how cell phones may kill you

Lately I've been thinking about my cell phone and how dependent I've become on it and how it may end up killing me someday....but let's start at the beginning.

It starts out small. You can't leave your home without it because you will feel "out of touch". Have you noticed how many people just walk around holding their phone? Not talking or looking things up....just holding. You feel naked if you don't have it with you. 

(I totally do this)

Next thing you know it's vital for capturing photos you just can't do without because you need to post them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc. because people just need to see this stuff! Things like the meal you just ate, a pretty tree, clouds and earth from a plane, a good hair day, vacation sites, naked babies, feet, arm outstretched close ups of you and whoever you think is cool at the moment.

 (note: you can find all these photos on my Instagram. Username: steele_happy).

You know it's bad when you can't go poo without your phone....cause pooing is just boring without playing a game! Sometimes you end up sitting on the pooper longer just to finish the game.

 (Yup)

Now here is where this cell phone dependency gets scary. I have no idea what anyone's number is but my parents (they've had the same number since high school). If I get stranded in the middle of no where on my way home and I have no reception, but somehow I come across a payphone I can't call my husband to come get me or any of my friends and my parents don't know their numbers. Then bam! A blizzard will hit and I will freeze to death walking home!
or
I'll be too busy walking looking at my phone and a windowless van will pull up next to me and kidnap me. Bam!! I'm dead! Or I escape but the kidnapper was a rogue policeman so I can't call 911, but I don't know anyone's number so pretty much I'm dead again!!
or
Zombies attack and I lost my cell fighting them off, so I can't call the hubs to work out a meeting spot to get out of the city and he leaves without me and I'm alone facing zombies and I die cause no one can survive a Zombie Apocalypse alone! If only I had his number to call from a land-line to work out a meeting point!!

These thoughts cross my mind sometimes.

good ol' Wes

Movies on summer nights are the best!

We finally went and saw Moonrise Kingdom over the weekend. I know, it's about time!!

Serious LOVE!!

Wes Anderson makes some of the most amazing movies!

He's actually my hubs favorite film maker, which inspired this costume of his a few years back

He even had a costume change that he was pretty proud of

(I was Iron Maven from Whip It, but next time I have a fur coat and blond wig to be Margot so that we both can be Tenenbaums together)

Life Aquatic & Royal Tenenbaums have been his favs for years, but Moonrise Kingdom may have overtaken them (which is really saying something for this movie snob).

Go see it if you haven't yet, I promise laughter will be had.

Also, this is one of my favorite summer outfits

The pockets are big enough to hold my phone, my Thor pez dispenser, & chapstick.

Love!

fourth

I love the Fourth of July!

I don't see how you can't! Every Fourth I feel like I'm transported back in time to a place where everyone was patriotic and loved our country. Plus the Fourth always feels like a small town celebration (small town as in where you know and trust all your neighbors and feel kindred), and I'm definitely a small town girl at heart.

The best of all though is the fireworks! Who doesn't love fireworks?!?

They're the bomb dot com.
(We may have spent around $100 on fireworks this year...I couldn't help myself)

Also, I may just happen to be one of those people that like to dress for the holiday or event.

It's true, I super can't wait to be that eclectic old lady on the block that dresses all crazy...someday.

Anyway, here are some threads I wore to celebrate.

Work:

Play:

Hope everyone had a fun patriotic Fourth!!

**pics courtesy of my iPhone. I haven't had time to download the cannon yet. Too much Fourth fun happening with the Steele clan. 

poo

We got our first pet together!

His name is Poo and he's a Beta Fish.
Scott teasingly said we should name him Schapoopy...so poo is what stuck.
Plus really all fish do is poop.
So it just fits.

I got a red one cause I thought he would match our red wall in the house. 

Which is totally what people do, right?!?

What we really want someday is a kitty (and a dog too)!!
Yes even Scott wants a kitty.
(he's a sucker for em and it's super adorbs)

Our dream cat is a Savannah.

They're house cats bred with African cheetah type killer machines!

How cool is that!!!

So pretty and big!

Too bad their thousands of dollars!

Someday...

The Chicago Adventure

 
Scott and I went to Chicago for our first time in October!

It's a beautiful city and we fully intend to go back.

There was adventure...and some misadventure.

Don't worry though, through all the "interesting" times, we still were having a blast!
Here are some of our bad luck moments and my favorite photos:
*Note: I left my camera at home so all photos were taken on my Iphone.


Our first train ride!! It really was fun! I want to take a trip on a train now!
 

 We went to the Portishead concert the first night! Unfortunately it turns out the Portishead tickets Scott bought on-line were fakes...lame right!?! We will get our money back from that though! There was a small panic attack by Scott because the show was sold out, but luckily there were scalpers lurking about and we bought new tickets that actually worked! Scott would have been one unhappy camper if we missed the show. The band is from the UK and don't tour too often in the US.

We ate Gino's for breakfast one day...don't judge!

 

Our first day touring was a titch rainy. 

Our spirits will not be dampened though!

Even if I do fall down the subway stairs because the stairs were slick due to said rain. I was only slightly embarrassed when the security guard told me he could hear my butt hit every stair on the way down.

