2 weeks. 14 days. Holy cow.

As I type those words, everything in my mind starts spinning. I've told a few people lately that I have good days and bad days...days where I feel confident that I will get everything done, and days where I feel like NOTHING was accomplished. Accomplished might not be the best word, but I feel like it wasn't as productive as it could be. And that is truly my American mindset kicking in. That is one of the things I am most looking forward to in another country...being able to sit down, let the day happen, and not worry if I'm late to something or don't get everything checked off my to do list. On all of my trips to Mexico, a term was created at some point to explain the laid back, siesta kind of days in the country that I call my second home. It's called "Mexico time." If you say you're leaving the house at 8 am, it will really be 9 am when you finally get out the door (especially if you are a Juner and living with the Chacon family. That's just how things work in a family with 4 women and 1 man! Poor Jorge...). So when we would plan something (an event, a get-together, etc.), we always had to clarify if it was Mexico time or American time. Speaking of Mexico...

This is the first spring break trip in 10 years that I will not be a part of. Although the group is working in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, it is still a spring break trip. And it's the first one for me to miss in my time in Oklahoma. I was placed on one of the teams, not knowing if I would get to go and be a part of the mission trip...but as it turns out, I simply have too much to accomplish before I leave on March 20. There were too many other variables as well...what if I got sick? What if I broke my ankle? What if, what if, what if?! So, on Tuesday night of the past week, I finally said the words that I would not be going. It was INCREDIBLY hard for me to give that up, and anybody who knows me knows that I do not A) miss an opportunity to travel, B) miss an opportunity for a mission trip, and C) miss an opportunity to get to spend time with my kids at church. But I cannot dwell on the fact that I'm not going. My group will do an amazing job on whatever task is placed before them. And I hope that they form so many inside jokes and great memories that their van rides are never silent, but always filled with laughter. I'm going to go ahead and change subjects because I don't want to start crying again...

On a brighter, happier note, I am the EXTREMELY PROUD AND BLESSED OWNER OF A BRAND NEW KINDLE!!!!!!!!!!! I keep pinching myself wondering if I really own one. But I do. I will tell you the story quickly, and then go pass out in my bed.

My mom called Saturday morning around 10 am, telling me that she was kind of worrying about how all of my stuff was going to fit in my old bedroom at my parents house. This was a ploy to get me over to their house. I said I'd come over...how about later that night? Well...I'd really like to get it over with so maybe you could come before the basketball game today? Will do. So, I head across town and we start investigating where my (10 years of) dance costumes can go in my parents closet. While in the closet, the doorbell rings, and my mom and I are completely enveloped, unable to hear it. With my dad yelling at us, the dog going crazy, and a slew of other things happening, I had no clue of any of the commotion at the front door. We walked out a few minutes later with my dad holding an Amazon box for me. I get rather excited and explain that this is my gift from my Interior Design friend, Kristen. She had told me a few days prior that she wanted to order my SLR camera case off my wish list. How sweet! I figured it was about time that it be arriving and I wasn't expecting anything else. As I head to the kitchen to dig in (getting presents in the mail is like Christmas to me. I turn into a little kid, especially knowing it's something PC related!), my mom says to hold on a sec...she wants to record me opening it. Ummm...okay? I explained that I knew what the present was and that she didn't need to capture me opening it. However, she was dead set on doing so. Little did I know, she was actually calling one of my best friends, Mitchell Crow (pay attention to his last name, it will be important in a minute). Now we need to take a side step and get a little background info...

Apparently, for the past month, Mitchell had been facebooking with my mom about wanting to get me a Kindle. My mom, knowing me oh so well, said that she didn't think I would want one. I like REAL books, that I can hold in my hands. She highly discouraged him to find something else to get me as a going away present. And Mitchell was b.u.m.m.e.d. He thought it was SO smart of him and that he knew me (oh so well) that I would really end up using it. All of a sudden, on this past Tuesday, it was made aware to me that a Kindle has wireless internet abroad. DING DING DING. I had never really even looked at getting a Kindle, but if I could check my email without having to be connected to wifi while in Ukraine? Shoot yeah, I'm in. Mitchell called me Tuesday, and I explained to him of everything I had just learned about the Kindle. After he hung up with me, he called my mom and was probably very emphatic when telling her that I now wanted a Kindle. Long story short, Mitchell and my parents had to keep me from purchasing this new toy for the next few days while Mitchell ordered it. This shouldn't have been that hard because I don't make split second decisions, especially on something that costs $200. However, I am now down to crunch time with purchases on the internet before I leave because I refuse to pay overnight shipping. Also important is how many people were involved with this process.

