Three New Lovebots ♥

This little fella, as well as two other Lovebots, are up in the shop today! We have 10 Lovebots who need new homes. Please share us with any friends you think might be interested. 

Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline

From one friend to another.

Tonight one of my good friends is graduating high school.

Unfortunately, I moved last week and was unable to head up the hill for it. 

I just really want her to know how proud I am of her and how much I love her.

This is insanely embarrassing but this is us back in the eight grade.

And this is my lovely friend now, isn't she beautiful? 

Meredith, of The Violet Rosebush, has been a friend of mine since second grade. We used to go to the same school until she transferred in the sixth grade. We've had our ups and down in our friendship but Meredith truly has always been there for me. She is the most beautiful, intelligent young woman I know and it is truly a privilege to know her. 

I'm very proud of you, dear. 

I hope you enjoy your night, it's all for you. 

I love you very much.

Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline

P.S. Yes, Meredith, I am a creep and downloaded that from your facebook. You love it.

2011 Summer Goals

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After seeing Elsie's summer goals over at A Beautiful Mess, I decided it would be best to make a few of my own! I have been a little lost from my creative side because of graduation and really want to get back on track. I recently bought a new journal and a new sketching journal I really hope to break in soon.

1. Ride my new bike, often.
I recieved a bike from Dad and Kathy for my graduation, so I really want to break it in this summer.

I also have to get it a pretty basket so I can bike down to the post office when I mail out orders.

2. Sew five times a week.

With school and graduation, I put my business on the farthest back burner and am determined to rekindle my love for sewing. I want to have a plentiful shop and enjoy my craft again.

3. Blog everyday.

I will be able to post pictures freely and intend on using that to my advantage.

I really want to keep it simple this summer and not push myself so hard that I do nothing. I don't want to get discouraged or anxious because of too much change. I simply want my creative juices to flow and to enjoy my summer before college.

Love and Turtledoves,
Jacqueline

Our Week In Pictures

Here's a little more about my week with William.

We went bowling.

He always beats me really badly when we play. Like doubles my score.

 We did a LOT of driving.

Spent some quiet time.

 We bought a cat print dress (!!!!!)

Smoked a few cigars. (favorite)

Became superheroes.

Got my septum pierced.

Looked hot while we pumped gas. 

Ate at my favorite Mediterranean restaurant. 

Bought me a new vintage dress!

And spent out last morning together at Starbucks with ice coffee, a croissant, and a parfait.

Now I'll just be waiting till July to do it all over again.

Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline

My Aforementioned News!

Over the last week I have been going through the tedious process of putting all my possessions into my tiny Honda and driving an hour and fifteen minutes to Dad's house. Slowly but surely I managed to get, almost, all of my things into my car. On Saturday I put the last of my necessities, said goodbye to my cats, Mom, and Rex and moved into my Dad's house. 

Ever since I was born I have made this trip every other weekend and stayed just the weekend. I'm used to sleeping one night and leaving the next. My thought process is always "No, I left that at home." or "I hope nothing gets on my shirt because I only brought enough for one a day." Now that is very different. I am officially living here, everyday. My sewing things are here, all my clothes, all my knick nacks (omg so many knick nacks), everything I own is here. 

I am also glad to say that this means I have free, unlimited internet. I am now free to blog everyday. I am free to skype every night with William after work. I am free to watch youtube videos!!!

Over all it's just another step into my adulthood.

My new home.

I'll try to remember to do close ups sometime!
Well William will be home soon and I'm going to prepare to have my ears talked off!
Love and Turtledoves,
Jacqueline

Proud Girlfriend is Proud

Today is William's first day at Fry's Electronics. 

I really wanted to wish him luck in a very public way, to really show him how proud I am of him.

William is a major computer nerd. When I had a PC he would fix it over the internet all the time. We were just friends then but I always knew he wouldn't mind helping me out

 (and he never let me pay him to do it!)

He's a little nervous today but I know deep in my heart that this job is going to be a perfect fit.

I know he'll sell those parts everyday and make new friends there.

He'll also make lots of money so we can see each other often! (when we can, hehe.)

I just know he'll be very happy.

You'll do great, honey!

I'm very proud of you, Pants.

Extra Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline Pants

P.S. I'll be blogging about my aforementioned news later today!

The Whirlwind of My Life

     I honestly am unsure on where to start about my last week, we were so busy I'm still catching up on sleep! I had the most amazing week of my life, I've never felt so loved and accomplished at the same time. It was a week of love, school nonsense, and liberation.
  
     On Thursday my man came back to me to celebrate my graduation. We spent the day at Victoria Gardens window shopping, food eating, and cigar smoking. We've discovered our favorite way to spend time together is to just sit, smoke a cigar, and talk. Since we don't spend a lot of time physically together we tend to enjoy the quiet moments even more than the exciting ones. Also we enjoy window shopping because it's a cheap way to spend time together when money is tight.

     Friday was graduation day and there were more activities than I truly care for, haha! In the morning we had senior breakfast, which was a sweet way for us to bond as a class one last time. Afterwards we had senior chapel, which is where the Class of 2011 put on a chapel service for our families. We had speeches, testimonials (including mine), an "over the years" video, and my personal favorite was my good friend Tim's teacher appreciation song. I hope someone video taped it so I can share it with you all! It was truly beautiful. Then we had a crazy long graduation practice, which my sweet man had to sit through like a true boyfriend. Once that was done we had Mediterranean food, which was to die for and then headed back to my house so I could get ready.

      William wore his suit, which is smoking hot, and I wore this year's Homecoming dress. I wish I would have had more time to get ready, but truly I didn't care all that much. I was getting nervous at the idea of a thousand people staring at me for an hour and didn't really focus on the fact that my hair was a little wet still. So I donned my blue robe, gold sash and rope, and my goofy blue hat and headed up on stage with my thirty fellow graduates. Our ceremony is very personal compared to public school graduations, we have videos and as few speeches as possible. It's lovely, really.

     Once we were all graduated, of course screaming and hugging was in order, all was right in the world. I adored my school, not so much the whole high school thing, but my school was lovely. However, it has become time to fly the coop and indeed we all have! It is now my time to grow into the young woman I aspire to be.

     And then the next day I got my septum pierced.

     The rest of the week, well until Tuesday, William and I celebrated my accomplishment with friends and family. Sunday we had a party at my Dad's house, which I truly loved and felt so loved. We had food, karaoke, an ice cream bar, and a ton of nice cards. I can't express how loved I felt with my family and friends there, it's truly a beautiful feeling. I felt loved to have everyone there and it made it perfect to have William in with the mix.

    On Tuesday he left for home in the early afternoon to get ready for his new job at Fry's Electronics and we kept smiles on until the very last second. It's always hard to say goodbye but we always have another trip planned and that makes it a lot less painful. Fortunately we had just made plans, that morning, for me to come to Vegas to see him and his family in the first week of July. Robert, William's brother, has a birthday that week so we're not gonna tell him hehe, it's gonna be a neat surprise! :)

    Over all I'm still amazed that I'm out of high school and officially a freshmen in college. Things are so radically different in such a small amount of time that I'm still adjusting. I'm going to college in the fall, William starts a new job on Monday, summer is here and I'm free to visit him, truly I'm free to make my own decisions; it's all new for me!

I have even more new from this week but I'll leave it for tomorrow!
Love and Turtledoves,
Jacqueline