sunday afternoons wouldn't be complete without a walk. It's a fun tradition and while it used to be more lively in the past with Max and Gib, or mom and dad, or Ben and company I still look forward to getting out every week to enjoy whatever weather happens to be hanging around. Especially today. Took a sweatshirt and never had to use it.

I've invited Casey to come along a couple of times and his favorite answer, 'Maybe tomorrow.' Good answer.

I love that little guy! We had fun this weekend at Jamie and Parker's game playing our version of rugby. Kind of like hide and go seek tag/catch.

Things I've loved about this week:
Class-less warm spring nights. SUNSHINE. my job and booking difficult flights with tight budgets. booking my own flight somewhere very fun and very cold and only 9 months away. {9 months?! auh man, sounds like forever far away} The Office and Ticket to Ride with Jackie and Jeff. {haven't played Ticket to Ride? Play it!} early morning light. walking around downtown slc with one of my favorite people. U2. Living in a house with such fun family. {Jamie last night as a french painter} sunday dinner with people I love.

paper aeroplane

one more final to go tomorrow then it's time to play. I'm going to go to the library and find fun books to read and plan some trips and enjoy some free time to do whatever or nothing at all.

I'm officially the new IIDA Secretary. Yeah, that's right, a made up office. Voting was messed up, my vote didn't even count because my IIDA application got lost in a loophole. Who knows if I should have been VP or not and honestly I just don't care. While I was at the portfolio review for graduating students last week I was talking to my friend Lori, iida prez, we talked about creating a new position since there were only 5 of us running and one more person helping out is just great. Great. Only I'm the one with the made up office and it feels a little goofy. But that feeling will wear off and it will still look great on resumes and that's really all that matters because I would have been just involved with the program had I not gotten a position. I'm syked about the possibilities iida offers students. It's going to be sweet.

Other than that, wasn't conference awesome?

Things I loved about the last few days:

my new acupuncturist, August Rush, support from my folks, chats with Michele, spring rain storms, Jackie saving the day saturday with a pedicure and dinner {am I the only girl in the world who can't relax during a pedicure with the sanding and clipping and buffing and snipping? Don't get me wrong -especially you Jackie- My toes are thankful for the attention and I adore the company, but goodness, I need to learn how to relax!}

limited

These are the B list photos from the other day. I wouldn't share them normally, but not bringing my A game is kind of the theme of this entry.

I turned in my final project {Hawaii Condo for those following} and I was really disappointed in myself because I second guessed my original plan and felt like the final outcome was just playing it safe. We presented to our client and she liked it, my professor liked it, I liked it because its better than not doing the project. But my professor and I agreed it wasn't my best work. shrug. I wanted to rock this project.

Lesson learned. Go with my first instinct, don't overwork it, and don't be scared to do something new.

Song of the day: Michael Buble 'Sway'



Cool quote that I absolutely love:

"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or that you don't believe to be beautiful." William Morris

It's been a long time since I've highlighted a favorite designer.

Check her out here. Her name is Kelly Hoppen, British and kickin style. She has a place on her website for 'vacancies'. This makes me dream of an internship in europe. sigh.

One last thing. Do you guys remember the debacle back in the 2000 elections? Florida, electorial college, vague memories from a business class I was in at the time. Hanging chads? Remember those little bad boys? I've decided this is the hang up on finding out if I'm VP or not. You would think if there are only 19 eligible people to vote for me, ballots were officially closed tuesday night at 8, that we would know by now... hanging chads are the only thing I can think of that could be causing the hold up.

green!

Sunday I wandered off on a walk to clear my head and ended up going crazy with my camera. I've been wrapping up a bunch of different projects and it snowed for most of the day {or should I say it slushed?} so when the sun finally came back out I couldn't focus anymore and went outside to play for awhile.

I'm so happy there are living things outside again. Winter has its own kind of beauty but I don't know if I could be any more excited to see green again! So much so, I've decided to use a chirpy apple green in heavy doses in my condo design for color theory, much like the color to the right.{chirpy? yeah, so not my style but it will be glam and sleek somehow to make my client happy too}


I signed up for my summer classes and decided to go full steam ahead when I realized Algebra is not a required course like I thought it was. My original plan was to take just that class and one fun class {to even things out} and focus on learning, what I consider, pointless mathematics.

When I realized I NEVER have to take Algebra I was so thrilled I signed up for a bunch of classes and decided I played hard enough last summer to warrant summer school this year.

Favorite song today: Neil Dymond 'Sweet Caroline' Weird huh?




Jennaism of the week: I was booking a hotel yesterday in California for one of the guys. I was debating over two equally 'so-so' hotels. Nate was looking over my shoulder for a minute and collectively we decided on the lesser of the two horrible options and I was thinking of selling tactics should the installer have a problem {this guy usually does} and so I pointed out, 'Well, this one allows horses' and pointed to the icon that only became obviously clear that it was a dog, not a horse, after Nate and Chris were rolling on the floor laughing at me.