happy birthday blog!

i am happy to announce that january is doublebirdstrike's birthday! our blog has officially been with us for one year. oh the things we have done and the places we have been over the past 12 months...

here is a very abbreviated array of pictures from the fun that has been had...

us in north carolina on the way home from a fantastic trip to mallie's mountain house

us at the chi omega initiation party... no longer pledges!

sightseeing in new orleans... ato formal

again formal in new orleans... only now after a long night out:)

sb 2009

carnival in vero beach, florida... again from our spring break trip

on our way out to climb the silo... brave souls

after a summer of separation, back together again at the axo bid party

and then at chi omega the next night

navigator hoedown... fall 2009

merry christmas from the katies!

thanks for all of the memories.

success

...in more ways than one.

roll tide!

love is not a victory march

on october 20th (and i remember this date only because it was elizabeth price's birthday), i began my short but meaningful journey through the lives of dawson, joey, pacey, and jen via "dawson's creek" seasons 1-6 on dvd. said journey ended last night about 1:30 am as i watched the final episode of the capeside saga. while i am fully aware that "dawson's creek" is no great media accomplishment, my standards are fairly low, so i found much entertainment and comfort within each hour-long episode.

i began watching "dawson's creek" because lizzie would often reference the show and her love for it. i very much enjoy watching tv on dvd, so i decided to give the series a go. little did i know how attached i would become or how in love i would fall with the characters. this past semester was easily the most disappointing semester for me since college began. life became too overwhelming at times, and "dawson's" became my escape. i'm not saying this is a good thing, but i worked for me...

consequently, i found watching the final episode last night oddly symbolic. second semester is fast approaching, and i am looking at it as a fresh start. leaving "dawson's" behind is almost like leaving the unmet expectations of the fall behind me as well. the capeside gang was there for me when i needed them, and now i am ready to take on the coming semester! (it's really not as sad as it sounds... haha)

for those of you that despise the show, i do apologize for my unrestrained gushing. regardless, meet my new friends...

they just joined joined the ranks of monica, rachel, phoebe, ross, chandler, and joey.

it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah,

b

p.s. bachelor premier last night was epic. get ready for a trashy season... looks like it's gonna be a wild ride!

hello 2010

"certainty is the mark of the commonsense life- gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. to be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. this is generally expressed with a sigh of sadness, but it should be an expression of breathless expectation."

-oswald chambers

i absolutely love this quote, and hope it can be an encouragement to you in the start of this new year. to me, this is such a hauntingly beautiful concept. all certainty found in what this world has to offer must be let go of in order to find true rest. with this, i encourage you to wait with breathless expectation as the Lord reveals what 2010 has in store for you...

cheers!