my cats are the most annoying animals to ever walk the earth.
griffin is pushing his luck. he is so bored in my little apartment that he'll pace the place and cry. all. night. long.
lily's favorite thing to do is climb onto the counters and drink out of the sink...and leave little clay paw prints behind where ever she goes.
seriously. does anyone want a cat or two?
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
02.27.08
maybe it's because spring is near, but i have the biggest urge to do a mad cleaning of my apartment and actually start making it look nice. i never settle. i can live in a place for over a year and not move in entirely. it's because i have such an anxiety in me to keep moving - i never expect to stay somewhere long enough to devote time and energy to making it my own place. who knows where i'll be after six months, but i don't want that to stop me from decorating my place. granted, i won't spend much money on it. i want to find a couple tables at garage sales and paint them. oh, and maybe paint an old chandelier i have and hang it in my closet (which i decided i'll be painting too). wow - i might end up actually liking my place enough to invite people over!
maybe.
maybe.
Tuesday
02.26.08
Tomorrow I'm starting a sugar fast with Regina. I'm actually pretty excited about it because:
i've never done any kind of fast before so I'm curious to see what I'll learn through it
i've been depressed the last few months and have gained a lot of weight because of it, so I'm anxious to start losing it
it will feel good to let go of my addiction to sugar/bad carbs - in a matter of a few days I know I'll start having energy and not feeling so sick all the time
Tomorrow will be the beginning of a health kick! I'm hoping to go to LA Fitness during my lunch break to sign up. I'm determined to be healthy and fit by my 30th birthday!
i've never done any kind of fast before so I'm curious to see what I'll learn through it
i've been depressed the last few months and have gained a lot of weight because of it, so I'm anxious to start losing it
it will feel good to let go of my addiction to sugar/bad carbs - in a matter of a few days I know I'll start having energy and not feeling so sick all the time
Tomorrow will be the beginning of a health kick! I'm hoping to go to LA Fitness during my lunch break to sign up. I'm determined to be healthy and fit by my 30th birthday!
Saturday
02.23.08
When I was younger, maybe 11 or so, I had daydreams of traveling to a remote area across the world - a small village in the rain forest or the plains of Africa - and serving the community. I didn't want to be a missionary, I just longed for an adventure and had a desire to help people. As I grew older, I imagined myself joining the Peace Corp and spending a year abroad in some small town, building irrigation systems or wells. My hopes were abandoned when I learned the Peace Corp only took college graduates. I wasn't a Christ follower so mission trips were out of the question too. So, I stuffed my mighty daydream into the back of my head and spent the next handful of years ignoring it. But it was always there...my longing for far-off adventures and a calling to help people.
A little over three years ago, I met a guy from work who would go to Mexico on certain weekends to help build houses and serve the community. My daydream was pushed to the front of my mind and my heart longed to go. I wasn't a Christian and the trip was through the church, but Nick took me under his wing and I went. That weekend in Mexico was so special for me. Not only because my desire for adventure and serving came to life, but because just days before I had taken Jesus into my heart. Little did I know, there was a bigger adventure for me on the horizon...
Only a couple months after the build trip in Mexico, I saw the Invisible Children documentary at church. It immediately called to the deep center of my soul and even though I was so new in my faith, I felt God calling me to Africa. I prayed for God to show me a sign that Africa was my next adventure and the very next day I received a special-addition National Geographic magazine...all on Africa. To make it even better, I went to Nick to tell him I thought God was calling me (me?!) to Africa and he said he was going in November and it probably wasn't too late for me to join the team. Seriously?!! I love how God works!
And so, in November 2005, I stepped foot on African soil and spent about two weeks serving the community and experiencing God in ways I never had. Africa rooted itself in my heart. I went back again for another two weeks in July 2006, but that trip was very different. The team had a hard time bonding and working together and it was very hard for me - especially since everything on my first trip went so well. There was a definite contrast and the experience hardened my heart. I became jaded. As hard as it was, there was still a desire and love for Africa rooted in my heart. Like a tree in the dead of winter, it remained but did not thrive.
It feels like spring now and the tree in my heart is growing and thriving and breaking away the shell that kept me jaded. I feel God whispering in my ear and calling me to my next adventure. I'm not certain what it is yet, but I can feel the energy in the air. I can feel the deep sigh before a great sneeze! :)
A huge part of me is hoping He'll call me back to Africa for longer than two weeks. I want to experience Africa on a different level. I long for the wild and amazing adventure that I've desired for so, so long.
