David Bazan

im so excited to see this guy. Im going to his show in Seattle in July.

New Development

I got a new job. Working with kids. I started yesterday. Im excited to be doing something worthwhile. Kids teach me so much, I like them.

Whole new life.

Sunday Favourite Things

family.

...i like his too.

remembering to pray

dear god, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far, far, away from here.

David Bazan - Strange Negotiations

inspired

Sunday Favourite Things

It was supposed to be sunny this Sunday. I was supposed to go to the beach, and work on my tan. I was going to read, I was going to be warm. But it was cloudy, a little rainy, and miserable outside.

Despite the weather I made the best out of a bad situation. I didn't let it get me down. I made a Fritatta for brunch, browsed at Chapters, down to Main Street for a coffee date, stumbled upon a "veg" street market. A lovely day.

Heres to making the best of it.

I've gotten in the bad habit of forgetting to lock the bathroom door at work. It's going to catch up with me soon I'm sure...

Im super frustrated, I wish this whole process was over with, so I could be done with it.

Lord Byron

loves.

People need someone who will stand for them when they feel like giving up, who will sing their song when they forget who they are, who will be present to their wounds without judging them and who will cherish their story and believe that they are image-bearers of God too.

Sunday Favourite Things : realizations

Isn't it interesting when you change one thing about your life, everything else in your life seems to follow. I woke up and realized that I deserved better, and that decision flows through every other relationship, and decision I now make. I deserve the best, because I try my best, and now I won't allow anything but the best. You know?

psstt..i wanna go to the beach this weekend.

apparently. sometimes

Trip

Whoa! Im blessed, Im learning layer by layer. I know a boy who listens to my thoughts and cares about my cares. Who challenges me, and argues with me and makes me see the light. Who doesn't have all the answers but who knows wrong from right. Who makes me feel safe, 'cause his beliefs are so solid. Who allows me to cry as I have a tendency to be stolid.

Book Club

I just finished reading The Giver, by Lois Lowry. I have read it a couple dozen times, and each time I read it, I fall in love all over again.

heres the wiki link if you are interested (click here!!). The Giver is intended for a young audience, this makes it a great summer read.

http://thisiswhatthepastlookslike.tumblr.com/

summer...

baby...

I am...

Making peace with my past so it won't destroy my present. (Paulo Coelho)

money

It's been hard. These days. Adjusting. Learning. Doing. Changing bills into my name, being broke ass. Having no idea how to function and organize my financial life. You dont realize how oblivious you are to something until you are faced with it, and holy crap am I faced with it. However, God is good. He shows himself in many ways, and yesterday he showed himself in a paycheck, from last month, forgotten under a stack of mail. Boo yah!

2011 J. Crew. So good.

It's my dad's birthday

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown

There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. ~John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994

Sunday Favourite Things

finally.

Hero of the Day: Oscar Wilde

“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.”

For reasons known and unknown, I have onset adult acne and was needing a good old fashion exfoliation. In my old life, where money didn't matter, I would have gone to shoppers, perused the miriade of exfoliants available and would have walked out with an overpriced bottle in hand. New Lara (!!) had to be creative. So this morning, I grabbed the sugar jar, wet my face, and gave my face a good sugar scrub. It was phenomenal. Truly, the perfect amount of scrub, and it tasted delicious.

i want to go explore

first day of june

I dont know if its the sun, or a weight that has been lifted off my shoulders, or what, but I've been feeling happy these days. Joyful almost. Like I can sense really good things just around the corner. As if I know my world is about to get brighter. It's a lovely feeling, this...joy. It hasn't been around much as of late. Joy is an old friend, and I'm glad to be reacquainted.