Nonsense.

I'm sitting here in the middle of the driveway in the evening twilight.

Brushing away pesky mosquitoes

The sky is a deepening, mottled mixture of powder pink and blue

The eerie glow of a lamp illuminates the maple tree in the front yard.

The breeze rattles leaves and whips my hair from my face.

I can hear the distant hum of the AC unit over the sound of my iPod

I glimpse the last of the sunset through the forest across the lane and observe the glow of a TV in my neighbor’s window
a bird flies by and then crashes through a tree, emerging on the opposite side.

A first few fireflies shine their light, and then disappear.

The trees are dancing in the wind.
and here I am, in the midst of it all, writing away in my notebook.

What I would love to do someday is go to a cliff somewhere that overlooks the ocean. A cliff that is low enough that when the waves crash against its side, the spray soars to the peak. But not too low. Here I would build a great swing. Then I would sit and swing, watching the magnificent sea and listening to it as it thunders and roars.

But such is just a fancy. A creation of whim. It will probably never exist.So I'll just sit here, and continue my writing.

I have a dream....

lately, i've been thinking about bucket lists. What is a bucket list? It's a list of things you wish to do before you die. I have decided to create one :) There are different reasons to write a bucket list. They help to keep you from burying yourself in the flurry of life and to keep your eye on more important matters. It also sets a goal for yourself. If you don't have a goal, chances are you're not going to get there.

I mean, obviously, because if you don't have a goal then that goal doesn't  exist and you can't even BEGIN to head towards something that doesn't exist because you don't even know that it exists so how can you possibly ever get there if it isn't there in the first place.

whew.

this whole thing reminds me of the movie Tangled when they're all singing about their dreams. Love that movie.

Anyway. Back to my bucket list.

some things that i would like to do, but probably will never do (but NOTHING is impossible)
-Travel to every country in the world (not all at once of course...)
- see all the wonders of the world
-run a marathon
-go skydiving/ bungee jumping

-fly a hot air balloon

of course there are a bunch of others but i don't really have time to write them all out and i highly doubt that you would enjoy reading a list of things i would like to do but probably never will.

here's a list of things that are more likely to happen.
-run an 8k- i actually am thinking about running one this august for the ECSC...fun :)
-travel to at least 1 country. i mean, i'd rather go to two countries...or multiple countries. but one would be better than none. or perhaps not.
- learn a third language. i'm thinking about learning German in college.
-learn how to longboard/surf. It's so. much. fun.

- climb a mountain. i love mountains. i think, if i had the choice, i'd rather go to Tennessee than Hawaii.

the list goes on and on.

well, i shan't bore you any longer. These are some of my ideas. Hope i get around to completing them someday :)

Strawberries in the Sun

Today's adventure: Strawberry Picking. Yup, it's that time of year again.

This morning, mom decided spur of the moment to go strawberry picking. So we piled everyone in the Big Blue Van and drove off to Brookdale Farm. Let's just say that, with two two year olds, it's easier said than done. But it was fun and we had a great time.

:)

Yum :)

perfect..... ;)

So, all in all, it was pretty great. :)