feeling reminiscent.

i have a pretty fun post for you all lined up. a couple actually. but the problem is, i'm *real* tired. as much as i want to share some pictures from projects at anthro and tell you about this movement im currently obsessed with, i'm drained. i've been busy at work (the last three days with "home moves." loosely translated, that means, "we just redid the entire store in three days."

by the way... did i mention this occurred between the hours of 6am to 3pm? yeah. can't do that. maaaybe that works for YOU... but i make it a consistent practice to let the sun rise before me. i really try to refuse beginning my day while the moon is still hanging in the sky. however... that did not occur this week. 6 am... the week after the time change. woooo... remember how much i already hate that day?

alright. i really hope you are sympathizing with me by this point. so. i've been a part of a pretty amazing transformation that included me doing things like, painting walls and staining fixtures to tying twine around flatware {for HOURS} and making obscenely long paper clip chains (well, relatively obscene, i suppose... obscene to everyone except dan meyer, my friend who happened to break the guinness book world record for the longest paper clip chain made in 24 hours. yep, his paper clip chains were a little more obscene.) anyway.

so, this afternoon i escaped into some old pictures instead of dwelling in my tired state. these weren't just any old pictures... you know, i'm sure you have them. the kind that immediately build a euphoria of sorts in your soul. the kind that fully capture one of my very favorite feelings... adequately and eloquently summed up in this quote,

"... And in that moment, I swear we were infinite." -stephen chbosky

i've had a lot of real awesome "infinite" moments in my lifetime. some really amazing adventures. unfortunately, those mostly occur over 3 day weekends now, or when i am brave enough to shirk my responsibilities and pretend i don't have a job for a bit... but i was lucky enough to have six entire months of those moments. they were broken up into two different summers a few years ago, but... well... just look at the pictures. trust me, i have enough to fill about ten photobooks. {they're all on my bookcase.} but, a couple will do for now. i know you weren't there... but hopefully, you feel a little smidgen of what i do when i see them and be transported away from "real life," if only for a moment.

*more on this later*

*a vintage mer+ali picture for you.*

oh. and one last thing: i'm working on a personal piece. it's a... hutch...? or something that we got for free. in the beginning, i thought the one cabinet that's blue was romantically sized up as, "kinda quirky... kinda like it." which soon turned into, "i hate this thing, why's it still in my house...?" anyway. i told you i've been staining stuff at work. i did this stain and a wash over the stain that looks SO BEAUTIFUL. i'm making a couple changes in terms of color, but i'm going to do the same thing with this cabinet. i'm documenting my process so i actually finish a project that i'm starting... in a timely manner! p.s. i have a newfound obsession with the belt sander. WOW. talk about amazing. :)