When I'm Home Alone...

...mashed potatoes leftover from Sunday's lunch are heated up while waiting for water to boil.

...this is my dinner.

... I let the dog out, then step outside myself to enjoy the breeze.

...I get a few pages read while waiting for the macaroni to finish boiling.

...I eat outside, because this weather is too good to pass up. (133/365)

...this is my view, which isn't too bad (besides that roof).

...the dog apparently wants to try some Dr Pepper.

Then I spend the next few hours fangirling over how "ardently" is said and get 15 rows done on my WIP.

the end.

- rl

(p.s. this is part of my 14 goals for 2014. You can view all my goals here.)

I Want to Remember: Putin Dobby

132/365

This picture was taken just minutes before tonight's Harry Potter watching with big sister + a couple coworkers who are brother and sister, as well as HP fans. We're kinda making it a weekly thing now to get together at one of our houses and watch a movie. Tonight was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which is the longest of all the movies. Also, a little fun fact I found while searching through IMDB's trivia on this movie: google "putin dobby". It's kinda hilarious.

- rl

(p.s. this is part of my 14 goals for 2014. You can view all my goals here.)

Self Portrait (19/52)

131/365

Tonight I continued with my Harry Potter reading (I'm on book three and have about 160 pages left, but I really want to finish tonight so I can move onto all the really large books of the series) and made funfetti cookies with big sister. So. Good. I used this recipe. It's so simple that I'm almost afraid of the number of batches I will make while at school...

- rl

(p.s. this is part of my 14 goals for 2014. You can view all my goals here.)

Dallas Theological Seminary: 2014 Commencement

Today I got to hear Dr. Paul Nyquist (the President of Moody Bible Institute) speak, then see Amanda, my mom's coworker and our family friend, walk across the stage summa cum laude with her Master of Arts. Such a cool ceremony. I won't even lie, I teared up hardcore multiple times just thinking about how this is the type of community I've entered now. I've only watched part of a Moody Commencement Ceremony online, but it's crazy to me that I'm not only going to be a Moody student, but a Moody alumni.

- rl

Long Days

129/365

I'll be honest with you: these last few weeks have been chaos. Next week, however, things should start to fall into a routine, and maybe I'll even be able to get my room cleaned! It's reached a point of disorganization that is driving me crazy.

In this picture you can see the shawl I finished knitting last week, and is just waiting to be blocked. So much to do, so little time...

- rl

(p.s. this is part of my 14 goals for 2014. You can view all my goals here.)