it was the hottest day of the week.

holly took some lovely photos of sister and i a couple of weeks ago ...



isn't she spectacular? see more here.

little gems.

here are some more gems i've found in my treasure seeking days of post.graduation:
my mother grew up on a farm. stories from her childhood are comprised of playing cowboys and indians in the open fields of canada. this is her feeding a lamb with a baby bottle.

i love this picture of my mom because i have adopted the glasses and earrings in this picture into my own wardrobe. it just reminds me of every picture of me, with a huge, cheesy smile on my face.

this is my mom in the tub. cute.

i found my mom's wedding suit last week and of course, it was amazing. it was equally amazing on monday when i found a picture of her in it.


oh how i love having nothing to do.

what did i love in february?

thanks for asking. i loved:

{my big glasses}
{almond cake}
{dear future mr. courtney's}
{biting my nails, really i hate this but i've picked it up again this month}
{feeling accomplished at the end of the day}










{my fake mustache}
{having an idea list}
{watching movies on my laptop while going to bed}
{this kid on youtube}

and. i loved you too.

i feel bad.

that i haven't blogged for a long long time. below is my chronicled {is that a word?} month:
february 5th: watched boring movie for film class and not so boring the science of sleep.
february 6th: watched another boring movie for film class. had cafe rio to cancel out boringness. also saw he's just not that into you. now hate men.
february 7th: attended ALL DAY training for new job at women's crisis center. did you know that 1 in 3 women in utah will experience some form of sexual violence in their lives? ahh!
february 8th: attended amazing music and the spoken word .
february 9th: began writing letters to the future mr. courtney. {perhaps coming soon to the blog world. i'm not sure i want to share those}
february 10th: realized my holga was broken again! dang camera. also took this amazing picture of shannen that i love so much.

february 11th: partied at cheesecake factory with paige for her 18th. {happy birthday sister girl}

february 12th: wished stevenannie happy wedding, ate the most delish cake i've ever tasted, partied like a rock star, etc.



february 13th: got holga picties back {only 5 turned out, but i love those 5 with all my heart}


february 14th: saw coraline with valentine. {it's super good!}
february 15th: went to lava!


february 16th: came back from lava.
february 17th: laid in bed all day and watched movies because i didn't have class. {i'm so lazy. i need to fix that}
february 18th: wrote a paper about parenting {i'm not a parent so i don't really i know what i wrote about. weird}
today: wrote really long post that probably no one will read.

because my holga is broken and i'm out of polaroid film.

THIS.

marvelous. yes.

cartwheels turn to car wheels.

i found these little gems at ma maison over the holidays:
{my lovely grandparents}

{grandpa jack and his boys, cute}

{my grandpa, the sailor, with a little note from his love}

aren't they splendid?

being bored has it's benefits.

sometimes i do this thing when i'm bored: look at pictures on my computer from a year earlier. it is fun.

here are some {goodies} i found from november of 2007.
enjoy.




loves.

a new addition.

yesterday, i brought home a new addition to our apartment!

his name is lee carter (named after the rebel in 'son of rambow'. have you seen it yet, cause you should) and he is thee best! we love him.

[new family photo.]

how to be an italian model.

wednesday was kayti's birthday, so i asked her, i said, "if you could do anything on your 24th birthday what would it be?" . . . it ended up being making courtney look like an italian model:

1. put fake tanner on.
2. put every color in your color pallet on your eyes.
3. make hair as poofy as humanly possible.
4. be vogue.

end result . . .





doesn't kayti look so angelic in this picture? happy birthday sister girl!

loves.

tuesday.

'i got bangs. i'm so now!'


i voted!


oh tuesday.

loves.

ps.
i was a dead lumber jack for halloween. thanks shan for the real.ness.

these girls.

i love these girls for a few reasons. one being the following:









the end.

homage to polaroids.

i got a polaroid camera when i was about 7 and took pictures of everything! loved it. i found this same love again last year but was devastated to learn of the discontinuance of the film. why?

here are some of my favs:









as a replacement for polaroids i now want a holga. they're wicked cool.for a preview click here.

loves.

things i love, as of late.

its been a while.

sorry.

i have decided to use a list of things i love, as of late, as a form of catching up:

.ceramics.



















i am taking an introduction to studio visual arts (emphasis on ceramics) class and i freaking love it. seriously, i should have been an art major. what is this psychology poppycock? i am actually picking it up quite well. the best is the wheel. so therapeutic.

.body worlds.
saw it last weekend. loved it. i once delighted in looking at the human body. as a kid, i had a computer game that would quiz me on different parts of the body.

anyways.

my favorite part of the exhibit was the babies. i'm not too sure how this was all ethical, but it was the best part. they had a 5 week old embryo. you couldn't really see anything at that point, just a small white ball of fluff, but as early as 8 weeks the little person had already begun taking shape. you could see it's fingers and even eyes! loved it.

.weezer.
i attended a long awaited concert on tuesday night. i first fell in love with weezer in high school. naturally, i was deeply attracted to 'the sweater song', which i just heard! live! with tom delonge! it was great. they played all the classics . . . el scorcho, hash pipe, my name is jonas, say it ain't so, etc. bonus: rivers is HILARIOUS! and now i love him too. and i just found out that he was raised by a yoga master and meditates! which makes him that much cooler.

copious picties and videos were taken, but soon after, were deleted due to the fact that i just don't have one of those smart minds i always hear about. i am actually pretty depressed about so never mention it again. thanks.

