They are making a show about PORTLAND... and it's so great! (and so Portland-like) and I'm proud
to say that I experienced PDX!
1.28.2011
1.20.2011
1.18.2011
know.
Things I know:
I know I am a strong.
I know who I am.
I know I love life!
I know I love orange.
I know some Spanish.
I know some amazing people.
I know Jesus.
I know how I like my coffee.
I know it's not up to me to judge people's actions.
and,
I know who wrote that!
To you:
I hope you're doing better than the last time I saw you and had contact with you.
I hope you're finding what you want in life.
I hope you find a nice man who will take care of you well.
I hope you have found happiness.
I hope you're achieving the things you wanted to achieve.
I hope you got what you needed.
I've been praying for you.
It's okay that you're mad at me.
I wish you well and truly hope you are content in all you do.
Wishing you well.
I know I am a strong.
I know who I am.
I know I love life!
I know I love orange.
I know some Spanish.
I know some amazing people.
I know Jesus.
I know how I like my coffee.
I know it's not up to me to judge people's actions.
and,
I know who wrote that!
To you:
I hope you're doing better than the last time I saw you and had contact with you.
I hope you're finding what you want in life.
I hope you find a nice man who will take care of you well.
I hope you have found happiness.
I hope you're achieving the things you wanted to achieve.
I hope you got what you needed.
I've been praying for you.
It's okay that you're mad at me.
I wish you well and truly hope you are content in all you do.
Wishing you well.
1.09.2011
South.
Well.... tonight we found out some very awesome, very life-changing news.
No. I am NOT pregnant! (And hopefully won't be until I'm 30.)
We're not going to New Zealand anymore.
We are moving, over a thousand miles away.....
More to come, soooooon!!!!!
No. I am NOT pregnant! (And hopefully won't be until I'm 30.)
We're not going to New Zealand anymore.
We are moving, over a thousand miles away.....
More to come, soooooon!!!!!
1.02.2011
1.01.2011
2011.
Wow.... 2011 already!
Happy New Year!
This year is a big year for Josh and I. We have all of our paperwork, Visas, Passports... filled out, and our plane tickets are coming in the next week or two.
Reflecting over the past few years, I have to say that moving to New Zealand in two months, is definitely going to be a huge start of a new life chapter. Not only will I be going to the other side of the world, in a time zone that is over one day later than it is here, I will be leaving everything I have become familiar with in my lifetime.
We're selling lots of stuff, throwing lots of stuff away, and getting it ready to pack up into a little storage unit. The last time my stuff was in storage was when I left Portland, and when I left Jeremy. This is a much happier storage unit experience :)
I mentioned in a previous blog how distanced I felt from people. I think when I went to school in Portland and made so many close and wonderful friends, when I moved back to Montana (practically overnight), I lost a lot of that closeness. I think it is natural to lose some closeness when you move far away from those that you were close to, but I feel like I'm being forgotten, in a way. It may not be true, but the feeling is difficult and weird. It has happened slowly, but now it's kind of in overdrive. I hate that.
Helena hasn't brought me a whole lot of friendships... I have actually been very lonely here in that aspect. I have two friends here that are my age, and a few ladies from my church that I go to coffee with here and there. The transition from Portland, where I had friends that I called my family, to Helena, where everyone moved away three months after I moved back, has been extremely difficult. I have Josh, but he's just not the same... we can't go get our nails done :)
Most people from high school don't live here anymore. I have one good friend where I work (the one that is my age), and I will miss her a lot. I'm not a huge fan of my job and am really anticipating leaving that... I'm pretty sure everyone there is aware of the fact that I have hit my burnout point, so I'm not ashamed to put it on my blog.
With all that has gone on over the past few years, I am very excited about New Zealand. No one knows us there. No one can judge my past, because they don't know I have one. No one can email me out of nowhere that they think my decision was wrong (well, they can, but they'll be on the other side of the world, in America).
I mentioned in the last post that I didn't even want to take my phone... not totally true. I do want to take my phone because there are a lot of people that I'm going to have a really hard time saying goodbye to, that I'm going to wish I could call everyday. There will be a post about that to come in the next few weeks.
So... here's to 2011...
To those of you who are great friends.
To those of you who judged me and still do so- (I'm moving... maybe instead of looking for someone new to judge, you should look at your own life and start working on that.)
To my buddies in Portland, I miss you and I still think of you often, and I'll always remember you guys.
To a new adventure with my amazing husband... I love you.
Cheers! I hope you all have a great year- you make it what you want :)
Happy New Year!
This year is a big year for Josh and I. We have all of our paperwork, Visas, Passports... filled out, and our plane tickets are coming in the next week or two.
Reflecting over the past few years, I have to say that moving to New Zealand in two months, is definitely going to be a huge start of a new life chapter. Not only will I be going to the other side of the world, in a time zone that is over one day later than it is here, I will be leaving everything I have become familiar with in my lifetime.
We're selling lots of stuff, throwing lots of stuff away, and getting it ready to pack up into a little storage unit. The last time my stuff was in storage was when I left Portland, and when I left Jeremy. This is a much happier storage unit experience :)
I mentioned in a previous blog how distanced I felt from people. I think when I went to school in Portland and made so many close and wonderful friends, when I moved back to Montana (practically overnight), I lost a lot of that closeness. I think it is natural to lose some closeness when you move far away from those that you were close to, but I feel like I'm being forgotten, in a way. It may not be true, but the feeling is difficult and weird. It has happened slowly, but now it's kind of in overdrive. I hate that.
Helena hasn't brought me a whole lot of friendships... I have actually been very lonely here in that aspect. I have two friends here that are my age, and a few ladies from my church that I go to coffee with here and there. The transition from Portland, where I had friends that I called my family, to Helena, where everyone moved away three months after I moved back, has been extremely difficult. I have Josh, but he's just not the same... we can't go get our nails done :)
Most people from high school don't live here anymore. I have one good friend where I work (the one that is my age), and I will miss her a lot. I'm not a huge fan of my job and am really anticipating leaving that... I'm pretty sure everyone there is aware of the fact that I have hit my burnout point, so I'm not ashamed to put it on my blog.
With all that has gone on over the past few years, I am very excited about New Zealand. No one knows us there. No one can judge my past, because they don't know I have one. No one can email me out of nowhere that they think my decision was wrong (well, they can, but they'll be on the other side of the world, in America).
I mentioned in the last post that I didn't even want to take my phone... not totally true. I do want to take my phone because there are a lot of people that I'm going to have a really hard time saying goodbye to, that I'm going to wish I could call everyday. There will be a post about that to come in the next few weeks.
So... here's to 2011...
To those of you who are great friends.
To those of you who judged me and still do so- (I'm moving... maybe instead of looking for someone new to judge, you should look at your own life and start working on that.)
To my buddies in Portland, I miss you and I still think of you often, and I'll always remember you guys.
To a new adventure with my amazing husband... I love you.
Cheers! I hope you all have a great year- you make it what you want :)
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