1) When I was in Dallas a few weekends ago, Mitchell had Kevin ask me if I was going to get an e-reader of some kind. I, of course, said no...that I thought it really wasn't for me.

2) I wanted to hold a Kindle in my hand before I bought one. This is when my dad's best friend, Jim, enters the picture. Jim has a Kindle...and lives half a mile from my parents. I knew I would be able to borrow his...but my parents beat me to it. They informed him of what was happening and that he needed to lie and say I couldn't borrow it for a few days. The conversation went a little like this:

"Hi Jim, it's Lydia. I was wondering if I could borrow your Kindle for a little bit and play with it?"

"Oh, sure. That would be fine."

"Okay, great. Can I come get it today?"

"Well, I don't have it right now. I loaned it to somebody."

"Oh! To Janna (his neice)?"

{This is the part where I thought something was right...I caught Jim off guard by asking WHO had his Kindle. Ha :) he wasn't prepared for that question!}

His response was a simple and no-more-questions-please tone: No.

3) Mitchell contacted Jill (another friend who got in on this crazy circle!) and told her that she needed to tell me not to buy a Kindle. That it wasn't worth it. This was moments after she wrote on my facebook status that she had researched all the e-readers out there and that the Kindle was the way to go.

I'm sure there are other instances, but overall, this was quite the endeavor to keep as a secret. Now we can go back to the story...we were at the part where my mom is secretly calling Mitchell. What my mom didn't realize was that on the iPhone, you cannot be ON the phone and take a video at the same time. You can only take snapshots. This was INCREDIBLY frustrating to her and she demanded my phone to video this moment. I literally was thinking, all of this to open a present? I had no clue.

I open the box...and inside is a gift wrapped package with a little note on the outside. It read:

"I hear it gets cold where you're going...Gotta keep your gadgets warm and protected too!!"

I thought, "Oh, how cute and clever!" Just what I needed for my SLR camera. And what do I pull out of the box? A neoprene sleeve for a Kindle. I was so confused by this...thinking that they had to get the boxes mixed up or something. I hadn't realized that there was another package underneath the first. Upon discovering it, I see a note on the outside of it that says:

"Hmmm...So when you're flying as high as a Crow you can have something to read." There's the important last name part I was talking about. At this point I flipped out and knew what was going on...my mom hands me the phone with Mitchell on it (who is at work on a Saturday...) who has been listening to the ENTIRE conversation unfold. You pulled one over on me Mitchy. :) That takes a lot to do! Thank you to the whole Crow family for my wonderful gift and the great story that accompanies it. If only I could tell it in Ukrainian... :) maybe someday!

Oh, and later that day, my handy dandy camera case arrived!! I am so excited to be able to slip my camera in it and not have to lug a giant camera bag. Thank you Kristen :)

Seeing as to how it's past 1 am, I am going to submit this and sign off. I have a full day tomorrow and really for the rest of the week as well. I did NOT proof read this blog, so if there are mistakes you'll have to forgive me. I needed to write though before I went to sleep. Toodles :)

Organizing...

As I'm counting down the days, I realized I needed to do some sorting of stuff to take to Ukraine. Until today, I had been throwing anything I was (considering) taking with me into a large suitcase. Since it was now overflowing (I'm too embarrassed to show you a picture of it) I decided I needed to finally do something about it. I HATE it when things are messy and that has been the state of my room for the past week in preparations for the garage sale. But now, I do not have that excuse.

Thank you Wally & Cathy for my amazing sleeping bag. I am SO excited to use it...so excited in fact that I had to try it out at my parents house yesterday :) and thanks, Pops, for taking the pic!

What's that red thing in a space bag? That would be my SLEEPING bag. I didn't even get all of the air out of it. You're not supposed to leave down sleeping bags compacted, but for the airplane rides it's going to have to be like that! Pretty cool if I do say so myself.

And what is that brown thing in a space bag? My down coat from Mountain Hardwear.

My last gadget of the day is from the wonderful Carruth Fam. It was suggested to take some type of portable speakers for your iPod/iPhone...so I found these on Amazon.

