A beautiful reunion

It was a nice family reunion this weekend.  Gorgeous views, delicious s'mores, and eclectic, but lovely company.  Thanks Grammy and Grandpa for the beautiful sunset! ♥

One of those days...

It's been one of those days.  The kind where you can feel the tears behind your eyes and you know the slightest thing may cause the dam to break.  Nothing in my life has changed to cause these tears to collect.  Every now and then I realize that my life is not where I thought it would be at this point.  I've been to numerous family and friend gatherings these past few days and always somehow seem to find myself as the silent observer of the party.  I don't mean to be only an observer, but somehow can't seem to interject my thoughts into the conversations around me.  I just laugh and agree to all that is said, and for some reason feel like what I could say isn't important.  Friends are getting engaged and accomplishing tasks in their lives while I feel like mine is going stale.  I feel like I missed my chance to seize the day and am not sure what would make me happy at this point.  My life is great, but i feel like it could be more.  I just want to be happy but am not sure where this happiness is to be found....

Savor the Flavor

Why do weekends always have to go by so quickly?! Ugh, I'm not ready for another work week to begin.  I'll just have to accept it though, I guess.  This weekend I helped a friend out with an event she helped coordinate for a local organization that she's a part of.  It was a beer and tequila tasting and I got to be the event photographer for the night.  This is one of my favorite shots.  It's not the most interesting photo, but I like the effect that the sun cast on the tables.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined". 

- Henry David Thoreau

Lazy Saturday

I stumbled across this video as I was looking for uplifting songs for the weekend.  This one is not exactly uplifting and actually makes me kinda sad, but I still find it beautiful.

Eating Animals

I recently started reading this book and it is slowly turning me into a vegetarian.  I didn't really eat that much meat anyway, but reading about factory farming and how the animals are treated makes it that much easier to eliminate meat from my diet.  I used to love having chicken as an ingredient in dishes, but after learning about how all the chickens are basically sick and pumped full of antibiotics while sitting in their own waste, the thought of eating chicken grosses me out.  I think I would still eat meat if I knew that it came from a sustainable farm where animals were happy and healthy, but these days it seems like those farms are far and between.  So if you ever want to learn more about factory farming and where animals that we eat likely come from, check out this book.

Too little, but never too late

So I've been reading random blogs that I've happened to stumble across, and finally decided to create my own blog.   My goal is to use this as a means of being able to comment on other blogs that I find interesting or that I feel that I can connect with, and also just to document events and random things that happen in my own life.  Here's to new connections and new insights :)  Rock my world blogspot! ;)