116/365.

Good Mail.

Today I got some fun things from my mailman.
The paper on top is an invitation to my friend's baby shower (yaay babies!).
The envelopes underneath are some of the first donations received to support my Bangladesh fellowship. Blessings.

Also please note: I got this shot in on my camera phone at 11:59pm, April 26th. Smooth.

115/365.

The Harts' Home.

I certainly felt welcomed.

Thank you for the ideal weekend of talking, fellowship, and sharing of life, my Chane'!

Arrived home to find some more H(e)arts.
These are some of my favorite flowers grown by the Great Gardener: Bleeding Hearts.

114/365.

Pretty Girl.

This is my beautiful friend.
And she made me a beautiful homemade meal for my birthday!

Expert Multitasker.

113/365.

Lovely Weekend.

This weekend I was able to visit my dear friend Chane' who is currently residing in Auburn, Alabama with her husband Tom and sweet dog Agnes..

Oh how I love me some Chane'.

You might notice that the school's mascot where Chane' teaches is a Bobcat, but clearly,

Agnes would be much cooler.

112/365.

Princess Jasmine.

You might know her from other glorious days of this year she was around such as day 64 or day 20.

She. Is. Amazing.

111/365.

Signs of Summer.

Really green Greenway.

Lovely walking buddies.

Hamburgers with the Bierbaum Jrs.

Ben on the grill (even grilling pineapple!) and Mary Beth working her magic inside.
Thanks for having us over, cousins!

And the rest of us, of course, snacking and goofing off. :)

This is Steve, the Bierbaum's dog.
He's the newest addition to their fam and fits right in...
except he's not allowed to eat the burgers.

Found this little gem in the corner of the Bierbaum kitchen.
It's a fun idea to think of saying all of this to one person.

110/365.

Great View. Great Gal.

This girl will do almost anything to get just the right shot.

109/365.

Car Wash.

The ol' Bapa mobile cleans up quite nice.
That's right folks, this 1990 Nissan Maxima is still up and running.

108/365.

New Model.

Of radios, that is...this store in Atlanta is one of the test stores for this new wireless headphone. The baristas report that they love it. I can definitely appreciate. Hopefully coming to your local (busy) Starbucks stores soon!

107/365.

Encouragement.

This is the first official 25 cents donated to support my mission fellows program in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It came from my dear sister, Amy, who has been reminding me all along that raising the funds I need in such a short time frame is not beyond the Lord's capabilities.
She is so right.

Today Amy also got one step closer to truly appreciating coffee.
She now fully understands that the value of a cup of coffee must never be measured only by its amount of caffeine, but by the content of the roast.

Finished off the evening with dinner, dessert and interesting conversation shared with my beloved Aunt Ellen. The banana cream pie recipe I experimented with tonight was not the most successful...you just shouldn't mess with some of the classics. Notice her ring. It is our aunt-niece ring.

106/365.

Full Day.

Today started with a great study of the Word with SRLBS.

Followed by a lovely lunch at Chick-fil-a.
Look at this girl: she is so sweet, she even shares her ice cream cone.

Followed by a walk with these two greenies.
Note the multitasking of walking and texting.

FOLLOWED BY: A high school rendition of Beauty and the Beast.
These are the stars of tomorrow, folks.

105/365.

Baby Sister. Driveway. Deacon. Random Cat.

All the fixins' for a nice photo shoot.

104/365.

Greenway.

Tom and Faith.
Great company on walks.

103/365.

Remembering Home. Realizing Future.

Today, Deacon and I went for a walk.
He loves me.

I also worked on my support letter.

In the company of steamed milk and espresso, the task wasn't half-bad.

102/365.

Last Day In VA.

Today I enjoyed my final ride (for a while) on a familiar route in Arlington.

Spent my last hours with friends at a home away from home,
my local coffee shop.

Amine and I took our last visit seriously.
Very seriously.

Thanks Virginia, I'm certainly gonna miss ya.
Be back soon!

101/365.

Eastern Market..

With Katie B.!

face distortion. is cool.

Despite it always being so nice to meander about the knick knacks at the outdoor show & tell, Katie B. and I drifted away from the busy market today found a less distracting spot to enjoy our cold drinks. The time was spent the reminiscing about the good ol' days, and dreaming about what is to come. Ideal in every way.

Found this super great booth and thought of CoryBo and her amazing art and passion.

Today, I also visited my friend Abdo at work. He was nice enough to provide me with bandaids for my weary and blistered feet.

Thank you, my friend!

Finished my night with some pretty great company at Tarbouch.
I love them and they love me. :) :)

100/365.

Soaking In The DC Sun..

With Lani!

Today we grabbed some sandwiches and amazing risotto balls from Taylor Gourmet and took them to enjoy among the monuments and tourists in the heart of the nation's capitol. The blooms on the famous trees of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival were definitely gone, but the day was still beautiful! Lani was a participant in the race the next day and had a great run. Great job, Lani!

This is my buddy, Romanina. Today she and I got to hang out a bit while I was visiting for the week. I am so thankful for her and her friendship. She likes me for me (even when dressed like Barney the dinosaur), and that's pretty cool. Sorry for this late edit to my post, Roma!

99/365.

Sweet Virginia.

Today was beautiful.
Like nowhere else is the Spring in Virgina.

Met this little guy today on one of my many bus rides to the metro. He asked his mom if he could sit with me. :) I guessed his name, which naturally, is Superman. After we got acquainted, Superman proceeded to compare the powers of Superman to Spiderman with me, thoroughly convincing me of Superman's superior ways of keeping evil villains at bay and flying higher than Spiderman could ever reach with his webs. Yet still, this super hero was humble and explained that Spiderman is "still awesome" and his little brother's favorite action hero.

Thanks, Superman, for making my day.

My evening was spent at Tarbouch with friends.
Two treasures below: Amine and Marina.

98/365.

Jensen.

This guy was one of the great advantages of making a visit to Virgina.
Sweet heart. Sweet man.

NOTE:

Doing My Best To Keep Up With The Rest..

As you might gather from the posts below, I ran into some setbacks with my camera (left the battery charging in the wall in Houston - bummer) so I did my best to borrow cameras from all the kind people that I know, but I finally had to resort to using my camera phone...I apologize in advance for any lack in quality in the photos for the next two weeks...which is apparently how long it takes USPS to mail something from one state to another. It's okay, USPS, I know it's hard times for ya'll..

97/365.

LEAD Fellows Program 2010.

Today I reviewed some notes I took after speaking with the good people of SIL International and LEAD regarding my next life step. I still have many more questions, but I know my path is set through December:

I am going to Bangladesh!

For more information about this upcoming journey and to walk through it with me, follow along HERE.

96/365.

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95/365.

NO photo available..

This day will be remembered in my heart, however.
Today consisted of a ten hour drive from Hilton Head, South Carolina to Arlington, Virginia and great conversation with two really, really great ladies. :)

:.(

94/365.

Some more of today...

Today was just such a good day, I had to post a few more photos with this collage (which took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to put together...).

94/365.

Easter.

Christ Is Risen.
I am thankful.

Here's where the morning was spent worshiping.

Also included was fellowship over a delicious breakfast.

And more beaching and bike riding.

And some shadow dancing, of course.

The Third Day. A Good day.