Hello.
Meet the most distractable person ever, aka ME.

I have homework to do, lots of it actually. Lots and lots of reading. And a lot of cleaning. What have I been doing? Pinterest. Facebook. Talking on the phone. Painting my nails. Schudeling my classes for next term. Um, pretty much anything BUT the homework I need to be doing.

Ah, restless heart of mine. I'm just so excited! I am blessed and I want to scream it from the mountaintops. Life is exciting right now. God is doing so much!

Did I mention eating? Oh yeah. FOOOOODDDD.

And here I go, at 10:30, attempting my homework once again. Here I come Social Development.

See my pretty nails? Yep.

Valentine's Day

Today is Valentine's day. (and also the birthday of my beloved state, Oregon!) If for some reason you forgot, facebook or all the valentine's stuff around will remind you. I made special valentine's out of paint chips for all the kiddos at work. They are very precious and I'm excited to give them to them! (One of the other bonuses of working at an elemntary school)

I don't feel alone today, although I am single. I don't feel sad. I know it is not the time for me to have a special someone in my life. I know God will bring this man in his timing, and I will patiently wait in anticipation of that. I trust in God, what He has told me, and his beautiful beautiful promises to fufill them.

Today, after work, I get to quickly dress up and spend an evening with some of my favorite people in Corvallis, my college group! What a GREAT way to spend Valentine's Day-the holiday to celebrate love. What greater love is there than Gods? So excited to praise Him tonight with people I love and who love me. <3

I would also like to announce I have a new obsession: Mumford and Sons. So good. Been listening on repeat very very loud. Oh by the way, sorry neighbors.

I'm out of clever titles

I've decided I'm happy.

I'm happy without you. Yeah, I miss you. But I don't need you. I don't like who you've become and the way you live your life. Who knows? Maybe you will change and we will find our paths crossing again one day. But for now? I don't care. I don't want it. I don't want you.

I still pray for you. I always will. I want you to know the Lord and to follow Him. I'll always love you and the time we spent together. Thank you for that.

"You know what I don't, so help me to let go. You're in control, so help me to let go" -Let go by Matt Hammitt

You make Beautiful Things

Based on one of my favorite songs from Gungor, Beautiful Things, I made this for my wall.

It didn't quite turn out the way I was hoping, because the stencils for the letters didn't work towards the end, but I'm realizing thats part of the beauty of it. It isn't perfect, much like us. But God makes us beautiful. He makes our sin, our bad choices, our dirt all beautiful.

Listen to the song:

I have a bible I rip up and use just for crafts. I used it for this project. Michael's was having a GREAT sale on canvas, so I bought a 7 pack for $10. Yes, all you crafters know this is a big deal. Then I ripped up the pages and modge-podged them all together to the canvas. I let it dry overnight and than started by painting the bird stencil on in black. Then I layed out notecards where I wanted the letters for the words to be, painted it, and wa-la!

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Seeing you smile, even in old pictures, makes my heart happy. I only hope you can be as happy in the future as we were then.

Best Commerical, Ever.

Time keeps moving on-through the sunshine and the rain

Exciting stuff going on in my life. Here is just a snippet of it.

• Applying, interviewing, and considering camps for this summer in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Washington, California, and Indiana
• Finishing up my Biblical Studies degree from Corban!
• Looking into  and applying to jobs/internships within my field
• Eating healthy breakfasts every day (detox smoothies)-so great. you must try.
• Started a workout plan with my roommate. Love it!
• Sunny WARM days in Oregon. It was 60 degrees today. In FEBRUARY. This never happens.
• Feeling a lot of peace and comfort about where God has me in life. I seriously believe and know that it doesn't matter what comes at me next. God is going to take care of me.
• Feeling peace about finances and the future
• Grad Schools. EEEK.
• Other news that I'm SUPER excited about but I can't announce yet.
• Going to Salt Lake City, Utah over spring break to work with Mormans and sister wives
• Fun activities and cool stuff going on at work-so very blessed by this job
• Still mustering up the courage to get my nose pierced. Wanted to for years. Not quite there yet.

Life is beautiful. Life is good. Its a journey. Its crazy. But I love it.