Someday, we'll look back & smile.

The Thursday Thirteen:
Memorable moments of 2012

{1}

Life-changing Mat Kearney concert.

"young, dumb, & in love."

{2}

Memorial day weekend at the beach. 

we still laugh about this trip...and probably always will

& never mind the fact that I'm totally fifth wheeling

{3}

The Collier-crew gathered for a goodbye photo.

{4}

Moving out of the dorm...such a bitter-sweet day.

{5}

Re-uniting with the "Six Pack" for summer break.

& yes, this photo was captured as I was falling into the fountain

{6}

Turning nineteen. Last of the teen years.

{7}

Visiting friends in their own college settings.

& enjoying the occasional (free) Tyrone Wells concert that comes along with doing so

{8}

Moving into my first apartment.

{9}

Enjoying some Duck victories with good buddies.

{10}

Voting in my first election.

'merica.

{11}

Living with some of the best roomies I could ever ask for.

some of the hardest laughs & most epic dance parties

{12}

Bringing home Charlie.

truly never thought this day would come

{13}

Ringing in the new year. Hello, 2013.

looking forward to more memories

Someday, they'll go to Texas.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Overalls from this post, now have a new destination. So proud of my girl, Bonich Meister! Living her dream and going to TCU {Texas Christian University} now calls for our overalls to venture to Texas! Missing my sisters already as many of them are beginning to depart for another long school year away from our hometown of Wilsonville but thanks to these beauties, love is just an ugly XXXL Winnie the Pooh embroidered denim jumpsuit away.

Traditional photo for J & B...

Someday, they'll actually travel.

Sisterhood of the traveling pants overalls.

Yes, that's two girls.
In one pair of
overalls.

Summer 2011: A spontaneous trip to the Wilsonville Goodwill with some friends, along with some good old fashioned fate, led to the discovery of these beauties. Inspired by the film & book Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants {see below trailer if unfamiliar with the concept}, we decided this denim creation would keep us united as well all departed in the fall for our freshman years of college. 

A set of rules {I cannot share because of the sworn secrecy of the sisterhood} were set forth, a journal to log our college experiences and share amongst one another was composed, and the sisterhood was born.

These classy, {Whinny the Pooh} embroidered trousers ended up only making a total of ONE round trip--but hey, that's six sisters & five schools across three states! 

So maybe the overalls didn't fit us all...but they did fit all of us inside of them at once.

Gret, Cat, Bo, Jess, & Nat {however, I do see you everyday}, I'll see ya'll in less than a week!

Someday, I'll find my Jack Dawson...

...but he won't end up at the bottom of the Atlantic. I'll make sure I share the floating door. {Why so selfish, Kate Winselt? Like, really?!}

Anyway...
I know I already posted on the return of Titanic to the big screen but that was BEFORE I actually experienced it. The event of going to see the film in theaters deserved its very own, exclusive post. So here it goes...

Saturday. A beautiful, Spring Saturday. The anticipation that flooded my very veins was unspeakably overwhelming...{and yes, Bonich & Jess, of course I'm referring to how excited I was to reunite with your two lovely faces!} Okay, so of course some of my excitement was rooted in the fact that I would soon be immersed in the classic yet tragic love story of Jack and Rose. But first, some much needed catch up time with some ol' friends over a traditional Macaroni Grill create-your-own-pasta dish. {Yum.} The lovely Bonich Meister accompanied me after dinner to experience the resurrection of James Cameron's masterpiece. The experience was no less than epic. The old lady next to us {who was probably dehydrated by the end of the movie because she was balling her eyes out the whole time}, looking around seeing those ugly, boxy glasses on every viewer {seriously, who freaking designed these atrocities?!}, and of course the epic film itself all made for a nothing-less-than-perfect cinematic experience.

Favorite part of the movie? Well, the "I'm flying, Jack!"scene never fails to deliver goosebumps. However, the part that really gets me is when Rose is sitting in the descending lifeboat, staring longingly into Jack's eyes  while he is restrained on the {SPOILER ALERT} sinking ship. After some dramatic music and some drawn-out exchange of hopeless expressions, Rose's combination of love and grief overwhelms her causing her to leap back onto the doomed Titanic into Jack's embrace. True love at its finest? Yep. Too bad it's short lived. Which brings us back to my biggest issue with the film: why couldn't she share the flipping door?

Would I go again? Pssshhhh...please. Need you ask?
Any takers?

Oh, & be sure to check out this Ellen spoof. That woman is hilarious. 

Courtesy of Bonich Meister

"Are you doing yours in 3D?"

Someday, we'll be hipsters.

Hipster day with Bo. Nuff said.

blogging~
coffee {"Cheer Me Up Coffee" In Tualatin}~
thrifting~
photography~
art galleries~
alternative music~
sushi~

How to be a hipster.

Not so sure we really make the cut. I think we ruined our chances of being hipsters merely by labeling the day "hipster day". A true hipster doesn't really recognize his or her lifestyle as one that fits into a category. Oh well. We are embracing the irony of taking old fashioned photos with fancy cameras.

Happy hipster-ing!