It is literally about the length of my iPhone and is SUPER powerful. I was majorly impressed with how loud I could play music today when I tested it. They also got me some other neat things off my wish list, so thank you Carruth fam! I played with my Swiss Army knife last night (and maybe possibly nicked my finger on one of the blades when I was seeing all of the tools on it lol) and let's just say that it can do just about everything. I think I'm going to need to take the instructions with me just to know how to use all of it's features! Like opening a can!

Thank you to everyone who has helped me with this endeavor so far. I have felt so blessed and loved by everyone's encouraging words. I will leave you with one last question. Please, please respond!

I have never wanted to get a Kindle or anything like that because I like reading real books and having them sit on my shelf. But, I can't take many books with me...if any, other than my Bible. I didn't realize that they made a Kindle that had 3g capabilities...and after talking with a Ukraine PC volunteer (thank you, Monica!) she explained that you can in fact get wireless internet on it in Ukraine. So, for people who have Kindles, what do you like about them? Not like about them? How do you use yours most? Please email me back or leave a comment on here with your thoughts about them! Thank you!

Way-Back-Wednesday #6: 19 Days...WOW!

That seems crazy to me that I am only going to be in Oklahoma for 19 more days. And that 19th day is actually March 20, which is when I leave to go to DC for staging. But that is not the point of today's post. Today is about one of my best friends...who now happens to live in the big D. The one and only, Mitchell Crow. Mitchell has thought for sometime now that he deserved a blog post dedicated to him...and since he just took his first of the CPA exams on Monday, I thought it was an appropriate time for a little dedication :)

The story of how Mitchell and I met is one for the books in my opinion. Jill Sowers had come over to my house one night in January of 2007. It was still Christmas break at OU, so we were debating what to do that night as our break came to an end. She said that there was this guy named Mitchell who was wanting to come over and maybe watch a movie or something. Did I care if he came over? Yes. I had NO clue who he was, and Jill knows I'm very apprehensive to letting some stranger come over. He had lived on the same floor of the dorms as us the year before, but I still had no face to put with a name. I hemmed and hawed, and finally said okay to letting him come over. A short while later, he arrived and rang the doorbell. If my memory serves me correct, I was still a (little) perturbed at Jill for the entire situation, so I probably made her answer the door. And in waltzed Mitchell....if I only had a picture of that exact moment. He's wearing his designer-esque jeans, a button down shirt, and ostrich cowboy boots. And then he opened his mouth...and his great accent came out :) We introduced ourselves...and I couldn't wait any longer to inquire where he was from with an accent like that. After all, I was originally from Alabama and when I moved to Oklahoma got made fun of for my accent ALL THE TIME. I asked...and he says, "Oh, a tiny town in Texas you've probably never heard of." I replied, "Try me, I've been through a LOT of Texas." Mitchell: "It's called Pampa...it's up in the panhandle." I nearly fell out of my chair. My mom was BORN in that tiny town in Texas that you've probably never heard of. We hung out that night and said our goodbyes. A few days later, I was in the drive-thru at Raisin' Canes, and I look in my rearview mirror to see who is behind me...MITCHELL. I quickly called Jill to obtain his phone number and called him as we sat in the drive-thru line together. I'm 100% sure he thought I was a freak. And from that moment on, we've been best friends.

Mitchell and his (super patient) brother Matthew taught me how to water ski on their family boat. It was literally the three of us on the lake for a few hours doing the exact same thing over and over where I would manage to get up on the skis for about 3 seconds and then fall. Mitchell and Matthew on the other hand have been doing this their whole life, as is obvious from the pic of Mitchell above.

OU/Texas 2007: the first of many OU/Texas games together....

OU/SAXET 2007 (the year we had the best seats ever...)

A 21st birthday celebration at the Mont. Sidenote: that was one of my favorite shirts ever, and I managed to part with it for the garage sale!

Mitchell, Lydia, Kevin...oldie!

Another 21st birthday celebration at the Mont.

Lydia, Jill, Mitchell...Mitchy looks like a baby!

wayyyyy old!

Tacky Christmas picture. Look familiar? It's already been on the blog before but it was too good a pic to not repost :)

Snow pic!

OU/Texas 2008-- in the West End the night before the game.

Also, OU/Texas 2008: the year that we were on TV! A few people texted me right after this was on TV saying that they saw us...little did we know that it was during a HORRIBLE play.

