reunited and it feels so good.

MY SISTER IS HOME!

Holy Hannah.
I thought that this day would never come.

On Thursday, May 19, my lovely Erika Mari Riggs returned to America.
We awoke bright and early and waited at the airport for nearly an hour and a half before she made an appearance.
Literally the most painstaking hour and a half of my life.
I'm just so thrilled that she made it back to us in one piece!
Her english is gnarly. Aka super bad.
She attained quite the accent while away from us though.
I love her to death.
Sisters and besties for life.
This year is going to be quite the thrill.

can't stop won't stop

My sister comes home in exactly 3 days.
After being away at college and then going straight on a mission, you think that I would be used to this whole not seeing her thing.
OF COURSE NOT.
There were so many times when I would have given an arm and a leg to be able to call her up and tell her about my latest drama or my latest obsession.
Honestly I can't think about anything else.
My best friend in the whole wide world will be joining me this summer in Texas and also next year in Utah. How splendid!
I can't wait for all of our adventures.
As the good old Jack Johnson would say:
"It's always better when we're together."

I hope that she enjoys her fliiiiiiiiiiiight.
That one was for you, frila.
$33$+0r$ 4 lyf3.

Anyway, this past weekend was quite an enjoyable one.
I was able to attend a pre-ception for a girl that I grew up with.
So insane that people I grew up with are starting to get married now.
Not the oldies that I always looked up to, but never dared interact with.
People who I talked and interacted with on a regular basis. Craziness.
The theme of the reception was shabby chic. Everything was absolutely adorable!
Homemade rootbeer, mason jars with candles in them, cowboy boots. Ah.
This girl is through and through a true Texan. I loved it every second of it.
Seeing how in love they bride and groom were made me long for a partner myself.
I keep telling myself to be patient but I'm aching to share my life with someone else!
I'm hoping that this year will be very kind to me in the boy department.

No more dating jerks.
Although I have vowed myself to that decision many times before, I can't help but love the bad boys!! I just swoon over them all day every day. It's bad. I need to curb my appetite. NOW.

daddy dearest and i

summertime and the living is easy.

I've been home for a total of 11 days now.
Which is super crazy to me, because it feels like months.
I have yet to find a job.
Actually I have yet to do anything quite yet.
I've applied to a couple of places, so we'll see how it goes.
I'm hopeful!!
Erika comes home in 13 daysssss.
I turn 19 in a month.
We travel to Hawaii in 2 months.
I'm dying to have some excitement in my life.
In the words of hannah montana:
"life's what you make it, so let's make it rock."
I wish I had more exciting news, but that's all for now.


On the upside, I have gotten very good at finding entertaining websites and blogs.
Once I get around to it, I'll put my favorites up in hurrr.
And I started some pin boards on pinterest. I am connected on way too many levels.

xoxo.

oh hail no

so after two flight cancellations

and more than my fair share of time spent in an airport,
i'm finally

HOME!

thank goodness.

here's to the next few months.
can't wait to get started.

on another wave, i just spent three amazing days in
california.
i love that state.
i wouldn't mind spending some time there.
or get married there.
or have my husband be from there.
or raise children there.
you know.

lazy days on the beach, long days under the sun.
too good to be true.
this one's for the girls.
can't believe that i'll be spending four long months away from my besties.
and two long years away from these babies.it's been a good run.
can't wait to be reunited in 2014.

geeze louise.

well as for me, i'll be enjoying a rice dish in bed while watching the lizzie mcguire movie.

i love being home.

rolling in the deep

2 days until CALIFORNIA
6 days until TEXAS
1 month until ERIKA COMES HOME
3 months until HAWAII
4 months to become a perfect HOMEMAKER and make a million DOLLARS.

ready...
set...
GO.

i gotta get through this

so i'm sitting in the library right now, dying to go home and get in bed and sleep myself all the way into next week. too bad that can't actually happen. i have two finals tomorrow, one on monday, two on tuesday, and then i'm free. but not really, in between all of the studying, i have to pack up my whole life and move it into my mom's cousin's house, pack for the texas heat, and pack for the lovely california. yes, i am making the trek to california next week wednesday. i am SO excited. i have not been to california for recreation in quite some time, so this is going to be quite the treat.
shopping, laying out, being on a beach, being with friends.
such a great way to end this amazing year.

as sad as i am to say bye to some of my best friends, i am more than excited for this upcoming year.
some things to look forward to:
eurika coming home!!!!! i miss my sister dearly.
family bonding time x ten thousand million bajillion.
getting a job and making bank.
being tan and feeling sunshine. i really do forget what this feels like.
swimming always. one word: mermaids.
hawaii.
the apartment life.
new people.
many many weekend trips.

so many things to cross off my life-list this year.
can't wait for the memories.

currently loving: someone like you (adele), life in technicolor II (coldplay), you got growing up to do (joshua radin)

sundresses and sweatervests

HERE COMES THE SUN!!!!

Seriously. I have been loving the sunshine so much. It was in the 70s this past week. But of course during the weekend, Utah decided to dump some snow on me. Sick joke. I'm ticked. Just when I start to pack up my winter clothes, it blizzards. Saturday I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and then Sunday morning I wake up to a winter wonderland. Ridiculous.

Anyway this summer I have a huge desire to sew and cook all the time. I don't know what's gotten into me. Maybe it's because I've been looking at pinterest every spare second I get. My goals are to become more of a homemaker and have more motherly instincts. Especially considering that I'll be kicking it in the big leagues next year. No more cannon center and dining plus for me. bummer.But seriously.


Look how cute this shower curtain is. Originally from Anthro, but you could totally make it. I just might tackle this baby this summer. We'll see.





If you haven't looked at pinterest, I highly suggest it.

I can spend hours on end on that website.
I'm fully obsessed now.
Enjoy.

currently loving: on melancholy hill (gorillaz), miracles (norwegian recycling)