elbows

I bang or bruise my elbow approximately once every two weeks. ...just enough time for it to properly turn fun colors and heal with a few days' break...

woot, WOOT!

open that can / job interview should-have-dids

It's about time to open up that can of awkward... if you haven't yet.

Check out my cousin(in-lar)'s blog about all sorts of awkward things!  :)  I love Anne Bridget very much. She's my hero(ine).


I leave you with this advice on how to look back at what you could have done differently:

so the next time you have an interview maybe it will pay off... or not. :)  

is anyone out there? a year ago,... (and a friendly reminder) ...in reverse order, of course!

image is not mine, nor do I know the source. I think it was on etsy? If you can read the embedded link, you can buy it! 

...anyways, I have no idea who my "audience" is - If you ever read this thing, or subscribe, leave me a comment! Let me know what you're interested in reading (and I may or may not drop a few words concerning such a subject!) 

A year ago today (June 21st), David and I had our engagement pictures taken a few miles from the chapel where we'd be married... hey, we were engaged at the time. Don't judge! :D 

^the logo a random bee made from weddingbee. hurrah! 

The next day, (the typical American Friday) we had our rehearsal dinner, and the day after that we tied the knot. (I wanted to go barefoot, but found some super cute, comfortable shoes that I went with instead). 

my shoes, necklace, and a parasol the chapel owner had :) they go together quite swimmingly! 

 Since I don't actually remember any knots that day, let's just say we got married!!. :D 

whose idea was it to buy birdseed at Publix and give it - along with lots of tulle - to Dulcy??? Oh, wait... 

the obligatory be-grossed-out-or-cheer-for-the-kiss picture with our super awesome wedding partayyyy :)
(I was not angry, nor did I punch my new husband in the face, contrary to picture-looks... )

God is "in the small stuff" - as well as the big.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    do not depend on your own understanding.
⁶ Seek his will in all you do,
    and he will show you which path to take.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT 

*I am so grateful for these little verses right now... 

Flyleaf - "pair of rawhide"

In 2011 I started something ...

somewhat akin to George Muller's (that U should have an umlaut) recordings of God's provision in his life,

I started writing [in the flyleaf of my Bible] specific instances of how God has provided for my needs in the way only He does. . .

Today I get to add "had enough money left over from a gift card to buy a pair of bones for Sally to chew" :)

These puppies are Chiweenies, like our Sally...   (Chihuahua + Dachshund = Chiweenie) 

how to live - pt. 1 of a million

Don't forget to dream in the waiting,

and use your best dishes every day.

Add color to your life with the silliest things,

throw maple helicopters and fly a kite.

Chase cars with your tail outstretched,

and watch cloud animals run just as fast.

Spin in circles while you still can,

sing in the car and smile at strangers.

Scratch a friend's back when they least expect it,

and write letters even if no one replies.

Keep a journal at least once a month,

and eat things you probably shouldn't.

Stretch yourself more than you ever thought possible,

try something new on a regular basis.

Hold babies, hold toddlers, hold children and teens,

hug twenty-somethings and thirty-year-olds.

Love on the single, the married, the smitten,

and spend time with hoary-headed saints.

Rake someone's yard at midnight,

walk on the grass and the sand.

Wear shoes as little as possible,

wear high heels and cowboy boots.

Stay up late doing nothing but giggling,

wake up early and make a big breakfast.

Read something you don't want to,

read to someone else.

Drive just to drive,

drive to visit a friend you have only met in writing.

Bake something from another land,

and bring a meal to someone else.


Whatever you do,

do it with everything He's given you.

Where are you going?

George MacDonald wrote: 

" I said, 'Let me walk in the field.'

God said, 'No, walk in the town.'

I said, 'There are no flowers there.'

He said, 'No flowers, but a crown.'

I said, 'But the sky is black,

There is nothing but noise and din.'

But he wept as he sent me back,

'There is more,' he said, 'there is sin.'

I said, 'But the air is thick,

And smog is veiling the sun'

He answered, 'Yet souls are sick,

And your work is yet undone,'

I said, 'I will miss the light,

And friends will miss me, they say.'

He answered me, 'Choose tonight,

If I am to miss you or they.'

I pleaded for time to be given;

He said, 'Is is hard to decide?

It will not seem hard in heaven 

To have followed the steps of your Guide.'

I cast one last look at the field, 

Then set my face to the town;

He said, 'My child, will you yield?

Will you leave the flowers for the crown?'

Then into His hand went mine, 

And into my heart came He;

And I walk in a light divine

The paths I had feared to see."

24

4/20/2009

There are 24 days left of school. Big grin and sad face at the same time.

Fall Break, or, As Good as it Gets.

10/22/2008

Apparently.

So for fall break I went to Flagstaff because I wasn't sure how much money i had left after paying all my bills (not very much, let me tell you). I brought my computer to Best Buy to get a part... (the fans weren't working and I kept getting an error message telling me to "check your both fans."
whatever that means.

They sucked out the dust from my laptop and it kept going...

Turkmenistan on the plaaaane

5/8/2009

It is at least $2,000 for a round-trip to Turkmenistan.

It was at least 84 degrees (F) today.