My graduation reception where we displayed our Capstone projects for Interior Design. Please look at Jill in the background :)

Team Sparrowhawk :) we went on a camping trip and floated the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma. It was a cloudy, cold, and miserable day for floating, but it ended up being a great trip!

The boys surprised the girls with a fun evening outing to the ballpark! We cooked out and watched an OU baseball game on the sidelines. So much fun :)

OU/Texas 2009

OU/Texas 2009--wayyyy high in the stadium!

more recent!

Goodbye party for Jill and Ashley as they move to Boston!

OU/Texas 2010. The time that Mitchell got to be a Frost for a day! He even sat through a dog show at the State Fair of Texas :)

This last thing on the blog is a video of Mitchell at OU/Texas 2009. We were eating dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse the night before the game. This particular location was in the West End and was packed with OU and Texas fans. Many chants and snide comments are bantered back and forth as is typical the night before the game. Mitchell decided that he wanted to lead a chant since he had NEVER done that before. I quickly moved aside to video it. El fin :)

Can't wait to take more pics and form more memories when you come visit me in Ukraine!!!!!! Love you Mitchy :)

El fin de la garage sale!

The mother load of all garage sales is officially OVER. I couldn't be happier. I have helped my parents with garage sales and we've had garage sales at church...but it's a whole 'nother ball game when it's your OWN stuff. Granted, my parents brought some stuff from their house (thank you!) and some friends also donated items (thank you!), but the majority of the stuff was mine. I still have some great clothes and shoes left...so let me know if you live in the Norman area and want to come shop more :) or if anyone would be interested in purchasing the most comfortable couch ever. We've also got a loveseat and matching couch that didn't sell.

THANK YOU to everyone who came and supported me this past weekend. I loved seeing faces of friends and parents that I hadn't seen in a while! Y'all were all too kind.

On another note, I am at the THREE-WEEK mark before I leave. Wow. Let that sink in for a minute...ANYWHO, that means that I have to order my last items that I need before traveling overseas. I will be placing my final amazon.com order on Tuesday night, so if you were wanting to purchase something from my wish list (or maybe already have and I'm unaware of it? I know it can be confusing...) please let me know! You can shoot me an email at lydfrost@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Yesterday, in the midst of garage sale-ing, the mail came and I received my UBER COOL FLASHLIGHT that my lovely brother got me as a going away present:

It is basically the weight of a triple AAA battery. It's also got 3 settings for brightness, which I sat in my bed (in the dark) last night and played with. On the highest setting, it lit up my entire bedroom when pointed at the ceiling. For any other PC volunteers about to head overseas, I would highly recommend this thing. My brother has a slightly older model and absolutely loves it. A+++! Thanks, Jeremy :)

Way-Back Wednesday # 5: cleaning out my old room...

Today was spent cleaning out my old bedroom and closet at my parents house. This, of course, has needed doing for quite some time, but I like to put things off. However, in the deep abyss of my closet, I found some great treasures that I moved with me from Alabama. I laughed and showed my parents these items which will bring no money at the garage sale, but provided HOURS of entertainment to me as a kid. They are:

A handful of cassette tapes, including mixed tapes that my brother made for me because I thought his music was so cool. This "Jock Rock" album featured the Ramones, and some music that sounds like Jock Jams. On the other side? It was labeled "Casper," which I know I did a recital dance to in middle school. I have to find out what other music is on there...it took me wayyyy back to when I used to listen to music on my walkman.

These two games were both FLOPPY DISK games that my brother and I played for hours on our original family computer (circa 1990's?). Not pictured is the ORIGINAL Oregon Trail (also a floppy disk version), which I couldn't bear to part with.

I also found my Eastern Europe scrapbook from 2004 that I had no recollection of creating. I need to scan the pages in it and post them...talk about a trip down memory lane! I didn't have time to go through all of it because I was digging out my old dance costumes, first pair of toe shoes, etc. All in all, a highly productive day.

And what else happened you might ask? I received my SLEEPING BAG (thank you Cathy and Wally!) and a new pair of mittens from Marmot! I used my PC discount on both items...which I believe came out to be about half off. Pretty sweet. My winter boots also arrived in the mail today. They are supposed to be 100% waterproof, which will be great for sludging through the snow and slush.

