A Not So Rainy Day

Dress - Cocomo (Walmart) // Arrowhead Necklace - Skyline Caverns giftshop // Green Necklace - Thrifted // Turquoise Ring - Thrifted // Green Ring - Sky Caverns giftshop // Boots - Rocket Dog (Modcloth)

I was saving this post for a day when I had a lot to do and not a lot of time! That happens to be today. Ironically, it actually did rain today. I just wrote this post title in hopes that it wouldn't rain I guess...

It's funny 'cause I couldn't think of any other ways to style this dress when I put it on...so I almost didn't want to wear it for some reason. But, y the time I got home in the evening I'd thought of like 5 other ways to wear it. Honestly, I'm so surprised that I made it through the day without getting something on it! I'm usually a very messy person, and I was in the art building all day too! It was a Tuesday so that helped because I don't have any drawing classes that day. I can't wear any light colors Monday, Wednesday, or Friday because I have Life Drawing and that room is so full of charcoal!

So, here are some things I'm loving right now :

Song - Can't Stop by One Republic. Sorry for the weird pics in the video--it's the only full version of the song I could find.

TV Show - Well, I'm still watching Supernatural and Monk.

Movie - Stranded it's a re-imagining of Swiss Family Robinson. Plus, Andrew Lee Potts is in it.

Blog - A. Loo's Closet A Christian, stay-at-home mom with a fabulous, retro style!

Clothing - My chambray dress from JCPenney's (seen in this post).... except that the zipper just broke. Funny, now I want to wear it like every day, and it's probably just because I can't.

Oh, and before I forget. Yes, Bible reading and exercise completed!

Well, hope y'all have a wonderful day! Thanks for reading :)

A Warm Day at Last!

Shirt - Body Central (Similar) // Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Belt - Cotton On // Shoes - Mossimo (Thrifted) // Leaf Ring - Kohls // Claddagh Ring - Gift from my Dad // Necklace - Walmart // Rose Earrings - Forever21 (Similar) // Sunglasses - Forever 21 // Balm Stain - Revlon Smitten // Nail Polish - Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Presto Pink
Photos by R. Parker

WOOO! IT'S WARM ENOUGH TO WEAR SLEEVELESS SHIRTS!!!!! Alright, alright, I'll stop yelling. But seriously, words can't describe how amazing this day was! And it had nothing to do with school I'll tell ya that right now.... I went the entire day with no jacket! The entire day! Plus, I just listened to the Supernatural soundtrack (amazing), I'm now watching Monk, and I'm not doing homework...and it's before midnight!! I've had so many late nights this week and I'm incredibly grateful that I can go to bed earlyish today!!

It was so weird to see so many people around Akron and in their summer clothes! Everyone was out and about...and kind of in my way. No joke, several people ran across the street and almost into my car--thankfully I have new brakes and I was paying more attention than they were! Almost gave me a heart attack! Just because the sun's out doesn't mean you can throw common sense to the wind! Y'all are college students, please tell me you at least know to look before you cross the street!!! Not that I've never done anything stupid, but the fact that I saw it happen at least 3 times just today....people, come on! Well, didn't expect things to go in that direction lol. Funny how thankful I was for such good weather and instead I go into this long rant.... anyways, I still love the weather!

Sadly, it's supposed to get really cool again :( But ya know, that's Ohio. Oh, Bible reading and exercising you ask? Why yes, both are done. Oh, and before I forget, check this and this out! It's the beautiful abandoned places that I've now seen several times just today. But, just in case you haven't seen it...you must. The links are very similar, but there are a few different pictures between them and it's worth checking out both! On a completely unrelated note...I love this outfit so much, but I think I look like I'm 12 years old :p I guess that means I'll age well...I hope!

Thanks for reading! Oh and let me know if you like that Google + comment thing...whatever it is. The comment form is different from before. So just tell me which one you liked better I guess. Hope your day is as awesome as mine was!

And....Google+ comments gone. I only had it up for a couple of hours and I didn't like it. It really made keeping track of comments a lot harder. So...for now it's back to regular comments.

Vacation Withdrawal

 Shirt - Faded Glory (Yeah...I have some Walmart clothes :p) // Scarf - Charlotte Russe // Skirt - Gander Mountain (Seriously! Gander Mountain! It was like 8 years ago...me and my mom went to Gander Mountain for some outdoor stuff and instead found these skirts!) Belt - Cotton On // Shoes - Maurices // Rings - Skyline Caverns Gift Shop and Thrifted // Necklace (You can't really see it) - Skyline Caverns Gift Shop
Photos by me...unfortunately

 Sorry for the bad pics and all my rambling already! I borrowed my mom's camera so I could try to figure out how to use it. Just in case I can't get a photographer I want to be able to take pictures myself. I was hoping to be able to take it outside and play around a little bit...but it didn't really work out. I've got a ton of homework and house stuff to get caught up on ...these pictures were actually taken at 3 in the morning. I finally finished unpacking (you can see my unpacked suitcase in some of the pics), but I still need to eat dinner :p Phew! I think I'm finally caught up on everything though! The vacation was totally worth it though! I am glad to be home though. I really like my house--even though it's still being renovated.

