needing some peace and calmness in my life. and this little reminder:

(images via: mary ruffle, under a paper moon)

(via: luella)

its been a lovely friday here in athens. got to sleep in, got lots of cleaning around the house done, had an ad drug bacon cheeseburger and coke for lunch, a wonderful walk with a good friend and now i've been relaxing getting little things accomplished. not to mention, norah jones, john mayer and james taylor have been here to accompany me through all of it. don't you just love days like this? oh and my family is going to be here in about an hour! can't wait to see them and hang out. here are my lovely thoughts to go along with my lovely day...

(images via: just be splendid, mary ruffle, luxe and lillies, plum nellie)

(images via: lillies and sparrows, my cup of tea)

sometimes you just need to shut the world out for a minute.

"a wife of noble character who can

find?

She is worth far more than rubies,

Her husband has full confidence in

her

and lacks nothing of value.

She bring him good, not harm,

all the days of her life."

-Proverbs 31:10-12

we're studying the sermon on the mount in my biblestudy and it's been great so far, but tonight we talked about marriage. in a group of girls of course this is a popular topic, especially since one of our good friends is recently engaged. but tonight was a very eye opening experience for me and i left feeling joyful and having a more fufilled, or close to being more fufilled understanding of some things. and this verse meant a lot to me tonight so i thought i'd share.

are you kidding me? its way to awesome outside to have to study for my test tomorrow. sooo here are some happy tuesday thoughts! hope its been a great one!

"critically reading" this commercial for one of my education classes is just not going my way right now. instead i'm thinking about blogging, and about how precious emily from the bachelor is. i know i'm cheesy but watching her and her sweet little girl in their beautiful home in charlotte made me so excited to be a mom! i know i've got a long ways to go, but i can still dream of kitchens, and living rooms and little girls running around in tutu's.

(images via: love of gold, my cup of tea, luella)

don't you just want to be their friend right now?

or his girlfriend?

or her mom?

jcrew i love you, and your happy ads.

(images via: jcrewing)

i'm trying to figure out my summer plans, and so far its been a whirlwind of stressfulness. i think this is may be because i'm so focused on what i want. more than anything my heart wants to be back at camp on the crystal coast, with wonderful children and wonderful people and the beautiful neuse river. i'm starting to realize that this really may not be able to happen, and i'm really trying my best to take it with the right attitude, but right now i'm having a hard time. maybe for some unseen reason i'm not supposed to be at camp this summer, and while i can't think of why i need to let go. well, i'm still going to fight to see what i can do, and actually pray about it with an open heart (which i've found is much harder said than done). if i let God in and see what he has to say about it i know things will go the right way. and if seafarer doesn't work out i'm going take it as a blessing in disguise and see what other plans God has waiting for me this summer.

goodmorning sunday. just got back from a wonderful sermon at church and i'm not wanting to turn my joy the Lord into joy for studying. so i came to my blog instead. but i'll productive today i promise.

i'm feeling very peaceful right now.

and tonight i'm going to yoga, and only dream of one day being able to do a pose like this (i'm still working on my tripod)

(images via: bippity boppity boo, my cup of tea)

(images via: bippity boppity boo, under a paper moon, abundant palette)

my kind of party!

what a gorgeous 71 degree saturday in athens! i never would've guessed i could be laying out in february, but i'm definitely lovin it. on this beautiful day, i have 3 wishes:

1. that i could lay out in a place like this, instead of the roof

2. that our refrigerator door looked more like this

and 3. that i could eat something like this for lunch!

(images via: luella, bippity boppity boo)

speaking of spring. i want this dress! from tibi's 2011 collection.

happy gorgeous thursday from athens! i'm craving spring like crazy, it is so wonderful outside. i have "winter wipeout" datenight tonight, perfect for today and this awesome weather. all i have to say is...

(images via: jcrewing, just be splendid, mary ruffle, paper planes and cranes)

umm hello heaven.

i need one of these right now. (image via: little things)

if you missed this grammys this way by far one of my favorite performances. what an awesome tribute to aretha franklin!

i also loved cee lo green and gwyneth paltrow's "forget you" performance, it was a little out there but i love gwyneth and she sounded great and looked hot.

i was also so excited for lady antebellum! record of the year and song of the year for "need you now" i think they are all amazing. love love love that country music did so well this year.

a few other favorites: nicole kidman singing along to teenage dream, she is wonderful and precious and great. will and jada smith's reaction to jaden performing with justin beiber, usher dancing, and loved eminem and rihanna's "love the way you lie." i love the grammys so much, now looking forward to the oscars!

some sweet outlooks on love from children:

"when someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. you just know that your name is safe in their mouth." -billy, age 4

"love is what is in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." -bobby, age 7

"if you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." -nikka, age 6

"love is when mommy sees daddy on the toliet and she doesn't think it's gross." -mark, age 6

"you really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it, but if you mean it, you should say it a lot. people forget." -jessica, age 8

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valentines has always been one of my favorite holidays. i think a lot of it comes from the fact that my mom takes all holidays pretty seriously. missy and i always made our cards, we have a huge box of valentines day goodies to create anything to our hearts desire. i have images of dad coming through the door with a dozen roses for mom and half a dozen for both missy and i. and then lighting the candles on our heart shaped german chocolate cake and opening cards and little goodies. i promise i don't love this day just because i have a boyfriend. but that does make it all the better.

happy valentines day everyone!

i love you.

(images via: where the sidewalk begins, paper planes and cranes, patterson maker)

happy friday finally! headed to chapel hill/raleigh after music class. hope i survive the car ride. it's missy's senior queen of hearts, i'm excited to go help her get ready and see all her friends in the their pretty dresses, they make me feel old.

(images via: cupcakes and cashmere, jut be splendid, where the sidewalk begins, my cup o tea)