The Coming Season

“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually — from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint — it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly ... timey-wimey ... stuff.” 
― Steven Moffat




End of the semester! End of my time at UNCW! Done with reading Shakespeare plays and writing response papers using proper formatting when citing quotes! Done with reading two Young Adult novels a week and writing critical responses in which I view the text through a specific critical lens! Done with my thesis, which took me deep down to revisit my Depression, then brought me back up, back to life, to laughing at things like this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWJz954w5nU !!

Since the semester's ended, I've already flown through a young adult novel of my choice that I checked out of the public library. It feels so good to have a library card again. It takes me back to the summers of my formative years when my mom, Payton, and I piled into the car and drove to the public library in Reidsville. I spent hours reading teen romances (Sweet Valley twins) as well as murder mysteries (Christopher Pike). And on Tuesday I shamelessly checked out three books -- two teen romances and a horror book -- as well as a horror book on CD. I like to be frightened as I'm driving; I find it makes me more alert. 

Though my time at UNCW is over, I will be studying at Kingston University in England this summer! As of now, I'll be taking Live Theatre and Creative Writing. When I got accepted, I was initially excited, then angry, then on the fence, and I've come back to being excited again. I was angry because I won't be getting any financial aid for the trip because I've been in school for 68 years and I've drained my funds. Then I found out a round trip ticket costs $1600. For shame! I've never payed more than $800 to travel to London before, but alas, times have changed. And so have baggage fees. Jerks. 

But I did come back around to being excited after I bought my ticket and realized I'll be living 12 miles from London for a month. This means I can time travel by doing some of the following (in no particular order): 

•  Jane Austen House Museum

• Thrift Shopping!!!

• Take a turn about Regent's Park and pretend it's Season in the 19th century 

• Compare the McDonald's menu items in London to ours

• See if Tanya Burr will do my makeup

• And Much More!!!

Kingston University

London Eye (I took this picture my first time there)

Regent's Park (this reminds me of Heavenly Creatures)

Big Ben (I'll miss my lil' Ben) 

Vintage Modeling

I've been super busy with school lately and the only other extracurricular activities I've had time for has been doctor (allergy, lady doctor, therapist) visits, dentist visits, and the elliptical. Going to try to find a leg doctor this week since my left leg has been trying to amputate itself from my body. I have found time for some vintage modeling, though.

I have been working with Jan Wutkowski of aMuse, an Artisanal Finery in downtown Wilmington, NC. Jan is a master at creating fancy, fun hats and fascinators. Her shop also offers beautiful vintage and vintage inspired clothes and jewelry (the gloves are my favorite!). Here's some of the exquisite pieces I've gotten from her in the past few years:

Jan has given me some great opportunities by modeling her pieces at galas, fashion shows, and fashion shoots:

This hat was so fun! And I love the jewelry! 

The Red Dress Luncheon and Fashion Show

 I met a lot of fun, beautiful girls at the Cape Fear Museum gala for local businesses last month:

Pink! My favorite!

I was with Jan for the Spring Fashion Preview 2013 at Blue Hand Home a couple of weeks ago. It was so fun to see what all the other local designers had to offer for this year:

Such a fun outfit: Polka Dots everywhere! Gloves, bracelets, pink sparkly earrings, gold Egyptian style necklace. 

Lovely Jan



I also modeled some hats and jewelry for her along with a beautiful Russian girl at a photo shoot last week.  I can't wait to see the pics! If you want a gorgeous hat for the upcoming Derby or Garden Parties, go see Jan!

Birthday/Anniversary Trip at Fort Fisher

This past Friday, Benjamin and I celebrated our second anniversary as well Pip's first birthday! Benjamin took the day off work, and after we spent a romantic morning renewing our driver's licenses at the DMV, we piled the pups in the car and headed toward Kure Beach.

Pip had never been to the ocean before and Data hadn't been since we last went with my Oliver. I think they had a good time.

Data and Pip on set

                    I love the trees at Fort Fisher. We call them the African trees and they're so beautiful!

Land, Ho!

Master P

I really wanted to go inside that secret door, but it was locked :/

       

Prairie Dog

This pretty much sums up our relationship

Franz

I made Pippin some birthday cupcakes from a recipe  that's safe for dogs that I found online Puppy Birthday Cake