Care Care

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA CARE!!!! It is care care's 30th birthday today, that silly woman has left her twenties! She came into town last weekend and we had a ridiculous amount of food and fun...post forthcoming....for now we'll do a mama care top ten.

1.She is addicted to her "cool refreshing beverages"...i drink liters and liters of diet coke when I'm around her
2.She loves the little friends and tells me stories about them on a daily basis
3.She does sweet emotion faces...."surprised, sad, happy"..just ask her
4. She loves Kevin Fowler and will sing along loudly every time
5.She has slumber parties with me and acts like a teenager
6. She assisted in driving a car into a church during seminary in high school..what a baller that care
7. She has yet to turn down a trip to Chuy's
8.She will ALWAYS talk to me when I call...poor thing
9.She always knows the "scoop"...always
10. She is truly the kindest, most compassionate, giving, funny person I know...I LOVE YOU MOM!!!!!!

fashion retort

My Curmudgeonly Professor grandpa delights in commenting on my choices in fashion. He is most likely funnier than your grandpa, (this can be experienced by watching the next Jazz playoff game with him on Saturday, I will let him know you're coming) so I let him get away with it. He usually concedes that he sees my choices of fashion in magazines later; I'm not sure if he is referring to to the Atlantic Monthly or Vogue, but I digress. So, grandpa, I'll save you the trouble with my choice in boots from last night.

I am not the only girl who wears "go-go" boots over my jeans. More retorts to come.

I'll take my martini by the pool Charles

If I achieve nothing else in life, all I want is a big southern wrap around porch that overlooks green..green trees, green grass..I'm not that picky. I am a big outdoor entertaining kinda girl.
As for now, I'll just pretend and throw summer parties on our "porch". Our newly acquired interest in gardening should assist in the aesthetics of our outdoor living space. Luckily, Pottery Barn knows me so well that they decided to help me in my summer entertaining.

Pottery Barn and Southern Living have some fabulous outdoor rooms set up. For now, I'll just dream a little dream....

Hello, Summer

xoxo anthro

Anti-library

If you know me AT ALL, you know that I despise the library. I literally can count the number of times that I have legitimately studied there in my entire college career on two hands. This is of course with the exception of the No Shh! zone, which should never be considered legitimate studying, but rather a socializing spot with a dash of facebook stalking.

I'll go as far as the atrium, and I get heart palpitations. My friends regularly attempt to drag me into the library, and every time it's like I've been introduced to a new world. With every turn, there is a new dungeon with hundreds of poor little students poring over depressing textbooks full of text that is, well, depressing. I simply choose not to partake.

Instead, I Barnes and Noble it. Do not take my study spot, but honestly Barnes and Noble, in the little nook I found, is the best Courtney study spot. Yesterday, in my 5 hours of social psychology hell, I did some intense people watching, I heard the entire Marie Digby and Yael Naim CDs, I was instantly in a better mood, and if I had any money I would have bought both CDs right then and there. So, thanks Barnes and Noble, for not depressing me like your HBLL counterpart.

The Rundown

My latest list of unfortunate commercials:


Pataday: We are lead to believe that Van Gogh himself (in a painting mind you) has itchy eyes and reached for these miracle eyedrops to relieve his itch...in the painting...Van Gogh..are you with me?...go back to the drawing board Pataday...







Cotton: First of all, do we really need to advertise cotton?...that would be like advertising eggs..oh wait..anyway, I'm referring to the cotton runway commercials where the models traipse down the runway in adorable clothes and then walk out the front door and ride away on bikes.."from runway to every day"...this commercial isn't bad..just annoying...EVERY single time it starts I start trying to figure out what store all of these fabulous clothes come from...only to be disappointed with the cotton logo...there is no cotton store to my knowledge...



Money Train Title Loans: This will be used as an example of all Utah made commercials. In Money Train's latest, some stellar employee mocks all of the Utah commercials he can in thirty seconds..."alright Frank, we paid 2,000 dollars, and you've got thirty seconds to be funny..." Unfortunately Frank is a middle-aged, obnoxious, not funny guy. This makes for thirty seconds of torture at least once a day. One call, that's all......


Moving into happier tv news....Evans dear and I have become completely engrossed with Gossip Girl...like I need another hour long trashy melodrama to be obsessed with. We youtubed the first several episodes and then watched their first comeback episode last night....and literally the rest of the night I was annoyed that I could not watch more...I probably shouldn't admit to that in a public forum. Besides the plot, we suddenly have found the urge to shop at Bendels and uproot to New York. AHH, marketing at its finest.

Jenna Bush

I like Jenna Bush. I just do. She is funny, smart, and fabulous and I would like to be her.

Her Texas Monthly cover came out last summer when I was home, and I read every word of her ridiculously long interview-she is seriously impressive.





She is clearly a girl after my own heart..I tend to stick my tongue out at all of the adoring paparazzi that stalk me around Provo.






She is getting married in Crawford next month, and Care informed me that her wedding details will be in the new issue of Vogue next week...that will definitely call for a special trip to the B &N.LOVEEEEEEEEEE the dresses for her house party......

Care asked me if I was going to be invited...to shut my creepiness up I'm sure...and i think I could swing it..I'll just go creep around Waco for a while and hitch a ride.

