This is a test...only a test...

Just wanted to see if my new Picasa Web Album was working. If so, enjoy the pictures from my bluegrass festival in August.

Bald IS beautiful

Today was the day that my dad's hair lost its battle with cancer, BUT the good news is--the rest of him is still fighting!! The experience was better for me than I initially thought it would be and as always, his outlook is superb. I still think he's pretty cute.

Older and Wiser

It's official...my 20's are nearly over. I have 363 days left in the decade that brought a ton of change. From college to my first real job to the births of my nieces and nephews, THIS was the decade that let me have a front row seat to my friend's weddings and the births of their children and allowed me to realize that I'm officially a grown up now. How on earth did this happen? It really is true that we wish our lives away, never being content with the current phase of our lives. When you're in high school, you want to be in college. When you're in college, you want to get out of school and get a job. When you get that job you've longed for and the 9-5 becomes monotonous, you wish your college days were back. When you're single, you want to get married. Once you're married, often you miss the freedom that is associated with being single. Then comes the kids--and when they're small you want them to hurry up and be able to be a bit more independent. Then they grow up and you want them to be small again. At what point are we satisfied? It usually happens when we're too old to enjoy it (I'm not quite there yet). So, with my 363 days remaining in my 20's, I'm going to try my darndest to cherish every single moment I have with the people who make my life so full. I'm going to try to look back on this decade with utter and complete joy and realize that the best is yet to come.