Thursday.

I'm sitting at a coffeeshop trying to slow down a bit. Norah Jones is one of my favorite vocalists of all time and she is playing overhead...such a sweet moment. I am good. Tired, but good. The sunset was beautiful tonight. Thank you Lord, for moments like these.

full yet drained.

My heart is full and my eyes are tired.

I just had a lovely weekend with two of my favorite people in the world (I have a lot of favorites for you worrying). Granny and Grandpa and I enjoyed dinner with the Arnold's, ate lunch at a restaurant decorated like a train station, and then I had to leave. It is always so sad leaving family!

Last weekend I babysat for some friends who were on a retreat. On Saturday afternoon the kids and I joined another babysitter and kids at the park for some football. Upon meeting the youngest who was five years old he looked at me and said "You're puny!" Trying not to be insulted I inquired "What do you mean by puny?" He explained "You're so puny I bet you can't hold a phone to your ear! I bet you fall in the holes in the phone!" Pth. What do you say to that?!

feelin good...

i've got the post-work jitters....

i am
home doing homework with josephine
drinking hot tea
browsing the internet with susan looking at jeep libertys

i had
good conversations tonight at work
an egg salad sandwich and black ice tea for dinner
a productive morning studying at Newport Coffee

i will
be going to bed soon
wear my black jeans tomorrow
possibly dress up as a Disney princess on Saturday...
which one do you think i'll be? :)

Fall Break '09

Fall break is in full swing here at Trinity. While some of my friends are at a retreat at camp...I've decided to fully embrace the Fall break-ness and...break. So, in the midst of studying for a mid-term on Monday I find myself watching football bundled in blankets on the coach. But please, don't ask me anything about the games, I just keep the games on while I work on the computer and rest. Soon I'm off to work and I'll tell people "Yeah, I watched some football today..." as if I know what I'm talking about. I hope they don't ask too many questions!

All I know is...Go Arkansas, Oklahome & Georgia (as I said...I don't really watch, I cheer for my friends and family)!

Check it off!

After months of being on the "to do" list...I finally just purchaed my ticket home for Christmas.

Dec. 22 2009 - January 1 2010.

Get your party hats everyone!

Security Check

You know when you go through the security check at airports and they make sure you don't have certain things in order for everyone to be secure? I was thinking today that my in my life there are certain things I like to have in order to feel secure. When I have these things, I feel as if I'm doing OK in life, I've got it together...I'm safe. These things include (but are not limited to):

• a full pack of gum in my car, purse, and/or backpack
• clean jeans
• a full tank of gas
• a full ice bin at work...and lids all stocked...in general most everything stocked
• oatmeal in my cupboard for breakfast (dried cranberries always a bonus)
• the side door to the basement locked at night
• at least $5 cash in my wallet

These are what first came to my mind though I know there are others. Yet I realize that I will not always have these things, though I really like them. Yesterday while I was thinking about what makes me secure I had a brief panic moment of insecurity. I realized that the things on my list are temporary (and really pretty trivial), but I find a lot of security in them. Leaving the house this morning I carried with me in my mind the words "pure" and "steadfast" from Psalm 51. I knew that today I would need something with more substance than a full pack of gum. Though the words "pure" and "steadfast" may not seem to be secure words...they grounded and focused me.

"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me" (v.10)

The reminder to have a pure life (honorable intentions, love, thoughts etc.) kept me focused while the fact that the Lord provides ultimate steadfastness kept me grounded. Thank you, Lord! Though I'm sure the list of trivial things I find security in will continue to grow and change, I know that the security I find in God is unchanging. Thank you, Lord.

classy and fabulous

"Every girl should be two things: classy and fabulous"

-Coco Chanel

In no particular order of loveliness...

i just couldn't help but brag a bit.

i just love these ladies so much.