rules to live by.

{pinned} 

do you have personal guidelines?

i read an interview of melody godfred, a writing consultant, on the blog i want her job.

a great read, by the way.

{and, um, how awesome does "writing consultant" sound for a gig?}

one of the questions is, "do you have rules you live by?" melody's answer is basically, "heck yes!" and she goes on to list them out.

i particularly love #1: "don't wait until you know who you are to make things."

that speaks to me a lot at this point in my life.

i need to type up my list and use it as inspiration to keep on keepin on.

currently craving: a veg thanksgiving.

{via vegetarian times, which i have a subscription to!}

 {via one of my fav food blogs, peas and thank you.}

{via daily garnish, another great blog.}

so, this will be my first thanksgiving as a vegetarian. last year, i gave up meat in october and up until the day before the big holiday. i was commuting up with my parents to ohio and we stopped for dinner at quiznos. {which, sidebar, i think has all but gone defunct.} i was so excited to eat a sandwich with meat and ordered my usual turkey sammy. upon eating, i felt totally fine, but couldn't shake the "meh" feeling. like, maybe i hadn't missed meat that much after all. and that's the first time i thought that i could maybe do the veg thing for real.

so, here we go. i think i'll miss the turkey, but it's worth it to me.

100.

{photo via confetti system}

today is my 100th post!

i started this blog because i felt like i wasn't doing anything tangible with my life outside of work.

i don't know if that makes sense to anyone but me, but on repeat has made me very happy over these last six months.

i'm glad to be here.

and i'm glad you're here, too.

q + a.

 

{from where else}

liz over at explore. dream. discover. posted an a to z questionnaire this weekend and, as you know, i like to get a little tmi at times. let's play!

A. Age – 25. i think this is the first time i've written that!
B. Bed size – queen. i take up the whole bed no matter the size - friends/snugglers/dogs, beware!
C. Chore that you hate – bathrooms. hair, hair everywhere.
D. Dogs – my favorite thing in the world.
E. Essential start to your day – hmm, typically lots of yawning, reading people.com and playing rebecca black's "friday".
F. Favorite color – grey.
G. Gold or silver – silver all the way.
H. Height – 5’10
I. Instruments you play – i can play "lean on me" on piano. i consider it a pretty impressive party trick. 
J. Job title – communications coordinator.
K. Kids – they sure seem cute, don't they?
L. Live – nashville.
M. Mother’s name – lori.
N. Nicknames – kate/katie/kb.
O. Overnight hospital stays – torn ankle ligament surgery in 8th grade. i rocked a green and white striped cast after.
P. Pet peeves – bossy mcbossersons {takes one to know one}, line cutters and impatient drivers.
Q. Quote from a movie – people, my favorite movie is "the mummy". like, not the original, the remake with brendan fraser. i'm not the type to quote movies. unless we're signing disney songs. then it would be "part of your world" from little mermaid. #bam
R. Right or left handed – right.
S. Siblings – one sister, emjay. 
T. Time it takes you to get ready – forevah. my hair takes 1 billion minutes to dry, then i straighten it, then i curl it. writing this out makes it seem insane. however, i only wash it a few times a week. writing that out makes me sound dirty.
U. Underwear – i love to buy it.
V. Vegetable you hate – brussel sprouts! which is such a common veg you hate answer, i know, but i actually had them for the first time this year and was so grossed out. they taste like dirt, yo.
W. What makes you run late – typically my hair. i could stand and re-do the curls all day long.
X. X-rays you’ve had – on the broken ankle referenced in letter o.
Y. Yummy food you make – i make killer grilled cheese. i also whip up the best mac i have personally ever eaten. and my funfetti cake is the bomb.com.
Z. Zoo animal – any and all. seriously. when it comes to me and animals my love knows no bounds.

so fun. everyone do this! and go!

new design.

all four of my blog readers missed that i had refancified the blog. so, if you're reading in reader and i haven't called/texted/asked you in person to click out and see the new design, check it out.

why reeder is awesome.

the jig is up: i love reading blogs.

i love hearing people's stories, i love reading about home design, i love pretend planning events {read: weddings}.

now that i read blogs almost exclusively on reeder, i've found a new way to save the posts or photos i love: i just take a picture of it. check it:

{via}

{because who doesn't love gummy bears? via}

{via one of my fav blogs}

{there may or may not be a theme going on. via here, here and here}

anyone else out there blog addicted? spill.

mid-day romance.

two posts in one day? i know, but this elopement is featured on green wedding shoes. and i love it. 



something is so romantic about taking off and getting married.

don't worry, mom, i'm not getting any ideas.

you all can see the whole pretty thing over here.

best app ever.

reeder. download it. you won't regret it.

nashville bucket list.

this is a photo of garth. live. in concert. applicable to this post because seeing him live in concert was one of my life goals. it's also how courtney and i originally became friends fall of freshman year at ou. it was also a top five experience of my entire existence. i was front row. this photo is not zoomed, people. and yes, i touched him. you would have, too.

one of my fav blogs, la mia vita, did a post a bit back about her san fran bucket list. we have a running tally of places we want to go, too, but it's mostly just me asking, "WHEN are we going to get to park cafe?"*

*update: we went to park cafe. IT WAS AWESOME.

here were my intial bucket list plans:

food to eat:
- park cafe
- sylvan park restaurant
- star bagel
- neighbors
- the palm
- melrose pub

things to do:
- attend a nashville sounds game
- go to the east nashville beer fest
- finally get to steeple chase
- see the christmas lights at opryland
- use the tennessee state museum membership b won at a charity auction
- redeem the whole foods cooking classes coupons i bought b for christmas
- hike the virgin falls
- spend the day at nashville shores with c, melanie and vickie
- see the warhol exhibit at the frist

then, as i'm asking my friend ben {nashville native, LITERALLY**, and knower of all things nashville} what else i should add to my nash bucket list, he says, "you know there's an official list out there, right?"

**nashville natives are rare. like shooting stars. someone will tell you they're a nashville native and then it comes out that they're from whites creek bend or something like that. whites creek bend is so far from nashville i don't even know where it is. so. that does not a nashville native make.

um, no. missed that.

sure enough: nashville scene's 125 things to do before you die.

they have everything. most are things i didn't know existed. since it was written in 2008 some items have changed. for example the "happy dancing man" i'm pretty sure is now the angry yelling man at the belle meade bus stop.

but, that'll happen.

so, i'll be back with another post, to join together my original ideas with nashville scene's recommendations and some from my other peeps too.

when you make a bucket list, you need to get it all down.

because forgetting "see the angry yelling man at the belle meade bus stop formerly known as happy dancing man" does not a bucket list make.