on pause

The days are counting down to our wedding. I am excited and nervous at the same time. There is a bunch of little things to do, nothing really large. It just makes you want to pause life and remember the simple things
• I am really digging Joshua Radin. The guitar is so smoothing in his songs.
• Feeling creative, makes me want to buy furniture. Might not be a bad thing since our TV is on the floor.
•Knowing that I am not going to Wyoming for Christmas, it makes me want snow flakes on my eye lashes.
• Hayden is 16 pounds now. He is all legs.
• Little old ladies walking their dogs in the morning, reminding me of my mom.
• Seeing my family and friends.
• my beachglass wedding necklace and earrings that are on their way!

Simplicity makes me smile

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,

A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?...

Since moving to our house, we have only met one neighbor, but we really like our new neighborhood.
I walk Hayden every morning and he sees his dog friends and knows what owners will give him the most attention. It is something that he looks forward to.
We enjoy that we are not to far from grocery stores and other shopping. I must say that Target might be a little too close. But overall the distance of things are great.

I need to take my camera on a morning walk. There are small hard liquor bottles on the ground rather than the beer bottles of what I am used to seeing in Tempe.
There are still a lot of houses for sale in our neighborhood
So, let's make the most of this beautiful day.
Since we're together we might as well say:
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won't you be my neighbor?
Won't you please,
Won't you please?
Please won't you be my neighbor?

When you name it someone you know...

Hayden gets a lot of toys in his life, but mainly because they control him in his chewing. We have started to name his toys after people so that he can get use to them.
This blue guy is Andy. Which Andy believes is mean, but I believe it is fun. I can't help it that the giraffe is tall like Andy so it helps.
His other toys are also named after people. I will show some of this other little friends...

By The Way::: Andy, if you wear shorts to my wedding, Hayden will bite your face like this because of the taste of blood.

Tails of Hayden

Hayden did much better than expected his first night without a brother or sister to sleep beside him. Although he did enjoy sleeping outside his kennel on his big bed, which was fine with us since he was sleeping soundly.


Even after walking for over a mile, Hayden was playful and wanted all the attention he could get.









On a different note, we have a house now. It is located in Chandler, AZ , not to far from work and where we currently are. We are excited to be done painting and to move in. We spend a lot of our time things into place. Although finding a house was a long process, it was well worth the time we waited patiently for the house that we bought. Hayden is excited for the backyard and the neighborhood of new smells

Hayden

Night one of Hayden the Goldendoodle.
We picked up our new puppy from the airport this evening. I will let you know how the night goes, but we are very excited for this new addition. He is playful and cuddly.
Blocks from Planet Dog
He his a pouncer.
Practicing his moves for Doga (Yoga for dogs)

Dog Love

This is my little Gabby Girl. She lives in Wyoming with my parents. In this photo she has blue nail polish, which compare to the other colors she has had in the past, she actually did not bite it off. I believe she mainly liked the attention that people would give her because of her blue nails.
I am excited to get a dog of my own. I have been waiting patiently for a house and then a dog. I am hoping to get a Goldendoodle, a poodle (standard) and a golden retriever mix.
Here is a dog company
Plant Dog
This company really supports adoption of dogs, which I do also. It is located in Portland, Maine so we are planning on stopping by the store when we are in Portland, might as well by dog toys for someday dog.

Wedding Wind

It seems that weddings are in the air... But the wind didn't blow away my best friend's wedding!

Congrats Kady and Kraig!

Spring for mums

Enjoy mum's day...
Last pose before he hid in the flower brush.
Giving mum a break for the day.

a little something

A little somethings happened this week.
Little something one.



I got a new camera. It is a Nikon D40, so a simple digital SLR. Which is just what I have wanted since my film SLR body got a crack in the mirror.

Another little something is...My finance graduated from ASU with a BS in chemical engineering.. Congrats Jesse! (He even wore a tie for the occasion)

A little somethings I am looking forward to
Sex and the City movie
SOMEDAY owning one beautiful chairs

Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman -Herman Miller



Eames Molded Chairs- Herman Miller..
Let's just day I have been on Ebay looking at furniture.. I get annoyed when it is in the "Eames era" just so when people search for Eames, they get all these other things...

celebrate life

I wore green today because I got new shirt that happened to be green. Everyone that I was wearing it because it was earth day.
So here I am to share a few sites to celebrate the earth!
Household Items

Getting rid of junk mail



I also would like to give a big congratulation to my sister and her husband. They are new proud parents to a beautiful baby girl, Addison Cambria.


I spent the weekend over there visiting my little niece. She has the family chin that is for sure. Butt chin! Good thing my dad is so excited about being a grandpa or pappy as we are calling him, he is the reason for the chin.
Congrats John and Kim!

Please consider...

One of my colleagues told me that I should put, Please consider the environment before printing this email. as part of my signature. I agreed but because I am a designer she said that I need to have a photo of a tree. I have to make sure I do not use copy-righted images so I drew one in Photoshop.
Here is my tree.

Not to shabby for my first time with Ink. Although there is no ground and the trunk is a bit fat and awkward.
It does make you think though. I usually have to print sample, as I do mostly print pieces. The recycling bin always has more in it than the trash. To me that is a good thing.
Now if I could only recycle my snotty tissues that I have been filling the trash with the past week. Although, I would not want the job of sorting through snotty tissues in the recycling center. As long as you do not use Kimberly-Clark products (Kleenex, Scott, most large places TP and paper towels). Check out Greenpeace about how she refuses to use recycled paper in her products.
In other news. I went to my first ASU sporting event tonight. It was a men's basketball game. I did not wear gold. I did a small amount of clapping. My first event was after I had graduated. I suppose I held off enough of the time. Did I mention that it welcomed me on the jumbotron? Well faculty and staff.

