Lazy Days

One of my best friends from high school got married a couple weeks ago.  She was the first of my good friends to tie the knot and we had a blast.  The wedding was pretty.  Liz's style was all over the place from the cool architecture of the venue and great decorations to the fun music and laid back reception.  I was happy to be called one of the many bridesmaids.

Aw... reunited!

Look at that happy couple!

Having my three best friends from high school together for the weekend was a treat.  We don't get to see each other as much as we'd like, so the wedding was a welcome excuse to hang out.  Plus seeing Liz and Derek so happy to start their marriage made the rest of us glad we were part of it.

Since the wedding I've had lots of time at home to relax.  But what have I been up to?  So much reading and TV you'd think I'd be sick of it by now.  Here's a little of my life over the past two weeks:



Full of action and great twists.  No wonder they're making it into a movie soon.

My sister and I finally finished watching all the seasons of Gilmore girls.  We were at a loss for what to do next until we thought... Dawson's Creek.  So if anyone wants to help a sister out and let us borrow (who knew finding the seasons would be this hard?) we would gladly pay you in delicious food.

Did you know that How I Met Your Mother comes on almost every night?  I didn't before, but thanks to the super convenient DVR I've been watching tons of it.  Which means I get the whole story, just in a crazy order.

After reading the Hunger Games books I needed something new.  So I went looking all over my house and found For Women Only and For Men Only by Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn.  The first was eye-opening and would be a good read for any woman.  After finishing it, I decided to try the second.  I ended up skipping around, but still found it pretty interesting anyway.  I think Shaunti had a great idea in sharing what she thought to be the most important "secrets" of men's minds.

In the last few days I've read the first two Harry Potter books.  After seeing the last movie, I didn't really want what had been part of my life since the 5th grade to be over.  So I started the whole thing over.  What can I say, I will always love HP.

On the list for the next couple weeks are:

the rest of Harry Potter

The Shack - Wm. Paul Young

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

and the beginning of Dawson's Creek.

See ya from my favorite chair - JLD

Back in Texas

I've enjoyed writing about life in Peru so much on the Lima 4 blog and reading friends' blogs that I decided to start my own. 

My first day back from Lima has been good!  My sister surprised me by showing up at the airport with my mom.  We were all so excited to see each other back in the USA!  After leaving the airport we went straight to Rosas for the burrito I had been craving basically the whole six months in Peru.  Yum!


My
(free, refillable, sin-gas-without-having-to-specify)
water

I got my nasty overnight-flight-face made brighter by Cynthia at the Laura Mercier counter at Nordstroms.  I'm usually not all that into make-up or willing to have a makeover, but it was so relaxing.  Plus I feel blessed to have met Cynthia and to get to talk to her about a little bit of everything.

Later we visited the townhouse I'm going to live in here in Dallas.  Let's just say after living in a studio apartment my last semester at A&M and a not-quite-as-furnished-as I'm-used-to apartment in Lima, the townhouse is going to be awesome!  Even without comparing it to my last couple places, it is really nice and seems to be perfect for what me and my roommates will need.  I would love it if the three of us girls were covered in prayer as we start this new bit of life.  We don't really know each other yet, but I'm praying that the Lord bless our relationships and our townhouse to make it a loving home for all three of us.


the front door has a mini door that
reminds me of the Goodfellow's house in Lima

Definitely the most exciting thing about my day was getting to see family, especially adorable baby Lyla!  Enjoyed a hamburger cooked by her daddy and got to have some great cousin time before I head to the lake tomorrow to see more familiy.

check out that tongue... isn't she cute!

See ya on the water - JLD