Peace, Love & Woody Allen

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I'm about two minutes into Annie Hall and I already absolutely love Woody Allen.

Peace, Love & Diana+

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I have been seriously lusting after a Diana+ for ages, and have asked for one every gift giving holiday for a few years with no avail.

But this year, the boyfriend, with no prodding or hinting at all, got me a Diana+ for my birthday. He is wonderful and amazing and always knows exactly what to get me.

The day after I received the perfect birthday present, I came home from work to a jar of 120 film in the fridge and a roll of zebra print ribbon (more on that later.) My mom also knows exactly what to get me.

I can't wait to take my new Diana+ out for an adventure. I'm thinking it will be perfect to take along on our picnic this weekend to celebrate our 6 month anniversary.

Peace, Love & Olivia

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My mom is a preschool teacher and librarian at the local elementary school. There are many perks to these jobs (she always had the same vacations as my sister and I) but one of the best is that at the end of every school year she gets to pick through the discard pile at the library and bring home great books. One of the treasures she brought home this year was a falling-apart copy of Olivia, one of my favorite children's books. The binding has come apart and the pages are falling apart. I can't wait to use the pages to make some sort of craft project.

Peace, Love & Happy

DACE Spring 2010 from Dace on Vimeo

This video makes me really happy

Peace, Love & Art

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My sister is an amazingly talented artist. She is currently working on a giant, 5-foot watercolor in our hallway. I love walking past it every day and seeing it evolve and change. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Peace, Love & Creemees

I had my first creemee of the year today.

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It was delicious.

Peace, Love & Summer Vacation

Tomorrow marks the first official day of my summer vacation. I am technically on summer break already, because my classes ended a week ago, but with an extra credit quiz due Friday, and a crazy busy schedule this past week, I'm just gonna consider tomorrow the start of Summer.

Summer is and always has been my favorite season. Everything about it is just so wonderful. For those of us not out in the real world quite yet, its a 4 month break from everything. No early morning classes to wake up for, no papers to write, no presentations to give, just four whole months of doing whatever you want. Sure, I have a summer job, but I absolutely love it, so going to work doesn't feel like, well, work.

I can't wait for all the adventures summer will bring...

berry picking,

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picnics,

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breaking out my Nikon to take lovely photographs,

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baking lots and lots of yummy cupcakes,

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the balloon festival I've gone to every year since I was a kid,

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blowing bubbles,

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spending time with the boyfriend,

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a trip to the ocean,

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and as much sun as I can soak up.

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Peace, Love & Love

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I found this while browsing through WeHeartIt, and it is quite possibly one of the cutest and sweetest things ever. And so very very true.

Peace, Love & Art History

I came across this video on the ModCloth Blog a few days ago, and I absolutely love it! I'm taking an art history course, and most of the paintings in the video are ones we have studied in class, so its awesome to see a modern interpretation set to music.

Peace, Love & Cupcakes and Donuts

I am seriously craving some cupcakes

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...and some donuts

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Peace, Love & Friends

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I've been a horrible blogger, getting all caught up in my busy life and not bothering to document a moment of it. But that might also have something to do with the unfortunate fact that my busy life has not been so exciting lately.

Although I've had a quite exciting last few days. I finally had a weekend off from work (I love my job, but having to work on Saturdays makes it hard to hang out with friends) and was able to head up to Burlington and spend the weekend living the college life again. I crashed with my friend B for the night, and we stayed up till 4am catching up on everything that had been happening in our lives; talking, laughing, singing, crying, dancing, everything. Catching up on some much needed girl talk was great. It was just what I needed.

Peace, Love & Unexpected Things

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Sometimes, just as things seem like they're going smoothly, Life throws you a curveball. A wise little boy once told me that when something you didn't see coming happens, it is best to just say "that was an unexpected thing," and leave it at that. Recently, a few Unexpected Things have happened to me. Some are bad, some are good, some are very good, and others are somewhere in the middle. But they all mean that life is going to be very different than it was a few weeks ago. But I am ready and waiting for whatever Life chooses to throw at me next.

Peace, Love & Cupcakes

I've had a stressful couple of days, so I decided I would make myself some cupcakes. Because, well, I really like cupcakes. And they taste so much better when you really need them.

So I got to work, armed with my cupcake cookbook, my sweet tooth, and a great playlist.

And they came out quite beautifully, if I do say so myself.

Once I had finished, I wrapped some of them up using this brilliant wrapping idea to give as (late) Christmas gifts to friends.