this week i:

don't like the new iTunes 10.0. its horrible. bigger isn't always better!

am excited to have my sister in town for the weekend.

love talking to my siblings. even when its not in the most conventional ways.

{take that however you want. ha!}

am scared by the fact that hoda has the same color of skin as she does hair.

started writing a new book. {let the frustrating process begin again!}

love my friends.

what's on your mind this week?

my 1st book signing.

*i apologize in advance for the craptastic quality of the photo i'll be sharing. that is all.

i recently went to my first ever book signing.

i've always heard of book signings just never been to one.

aprilynne pike (author of wings and spells) came to our town and my friend recruited me to go along with her to the signing.

i'm glad i did.

aprilynne (who is such a funny gal btw) shared the story of how wings came about and her journey to publication. it was great for me to hear since i am currently working on achieving the same goal. i ended up buying both the books (i had read wings last year when it very first came out and was anxious to read the sequel, spells, after its release a few weeks ago) and was able to have them signed by aprilynne! how inspiring. 

{via wikipedia.org}

if you haven't read wings (or spells) i highly, highly, highly recommend them. 

especially if you like twilight.  

(you can read more about them on my ♥book recommendations & reviews♥ page) 

xoxo,

read about my weekend here:

hi dears.

how was your weekend?

mine was pretty much supurb.

i:

colored my hair (FINALLY! it was in desperate need of some major doage. i had regrowth grown out from december (which is the last time i did my hair)... yeah. not a pretty picture. {a special thanks to my sister for helping me do it! not one hour of hair school and she's already a pro!} - i may or may not be posting pictures soon. i have to decide whether its really that important...)

watched sherlock holmes (FINALLY! this was ALSO something that was long over due since its theatre release in december. - and yes, i liked it. a lot. mainly because of jude law, but yeah it was a good flick over all. kind of creeped me out though. notgunnalie.)

wrote some more on my book - (i'm writing my first book) its coming along quite nicely if i do say so myself. i was pretty blocked there for awhile but since this week, my creative juices have been flowing like the river stix and i'm expecting to have my first draft done in... about a month.

burned some cds - cause i'm ghetto like that! yes i have an iPod, BUT no way to play it in the car, so the cds i burn are to listen to in the car. plus i love making awesomly random mixes and drawing cute little doodles all over the cd. it takes me right back to middle school.

and

i won a give away - whoohoo for give aways! i won it awhile ago, but didn't realize it until this weekend. oops! anyway, it was by miss erica marie over at love notes. i won a beautiful piece out of her etsy shop sea of blooming dreams (its a lovely shop, i recommend checking it out.)

this weekend was also the beginning of my last month at home. yep. next month i'll be moving out and moving on. bittersweet feelings accompany this thought.

other than that i just had an over all good time. i love when all my family is home all at once and my house is loud and obnoxious and gloriously wonderful. :)

what did you do this weekend? any one else excited about iron man 2 this weekend?

xoxo,