imagines greatest hits

this is a HUGE post!!! sorry to lay all of this on you at once. i didn't start at the beginning b/c frankly it doesn't need to. this blog has come a LONG way, i've come a LONG way. here's my best of, without links b/c if you want to see it you'll search it out. i'm closing down a TON of old posts soon...not that you need to hurry over there or anything...no seriously don't bother, the new stuff is MUCH better. here it goes!!

Saint Theresa' s Prayer
May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content knowing you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.

"You're supposed to be doin' an article on me, man. Fuck reality!" -Janis

my sweet grandma turned 90. i just LOVE HER TO PIECES!!!

• Ok, so my blog was never really invite only...I just stopped blogging. I needed some privacy, still do probably so I'll just be careful about what's posted b/c guess what...
• i watched a bunch of movies. yep. uh huh.Sunday I ran 14 miles. Yep. I did it.My buddy & I got were running by 6:45 Sunday morning.

He ran 17 miles, I ran 14. That's the most I've ever run. I'm pretty sure I messed up my knee. I'm pissed about it. I'm going to have to have it looked at. I could have totally kicked more ass during the run if it hadn't been for my damn knee. Now it's hard to straighten it.

fun trip with a fun man!

my cute little place was brand new & totally me:)

• You know when you're almost through something but not yet & you keep saying just alittle while longer, it's almost over, but it's not yet & it's been AT LEAST 2 months of saying that b/c this THING was predicted to be over in May & it's still continuing & driving me out of my fucking mind. {divorce is crazy & sad}

i scrap-booked sometimes.

i did yoga a bunch too...

my favoriteeee meal

Found out how many people are willing to take me in when I need it.
Discovered how much I love electricty.
Also discovered how much I take traffic lights for granted.
Missed girls night.
Gotten way behind on my emails, even to some of my favorite people.
Fallen into a funk about my life being upside down right now.
Grown apathetic towards work.
Found it hard to pull myself out of bed.
Missed running so much.
Had a great dinner & wine with some of my favorite people.
Missed a special someone that is still out of town.
Snuggled my Sugar more than normal because she's scared.
Loved putting together new outfits with my old clothes.
Put off moving forward in my career b/c I'm scared of failing.
Been really excited about fall & winter.
Dreamt of beautiful boots.
Had an incredible urge to make my place exactly how I want it, even if it means I have to bust out the credit card.
Desperately needed to make a monthly budget to stick to.
Realized that I'm an adult & that I'm responsible for myself.
Figured out that I need to learn how to ask people for help when I need it.
Decided I'm ready to get back to my Life List, that needs more care & nurturing.
Been ready to bust out the paints & canvases.
Been excited about painting/ refinishing some furniture.
Thought about the future & what exactly I want out of it.
Thought seriously about moving out of Houston.
Dreamed of Greece...

acl!!!
roundtop!!!


...So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly. -elizabeth gilbert

i ran 9 miles w/out socks...b/c i forgot my socks but wasn't going to let myself off the hook...

i scrapbooked my other pretty grandma & lost her beautiful self in 2009.

“Only the young and stupid are confident about sex and romance. Do you think any of us know what we’re doing? Do you think there’s any way humans can love each other without complication? You should see how it happens in Bali, darling. All these Western men come here after they’ve made a mass of their lives back home, and they decide they’ve had it with Western women, and they go marry some tiny, sweet, obedient little Balinese teenage girl. I know what they’re thinking. They think this pretty little girl will make them happy, make their lives easy. But whenever I see it happen, I always want to say the same thing. Good luck. Because you still have a woman in front of you, my friend. And you are still a man. It’s still two human beings trying to get along, so it’s going to become complicated. And love is complicated. But still humans must try to love each other, darling. We must get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”

- Eat. Pray. Love. by Elizabeth Gilbert

Love & feelings aren't something to be analyzed. They are to be felt. Feelings can't be controlled.
Sometimes a person has let to let go & relax & enjoy where you are right as this moment. -here


i ran a f*cking marathon!!!

i opened my adorable shop.

i reopened this little blog for readers again...

Possibility- Pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; [F. possibilit['e], L. possibilitas.] 1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing. "All possibility of error." --Hooker. "Latent possibilities of excellence." --Johnson. 2. That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate. --South. Burrill.

i made us.


Mister Man & I have been dating for 9 months, wait 10? Anyway, he is so special to me & I am so thankful that I met him. I'm so thankful that he is so sweet & caring to me. He is just so cool. I really respect him as a person. He's important to me.

Superhero Journal had a sweet post about Love. This is the quote I like...
Wherever you are in love, I want to be that whisper, that antidote to the Am I doing it right? Did I blow it? Will it ever happen for me? and say, Where you are is good. Start here. It's imperfect and it always will be. It will be fierce and ordinary and torn and mended again. We will circle back and start once more. The goal is not some happily ever after, but a happily ever now.




1 of my favorite rooms ever.

another trip to roundtop!!!

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”- Eleanor Roosevelt






i WILL build this someday.

grey gardens obsession.

silly me at 10ish, wearing a skirt to play soccer.

• a cute post about my veryyyy favorite blogs...some i don't read anymore, some i'm obsessed with:)
  

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.”
- J.K. Rowling

the circus!!!
no more diet coke, but massive amounts of iced tea:)

i met THIS lady!
i wrote & dreamed about fall fashion.

i dreamed about pancakes, still do actually.

i love hippies.

i will take many more adventures this year!

& i showed you my new studio, living with the mister. so in all of that i moved out of my house i had with my ex husband, into my own adorable TINY apartment & now into a cute little place with the mister.

it's been super fun & i've loved every moment of getting to know each of you! i don't think i can tell you enough how much i value knowing each of you & without this little blog that wouldn't have been possible. life is funny & amazing.

xxxx