A little over three years ago, I met a guy from work who would go to Mexico on certain weekends to help build houses and serve the community. My daydream was pushed to the front of my mind and my heart longed to go. I wasn't a Christian and the trip was through the church, but Nick took me under his wing and I went. That weekend in Mexico was so special for me. Not only because my desire for adventure and serving came to life, but because just days before I had taken Jesus into my heart. Little did I know, there was a bigger adventure for me on the horizon...
Only a couple months after the build trip in Mexico, I saw the Invisible Children documentary at church. It immediately called to the deep center of my soul and even though I was so new in my faith, I felt God calling me to Africa. I prayed for God to show me a sign that Africa was my next adventure and the very next day I received a special-addition National Geographic magazine...all on Africa. To make it even better, I went to Nick to tell him I thought God was calling me (me?!) to Africa and he said he was going in November and it probably wasn't too late for me to join the team. Seriously?!! I love how God works!
And so, in November 2005, I stepped foot on African soil and spent about two weeks serving the community and experiencing God in ways I never had. Africa rooted itself in my heart. I went back again for another two weeks in July 2006, but that trip was very different. The team had a hard time bonding and working together and it was very hard for me - especially since everything on my first trip went so well. There was a definite contrast and the experience hardened my heart. I became jaded. As hard as it was, there was still a desire and love for Africa rooted in my heart. Like a tree in the dead of winter, it remained but did not thrive.
It feels like spring now and the tree in my heart is growing and thriving and breaking away the shell that kept me jaded. I feel God whispering in my ear and calling me to my next adventure. I'm not certain what it is yet, but I can feel the energy in the air. I can feel the deep sigh before a great sneeze! :)
A huge part of me is hoping He'll call me back to Africa for longer than two weeks. I want to experience Africa on a different level. I long for the wild and amazing adventure that I've desired for so, so long.
Friday
Tuesday
02.19.08
Today felt like Monday. At least I still can squeeze in some doodling time to soften the blow of work. Birds were my thing today.
I've been feeling really under the weather. It's a little after 5:00 and as soon as I'm done with this I'm going to throw on my PJs, put on a good movie and curl into bed. I was asleep by 7:30 last night and I have a feeling it will be the same for tonight. Lately I've been feeling
so
run
down
I've been feeling really under the weather. It's a little after 5:00 and as soon as I'm done with this I'm going to throw on my PJs, put on a good movie and curl into bed. I was asleep by 7:30 last night and I have a feeling it will be the same for tonight. Lately I've been feeling
so
run
down
Sunday
02.17.08 p/s
i want to learn to make my own monsters! This guys is amazing: http://344design.typepad.com.
02.17.08
Tomorrow is the start of two things:
1) I'm going back to being a vegetarian. I am not a red meat eater but I am going to cut chicken out now too. Only seafood. I get so grossed out when I think about how the poor animals are treated. It's not right.
2) I'm going to work on breaking free of my "hermititis".
A slaughterhouse that has been accused of mistreating cows agreed Sunday to recall 143 million pounds of beef in what federal officials called the largest beef recall in U.S. history.
her·mit [hur-mit]
–noun
1. a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
2. any person living in seclusion; recluse.
3. Zoology. an animal of solitary habits.
4. Ornithology. any of numerous hummingbirds of the genera Glaucis and Phaethornis, having curved bills and dull-colored rather than iridescent plumage.
5. a spiced molasses cookie often containing raisins or nuts.
6. Obsolete. a beadsman.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME ermite, hermite, heremite < OF < LL erémīta < Gk erémīts living in a desert, equiv. to erm(ia) desert (deriv. of erêmos desolate) + -ītés -ite1]
—Related forms
her·mit·ic, her·mit·i·cal, her·mit·ish, adjective
her·mit·i·cal·ly, adverb
her·mit·like, adjective
her·mit·ry, her·mit·ship, noun
1) I'm going back to being a vegetarian. I am not a red meat eater but I am going to cut chicken out now too. Only seafood. I get so grossed out when I think about how the poor animals are treated. It's not right.
2) I'm going to work on breaking free of my "hermititis".
A slaughterhouse that has been accused of mistreating cows agreed Sunday to recall 143 million pounds of beef in what federal officials called the largest beef recall in U.S. history.
her·mit [hur-mit]
–noun
1. a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
2. any person living in seclusion; recluse.
3. Zoology. an animal of solitary habits.
4. Ornithology. any of numerous hummingbirds of the genera Glaucis and Phaethornis, having curved bills and dull-colored rather than iridescent plumage.
