Thursday, December 31, 2009

here's little something for you today..
that's right... it's 29 degrees outside and jet and i just got back from the park. he's sacked already and i'm still a little chilly, and there's nothing that will warm you to the bone like a little of this...
(source)

tonight dan and i are playing for a wedding. we haven't ever done this together before and i'm super excited cause it will be our first wedding we have attended since we have been married ourselves. oh the emotions, the craziness!, the excitement!!! it's so awesome to see 2 people you know are just perfect for each other make a commitment in front of God and all their loved ones to love each other and be together til death do 'em part. ... not promising to always get it right or to always be IN love with each other, or to never want to leave.... but promise to love and promise to stay. marriage is awesome.

happy new year friends!


Monday, December 28, 2009

winding up and down...

it's strange, yesterday i thought it was the day after christmas... for some reason i skipped a day in there in my mind. it seems as though that's how the last year has gone. i remember it, but it's just flying by and all of a sudden, here we are at the end of the year and wow. wow. last night at scum, i was listening to Mike Sares talk about 2009 and how for some it's been a great year and others not so much. i am fortunate to say that the past year has been a GREAT and hard, and exciting and GREAT year for me. just before 2009 started, my best friend asked me to spend the rest of my life with him. i said yes. from then on, it was wedding planning, stressing out, trying not to stress out, marriage counseling, wedding planning, experimenting with different BC pills and having anxiety attacks, lots of fun and parties and new friends and new family, the wedding, (Kauai!!) honeymoon phase, learning to live, sleep, and eat with another person everyday, more honeymoon phase, traveling, family reunions, music music music, recording 3 records, joining a new band, putting out the christmas project, creating a NEW band, touring, a decision to go back to med school, holidays, and here we are... the end of 2009. now that i write all that down, i really shouldn't be surprised by how much stress i seem to have and can't get rid of all in one afternoon. it's going to take time to adjust to all that has happened, all i have chosen, all we have changed in 2009.

it's funny, i seem to just expect that i can adjust to all that change overnight. i wouldn't expect that of someone else. sometimes i wonder why i'm so hard on myself. it seems as though all the change (on top of not really eating that well overall) plus the being hard on myself is this never ending snowball of subconscious stress and i need find a way to break the cycle. i have to.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

ho ho ho


it's 3 days until christmas. wow, time has flown by. 6 1/2 months since dan and i have been married, our first christmas together as a family (and with jet too!). wow. here are a couple pics for you...


dan did a bunch of studying today. he's been really great about working hard to get ready to go back to med school.... including practicing some exams...


and! our friends brought Jet a little christmas gift to spread some cheer. he poses for the camera so patiently. ;)


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Jet

no, not the band... our new dog. yep. and he's wicked smart.


yeah, that's some of what i've been doing since my last post. that and finishing up my touring for the year. it's true, no more college shows for me for the rest of the year. i play a show with miss andrea ball at the meadowlark on saturday dec 5th which will be my last solo show for the year.... which sounds very official, but it's only a month really. :) i'll be better at blogging, i promise.

p.s... does anyone else get the song "say (what you need to say)" by john mayer stuck in their head like all the time?
p.s.s. here's another picture of jet. :)