february already?!

1. little white lights
2. thunder storms
3. father of the bride
4. erin's surgery having gone better than we could have hoped
5. organizing things
6. mom visiting

picnik

i don't know how to work super savvy design software like photoshop or illustrator, so i've
become a pro at using things like picnik and picasa.
picnik is my favorite and if you've never used it, it's a photo-editing website where you can do all sorts of fun things to photos and additionally make fun things like collages and such.
sad news: picnik is closing on april 19 of this year.
happy news: all the premium features on this website are now free to everyone until then!
this makes putting together the marketing packets for my music/speaking 100 times easier.

hooray!

progress.

1. progress

2. buckling down
3. 'allow yourself to fail, but at least go through with it'
4. my sister erin living with me.

1.

1. sleeping in
2. working out
3. cherry chia kombucha

top 15 of 2011

top 15 of 2011 (in no particular order)

15. spending a weekend in hanover w/ erin
14. spending a weekend in DC w/ frannie
13. having kelley visit me in nashville for three weeks
12. celebrating mom and dad's 25th anniversary
11. getting to work with such an amazing team at lululemon
10. working at camp greystone all summer
9. finding the perfect little antique suitcase to sell my CDs from
8. chai w/ neelam
7. colleen o'connell's visit
6. vanessa and brett's wedding, molly and lee j's wedding, kristen and chris's wedding, nick and jane's wedding, and all the other friends' weddings i got to witness this year
(+ whit's and boo's engagements!)
5. taking my first official cross-country road trip w/ my friend carolyn!

4. baba's 80th birthday w/ all the cousins and fam on dad's side
3. annual Christmas tree hunt and Christmas eve celebration
2. post-Christmas trip to CO w/ cousins and fam on mom's side
1. releasing my first EP, playing my first full band show, and receiving my first check from itunes!
mom and dad busting a move at my ep release

thank you to everyone in my life who has supported and encouraged me
and helped make 2011 so wonderful.
so grateful for you all.

here's to a 2012 full of
love,
simplicity, and
joy.