getting organized

since starting school, i've been on the hunt for a good day planner. i had one that i really loved a few years ago, but i haven't been able to find one like it anywhere. another problem i've run in to is that they only have planners for 2011, and none for 2010.

my friend told me about lilly pulitzer planners, so i looked them up online. they are super cute! there's a hallmark store downtown that sells them, so i decided to go look at them and possibly get one. best thing, they start in august 2010 and go through december 2011!




they have 3 different patterns. i got the first one (light blue), and i got the large size. there's a small size too. each month has a theme. i now have a planner that makes me happy :) i seriously, think it's the cutest planner ever!

while i was at the hallmark store, i also picked out a really cute cell phone case. i've been wanting to get the white iphone4, but it hasn't come out yet and i who knows when it's going to. i figured i'd get a cute case for my phone so i'll like it until the white one comes out.

they have it in different patterns too. i got the last one of that pattern. apparently they are very popular!

i've decided to not go to that hallmark store often. i ended up getting more than i went in for! and they have a HUGE vera bradley section. i didn't have time to look through it, which was probably a good thing!

and i promise i'll post the tutorials soon. i've started the post, i just need to finish it. writing tutorials is a little harder than i thought it would be!

wee bit wednesdays

it's wednesday! and i'm doing wee bit wednesdays over at my leigh ashley again.

{one} what was your first pet and how did you come up with its name?
the first pet i remember is alfalfa, but i didn't name him. the first pet i named was sassy. i think i named her after the cat from homeward bound.

{two} do you like your ice crushed or cubed?
cubed. but i do love sonic's ice, which is kind of crushed.

{three} do you believe in love at first sight?
ummm not really.

{four} do you have any nicknames?
baiton. my friend made it up in high school. it's the first 3 letters of my first name and the last 3 letters of my last name. only a few people call me that now.

{five} what movie do you never get tired of watching?
the parent trap. i could watch it over and over.

{six} how do you like your eggs cooked?
scrambled with cheese. waffle house makes them the best! lots of cheese :)

{seven} are you named after anyone in particular?
i think i was named after the girl on WKRP in Cincinnati. i actually watched reruns of that show when i was younger. if i was a boy i was going to be Payne, so i'm definitely glad i'm a girl!!

{eight} what are three things that you would like to do that you haven’t done yet?
take a photography class, take addison to the beach, and drive a really expensive car (i just wanna drive one. i don't care about owning one, but that would be nice, too!)

{nine} what one thing always brightens your mood?
addison hugs and kisses.

{ten} what five things will you always find in your purse?
i don't really carry a purse. it's either a diaper bag or my gussy clutch. so i'll do my clutch! it always has my cell phone, ponytail holders, all my debit/credit cards, cash and id (i count all that as 1), my lip stuff, and my keys. exciting, huh?

labor day weekend

i was so excited to just have a nice, low-key weekend. we didn't really have any plans, and i wanted to relax. i didn't get to relax much since i had so much school work to do, but it was still a nice weekend.

saturday my mom's friend had a pool party so addison and i went for a while.

the pool was actually cold. since it's been so hot this summer, the pool has been pretty warm. but saturday it was cold. addison didn't mind though.

i didn't like the cold water so i just sat on the steps and took pictures.







everyone loved addison. she had a friend in the pool that would pick her up and let her jump walk into the pool, with help.






i wasn't feeling very good most of the day. addison and i went home and i tried to relax for a while. i had a horrible headache and ended up having a fever too. it wasn't a very fun night. i went to bed early and had some crazy dreams. they confused me and i think they made my headache even worse. i ended up getting some good sleep without crazy dreams, so that made it a little better. i finally started to feel better later on sunday, and i'm feeling fine now. i just hope i don't feel that way again! it wasn't much fun.

feeding the ducks

chris wanted to take addison to feed the ducks this past weekend, so i tagged along. he has taken her before, but this was my first time to go with addison.

she really likes ducks. she isn't a very good thrower though. she'd throw the bread and it would land right in front of her and the ducks didn't want to get that close to her. i helped her throw some though. and i took lots of pictures!
















after we ran out bread, we went to the playground. addison loves the swing, and it helped cool her off.






and after that, we went and got ice cream! addison loves ice cream. surprise surprise. she had her own thing of ice cream, but of course she still wanted some of mine. piggy.

wee bit wednesdays

i haven't done one of my leigh ashley's wee bit wednesdays in a while. i've been pretty busy lately. i'm going to try and still blog some, but it won't be near as much as i did in the summer.

{one} what’s your favorite day of the week and why?
friday. it's almost the weekend, i don't have class, and addison doesn't have MDO so we're home together all day!

{two} if you could have a glimpse of your future, would you choose to see it and what time would you want to see?
i've thought about this a lot, and kind of wish i could have a glimpse of my future. but the more i think about it, the more i don't think i'd want to.

{three} if you could be any animal, which animal would you be?
either a dolphin or something that flies. i would love to live in the ocean, and i've always wanted to fly :)

{four} do you have a lucky number?
i've always liked the number 3, but i don't think it's my lucky number.

{five} if you could bring one famous person back from the dead, who would it be and why?
hmmm. i really don't know. maybe heath ledger. i really liked him and his death was a total surprise to me.

{six} fill in the blank: peanut butter and ____________.
the first thing that comes to mind is jelly. boring, right? i like peanut butter and apples, too.

{seven} would you rather live by the mountains or by the beach?
probably the beach. a nice, pretty beach. i'm fine living where i am, but it would be nice to have a beach house to go to in the summer...and winter!

{eight} do you have any tattoos?
nope. i want one, but i don't know what i want. so i'll just keep waiting until i figure it out.

{nine} if you could retire tomorrow, what would you do?
hopefully i'd have lots of money, so i'd get to stay home and play with addison all day. we could go on little adventures all the time. and i could relax.

{ten} what is your favorite all time movie?
the sound of music (i have a strange obsession with that movie) or the parent trap (the one with lindsay lohan). if either are on tv, i have to watch it!

also, don't forget to let me know what you'd like me to write a tutorial on. go here to read more about it, and leave a comment! i'll be choosing this weekend.