Tomorrow is another full day of sorting stuff for the garage sale. Items to be included in the garage sale include:

my embarrassingly large shoe collection (I am getting rid of a TON of shoes. Size 9-9.5. Some of which haven't been worn that many times... :/ )

clothes/jackets (some of which also haven't been worn that much)

a bajillion picture frames

home decor items (wall decor, candles, shelves, lots of things that are great for dorm/college life)

furniture (end tables, coffee tables, bookcases, etc.)

kitchen stuff

books (great chick lit as our teacher, Mrs. Swisher, in high school called it; also, tons of my parents books)

OU stuff

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. And I'm falling asleep in bed now...so I'm going to publish this and say goodnight! Toodles :)

27 days and counting...

Can't believe that I'll only be in the U.S. for a month more! I have waited many years to be able to say that I'll be going over seas and I FINALLY can! :)

This past weekend, I traveled with the youth to Kansas City, where I got to have a lot of fun with my kiddos. It will be incredibly weird to not hear their voices/see their faces/receive a text message from them multiple times a week...so I fully treasured my time with them this past weekend. No youth trip is complete without a little shopping...to the North Face store I went! I actually tried on the Arctic Parka in the store, and was so glad that I ended up going with the Mountain Hardware version of a down jacket. The parka was AMAZINGLY warm and would be great while I'm over there, but it is also not compact at all. I also tried on these boots, which almost come up to my knee. The downside? They're not fully waterproof. My shins started sweating in the store while I was walking around in them...it's literally like having a down jacket on your feet/shins. If I freeze in my first winter in Ukraine, I may be purchasing these bad boys for the next winter :) Also while in the North Face store, I tried on some amazing long underwear. One of my PC comrades (who lives in Ukraine now) has a great blog and informed me that she wears her long underwear nearly every day. Great advice! I had purchased some long underwear locally, but may return it and get this North Face long underwear. It felt warm and fit well...sounds like a winning combination to me!

Sidenote: The blog I listed above is by Jing. Her facebook status the other day was too funny not to share with everyone in the states who wonders if I will in fact survive a Ukrainian winter. Here's what it said:

"I never thought I'd say this but I wish it was -25 degrees outside so school would be canceled again... its only -23 and its freezing in the classrooms! Hopefully this will be the "last strong frost" of the winter!"

My jaw dropped after reading that statement. But I'm excited and can't WAIT to go. My parents came over to my house today to help me sort through stuff for the garage sale we're having on Saturday. If you live in the area, please come see what we have! I'm basically getting rid of everything I can...home decor, clothes, shoes, accessories, furniture, etc.

Checking things off the list...

I feel VERY accomplished for the things that I have been able to check off the list the past few days. These items include:

Ordering my external hard-drive (for backing up pictures and sharing music/videos while in Ukraine)

Figuring out which winter boots I wanted (this process was incredibly difficult because my feet get FREEZING in the winter...and I most definitely wanted them to be 110% waterproof. After finally deciding on the pair...I woke up yesterday to order them and they no longer had a size 9. GRRRR. After telling my youth kiddos about this last night during joys and concerns, maybe someone actually prayed about it...because tonight, I decided to check again and there was ONE size 9 available. Yippee!!!!! I ordered them on the spot.)

Receiving a lovely gift from my boss and her husband that I put towards my sleeping bag :) best part? It's red. Oh, and I guess it's good that it's down and can compact into practically a ziploc bag. But I'm really excited that it's red. Thank you Wally & Cathy!

My mom and I DEEP cleaned my garage today. This hadn't been done in at least 2 years probably. Kind of embarrassing to admit...but it's the truth. It felt incredibly good to pull my car into the garage tonight and know that I wouldn't have to sweep the floor in there for a very long time. Thanks, Mom :)

Tomorrow, I get to travel to ______ ____ on the Team Leader retreat. Every spring break, my church goes to Mexico to build houses across the border from Texas. But this year, we're switching things up a bit and working north of the border in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. There will be 8 teams at 8 different worksites working on homes that were affected by hurricanes the past 2 years. Each team has 2 or 3 team leaders (high school students) who are in charge of managing their worksites, packing team lunches, leading devotions, etc. I would tell you where we're going, but it's a surprise. Just in case one of them reads this :)

I'm sure I'm forgetting other things, but I am falling asleep as I type this. I didn't think I would be able to blog this weekend, so I wanted to get one in before I turned off the computer! Hope everyone has a fabulous Friday. Goodnight!

Success at REI!