 

 I really really love architecture and cool old buildings!

 We paid a visit to the bean. Let me just tell you that this tourist attraction is totally worth it! Even if we did get mini-mugged right after. You heard right! Some hood rat threatened to pull a gun on us if we didn't give him money. Did we believe he had a gun? Not really, but Scott didn't want to take the chance. He pulled out a $10 and told the guy he was a terrible human being! OK...he didn't really say that last part, but we both thought it. Then the guy had the audacity to thank us for our kindness! Really...were you not just there when you threatened us?? Some people! 

I recommend to take the river boat tour! Fast and easy way to see and hear about all the buildings histories.



This is the cute suburban town of Naperville, that's just a little jaunt outside of Chicago, where we stayed with the Steele clan of Jeremy, Mel, & kids! So darn cute! I'm referring to the family as well as the picturesque town! Did you know that there are different taxi services and if you take the wrong one from the city to the suburbs you could pay $100 as opposed to $30...yeah we learned that the hard way.

 Small towns have the best sweet shops, not to mention the bomb diggity of antique stores!

Naperville also had a covered bridge!! So sleepy hollow, I loved it!!

We saw sights, spent time with the family, ate yummy food, walked through tree lined streets, and just enjoyed being in a fun new city! We definitely plan to go back. I didn't get to do my ghost tour! I so want to see the sites of H.H. Holmes and the Valentines Day Massacre!

Fried food, piggies, & rides!!

It was the State Fair again!!

I absolutely love going to fairs and carnivals!

The excitement of the rides,

and games,

and fair food,

and piggies!!

Love!!!!!

Plus my parents got to come with me this year.

They really are the cutest!

 

 I love the face fur my pops has grown :-)

Can't wait for next year already!

Always say yes!

When your super cute boyfriend ask you if you want to make snow angels with him, always say yes!! I know opting to write I love you in the snow is just as cute, but I will always regret not jumping in and making an angel with him. Who cares if you get a little wet! Let me rewind a bit and start from the beginning though:

My Amazing April Fools in Love Weekend

We went to Scott's family cabin up in Oakley this weekend with our closest friends. I love his cabin! We played games, watched movies, ate amazing meat and banana macadamia nut pancakes. We even were lucky enough to have a snow storm Saturday night and wake up to a winter wonderland Sunday morning! Lucky for us we had snowmobiles! By Sunday afternoon everyone had left for home and it was just Scott and I. We decided to go up snowmobiling around the mountain behind his cabin. Did I mention there was a ton of new snow and it was extra beautiful with it blanketing everything!?! Cause it totally was! We get to the top and there is perfect untouched snow. Here is the point where Scott asked me to make snow angels. Being in jeans I didn't want to ride around all wet, so I said no and let him make a snow angel himself. I wrote him a cute note of I Love You in the snow though to make up for it. After helping Scott out of the deep snow I investigated a little path through the trees and when I turned around Scott was down on one knee with a ring in his hand! My super cute boyfriend was asking me to marry him! It was perfect!! The weekend, the snow, being in a place we love secluded from everyone, and being so in love. I couldn't have asked for anything more!

Scott even picked out the ring all by himself! He's so amazing and I'm so in love with him! I really feel immensely lucky to have him and am beyond happy!

writing it all down

I love my journal! I wouldn't say I'm the best at keeping up on it and writing everything down, but I try. I'm not an everyday writer, or even an every week writer, but I do try to write in it at least once or twice a month, plus all my fun collages and pictures I paste in! I feel like when my kids, or even when I myself will read back on whats in it, I don't want it to be about the mundane everyday stuff. I want to read about my favorite events or what my most trying situations were. That's why I don't feel the need for everyday writing, I'm sure my future generations will have A.D.D. like me and just want the highlights. :-) Here are some examples of how I journal:(Life's bucket list)

(Church notes)

(Events with my thoughts)

(Poems I write and puffy paint)

(Quotes)

**Note I do write real journal entries, I'm just not going to post pictures of that so you can enlarge and read my deepest secrets!! Also, I pretty much use puffy paint or colorful gel pens on every page...It's my favorite!!

Anyway, I just got a new journal this last week and every time I walk by it in my room I'm so excited to start writing in it! I think that's key when you go journal shopping. You need to find one that inspires you and makes you want to use it. I think it's interesting how every time I get a new journal it coincides with me starting a new chapter in my life. This last journal I just finished began with me preparing and going through the Temple for my first time. This journal will begin with me preparing and marrying my love Scott. I find the best journals are skcetch books, cause I hate lined paper for journals, I don't like to be confined by lines.
I also already have future journals waiting to be used. This one below I got from one of my best friends Alex for Christmas. I was going to use it for myself, but I think it will be the perfect journal for my future little boy. I want to start a journal for each of my kids until they can write in it themselves. I will write about the cute things they do, paste in their art work, and express over and over how much I love them. I absolutely loved when my mum would read me her journal entries about me. It made me feel special.

PS- Does anyone know how to print blog posts? I may want to add some to my journal sometimes.