WEARS: THE TALE OF THE PINK PONY TOP

You may have noticed that my diamond ring is mia. As it turns out, those prongs aren't as sturdy as they seem. While cleaning behind the couch last week, my hand slipped and hit the window sill, and I saw the diamond go flying. Every girls worst nightmare, I'm sure. Thankfully, we have it insured, and I found the diamond. So we will be taking it to get fixed soon.

Lets talk about this top for a second. One of my sweet friends, Katie, sent me this shirt as a wedding present (last September) and I'm just now wearing it for the first time. I couldn't ever find something to wear it with, but as it turns out, it look cute with just jeans. I feel silly for waiting so long to wear it. I mean, it has tiny horses all over it. It's great. I pretty much wore this same outfit all week! I am a creature of habit, and cute things. ;)

A HAIKU ON CHILDHOOD

When I was a kid
I wanted to serenade
to sing with my lungs

It's a true story. I was convinced I could be a singer. Heck, even now I sometimes pray I'll wake up with a voice like liquid gold. But each day I wake up with the same stiff lump in my throat. To most I probably sound like nails on a chalkboard. Some things you're gifted with, some you aren't. I'm still a little bummed I wasn't blessed with a voice meant for singing. As a child though, I didn't think my voice actually mattered. I'd tell anyone and everyone that if I couldn't make it as a singer, well, I'd just be a lip-sync-er. Me and my friends would put on Shakira, Shakira  and Brittney Spears and dance/sing our little hearts out. 

Once I knew I wouldn't make it through on an episode of Idol to Hollywood, my gears shifted. I started playing guitar when I was put in guitar class in high school. My 9th grade year I was convinced I'd be the next Kurt Cobain. (I was in very transitional stage freshman year!) Are we seeing a theme here? I took guitar throughout my entire high school career and then quit playing. I honestly don't remember much. I played and passed a proficiency and then never retained any of it. I picked up my guitar for the first time in months, last week, and was surprised to find that I couldn't remember Blackbird. The one and only song I learned in it's entirety. I plucked and strummed and eventually figured it out, but it upset me that something I really enjoined  I never took the time to develop. So here's my very public deceleration: I will not let me novice nor my laziness get in the way of me playing the guitar again! Nirvana cover band coming to you live, 2014. ;)