cort - nay

it's been a while since i blogged, but hey! here are some snapshots from my internship in 2011. lots of catching up to do, obviously. my good friend courtney, from the previously mentioned internship.

crafts with friends

giselle's wedding shower is this week, so she and her sister-in-law-to-be came over and did some crafts with me for the shower. this little thing above ^^ is a random leftover piece of cardboard that giselle decided to sharpie for fun. 

[giselle and steven when they first started dating:]

the lovely sister-in-law-to-be, rachel! also, one of my very dear friends.

giselle gets married in thirteen days and i get to stand up there with her (and rachie) for it! ow ow!

best fwiend gone.

inseparable for years. now she's in india for four months. best of wishes to you, michaela, love.

to save my own skin.

still winding down from a long day at lake lanier yesterday. whew. you'd think rest and relaxation time would mean just that. in fact, it was relaxing, however, skip the "resting" part of it. i went with a group of my good friends: giselle, steven, rachel, kayla, andrew, ashley, wesley, kirsten, and tolu (and my brother, peter...unfortunately my dear caleb had work, so he was not able to go...) to the lake and we jet-skiid, tubed, and boated all day long. i came home with a majourly unattractive sunburn that covered every exposed inch of my body and turned it into a lovely lobster-red.  i decided that i would "pinterest" some natural ways to make the burn not...well...burn so much.
the ideas that sounded the most reasonable to me were the ones that shocked my husband perhaps the most. haha. poor guy.
i bathed in water that had been steeped with eleven black-tea bags. he made jokes about drinking the bath water after i finished. (what a guy). we also stopped by the H-Mart on the way home from picking up our climbing shoes - which were ten dollars on an uber good sale at stone summit - and bought some fresh aloe vera leaves. he helped me cut them open and de-juice them so i could smear the freezing cold liquid on my skin. there's nothing like a cold bath and cold juice all over your body. i have work in a few hours, so i sure hope that my skin is at least relieved from the pain. i guess i'll see if peter's sunburn is as horrid as mine is when i go to work...i think he works the same shift as me? *siblings unite*!

music

i love hearing the things my friends record:)

sam: peace of the park
        sleep beneath the red

road-trip.

even though i've been home over a week, i kept forgetting to post some pictures of my roadtrip. here's to that loverly trip that began almost two weeks ago.

one of my dearest friends in kansas city. can't wait to see benita again.

caleb being caleb.

josiah's family was also in town, so we got to see all of them.

duncaaaaannnnn.

the shadow proves the sunshine.

my beloved genna.

i am always up for a beautiful skype date with my lovely friends. although these cannot compare to face-to-face conversations, they are the second best things [maybe third best, if you include snail mail]. i'm hoping these are more regular in my life. with eight-ish weeks left to go until summer break, i am living off of interactions with friends here and there throughout the week. missing all my georgia dears.
more of genna? genellynne.blogspot.com

my visit.

this was me, playing mexican train with caleb m. and my mom yesterday. what a stellar day.

deer.

my friend, deer, is coming to visit this monday. i'm pumped!

swing dancing.

my friend, jesse, and i dancing.

tonight was my first night swing dancing. i just have to say, i am on cloud 9 because i've never had so much fun being twirled, dipped, etc., in my life! i went with a group of ihop girls and a ton of ihop students were at the place we went. i probably got to dance 20 separate times. so tired or i would write more. it was darkish in the place, so the pics are blurry. cheyenne only took four pictures, and these are the only two that you can tell there are human beings in them. hehe.

life is beautiful.

recently, the weather has been phenomenal here! cheyenne and i have made it a habit of carrying a blanket to different random places around the house and chilling outside, listening to music. today we chose the front yard, and listened to some instrumental. absolutely lovely.
oh my goodness! my brother is finally back in the united states. i'm supposed to skype my family sometime today and see his bright and shining face. so excited. you have no idea! my favourite redhead on earth.
i bought a really cute skirt and a pair of shoes today at the thrift store for a total of $5. i'll have to post a picture sometime. maybe i'll wear them tomorrow if i go swing dancing with benita and chey.

life is beautiful.

c.m. haaaaaack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCFSqFHwZko&feature=relmfu


i took the time today to fake-hack into a friend's account and change said friend's status, profile picture, and post a ridiculous video on said friend's wall. i posted the video above so you could enjoy too. hehe. i love it when people let me mess with them.
i'll have to write about my actual day tomorrow, because i'm heading to bed.

some friends and weekends.

this weekend, i had the privilege to hang out with laura and benita. we all did the internship in 2011 together, and it's wonderful seeing them on occasion. we are planning a sleepover sometime soon. i am so blessed to have friends that live within a few miles of my house. cheyenne and i have been biking every day since we realized we have bikes to use. we took laura out today to see the eagle's nest, then we came back home and made some tea that she brought from Ukraine and put tea and milk in it. she brought some pumpkin pie over, and we devoured at least 3/4ths of the pie within the amount of time she was over. every weekend should be as enjoyable as this one turned out. 

oooh

i hit one thousand page views. i know that isn't a whole lot, but it made me smile, nonetheless. 

you know what else makes me smile? old pictures and memories.

art

can i just say: MY BEST FRIEND GOT ENGAGED TODAY. how could it not be the best day of my life?!

south africa - my heart.

once, somebody told me that if you want to find Jesus, go to the poor of the earth. you'll find Him there.

their money is so beautiful compared to u.s. money.

shacks by the road.

 i'll never forget leaving this one place and crying to kirk, "but...how can this be happening? so many people just close their eyes to it!" he sighed and gave me a hug. i looked up and asked, "how can i be expected to live the same after seeing this?" he held me at arm's length and looked me somberly in the eye, "you won't. that's the point."

He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. - luke 10:2