Summer threads

Friendship bracelet

I remember buying friendship bracelets on the beach when I was little: all the different colors, widths and patterns-never knowing that they were actually friendship bracelets. Was I supposed to get two of the same bracelets and share with someone? I don't know, but I did find an easy online tutorial for a DIY friendship bracelet and immediately ran to the craft store to get started. I'm enjoying the two different patterns so far and choosing the colors I want. Visit honestlywtf.com to make your own! You will not be disappointed, just be prepared to dedicate a few hours to the final product.

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xoxo! Chris

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Droid 4 vs iPhone4S

Usually I like to post about my craft creations or interesting findings in education, art, media, fashion or even trivial things like what to do for a new card; so this post could be considered interesting or trivial, but I can't shake the feeling if I have these concerns and introspection others may as well. Last weekend I went to Verizon for an upgrade and was surprised to see the consultants promoting all types of Androids, explaining that they are 4G, have the latest and greatest apps and features.Although this is all true, I entered Verizon expecting to exit with an iPhone: white with a pretty case. Disclaimer: I am a girl- albeit not super feminine- I like my pretty accessories from time to time. Shock subsided; I embraced the Droid4 and its cool, quick, tech savvy features. Upon taking my new device home I discovered that it was too bulky/heavy and didn't fit in my pocket (this theory tested on several pants/shorts). 
Yes the Droid4 has great navigation with step by step voice commands. 
Yes the Droid4 is 4G, super fast, with great video quality. 
Yes the Droid4 has Widgets that you can personalize and add to your home screen-making speedy contact with people via phone, Skype, text or email. 
Yes the Droid4 has cool photo effects such as 'cartoon, antique, frosted glass, lomo' etc. 
The Droid4 has all of these amazing features which I realized quickly after purchasing it. However my query is not with the Droid4 and its fabulous features but with why Verizon is so forcefully promoting this phone without considering what is important to the consumer, AND how they expect you to know if you in fact love this phone after only mindlessly toying around with a demo one in the store. 
The iPhone4S has all of the features that are important to me-same as the Droid4-for what feels like half the weight, it is easier to hold and 'type' on, I can view my texts and pages in the sunlight, and it fits easily in my shorts' pocket!! 
I was charged a $35 restocking fee. Please be informed, go with your gut, don't be swayed by marketing. 4G is clearly newer and faster than 3G but so far my iPhoneS has done me no wrong and after much mockery Siri has been keeping me quite entertained. 


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xoxo Chris

SNAP!!

While trying to satisfy a sporadic cleanliness fixation…

{Just to be clear… I’m using the term ‘tightly’…as in obsession, infatuation, “gotta tend to this right this very second”, worse than life and death –type of fixation. Not to be confused with my habitual moments of cleanliness}

::clears throat::

 Right, so...

During one of my ‘episodes’ I catch a glimpse of some sort of particles through the cracks of the keys on my keyboard. Horrified, fearing some sort of organism mutation {I might’ve watched “Little Shop of Horrors” a little too recently… you know.. maybe.}  I nonchalantly lift the space bar to blow under it… of course.

Well…

::SNAP::  {Insert dramatic coming book sound effect bubble here}

There goes the Space bar!! (of my less-than-six-months-old laptop)

It’s still intact though; don’t panic!

It’s just that now it is slightly raised away from the screen, facing me… making continuous, free flowing typing impossible due to the fact that I have to do a double {sometimes triple} press on the space bar to get enough precision/pressure to manifest the ‘space’.

{not to mention that I have also enlarged the opening for the little “Lexia 2’s” to creep out and eat me!}

::sighs:: 

Oy vey.

Happy Summer Solstice Everyone, bask in that extra daylight!

 Lex {♥}

My Week with Marggie-lyn

I last chimed in from cramped quarters and sleep deprivation on an out-of-the-blue attempt at change.

I left New York trying to ease what seems to be an insatiable yearning for adventure and spontaneity; A change in a self-imposed, unproductive, barely tolerable routine.

While trying to avoid my ever so potent over-thinking habit, discovering the not-so-subtle familial meddling, and with very little notice to those around me… I was off.

Completing a very interesting duo, I joined my twin cousin Marggie {she is just three days younger than I am}. While sailing “on the same boat’ she and I spent the week rekindling with family, engaging in miles and miles of adventures and scenic routes, martini glasses filled with giggles, Red Box and beef jerky, girl talk and guy “game”… It was basic… and everything but.

My Week with Marggie-lyn… Though it was barley planned and {most definitely} short lived… it was exactly what I needed.

And while it was Not New York, it made quite the impression. It was a great way to start the summer and left me with a curiosity and new possibilities. 

Grounded and reluctantly{?} in New York, 

Lex {♥}


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Hats off to Dad

Father's Day will be here before we know it and I have to get the gears turning on what to do for a card. This was actually a birthday card for my Dad but he really liked it and was the first card I ever made-officially anyway-for him. Things to consider: he likes golf but hasn't played in a while; he watches basketball and baseball but doesn't follow a particular team; he enjoys good food, beer, wine and Bloody Marys; he loves westerns-maybe a little too much.

And I still don't know what to do for a card for Father's Day.

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xo! Chris