me: in A-Z

There are only two more days left in the Proverbs 31 feature but until I finish that here’s another fun feature that I found on Mandy's blog! She's a new follower of mine and I'd love it if ya'll stopped over at her blog Honey &Thread; check her out A-Z and there you can find the link of where she discovered this quirky post!

A. Age: 20


B. Bed size: Full, but on a couch until I move!


C. Chore that you hate: putting dishes away... ugh.

P31: Day Twenty-Nine

What have you been listening to lately?

Top 4 songs (plus more) are here on my Youtube playlist called Paisley and Time! I'm seriously on a music kick again and my pallet is changing and growing and I could explode with how many great artists there are available! Sigh...

Kimbra: Settle Down

it's catchy and totally relate-able.

This Is the Kit: Two Wooden Spoons

melodramatic yet humble acoustic magic.

Gotye: Somebody That I Used to Know

i listen to it daily and wail along with it!

The Civil Wars: Poison and Wine

they jumped to my top 5 bands instantly!

adele| billie the vision and the dancers| iron and wine| jefferson starship| jimmy eat world| marilyn manson| simon and garfunkel| snow patrol| tegan and sara| the white stripes| coldplay| entertainment for the braindead| taking back sunday| pepper rabbit| the friendly sadness experience| dessa| sharon van etten| regina spektor| broken bells| gungor| mumford and sons|marah in the mainsail|  the honey trees| edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros| the clash| lost prophets| joanna newsom| norma jean| sia furler| the lost colors| joss stone| dusty springfield| florence and the machine| and many others that i'm too tired to add now :)

beauty quote of the day:

beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye. (grey livingston)

P31: Day Twenty-Eight

A day in the life.... of being a live-in nanny for my sister!

I am half way through my 3 weeks of nanny life before I fully move out on my own into this big, bad world. Living with my sister, Stephanie, her boyfriend (Caleb, who travels for work, and has only been home a few hours out of the last 2 weeks) and my 2 nephews (Nathan, 11, and Kaleb, 8) has been interesting and honestly has been a great experience so far! In fact my schedule is balancing out and becoming normal again (and with my need for structure and consistency it's an added bonus). Basically, I wake up at 6:00 in the morning, but just lay there and listen to my sister and Nathan argue until he leaves for school at 6:55; then she leaves for work at 7:30. When 8:00 rolls around it's time for Kaleb to get up, shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, (I pack his lunch, drink coffee, and read the paper) and he's out the door by 8:50! Then I have the house to myself until around 3 when the craziness picks up again.

During the day I clean, do laundry, plan dinner, or sometimes explore the neighborhood but most of the time I troll the Tumblr realms and stay updated on my favorite blogs! After school it's homework, getting ready for football (both kids play) cooking dinner and after practice or games it's showers, bed and then it all starts again! Learning to fairly judge and discipline is not easy, but most days are not too difficult. I'm excited to finish this out, and maybe this will get me some experience so that I can get an official--and paid--nanny position. I think  I really might be interested in pursuing this while working to pay off my student loan and figure out what I want to do with life.

beauty quote of the day:

you'll make all the fashion statements, just by dressing up your mind. (jason mraz: the beauty in ugly)

P31: Day Twenty-Seven

How do you decorate your beautiful home?

I'm finally moving out of my mom's house and into a place with a few gals from college so this is the perfect time to start thinking about how I want to decorate my space! And I'm really lucky because the house is perfect! It's kinda old, kinda shabby (in a homey kind of way) and I love it's charm and candor. 

I want to create a beautiful space that expresses the things in life that I find inspiring. My goal is to be thrifty and crafty--making most of my own decorations! Here are some of my inspirations!

beauty quote of the day:

in every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. (christopher morley)

P31: Day Twenty-Six

What did you want to be when you grew up?

A leader.

I've always identified myself as a follower, unable to gain the respect of my peers and unsure of how to change. Honestly, I felt like a nobody most of my middle and high school years. It wasn't often that I caught a glimpse of how my life touched others; I didn't realize that people noticed me. And I really wanted to influence others! Even now as a young adult I desire to lead others; to share my passions and incite passion in them!

I also wanted to be a dancer, and book store/coffee shop owner. Then English teacher. Then study psychology. Then Criminology. Back to English, then gym teacher finally landing in ministry. 

What did you want to be when you grow up?

Ps. Do we ever grow up? :)

beauty quote of the day:

our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see. (george w. russell)