TED Talks that inspire me

FAVE TED TALKS WHOO HOOOOO!

One of my favorite things to do while I commute to school is listen to TED talks. I love the radio but Justin's "sorry" gets old after the 2049583409 time. I just listened to a playlist on my TED app that was titled, "How to Revive a city" and man it was great. My fave talks from it were this one and this one. Oh and Jess Speck's one about the walkable city! These talks inspired me to get out into our own city, Salt Lake, to serve, walk around, explore and contribute to keeping the public spaces open! The lack of sun and clear skies has taken its toll on me this winter--without the sun I shrink and isolate myself in my warm home. But in this in between time of winter/spring I am determined to get out and connect with nature, myself, and our city!

some more fave TED talks:

•  Less stuff More Happiness
• Bad Feminist
• Teach girls bravery not perfection
• Teach kids to code
• Shut up and Listen!

Spring inspiration collection

It's almost officially springtime! My favorite season has always been Spring because of the fresh feeling of rain, the beauty of bright greens and the atmosphere of rebirth in everything; humans, animals and nature.

I'm feeling fresh flowers, lots of pinks, greens and whites.



I'm feeling some spring cleaning and the need to fill up my frames with some fun artwork!



I'm feeling energized and motivated to keep working out and getting stronger. I'm trying real hard to get the beginner trophy on the Nike Fit app and it's way awesome! Also, my new jump rope is about to be my best friend.





I'm feeling sooooooooo ready for a road trip. Mike and I are planning lots of Utah trips because we realized that we haven't really explored this gorgeous state together besides Moab (where we met).





I'm feeling like wearing flowy dresses, pretty colors and soft textures.









I'm also feeling like painting a million abstract pieces and springtime bouquets but like when am I not feeling that? haha





photos via Pinterest

My autobiography

I've been thinking about writing down my autobiography. Like my great grandpa and grandma wrote theirs, same with my grandpa, and my dad has written some stories as well. I should be documenting my life ya know just in case I'm caught in a horribly tragic accident and my children want to know what I did on november 22, 2015. ok not funny. but I feel that's like what I'm basically doing on this space anyway so I should put them all in one place, right?

But I think I'm going to begin. Maybe even make it a goal of mine to document my entire life--well the memorable parts. I should definitely record the time when I peed my pants in kindergarten(1st grade?...) and other memorable stories like that.

I might post some of the more funny/interesting stories here. I've already got the story of how Mike and I met on here so might as well keep getting personal. This will be a great thing for my kids and grand kids to have someday. And like any massive task, I'm starting small and setting a goal to record a little story at least twice per week. We'll see how this goes.....or how long it lasts haha.....

Stencil Success

This week's craft: DIY Stenciling! 

The super cute Alexa Zurcher at He&I made a simple step by step blog post on DIY Stencil Graphic Tee's and Sweaters. 

She inspired me to make these, seriously they are SO simple and cheap too!

love it.

I'm much too lazy to write out the instructions (even though there's only like 4 steps) so Here's her blog post! 

Seriously all you need is

-Freezer Paper

-A tshirt or sweatshirt 

-scissors

-pencil

-fabric paint!

-Iron!