Earth Hour

Check out this site.
http://www.earthhour.org/

I think that it is a great idea to turn everything off for an hour. It seems so hard to do at times. Something I know I do way to often is leave my computer on sleep, or leave a light on when no one is home. There are so many ways that each person can save.
Reduce, reuse, recycle.

I am always attempting to reduce. I have started to take shorter showers, which isn't easy every morning. I also am going to start turning things off each and every night. I used to leave a light on each night, because I get up at least once a night. Now I have an LED light night to show the way.

I will be turning off my lights at 8 pm on March 29 and I encourage everyone else.
Just thing *Its a small world after all*

new Love

 I haven't written in a while because I have been having a lot of changes and finding time to do simple things is becoming more difficult.  I am an university grad. Full time employee. bride to be. 

My new love enter my world tonight. I am typing from the keys of a new MacBook. 

It was excitement and glee from my face when opening the box. 

Then i must ponder a name for this new joy in my life. 

Thus I need your help.... Suggestions/ideas for a name for this new love.... 

   (good ring shot!) 

oo yes... our wedding site is www.jesseandjanelle.com    check it out! Many thanks to my bro for all his help with it!! 

Final Coutdown

I hope everyone had a yummy Thanksgiving. I was able to go up to Wyoming and spend time with my parents. It was very VERY cold up there compare to what I am used to. I must admit that I went shopping on Black Friday. The good news is that I only purchased gifts and nothing for myself. I missed out on Cyber Monday but I suppose that is alright because I almost have all my gifts.

I am on my way to becoming an Arizona State University graduate.
I have 4 things due, 2 of which would not hurt my grade if I did not do. Seems crazy that I count down by how many things I have left, but that is because I have 2 online classes. If I was to count classes, I have 2 classes left. One which is a reflection class with a paper due, and one which is a 25 point quiz.

After I graduate, I have a job set up on campus as a graphic artist. I must admit that I am nervous and excited. I will not be walking for graduation, because of my college. I am okay with that because when you go to a large university it would be an entirely way to long of time. I will however be entering into a cubical that does however have a door!

Just a quick update! I have photos of my wedding location that I will post soon, the disappointment is that they were taken in the fall. I will be there in the heat of the summer. But the area is beautiful just the same!

Records

November 6
Actual:	94 | 64
Precip:	0.00
Average:	79 | 53
Precip:	0.02

There has been many records set here in the Arizona in the time that I have been here. My first year here it broke the record for the most rainy days a year. My 3rd year it had the most days straight without rain. And this year it has broken all the heat records. Above is the temp from like 2 days ago.
So much for fall here.

FALLing in love

Food in the Fall makes me FALL in love...
Here are some of my new and old favorites of fall..
•Pumpkin Cream Cheese (Einstein's Bagels carries it starting Sept. 1st!)
•Pumpkin Pancakes, I had some at IHOP a couple weeks ago! YUM YUM YUM
•Apple Cider
•I made a fun fall trail mix
Banana Chips
Pumpkin Seeds
Pretzels
Fall M and Ms
Candy Corn
Raisins
•Apple Sauce (Sunflower Market has the BEST organic apple sauce)
•Pears
•Crock Pot Meals (Sesame Ginger Chicken = yummy and simple)
•Pumpkin Ale (Although I have not tried it yet, I just know this beer is for me!)
•Pumpkin Pie (the best is made with soft vanilla ice cream)
•Pumpkin Bread
•Basically ANYTHING pumpkin!

Now I am hungry and ready to eat...
Eat and enjoy

Fall Withdraw

I live in a desert. Leaves just die off of trees, they do not change beautiful colors and then fall. I am craving some fall activities, feelings, or just food. Here is what I have found for fall and why I just love it soo soo much.

In the future I am totally planning a trip to this festival!
http://www.pumpkinshow.com/
They also have pumpkin recipes for EVERYTHING possible on this page. and the WORLD'S LARGEST PUMPKIN PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fall Changing... is just beautiful. Here is a list of the top 15 places for leaves changing.
http://travel.msn.com/Guides/MSNTravelSlideShow.aspx?destinationid=&cp-documentid=380088

Household items in earth tones!
All of Crate and Barrel's fall line... and of course their cute festival details. Look at any of their room views on their dining tables! Makes me want to eat pumpkin and turkey! and cuddle in front of the fire place....

SWEATERS! and other fall clothes... I turn my ac on high and wear fall/winter clothes around my place because I want to soo bad!
Anthropologie has a "spice rack" inspiration this fall.. so cozy.. so warm...

I can't forget to mention the fact that new tv seasons start. Although what does it matter now that Gilmore Girls is over. I need a new series to watch. Although I think Beauty and the Geek is promising this year.

So in order to get my fill of fall. I am going to bake, wear sweaters, and take a trip up to Northern Arizona. See some leaves change and get some cooler temps. Plus double check our wedding location!

Drive Safe

This is going to be my brother, Andy in a few years. He is going up to Canada for his PhD. Good Luck BIG BUDDA!
Maybe you could put excuse my driving I'm Wyoming's Hottest Hottie on your car!
Love ya !

What 16,777,216 colors look like

Look Here To see if you believe!

"That Cover is Naked"

Penguin Publishing has started a new "My Penguin" where you are able to create covers for classic books. Above is Ryan Adam's cover for Dracula. They had bands create "cover art" in order to help promote this new promotion for their publishing company. Overall I think that idea is clever because it allows someone to make something more personal to them and I enjoy how creative you could e with a book cover. Check out this link for more information and to order your copy today! :) http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/mypenguin/index.html
I must admit I am sucker for slogans and I really enjoy the one for this promo!

"THAT COVER IS NAKED
PUT SOMETHING ON IT"