non stopness.

Work was a complete non stop cluster-you-know-what today. I interviewed from 10 to 6:15pm with a 40 minute break in between. And although I think I managed to stay pretty clear headed until the very last interviewee, my voice is going to sound even sexier in the morning. booyaah.

Lesson learned for tomorrow's 7.5 hrs of interviewing: keeping a bottle of water and chapstick nearby!

Needless to say I am pooped and grumpy tonight because I didn't think I was going to be able to blog tonight. However, with a little positive attitude I have been working up I decided..why not just share with you the non stop weekend I've got ahead of me! Since I'll get to enjoy your weekend posts during (my) mid-work week ;) Who says there's anything wrong with living vicariously?

my weekend non stopness.

being a working girl. 

celebrating my best friend's 25th birthday. (What is up with this photo??)

being a sleepy girl :) 


(haven't used this site in ages but all images via) 


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Have a happy weekend if you do get to enjoy the weekend as the break in your week! Even if I won't have anything exciting to post & share I know you will and I look forward to having something to read before bedtime to keep me going till my Friday.    

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xo . jess

tante katie comes to visit.

 Back in -whatfeelslikeforeverago- July, one of my favorite people in the world came to visit. The visit was last minute, poorly planned, with the sole agenda of closing the biggest childhood chapter together vs alone, and of course the greatest 8 days of the year!!

Hanging out with nothing to do but bbq, catch up on movies, talk and drink wine and yes - go see Harry Potter together onelasttime!!!!!!!! - was the greatest little staycation I could have planned for this year!

(who doesn't love picture stories)

friday.

out of all her visits to beautiful Colorado K had yet to see downtown Denver in the daylight! We quickly changed that. 

Took this crazy kid along for a night on the town (patio dinner + hp7)

saturday. 

a very important ritual: Illegal Pete's before a Rockies' game!

greatest baseball game company, everr. 

we silly faced. 

we stuffed our faces with tornado thingies. 

flaunted our super ueber sexy hat hair. 

and of course, kissy faced. 

then came the misfortune of the umbrella. 

that yes of course I broke. 

Rest in peace Eddie Bauer umbrella. You shall be replaced. 

birry. sena. and my dinosaur husband. I mean N. 

sena & K. cheers to a fantastic, hilarious, unforgettable evening! 

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Today, Wednesday August 17th, 2011, I am lounging around my house because 1) N and I are still sharing a car so I'm more or less trapped here with nothing more than my bike and a grocery store (which believe it or not I have already visited today!) and 2) today is basically my Sunday and tomorrow is fully my Monday and I will be working until next Tuesday. Cheers to 6 days. 

I am not really dreading the work days. I have actually been enjoying the longer of stretches of work because I am in total save and move mode and I am getting so excited to be moving out into our own place in the upcoming months. And since it is still a chunk away --> longer work weeks I welcome you!!

So far my Wednesday Sunday has included: 

+ awaking at 7:31 all on my own. lovely. 

+ strapping up for a bike ride and a trip through the grocery  store and back. all before my cup of coffee

+ snoozing the morning away to the Jetsons, Popeye, and the Flintstones (thank you Boomerang)

+ lunching with my brother over "Hoodwinked, too!"

+ and now hanging out with you lovelies 

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Happy Hump Day. 

xo . jess

Hair Too(s)day.

Volume 10:the messy pony 

Welcome to my official weekly tutorial  of what do to with your hair!! People are always asking me 

"How did you do that to your hair?" 

And so here are my answers, trials, and step by step tutorials of 

"How you can do that to your hair, too!"

Alright ladies, this week I'm gonna pull a quickie on you. I spent the entire morning putting this together and mama's gotta get dressed for work! (I know - not your fault I'm queen of procrastinating but whatev)

This week we are going to learn the messy ponyyy! woop woop (wouldn't I be the coolest teacher)

What you need

1. A curling iron or stick (my favorite tool in the hairworld!)

2. A comb or brush - nothing that will make your hair frizzy - just to comb out knots. 

3. Hair ties. (I've recently discovered the tiny gummy hair ties - they work wonders!! (If you're fortunate enough to have medium thick hair they really give you play room with your do. And also - no pony tail headaches!)

What you do

I apologize but the microphone still isn't working on my computer so the video is nice and silent so I suggest you turn on some tunes while you watch. 

1. Comb your hair out. Knots are never fun.

2. Start with getting your bangs prepared. Or the hair that will be loosely framing your face. Curl the locks backward, away from your face. They'll stay there all day - out of your face. 

3. Give your ends all over a good curl. I'm only showing you the fast track version in the video to keep you from falling asleep ;) I went back and curled all of my ends pretty decently. Always mess with your fingers to give it a messy look!

4. Slightly part your hair where you will be leaving fringe in the front out. Work your hair to the back of you head in the direction of the ponytail. (this is something my sister taught me) 

5. Wrap a hair tie around your fingers before you start to loosely gather your hair for the pony tail. Don't make the gathering perfect - this will allow for a loose messy pony look - and simply wrap the hair tie once you have it gathered in the place you want it. 

6. Once you secured the hair tie loosely grab ends and tug for support and of course - messyness! :) 

7. Fix, primp, and check for last minute needs to curl and tadaaa! Enjoy your sexy pony girls. 

*tip of the week*

When I'm in a hurry and it happens to be a morning I had to plan on washing and therefore styling my hair, it's hard to let my hair air dry just a bit before styling, which can risk frizz or a limp do'. When I don't have enough time to give my air drying time, I will work in my product of choice (whether you're straightening, volumizing, or curling) while my hair is still decently damp and wrap it (loosely!) back up in a towel - this is where those fancy hair towels come very handy! - and let the towel soak all left over moisture from my hair for me while letting the product work itself into my hair. Maybe there's not much sense behind it, but I swear it's never left me with a stubborn set of hair to style! So to recap: 

eins. apply product to damp locks. no matter the product. 

zwei. loosely wrap hair in dry towel. (try to avoid the towel you just showered in ;))

drei. leave hair wrapped while you finish your make up, pack your lunch, or whatever the heck else you can kill time with. 

vier. style like normal.

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xo . jess