Please Allow Me to Pick Your Brain

In an attempt to better my Etsy shop, and bring people what they really want, I'd like to pick your brains if you don't mind. 

 I'm curious to know what people's favorite colors are. 

Aslo, with patterns heavily trending right now, which are your favorites? Chevron? Florals? Animal prints? Faux bois? Do tell!

 Thank you in advance for any light you can shed on the subject(s)! 

-keri

The Prince & The Papier

Free Education? Where Do I sign?

Free is my favorite price! I stumbled upon information about free college courses. Yes, you read that correctly! Free college courses! Huzzah!

Check it out. Maybe we will end up in class together (along with thousands of others)! 

https://www.coursera.org/

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Brave

Had a 'Brave' date with my Mom this morning. I loved the movie! Loved it! It may sound silly, but there were some stellar quotes to walk away with, and many of them were very relevant to where I'm at in my life right now. I'll admit it here in a public forum... I cried at the end. The final few lines of the movie really resonated with me.

I'm searching for quote samples online, but so far, have had no luck finding what I'm looking for.

Well... here is a song from the movie. Mumford & Sons and Birdy

Moonrise Kingdon

First let me say that I am sorry I have been such an absentee blogger as of late. I've been really focusing on my job search and trying to get people to my Etsy shop.

Okay... so... I have been dying to see 'Moonrise Kingdom!' So I treated myself to the early bird show today with some sweet babysitting money I snagged. Best $5.50 I've spent in ages. I kid you not. It was amazing. I had a sneaking suspicion that I would likely be mildly obsessed with it after seeing it, and i think I may have been correct. The cast was brilliant, the writing was fabulous, and the film was beautifully shot. Brilliant. Please go see it if you haven't already.

So sad

Andy Griffith has passed away at the age of 86. Now, sure, that's a great run, and I didn't know him personally, but this news made me really sad. Maybe I'm over-sharing, and I'm making myself out to sound like I'm nuts, but while I didn't have tears gushing down my face or anything, the news made me sad. I have such amazing, fond memories of watching the Andy Griffith Show with my Dad. My Dad *loved* that show, and of course, I always loved (and forever will) my Dad. Now, we rarely understood one another, argued somewhat frequently, and we were never as close as I would have liked, but the love was still there. The Andy Griffith Show was just one small way for us to bond; to spend time together... and laugh.

 I do realize that I am completely digressing. Sorry. It's one of those weird things... when the world loses someone (even if you didn't know them, really), and it reminds you of someone else you've lost in your life.

R.I.P. Andy Griffith

Oh Good Gravy Batman!

Not to sound like Debbie Downer or anything, but I can't shake the feeling that there is nowhere to go but up from here. Prepare thyselves! It's over-share time!

The last few months have been less than ideal for me, but certainly interesting! I was enjoying dating someone, who waited until he was an ocean away to tell me over gchat (hahahaha) that he had been seeing someone else, and wanted to know if he could see us both... and anyone else he wanted. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer being 1 out of 1 girlfriends, not 1 out of 2+ girlfriends. Is that weird? Maybe. Maybe I'm not the modern woman I would like to call myself?

After that, I hit the road (technically, the skies), and went home to the East Coast. I did some reader's theatre at my friend's Mom's school with K-4th grade. That was a blast. I also had ample opportunity to catch up with friends and family. I had some great quality time with my niece. Then... it was back to Chicago to continue the ever frustrating job search.

 Not long after that, I was asked to head BACK home to help out with some family stuff, which I did for two weeks, and I was back in Chicago for about 20 hours to unpack, do laundry, and re-pack, and hit the road (literally this time) with my friend. We were off to Nebraska to start the two-week prep for her wedding. So that was two weeks of wedding craft projects, getting to know her family, etc.

Now... I'm back. It looked like I had FINALLY landed a job, but it fell through, which was a huge disappointment on multiple levels. So... here I am. One friend married, and no longer living near me, another packing up in less than a week and moving to D.C., no job, and no dating prospects on the horizon... and 6 months shy of my 30th birthday. A tough pill to swallow. I can't help but feel (maybe this is survival mode speaking) that there has to be more. Things HAVE to get better. I guess I need to keep going to the gym (which is hard when you are feeling down), attempting to focus on myself and create a healthier life for myself, and continue the job search until someone bites, and gives me a chance.

 Grr. Boo. Hiss. Frustration is starting to rear it's ugly head in the form of sadness. I'm trying to stave that off because that's a slippery slope for sure. So... good goddamn gravy, Batman! Things need to start looking up!