okay, so the topic for today was supposed to be:
Your Favorite Bloggers.
personally, i think that topic is a little boring and lacks creativity. if you'd really like to know my favorite bloggers, just go to my profile and see the list of blogs i'm following. some are close friends; others are sweet ladies i've found on here.
so instead of talking about bloggers, here's what's been going on in my head/life recently :)
-i got to have a great time with ethan on his weekend off. we got vanilla chai's from alta's, saw the rite, had dinner at buca di beppo with his dad and sister, and he took me on a date this afternoon :) which included going to california pizza kitchen and playing mini golf! on the 18th hole, i got a hole-in-one and in turn, received a card to get a free game next time :) besides all that, we spent hours talking about God and our future. it was a really wonderful 2 days and i am not ready to go back to reality tomorrow morning.
-i bought the cutest pants this weekend!
the girls at the store were really trying to sell me on them. they're "army-inspired" i guess, and i was reluctant to buy them because i wasn't sure i could pull them off. but now i'm so glad that i did! they are ridiculously comfortable and surprisingly cute on! :)
i put them in the wash today as soon as i took them off :) i'm already anxious to wear them again!
-southern california has really begun (began?) to wear on my nerves. the endless billboards and shopping malls and nice cars...
in moving down 7 months ago, i never noticed the endless march of consumerism and materialism and superficiality that exists down here. but the longer i am here, the more i realize the negative impact it's had on me and to be honest, it feels a little bit like it's sucking out my soul.
i do know that God brought me down here and even if i don't know all the reasons, i do know some. the things He has taught me during this time have been things i'm not sure i could've learned anywhere else. those things i am absolutely thankful for and i know every moment down here has had meaning to it.
despite all that, i did predict on being here for about a year and that year is coming up pretty quick. i pray my prediction was correct. i am anxious to move somewhere a little more slow-paced. i'm anxious to be someplace where there isn't traffic from 7 in the morning to 10 o' clock at night. i am anxious to move someplace where there's not a gargantuan shopping mall in every town, billboards every 20 feet and power lines through every place that could possibly be pretty.
the people are nice. i will give them that much. but i'm ready for change. for something a little less dictated by superficiality, a little more down-to-earth and a lot more beautiful.
-i accomplished all the artsy-fartsy stuff i talked about in one of my previous posts!
i made my 2 necklaces, which i have worn every day since, and 2 salvation bracelets.
(black represents sin, red represents Christ's blood, white represents our purity in Him, green for life and growth in Christ, and heaven for eternal life after. it's how i got saved! cool, huh :) these bracelets mean a lot to me.)
anyways, i never make things, so i'm pretty proud of my creations. :)
-my friend, ellen, shared this cover song with me on facebook.
while i love the original, i have to say that the cover beats it. the arrangement and vocals are pretty phenomenal.
-it's past my bedtime and i'm exhausted :) thanks for reading my ramblings. hope you enjoyed and i'll see you guys sometime tomorrow ;)
xoxo.
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