picture challenge completed!

i really enjoyed completing this photo challenge!  it was a great excuse to go through older pictures while laughing, remembering old memories, and saying "gosh, look how thin i was then!" countless times.  there were some pictures my myself that i came across that i wanted to share, but didn't fit into the criteria for any of the challenge days.  so, here are some more pictures! 

 

 one of my favorite pictures that my grandpa took one halloween when i was younger.  my sisters and i wore the hell out of that clown costume that my aunt made.  i think all three of us wore it at some point.

 

 

at the fort wayne zoo (i believe)

i think this is when my fear of animals began...i remember being chased by a goose!

high school marching band, senior year.

my best friend anna and me.

gretchen and me, hilton head island, 2000

 

andrea, rachel, and me at oliver winery.

 college graduation party, 2002

check out those highlights!!

  

me working with a first grader during a college practicum class.  

(i loved that sweater!)

some know this picture as my "i'd do me" picture.  not sure why but i LOVE this picture of myself.  i think it's because it's one of the first pictures of myself after i lost about 50lbs when i went to college! 

a picture at dinner with friends, shortly after i moved to chicago. 

picture challenge: day 30

a picture of someone you miss. 

grandma

picture challenge: day 29

a picture that can always make you smile. 

in napa, celebrating our commitment ceremony. 

picture challenge: day 28

a picture of something you're afraid of. 

losing control.


photo found here. 

picture challenge: day 27

a picture of yourself and a family member. 

me and my dad at his college graduation. 

picture challenge: day 26

a picture of something that means a lot to you. 

indiana university.  

 my campus. 

 my college experiences. 

 my hoosiers.

                                          

picture challenge: day 25

a picture of your day. 

my favorite way to start the day.

 

picture challenge: day 24

a picture of something you wish you could change.  

hatred and people's ignorance. 
(especially in the name of religion)

picture challenge: day 23

a picture of your favorite book. 

 

a great book by dr. seuss, published posthumously. 
vivid descriptions of our days through colors and emotions. 

Some days are yellow.
Some are blue.
On different days I'm different too.
You'd be surprised how many ways
I change on Different Colored Days.

On Bright Red Days how good it feels
to be a horse and kick my heels!

On other days I'm other things.
On Bright Blue Days I flap my wings.

Some days, of course, feel sort of Brown.
Then I feel slow and low, low down.

Then comes a Yellow Day and Wheeee!
I am a busy, buzzy bee.

Gray Day....Everything is gray.
I watch. But nothing moves today.

Then all of a sudden I'm a circus seal!
On my Orange Days that's how I feel.

Green Days. Deep deep in the sea.
Cool and quiet fish. That's me.

On Purple Days I'm sad. I groan.
I drag my tail. I walk alone.

But when my days are Happy Pink
it's great to jump and just not think.

Then come my Black Days. MAD. And loud.

I howl. I growl at every cloud.

Then comes a Mixed-Up Day. And WHAM!

I don't know who or what I am!

But it all turns out all right, you see.

And I go back to being...me.

picture challenge: day 22

a picture of something you wish you were better at. 

i wish i were better at caring less about what others think.  i worry too much about how people view me, things i do, and how i am.

picture challenge: day 21

a picture of where you grew up.  

wabash, indiana

the first electrically lighted city in the world 

picture challenge: day 20

a picture of somewhere you'd love to travel. 

a place i want to go.

sydney, australia

a place i want to return to. 

maui, hawaii

picture challenge: day 19

 a picture of you when you were little.
 

 

  

   

 i couldn't pick just one.   i was a cute kid!

picture challenge: day 18

a picture of your biggest insecurity.

how others see me vs. how i see myself.  

m.c. escher
hand with reflecting sphere 
1935 lithograph

picture challenge: day 17

a picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.

nearly three years ago i made a complete career change.  flying has given me numerous opportunities to travel the world.  it has changed relationships with family and friends (and new friends!).  most of all, flying has made my life incredibly more stress-free.  i don't think i could ever go back to a "real" job again. 

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picture challenge: day 16

a picture of someone that inspires you. 

my sister, gretchen.  she inspires me in more ways than she'll ever know! 

picture challenge: day 15

a picture of something you want to do before you die. 

jump out of a perfectly good airplane!

photo found here. 

picture challenge: day 14

a picture of someone you could never imagine your life without. 

my louvra. 

picture challenge: day 13

a picture of your favorite band or artist. 

the hoosiers.  

(i highly recommend checking them out on iTunes!)

picture challenge: day 12

a picture of something you love.

my family, specifically my sisters.

(and i love this picture)