in the end

i hope everyone had a great christmas. i really enjoyed my time away from manhattan and spending time with loved ones.

i am back home {for now} and am spending my time getting things in order {well trying to}

unfortunately, i had to take my christmas tree down , it was very sad looking because it had been up since the week before thanksgiving. i guess i am not celebrating the 12 days of christmas this year... i stopped at 4.

as the year comes to a close i am fully embracing the end of 2010 and am looking forward to 2011. so many exciting things to look forward to... but first, i must find a location for my new years day hike {and find my camera}

take time

it's amazing what you can do with free time...

my holiday break officially started on saturday and i have a long list of things i would like to accomplish over break...

my list consists of art projects to complete, books to read, movies to watch, friends and family to visit, places to explore, etc.

it's nice to have time to do the things i have dreamed about for months and to visit with people without the constant nagging of unfinished tasks.

i plan to take time this break and make some amazing memories.

Love and Us

"He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time"

i am really looking forward to spending time with adam over christmas break. i miss him.

my happy place

ever since i was a little girl i have loved to take bubble baths...

it was a place i could be myself...

a place to get away from everything {and everyone}

i could be a mermaid..

or a fish..

i could close my eyes and be anywhere...and nowhere at the same time.

when i feel sick a hot bath always makes me feel better...

i can't imagine not having that place that i can escape...

the place i feel at peace..relaxed..

content...{not to mention a little cleaner}

today i am thankful for my bath tub - my happy place. one of them anyway.

can't trust monday

"every other day of the week is fine,

yeah but whenever monday comes,

You can find me cryin' all of the time"

i don't know what it is about today, but it feels like a monday.

i feel out of body.

lost in thought.

lethargic.

i slept in. {on accident}

i missed my class tonight - simply because i forgot {i hate that feeling}

despite my monday - i am one day closer to the end of the week - and the end of the semester.

i hope you all had a great monday {maybe better than mine}

page turning + creative yearning

"i bend the pages

of yet another book"

here i am surrounded by papers and books {and ironically listening to the books}

working on the last few assignments of semester two in graduate school...

i have been in a creative mode for the last few weeks and while i've been working on my {not so creative} papers i find myself doodling and sketching on the side...

i am getting excited for christmas break so i can channel some of that creativity. . .into something more than a few sketches...

i will try to share some of what i have been working on {hopefully soon}

well back to work i go. bye bye for now.

{my} friday

well it's friday {hooray} and i am one week away from being done with this semester.

i have plenty of work to do...{three writing assignments and a thesis proposal to be precise}

but right now i am cherishing today... {my} friday.

and it just so happens that i am going roller skating tonight.

how old school of me...

{happy friday friends}

when i think about winter

"I get a little warm in my heart

When I think of winter"

i love days like this.

days when i have time to relax...

to snuggle up next to my christmas tree...

with a warm blanket..a hot cup of cocoa..

and good music.

these are the winter days i love.

Crystal Marie

{images} after a night of dreaming

after a long night of odd and interesting dreams i woke up thinking about these images...

my dreams had this same feeling, somewhat disturbing...yet beautiful still...

these are photographs by artist couple Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison...

from their series entitled {the architect's brother}...

when i first saw this series i was in love...

this series represents man's stewardship of the earth...enjoy.

more here

i just want to {hide}

every semester i find myself thinking and saying the same things...

"i'm sick of school"... "i don't have motivation"..."i can't wait to have a break"...{insert negative thought here}

it seems silly that i am doing what i "love", yet i complain all the time about it...

i wish i could maintain a positive attitude at all times, but it gets hard when i am sleeping less than three hours a night...

these are supposed to be the {best times of my life} right?

sometimes i have to remind myself that what i am doing will be worth it...

and i'm sure it will be...

but right now i just want to hide.

dream a {little} dream of me

Christmas time always makes me think of {my favorite things}...and i want to share just a few of those things. {for now}

1. {Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong} together they can do no wrong...One of my very favorite CDs is Ella and Louis duets.

I could listen to this song forever...

2. {white christmas} watching this movie always brings me joy.

{even if i don't always love snow}

3. {wrapping presents} every year i look forward to wrapping christmas gifts... the smell of wrapping paper and tape makes me smile...

those are just a few of my favorite things ... can't wait to share more!

goodbye fall : hello winter

despite the sunshine today the cold wind reminds me that {winter} is on its way...

the crisp leaves on the ground will soon be covered with snow...

the birds will have completed their journey south...

and the silence of winter will be upon us...

all the while

i will be waiting for spring to return...

for green grass...

and chirping birds...

in the meantime...

i will enjoy the beautiful changes that winter brings to the world around me

conversations with {coffee}

Today as I thought of all the work I have ahead of me in the weeks to come I looked at my warm frothy latte and felt as though I could do anything.

{perhaps I can}