She's Sun and Rain

I can't seem to find my camera cord that uploads pictures to the computer. Once I can find it, I promise LOTS of pics to come your way!

I doubt my blog has ever made blogspot's "Blogs of Note". Or that anyone hitting the 'next blog' button has ever spent more than two seconds reading my ramblings. That's just what they are...ramblings. I usually have random topics or thoughts or things that make my heart jump or something that bothered me or pictures from a recent event. Tonight I went to see Julie and Julia with Shelly. It was a great movie written about a blog that was started by Julie Powell learning to cook Julia Child's recipes. She would go to her mundane job every day and come home and cook because she enjoyed it. She turned something she loved into a life. Eventually the blog became a book which then became a movie that I'd go watch on a Sunday night in September with Shelly. Now... I have spent (as most people do at times I'm sure) a significant amount of time and energy lately trying to figure out what it is I should do with this life God has given me. When I was very lit...

Joe Fox : You know, sometimes I wonder... Kathleen Kelly : What? Joe Fox : Well... if I hadn't been Fox Books and you hadn't been The Shop Around the Corner, and you and I had just, well... met... Kathleen Kelly : I know. Joe Fox : Yeah. I would have asked for your number, and I wouldn't have been able to wait twenty-four hours before calling you and saying, "Hey, how about... oh, how about some coffee or, you know, drinks or dinner or a movie... for as long as we both shall live?" Kathleen Kelly : Joe... Joe Fox : And you and I would have never been at war. And the only thing we'd fight about would be which video to rent on a Saturday night. Kathleen Kelly : Well, who fights about that? Joe Fox : Well, some people. Not us. Kathleen Kelly : We would never. Joe Fox : If only.

2009 Coastal Living Idea Home - CoastalLiving.com Shared via AddThis Among my most recent list of things to do, this is now officially on it and happening. I'm not sure when or with whom, but I'm going. Anyone want to go with me let me know :) This is like my favorite town ever and my favorite magazine ever, combined. It's like a dream come true!

The past week or two I have been doing alot of thinking, imagine that. My life is about to drastically change in many ways. Already this year I have gone from single to engaged, from employed to unemployed, from knowing I live in Charlotte to knowing I won't be, and soon...I will be a wife of a new husband living in a new state, Georgia, at a new church, in a new house, with a new (hopefully wonderful fun loving happy people) job. So, needless to say there is alot to think about. Since being engaged I have thought frequently about being a good, godly, loving, kind, patient, unselfish... wife. Haha wow what a list of adjectives. I feel like I have so much to learn and it's scary going into it. My cooking is okay, definitely not anything to write home about. I'm incredibly selfish most of the time and it's a huge challenge for me to constantly remind myself that I am not the only one getting married! My plusses are that I can clean and organize like a champ. Haha. Humblin...

There are few things in life that give me a natural high. Among that list: The feeling going over the bridge to get to the beach...any beach, like Sunset Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Oak Island, Holden. That feeling gives me a rush. And don't even think of going over it without the windows down. The wind through my hair and the smell of exhaust from a boat on the open water. Any water. Live music. Any good music. Loud music in the car on a road trip with the windows down. Inspiring this post today - the most recent song from Keith Urban called "Only You Can Love Me This Way" and Lady Antebellum's blog. I love their blog. Every Wednesday they do a webisode and it makes me smile. I listen to their CD on my ipod all the time. www.ladyantebellum.blogspot.com The Ipod. Thank you Sam. Hiking to a Waterfall. This is among the natural high list. There's something about turning a corner and seeing a waterfall. Or a view from a mountaintop, yes. Praise the Lord. Good deep mea...

Yep. What? That is how I am feeling. What a couple of weeks it has been. So much family stuff going on I have felt like I was drowning in it sordof. Going to try to crawl my way out this weekend. I've decided to not over-do myself and try to train for this 1/2 in October. I'm going to keep on working out but maybe do something a little later. Too much ambition and things going on right now for me to make all that happen. There's been a hint of fall in the air the past couple of days and it reminds me of hiking and waterfalls and football and jeans. The first Wolfpack game is tomorrow night, oh how I miss those games! Life has changed so much! I gotta tell ya, I'm missin me some Raleigh right now. Tonight we had our fall kickoff of The Pursuit. Pure amazingness. We had 160ish kids and the energy in the auditorium was awesome. LOVED it! Looking forward to this season of hometeams and The Pursuit. Looking forward to new journeys too...lots coming up, lots changing, lots ha...