ten at ten..

ten things I love for a miscellany monday..

1. hardwood floors..every house should have some.

2. french press coffee.

3. paris.. someday

4. being cozy.

5. sun flowers.
6. cute-practical outfits.
7. pesto..I need to make this sandy..yummy.
8. my people..big families are fun!!

9. my boyfriend. {I can't believe I've never put this picture on here before, he's cute!?}

10. being barefoot.. even during winter.

*that's just ten {randoms}...there's many other nouns I love heaps.

AND...I've never "linked" with another blog before!! check out other "miscellany monday's" via Carissa!!

{pictures via pinterst + my trusty iPhoto}

product push..

i am a journal-er.

i like to write things down!!

out of my plethora of journals that i have acquired & filled with words over the past few years... i have several that are my favorites.. and i want to share them with YOU!!

jill bliss.

{i just finished this one}

{and just started this one}

+ another one that doesn't have a picture anywhere...anyway, i love love LOVE everything about these journals!! and as a big-time journal-junkie.. that's huge!! i know it's weird, but i love the texture of the paper. i love the colors. i love that each one has a theme. i love that there are several different pages, including lines or pretty pictures. i like the size of them. and i love that i find them at cute little stationary/card shops all around town... and they're only $10!!

...so if you need a journal, go buy one of these, you'll fall in love too.

*ps it's raining, in late january, in michigan.

great grandma alice..

my {last}, great-grandparent went to be with Jesus yesterday.

thankfully I got to see her a few weeks ago while I was in Atlanta!!

such a gem of a woman.

she loved the Lord & talked to Him for hours & hours a day about everyone in our family + sending e-mails + checking up on everyone on facebook + reading my blog!! I hope I can be like her someday!!

she finally gets to be in the presence of our Savior, and again with her husband & her daughter!! gives me chills just thinking about it..

xx

{the song HOLY, by Matt Gilman...seemed quite fitting..}

desert soul..

Hey God, this is where I'm at {dry, desperate, broken, running, in need of rescue}:

{I LOVE YOU LORD, BUT I WANT TO LOVE YOU MORE

I NEED YOU GOD, BUT I WANT TO NEED YOU MORE

I AM LOST WITHOUT, YOUR CREATIVE SPARK IN ME

I AM DEAD INSIDE, UNLESS YOUR RESURRECTION SAVES

DESPERATE, FOR A DESPERATE HEART

ALL THAT I AM IS DRY BONES, WITHOUT YOU LORD

A DESERT SOUL.

I AM BROKEN BUT RUNNING, TOWARDS YOU GOD,

YOU MAKE ME WHOLE}

*this song has been driving me crazy the last few days because it's basically what's in my heart & head right now, in the form of a song by the rend collective.

PSALM EIGHTY-SIX

twenty-twelve

this is a lame, first blog for twenty-twelve..but i promise i will write something in here soon.

thankfully this semester is a little less crammed as last semester.

thus.. free friday's + a tiny bit more free time.. a tiny bit.

all in all life is still crazy & not slowing down.

*in other news, i got to be a part of 45,000 other people at #passion2012.. soo

n, soon, soon, i will write about it.