While in Dallas on Sunday, I knew I needed to go to REI to look for my winter coat and a few other things. Kevin and Mitchell made the trek with me, both very aware of how long it can take me to shop :) Approximately 2 hours later, I ended up walking away with my winter coat and a raincoat, both fit for Ukraine!

My winter coat needed to be something that would keep me warm in the (sometimes) freezing Ukraine winters. My sister-in-laws sister, Kim, actually has this jacket as well. I saw hers when I went to New Hampshire a few weeks ago...loved it because it looked so great on, but also because it looked warm. Turns out she too loves it! It can get quite cold in Boston, so it was reassuring to hear from someone I know say that it keeps them warm, rather than just reading a review.

Doesn't she look adorable and still super warm?! That's her sweet puppy Amora nosing around in the snow at my brother and sister-in-laws house.

Kim and Amora

And here I am in the store...if I wore the jacket for more than 10 minutes inside I started sweating because it was 65 degrees outside. The best part about the jacket? It was on sale...and the only one left. It was like we were meant to be :) I wanted a brown, fur-trimmed, down coat, as long as I could get it. The North Face down coats are 2 inches longer but in the end, this one was here and now and I could try it on. In some of the North Face pics online, I couldn't tell if I would like the outer material (they almost look plastic-y?). So the Mountain Hardware Downtown Coat it was!

My apologies for the poor picture quality...Iphone pics and bad lighting in the store.

I knew I wanted a raincoat that would cover my but, because there is NOTHING worse than having to sit on something when it's raining. This jacket was on clearance for $59.00...a total steal for what it had been. And the best part? I could check it off my list!

What's wrong with this next picture?

Oh yes. That would be Kevin standing in the sleeping bag display, inside one of the sleeping bags. I wanted to glance at the sleeping bag section to see if there were any I loved...30 minutes later, I had in fact tried out a sleeping bag and figured out some pros and cons of them. Now, to do some more research and make my decision.

More posts soon about the rest of my time spent in DFW. It was a great weekend and I am so thankful for each one of the people I got to see while I was there. They each hold a special place in my heart and were all incredibly sweet and welcoming for my last weekend in the big D! Toodles :)

Off to the DFW...

This weekend, I head down to Dallas/Ft. Worth to say goodbye to friends before I head off to the Peace Corps. Many people from Norman go to Dallas after they graduate from OU because it's the nearest big (BIG) city and has lots of job opportunities. And why not do a little shopping while I'm down there? I need to hit the REI store to try on some long underwear, and maybe one or two other places to see about a down coat...although I'm not holding my breath that Dallas would have anything remotely warm enough to wear in Ukraine. We'll see!

Chase and Greg, my College of Architecture buds. These two know how to: make a mean spreadsheet in Excel, cause a scene in a restaurant, and make me laugh more than I thought possible.

Rachie! We lived down the hall from each other in the good ol' dorm days. Walker 6 West! Not pictured: her wonderfully funny fiance, Alex.

Kevo--the person who taught me how to gamble :) hahaha. Thank you for the lessons, oh wise one.

Mitchell, who thinks he deserves a post devoted to him. Hmmm...we'll see what can be arranged :) Great sweater by the way...

Sweet Casey Prater! My Interior Design friend, La Baguette buddy, and a great mentor to me. Not pictured: Casey's amazing hubby Collin.

Jose, the friend that always says what everyone else is thinking...even when it SHOULD NOT be said :)

And of course you can expect new pictures once I'm back in town!

WELCOME BACK!!!!

Greetings, and welcome to the newly updated blog! After a few hard days at work, I finally figured out how to do some HTML coding and add the little "info" buttons under the header. Speaking of the header, I have to explain how I did this.

I knew I wanted a sunset picture of some kind. This was a given. I also knew I wanted a "handwriting" type font. Other than that? I had to incorporate some type of Ukrainian/Russian something...enter the onion dome! I have a love for silhouettes, so after many, many searches on google, I finally found a few pieces of architecture that I liked, made them silhouettes, and voila. The background is none other than a good ol' Oklahoma sunset. I added some trees/brush along the bottom to make it more whimsical, and then started playing with the placements of the buildings. Here is what I saw in my head...

And now you can see it transformed to a digital image above! My apologies for the bad quality picture...I just took an Iphone pic.

Check out the blog...leave a comment...you can even start following me! Just click on the link to the right (with the little pictures of people). If you would like to be notified when I update my blog overseas, leave a message with your email address (or you can email me directly) and I will get you added to the group email!

Happy snow day!