wishes...

11/11/11...and I'm thankful for...STARS


If you really knew me, you'd know how much I love stars!  My favorite verse of all times is Psalms 147:3-5 which says "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds, He numbers the stars and calls each by name.  Great is our Lord and mighty in power, His understanding has no limits."  Stars remind me how much my Papa loves me and how much I really matter even if I feel really, really small sometimes.  Rosie and have gone out to the observatory a few times and just like the beach, there's not much more relaxing to me than sitting staring up at the stars.  I have them tattooed on my back as a reminder of how much I'm loved.  

the beach...

Thankful day 10...
Being a So Cal kid I've been around the beach my whole life. Since moving to Chico I've realized how much i have always taken the beach for granted.  One of my "must do" activities when I come home for the holidays is a trip to the beach, whether with friends or with family.  I meet with God at the beach and love just spending time taking in the peace and power that is the ocean.
The beach, babies, and the stars are three things I love and can't understand how anyone could see them and not believe in God.  Living hours away may be giving me fantasy memories of my times with my toes in the sand but I'm fairly certain this CA girl will always be way more of a beach bum more than a nor cal girl no matter where in the state I reside.

DAY 9

i love tea!!
i wrote my ode to coffee a few days into this act of thankfulness so it's only fair to declare my love for tea as well.  My friend and I have began a tradition of going to Naked Lounge in downtown Chico and getting their freesias garden tea...so good!  Tea is good any day, any time; coffee has my heart but tea is a close second.

I'm thankful for...day 8

boots

I love my wide-calf brown Naturalizer boots.  They were a birthday/Christmas gift last year and I'll be honest, I was quite timid to begin wearing them.  I stayed pretty safe; wearing them with jeans (tucked in, or not) and really wanted to wear them with skirts.  This year, I've worn them at least once a week.  Still with jeans and sweaters, super cute.  I've also begun to venture into the realm of leggings and boots with a tunic top or boots with skirts and dresses. I'm loving experimenting with them and finding fun ways to integrate them into my fall wardrobe.  On my list for black friday may have to be another pair of boots; maybe black this time.  

day 7

In this cooler season with all that fall and harvest and burn piles bring I am so so so thankful for my sinus rinse.  

A bit gross, I know, but this little lovely system makes my life so much better.  I grew up with my mom having crazy chronic sinus infections and constantly "irrigating" her sinuses (which I thought was the craziest thing on the planet).  

As I've gotten older I totally understand why she did it.  Along with this, I'm thankful for a health-savvy mom who did enough crazy, outlandish things that It makes decisions like a neti pot seem not so weird and even quite life-saving.  

thankful day 6

My church family!!


I love my church and the people there who love me.  I came to Chico August 2008 not knowing anyone; by Thanksgiving that year I had begun to be plugged into a college group and being surrounded by families who love well.  I'm constantly blessed by the people at church who love me!

day 5

PUMPKINS!!


I love everything pumpkin.  I currently have glittered pumpkins outside my house, i love the flavor of pumpkin in coffee.  They're a fabulous shade of orange.  It goes so well with cinnamon.  I could go on and on...but the long and the short of it is i absolutely adore all things pumpkin.  It makes me think of fall <3