Cheerio

Let me just start with a disclaimer: I wholeheartedly think that The Bachelor is full of desperate girls who are willing to do anything to be on television. Regardless, it is a guilty pleasure, and this season has been exceptionally guilty due to this man:

GRACIOUS...they finally got someone who is over six feet and not a tool. Glory Glory

Anyway, we're pulling for Shayne in our apartment..I am 99% sure that we are judging her solely on her clothes and hair....but the other girls are lame ducks so we don't particularly care about our shallow judgments...Matt needs a girl that can dress.











In other tv news, American Idol obsession is in full swing..in our apartment, and in all of Utah apparently...for heaven sake David Archuleta being from Utah does not suddenly legitimize the state people...I'm not even kind of kidding when I say the radio stations do a promo for him every commercial break...they are selling t-shirts...and he is the LEAD story on the news right after the show airs....

Having said that, I love the little guy..he is amazing and adorable..and I've been pulling for Brooke...but she isn't doing much for me lately..and Jason...well I may be in the minority among our viewing parties..but that man is gorgeous..and I want him and David in the finale...I kid you not....


Mo Rocca wrote a hilarious blog about Mormons being superior singers to the rest of America.....Out of the now seven left, two are Mormon...way to be Brooke and David...way to be.


In other news, I have successfully completed all of my classes for the year...and I only have a few finals left..and then I will officially be a senior in college..with the maturity of a twelve year-old.

Kendyl Friend

Happy Birthday Kendyl dear, I'm glad I've known you for every year thus far...haha

Ten reasons why Kendyl is fabulous:
1. She was the best ABC designer I know..those playscape designs were impeccable.
2. She signed her name in my diary when we were four with blue crayon..and did a backwards "K"...my what strides we have made.
3. She is the best cheerleader I know..and I know me some cheerleaders
4. Her angel role in our annual Christmas pageant is inspiring..no pun intended.
5. She had the sweetest thick pink-rimmed glasses when she was a wee child.
6. She does the best Brian Fellows impression I have every heard. "Next week we'll have a bat, cuz that's crazy!"
7. She brought two briskets in a cooler with dry ice last summer..because we all know you can't find a good cut of meat in the state of Utah
8. Her hips get creaky when it rains
9. She has the same love for chicken roll-ups that I do.
10. She is a fabulous friend who will always be there..and I love her for it!

Wayell...happy 22nd Kendyl friend!!

Discomfort

Jamie was walking down the hill on campus the other day, and some girl stopped her suddenly and said, "I have to tell you, your hair is beautiful"..and continued to GUSH on until Jamie was thoroughly uncomfortable.
I was walking to work on campus wearing a purple shirt and some chick walking in the opposite direction yelled out "great color!!!" in passing...yelled..didn't stop...didn't even give me a chance to respond..just yelled. Thanks for the compliment random weirdie, but honestly, what do you want me to do?... what is the correct form of social grace to respond to this breed of BYU weirdie? Thank you for the compliment, but I don't know you, we aren't in close proximity, and we are in public.

There have been many other examples of this yell-compliment/stranger-talk that I would love you all to share with me...I know you have them....maybe I will compile a book.

Sidenote: On this same daily walk from class to work, I often see heely boy...rolling along on his sweet heely shoes that, in my estimation, were not marketed toward college-aged boys. Nonetheless, he weaves and rolls in between the hoards of students making their way in between classes. Maybe he is friends with cloak boy? Cloak boy is a Provo all-star now though..what with all of the daily universe coverage he received...but that is another post altogether.....

Back to the subject at hand, did I miss some fireside that mentioned yelling out random compliments at strangers? Because, if so, I stand corrected. Otherwise, please don't create any more socially awkward situations for me; I create enough on my own.

muses and obsessions

I've succumbed, I just couldn't handle it any longer. You have competition you marrieds, we are coming after you with our blogging prowess. Moving right along, the only appropriate way to start out a Courtney blog is to list a few of my obsessions, one by one, so that all two of my die-hard readers can understand me just a little bit more........

1. The Food Network/Paula Deen...just fyi you can, in fact, find leeks within the confines of Provo. Also, I may or may not have a ridiculous crush on Bobby and Jamie Deen.








2. Dave Barnes and Matt Wertz/ Andy Davis, Nathan Angelo etc etc....I will probably pawn their music off on you if we come in contact.











3. Austin/Austin food in general...one trip home will garner a minimum of 7-10 trips to Chuy's for my creamy...and mama care never once argues.















4. Peonies...the official way to a swish girl's heart.













5. Steely Dan/Bonnie Raitt/any and all music that ma and pa nielson indoctrinated me with as a wee youth.









6. Whose Wedding is it Anyway?...this goes in the obsession file. I have seen every episode and am constantly harassed for it. I like to think of it as career research.







7. Anthropologie. Although I'm typically limited to the sale rack, I remain thoroughly obsessed with everything they throw at me. This is not limited to catalogues and daily e-mails.







8. Nashville..don't ask..I don't have an official reason why I'm obsessed, but I'm moving there after graduation and I may or may not check craigslist on a regular basis looking at all of the fabulously flipped old houses.






9. Kitchen/interior design in general. I have told my mom on occasion that if it wasn't for all the gross math, I would be a rockin interior designer.







10. Utah fall...my favorite season that I never actually experienced until moving here....i had to find a positive of the cold..so i did.












Ten is all I can handle for now, have a fabulous Sunday.