I just did a super quick post on my Australia/YWAM trip blog, with quick, brief details about everything. I'm working on posts that will allow for more detail and background, but I wanted to get something up for everyone to read! 

I seriously am having a hard time believing that all this is really happening/going to happen. There's still so much to do, and I know that I will have to really trust God, as well as family and friends, to provide. 

This is all such a huge answer to prayers that I didn't even feel were coherent... and I am so grateful for all the friends and family that I have prayed with me, supported me... and have just been there for me over the past year or so...

Travel by Map 

(in part inspired by Death Cab for Cutie's "Transatlanticism" and also, the Muppet Movie)

I love my Sundays... I usually wake up to a quiet house and after a slow start, get some things done around the house, grocery shop, cook... and then hang out with the Apex high school students in the evening...

Lately I've been listening to deep, rich, and colorful sounding albums. Music that is fitting to these last weeks of a dreary, long winter... with a hint of a wonderful, lush spring....

 Bootstraps/Bootstraps

Anyone else watch the show Parenthood? I'm obsessed... I knew I'd love the show when in the first 5 minutes of the pilot episode they featured the Avett Brothers. 

Musically, the show has yet to disappoint. The only time I ever really pull out the Shazaam app on my phone is when watching the show....

All that to say, that is how I discovered Bootstraps. A touch James Vincent McMorrow and Ray Lamontagne...

 Sea Wolf/Old World Romance

I forget when and where I first came across Sea Wolf... probably trolling the internet for music at work. (its my job!) I've thoroughly enjoyed this album... perfect for driving on the highway on my morning commute...

The Lighthouse and the Whaler/This Is an Adventure

Dreamy, upbeat, fun...

I've seen a lot of pretty things in black and white with a geometric cross pattern lately... and a while back I came across this pretty dress that Savannah of Maiedae posted and fell in love...

I realized I had a similar black dress in my giveaway pile... and I had actually carved a rubber stamp in the cross pattern back at Christmas for some of the scarves I made... so... this is what happened....

So long, farewell... its time to say goodbye... 

....to my hair.

I haven't had it this short in about 10 years (back when was a young thing in college!) Its so wonderful... it takes two seconds to wash and dry, and I was just so ready to have it gone.

I'm still in the process of coloring it to the right color, but I'm giving it a bit of a breather...

In case you're wondering, I chopped it off myself, because I'm always impulsive with my hair, and I generally use it to channel my emotions... 

The year is fresh, big things are going to happen. And it was time for the hair to go.

(yummy homemade iced coffee in a recycled Starbucks cup, because its better with a straw...)

1. 1.Read 5 C.S. Lewis books I've never read before
2. Travel out of the Country
3. Create things (art, crafts, sew)
4. Pay off my car
5. Run a 5k
6. Print Instagram photos
7. Get a manicure
8. Get a makeover at Sephora 
9. Eat at new/different places: olive, coco's bistro, butter, flying pizza etc 
10. Make some new, single, female friends. 
11. Drink wine
12. Host small dinner parties, cook good food
13. Create/make more things. Headbands. Paintings. Artwork. Jewelry
14. Simplify and organize
15. Do small, encouraging things for the people in my life that I love, ie: family, roommates, youth group girls, friends, quad ladies
16. Read books on my Kindle
17. Learn how to use my Canon film camera
18. DIY Galaxy print stuff(leggings, top, dress, shoes, pillows)
19. Create some *favorite* fall back outfits for each season, with favorite pieces
20. Launch new blog: features, networking- photos, outfits, styling. Also my travel blog (Travel by Map)
21.  Apply and be accepted to YWAM Brisbane, fall 2013 Beach 2 Bush photography program. 
22.  Fight for myself. Be bold. Stick up for me and to not be afraid or timid to ask for/work for what I WANT.
23. Allow people to help me/ask for help.
24. Lose weight/be healthy
25. stay consistent with eating healthy and cooking at home/packing lunches for work
26. Learn to crochet
27. Start taking my camera out with me again and taking photos
28. Wear more jewelry. Accessorize more.
29. Watch Doctor Who