Tales from the Serengeti

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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I WANT her I WANT HER I WANT HER I WANT HER! Please! I promise Ill be good. You wont have to send me to time-out once, Ill do the dishes and make my bed EVERYDAY. Please can I have this little girl?

During my "Bolt around England 08" life adventure I fell hard for James Morrison's music. After listening to all of his songs on repeat for the past 2 years they are yet to fall old to my ears. During my time abroad I had just finished college and was daunted/excited by the unknowns.

What? This world is my oyster?

I remember resting on a bench in Euston Station observing people pass me by kinda like in slow motion. (I dramatize my life and live in slow mo sometimes. If not that, its a musical or Brigitte Jones Diary, or some weird combo of the three.) As I watched I was overwhelmed with confusion and inspiration.

Confused with where/who/how/what I wanted to be but completely motivated to go find out! During this time I listened to James Morrison's Undiscovered and was moved by this lyric.

"Im not lost, just undiscovered"

So the question to myself would be

Am I now discovered?

Am I who I want to be?

I saw this photo and had to do a self check. Am I who I want to be in my career, in all of my relationships, in my health, and most importantly in my faith?

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Fireplaces

Fire ::: slippers ::: tea ::: a book ::: Norah Jones :::

sounds just about right. Im longing to snuggle up next to a fireplace and get lost in my imagination, lost in past memories and and future plans. A quiet moment without stress of things I should be doing. I need a soothing night of solitude.

Since I don't have a fireplace of my own, Im admiring these instead.

Which is your favorite?

A Dallas Weekend

Welcome to my life. I have two actually. One in Austin, the other in Dallas. Monday through Friday I am devoted to 12 year olds in Austin and on the weekends I am devoted to...planning my best friends wedding..well among other things. :)

I headed to Dallas last weekend to watch a disappointing Aggie Bowl Game against LSU. Honestly the Ags had no chance at stealing that bowl title because

A. They were doing so well at the beginning so of course they eff it up. They cant ever just play well the entire game AND

B. The SEC is just so GOOD.

We had a good time nonetheless and bolted around McKinney afterward like we owned the place.

I head to Dallas again this weekend to visit my second life for the extended holiday weekend.

iexcite.

MLK you rock (and thanks for the day off)

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Hung the Moon

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I saw Drew and Ellie Holcomb play with Dave Barnes in Austin last month. She completely captured me as she sang. I was struck by the way she looks at her husband and haven't been able to get this duo off my mind. "Hung the Moon" has been on repeat ever since. Its sweet, simple and real.

Click below to listen

Hung the Moon

Monday, January 3, 2011

Friends+Beach= New Year

This year was my favorite New Years Eve of all.

Pearl and I ventured to Galveston for a Girls Weekend.

I so desperately needed time with some of my bible study ladies.

We were total girls this weekend. No boys or rules allowed. We were in our matching pajamas at 5:30pm, we played the new x-box dance game, had a delicious meal, played beer pong with costumes, chants and game faces, ate junk food, tried to watch aladdin and were asleep by 11:30. Thats what I call an EXCELLENT New Years Eve. The next day was spent exploring the charming town of Galveston and of course a photo shoot at the beach. yes. we had to do the jumping picture.