the news.

i've officially decided to stay away from the news. watching it, reading it, seeing what's on my yahoo homepage. all of it.

now, i know this may sound like i'm choosing to be an ignorant, uninformed young person (like so many of us are). but i don't see it that way. i'm not boycotting information, i'm boycotting the way the media presents information.

i'm tired of clicking on a seemingly happy story about a child who is cured from an illness only to see a link at the bottom of the page suggesting i would be 'interested' in a story about an abused child or a murder victim. i watch 45 minutes of gang violence, animal abuse and arson before i get to the one happy story the anchor promised me at the top of the hour.

and you know what, it doesn't make me feel more informed. it doesn't make me feel like a more responsible adult. i know that there are crappy people in this world who do crappy things. i know that. i know to be safe in my surroundings and  use common sense. and i guess that's about as informed as i need to be. but all the news does is bad-mouth the world we live in. and we can't move to another one, so what are we supposed to do about it? if i had a friend that spent all day pointing out hubby's faults, i wouldn't continue to hang out with that (presumably bitter) friend. so i'm off to make breakfast and prepare for filling my now empty noon hour (which will no longer be used to watch tragedy) with thrifting and cartoons.

happy monday.

instax pix from hookie day!

i'm starting out this week by being thankful/excited about:

*playing school hookie last thursday and spending a day with my mom and sister. bowling, eating, roller coasters, beach, ice cream. most perfect day ever.
*FINALLY finding the velvet underground album that i've been looking for since 2009 AND only spending $8 on it.
*the rackets and totally 90'2 (i'm talking magenta and teal blue here, people) duffel bag for a dollar a piece at the thrift store so hubby and i can play racketball together. excercise, fun, and quality time? sign me up.
*fresh&easy. period. more specifically though, their delicious fruit, healthy dinner options and apple slices. i love apples. but because of some old dental work, i am terrified to bite into one. i've tried pre-sliced apples in the past only to throw entire bags away because of the chemically gross taste. fresh&easy apple slices are just superior to everything and don't have that taste. who knows how they do it?
*$5 movie ticket sundays and entertainment books that allow for hubby and i to have fabulous weekends at graduate school prices.
*the zombie and dinosaur cross stitch patterns i found online this weekend to use to liven up our home and enjoy one of my favorite past times.

partay.

probably every on the planet reads this blog, and rightfully so. i went to high school with the author, and she's just the cutest. and she had this great idea to start off the week by posting about the things in your life that make you happy and that are going well.

what a great idea. and since the theme of this whole blog is making the best of every situation you're in, i thought it was very fitting.

awesomeness of my life, 4th of july edition:
*fourth of july fireworks! i seriously wait all year for these bad boys. and with a view of disneyland from the roof, watch out!
*bbq's with friends (even if it takes him half an hour to get the grill going)
*finally finding the pool key to our apartment pool and cooling off in the most fun way for hours this last weekend
*a national holiday that gives me and the hubby and extra day off to spend together
*the yellow tennis shoes i got for work
*the newspaper print nail design i just learned how to do
*the creampuffs in the freezer, counting down their last few hours
(those last few weren't 4th of july-ish, but they seemed worth mentioning).