5. a spiced molasses cookie often containing raisins or nuts.
6. Obsolete. a beadsman.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME ermite, hermite, heremite < OF < LL erémīta < Gk erémīts living in a desert, equiv. to erm(ia) desert (deriv. of erêmos desolate) + -ītés -ite1]
—Related forms
her·mit·ic, her·mit·i·cal, her·mit·ish, adjective
her·mit·i·cal·ly, adverb
her·mit·like, adjective
her·mit·ry, her·mit·ship, noun
Wednesday
Sunday
02.10.09
a group of us girls went to the Jeremy Camp concert last night. before the show, we discovered Jeremy was eating at the same sushi restaurant we were. Regina and Lori went up to him and asked if he would take a photo with all us girls when he was done eating. what a nice guy:
by the way, i have absolutely AMAZING friends. tremendously amazing.
by the way, i have absolutely AMAZING friends. tremendously amazing.
Saturday
02.09.08
i have a little crush on the Albertson's butcher. it's ironic, considering i don't eat red meat and cringe whenever i pass by the meat section. i've never talked to him, and am rarely brave enough to give him eye contact, but those school-girl butterflies are there. maybe one day i'll be brave enough to actually walk up and order something from him...perhaps even ask his advice on what kind of fish to buy. maybe one day.
tonight a group of us girls are going to do dinner and catch a concert up in LA. i have a feeling the evening will be filled with a lot of silliness!
tonight a group of us girls are going to do dinner and catch a concert up in LA. i have a feeling the evening will be filled with a lot of silliness!
Friday
02.08.08
every year for Christmas, my Mom gives me an illustrated children's book signed by the illustrator and/or author. i hold a fondness for books - especially children's books with pictures that just feed the imagination.
for the longest time (geez, 10 years or so?) i've thought it would be amazing to create a children's book. i even have an idea and a few sketches. i'm feeing inspired lately to actually finish it and try to get it published!
another doodle from work:
for the longest time (geez, 10 years or so?) i've thought it would be amazing to create a children's book. i even have an idea and a few sketches. i'm feeing inspired lately to actually finish it and try to get it published!
another doodle from work:
Wednesday
02.06.08
I'm seriously considering taking a road trip out to Salt Lake City, Utah, just to catch these guys at a live show.
I enjoy their music that much:
I enjoy their music that much:
Tuesday
02.05.08
I've been feeling rather melancholy lately. I couldn't quite put my finger on the source of this gloominess until tonight.
I was driving home from work while talking to my Mom on the phone and somehow or another she brought up my birthday. I felt a sad lump start to form in my throat and my eyes began to well with tears. The thought of turning 30 completely and totally depresses me. It's ridiculous, I know, but 30 is this big, heavy number just looming over my head.
In less than 6 months I will be 30.
There's this huge contrast of where I thought I'd be in life by the time I hit 30 and where I actually am. I feel like somewhere along the line my life went off course.
But, if I stop to really think about it, my life actually found it's course. I can only imagine what kind of disaster I'd be if I kept on the path I was heading just a few years years ago. Not too long ago I was a very different person. The things I valued back then are not important to me now, and the things I cared the least for are now of great importance: God, my family, my self worth.
I had taken a long detour through a bumpy road and I am finally back on track - a bit behind the rest of the pack, but heading in the right direction! And so, I need to let 30 be a celebration of all the wonderful things I've done with my life these past few years and all the wonderful things still to come.
I was driving home from work while talking to my Mom on the phone and somehow or another she brought up my birthday. I felt a sad lump start to form in my throat and my eyes began to well with tears. The thought of turning 30 completely and totally depresses me. It's ridiculous, I know, but 30 is this big, heavy number just looming over my head.
In less than 6 months I will be 30.
There's this huge contrast of where I thought I'd be in life by the time I hit 30 and where I actually am. I feel like somewhere along the line my life went off course.
But, if I stop to really think about it, my life actually found it's course. I can only imagine what kind of disaster I'd be if I kept on the path I was heading just a few years years ago. Not too long ago I was a very different person. The things I valued back then are not important to me now, and the things I cared the least for are now of great importance: God, my family, my self worth.
I had taken a long detour through a bumpy road and I am finally back on track - a bit behind the rest of the pack, but heading in the right direction! And so, I need to let 30 be a celebration of all the wonderful things I've done with my life these past few years and all the wonderful things still to come.
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