these are the reasons i am ready for fall (in no particular order):
1. cooler weather
2. pretty fall leaves
3. pumpkin patches
4. pumpkin pie
5. pumpkin beer
6. pumpkin wine
7. pumpkin spice lattes
8. college homecoming
9. bonfires
10. smores
11. fall clothes
12. being cozy in blankets
13. fall tv
14. a big pot of chili and cornbread
15. not having a $200 electric bill from all the window a/c units
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
11 weeks
between weddings, babies, dog-sitting, birthdays, and road trips, this coming weekend is my first weekend since june 12th without any specific plans. that's 11 weeks of crazy. (crazy-fun!)
i'm very much looking forward to some downtime with the roommates and free music at the park.
i'm very much looking forward to some downtime with the roommates and free music at the park.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
random thoughts
•lately i've been wondering if the grass really is always greener on the other side. i have what i thought i wanted but now i think i want what i use to have.
•chipotle wins for best burrito in town. followed by baja burrito.
•the last time i left the country (for more than two hours) was 2006. that was too long ago.
•i keep forgetting that people with different values than me are going to value different things. common sense when you say it, but it continues to surprise me when it's lived out.
•i don't know what i would do without music
•i need to spend more time in intentional rest, focused only on him.
•i have amazing roommates.
•chipotle wins for best burrito in town. followed by baja burrito.
•the last time i left the country (for more than two hours) was 2006. that was too long ago.
•i keep forgetting that people with different values than me are going to value different things. common sense when you say it, but it continues to surprise me when it's lived out.
•i don't know what i would do without music
•i need to spend more time in intentional rest, focused only on him.
•i have amazing roommates.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
itunes/ipod playlists
i'm not very good at making these things, and it's something i want to start using more often. i have a lot of songs, and sometimes shuffle is too random.
these are the playlists i have on my itunes:
favorites - self-explanatory.
iphone - the songs i imported to my iphone when i got it back in january. i need to transfer more songs over and there's no need to keep this list, but i still have it.
nashville artists - i love how many of these songs make it to all my other playlists. nashville is amazingly talented.
rainy day tunes - this is a work in progress that i can only allow myself to work on while it is actually raining.
wednesdays - wednesdays at work i have to sit at the front desk, which means i can't use my earbuds. therefore, these are guilty-pleasure-free and foul-language-free "safe" songs
and on my ipod i have all of the above along with my sunny happy driving with the windows down list.
that's it.
what playlists do you have?
these are the playlists i have on my itunes:
favorites - self-explanatory.
iphone - the songs i imported to my iphone when i got it back in january. i need to transfer more songs over and there's no need to keep this list, but i still have it.
nashville artists - i love how many of these songs make it to all my other playlists. nashville is amazingly talented.
rainy day tunes - this is a work in progress that i can only allow myself to work on while it is actually raining.
wednesdays - wednesdays at work i have to sit at the front desk, which means i can't use my earbuds. therefore, these are guilty-pleasure-free and foul-language-free "safe" songs
and on my ipod i have all of the above along with my sunny happy driving with the windows down list.
that's it.
what playlists do you have?
Monday, August 23, 2010
a quote. part two.
ultimately our gift to the world around us is hope. not blind hope that pretends everything is fine and refuses to acknowledge how things are. but the kind of hope that comes from staring pain and suffering right in the eyes and refusing to believe that this is all there is. it is what we all need - hope that comes not from going around suffering but from going through it. i am learning that the church has nothing to say to the world until it throws better parties. by this i don't necessarily mean balloons and confetti and clowns who paint faces. i mean backyards and basements and porches. it is in the flow of real life, in the places we live and move with the people we're on the journey with, that we are reminded it is god's world and we're going to be okay.
-rob bell, "velvet elvis"
-rob bell, "velvet elvis"
Sunday, August 22, 2010
[insert content sigh here]
life is good.
i have my struggles, as we all do, but at the end of the day i'm reminded of how blessed i am. blessed by the things i've been able to do in 27 years of life and by the people who have joined me along the way.
that's about it. life is good.
i have my struggles, as we all do, but at the end of the day i'm reminded of how blessed i am. blessed by the things i've been able to do in 27 years of life and by the people who have joined me along the way.
that's about it. life is good.
Friday, August 20, 2010
life on the road
mother, teach me about the country
can you tell the lies from the lives that you've seen
now mother, can you tell me
where this road is gonna lead?
just let yourself go and sell your soul to the road
just let yourself go and sell your soul to the road
["road song" - steel train]
i feel incredibly redundant saying this, but there is something beautiful about being on the road. i have had the privelege to travel a lot lately (for someone who works a 40-hr/week office job that doesn't involve travel). since this time last year i have been to california, indiana (3 times), illinois (twice), north carolina, south carolina, georgia, new york, michigan (3 times), and places in between. currently i'm sitting in the passenger seat of my friend's car (i love technology) somewhere in kentucky on our way to ohio. this world is too big to sit still for too long; too small to make excuses to not get out there and go see it. it feels as though there's a piece of my heart out there somewhere, but then i'm reminded of its true location: the world that has yet to come.
[fun side note: as i wrote this, we definitely passed an old van headed east on 71, with a window air conditioning unit hanging out the back and a generator strapped to the front. have i mentioned that i love traveling?]
can you tell the lies from the lives that you've seen
now mother, can you tell me
where this road is gonna lead?
just let yourself go and sell your soul to the road
just let yourself go and sell your soul to the road
["road song" - steel train]
i feel incredibly redundant saying this, but there is something beautiful about being on the road. i have had the privelege to travel a lot lately (for someone who works a 40-hr/week office job that doesn't involve travel). since this time last year i have been to california, indiana (3 times), illinois (twice), north carolina, south carolina, georgia, new york, michigan (3 times), and places in between. currently i'm sitting in the passenger seat of my friend's car (i love technology) somewhere in kentucky on our way to ohio. this world is too big to sit still for too long; too small to make excuses to not get out there and go see it. it feels as though there's a piece of my heart out there somewhere, but then i'm reminded of its true location: the world that has yet to come.
[fun side note: as i wrote this, we definitely passed an old van headed east on 71, with a window air conditioning unit hanging out the back and a generator strapped to the front. have i mentioned that i love traveling?]
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