jordan documents her new baby.

i really can't keep up with the blogging world anymore. i only read family and friends now. the two blogs that really got me started in the first place are marta and jordan. their's are the only ones i still check regularly.

jordan posted these beautiful pictures of the labor and birth of her new baby roman. I think this is such a beautiful idea. i love these pictures.

president's day weekend.

for the long weekend, a few friends invited us up to their cabin. I think it was in Wyoming and it was magical. I love being in the snow with snow gear. one of the mornings I got up early and sat on the porch in the total silence of the snow. these are the times I wish my family is with me. I know we appreciate the same things. I knew if my mom were there she'd bring me some hot chocolate or be reading on the sofa. and my dad would take a walk with me in the woods. I think I get my love of the landscape from him. I want my life to be like that all the time. just peace and quiet.

Lene, Dani and me. pointy head.

writing in my journal on the porch.

$1 bowl from d.i.

this milk glass candy dish I found yesterday at the D.I. for one American dollar has made me so happy. I really love it.

i love my roommates.

this weekend I took some pictures for the first time in a long time. my little Canon PowerShot A560 is kind of getting old. but what's a girl to do with but a few pennies in her bank account? I think the old point-and-shoot will do until I can pay my bills.

I'm reading this book and love it so far. doesn't Ariel look stunning in those colors?

happy friday.

looking through my pictures and saw these 6th graders at SB. I miss those lighting, those walls.

a thousand words.

3rd grade boys.

9th grade girls.

Amarnath, Devraj, and Bharat Kumar, my 4th grade boys.

Melissa, doing the laundry on our porch

the school. cycling.

lesson plans in the staff room.

wish I could post more. work on these for a moment. love you all.

clothespins.

I don't really think this many photos of clothespins is that interesting. but. here they are.

260.

roses in full bloom down my parents' driveway.

260
by Emily Dickinson

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you - Nobody - too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!

How dreary - to be - Somebody!
How public - like a Frog -
To tell one's name - the livelong June -
To an admiring Bog!

have fun.

in disneyland.

duck xing.

"happiness is the currency by which we spend our days."
- Arthur C. Brooks, Why Giving Matters

cool photos, meredith.

meredith posted some really cool photos. take a look.

19.

today is my birthday. 

taking a break.

am on hiatus from blogging for a bit. if you couldn't tell. 

studies in more ways than one have got hold of me. 

i leave you in good hands--your own. 

good morning.

i'm turning into my father. 

sunset.

sunset today, on april 2. haven't seen one like this in a while. perhaps i haven't been looking.

wisdom.

"to be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken--all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us--because he loves us.  these learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference.  instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding."

- elder neal a. maxwell, conference report, october 1982

more perspectives.

01. i walked to school and saw this. 

04. i looked behind me and wasn't surprised to see this. 

02. as i looked behind me, i couldn't believe i saw this.

03. i walked back home and saw this. 

it's about perspectives. things are looking up.

am so grateful to have a camera. thinking back to my camera-less blog almost makes me cringe. thanks for seeing me through. also, was disappointed with my numbers last month. only 34 posts. that's an average of 1.17 posts a day. shameful. i am making a goal to post more. tell you more, and prevent myself from memory sickness.

p.s.  i  have decided to let down the gates of comment-land. 

through my eyes.

to my left. wish i was out there. too cold. 

to my right. wish i was hidden there, sleeping. 

lessons from today.

isn't it funny how the light hits? weekend purchase, get it while its hot. 

i feel like a teenager again. (i guess i should be careful what i wish for.)  making mistakes, you know? figuring out who i am. feel like a foreigner in my own body + habits + choices + behavior. 

are responsibility and blame and fault the same thing? i got a 68% on my test. i'm not displeased though.  the friend i studied with got 90%. funny. i know only i am to blame. at fault. to bear responsibility. 

before interaction with someone else, ask: will it make a bad day worse? 

grateful for: 

mornings

peace

true friends: make a good day better.

camera: painting with light

green + yellow.

yellow: happy president's day. love lincoln + george. 10 am to 10 pm in the library studying for




green: first big economics test today. covering 11 chapters administered by dr. evile himself. say a prayer. light a candle. cross your fingers for me. my mind is recently occupied with giving it the old college try in other areas of my life.