Hello 2014!  I face you with an open arms and an open mind.  I face you with optimism and perseverence.  I will not mosy through you in a daze, I will conquor you

1. Wake up by 8am every day.  Just because my office is downstairs and work starts at 9am, doesn't mean I can roll out of bed brush my teeth, and blub down the stairs to my desk at 8:55.
2. Go to ( Read more... )

On Children
ahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts ( Read more... )

Right now I'm alternating between a book called "Sew Darn Cute" and "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich."  I feel kindof funny when I switch between the two...

Today I'm going to get saxophone lessons from someone I found on Craig's list! I am in a rut with the saxophone and I don't feel like I'm getting any better. I think having a teacher will help me out. Wish me luck! Here's hoping I stick with it!

I think a while back Andrea told me they've gone down hill. BUT, I was so blown away the first time I saw them that I want to give them another chance. I listened to some of their stuff on myspace, but it's hard to tell. Even with their older songs, they sounded better in person (which is SO rare ( Read more... )

Ok, I've decided that I don't like gmail. I really don't like the fact that it doesn't have folders. In addition, it doesn't upload images properly--My grandma sent me a forward where images were embedded in the text and they all showed up at the end rather than throughout the message. I forwarded the message to my hotmail account and voila! No ( Read more... )

So, at around noon my mom asked if anyone wanted to go to a place called "Tudor Place," a historic house and garden in DC. Unfortunately by the time we got there the house was closed, but my mom really wanted to see the garden anyway. It was fun. My mom doesn't often have the let's-do-something-right-now! attitude so I was very happy to go along ( Read more... )

Things I Want to Buy--When I have a job ( Read more... )

o Find a place to live within walking distance of where I am going to work ( Read more... )

If I forget, someone remind me that I want to check out this museum over the summer: http://www.madametussaudsdc.com/

I had NO idea we had a wax museum in DC!