.brown hair.
yeah. i dyed my hair brown. about ever 6 months or so, i feel a splash of multiple personalities hit and i HAVE to change my apperance. this most current psychotic break i felt like going from platinum blond to swarthy auburn.

.before.


.after.












like it?

.delish cookies.
basically i have THE best schedule ever. really. another marvelous class i am taking is food preparation. let me tell you just how marvelous this class is. we have lecture on mondays, 50 minutes, and is usually just the teacher baking something for us or watching some movie about the dangers of raw meat or knives. then, the lab is 3 hours long. the first two hours we cook delectable entrees such as doughnuts, or homemade tortillas. the last hour we just eat! yes. i am getting credit hours for partaking of culinary works of art (really good food).

two weeks ago my kitchen made chocolate peanut butter munchies. now i love a good cookie. and out of all the cookies i have had the pleasure of eating in my life, this cookie comes close to the best i've ever had (others include ultimate chocolate chip cookies, sarah's spider cookies, marshmallow surprise cookies, ben's snicker doodles and subway's chocolate chip cookies)! i've generously included the recipe so you may share my adoration.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Munchies
Makes 32 DELECTABLE cookies
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 Tbsp sugar

1.Preheat oven to 350.
2.Stir together flour, cocoa, and baking soda.
3.In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 C. sugar, brown sugar, and butter and 1/4 C. peanut butter. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla.
4.Beat in as much flour as you can with an electric mixer. Stir in remaining flour mixture.
5.Shape dough into thirty-two 1 ¼” balls. Set aside.
6.In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and 1/2 C. peanut butter. Beat until smooth. (If necessary, knead with your hands.) Shape into 32 balls.
7.To form the cookies, flatten one chocolate ball. Place a peanut butter ball on top.
Shape the chocolate dough around the peanut butter center, completely covering the filling. Re-shape into a ball. Repeat with the remaining dough.
8.Place 2 inches apart on an un-greased cookie sheet. Place 2 Tbsp. Sugar in bowl. Dip bottom of drinking glass in sugar and lightly flatten each cookie, re-dipping in sugar between cookies. Bake 8 minutes, or until cookies are set, and slight cracks form on top. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute.
9.Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a rack.

enjoy.

.modern art.
really this needs no verbal explanation, just a visual one:




















.cassatt, maternal caress.




















.hiroshige, kinryusan temple.














.kupka, the first step.




















.picasso, girl before mirror.

the end.

me and my quirky self.

you can never escape tagging can you? no matter the situation, someone will find a way to send chain letters out and have everyone participating. i am no exception and thus, am posting this per sarah's request:

the RULES
1. link the person who tagged you.
2. post these rules.
3. tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. tag 3 fellow bloggers by linking them.

1. i respond to crisis by yelling 'bahhhhh'.
2. i am completely different when in water than on land.
3. i can't sleep with things under my bed. it's bad luck.
4. i cannot drink twice from the same spot on a cup.
5. i can't go to sleep in a messy room. even the closet door has to be shut.
6. i have to clean out my nose twice a day. i love a clean nose.
extra. i can only drink milk with pancakes.

now its your turn. sorry. there is no escape.

1. lynsey joyce.
2. alaska.
3. rebecca.

loves.

lynsey joyce.

i love her.

and this one time . . . we switched roles. heres how it went down:

courtney: lynsey joyce can you play?
lynsey joyce: sure.
courtney: ok, come over to my house and we'll decide what to do.
lynsey joyce: ok bye.

3 seconds later the door bell rang and i answered to find lynsey joyce on my front porch.

lynsey joyce: hey.
courtney: so what should we do?
lynsey joyce: i'm not sure but i am kind of tired so i will now take a nap.

lynsey joyce came over to my house just to sleep sometimes. so she slept. . . for a while . . . then awoke.

lynsey joyce: ok i have an idea. lets switch for a day. you be me and i'll be you.

of course this sounded appealing so i agreed.

lynsey joyce: so i will live at your house from now on and you go and live at my house.

courtney: ok. bye.

i then proceeded to walk the path to lynsey joyce's house, pretending of course, to be lynsey joyce. it was a bit awkward, i must say, to waltz into her house, her parents wondering, where is lynsey joyce and why is courtney waltzing into our house. however awkward, i continued to be lynsey joyce. time passed by and i thought what would lynsey joyce be doing right now? it came to me. so i jumped up and ran to the phone.

courtney: is courtney there?
lynsey joyce: this is courtney. lynsey joyce is that you?
courtney: yes. can you play?
lynsey joyce: yeah come on over to my house.
courtney: ok.

courtney and lynsey joyce continue to be inseparable to this day.

the end.

also.

here are a list of random questions and answers (per lynsey joyce's request):

4 places i go over and over again
a. american express.
b. 7-11.
c. taylorsville high school's track.
d. the movies.

4 places i love to eat
a. hires.
b. cafe rio.
c. red rock brewery.
d. basilia's.

4 places i'd rather be
a. in st george.
b. in new york.
c. in the water.
d. in the presence of paige.

4 people i talk to erday
a. mark.
b. lisa.
c. paige.
d. cyndi.

4 television shows i watch frequently
a. seinfeld.
b. arrested development.
c. the oc.
d. so you think you can dance.

loves.