thank you, God.

alot has been going on here in a-town.

i am learning many new things about myself...some i like but most of it i don't like.

pretty sure that church is the only constant thing in my life right now.

i adore austin stone community church...i already see how it is affecting my life.

i am still working at jcrew. i have to keep telling myself that it is a blessing and not a burden. it is super annoying that each week there is no telling what my schedule could be for the next week.

God is teaching me: faith, discipline, budgeting, trust, persistence, obedience, and so much more.

still don't have a job.

praying for God's best in my life and learning to wait on Him alone and nothing else.

i am a work in progress.

i love my roommates. we wish we had more friends to hang out with but are falling more and more in love with austin.

all in all God has proved faithful with everything. i understand a little bit more each day how God is my everything and i am nothing without him.

fall fashions!

i am so excited about fall fashions!!

i want all of the shoes!

now i just need to save a bit a money...work in progress!

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happy friday!

take a little weekend trip!

doesn't this look blissful?

::true love::

i heart vw buses!

i think they are groovy. ha

...and they make a really cute pic.

thanks rockstar diaries.

confession...

i do still love the olsens...here is ashley's recent photo shoot.

she is so beautiful.

check out the rest of the pictures here.

don't judge.

the countdown begins!

i officially move to austin in 4 days! whoop!

i will be painting as much as i can with chalkboard paint! they now have lots of colors but i still really like the original black!

the only downside is we live on the 3rd floor...and there is no elevator, well it builds character!

they did it!

i have been waiting...!!

my next favorite movie!

look for it on oct. 16!

deer...i mean dear

can't wait to move in with kortni and elyse on saturday!!

austin here we come.

dear austin, 

we i can't wait to live in you but i am nervous...please be nice. will you also give mindy and i jobs? having an income is great...will you also help us to not get lost too much? kisses

dear new apartment,

get great ready to be painted and decorated super cute. i am ready to nest. kort, elyse, and i are going to love you. we can't wait to sit on your porch in our white rocking chairs. don't be scared.

dear ed westwick, 

you are my new love. i love your accent and your sultry look. i also think that you are relatively a good guy. you should twitter me!

dear book stores (especially hastings...movies, music, and books),

you are dangerous. you have such great deals on movies and books. please stop calling my name. i love you dearly and enjoy sitting among your many shelves of books.

dear stephenie meyer,

when are you going to come out with the second book to the host? i am dying.

dear cherries,

you are my favorite snack right now. i am so happy that you are a sweet healthy snack, those are always hard to find.

dear abc family,

you are on a role with your many cheesy shows...and i love them all. to name a couple ruby and the rockits and make it or break it.

xoxo

hello.

hi channing.

reunion

i love chillin with my nac-town peeps!

i have missed them!

peace dallas.

i agree with bob dylan's song...the times they are a changin.

i am leaving dallas to start my austin adventure.

i have a confession.

as much as i like to believe that i am a spontaneous person...i lied...i am not.

i like to do safe things.

i don't like change.

yet i know change is good and from it good things result.

deep down i am resisting.

i have become comfortable in dallas.

but i have learned that when i am uncomfortable i learn the most about myself and my role as a christian living in a broken world. 

i am resisting right now.

i sense change coming.

it is all good change. i am trying to welcome it.

i am so excited about austin but my heart already aches for the friends and good times in dallas.

i wish life wasn't full of leaving people and separation but i appreciate new friends.

after school ended i realized what was happening but it still feels like things are going to go back to what they were. 

now i am realizing that life is going on and the life i once knew is over. never to return.

confession #2.

i am scared...

that i am not suppose to be in austin.

that i am not going to get a teaching job.

that i am not good at starting over.

of friendships fading.

of life happening and me not living it.

of leaving the village...great things are happening at that church.

of being too comfortable in my spiritual walk. i need someone to challenge me.

that i am doing everything wrong.

i do know one thing.

this next stage of life has no room for complacency or any lack of discipline or obedience. 

i intend to hold myself to a higher standard.

i pray that God will challenge me and change me.

i pray for a faithful spirit.

dallas girls you will be dearly missed.

every moment i count as a blessing.

it pains me to leave y'all but it is time.

cat, crawfy, calface, tuck, stuters...i love all of you and i pray that our next reunion will be soon.

austin here i come...please be nice.

happy august

although it is still hot as hades outside...i feel that august is a part summer, part fall month.

even though it is still hot, i can already see the leaves changing.

i am ready to be able to sleep in long-sleeved t-shirts, and pj pants, and socks again.

soon enough...