Soon to come

More pics soon to come from our recent camping trip up north! 

Sorry it's been so long once again. They seem to have made improvements to the "Blogger" app on my iPhone so I shall try this mode for size. 

Happy forth of July!!

Hope you all had a happy and safe 4th of July everyone! Jarod and I caught our very first fireworks show together. Enjoy watching the ending to it... and have a great rest of your night!!

I'm back

    

 I'm back guys...and it's been a loooooong hiatus. My computer died and then all I had was my iPhone to try to do posts, which doesn't lay out the way I'd prefer. For now, until I get a new laptop my boyfriend is letting me borrow his iPad. Whattaguy! Please enjoy a few pictures from these past few weeks. I went to my grandparents cabin last week and enjoyed some relaxing (much needed) days. I took in God's creation with a big, grateful breath. Have a great rest of your week!!
1. The beautiful lake at my grandparents, fishing for Sunnies.
2. My lovely friend Katrina when she came to visit, playing with my polaroid.
3. Some photos taken at the cabin...my grandmas goofy and funny! I love her.
4. The beginning of a new day-taken right before work at 6 am
5.  Sunset over the lake-God's beauty
6. A peacock at our pastor's farm, so beautiful.

Pumpkin picking

I love this time of year. It's the time of year where you snuggle in blankets and watch the leaves fall. You can sip spiced hot apple cider on your porch (because it's not that cold yet, which is KEY) and think on memories. I also think that it's the time of year where Bear and I are closest, because there are so many things to do together! And pumpkin picking and carving is one of them. We decided to go to the best local pumpkin patch that I know, "The Sleepy Hollow." The people there are generous and kind, I recommend it!

While we were there, a bug flew straight up my nose. Bear felt it was necessary to document this. :)

Before we went to the patch, we went to the Electric Fetus, to look at records and other knick-knacks.

All in all, It was a very enjoyable trip. One I hope to make every year! I'll be sure to post our carvings! I'm trying to do a very complex one, due to a contest that A Beautiful Mess is doing! 

What ever you do this October month, have fun and enjoy the crisp, refreshing weather!

Happy Halloween!

Birfday bliss

Saturday was my birthday and I have to admit, I'd rather not grow any older. 26 seems so old, and i'm not done being a kid yet! Regardless of my feelings on the subject, my birthday came anyway. I wanted to show a few snapshots of the day, and a few of the places Bear and I visited.

I loved comparing decorating and designing home ideas with Bear @ Ikea. Sat down for a break, and felt straight out of 500 Days Of Summer. Yeah Zooey Deschanel! 

And finally...

It was so gorgeous today too.

I'm also super excited, because I got an amazing gift...A new record player and some sick records from UO. Can the day get any better?

Looking forward to lazy retro musical Sundays......

4 Simple Goals. (Before 2013!)

I was reading one of my favorite blogs, A Beautiful Mess and I decided to go along with one of their ideas, making a list of 4 simple goals that i could achieve by 2013! So here goes!

1. Be more responsible with my money.

When I enter a store such as say, Anthropologie for example, I can go a little loopy. I've really been learning lately that what i buy now may effect my checkbook negatively later! I want to budget better and have a little more "cushion" just in case of emergencies and the like. It's amazing how the little things that you buy may seem little, but THEY ALL ADD UP!!! ha ha.

2. Learn at least ONE song on my ukelele and publish it on YouTube.

My boyfriend bought me this little beauty this past valentine's day and I have yet to learn how to play song that's already been written. I have written my own song, (Which is also needing to go up on YouTube) but nothing other people would know offhand. I think doing this would lubricate my rusty musical creativity hinges, get the door swingin'! ;)

3. Chalkboard paint more things.

This goes hand in hand with being more creative in general with everything, esp. my apartment. I want to save up for a instant camera, probably a Fujifilm instax mini 25, (That is, if I don't get it for my birthday this week) and use it in everything, from sticking it in my journal to making collages! I want to blackboard chalk more things and hang them in my apartment, enjoy making things out of my usual realm of thinking, cooking things from scratch!! So many possibilities rolled into one goal.

4.Not to quote "Zombieland" or anything but...Enjoy the little things.

It's so easy to let life get you down and make you focus on only the negative things. I want to make sure to enjoy the small things in life every day because life scoots on by faster than you can say "summer is here" and before you know it... it's fall!! I want to learn to love my life and all that God offers me on a daily basis. Basically...I want to love myself more. A certain confidence develops when you know who you are, and what you are living for. I'm going to enjoy all the small things in this world that others may just pass by, and miss entirely.

Oh and for an extra goal...i also want to make more blog posts, instead of only once a month. It's not enough, is it? :)

Well there you have it!! Be sure to try this activity out yourself! It may do wonders for us all! Thanks "A Beautiful Mess!"

Life is short.

Thank heaven for journaling.

I am currently in a little bit of shock. Someone close to me died last night. It came out of the blue, and it was unexpected. It's moments like these when you truly recognize how short life really is. Sometimes it's only these moments which snap you back into reality and you think more deeply about what you do on a daily basis and how you treat others. Have I told them I love them and appreciate all they do for me? Have I been kind to them to the best of my abilities? You may never see that person again, it can happen in an instant. Have you made your peace with God? These are things that are so easy to overlook, to ignore. In the bustle of life it's easy to let life slide by. ESP if you have a life like mine, where for now, there is little tragedy. I can forget my own feelings, and how I truly feel inside because I don't voice my feelings.
It's sad really, that it takes a horrible thing to make you realize again how blessed you are. I can walk on my own, I can go on vacations, (if I had money that is, so I guess that's not completely true) I can dance, and sing, and laugh. I have a family and an amazing boyfriend. I have a God who loves me and always provides and protects me. I believe that. I'll believe that even if I lose everything else, and with my last fatal breath.
Sorry this post is so heavy. Sometimes though, I guess life is heavy. I'm glad that I don't have to take life too seriously either as well. I realize the depth of life, but not that I have to be stuck up or strict about things. I can laugh in the hard times. As this person who recently passed used to tell me, it's much easier to laugh than to cry. And I'll laugh with joy for all that I've been given in this life I still have. Even when it sucks, I'm still a blessed woman

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