 I think I've mentioned this before...but since my house is being renovated I don't have an oven. So yeah, that's my trusty microwave that I cook literally all my food in! I'm not complaining though :) It's amazing what I can cook in a microwave. As you can see...a mug brownie that happens to be in this awesome tiffany blue mug I just thrifted. Have I ever told you I absolutely love mugs? Well...I do. I have a lot of mugs. Mugs and shoes. That's what I collect. I got some good pictures today and I'm pretty sure I'll have time to go outside tomorrow to try to take better pictures! Obviously I've never done much photography. I did figure out how to use the tripod and self timer... so that's progress. And yay for my super awkward poses. I mean SUPER awkward. Whatever, I'll get better at this eventually!

My thoughts are so out of order at the moment...and consequently so is my writing. So, here's just some final thoughts. For some reason my cat likes to sleep on my suitcase...it's neither comfortable nor in the sun, so I have no idea why she sleeps there. Although, right now she is sprawled out on my back--what can I say, she's a cat. Yes, those are Dean Winchester eyes (the other eyes are Aiden Turner who plays Kili in The Hobbit) I had to do some eyes for life drawing. The child's face was also for life drawing--it's a copy of an Augustus John sketch. I had to scan some drawings in for a collage assignment. I think that's all, hopefully I'll be back to 100% soon!

 What about you? Vacations are fun, but when they're done are you ready to get back into the swing of things? Or are you more exhausted than before your vacation (like me)? Well, thanks for reading, and I hope you have an awesome day!

Hail, Spontaneous!

We left for Massanutten Resort today! It was a long, but strangely peaceful drive. I say strangely peaceful because there are a lot of people in my family--10 to be exact--and car rides tend to be loud and squished... We actually can't fit everyone in one car because we still haven't purchased a big homeschool van. You know what I mean...a big white van that can fit the population of a small city inside :p Anyways, everyone got along very well which was fantastic!

So I was a little nervous about having to help drive today because I have no sense of direction and I've never driven out of state before. Also...I fall asleep really easily in cars (not when I'm driving of course! But if I'm the passenger I fall right asleep!) So, even though it was around 10 in the morning, as soon as I got in the car I fell right asleep! Thankfully, by the time mom needed a break and had me drive I was well rested and fully awake! 

I got a couple of pictures of the scenery out the window and one of the tunnels we drove through. I don't know about you, but when I was a little kid I LOVED going through the tunnels! I still think they're really amazing though!

Umm...why is there snow? I'm on vacation! In April! Thankfully this is up in the mountains and there's no snow at the resort! I guess the resort is in the mountains too...but there's no snow here.

This picture is so cool with the reflection in the mirror :)

We took my car and my mom's van. The pictures are all taken from my car 'cause that's where I was when my dad drove my car. Then when I took a turn driving my car mom rode with me. I had a great time chatting with my parents! I really don't get a chance that often to talk with them like that because all the other kids usually need their attention.

Oh...I know you can't really read this sign...but it says Winchester. As a huge Supernatural fan I kind of had to have a picture of this sign! I would have had my mom take the picture...but she was having issues with my phone camera.

I suppose you might be wondering why this post was titled "Hail, Spontaneous!" Or you might not be... Anyways, I don't remember exactly what my mom and I were talking about but for some reason I was trying to say the word spontaneous. And....well it didn't come out right. It sounded more like this SPON-te-NAY-ous. Oh yeah...I'm a total doof. After laughing for a long time we agreed that it sounded like a Roman name. So...Hail, Spontaneous! 

Anyways, here's the outfit I wore today! I knew I was going to be in the car a long time so I wanted something comfortable. It was nice wearing the two shirts because the temperature kept changing due to driving in and out of the mountains. And, these are my most comfortable jeans and softest shoes! All in all I'd say it was a great travel outfit! Sorry about the less than stellar quality of the photos. We left the good camera at home (hey at least we remembered all of the kids! we may have left a suitcase behind too...but more on that later). So these are just taken with my cell phone camera. It takes ok photos during the day, but at night the quality really sucks and the sun was setting already when these were taken. And...we were all kind of tired and didn't want to take pictures :p but here they are anyway

Shirt – Old Navy (Thrifted) // Plaid Shirt – Charlotte Russe (Thrifted) // Jeans – Old Navy // Jacket – JCPenney // Shoes – Maurices // Bracelet – Thrifted // Rings – Thrifted // Earrings – Gift // Nail Polish – Kinetic Color by China Glaze // Balm Stain - Revlon Romantic

Photos by Laura, Mom, and me

So we've only been at the resort a few hours at this point and there's already some crazy things going down here. That's just my family for you :) The best thing was that my 4 year old brother apparently hid his suitcase  (why? yeah, I'd like to know that too...) instead of putting it by the door this morning. So yup...he has no clothes with him. There is a Walmart close by and a couple thrift store so...we're going shopping tomorrow :p We've had kids forget shoes before...but forgetting an entire suitcase on vacation is a winner!

PS - So the story of how I got this shirt is pretty cool. If you’ve read past posts, you’ve already seen that I kind of have an obsession with stars. I love that this shirt says “Under the Starry Skies.” So I saw this shirt at Old Navy, and it was probably like $20 or something and I didn’t want to pay that much. But, I was still just so in love with this shirt!! A couple of months later, I happened to be thrifting with my mom when…I saw this shirt! For like $2! Anyways…I just think that was cool :)

Phew, that was a long post--but I guess I had stuff to write about! I hope your day is fantastic! Don't forget to follow, and like Finding Inspiration on Facebook!

Spontaneous out. And I'm gonna get back to watching Kung Fu Panda with my sibs :)