What was she thinking?

Today I had a lot of time to myself. Which obviously means a lot of time to think (this could be a very bad thing). Luckily, in this case, it wasn't so bad. I woke up early and walked along the beach on the river side of Daniel Island. It was SO quiet it was almost scary. And I was by myself, which was awesome, but I had to keep a look out for sexual predators. Joking. But really.... Anyways the day went on. I lifted weights, which used to be a daily thing, but now I am so out of shape that I had to lower my levels by a large amount. Sadly. I went to the typical lunch spot with my sister- Mozzo. This place is seriously the bomb. I am now a regular, which is embarrassing but secretly the best thing ever! On a different note, I then went to chill with my grandma for the day and cleaned the house. We went through so many piles of papers I can't even explain it to you. It was overwhelming. I went to Starbucks with a friend who is one of the coolest people I know- you know who you are! That was great and also very frustrating. We were having some photo editing issues. Enough said. I then decided to go for a run. This doesn't happen very often. To switch things up, I went over to the Old Village on my way home and ran there. It was so quiet and so peaceful and such a place for me to think, once again. I went to the Pitt Street bridge after and took some photos (which you can find a couple of below).

So you may be wondering, what was I thinking about all day? Well lots of things. Like how stupid it is that I am so comfortable with my life and my faith. How I need to do something for the spread of the kingdom (God's kingdom that it). How I live in this little bubble where I am safe and free from hurt and let down. How I quench the Holy Spirit and sometimes prohibit it's power from being manifested. How I really like to paint and take photographs. How lucky I am to have my family. How fortunate I am to be able to see. Yes, see with my own two eyes. Have you ever thought about that? I can see the beautiful creation all around me and that, my friends, makes me grateful. You get the picture here, but it was just a good day. Filled with some good 'ole 'me' time and some quality 'Jesus kickin' my butt' (in the best way possible) time.

Pretty funky lookin' pigeon

(from Daniel Island)

Crafting Gone Crazy

I recently found this new website that I am absolutely in love with. It's filled with crafts and DIY projects and it's updated every day. It's PERFECT. Well at least that was what I thought until I went on today for my usual daily check in to see what crafting I could get myself into. I came across something that not only scared me when I first looked at it, but also seems to be one of the strangest things a parent would ever want to torture their child with: The Baldy Baby Hat. 

The advertisement went a little something like this- 

Your baby can go from this:

To this:

(I apologize if you have made this or considered making this for you child.) This"wig hat for parents that are tired of being asked when their baby was going to grow some hair" is really something else!

 

Sailing off into the sunset.

Lately I have been thinking a lot about happily ever after. (You know, the one where the two people in love sail off into the sunset without a care in the world?) Don't ask me why, but it's been on my mind. Okay fine, I will be honest, I know why. I just finished reading a book called A Lady In Waiting. This book opened my eyes to a whole lot of things, but specifically to seeing Jesus as my true love. Reading through every little page of this book was one of the best things I have done this summer. Embracing singleness is the greatest! One of my favorite quotes from the book was: "A woman is not born a woman. Nor does she become one when she marries a man, bears a child and does their dirty linen, not even when she joins a liberation movement. A woman becomes a woman when she becomes what God wants her to be." I also learned that sometimes we need a spiritual "eye wash" to get out all of the debris of the enemy that gets caught in our eyes. The best "eye wash" we can give ourselves is time in the Word. Sounds like a pretty legit book right? I am sure I am making myself seem like that girl who can't stand being single and needs a man pronto, but don't be mistaken! The big man upstairs may have a man prepared for me, or He may not, BUT for now- I am just a lady in waiting who likes to watch sunsets. 

Here we go again...

So guess what everyone?! I got my internet fixed at my lovely home, so now I may continue my sharing of life stories and adventures with the blogging world- YES! So I haven't been around in a while, so I guess I will give you a little update on my life thus far this summer.
School got out. Can't remember if I posted this before, but school ended well. Moving out was interesting, but thank goodness God blessed me with amazing suitemates to help me carry all of my stuff...
Then, I pretty much (actually, I definitely) went to the beach every single day in the month of May and didn't get any tanner, story of my life. But I had fun the month of may, and babysat a lottttt.
For the last week of May, I went on the most interesting, patience-requiring vacation I have ever been on. I went to Orlando with Sarah White and her family. We went swimming with the dolphins, kissed some giraffes, and got stuck at the top of a roller coaster for 30 minutes. Now that truly was an adventure!

Thennnn I went to Camp St. Christopher for this past week. I can't even explain to you how much I love camp. You eat, swim, sail, play in mud, and love on little kids for a whole week! What could be better than that?!.. I know. NOTHING.

So now I am here. Home from all the adventures so far. Hanging out with family and my cousin, Caroline, who is in town, and spending time with my grandma. Last night, Caroline, Grancie (grandma) and I rented Tangled, got in our pjs, baked some cookies, and had a grand 'ole time.

Oh, and I realized one huge thing. I LOVE MY FAMILY. These past few weeks have made me realize how lucky I am to have such an amazing family.

I can't imagine a better start to my summer- and I am so thankful to be so blessed with so many great memories already!