525,600 Minutes

How do you measure a year?

In daylights

In sunsets

In midnights

In cups of coffee

In inches

In miles

In laughter

In strife

In 525,600 minutes

How do you meaure a year in the life?

Measure in love.

Seasons of love.

-From the musical Rent-



Awakenings

All these voices, they whisper through my walls

They talk of falling fast, they say I'm losing it all

They say I'm running blind to love of my own

But I'll be walking proud, I'm saving what I still own...

I came to you with a half open heart

Dreams upon my back

Illusions of a brand new start

Nashville

~Indigo Girls~

Paper Heart

Looking out across suburban yards

To the construct of our days through the thinning of the trees

How come I only build a house of cards?

That gets blown to pieces by the fall's first fickle breeze

~Indigo Girls~



10K

Training for the Philly Half Marathon has offically begun!

Lucky Me

Nothing like finding the perfect pair of jeans.

How Sweet It Is

Finally getting to the grocery store since before the hurricane

3 day weekend on the horizon

No more 12 hour days

2 bags of Stacy's Cinnamon Sugar pita chips

Life is good.

Crossing the line...

Summer Stage

Crunching Numbers

Another 12 hour day under my belt.

Brand New Day

Irene

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.
-Neil Young-

The Barclays

QT with Dad

Somewhere With You

Big Sky

She needs wide open spaces

Room to make her big mistakes

She needs new faces

She knows the high stakes

~Dixie Chicks~

A New Chapter

"The rest is still unwritten."

Sing With Me

"Sing with me, sing for the year
sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away"

Aerosmith

Beach Walk

Avon by the Sea with my Aunt Lisa

LOVE

My first crème brûlée. I had no idea what I was missing!

Thanks to my <3 for a nice dinner.

One Day Premiere

"They spoke very little of their mutual feelings: pretty phrases and warm attentions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends."

Thomas Hardy

Chasing Pavements

Snip, snip

Table for 3

Dinner party with my best girls!

Capture Each Moment

This sums up this Sunday...

Summer Wind

I had the most peaceful 30 minutes this afternoon when I was laying by the pool, just on the edge of sleep.

Hey Girl...

"I like to read - she likes to write,
She likes to sleep - and I like to stay up all night,
My friends say I'm crazy and I agree,
But that's okay cause that the way she likes to be"
- OAR-

Shadowboxer

Oh, you creep up like the clouds/And you set my soul at ease
Then you let your love abound/And you bring me to my knees
-Fiona Apple-

Rapunzel

You drive me crazy
Crazy is alright
With you looking at me
You make me feel high
Every single thing you do to me
Is like I'm drunk
I do my best for you

I do

~DMB~

Sun Shower

I had a nice night catching up with a great friend and even enjoyed the little sun shower when we left the restaurant.

Family Time

Nice night with family and the latest addition.

Anticipation

What Matters

I remember when I was little I would wonder why adults got mad at stupid little things, like dirt on your clothes or a messy bedroom. I get it now - you need to take care of your things. I also get that those little things weren't necessarily the thing they were actually mad about. We all have days where things build and build and one little mishap can push us over the edge. But at the same time, I think my little child brain had a point. In the whole of life, what do those little things mean? Will you look back five years from now and think "Gee, I wish I didn't get spaghetti sauce on that white top!" or "I can't believe I had to sit in all that traffic that one day." I highly doubt it. You will forget about it. So why dwell on it now? Think about the things that WILL matter five years from now. Think about the people who will matter. Think like this little kid, riding her bike, worried about nothing but smiling and steering in the right direction.

Good Fortune

"Where can we live but days?"

You buy it in the grocery store on impulse.
It sits on your bookshelf for months.
You see it in a train station.
You see it on Facebook.
You pick it up.
You put it down.
Things change.
Bonds are formed.
You hear those words again.
ONE DAY.
Finally it hits you.
It's just a small sentence.
But it means so much.
One day...

My New Favorite Place

House Warming

I open my hands up to see what I've got
My days slip like coins into a slot they are gone
And the shadows lie long

I've been banking on a broken machine, left unattended like most of my dreams
Rusty components of an unmarked song
We've been staring down the brilliant dream, the sun burns our eyes
We've been fighting for the love of our lives

All around us things come apart, broken pieces and broken hearts
Fix me, oil me, match me with the next best thing

Who can blueprint a plan to make love stay sturdy and weatherproof, ushering in a new revolution
At the drawing board the hopeful ones still try
How can we help it when we're fighting for the love of our lives

~Indigo Girls~

Perfect Day

It's such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on.

- Lou Reed-

Day 1

The night sky view from my new place. Hopefully it will feel like "home"soon enough.

Pack it up, pack it in...

Moving is bittersweet.

Lucky

Evacuation

Get Out the Map

"Get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down. We'll leave the figuring to those we pass on our way out of town..."
Indigo Girls

Getting there...

CK1

What a great lunch catching up with my oldest, dearest friend! Thanks again for the birthday wishes, the birthday gift and the pleasure of your company. Cheers!

Self Portrait

"Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?

The girl in the dress cried the whole way home.

I should have known."

~Taylor Swift~

"Awash in the illusion of this bliss..."