Life is about change and growth. It is about stretching who you are now into the person you will become. It is about the pain and joy that comes from these moments. I hate these moments and I love them all a the same time. I cant wait for them to be over because it hurts and yet I savor them because I will not be the same girl at the end of it all. I hope for the growth that will make me the divine creation God intended me to be.

a word or two

-The Road Less Travelled-
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveller, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I– I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference”
Robert Frost

“I want a Sunday kind of love, A love to last, past Saturday night,I’d like to know it’s more than love at first sight,I want a Sunday kind of love.
I want a love that’s on the square,Can’t seem to find somebody to care,I’m on a lonely road that leads me nowhere,I need a Sunday kind of love.
I do my Sunday dreaming, and all my Sunday scheming, Every minute, every hour, every day, I’m hoping to discover a certain kind of lover, Who can show me the way.
My arms need someone to enfold,To keep me warm when Mondays are cold,A love for all my life to have and to hold,I want a Sunday kind of love.”
ETTA JAMES

My favorite Oprah

I love love love my roommate Bronwyn Patricia Patrick. She is hilarious. For her work Halloween party she decided she wanted to be Oprah. And an amazing Oprah she turned out to be. Before the party she was trying to channel her inner Oprah. She was walking around the house talking about how losing weight changed her life and how it could change mine. I don't think am doing the situation justice. It was glorious. I hear pictures are worth a thousand words. I posted some pictures so they could do the talking. Until next time.
xo
Blair

I am a big fan.

Oh what a life

I heard the best way to become grateful is to be grateful. So here I go. I am grateful for my family. Each and every one of them is unique and dynamic and so so special to me.

Papa/Pops/Dad/Papa-son/Paps, I love him with my whole heart. He is amazing. My dad is hard working, diligent, quiet, loving, tender, silly, charitable, faithful, and compassionate to name a few of his qualities. He is all of these things in humility. You would never hear my dad saying that he is anything more than Tom. Oh, but he is. He is a husband, father, brother, grandpa, pilot, hunter, wood chopper, patriarch, handyman, and a Christmas light fanatic. He loves me, and I love him. I know he loves me because he scrapes the snow off my car in the middle of winter so I don't have to, I know he loves me because he would take a 30 min trip into town to pick me up from gymnastics every day after he had worked all day, and I know he loves me because he let me drive his nice car while he drove the red rocket.I have learned so much from my papa. I have learned how to love and ask for nothing in return, I have learned fierce loyalty, and I have learned Charity of the purist kind. Most importantly my dad taught me the Ugly Bug Ball. I am grateful for my dad and I love him.

My mamacita as I affectionately call my mom is a pure delight. She knows me better than anyone in the whole world and I like it that way. A lot of people say there mom is their best friend, but my mom is just my mom. A mother daughter relationship is so tender and Divine by nature I would never want to label her as anything but my mom. She is the best hugger in the whole world. She engulfs you in her arms, body to body, squeezes tight and breaths deep. This is the recipe for bliss. She has an amazing gift of making you feel like you are perfect. She will tell you how gorgeous, brilliant and stinking funny you are in a way that makes you believe it. My mom is funny. Her wit will make you laugh so hard that you cry. In these situations when you are dying laughing she will start to laugh and then she will start to cry till she begins to make this high pitched sound that indicates she can't breath because she is laughing so hard. I love that laugh. I love her.

I still have 5 more people to be grateful for. To be continued................

The Pre Game

The pre game as we decided to call our Halloween festivities was amazing. Some pals of mine and I decided to carve pumpkins and have some Carmel apples the other night. Halloween is still aways away but we couldn't help our selves. We rocked it. Only 16 more days till the real deal. I can't wait!We had carmel apples....Yumm. After the apples were covered we still had some Carmel left. Obviously we couldn't just let it go to waste. We ate the rest of the carmel on popsicle sticks. It reminded me of those sugar daddy candies. Does any one remember those? They would last forever and collect lint as you ate them. Maybe that is just me....The finished product. It was the only picture we had as a group with our pumpkins. If I had had another one I don't think I would have posted this particular picture. I look like a fat kid trying to poo. Why can't I take a normal picture?

You can see the witch!

Miss M and I with our finished products. There has been some question regarding what exactly i carved into my pumpkin. FYI it's a witch.

Summer adventures.......A look back at the sun

I love fall. You know what I love more than fall though? Yep it's summer time. It was so wonderful this year too. I just thought I would post some pictures of my summer of bliss. I got to play with so many of my favorite people. I hiked and biked, kissed and fished, oh and danced my pants off. You should check out my friends Andrea and Muriel. It is pretty funny. We were stuck in a traffic jam for like 4 hours. Needless to say we got a little board and started a dance party. It is fall now and I am excited about the jackets and boots but Ill miss the summer sun.
xo
Blair

I have a job!

I have a job. Yes, yes I do. No it is not selling lemonade on the side of the road. I am a recruiter with Swift Oil and Gas. Doesn't it just sound responsible? I sure think so. I love love love it. I find people jobs for a living. How cool is that? The only draw back to the job is that I have a job. I really don't mind though. I have decided to think of it as an adventure. When I think of my job as an adventure I am able to keep breathing when I hear of the adventures my friends are going on. I know I was truly blessed when I got this position with Swift Oil and Gas. I plan on taking advantage of it.
Summer news....... I have been fishing, camping, and hiking. I had a boyfriend and then I didn't. I moved and then moved again. I made some new friends and enjoyed my old ones. I turned 25 years old. I ran a half marathon. I cried. I laughed, and laughed some more. I remembered why I have the friends I do, and that I am lucky to be a member of my family. I grew into someone who I wasn't 6 months before. Over all it has been a fabulous summer:)

xoxo
Blair